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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
SUDDEN DEATH
OF A FUGITIVE
FROM JUSTICE

SANTA FE, N. NJ, Dec. 24.-Moody
Merrill of Boston. alias c. F. Grayson
of Silver City, died suddenly to-day at
Silver City from pneumonia Merrill
had held very high positions in Boston,
when he suddenly disappeared and was
supposed to be dead until a short time
ago. Political enemies revealed his
whereabouts, and he was arrested in
New York City on serious financial
charges. In New Mexico he had made
a new fortune, and represented the
Colers of New York in the Southwest
and had been president of the Silver
City National Bank.
BOSTON, Dec. 24.-Moody Merrill was
under Indictment in Boston on a charge
of embezzIement alleged to have been
committed about ten years ago. He
was arrested on this charge in New
York few months ago and brought to
Boston. but he disappeared before his
case was called.
The telegram announcing his death
was the first intimation of Merrills S
whereabouts since he failed to answer
to the indictment found against him.
The police had been exerting in vain
every effort to find the man. Merrill
made and lost several fortunes. From
1868 to 1871 he was a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representa-
tives, and the following two years he
served in the StateaSenates His ambi-
ton was to be Mayor of Boston. In the
fall of 1890 he succeeded in defeating
Thomas n. Hart for denomination by
the Republicans, but he lost at the
polls to Nathan Matthews Jr., the Dem
ocratic nominee.
In New Mexico under the name of
Colonel Charles F. Grayson, Merrill
carried on extensive and profitable bus
mess ventures.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
RELATIVES SAY
IT WAS CRIME
Shooting of Father and Son
in Los Angeles Lodging
House Causes an Inquiry
DETECTIVES SUSPENDED
Police Board in the Southern
California Metropolis Are to
Hold a New Investigation

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24-Relatives
of Joseph and Louis Choisser, father
and son, of Equality, ILL.,, who were
shot and killed by detectives in this
city week ago while resisting arrest,
are taking steps to have the matter
reopened and an investigation had
which will go behind the findings of the
Coroner's jury, and ascertain whether
the officers were justified in the killing.
The relatives and friends of the dead
men claim that the shooting was en-
tirely unjustified and unwarranted.
Joseph Choisser, the elder man, was
wanted in Equality, ILL.,, on charge Of
obtaining money under false pretenses.
The presence of the two in this city
having become known to the Illinois
officials, the local officials were tele-
graphed to arrest and hold the men,
When Detectives Hawley, Cowen and
Murphy attempted to place the men
under arrest at the Hotel Broxburn,
where they were staying, a fight en-
sued and both the Choissers were shot
and instantly killed by the detectives
The latter claimed self-defense and a
Ccroner's jury exonerated them.
Since the holding of the inquest other
witnesses have come forward whose
statements contradict in every detail
the testimony of the detectives. The
District Attorneys office is making a
thorough investigation.
Mayor Snyder to-day suspended De-
tectives Hawley, Murphy and Cowen
from duty pending the inquiry. A
hearing will begin next Thursday be-
fore the Police Court. 1t is announced
this afternoon that relatives of the
murdered men will take the matter be-
fore the Grand Jury.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
waIsh's Faith in Washington.

Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado min
ing man of millions, is moving into his
new Washington residence, which is
decidedly the finest house in the capital
city. It's furnishings are also superb.
and as Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh are fond
OF society and believe in making their
friends have a good time it goes with
out saying that their home will be the
scene of many gorgeous entertainments
during the approaching season.
Mr.. Walsh's large and expensive Of
flee building in Washington is getting
the finishing touches and the tenants
are gradually moving in. The building
is called the Colorado, and nearly all
of the ground floor space is divided into
beautiful stores that rent for fancy
prices. Mr.. Walsh is heavy pur-
chaser of real estate, claiming that
Washington will eventually be the very
head center for scientific, literary and
artistic people.-New York Commercial.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
Soldier Says He Was Beaten.

George Harrison, a discharged SOL
der Of the Fourth Infantry, was TAX
en- to9the Harbor Hospital last night,
suffering from a broken nose and pos
sible fracture of the skull. Harrison,
in company with Cornelius, O'Dea,
soldier stationed at Angel Island
came to this city yesterday afternoon
and proceeded to celebrate. About I
o'clock they drifted into the Del Paso
cafe. conducted by Mullin & Sullivan
at Battery and California streets.
Harrison got into an alteration with
!. w. Mccormick, the bartender, over
some drinks won on the slot machine
and Dave Sullivan, one of the proprl-
etors. elected him from the saloon
Harrison claims that he was beaten
when he reached the sidewalk and
Sullivan makes the statement that the
soldier received his injuries from a
fall while running away A detective
was detailed on the case. Harrison
was removed to the Central Emerg-
ency Hospital, where he will be held
for observation.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
CANE SUGAR PRODUCTION.
The Past Five Years Have Seen an
Unprecedented Increase.


