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The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
THE THIRD WOMAN
HANGED IN CANADA
Crowd Jeers at Her in
Death.
FACES ALL MEN BOLDLY
DIES ON THE sCAFFoLD WITH
HER LOVER.
The Man Is Weak When It Comes
to Paying the Pen
atty for His
Crime.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ST. SCHOLASTIQUE, Quebec, March
10.-Mrs. Cordelia POirier and Samuel
Parslow were hanged here to-day at
sos a. m. Life was declared extinct in
eight minutes, the necks of both having
been broken. Mrs. Poirier, who said
farewell to her relatives last night, was
firm and collected throughout. She
took part in the mass said at o'clock
this morning and on the scaffold shook
hands with the hangman without a
tremor. The crowd inside the Jail
jeered at her, but even then her COM
posure did not desert her, and at the
suggestion of the executiOner she
turned and faced the jeerers and stood
erect and prayed to the last. Parslow
was more dead than alive when the
drop fell.
The condemned were taken to the
scaffOld separately and were kept from
seeing each other by a screen placed
between them. Six hundred men who
had remained up all night witnessed
the execution.
Outside the Jail there were 1000 more,
who tried to batter down the gate of
the Jail yard and could only be made to
desist by the provincial police firing
their revolvers in the air. The behavior
of the crowd inside was such that one
of the priests, Rev Father Meloche had
to reprove them from the scaffold.
Mrs. Cordelia Poirier and Samuel Pars-
low, her reputed lover, were hanged for
the murder of Isidor Poirier. the woman's
husband in 1897. The crime was commit
ted in the Poirier home in ST. Canute.
Quebec. Mrs, Poirier, who was 33 years
of age, was the Organist of the Roman
Catholic church at ST. Jerome, where
Parslow sang in the choir. Both prison
ers confessed their guilt, each seeking to
put the blame on the other.
Mrs. Poirier was the third woman of
eleven condemned since the confederation
to receive capital punishment. The two
women who had previously suffered the
death penalty since the confederation
were Phoebe Campbell, hanged at Lon
don in 1872 for cutting her husband 8
throat with knife. and Elizabeth Work
man, hanged at Sarnia year later for
beating her husband to death with a club.
The sentences of eight of the eleven muir
deresses were commuted to life imprison-
ment The crime of six of these women
was the murder of their husbands.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
SAN LUIS OBISPO
BANK SUSPENDS
Closes Its Doors Because Of Lack
Of BusiDess Due to GbseDce
Of RdiD.

community was greaty
that the County an OF s
the door OF the bank
to the fact hat
o.
f 80 ~ r. E
r. made the following statement tonight;
all demands OF deposlos
to
creditors
be o
hash and
the Bank
of smaIde section
within
the advice
wise suspend before worse
disaster overtoo the
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
MORE DELAY IN
UNION BANK CASE
Board of Directors Not
Yet Named.
COURT WANTS MORE TIME
CONTINUES THE MATTER TO
NEXT MONDAY.
Judge Lorigan Intimates He Will
Reappoint All but Two of the
Members Who Have Just
Resigned.
CONTINUES THE MATTER TO
NEXT MONDAY.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, March 10.-The appoint
ment of a board of directors to close
the business of the defunCt Union Saw
ings Bank was not made by Judge Lori
gan this morning, but went over till
Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The
directors, stockholders and depositors
were represented by counsel and
Deputy Sturtevant appeared for the
Attorney General The court inquired
If a person not a stockhOlder could be
named as director. Sturtevant was not
certain about this and said the safer
way would be to name only StOckhOld-
erS. He was of the opinion that one
who had acquired stock since the fail
ure could become member of the di-
rectorate.
Judge Lorigan said he was not yet
ready to name the directors. If Direc-
tor c. p. BraSlan had resigned he would
have had the stockholders elect board.
As it was he would appoint six direct
ors, as Braslan would make the
seventh. He had received a telegram
from Gilroy asking the court to give
the stockholders of that section repre-
sentation on the board of directors He
felt inclined to give all sides a repre-
sentative, but the depositors at the last
meeting decided they did not care about
it. The board of directors that had
until its successor had been elected and
it could make arrangements to look
after it's interests at the meeting Of
Howard's creditors to be held on Mon
day.
Judge Lorigan has intimated that he
will reappoint the directors, with prob
ably two exceptions, that have just
rendered their designations. These are
Amasa Eaton, Cyrus Jones, w. H.
Wright. n. BOWden, L. Callisch, j. w.
Rea and c. p. Braslan. Wright and
BOwden are the only ones who were in
the directorate at the time of the fail
ure and Bowden had been elected but
a couple of weeks when the crash came.
The court has said he would not name
an attorney and in this case Bowden, in
whom all depOsitOrs have the greatest
confidence, will not be reappOinted.
George T. Dunlop of Gilroy probably
will be named in his stead.
The board of directors of the Union
Savings Bank met this afternoon and
considered HOward's Indebtedness.
They selected c. H. Bills as their favor
ite in the choice Of a receiver in How
ards bankruptcy. In case Bills be not
elected they ask the creditors to con-
slider Jacob Miller. Ralph Hersey and
G. K. Fleming for the position, in the
order named.
The depositors are not pleased with
the continual delay in the bank matter
and a large number of them now want
suit brought against the stockholders.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11

