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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
INF L|CATES THE
CHICAGO POLICE,
Most Sensational Case
Now on Trial.
THE STORY OF STOLEN BONDS
"RED CHRIS" sTREEK POSES AS
A SCAPEGOAT
Sleepy Burke, the Once Famous
safe-Blower, Who Turned
States Evidence, on the
Witness Stand.
THE STORY OF STOLEN BONDS
"RED CHRIS" sTREEK POSES AS
A SCAPEGoAT.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO, June S-What promises to
be one of the most sensational cases
In the criminal annals of Cook County
was resumed in Judge Gary's court
room to-day, Red Chris" Streek be-
ing on trial charged with completely
in the Schrage bond robbery of three
years ago. For long time the per-
petrators eluded capture and it was
openly charged that prominent police
officials were implicated in hushing th8.
affair up and assisting the criminals
to escape.
In his opening address to the jury,
Attorney James T. Brady. for the de-
tense, asserted that sensational evil
dence would be offered by Streek, that
his client was the Scapegoat of the
police to suffer the penalty that be-
longed elsewhere, and that SLEEPY
Burke was the ringleader of the band
of robbers, and that when he saw the
doors of the penitentiary opening to
receive him, he conceived the idea of
turning States evidence and laying the
charge upon an innocent man, to which,
in order to shield themselves, the police
readily assented.
Sleepy Burke was the first witness
called bv the State, and the famous eX-
safe blower took the stand. He told OF
Chris" Gordon, Baker, Hunt and James
Muldoon.
Burke said that after the old man
was bound and gagged the bonds and
money, aggregating S45,5 800, were taken
and divided among the band. The
bonds, he said, were subsequently
turned over to Red Chris" who said
that all that was necessary to receive
dollar for dollar for the bonds was a
little ma tiant waiting
Sleepy" Burke, the former burglar,
who now lives in New York, presented
a strange. spectacle on the witness
stand He was well dressed and pros
porous looking. but his testimony was
given in a hating manner He is
afflicted with ST. Vitus' dance, and his
features became strongly contorted and
often he was unable to continue, during
which time the proceedings had to be
stopped.
Ex-Chief of Police Badenoch was on
hand to testify, as were numerous other
witnesses.
The stolen bonds were presented in
evidence by the State, many of them
being dirty and greasy from their long
hiding in ash cans and under the coun-
terS of saloons
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
TRUE CHRISTIAN CHARITY.
Progress on Buildings for Stockton's
Old Mems Home,

STOCKTON. June S-The several build
ings comprising the Old Mems Home
which are being erected through the eff
forts Of Rev. Father W. 3. O'Connor and
the assistance of his parishoners are rap
idly assuming form. The buildings repre-
sent much larger and more substantial
structures than the published pictures
outline. The brick work on the main
building is about finished and the frame
work of the other buildings is up. The
work has moved steadily forward since
the laying of the cornerstone ten weeks
ago. and the first of the year wfl probably
ton. Father OConnor is taking a per-
sonal interest in every part of the work,
and the institution will when completed
stand as a monument to his active work
in behalf Of Christian charity.
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Professor of Hygiene at Harvard

Harvard College has lately received a
novel and interesting endowment, estab-
fishing what is to be called professor
ship of hygiene. The name, however.
does not perfectly express the real oh,
jects of the anonymous benefactor The
professor is to be the medical friend of
physician, whose advice and sympathy
the students may seek at any time He
must, therefore, be a learned. active and
and capable of entering quickly and cor,
daily into their feelings. His tempera-
ment ought to be genial and sympathetic.
medical scientist and practitioner The
endowment is large enough to provide,
ultimately, a salary higher than is now
but the entire income of the endowment
is not yet at the disposal of the Corpora
tion-Harvard Crimson.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09

