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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-12
MATTEAWAN
GOES DOWN
WITH CREW
Indians Find Wreckage
Of Big Collier Near
Flattery.
Little Hope for the Thirty
One Men Who Sailed on
the Vessel.
Name of the Craft Appears on Flot-
sam Washed Up On the
Beach After the Re-
cent Storm.

SEATTLE Dec. A11.-It is reported from
Neah Bay that wreckage with the name
"MatteaWan" on pieces of it has washed
ashore fourteen miles south of Cape
Flattery. The find was made about
week ago by natives.
News from the north that wreckage
from the collier Matteawan has been
picked up near Cape Flattery confirms
the fear that the vessel has gone down
with all on board. The big steamship left
Nanaimo ten days ago, and was not
spoken thereafter. Since that time there
have been terrific gales along the north
ern coast and, as the MatteaWan was
heavily laden, her absence soon aroused
the keenest anxiety in shipping circles.
This fear kept constantly increasing, and
that little hope of the vessels safety was
entertained was shown by the rates Of
fered for reinsurance.
On Tuesday there were no quotations.
Yesterday morning 20 per cent was Of
fered. Later in the day the rate went
up in bounds until, at the close of bust
ness hours, So per cent was the prevailing
rate, with few willing to run the risk
even at that tempting figure.
James Jerome. the agent, was frequent
ly asked yesterday by relatives of such
members of the crew as reside here for
information about the vessel, but he
had not received any advices. The Mat
teawan carried a crew of thirty-one men,
but as the captain signed the majority
Jerome has no record of their names.
He said:
All know about the crew is that Captain
Crosscup who resides in Oakland, is in COM
mand. The first officers name is Hastings,
and he comes from Tacoma; Wilson is the sec
ond officer and, think, is resident of this
city; the chief engineer is also named Wilson,
and I think he resides in Oakland. 1 have
given special instructions to the captains of our
four ships that are now at sea to keep care
full watch for the Matteawan The Progreso
and the Washtepaw are northward bound, and
this way. Besides all other steam vessels will
keep a lookout for the delayed vessel The
weather has been bad off the Oregon coast and
it is probable that her machinery has broken
down. We do not fear for her ultimate safety.
The Matteawan was a steel screw
steamer of 3301 tons net, and was built
in 1893 at Newcastle, England, by ].
Readhead & Sons. She was formerly
called the Asturian Prince. The Mattea-
wan was 1886 feet long, AZ feet in beam and
Is feet inches deep. Her cargo consist
ed of 1900 tons of coal.
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VANDERBILTS AID
THEIR NEPHEWS
Will Adjust Affairs of
Collapsed Tacoma
Bank.
Depositors Are Clamoring to
Know What Has Become
Of Their Money.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TACOMA, Dec. u-There are several
indications that George and William K.
Vanderbilt will assist in settling the af-
fairs Of the Metropolitan Bank. which
fseed three weeks ago yesterday. Chief
among these was the arrival here to-day
Of Charles McNamee, business manager
for George Vanderbilt, who came direct
from Biltmore, n. c., at the personal re-
quest Of Mr.. Vanderbilt to investigate the
situation and make a thorough report on
the condition of the banks assets. These
are OF less vaule than was supposed, 1t be-
ing said by men who claim to know that
they are not sufficient to pay more than
from 10 to 20 cents on the dollar.
The bank had deposits of nearly $500, coo,
yet on the evening before it failed the
Tacoma clearinghouse refused to ad-
vance more than a comparatively small
sum on the showing Of assets privately
made. No statement Of the assets has
been made public, and deep mystery ex-
lists as to what became of the money of
the depositors- 1t is claimed that officers
Of the bank made large loans to them
selves and that some of the banks at
taches speculated in mining, grain and
other stocks
The banks most prominent officers are
Philip Caesar. president. and Jacob Van
derbilt, assistant cashier, who are neph-
eEs Of George and William K. Vanderbilt
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Downfall Not Due to Women.