nervous, petulant and respondent
Generally ll-health in a woman is due to
disorders or arrangements of the delicate
and important feminine organs which are
the cradle of the race. No woman who suf-
fers in this way can retain her good looks
or her attractiveness. The daily burden of
tOrturing, dragging pains that she carries,
will soon make her a physical wreck, and
eventually either kill her or drive her to
insanity Any woman may restore and re-
tain her health and strength in a womanly
way by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t cures absolutely and COM
pletely the weakness and diseases peculiar
TO her sex. It does away with the neces-
sity for the obnoxious examinations " and
"local treatments - insisted upon by nearly
all physicians, and enables her to treat her
self in the privacy of her home. 1t is the
invention of Dr. R V. Pierce, for thirty
years chief consulting physician to the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute at
Buffalo, n Y Any woman may consult
him by letter free of charge. All cores
pondence sacred1y confidential.
az was sickly for sixteen years with prolap-
sus weakness, diSagreeable drain, pain in the
small of my back and costiveness." ." writes Mrs.
Mary Ash1in of Barronett, Barron Co., Wis
When ! began taking DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription could not sit up After taking it
for one week got up and did my housework-
have aken four bottles of the Favorite Prescrip-
ton one bottle of the Golden Medical Discov-
erv and three bottles of the Pleasant Pellets. ,
These medicines have cured me. feel as well
as ever did Seven of the best doctors in the
land treated nay case, but gave me no relief"
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11

And other aromatic plants by method known to the Caor
Fig Syrup Company only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and fvoi limitations please remember the full name
the company printed the front of every package
Consumers of the choicest products Of modern commerce
purchase about the price that others for cheap and
worthless limitations. To into universal demand and to
be everywhere considered the of Its cass article must
capable satisfying the and tastes of the best in
formed purchasers The California Fig Syrup Company haV
ing with the highest in the manufacture and sale
of its excellent liquid laxative remedy Syrup of Figs has
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
STRIKE ON THE YUKON.
Railroad Constructors Oppose a Re
duction of Wages.

SKAGUAY, Alaska. March 2-Seven
hundred of the 14cO laborers on construc-
tion work Of the White Pass-Yukon road
came out on strike yesterday as a result
of a reduction Of wages from 80 to 30
cents an hour and an increase of work
to ten hours a day. After the men struck
all the others were laid off for few days
closed for the present The men are
coming to Skaguay, and all are orderly
No violence is expected. A refuge camp
VIII be formed for them here, as there
are no hotel accommodations. All the men
have money.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
Father Against Son.

The unusual circumstance of a father
swearing out a warrant for the arrest OF
his son on a charge of forgery was wit
messed in Judge Conlans court yesterday.
The father is Daniel McClernon, and the
son. James H. McClernon, foreman with
Bush & Mallett. The father alleges
that about four years ago the son col
lected SIG interest on money he had de-
posted in the Peoples Home Savings
Bank and had forged his name to the
receipt Since then the son had got mar
ried. The son was arrested and was re-
leased on his own recognizance by acting
Police Judge Barry.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
DEMOCRATIC SHORTAGE.
Committee Expects to Make 1t Up
Within Thirty Days.

