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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
CRAzE0 BY A DAUGH7ER'S SHAME
Failing to Control His Hayward
Child, a Portland Man Ends
His Life,

PORTLAND, Or, Sept. 17.-Albert
Kah.n committed suicide at an early
hour tuis morning by shooting himself
in the mouth at his home els East Twen-
ty-fourth street.
Two weeks sgo Hedwig KaLlin, the
eldest OF Kahlin's six children, accom-
panied by her two brothers, aged 13 and
IL years. respectively. Joined a crowd OF
other East Side children and set up a
camp in the Olsen hop yard, on Mount
Angel. The girl showed that the dances
and moonligh bit strolls were TO occupy her
in preference 10 the picking. Her brother
Henry demonstrated, but with out avail.
A mum Der of young fellows from Van
couver were camped near by, and much
of the girls time was spent at their camp.
When Hedwig began to absent herself
a night, the brother set out to watch for
her safety. He was discovered by the
men of the Clarke County Camp" as it
was named, and the cowardly ruffians-
the youngest of them being over 20 years
of age-procured q rope and strung the
little fellow up by the neck to tree limb,
threatening him with a beating with
whips unless he ceased his surveillance OF
his sister. The frightened boy hurried
home and informed his father, with the
result that Hedwig was brought back
from the hop-felds and kept under the
eye of her parents.
Y yesterday she managed TO elude the
vigilance of her parents and scaped from
home. From that time she has not been
seen. kahlin was very sensitive man,
Grieving over the slightest affront. He
imagined the worst as % the girl, and the
thought of having 10 answer questions
concerning her was more than he could
endure. Last night he became crazed by
grief, and about 4:30 O. clock his morning
he went into the bedroom the girl had oc-
cupied. Returning from the room he
went 10 his own, and, procurinq rife.
again made his way TO He'd wigs apart
ment. Stretching himself on the bed she
had slept upon he unhappy father placed
the muzzle of the rife against the roof of
his month ana fired
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
cRLRE IN IOKE School.
Rna0or Officials frequently Called
~ Upon to hrrest IncOrrIgI6ie
\ Youths.

lone, CAL, Sept. 1.-THE new manage
ment Of the Preston School of Industry
seems to be unable to reform the boys
sent there to be reformed. In the three
and a half months of Superintendent
O'Brien' reign, Amador County has been
called upon to prosecute five inmates who
have committed overt acts at the school.
Quinn and Downing were arrested upon
complaint OF Superintendent O'Brien for
trying to burn the administration build
ings.and were sentenced, upon.their plead
ing guilty, % six and five years, respec-
lively, iE Folsom. Not long afterward
another inmate named frost was arrested
by Sheriff Gregory and taken to Jackson
to await his preliminary hearing upon a
charge OF arson. He has been in Jail now
for nearly two months, but his hearing
has not taken place. Tne inmate said to
have been i'm plicated with him was re-
turned to the committing magistrate as
an incorrigib!e, and received sentence of
sxmonths in the House of Correction.
About two weeks ago a room in the adj
ministration building occupied by G. n.
TLarsing, the gardener was entered and
a gold watch a diamond shirt stud, a
diamond ring and $50 gold piece were
taken. Suspicion fell upon an inmate
named Russell, who acknowledged that
ne took the articles. He and another
cadet named Harvey h; received them,
bet Harvey and Russell stubbornly refused
to tell anything regarding their disposal
OF ihe ar .c!es.
Sheriff Gregory was again called upon
by Superintendent O'Brien and the :wo
lads were taken to Jackson and confined
in the County Jail. Yesterday they were
brought to lone, and the examination de-
veioped some peculiar facts. Russell
pleaded guilty to the charge OF grand lar
ceny. II 3eems that Harvey had been told
that he would not be prosecuted if he
AyouId tell what he did with the stolen
AlrOpertv He made the sensational state
Naent that he lett the package containing
fhe iewelry and money at the office of q.
L. era btree, a prominent business man of
this place but that no one was in the
Office at the time and that be met Crabtree
upon the street few moments afterward
and sal to him:
"I have ju-t left package in your Office
for you to take care or
Cra btree replied, "Aii right"
Crabtree was placed under arrest, but he
denies all knowIedze OF the package. 1t
seems very probable that Harvey secreted
the iewelry and money in some small
nlace known only to himself, so it will be
ready for him at some future time. Crab
tree has impIoyed counsel and will fight
the charge against him.
Russell was returned 10 the County Jail
to await sentence. Harvey was returned
TO the Preston School of Industry and
Crabtree's hearing will take place next
Monday before Justice of the Peace
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
BRUEKEEGESs COST HIM DEARLY.
Eo1omd Farmer Throws a Lamp at
His HBe-H Exp Odes and His
Home is Burned.

