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The San Francisco call., 1899-06-12

Frank Cheeseman, self-confessed mur-
derer and escaped lunatic, believed by the
Oakland police to be the man who made the
bloodthirsty assault Saturday night on H.
K. Belden Of that city, paid visit yester-
day to the PotrerO Of San Francisco. crying
for human blood. Revolver in hand, he
paraded The streets of the district, proclaim
Ing his identity and announcing his purpose
OF killing the woman he failed to Slay last
August, when he shot her father through the
heart.
The woman who was Miss Eta Payne
is now Mrs. Fred Knick, the wife Of
laborer at the Union Iron Works. She re-
sides with her husband, whom she married
shortly after recovery from the murderous
attack Of Cheaseman, at 909 Illinois street.
That she was not killed yesterday is due TO
the good sense Of an acquaintance, who
heard the bloodthirsty lunatc announce his
intention of finishing that - woman,
and hurried as fast as his legs could carry
him to notify the KnickS of their peril.
They fled from the house for their lives and
notified the police that Cheeseman was run
ming amuck.
In a short time half a dozen patroImen
were securing the district for the fiend,
while Knick and his wife were Fastening to
police headquarters to implore the prOtec
tion of the Chief against the sanguinary
madman. They were escorted to their homes
by officers and guarded last night, while
The search for their persecutor was con-
tinued.
Cheeseman, however, had vanished from
the scene almost as suddenly as he ap-
peared, and up to an early hour this MORN
ing had not been heard of. His mania is
such, however, and he has proved himself so
persistent in his hunt for blood that it is be-
lieyed by the police, if he is not soon found,
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, ed the murder of her stepfather and near
ly resulted in her own death was in this
city. CheeSeman was better informed
He not only knew that she was in San
| Francisco. but he knew the locality in
which she lived and the name and place
of employment of the man she had mar
ried. Filled with a desire to complete his
! former murderous effort, he came to this
| city yesterday to kill her.
! The girl, who was Eta Payne, is now
Mrs Fred Knick, the wife of an employe
of the Union Iron Works. She lives with
| her husband at 909 Illinois street. 1t was
about $50 o'clock in the afternoon when
the presence of Cheeseman in her vicin-
| ity became known. The man himself was
in a saloon on Kentucky street with sew
eral other persons. He had taken num-
erous drinks quietly and would not have
been noticed had not the old suicidal
mania seized him.
"Hoorayi" he yelled, jumping to his feet
and fourishing long navy revolver. MY
name is Frank Cheeseman and I'm going
over to kill that ID woman. L killed
her father over in Oakland and now I'm
going to finish the job!
! This sudden outbreak and the sight of
the formidable weapon in Cheeseman's
hands caused a quick scattering of the
few in the barroom The murderer did
not appear to notice it,
It'll be all day with you, Mrs. Knick, =
he continued, whirling the revolver
around his head. It'll be all day with
you when L find YOU"
Another flourish of the revolver and an
unearthly yell and he was gone, the few
persons who had fed from the saloon to
the street making way for him as he
started in the direction of the knick
| home several blocks away, emitting un-
earthly yels as he went. There was no
attempt to stop him, as those near at
hand rightly guessed that such a pro-
ceeding would mean death.
Luckily for Mrs. Knick one young man
in the crowd named Cameron, who is en-
ployed at the Union Iron Works and
knows her husband and her history, heard
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CHEESEMAN PROBABLY
BELDEN'S ASSAILANT