A merchant of this city, who was reared
with Fleishman and is in a position to
know something concerning his tempera-
ment, says that in his opinion no woman
had anything to do with the crime COM
mitted by the cashier.
wall street led him to the act" he
said. "Wall-street speculation alone is re-
sponsible for his undoing.. Freshman was
a man who was fond of woman's COM
pany, but he was not a man who would
allow himself to become entangled in an
affair with a woman which would cause
him to steal the amount of money he Is
accused of taking.
1.-The fact that Mrs. Cunningham was IN
company with F'leishman in this city at
the time he was called here a wit
ness in the Forsythe forgery case has no
significance, so far as the theft is con-
cerned. Mrs. Cunningham had no power
over him which would place him in any
financial difficulty. His trouble. was
brought about through his speculations. -
At the close of the Forsythe case on
the afternoon when Fleishman was here,
he and Mrs. Cunningham and a gentle
man of this city were seen driving. When
Fleishman departed for Los Angeles the
woman also left, saying that she was 60
ing to San Francisco.
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Charles Allen, Is suspected OF
~ completely in the murder o.
Joseph Griffiths in Grass VALLEY,
was arrested in the Western Hotel at noon
TODAY by Sheriff Langford. AS was ex-
nected the arrest Of the woman bids talr
to speedily clear the mystery that cloahs
the killing of Griffiths. While she denied
knowledge of the tragedy her 1rst state
ment supplied clew that offers motiFe
for the removal of Grifhths. Mrs. Allen
declared that she had left home because
her husband was enamored OF Rosie
HAYES a woman who conducts resort
near Grass Valley. incidentally she oe-
clared that Griffiths was her husband
rival for the affections OF Rosie Hayes.
This rivalry may have led TO 9he crime
which was uncovered several days ago
when the body of GriHths was IounQ d
the bottom of an abandoned NINE snale
at the rear of Charles Allen dwelling.
Mrs Allen is a plain looking woman OF
about 80 years and very sha6blly crossed
She came TO this city yesterday aIIerh R3.s
Smith. When arrested she was preparing
to take a position at houseWork IN Len
zen avenue residence AT nrst she aeLlleo
that she was Mrs. Allen, put SUBSEQUENT
ly admitted her identity:
Mrs Allen denies all knowledge OF the
murder of Griffiths, and says sne knows
her husband is not guilty. Because OF
the jealousy and cruel treatment OF her
husband and the attentions he paid TO
Rosie Hayes, she says, she ran away
from home about four weeks ago. That
night and the next day she walked to
Marysyille. She remained there three
weeks There she met Richard Bennetts.
She borrowed some money from him and
the two came to Oakland. She then left
him.
ing guilty knowledge of the murder she
broke down and began crying.
1.-The last time l saw Grithths, said Mrs
Allen, was a few days before he disap-
peared. My husband and l were in the
garden pulling up some weeds when Crit
fiths came along. My husband spoke to
him and asked him where he was going.
Griffiths said he had been on a spree"
Mrs. Allen said she had left her husband
once before because of the attentions he
paid the Hayes woman. At one time she
had been friend of Rosie Hayes. Her
husband and Griffiths frequently met at
the woman's home, and she had been
warned that the men would have trouble.
Mrs. Aliens sister, Mrs. Kitto, had told
her that the two would fight and she
would lose her husband
Mrs. Allen declares her belief that the
Indians killed Griffiths, because Of the
their chief, by Grifiths. After Grifiths'
| disappearance Mrs Allen says she had
| heard that Grifiths, with two Indians,
had been seen together near Grass Valley.
Aliens Boys Make Confession.
Sheriff Getchell of Nevada County, who
arrived here this evening to take Mrs
Allen back to Grass Valley, has given
! the first intimation regarding the evidence
| in his possession. He says the mystery
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Both anchors were out and held firmly.
She had one sail set. There was not d
living soul aboard. Two boats were gone,
having been used by the crew in leaving
the ship Her load Of ballast was shifted
until she lay nearly on her beam ends.
The Tyee did not stop here with her,
but the tug Pioneer called in to wire to
the Puget Sound Towboat Company for