HEALDSBURG. CAL. Sept. 1Z-David
Lodge, a rich farmer, is confined in q tank
IN tn City Jail here suffering extreme
pain and charged with assault with a
deadly weapon. To make his misery more
com pIete it IS Just dawning on him that
he has lost $1,000 worth of property. and
altogether he should arrive at the concln-
sion that his last Jag" was an expensive
Apne.
Y Lodge came to Healdsburg from his
farm yesterday and proceeded to I'LL up
on fighting WHISKY. at 8 o'clock last
night he evidently concluded he had
enough and went home, where lie pro-
ceeded TO DO up the family. His wife, a
highly respected woman. tried to pacify
him and in his drunken fury he seized
lighted lamp and threw it at her.
The dangerous missile went wide OF its
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
ARE SAILORS ABUSED? Z?
They Object to Their Treat
ment at the Marine
Hospital.
San Francisco Labor Council Takes
the Matter in Hand and Will
Investigate.

The regular meeting of San francisco
Labor Council was held in Union Hal last
evening with President Hall in the chair
and good representation present from
the trades unions.
communication was received from the
Stereotype Union stating that they
would send delegates to the Labor Coun-
Gil.
Mr.. Furuseth of the Sailors Union re-
ported that members of the Sailers' Union
and sailors who were not union members
had been complaining against the treat
ment received by them from new doctor
in the Marine Hospitai. One of their
mem bers. Albert Wool>haw, had met with
an accident which necessitated The ampu-
tation of one OF his fingers.
He was taken TO the hospital, where the
member was removed ard bandaged, as
he says, in very crude manner. Before
the wound was healed he was ordered to
do some work, ich he was unable 10 do
on account OF the pain in his hand, and
he was accordingly turned out. Mr..
Furuseth further states that this was not
the only case of this kind, as similar COM
plants were continually coming ID. The
matter was referred to the executive com.
mittee with Instructions to interview the
proper authorities on the subject.
During the meeting the TACT leaked out
that many union cigar are send
ing ont goods without the union label.
and it is almost impossible for union
man to tell whe her he is buying union.
made goods or not.
A resolution was accordingly introduced
by G. Z. Hawkes., instructing delegates to
request me nj bers of affiliated unions 10 ac-
cept the word of no merchant a 5 TO the
character of he goods he sells and only
accent the union label as guarantee OF
fai labor.
Messrs. ling an | Webster were then
introd uced and gave short addresses on
the subject OF Hawaiian annexation.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
CoAzRAo1oE kELsos TROUBLE
SnWsG Tito authorities 10 Bring Ac.ion
-Igafmst His ROndbmeH.

SnWsGlit0 authorities 10 Bring Actton
-igaimst His ROndtmen.
SAUSALITO, CAL, Sept. H.-John Kel-
so, the San Francisco contractor, has not
only got into peck Of trouble in the me-
tropolis, but in Sausalito as well. The
town authorities are taking steps to pre-
ceed against his bondsmen. AT the meet
ing of the Trustees last night Kelso's
bonds were declared forfeited, and the
clerk of the board was instructed to read
vertise for bids for the work contracted to
be done by Kelso, amounting to S1l, 600
Some tine ago the Trustees resolved to
make extensive road inprovem ents so as
to get a highway connecting with the
boulevard constructed by he Governme II
TO Lime Point BIDS for the work were ad-
vertised for, and FIVE large firms sent in
their estimates. Kelso's was tho lowest
in fact it was lower than the estimat ed
cost made by Town Engineer Mccullough,
and so Kelso got the job. He gave bonds.
but at the last meeting of the board re-
quested that he be allowed 10 withdraw.
This was denied him, and at the meeting
last night the Trustees resolved to make
him adhere to his agreement, and his
bonds were declared forfeited.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
Mrs. cLeuan i. ran Quentin.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, CAL, Sept.
T.-Mrs. May Mcclellan, who was sem
tenced to serve year in the San Quentin
peniten tiary for burglary committed in
Oakland, was brought to The prison last
night.
She appeared cool and did not break
down when she was compelled to don the
suit of convict.
For one year she will remain behinu
the walls OF the penitentiary in almost
close confinement, as the women in this
prison receive few liberties. She swells
the ranks of the women convicts TO the
mum Der of sixteen.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18