Nothing is left, it is felt, but recourse
TO force.
The Daily Mail says it learns that II
was President Kruger himself who sug-
eesred the conference, and it claims TO
have reliable authority for declaring
that Sir Alfred Miner, the British High
Commissioner. has his back to the wall
and is supported to the utmost by the
Cabinet.
Commenting editOrially on the sltua-
ton the Daily Mail says II we know
our Kruger Alright, he will back down;
and if not, Why.
The Daily Chronicle deprecates Mr..
Chamberlain's warlike attitude, but
does not deny the gravity of the sltua-
ton and seriously counsels the Beers TO
grant reasonable reforms, as the only
means of preserving their independence
AGAINST the plots of the Stock Exchange
and the violence of Downing street
The Standard which reminds the
Transvaal that its independence is not
absolute. but is contingent on faith
full execution of the agreement supu-
lating equal rights for all White IN
habitants. saws: We now demand that
all EngIishmen resident in the Trans
vaal shall be treated with justice; and
President Kruger may rest assured
that the whole country will support the
Government in any measures required
to make this demand effective. Let
Mr.. Kruger grant the Uitlanders full
citizenship and the whole question is
ended. At present he only offers
note of hand for ridiculous sum, pay
able many years hence, in return for
our immediate abandonment OF all the
legal rights we now possess for en-
forcing the payment Of debts long over
due"
The Cape Town correspondent OF the
Times says: AT the close of the con
ference Mr.. Kruger declared that he
was pleased at the friendly way in
which matters had been discussed and
hoped they would understand each
other better in the future
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
HANNA PAYS HIS
RESPECTS TO THOSE
WHO OPPOSE HIM
No Earthly Power Gould Keep
the Antitrust Plank Out
OF Ohio Platform.

NEW YORK, June S.-A staff CORE
spondent of the Brooklyn Eagle inter-
viewed Senator Hanna in Cleveland to-
day on Ohio politics. Hanna denied
the story afoat in Cincinnati to the
effect that while he was in the Neil
House at Columbus as the Hamilton
County anti-CoX delegation passed, he
remarked, upon being told who they
We're, that they were lot of blankety
blanks.
To the question rs Golden Rule Jones
of Toledo making any Roadway with his
ideas in the State?" the Senator an
swered:
"Oh, no; he does not amount TO any
thing He is simply a crank, but he is
a moral crank, and that makes things
worse, for he believes what he says. He
is a disappointed candidate for Cover
nor. I took care 10 make some inquiries
as to what there really was in this
movement in which he is engaged. L
sent some of my labor lieutenants down
to Toledo to see who was behind Jones.
They found that the real Workingmen
We're not with him; that he was backed
by the riff-raff and idle fellows you ma
in every city. All the liquor dealers and
DuInS were IOr MIN, d4OIS VIII L-iiio
Gratis, and that is how he came to be
elected Mayor. When l learned that he
and his fellows were candidates for
delegates to the State convention told
some of our timid people down that
way they must make a fight against
him. They did and beat him, and he ala
not get a single delegate"
Then you think, said the reporter
that there is no strength to the Jones
movement"
To This the Senator replied No
strength: there are only a lot Of cranks
and buns and idlers behind Jones. He
means what he says. but he is a moral
crank
To the question. How did you come
70 get the antitrust plank into the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09