instructions as to where to take her, and
she was towed on up the Sound.
The Pinmore is the bark that was aban-
doned by her crew off Grays Harbor,
seven seamen perishing through the cap
sizing of a small boat in which they at
tempted to reach shore.
ABERDEEN, Wash, Dec. 1.-THE Of
ficers and surviving members Of the crew
of the bark Pinmore, which went ashore
north of here on Wednesday, left for
Portland to-day. The men lost everything
they had except the clothes they wore,
and suffered greatly from exposure and
want of food.
The schooner Maid of Orleans, from this
port to San Francisco, lost her deckload
of lumber in the recent storm, and several
of her crew narrowly escaped being
washed overheard.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1.-THE schooner w.
S. Phelps, understood to be on her way
to the Galapagos Islands on a trip of ex-
ploration came in this afternoon from sea
in distress, having sprung a leak, which
the crew was not able to locate and stop
from the inside of the hull. She dropped
anchor some distance down the bay, but
will come up to be beached near the San
ia Fe wharf tomorrow.
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ENDS HIS LIFE
IN CATHEDRAL
Resident Of Truckee
Kills Himself in
Sacramento.
Albert Belaine Selects House
Of Worship as Scene Of
His Suicide.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 1.-THE great
Catholic Cathedral tower had scarcely
ceased reverberating the Angelus this
morning when in the north portico Of the
building a man was found lying in a pool
of blood, with a bullet hole through his
head and tightly clenched revolver in
his hand. He was breathing family and
a few hours after mis- removal to the Re-
ceiving Hospital he died without having
returned to consciousness. Documents on
his person indicated that his name was
Albert Belaire and his home Truckee. In
of leaflets explanatory of the teachings
of the Church of the Latter Day Saints.
Belaire was about 10 years of age and
of fine physique. He was knight Of
Pythias and the local lodges have taken
charge of his body.
A singular feature Of the case Is that
the revolver, when released from his
grasp showed that one cartridge had been
discharged and that the hammer had then
an indenture upon any CT them. 1t has
been learned also that nobody heard a
pistol shot near the cathedral this morn
ing, while one was heard there about IL
/ o. clock last night. 1t is thought to be
probable that Belaire entered the rotunda
at that hour and shot himself and that
his almost lifeless body lay there undis-
covered until this morning.
TRUCKER, Dec. u.-Albert Belaire,
who committed suicide in Sacramento. has
lived in Truckee for twenty years, and
during most of that period has been head
sawyer at Schaffer's sawmill. He had
always borne an excellent reputation and
was a member in good standing of Sum-
NIT Lodge No. "a. Knights of Pythias.
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lovers for months, but were separated re-
Gently when the young woman went to
Napavine, ten miles away, to become a
companion in the family of a married
friend. She set Thanksgiving for their
wedding day, and Aust made elaborate
preparations for the event. He procured
a marriage license showing him to be %
and the girl 10 years old. The girls step
father accompanied him and they had
the written consent of her mother.
When Aust drove to Napavine for his
bride she suddenly baked and declined
to accompany him back to Chehalis to
be married. The next day friends of both
went down to Napavine and Olene con-
scented to have the ceremony performed
Aust then drove to Napavine for a Sec
ond time and she returned with him.
Arriving at Chehalis the girl again de-
clined to be married. The next day she
changed her mind and the couple were
married by Rev. Mr.. Monfort of the
Presbyterian church. She answered the
marriage questions clearly and firmly.
On the day following Mrs. Aust declared
that she preferred living in Napavine and
returned there with John Curtice, with
whose family she had been living. She
told her husband she would get her cloth
ing at Curtices and return to him. This
she has not done.
Yesterday Aust went to Napavine and
served formal notice on the Curtices to
cease Illegally OBTAINING his wife,
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BALKS AT MARRIAGE,
THEN DESERTS HUSBAND
Girl Who Reluctantly Becomes .
Bride Flees From Her Home
the Nat nau
the Next Day.