the announcement of Cheeseman. He hes
itated not an instant. Going cross lots
he made for the house, where he found
Mr.. and Mrs. Knick. He told his story
in a few words warning them to get to
a place of safety, emphasizing his words
by the additional statement that Cheese
man was even then on the way to carry
out his murderous design.
While Kniek busted himself in securing
his wife in safety at the house of neigh
Dor, Cameron notified the police at the
Potrero station of the presence in the
vicinity of the murderous maniac. Patrol
men were sent at once to the scene of the
excitement, and for hours hunted high
and low for Cheeseman. No trace of him
had been found at dusk, and under cover
of night Mrs. Knick and her husband
journeyed to the office of the Chief of
Police to implore his protection.
Mrs Knick made no effort to conceal
her fears that Cheeseman would succeed
in killing her. She was almost on the
verge of Mysteries and wept bitterly.
Upon her plea and convinced that Cheese
man meant to carry out his threat, two
patrolmen were detailed to accompany
her to her home and stand guard during
the night.
This sudden appearance of Cheeseman
gives color to the belief of the Oakland
police that he is the man who made the
murserous assault Saturday night on II.
K. Belden at his residence, Oak and Lake
streets, facing Lake Merritt. The man
ner in which the assault was made is al
most exactly that in which Cheeseman
attacked Henry ]. Brooke. The descrip-
tion of the man who aimed the blow at
Belden's head answers that Of the es-
capped lunatic. His appearance in Oak
land was expected at any time, and the
attack justifies the belief of the police
that he was the man.
When the news of Cheeseman's escape
from the Napa Asylum reached the Oak
land police they notified the peace officers
of the surrounding towns IN Alameda
County to be on the lookout for him. They
particularly cautioned Marshal Lloyd Of
Berkeley that the maniac would be likely
to make his appearance in that town,
where his parents live at 1922 Otis street.
Lloyd has kept a sharp lookout and is
certain that Cheeseman has not called on
his parents. They said yesterday they
had neither seen nor heard of him since
his escape and seemed to be under the
impression that he was on his way East,
where he has a rich uncle. Cheeseman's s
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-12
PROTEST OF
LABOR AGAINST
THE OUTRAGES
SAN FRANCISCO LABOR COUNCIL,
1859 Mission Street.
SAN FRANCISCO, June H. 1899.

Editor of The Call-Dear Sir: The hor-
rors of the Wardner bull PEN and the
unconstitutional and in the history
OF the republic, unprecedented. stretch
of military authority as exercised
by Major General Merriam in the
Occur d'Alenes. having aroused the
citizens of San Francisco to the
danger the rights of all are exposed to
by such actions, the San Francisco Labor
have decided to hold monster mass
meeting on Wednesday night at the Met
ropolitan Temple to protest against the
suspension of the right of habeas corpus
In time of peace, to denounce the suppress
sion Of the right Of free speech and free
press and to call upon all trades unionists
of the country and upon citizens in gen
eral to hold similar mass-meetings, so
that the methods for the subversion of
civil liberty now pursued in Idaho by Gov
ernor Steunenberg and Major General
Merriam be checked and American free
dom preserved
At the meeting Of the committee Of ar
rangements held on Saturday night it
was decided that unions be requested to
march in a body to the meeting, carrying
their banners. The Brewery Workmen' 8
Union which met that night, has already
ised to take like action. The trades union
lists believe that the military authorities
in Idaho are trying to establish a prece-
dent, by the aid of which in the future
1.-The right of combinations will be of no
value to the working people.
That these are no idle fears, the follow
ing verbatim copies of the applications
miners in the Occur d'Alenes must sign
for '1eave" to seek employment amply
prove:
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO SEEK EN-
PLoYMENT IN THE MINES OF sHo-
To DR.. Hugh France. State Representative
Sir: I hereby make application for issuance to
me of permit allowing me to seek employment
in the mines of Shoshone County. am a..
by occupation. l am a native OF. ......, and am
a citizen of the United States / last
worked at the mine in My shift
boss was .... / have not been for. .....- years
a member Of any miners union. I took no
part either actively or passvely, in aiding.
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quickly swelled to several thousands.
The windows of the cafe were smashed
and the struggle was continued within.
Finally the mounted police arrived,
clearing the neighborhood and closed
the restaurant Several persons were
injured, including a number Of police
men.
Several members of the Chamber of
Deputies who attended the races are
unanimous In praisinF the calm atti-
tude of the populace there. The Social
ist leaders were the first to exhort their
friends to display moderation. M
Juares more than once interfered to
prevent the enthusiasm of his follow
ers developing into disorder. I'VE for
get our differences here" he said, Ito
assemble around the President of the
republic"
One of the features of the day was an
unusually large gathering Of Deputies
and municipal functionaries at Long
/ champs, less to witness the races than
/ to testify their adherence to the exist
ing regime. All the Ministers were loud
/ ly cheered when going and returning
| OF the forty persons arrested only a
small number have been retained in Gus
| tody. M. Loubet expressed a wish that
/ all who had been arrested merely on
account Of seditious cries should, so
| far as possible, be liberated.
Two policemen were injured by de-
monstrators who were trying to rescue
| friends from arrest. One, u detective,
was very roughly used. His clothes
were nearly torn off his back and his
revolver and purse were stolen. These
however, We're isolated incidents.
Just before midnight another de-
monstration took place outside the
office Of Libre Parole. In the scuff1es
with the police several persons were
! injured.
Inquiry at the prefecture of police
at a late hour elected the informa-
ton that about thirty arrests were
made during the day and ten policemen
were more or less seriously injured
The predominant cries We're "Vive
| Loubet' and "Conspuez Rochefort''
| After the riot at the Pavilion d'Arne-
nonville the mob marched to what it
| supposed was the residence of M
Rochefort. but not knowing the num-
Der of the house, the demonstrators
hooted outside another persons resi-
dence. There was considerable mani
|
TIntransigeant NJ. Rochefort, in fact,
has entirely lost his popularity with the
! Socialists on account Of his attitude in
the Dreyfus AFFAIR.
THE Jockey Club held a meeting on
Saturday and resolved unanimously
that M. Loubet, being their guest, must
be treated courteously. Lots were
drawn and Vicomte d'Haricourt was
selected to present a bouquet to Nine
Loubet. On the other hand, the club
decided that none of the women mem
bers of their families should attend the
races. The attendance, therefore, was
smaller than usual. The admission to
the course produced only 23O, 600 francs,
as compared with 341,000 francs last
year, while the takings at the betting
machines were greatly reduced.
During the disorders at the Pavilion
d d'Arenonville. the gentleman whose re-
marks caused the trouble got quietly
out with the lady accompanying him.
But they were recognized in their car
riage by the crowd, and in his terror,
the gentleman ordered the coachman to
whip up his horses, trying to pierce the
crowd at gallop. The mob, however,
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-12
PRICE ON THE HEAD
OF EACH OUTLAW
Army of Man-Hunters to Invade the
Wyoming "Hole in the
Wall"