Unprecedented Increase.
The Department. Of Agriculture. in
it's official crop report for Novem-
Der, announces that the indications are
that the world has entered on a new
era in the production of cane sugar.
The department quotes estimates plac-
ing the total sugar production OF the
world in the year 10000 at 1O,425,-
800 tons of 224O pounds each, includ-
ing 4.342,S00 tons OF cane sugar and
6,0S3,000 tons OF beet sugar, and says
as to cane sugar:
During the past five years the
worlds output of this product has in
creased from 100000 to upward OF
40O0,000 tons, quantitatively the
greatest increase ever made in any
f1ve-year period in the history OF this
industry. Moreover, for the first time
in a half a century the ratio OF in
crease in the worlds production OF
cane sugar has exceeded that OF
sugar made from beets, the per-
centage of increase in the former
product for the five years being about
double that of the latter. The four
years from 10000 to 10000. inclu-
sive, were each in it's turn record
breaking years for the production of
cane sugar. The previous high-record
crop (3.53O,OOO tons) was that OF
1s94-95. the crop made just before the
outbreak OF the revolution in the most
important prOducer-Cuba.
The high record crop in the his
tory of the worlds beet-sugar produc-
tion was that of 19O1-O2. Since that
date there has been a decline in pro-
duction in Europe, amounting in ali
to about 100000 tons, but the pres
ent years estimated output still shows
a considerable increase over that OF
five years ago.
The report shows that about 20 per
cent of the cane sugar Of the world is
now annually produced on tropical
and semi-tropical islands. The pros
pective output of 10000 of the lead
ing single producers-Cuba and Java
constitute As per cent of the worlds
cane sugar.-Washingto Star.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
Strike in Kern Shops Continues.

BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 24.-No set
tlement has been arrived at of the
trouble in the Southern Pacific shops
and yards at Kern. The striking en-
ployes are still out and the shops are
doing very little, but the yard work
is going on regularly, other employees
handling the switching. The officials
have made no Overtures to the men
and it is semi -officially reported that
the company will not make any terms
with the strikers, but will reduce the
force here to minimum and do all
the work possible at Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
German Army Decadence.

Considerable sensation has been
made in Paris by the appearance in
the Gil Bias of an article entitled
THE Greatness and Decadence of the
German Army" The author is evi-
dently very familiar with the condi-
tions in that service. The points he
makes are that the general discon-
tent and spirit of revolt in labor
circles is extending to the army, be-
ing taken there by the youths from
the towns and cities. BY them 1t Is
communicated to the youth from the
country, who, at the end of their SER
vice, take it home with them. The
Immediate results are seen in the in
creasing unwillingness of the youth of
the country to join the colors, for they
know beforehand the severe treatment
they are likely to receive. The author
says, also, that the average German
officer is not only lacking in enthu-
siasm in his duties, but is actually
cold toward them, accepting them as
The dullest routine
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
THEATER WORK
is SUSPENDED
Works Commissioners Learn
That Chris Buckley Acts With
out Permit and Notify Police
RAISE PAY OF PLASTERERS
Inform Board of Education of
Civil Service Boards Order to
Replace COmmary by Eligible