Ways to obtain means to iquidate the
$4,000 still owed by the Democratic State
Central Committee were earnestly dis
cussed yesterday at meeting of the Sc
lect committee recently appointed to raise
funds to wipe out this shortage. There
were present Ex-Governor Budd. Walker
c. Graves. Oscar Hooks. Supervisor By
Mayor PheIan Reports were made as to
collections and plans were laid for con-
tinuance of the work. The committee eX-
pressed confidence that the required
amount would be secured within thirty
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
Shafter Denies 1t.

BAKERSFIELD, March TO- - Being
shown a dispatch to the effect that re-
port was in circulation that he was en-
gagged to m~<ry the widow of General
John A. Logan, General Shafter said to-
night:
SThere is nothing whatever in the story
I have only a very slight acquaintance
with the lady
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
NO PACIFIC RAILROAD
BONDS TO BE SOLD
Secretary Gage Says There Will Be
No Deficit to Be Met This

WASHINGTON. March 10.-Secretary
Gage SAYS there Is no truth In the story
that $50 600 900 of Central Pacific Railroad
bends are TO be sold to meet an expected
deficit. He says Congress passed a pro-
vision comforting upon him authority to
sell these bonds, but he has not yet de-
cfded that ii will be necessary.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
ADVERTISEMENTS.

A woman
does not have
to be placed
under an X-ray
to show 10 all
beholders that
she is suffer
ing from i'll
b e alth. Ill
health marks
q woman much
rlore quickly
than it does a
man. It de-
stroys th e
sparkle in her
eye, the bloom
of health on
her cheek, her
vivacity of
manner, h e r
sprightliness IS
of carriage and
~ n q c her
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
Contracts for Gas Plants.

WOODLAND, March 1O.-A contract has
been concluded with the Pacific Acetelyne
Gas Company by which the company
aerees to put plants in the Courthouse
and the County Hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
For Mutilating Coin.

Charles Sanford. alias Rounds. arrested
at the Cliff House on Thursday by Police
men Clark and Prendergast, was yester-
day handed over to the Federal authorities.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
The Medicinal Qualities Are Obtained From SIENNA

become important to all to knowledge of the company
and its product. The California Fig Syrup Company was
organized than fifteen years for the special purpose
of manufacturing and selling laxative remedy which would
be pleasant the and beneficial in effect than
any known The great value of the remedy med
cna agent the companys efforts atested by the sale
of millions of bottles annually and by the high approval of
most eminent physicians the true and genuine remedy
named Syrup Figs is manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Company only, the knowledge of that fact will assist
avoi1ing the worthless limitations manufactured by Other
parties
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11

When searched two S1-bills were found
in his pockets, one of which had been
raised to $50 and the other to 500. His
Hugh Trainor. was booked at
the City Prison on a chage of vagrancy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11

It's perfect freedom from Objectionable quality and
substance acting the kidneys, liver and bowels,
gently yet promptly without weakening irritating them,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-20
WHITES VS.. BLACKS.
Lively Street Fight on Washington
Street Yesterday Noon.

During the fight between negro laborers
employed in laying asphalt pavement on
North Washington street. and several
white men. yesterday afternoon, PATROL
man Frazer, driver Of the central patrol
wagon, was viciously pounded about the
head with whip handle and run, over
by Il wagon in which the white men
sought to escape when the police appear
ed Despite his rough usage Officer Fra
;zer.i succeeded. in arresting two of the
Whites, John Casey and Joe Duffy, who
lire charged with disordely conduct. "
. The Fights said to have been precipi-
tated by the white men, several of whom,
1t is alleged, attacked the negroes The
blacks outnumbered the whites when they
all got together and took h,nd in the
scrap, and the whites were getting the
worst of the encounter when Officer Fra
Ger sought to stop the row. Immediate
ly, it is alleged, four of the white men
set upon the officer. After pounding him
with the whip handle two Of them jump
ed into an empty wagon standing near by
and sought to escape. Officer Frazer ran
along side of the wagon and fell under
the wheels. One wheel ran over his leg,
but did not seriously injure him. In the
meantime Officer Skoog went to Frazer's
assistance, and Duffy and Casey were ar
rested. Two other whites mixed up in
the fight escaped, but warrants for their
arrest were later sworn out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-20
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value Of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect Strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used. as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other, aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed On the front of every package
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
For sale by all Druggists. SOC. per bottle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-20