TACOMA, Dec. 11.--Although married
on November 20, John Aust Of Boysfort
has been unable to enjoy his wife's soci-
ETY. for more than few hours. His bride
was Miss Olene Oveson. They had been
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-12

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has been in the employ Of the railway
company for more than thirty years.
Fleishman's Female Companion.

BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 1.-THE identity
of the handsome woman in black who
was in company with H. J. Fleishman,
the defaulting cashier of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles,
during his visit to this city on November
last has been established. She proves
to- be Mrs Marie v. Cunningham,
beauty Doctor of Los Angeles-the
woman whom the Los Angeles authorI-
ties have questioned as to her knowledge
of the whereabouts Of the missing man.
The couple kept close company during
thier stay in this city and Mrs. Cunning
ham was introduced to some of Fleish-
mans friends.
Those in Bakersfield who were well ac-
quainted with Fleishman and who were
slow to believe that he was guilty of a
defalcation have now arrived at the con-
clusion that the situation is as bad as it
has been painted. The visit of Freshman
and his female companion to this city is
now freely discussed. However, the idea
is not entertained that Mrs, Cunningham
was in any way responsible for the CASH
ier's criminal act. Instead, it Is said she
would have advised against any such pro-
cedure, and, besides, it is said she had
no claim on F'leiShman further than that
of one friend upon another.
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Raining in San Diego.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 11.-Rain began fall
ing at 1880 o'clock tonight. The pros
poets are for an al-night storm.
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FINDS BARK AT ANCHOR.

Tug Tyee Tows French Craft Pinmore
Into Harbor.
PORT ANGELES, Wash, Dec. 1.-THE
tug Tyee passed up the straits this after
noon having in tow the bark Pinmore.
The bark was found anchored off Grays
Harbor in eighteen fathoms of water.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
ENGAGED.

Marriage is very largely an accident.
In few cases do men or women set up a
standard of manly or womanly excellence
and choose by 1t. In most cases people
become engaged as the result of pro-
pinuuity rather than because of any deep
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LAWSON MAKES CHANGES
IN TRINITY COUNTY
General Manager n. A. Keller and
His Staff Are Asked to
Step Out.

REDDING, Dec. 1.-THE hard shear
ing" of Amalgamated Copper stock. with
the reported heavy losses of Thomas w.
Lawson, may have had something to do
with the retirement in this county of
General Manager H. A. Keller and the
officials Of his staff on the Trinity Conner
Company, a Boston corporation at the
head of which is Lawson, and which is
installing immense copper mining and
smelling plant in this county PeThaDS
the state of Amalgamated Copper had
nothing to do with the sweeping Changes
of the Trinity Company officials, but GER
tain it is that the announcement to-day
of the retirement of Keller and his STA IF
has created more local interest tnan anv
mining news in this district since the sale
of the Bully Hill mine to Captain De
Lamar.
No cause is given for KellerIs dismissal
and no successor has yet been appointed.
1t is said the development of the com
pany's mines was not satisfactory to the
directors. One of the directors Louis
Auerbach, arrived here on Monday from
the main Office in Boston. To-day he
announced that the retirement of Keller
and his associates had been asked for.
Subscribe for The Daily Call for a
period of six months and you will be
entitled to receive copy of Grams
Superior Atlas Of the World, edition
of 1901 at the premium rate Of
81 so.
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MRS. ALLEN GIVES CLEW
DAr1AGING TO HUSBAND