mark, but fell on a bed in the room and
exploded.
The room was soon In a blaze, and Mrs.
Lodge, taSing up her two little children.
escaped through a window. The intox-
lcated man was not so fortunate.
Before he succeeded in making an exit
from the room he was terribly burned
about the hands and lower limbs, and be-
tore assistance arrived the honse with all
It's contents. valued at $1,000. were de-
stroyed. Lodge was arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
Jumbo Break, Hi, Record.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, Sept. 17.-Jumbo,
the Indian who has long been known as the
lightning hop-picker" of Sonoma County,
has outdone his former record.
One day this week he picked 400 pounds
OF hops on the Miller & Purrington ranch.
He averages $50 pounds day and his
hops roll out of the sack ike shot,
entirely clean. There are plenty of men
who will back him against all corners.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
Death of IN. hark Hendur.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. Sept. IT,
While the British bark Wendur. grain
laden, from Tacoma for the United King
dom, was towing out past Cape FIattery
yesterday morning, the second mate,
whose name could not be ascertained,
dropped dead of he art disease. The Wen
dur contin ued on her voyage, the captain
signaling thai the body would be buried
at sea.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
Pound Uuoon,ctom, on the Road.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, Sept. 17.-George
Ross, prominent young farmer living
near Forestville, met with a serious acci-
dent near Sc ebastopol this afternoon. He
was found lying unconscious in a pool OF
blood in the road. He had received severe
b72ises about the head. 1t is believed his
horses ran away, throwing him out OF the
wagon. At last accounts he was still un-
conscious and considered in a critical
condition
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
Guirty of Unjn,tifasfe Homicidr.

BANNING, CAL, Sept 1.-THE Coroner
held an inquest to-day over the body of
g. J. Darrah. who was shot and killed
yesterday by Frank Miner during dis
pute over water rights. The jury found
Miner guilty OF uniustifable homicide"
His examination was set for next Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
TIABILITIT

Losses Adjusted and Unpaid.
Losses in process of Adjustment or in
SuSpenS e.. ....::.-..-...-.....-.-.
Losses Resisted. including expenses. -.
Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running
one year or less. 1851 104 OF; re-
insurance 80 per cenJ...................
Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running
more than one year. s503T ,525 II; re-
insurance pro rata. .,..-.--...............
Comm ssions and Brokerage due and to
become due...... ...-..................
Total I ia hilitiez
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
LIABILITIES.

Losses in process of Adjustment or
in uspense. .....-...........
Gross premiu on Fire Risks !
running one wear or less; rein
surauce 50per cent. :. ....-..-..-..
Gross premiums on Fire Risks (
running more than one year, re- |
insurance pro alta.
Liability under Life department.
Cash divid ends remaining unpaid 4.
All other demands against the Com
pany y....-........,... .....-........
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
Total Liabilities.
INCOME.
EXPENDITURES.

Net amount paid for Fire Losses Cn-
Guiding s542, ,531 %, losses of previous
years.. ..--... .-...........-.
Dividends to Stockhol ders...............
Paid or allowed for Commission or
Brokerage. e...................... ..-.......
Paid for Salaries. Fees and other
charges for officers, clerks, etc..
Paid for State, National and Local Taxes
All other payments and expenditures.
Total Expenditures ............
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18

EXPE DITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in-
Guiding sl70.2S4 il, losses of
previous years. ...... $735.3S9 90
Dividends to Stock holders. $4,000 90
Paid allowed for Commission or
Brokers Se..- <<o,o4o "a
Paid for salaries Fees and other
charges for officers clerks, ETC.. 1O5, 90
Taxes. c ..............-.. 27el649
lures. ........................ 95,9547 "a
Total Expenditures ,22s 356 IL
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
IIABILIFIE

LIABILIrIE :.
II sses adjusted and unpaid. .........
Losses in process Of Adjustment or
III CuS ptHSc .ss."
Losses resisted, including expenses.
cross premiums on Fire Risks run
ming one year orIess, s960,063 81;
reinsurance so per cent.
Gross prem. iums on Fire Risks run
ming more than one year, $S3 A.
1875 rs: reinsurance pro rata.
Amount rrc. aimabie by the insured
on perpetual Fire Insurance
Policies.. ...............,.
Com missions and Brokerage Que
and TO become due. ue..................
Total Liabilities.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
STATEN ENT
Or THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
AMERICAN FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY

OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF
" Pennsylvania. on the 31st day OF December,
A. D. 1896 and for the year ending on tha, day,
made to the insurance Commissioner OF The state
of California. pursuant to the provisions of sec
tlons 6l0 and 6l1 of the Political Code, condensed
as per blank furnished by the Commissioner.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-07
ALLEGED INSURANCE TRUST.