PLATFORM" the Senator answered: You
could not have prevented it any more
than you could dam up Niagara.
When asked if the sentiment of the
convention was directed against any
particular trust. as, for instance, the
Standard Oil Company, Mr.. Hanna
said:
No the Standard Oil Company has
done more for the State CT Ohio than
any other corporation doing business
within its borders"
W hen asked what was the secret of
eX-Mayor McKisson's opposition to
him the Senator said slowly and saw
agely: He is ID. cold blooded
scoundrel He is ambitious for office.
had TO f8ht in this State men like
him. as well as the Democrats. The
people of the State know what kind of
man l am They know 1 have spent
my time and money freely; that l have
sacrificed more fer the party than any
other man in it, and that's why they
stood by me in these campaigns Nc
kisson and his kind are double-dyed
SCoundrels.'
TOLEDO, Ohio, June S.-Referring to
the Hanna interview published in the
Brooklyn Eagle to-day, Mayor Jones
tonight said: I never deal in per-
sonaitles. Hannaism, Plattism, Crok-
eTism and bossism are all the same.
If we could believe bosssm would per-
ish when the individuals who represent
it are dead our hope might be quick
ened, but Mr.. Hanna, like all others Of
his class. is simply the product Of a
vicious social system, that only pro-
Vides plan for the few to live.
If Mr.. Hanna is correctly reported.
his ignorance and amazing effrontery
are simply appalling. That he should
sink TO the extent Of parading his ven
ality in the public press. saying I sent
some of my labor lieutenants down to
Toledo, etc, is a slight indication of
the Kind of men we may look for in
our millionaire barons.' as they are
soon to be known in this country. un-
less there is radical change in the
social order"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
'C0NVICTS WANT
A TRIP TO TOWN
Refused to NJ axe Sworn
Dispositions.
THEY PREFER A JUNKET
APRIsoNERS MUST BE TAKEN
TO COURT.
Trial of George Pullman for the
Murder of John Showers at
Fol I'm Will Cause Off
GERS Much Worry.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SACRAMENTO. June S.-The conviets
who witnessed the killing of John Show
ers by George Pullman at Folsom Few
weeks ago are not going to let chance
go by to enjoy junket outside the prison
walls, and at the same time probably eS-
cape from their captors. With the eXcep-
ton of one, the witnesses for the defense
who were called upon for dispositions de-
clined to furnish them, stating that they
would not testify unless allowed to come
to Sacramento for the purpose. When
Oppenheimer was tried in Sacramento
some months ago for the murder of fell
low-convict a number of fellow-prisoners
were brought down from Folsom to testify
in the case. From the moment they left
the prison until after the usual delays
they were returned thereto the convicts
were a constant source of worry to those
who were responsible for their custody:
The opinion has been publicly expressed
here that the conVictS at the prisons IN
some manner received tips as to the time
of the occurrence Of a murder in order
that they might be around TO witness ii
and have an opportunity for a trip to
town.
Be this as it may. when Puttman's case
came up in the Superior Court Judge
Hughes appointed Warren E. Doan. Off
cial court stenographer. commissioner
to go to Folsom with the attorneys and
obtain the dispositions Of the convict wit
nesses. Doan and the attorneys reported
" tHG COul lp-udS llldI IIlC pI
called upon, with the exception of one, de-
clned to furnish dispositions. Among the
prisoners who said they would not tes-
tify unless brought before the court at
Sacramento were Fred Bernard, Fred
Wilson and Alexander Beauddry.
One of the prisoners brought before the
commissioner was John &Eilson, alias
Shy Red" sent to solitary. confinement
for a period of thirty-six years for hav
ing been found with concealed weapon
ora his person. He refused D be sworn
al ana 4e sfHl9 not s n0ne of T2 his
business and he Wo be dragged
be sworn was Harry NeMNets. one of the
Baden murderers, awaiting execution. It
is expected that the Pullman trial will
begin tomorrow. and that the attorneys
for the defense will ask the court to is
sue an order for the presence of the wit
nesses in court. so that Pullman, the de-
PENDANT may face all his accusers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
RACING BEGINS
At MARYSV|LLE
Spring Meeting of the
Jockey Club.
GOOD SPORT ON FAST TRACK
DORA DO THE WINNER OF THE
$50 TRoT.
Harris Tip Tomores Captures the
~ .>.l-
Harris Tip Tomores Captures the
Special Harness Event in Straight
Heats-Running Dashes
Won in Good Time.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MARYSVILLE. June s.-The spring
race meeting of the Marysville Jockey
Club, which is to continue three days.
opened at Agricultural Park this after
noon under favorable conditions. The at
tendance was IN to all first days at a
/ Marysville meeting. The track is de-
clared by horsemen a fast one and the
weather is all that can be desired.
The judges were w. 2. Harkey, John
Seward and S. H. Bradley. The following
acted as time keepers: 'Daggy'' Smith
/ of Sacramento and Ii. E. Whitman of san
Francisco.
For the 2:30 trot. which was for purse
of $50 two in three, the following horses
were entered: Walter McAlpine's Dora
Do, ]. j. McGrath's Fallony and D. h.
knights Dos Minutes. Suel Harris Linz
neIa did not come to the scratch. Dos
Minutes sold favorite in the pools at So,
with Sc for the field.
In the first heat the horses scored SIX
times before they got away. On leaving
the wire the favorite broke and fell back
TO third place, Dora Do taking the lead
At the quarter the mare was sin lengths
ahead. with Fallony second by Iouc
lengths. Nearing the halt DOS t1lnutos
maze a splendid squirt for second place
and on reaching the turn was giving Dora
Do a great race. Down the stretch he
closed the gap to three lengths. Dora 10
won. Dos Minutes second: Time, 2:22l2
In the second neat LULA ~ oSoii,
forged ahead, the favorite taking third
place until the stretch was reached. Dora
Do was five lengths ahead at the quar-
ter, three lengths at the half ana Two
lengths ahead OF Dos Minutes coming I'M
der the wire. Time. 2:25.
Dora Do won the heat race and lrSt
money, Dos Minutes won second money
and tallony third money.
The second race of the day was a spe-
cial trot, two in three. purse SOU. Inc
entries were William Leech's Director RI,
iOn1OT9S
Hazel B. W Gayitt's Shannon. Tip sold
favorite at S.. against 81 for the field.
In the first heat the favorite took the
lead and made the mile without skip;
Hazel 3 was second Shannon third and
Director H fourth. Time, 2:32.
The second heat was a repetition OF the
first heat, except that Shannon took sec
ond place from Hazel B. The time Was
Shannon. and Hazel B divided second
money.
The first running race, five-eighths of
mile dash, was for a purse of 800 The
entries were P. w. McCune's Redwood,
Dan Morgan's Lou l., T. w. Horizons
Rometta and French's Jessie O. The last
named sold favorte and won in 1:04. Lou
L was second, Redwood third and Ro
meta fourth.
The last race on the programme was Il
three quarters of mile dash with the
following entries: John Foleys Major
Cook, A NJ Kinnels Sir Urian. II. E.
Whitman's Chihuahua, c. l. Thacker's
last named sold favorite. Jim Bozeran
was first. Major Cook second and Chihua-
hua third. Time. lis.
SUMMARY
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
AN ENGAGEMENT BROKEN
Difference of Religion Separates
Prince and Grand Ducbaee