Inspector Fitzsimon reported to the
Board Of Public Works yesterday that
work was being done behind closed
doors at $40 Kearny street. where
theater was being fitted up on a small
scale without permit. Matters were
made worse because the fittings, such
as the screens and stage paraphernalia,
are Of the most inflammable material.
Fitzsimon said that a man named Nc
Carly pretended to be manager of the
place, but that Christopher Buckley
was the real owner.
The board notified the Chief of Folice
10 stop further work on the theater
and not TO permit its use as a theater.
City Attorney Lane advised the board
that, according to a Superior Court de-
cisiOn, Corbett avenue does not run
through the block between Douglass
street and Clara avenue, and suggests
that the Board Of Supervisors purchase
this right of way for a sum approx
mating the expense of taking an appeal
from the decision.
The board approved the map of the
City Engineer showing the lands grant
ed 10 the city by Mary A. Fritz for
the opening of fremont avenue from
San Miguel ranch.
The board raised the compensation
Of all plasterers in its employ from
IS 80 TO Sc per day, to take effect Janu-
airy l, 1904. The new rate of wages was
fixed by the Plasterers' Union.
The complaint of NJ J. Mclean rela-
tive to the bad condition of a boiler
in the Hotel Pantheon led TO the dis
cOvery that permit for the same had
never been issued by the Supervisors.
The owner OF the building was notified
TO secure permit at once.
The board recommended to the Su-
pervisors that the width Of the side
walks on Clement street from Tenth
to Thirty-third avenue be reduced
from 10 10 is feet.
The board designated the location Of
fire escapes on several buildings in va
rious parts Of the city.
The board ordered transmitted to the
Board Of Education the communication
from the Civil Service Commission sug-
gesting that requisition be made for
the certifcation of a civil service elig-
ible to succeed w. Z. Commary, as
sistant inspector of buildings, as was
told in yesterdays Call. The Board Of
Education desires to dismiss Inspector
of Buildings McSheehy and retain
Commary. According to the decision
Of the Civil Service Commission Com
mary will have to 60, and McSheehy,
who was appointed from the civil ser
vice eligible list of inspectors, will hold
his place in accordance with the de-
@1,a TQoa r-d IF Works
The board ordered bids to be adver-
tised for the repaving with asphalt Of
New Montgomery street from Market
TO Howard.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25

Four new candidates for the pros
pective vacancy in the principaliship
of the Chinese Primary School, result
ing from the resignation of Miss Rose
Thayer, have presented themselves in
addition to the five whose names have
already been published. They are Miss
Eliza D. Keith of the Clement Primary
School, Mrs. c. c. Newhall of the
Spring Valley School,. Miss Fanny
Greenhood of the Henry Durant School
and Miss w. G. Reichling of the
Chinese School.
Miss Thayer is now speeding on her
way to Philadelphia, where she will be
married on December 81 to a gentle
man who holds responsible position in
Cramps shipbuilding plant. 1t is said
that he will shortly take cruiser pur-
chased by the Turkish Government to
Constantinople.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
NEGRO GIVES DINNER
TO NUMBER OF IOWANS
Jefferson Logan the Host of Politi-
clans at Famous Possum and =.
Chittlin Dinner.

Jefferson Logan, ex1slave, gave his
annual possum supper to the State
officials and politicians of Iowa this
week. Governor Albert B. Cummins,
Secretary of State William B. Martin,
State Treasurer G.. S. Gilbertson, Chief
Justice Charles A. Bishop, Associate
Justice Horace f. Deemer and score
more Iowa political mobiles Call of the
Republican faith) sat down at the
black mans table and were regaled
with possum. chittlins, sweet pota-
toes, homemade port wine and other
delicacies.
Every year jeff Logan gives a pos
sum supper to the politicians of Iowa
and never year is there refusal from
those who are within the State.
Among those who have partaken of
the possum at the old slaves humble
home are Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie NJ. Shaw, Secretary of Agricul-
ture James Wilson, Senator William
P. Allison, Senator J. p. Dolliver, Con-
gresham Robert G. Cousins, Con-
gresham ]. A. T. Hull, Congressman
William P. Hepburn Minister to China
Edwin H. Conger, Governor Albert B.
Cummins, Governor Francis Marion
Drake, Governor Frank d. Jackson
and scores of others.
Logan was born a Missouri slave al
most sixty-five years ago. Until the
emancipation proclamation freed him
he was the property of Colonel Red
head in Southern Missouri, and after
he was free he remained for many
years on the Redhead estate. He came
to Iowa a score of years ago and be-
came the political leader Of the ne
gDoes in and around Des Moines. For
the last decade he has been janitor of
the Senate cloakroom and controls the
negro vote. Invitations to his annual
possum dinner are eagerly desired and
accepted. The politicians are served
by the members of the Logan family
and young negroes who offer their SER
vices for the occasion. Logan sits at
the end of the table and does the hon
ors with an old-style courtesy and
courtIiness learned while he was a
slave.-Chicago Chonicle.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
INDIANS MAKE
THE CHARGES
Agent at the COlville Reser-
vatiOn in Washington Re-
ported to Interior Department
REQUEST FOR AN INQUIRY
Federal Official Said to Have
Been Dereliet in the Man.
agement of the AbOrigines

SPOKANE. Dec. 24-Charges have
been sent to the Department of the In
terror at Washington against Indian
Agent A. NJ. Anderson of Miles. Wash,
who has charge of the Colville Indians.
A. c. Routhe and NJ. r. Gibson. Spo-
kane attorneys, have charge OF the
matter for the Indians and have asked
for an investigation.
The charges include: Allowing the
Indian police to frighten a child to
death; allowing the police TO handcUff
cripple and leave him for ten days
practically helpless; refusing to allow
Indians to leave school to help harvest
and thus causing the loss OF crops;
taking children to school without the
knowledge of parents, who thought
them drowned. Afidavits accompany
the charges.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
MRS. HOAR DIES SUDDENLY.
Wife of United States Senator From
Massachusetts Passes Away.