UP piteous moaning meanwhile. When
1t was seen that the dog was not try
Ing to bother anyone q crowd gathered
Of over 100 people. who watched the ami
NAL In it's commissions. A policeman
came up and secuted the notion OF the
dog having rabies. 1t was case Of
sunstroke. he thought, and in vertical
ton of his words went after bucket Of
water which he threw over the dog at q
safe distance.
, The unexpected deluge started the ami
NAL from its place and 1t made off down
Fifth street, scattering the people right
and left Just as 1t left the scene the
officer was making preparations to end
its sufferings with his revolver.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-20
CYCLONE BENEFIT
AT the Grand This Evening by the
Minnesota State Band.

AS time approaches for the benefit per-
Torrance rendered by the Minnesota State
band and the Grand opera house manage
ment in aid of the New Richmond suffer-
ers. to be given this evening. every in
dication points to its being great sue
cess. The project Is most commendable
and the charity deserves consideration
when 1t Is considered that the services OF
the band and soloists and the use of the
opera house have been given gratuitously
and that the entire receipts will be dom
ated to the above worthy cause. The band
will appear in Its entire strength under
the direction Of c. M. Selling. and will
render the following programme:
Part 1-'"Tannhauser March," Wagner;
overture. The King of Yvetot," Adam;
first time: selection, "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana, Mascagni; caprice heroique,
Awakening of the Lion" Kontski (by re-
quest).
Part 2-Mrs. Jessica De Wolf, soprano;
assisted by Mrs. Frank Hoffman, accom-
PIANIST; my Heart at Thy Sweet Voice."
Saint Saens; Meme L1ebe Ist Grun,"
Brahms; "Se Saran Rose" Arditi.
Part 3-Overture, DIANA" c. M Sell
ing (frst -time); cornet solo, 'Inf1amma-
tus" from "Satbat Mater" Rossni, Mr..
Albert Pankopf; Moroccan Characters
tic" 1.-THE Butterfly" Bandix; selection,
The Fortune Teller" Herbert first
time)
Seats can now be secured at the Grand
box Office
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-20
TRIED SAME HOUSE TWICE.
Stranger Who wanted Change for
a Quarter.


James McQuade. laborer, was pris-
oner in the police court yesterday on
the charge of swindling. He is alleged
to have worked a petty game whereby
he secured rs cents from Mrs John REM,
living at 80 Smith avenue
According to the police McQuade call
ed at the REM home Sunday morning,
and requested Mrs. REM to change
quarter of a dollar. He is said to have
represented that he had been doing some
sodding for neighbor, and desired to pay
a boy who had4been' helping him. When
Mrs. REM gave McQuade five nickles. ex-
pecting to be handed silver quarter, Nc
Quade is said to have instead given her
merry laugh and to have run away
down the street. With a show of temerity
McQuade again returned to the REM
home yesterday with a request similar
to that of the previous day. Mr.. REM
grabbed the alleged offender, but Nc
Quade got away. From a description
given the police he was afterward ar
rested by Officer Skoog.
The prisoner will be. tried Thursday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-20

Anton c. Schmidt, proprietor of dairy
on Florida street, near Wyandotte, died
suddenly from heart failure while milk
ing a cow in a stable back of his home
shortly before o'clock yesterday after
noon. Schmidt was found lifeless by his
brother. He had probably been dead
half an hour. Coroner Nelson investi-
gated the case and decided that death
was due to an affection of the heart.
For some time Schmidt had not been
in the best of health. He had been un-
der the care of physician for heart
trouble. and in addition to this attic
ton had not long ago undergone an op-
Grafton for appendicitis. OF late, how
ever, he had not complained of feeling
particularly unwell and his sudden death
was unexpected. He went to the stable
to attend to the evening milking and
was sitting beside one of the cows when
stricken. He fell to the floor without
cry, so far as is known, and died in
stantiy.
Schmidt lived with his mother and
brother. the latter being interested with
him in the dairy business. He was thirty
years of age and unmarried.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-20
BULLET WHlZZED NEAR HIM
ACTING VILLAGE MARSHAL STAY,
OF NORTH ST. PAUL, HAS
AN EXPERIENCE
Trouble Grew Out of Row That
Took Place There Sunday Night
Stones Were Flying Through the
Air for a Time.