Special Cable to The Call and the New, yori,
HERALD Copyrighted, 1899, by James Cor
BERLIN, June 81 am creditablv m
formed that the engagement between
Prince Maximilian of Baden and Grand
Duchess Helene, daughter Of Grand Duke
Vladimir, has been definitely broker off
the cause alleged being difference of
Prince Macmillan of Baden is the
Baden. He was born in 1867 and holds the
rank OF captain in a Prussian cavalry
regiment. His engagement to the Grand
Duchess Helene was announced last fall.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
Vote of Thanks to Kitchener

LONDON, June S.-Both the House Of
Lords and the House of Commons TODAY
passed votes of thanks to General Lord
Kitchener of Khartoum and the other Of
ffcers and men engaged in the Soudan
campaign.
Michael Davtt, Irish National member
for South Mayo, protested and CHALLENGED
a division, with the result that there were
81 votes in favor of the motion and 20
against 1t.
remarked that Mr.. Davitt attended the
House 'as an avowed enemy of our coun-
try adding that he understood that a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09

S-A o he
Yas
have known of his whereabouts all along They claim he
received the ardy Minister is San Sebastian
has
to /
S
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
Robbers Swim a River.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., June S.--A courier
Just came in from the Union Pacific rob-
bers' chase and brings the report that
morning and the posse was in close pur-
suit. The robbers swan Powder River
The stream is a raging torrent and how
Owing to this daring feat the bandits
gained several hours on their pursuers.
achievements have reached the posse
and the capture of the robbers seems GER
tain
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
Idaho Grand Jurors.

WALLACE, Idaho, June S.-This after
noon Judge Stewart issued an order for
twenty grand jurors. The venire is re-
turnable Monday, and the Acting Sheriff
is instructed to select men In parts of the
county where least knowledge of the re-
cent riots is likely to exist, and also 20
select men of stability with regard to
their opinions.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
MANY Buildings Blown Up.

NEW YORK. June S.-Thirty-six build
ings. comprising almost the entire plant
Of the Nordlinger Fireworks
Company at GraniteYile. Richmond Bor-
oueh. were blown up this afternoon and
the entire fireworks plant practically
wiped out of existence. Although the
fires which followed the explosion lasted
for several hours, the wreck was com
plete within a few minutes. No lives were
lost and but three persons were injured,
two of them seriously. The property loss
will not exceed SIS 900.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
Burglars at Booths House.