An Agent of the Kansas Insurance Office
Accuses Kansas City (Mo.) Companies.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 31.-Special Com
missioner McCray, of the state insur-
ance department, has filed report of
his investigation into the methods of
the insurance companies doing bust
ness in the two Kansas Citys. McCray
says that the agents of the insurance
companies doing business in Kansas
City, Mo-, have the strongest kind of a
trust; that one-third of the insurance
written on Kansas property is writ
ten by the companies not authorized to
do business in this state, and that
three-fourths of the unauthorized bust
ness is written in Kansas City, Mo.
The unlawful business, he says, eX-
tends to Kansas City, Kan, Lawrence,
Olathe, Ottawa and other towns in
eastern Kansas, and it extends to all
kinds of risks He says these Kansas
towns are visited by regular agents of
companies not licensed to do business
here at all The underground insur-
ance extends not only to packing
houses, but also to lumber yards, mills,
elevators, mauufac turing and mercan-
tile esta Adjustments throughout the en-
tire territory of eastern Kansas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-07
KANSAS FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

Apportionment OF the Fund Among the
Different Towns of the state.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 31.-The insur-
ance department has finished it's APP
portionment of 81, 42O Apr opriated
by the last legislature for the fire de-
partments of the cities and towns
which complied with the law. The
places entitled to draw money from
the state for their fire departments
and the amounts due them are:
Atchison, S31534; Arkansas City, $3.50. 20; An
thony, S157e8; Abilene, Sa70.29; Belleville,
$50 10; Beloit. s157.68; Columbus, S135. 15 Cher
ryvale, $3.50. 20: Concordia S135 Is; Clay Center,
S337.S5; Caldwell, 20; Cawker City. 1875. Is;
Dodge City, S157-6S; Enterprise, 500. TO- Eureka,
SIP e.; Eldorado S1s020; Ellsworth. S1576S;
Fredonia, s112.6e; Fort Scott. s247.77; Garnett.
S22-53; Garden City. S155.69; Great Bend,
S1576S; Galena, s135. Is; Harper, S135 Is;
Hiawatha. s135.15 Horton, S22.5 50; Her.
rington, 800 10: Hutchinson, $50. TO- juno
ton City, S225.24 Kansas City. 1915. 81; kinS-
ley, $685. Is; Lawrence. 1868 II; Leavenworth,
1908 16; Manhattan, 1896: Marion S135 10;
Marysvi11e. s2a5s4; Minneapolis, s157.6s; Nc
Pherson. S270.29 Newton, S202- ~; Ottawa,
1895 "a; P1easanton, 1857. 6S Pittsburg, $4,000:
Paola, S47301; Peabody, 49,. g. Sterling,
S315.34; Seneca, S252.S7; Sabetha, S135 Is; Sol
ONION City, 1925 "a; Scranton. S45-O5; Topeka,
S5405S Valley Falls, S11762; Wellington,
S292. 49, Wichita. $3.50. 40; Winfield S3s29 81
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-07
KANSAS STATE TAXES.

Auditor Morris Sends Out the Apportfon-
ment to the Different Counties
TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. S.-State Audi
tor Morris has completed the tabula-
ton of state taxes due from various
counties for the year 1897 and sent to.
each county clerk a statement of the
amount his county was expected to
raise for state purposes The total
sesSed valuation of the state, including
all forms of property, as fixed by the
state board of equalization for this
year. aggregates 1926. 354. 634, as against
an aggregate assessment of 1921, 49,
4S7 for 1896. The total amount of tax
to be raised this year is 81. 333. 954, as
against S1.365.1 ITO for the year 1896.
The following shows the aggregate
assessment and amount of taxes to be
collected this year from the various
counties:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-07
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