CASPER, Wyo, June 1.-THE Hole in
the Wall, for years the refuge of outlaws,
promises to be cleared of it's desperate in
habitants. The daring robbers who looted
the Union Pacific express at Rock Creek
recently and escaped to the Businesses in
the Hole in the Wall. in spite of the fact
that they were closely pursued over plain
and mountain, are to be Systematically
hunted to their death. To this purpose
the several railroad managers with inter
ests in this State are organizing possess
and the outlaws will be given no rest. 1t
is expected 200 men will be engaged in
the big man hunt.
The State and the express and railroad COM
panies have offered an aggregate of $500 each
for the heads of the members of the band. In
addition to this head money, in the event of
success the men who are arranging for this
chase will be armed and fed by the corpora
tions and big cattle companies of this section
during the time they are engaged Thus the
companies enabled to enlist typical band
OF rough riders, every man OF them dead
shot Many of them cowboys, others are
the territory over which they will now
pursue the bandits, and stiH others are the
trained detectives OF the big corporations. The
various bands of man hunters will be accom-
panied by Indian trailers, bloodhounds and
pack trains The men are all to be sworn in
Deputy Sheriffs and will be in charge of Off
of the several counties in northwestern
4 gorge so narrow that two horses cannot
and the end of the outlaw reign in the Hole
There are paths over the granite for men, but
not for beasts Leading in from Montana there
are two or three obscure routes that eventually
enable to reach the rendezvous of the out
laws, but they known to but few trailers
and Indian fighters The man hunters in this
case, however, who have been hired for an in
definite time will utilize the known trails
and the end of the outlaw reign in the Hole
in the Wall country is believed to be near
The six road agents who looted the Union
Pacific express box will not oppose the small
army of the allies alone. 1t is estimated that
at least fifty men on whose heads there are
prices set and who are wanted in many States
to be found hiding there. Some of them
following the peaceful pursuits of farmers
and ranchers and seek only to hide their iden-
tity Many of these men are convicted GRIM
inals and some of them under sentence of
death 1t is commonly reported that Bob
Taylor the condemned Missouri murderer. is
living there herding cattle for another muir
derer-George Balk. who killed his wife at
Cheyenne
Japanese Middies at San Diego.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-12
PICQUART HON0RED,
NINE. DREYFUS FAINTS