NEW YORK, June S.-General Balling-
ton Booth. who has just returned from
trip on the Pacific Coast with his wife,
reported to the police at Montclair.
N. j., to-day that his house had been en-,
tered by burglars in his absence The
thieves were evidently looking for money
and valuable silverware. They got neither
and did not take much of the other prop
ertV in the house
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
Fast Time on the Valley Road

VISALIA, June S.-The Valley Road at
this point is making records for FAST
time. 1t is just twelve miles between
Vlsaiia and Tulare, and the country is
nearly as level as a floor. It is a com
mon occurrence for passenger trains to
cover this distance at the rate of a mile
a minute. Everybody is talking about
train tied the record made by passen-
ger trains having dashed over the track
from here to Tulare in just twelve
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
Reward for Buchanan.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted. 1899. by James Cor
don Bennett.
BUENOS AYRES, June S.-The Min
lister of Foreign Affairs has intimated to
his Chilean colleague the appropriate
ness of an offer to William I. Buchanan
the American Minister, OF an adequate
de Atacama question.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09

Nersed the decision of the Justices Court
on the ground that when one MAJ, US
hired by number of men. any one of the
number was liable for the EMPLOYEES
wages, and that the only recourse of the
brought in as codefendants The decision
is one of considerable moment to work
men and to employers as we'll
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
TWELVE ITALIAN CARDINALS.
Will Be Created by the Pope at a
Secret Consistory.

ROME. June Sit is officially an
nounced that the Pope at a secret con-
sistory on June 10 will create twelve Ital
ian cardinals, including the nuncfo at
Madrid. the Archbishop of Goritz. The
Archbishop of Toulouse, the Latin Patri-
archs OF Constantinople and Antioch and
others.
A public consistory will be held on June
Y. when number of Italian and foreign
Bishops will be preconized
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
ALL EMPLOYERS RESPONSIBLE
Judge Budd Renders an Interesting
Decision at Stockton.

STOCKTON, June San important de-
cision was rendered by Judge Budd to-day
in the case of P. Maggiori against Ernest
Riff, on appeal from Justice Parkers
court. The case was one in which the
plaintiff. who had been hired by six men,
the defendant one of them, had brought
suit against Riff for his wages. Justice
Parker decided that the defendant was
not liable, and the plaintiffs attorneys
appealed the case. The upper court re-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVED.
Thursday June s.
Schr Nettie Low, Low, 5 hours from Point
DOMESTIC PORT.
TACOMA-Arrived June S-Stmr Tacoma, I'm
Hongkong.
Sailed June s-Stmr Elihu Thomson.
TRANSATLANTIC STEAMER.
QUEENSTOWN-Saied June s-stmr Penn
land. from Liverpool, for Philadelphia
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
The Paris as a Lightshin

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett
PARIS, June s.-The European edition
of the Herald publishes letter suggesting
that instead of breaking up the steamship
Paris the underwriters would confer a
benefit on navigation by making her a
ManacleS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
An Electric Franchise.

SANTA ROSA, June S.-This afternoon
the Board of Supervisors granted a fran
chse for fifty years to the Clear Lake
Electric Power Company to maintain a
system of poles and wires in Sonoma
County for the purpose of furnishing
power and light
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
Rigo, the Gypsy, Not Dead.

NEW YORK, June S.-A London dis
patch printed here to-day says: Princess
Chimay, formerly Clara Ward of Detroit,
telegraphs from Cairo that Jancsi Rigo,
the gypsy, with whom she eloped and
later married, is not dead, but is quite
well in Cairo.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
PROFESSOR ELSTON MAY
BE CALLED TO WOODLAND
Likely to Be rendered the Position of
Principal of the High
School

WOODLAND. June S.-There is consid-
cradle talk. and it finds much favor. to
me erect that Professor A. NJ Elston of
principal of the Woodland High School,
He satisfactorily filed the position at Hes
peTIan College in this city for many
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
Benefited BY the Rain.

WOODLAND, June S.-The season is
sufficiently advanced to warrant the pre-
diction that the beneficial effects of the
late showers outweigh the damages
Winter sown grain is filing out SPLEEN
didly
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09

Paderewski's affection has been
wholly centered on his son since the
death of his wife. The young fellow is
II and a confirmed invalid.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09

In a certain village it is said that the
church offertory is collected in bag
at the end of a pole, with a bell at
tached for the purpose of arousing
sleepers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09
State Tennis Tournament.

WOODLAND, June S.-A State tennis
tournament is talked of as one of the
probable features of the Fourth of july
celebration.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-09

Third race, five-eighths of mile. run
ming, purse s100-Jessie o won, Lou L sec
ond, Redwood third. Rometta fourth
Time 1904.