Acting Village Marshal H. H. Stay had
a narrow escape from being shot by a
man whom he1was attempting to arrest
at North st. Paul Sunday evening after
an ARRAY that amounted almost to a
riot His assailant is supposed to have
been Peter Mortenson, a laborer, who
was arrested last evening on a warrant
sworn out by William Neumann, a sa-
loonkeeper at whose place the affray
started. Mr.. Stay, who was acting in
the absence of Marshal F. NJ. Barrett at
New Richmond has badly cut face as
memento of the encounter and the whole
occurrence will be aired before Justice
Gosewisch in the North St. Paul town
hall this morning
r 1t appears that Mortenson was one Of
a gang of men that was in Neumanns
saloon when some trouble broke out and
general fight was started. The noise
of. the affair attracted Marshal Stay, who
went into the place and Quilted the rum
puS. MortenSon was ordered out and
went outside. Saloonkeeper Neumann
claims that the man had his pockets
filed with rocks in anticipation of
trouble. At any rate the man had barely
been elected when a stone was hurl-
ed through the plate glass window and
landed squarely on the mouth of the act
ing marshal, breaking one of his teeth
and badly cutting both lips.
AS soon as he recovered from the
shock the acting marshal pluckily dashed
out in pursuit of the man who threw the
stone whom he identified in the growing
dusk at Peter Mortenson. The fugitive
had obtained a good start, but the officer
was gaining when Mortenson stepped be-
hind barn and the next instant shot
was fired that whistled close to the head
of the officer. This caused a relaxation
Of the pursuit and Mortenson effected his
escape until his arrest yesterday.
The people of North st. Paul are very
much excited over the affair. For some
time the village has been teeming with
suspicious looking strangers There
have been numerous petty thefts COM
mitted and women of the village who
were compelled to be out after dark have
been annoyed by the strangers Strin-
gent measures will be taken, according
to the generally expressed sentiment, to
put stop to the present state of af-
fairs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-20
OPPOSED TO REpAvING.
Ninth Street Property Owners Do
Not Want the Brick.


Property owners On East Ninth street,
between Broadway and Locust, appeared
before the board of public, works yes
terday to protest against the paving of
the street with brick.
One-third of the owners favored the
paving of the street, but the other two
thirds opposed it. The city engineer re-
ported that the improvement cost owners
$4.95 per front foot and this caused the
opposition. The board took the matter
under Amusement.
Favorable reports were ordered sent to
the council on the following improve
ments: Sewer on Minnehaha street,
from Cypress to a point 100 feet west,
cost to owners So cents per foot; sewer
on Beech street, from Cypress 300 feet
east, cost to owners 81 cents per foot;
sewer on jerks street, from Edgerton to
Jessie, cost to owners 65 cents per front
foot
Bids were ordered advertised for sew
er on Minnehaha, from Greenbrier to a
point 2S0 feet east, and on Arcade street,
from Minnehaha to point $50 feet south.
The city engineer estimates it will cost
the property owners 81 per front foot for
the improvement.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-20
DOG HAD sBNsTRoKE.
- ba-S0 sse.I,-r
POliceman's Diagnosis of an Anims
81. o. EIr


POliceman's Diagnosis of an Animal
-suspectedsSf Rabies.
A small sized BLOWN dog with what APP
peared to be pf6nounced case of
rabies caused genuine mad dog scare
shortly before loon yesterday on st.
Peter street, near the, Windsor hotel. De-
sipte the efforts CT. . policeman to end
its sufferings the ;naddened animal sue
ceeded in making Its escape after fright
ening several se, h gqaggFssd people by its
The dog came up Fifth street at a
rapid gait with its tongue lolling out
and foanning at the mouth Near the
Windsor hotel 1t slackened its speed end
went across the sidewalk into one of
the open spaces in, front Of an area win
dow of the hotel. its appearance and be-
havior frightened some ladies' who were
passing and who ran into the hotel and
the passersby hurried to get away.
The little s.animals. apparently uncon-
scious of eyerything except its sufferings,
splang REPEATEDLY against :sae window
and then Back to- The sidewalk. Keeping