PARIS, June I'm Trarieux, for
merly Minister of Justice, gave dinner
and reception last evening in honor of
Lieutenant Colonel Picquart. Among
those present were the Prince and
Princess of Monaco, Nine. Dreyfus, NJ.
Matthew Dreyfus and others prominent
in the movement for Dreyfus revision.
NJ. Matthew Dreyfus threw himself
into Colonel Picquart's arms, while
Nine Dreyfus was so much overcome
that she tainted.
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Continued on Second Page.
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Maniac Again at
Large.
Sought to Kill Mrs. Knick
Yesterday in This
City.

pected, however, that he would pay a
visit to this side of the bay, although he
had manifested his suicidal tendencies in
this city more than once.
While the police of San Francisco were
aware that the murderer had escaped
from the asylum, they did not know that
the girl, whose rejection of him had caus-
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-12
"VIVE LOUBET! CRIES
THE PARIS POPULACE

n ARIS. June 11.-President Loubet
| has had his revanche for last
Sundays outrage at Auteuil
| When he drove to Longchamps
"a 10
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-12

seized the horses and maltreated the
occupants, whose clothing was torn,
and they would have suffered more had
not several sympathizing Socialists
cried out Leave the aristocrats
alone" At this the carriage was al
lowed to depart
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-12

some person will fall a victim to his re-
yolyer.
His appearance in this city so soon after
the attack on H. K. Belden in Oakland,
taken with other circumstances, is almost
conclusive of the fact that he aimed the ak
at the head Of the Oakland capitalist. Salts
fled yesterday In that opinion, even before
they heard that Gheeseman had made SEN
sational appearance on this side of the bay,
Detectives Hodgkins and ShOrey and other
police officers made vigorous search for
fhe blOodthirsty maniac but could find
no one that saw him. As soon as they
heard yesterday afternoon that he was run
ming amuck in the Potrero they put strict
watch on all the avenues Of entrance into
Alameda County, and feel certain that they
will bag their man the moment he crosses
the bay.
-HE temperance of Frank Cheese
man in a bloodthirsty frame of mind
has been expected on any of the days
L since his escape from the Napa asy-
lum. The police of Oakland, Alameda
and Berkeley have kept particularly
sharp lookout for him, 1t being thought
that he would return to the vicinity of
the home of his parents and the scene
of his former crimes. 1t was hardly ex-
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outside
beginning and Paris is going
anarchisc The Sor by such headlines as "A Grand
"A Expensive Fe-
demonstration Of NJ
o
less than 200 under the city had the
of
indication public
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Japanese Middies at San Diego.

SAN DIEGO, June 1.-THE Japanese
school ship Hiyei arrived here from San
Francisco to-day. She will remain a
week
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-07
CON FESSED.
John Gilbert Tells Eow and Why He
Murdered His Wife and Children.

Emporia, Kas., March 6.-John Gill
bert. in his cell in the county Jail. to-
day confessed to brutally numbering his
wife and four small children near En-
terprise, Kansas. on last Tuesday. Gill
bert, for whom a reward had been Of
fered, was arrested here yesterday. He
feigned not to know of the crime and
to-day at first slammed insanity.
Finally, hard pressed by Sheriff O'Con-
nor, Gilbert confessed the terrible
crime, going into details.
Gilbert said he was badly in debt
and had been trying to leave Enterprise
for Along time. He could not take his
family, he said, and offered his wife a
divorce. She kept nagging me about
the children" said Gilbert, "and throw
ing them up to me. l told my wife if
she would give me ten dollars I'd leave
and never bother her any more. During
the night I got up and went out into
the yard. Coming back l picked up
the hammer and hit the baby in the
head. My wife ran out into the road
and was going over to the neighbors. 1
ran after and caught her. She said
she'd come back if 1 would behave
and | thought l would go. But when
we got in, why the baby was thrashing
about on the bed and when I saw it
| couldn't hold myself, but hit my wife
on the head and pounded her till she
couldn't move and then took the chill
dren."
When asked why he did it, Gilbert
said: Il don't know; it seemed like
just couldn't help it after seeing the
baby there on the bed"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-07
LEGAL NOTICES.
SALE.