Santa Clara Countys Sheriff Arrests Woman Suspected Of
knowledge of the Murder of Joseph Griths and Pris-
oner Intnates That Love Affair Led to the Tragedy
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rooted preference.
And so it often
happens that the
wife enters upon
the obligations of
maternity just as
thoughtlessly as
she entered on the
marriage relation,
because no one
has warned her
of the dangers she
faces.
Thousands of
women become
iuvalids for lack
of knowledge of
themselves. II is
to this large body
of women that DIR.
Pierce's Favorite
P re s cription
rOf75ac oa q nrfCe'
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has been solved, and Griffiths' murderers
will be punished. Two sons of Charles
Allen, aged II and IA years, have given
evidence it is said, that may convict
their father and the Indian, Tolie Durgie,
of the crime.
Sheriff Getchen has been busy hunting
the suspects since the finding of the body
of Grlffiths, and the Grand Jury has been
busy gathering evidence This shows, SO
the Sheriff claims, that Charles Allen and
the Indian killed Griffiths and that Mrs.
Allen was a witness of the murder.
On the day of the disappearance of
Griffiths, April Is last, the latter called
at the home of the Aliens in the after
noon. but left after a short stay. He re-
turned, however between and o'clock
what occurred is not known, but a night
of revelry was passed by Allen, Griffiths,
the Indian, who had come in later, and
Mrs. Allen. 1t is supposed the party be-
came intoxicated and fight ensued,
probably because of the jealousy of Al
len. In the combat Griffiths was killed,
and Allen and the Indian carried the
body to the old shaft, which is about forty
feet back of the Allen house. This is the
theory Sheriff Getchell evolves from the
evidence in his possession.
BENEFITS Share in Case.
The two Allen boys have been before
the Grand Jury and they have broken
bauch, and given evidence against Allen,
Durgie and their mother. They have been
ordered into the custody of the court, to
be held as witnesses.
Sheriff Getchell says Mrs. Allen is a
crafty woman. He declares that she left
Grass Valley and went to Marysville with
BENEFITS in a wagon and then to Oak
land, and that BENEFITS intended to join
her here. The Sheriff will take both back
to Grass Valley tomorrow.
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, AN JOSE, Dec. 11.-Mrs. Margaret
Allen, who, with her husband,
q Charles Allen. is suspected of
y completely in the murder OF
LIZ in (zro WallRIs.
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A Veterans Advice.

On the last night of series of "pro-
tracted meetings" in the Methodist
church Of a little New Jersey village a
visiting evangelist was making a spe-
cial effort to obtain Il showing Of anx-
ious souls. But nobody responded to
his invitation. They sang hymn and
then the evangelist arose again and
called upon the congregation to enlist
for the service of the Lord" A battle
scared, wooden-legged veteran who
had dropped into the back seat watched
the proceedings with interest. For the
third time the perspiring evangelist
rose and asked: "Is there no one will
ing to enlist in the Lords army?' Then
a response came from the back seat:
Draft 'em, parson, - it. draft EN-"
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We thank you for trying Wizard OIL
for rheumatism or neuralgia. then you
will thank US. Ask your druggist
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To have your napkins and table linen
that delicate, clear white SO desirable. usc
Russ Bleaching Blue. the modern bag blue
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Wealth doesn't bring genuine happiness
except, of course. when 1t falls to man
whose wife simply won't be snubbed.
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citizenship in Switzerland.

During the last ten years there were
10.924 requests for citizenship in
Switzerland, of which 1888 were
granted.
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"I told Uncle Simon that he was get
ting too old and feeble to attend to busi-
ness" Did he take it kndly?' He
threw me out of his Office
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In the Spring. take Garfield Tea. This
wonderful Herb Medicine purihes the
blood and gives new and vigorous life
to systems depleted by the trying win
ter season.
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The first kiss is a good deal like Gin
der in the eye-it Is IA little thing, but it
seems like Il whole lot.
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A gardener minds his peas and a bill
lard marker minds his cues.
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