ALTHOUGH washington Is practically
deserted by officials, applications for
office still continue to pour in and the
clerks are rushed to ssbrief'' and file
away Endorsements for office.
DURING a fight between tramps and
the crew of a Sioux City &c Pacific
freight train between Sergeant Bluffs
and Sloan, Ia, Brakeman Harry Rob
ison was thrown from the top of a car
aud may die The tramps We're beat
en- off.
The state department at Washington
has paid over to an Italian official
Sc, 900 as indemnity for the lynching of
three Italians at Hahnville, La. by an
American mob.
The fast flyer on the Kansas Pacific
railway was wrecked about daylight
on the Sd about 40 miles east of Dem
yer, Col, and two trainmen were killed
and ten passengers badly hurt
Heavy rains of the previous evening
had carried away a portion of a bridge
which spans Comanche creek between
Byers and Strasburg, and the engine
plunged into the abyss and was fol-
lowed by several other cars
The plant of the jackson (Tenn.)
Wooden and Pants Manufacturing Co.
was totally destroyed by fire and 140
hands were thrown out of employing
Ind, has decided to erect a statue of
the late Vice President Schuyler Colfax
and committees were appointed to So
Ecit funds. Requests for assistance
will also be sent to Rebecca lodges
throughout the union, Mrs Colfax hav-
ing been the founder of Rebecca lodge
FIRE broke out in E. T. Bells store
at Lewisburg, w. Va, destroyed a ho-
tel, two banks, two drug stores and
ten other buildings Loss, S75, 900: in
surance, SIS, 900. The fire was inceE-
diary.
Mrs. PETER Kaufman, wife of a
wholesale cigar merchant at ST. Louis,
had her throat cut from ear to ear with
a butcher knife by her insane daugh-
ter The daughter was found upstairs,
chuckling over the terrible deed 1t
was supposed the crazy woman's con-
dition had been made worse by the in
tense heat
A LITTLE colored girl named Benetha
Jones was burned to death at Kan
sas City. Mo-, through playing with
matches.
AT Aberdeen, S. D.. over 100 tramps
took possession of freight train, but
We're finally dislodged by the police.
At Groton, s. D., tramps terrorized the
town after a big fight. but were jailed
at last.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-07
THE TRAMP NUISANCE.
Kaneas Overridden with Vagabonds Wh0
Are Daily Growing BoIder.


Are Daily Growing BoIder-
TOPEKA. Kan. July 31.-Tramps
were never SO numerous or their meth
DDS never so evil as now. In the midst
of plenty and their services in demand,
they offer not to work, but go up and
down the state begging and even
plundering. In times past they have
been satisfied to beg their food from
door to door, but this year they have
adopted the methods and practices
of highwaymen, and hesitate not
to break into homes, stores and
railroad stations, and attempts to
capture railroad trains are of daily oc-
currence- They ride on trucks, on the
blind baggage, on the roofs of coaches,
and if their numbers be sufficient they
resist the efforts of trainmen to
dislodge them Hardly a day or
night now goes by without damage
to the railroad property in the state
by tramps Depots are broken open
on all lines and at all points in the
state, and depredationsi in this particu-
lar have become SO numerous that di-
vision superintendent of several lines
have issued orders to station agents to
leave nothing worth stealing in the
depots at night. At larger points
switchmen have been instructed to
keep a close watch on railroad prop
erty during the hours of the night.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-07
GENERAL NEWS.

THE Liquor Dealers association re-
Gently petitioned the city council of
Danville, Ill. to lower the saloon
license from $500 to 5000, threatening to
close all the saloons if the license was
not lowered. The council refused and
on the I'd all of the 40 saloons in the
city We're found to be closed, it being
the day for the renewal of licenses.
THERE were prospects of trouble in
Chinatown, San Francisco, the high
binders having posted list of the
names of Chinese who had been con-
demned to death by the hatchetmen.
The list included many Chinese of high
standing in business circles at that
place.
AT the convention in New York so
delegates, representing $4,000 Jewish
trades unionists who were recently eX-
PEELED from the socialist labor party
for protesting against the methods of
certain labor leaders, decided to join
the Debs movement, or the social
democracy of America as it is officially
known.
THE mounted police of the northwest
territory are meeting all people bound
for the Yukon gold country at the
British line, beyond White and Juneau
passes, and comp Cling all who have
not years supply of provisions to re-
TURN W bIlS COdSl-
A SYSTEMATIC and direct exploring
expedition, having the south pole for
its objective point, recently started
from Antwerp, Belgium.
A NoN-UNIoN roller employed at the
iron and steel works at Scottdale, Pa,
was shot and killed the other night
There was great excit ement and Sheriff
Seanor was telegraphed to come at
once with so armed deputies
THE burning out of fuse on an cleo
trio car at Milwaukee created a panic
among as women and children and sew
eral were seriously injured.
A ROW occurred at a negro dance at
Guthrie, Ok, the other night and the
police were using force to protect
themselves One policeman struck a
negro over the head with his revolver,
knocking him down, at the same time
the weapon was discharged and fatally
shot another negro in the crowd.
FRED GILBERT, of Spirit Lake, Ia,
defeated Rollo O. Heil1es, of Dayton
O., at Fairview park, Dayton, in $50
bird match by a score of 142 to 136.
Il. NORRIS, a 16-year-old boy, living
near Paducah, KY, was reported miss
ing, and Charles Larett and Henry
Richardson were accused of whipping
and then drowning the lad