BY virtue. of a deed Of trust made by
Robert s. Sample and Elizabeth Sample,
his wife, to J. ID. Ewing, now deceased,
trustee dated on the I'd day of August.
1886, and recorded in the office of the
clerk of the county court of Ohio county.
West Virginia. in deed of trust book No.
order of the Circuit Court of said Ohio
county entered on the Sth day of Febru-
airy, 1899, in chancery order. book No II.
page 157, by which the undersigned was
substituted to all the rights. powers, du-
ties and responsibilities of said j. ID.
Ewing, as trustee in said deed of trust !
will sell at public auction at the front
door of the court house of said Ohio couu-
" TUESDAY, MARCH 18th. 1899.
commencing a 10 clock a. m. certain
parcel of land situate on the National
Road. on the waters of Little Wheeling
creek Liberty district in Ohio, county
lows: Beginning at a stone corner to
Wiley Porter. on the south edge of the
National Road; thence along said road
$. 27o W.9:25 poles to stone; thence S
3Slao W. $50 poles: thence S 39' ". t21
poles to corner of a bridge. thence cross
ing the creek s 13' W. 22,7 poles; thence
creek; thence S. 31A' w. 16,5 poles to Inc
of j. NJ. Whitman; thence crossing the
Wins and crossing the National Road to
a point in line of the W. r. & r. railroad
two poles north of the confer Of said
railroad track K, near tie the abutment and
along the line Of the W. P. & B. railroad
lands n, % Z. 22.5 poles; thence n. 5Ao
f. 1913 poles: thence \. 19' E. 20 poles;
thence n. 1914 II 81 poles to corner Of w
Porter; thence with his line n. 5s' w SIS
poles, crossing the creek to the beginning.
containing s acres, more or less beng
the same property conveyed. to said Rob
and wife by deed dated March nth, 1884
and recorded in the, office Of the clerk Of
the county court Of sad Ohio county IN
deed book No ., page 4l2, excepting there
from a parcel thereof containing one
fourth "a Of an acre. conveyed by said
Robert 5. Sample and wife TO Samuel NJ
Clemens.
Terms Of Sale:-One-third and as much
more of the purchase money as the pur-
chaser may elect to pay IN cash. and the
residue in two equal annual payments
with interest payable annually. from the
day of sale the purchase giving his ne
gotiable notes for the deferred payments
secured by deed Of trust on the property
sold.
I. T. JONES
fef1tu tn sat 4 gma1S Trustee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-07
q -
COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
New Device Discovered by Prof. Wood,
Who Invented the Thawing Apparatus.

Who Invented the Thawing Apparatus.
Madison, Wis, March 6.-Prof w. r.
Wood, of the University of Wisconsin,
the originator of the electrical thaw,
has new method of photographing in
natural colors.
Prof. Wood reproduces the colors by
diffraction, a method not hitherto tried,
and though at present the production
of the first finished picture is somewhat
tedious, duplicates can be printed as
easily as ordinary photographs are
made.
The pictures are on glass, and are not
only colOrless, but almost invisible
when viewed in ordinary lights, but
when placed in viewing apparatus
consisting of a convex lens on a light
frame, show the colors of nature with
great brilliancy Prof. Wood to-day
said: '@The finished picture is simply a
diffractiOn grating of variable spacing
other words. it is a transparent film
of gela'tine with very fine parallel and
equidistant lines on it. about 1000 to
the inch on the average. The colOrs
depend solely on the spacing between
the lines and are pure spectrum colors,
or mixtures of such, the necessity of
cClored screens or pigments, used in
all other processes except that of Lipp-
man, having been overcome. The pic
lures can be projected on a screen by
employing a suitable lantern, or can
be viewed individually with a very
simple piece of apparatus consisting
of lens and perforated screen mount
ed on a frame.
popularity of the process is that
there is no such thing as negative
in it. | have printed half dozen pic
lures in succession one from another
and all are positive and distinguishable
from each other"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-07
FOREIGN RATES
Charged on All Mail to American Possess
sions, Except That of Government EN-

ployees.
Special to the Register.
New York, March 6.-The following
has just been given out here to facili-
tate the dispatch of mail to our new
possessions:
All mail matter to or from any Of our
new possessions, including Hawaii, is
subject to foreign rates of postage,
which is five cents for every half ounce
for letters, except that to or from en-
plOyes of the government who are enti-
tied to domestic rates-two cents per
ounce. Caimanera, Cuba. is the port of
Guantanamo. and mail for the latter
place should be addressed to Caima-
nera. Persons in the Eastern States
sending mail to the Philippines should
omit the words via San Francisco"
as it can sometimes go via steamers
from New York to better advantage.
Packages can be sent by express to San
Francisco via Wells, Fargo & Co.,
thence via government transports.