MdSSdcnuSettS PaSSeS Away.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.-Ruth
Miller Hoar, wife of Senator Hoar of
Massachusetts, died suddenly tonight
at her home in Washington of anzina
pectoris.
Senator Hoar, the family physician
and Mrs. Patterson, friend, were with
her when she died. Mrs. Hoar had
been in poor health for some time, but
an improvement in her condition had
been noted recently and her sudden
death caused a great shock to her
family and friends.
The body will be taken to Worcester
tomorrow for burial. No funeral SER
vice will be held in this city.
Mrs. Hoar, prior to her marriage,
was Miss Ruth Miller daughter of a
well-known New England family and
was the Senator's second wife.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
HARTMAN TO STANDARDIZE
HIS SYSTEM OF RAILWAYS
Work of Bringing the Entire Equip
mcnt TO Uniform Style Will Be
Worked Out Gradually.

OMAHA. Dec. 24.-W. S. V. Thorne.
director of purchases for the Harri-
man lines. who has been in Omaha
for several days, announced that the
equipment Of the entire Hartman
system will be standardized. When
the plan has been carried into effect
it will be possible to duplicate any
piece of rolling stock at any shop of
the system. The work of bringing the
equipment to a uniform style will be
worked out gradually as new stock
and repairs are required.
The plan of standardizing Will In
clude the Union Pacific. Southern Pa
cific. oregon Short Line, oregon Rail-
road and Navigation Company. Illinois
Central and Chicago and Alton
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
Chicagoan Dies at Montecito.

SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 24.-The
remains of D. E. Richardson, who died
at Montecito at a late hour last night,
were sent to Chicago to-day for inter
ment. Richardson, who was promi-
nent figure on the Chicago Stock Ex-
change for several years, had been
spending the past few winters at San
Ia Barbara, having purchased a beau
tiful home in the suburbs of the city.
He had been i'll for two months, suf-
fering from a complication of diseases.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
Australia Will Send Commissioner.

VICTORIA, Dec. 24.-The steamer
Miowera, which reached port this
morning from Australia via Honolulu,
brought news that while declining to
assent to petitions of commercial men
to defray the cost of an exhibit of the
natural and manufactured products Of
Australia at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, the Government had de-
cided to send Professor Anderson
Stewart as the Australian representa-
tive.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
BABY CARRIAGE UPSETS
THE BURGLARS PURSUER
Industrious Criminal at Biggs Manages
to Escape During an Accidental
Tumult at Night.

BIGGS, Dec. 24.-Six business
houses in Biggs were entered by bur-
glars at an early hour this morning.
Roy Parker was asleep in the rear of
one of the stores and was aroused by
the breaking of the front door. He
jumped from bed with pistol in hand,
but fell over a baby carriage and the
frightened burglar ran.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
Practical BeneroIencc.

Londoners are becoming accustomed
to the sight Of the comfortable car
riages which convey crippled children
between their homes and the schools.
which, thanks largely to the energy Of
Mrs. Humpnry Ward, now form part
of the educational system of the Lon
don School Board.-New York COM
mercial.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
Sues Bettman on Note.

Theodore Brunswick, to whom was
assigned a note for s4221, made by B.
D. Pike and Frank Bettman, filed a
suit yesterday against Bettman to re-
cover the amount of the note. The
note was assigned to him by Pike, who
paid DR.. g. Schiff, to whom the note
was payable, the entire amount.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
pioneers wife Dies Suddenly.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 24.-Mrs. j. NJ.
Kimberlin wife of the pioneer seed
grower of Santa Clara, was found dead
in bed at her home this morning.
Heart trouble is supposed to have been
the cause. She was a native of Penn
sylvania and 20 years of age. She
came to California with her husband
in 1852 under the auspices of the
Methodist Episcopal Missionary
Board.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
Paws a Fine to Gain Freedom.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24.-Mrs. Ger
trude briggs, who was found guilty
of attempting to influence a juror dur
ing the trial in the Superior Court Of
her suit to obtain possession of the
famous Hill fortune. to-day paid a fine
of $500 imposed by the court and will
be released from custody.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
Claims FIoodwaters of a Creek.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 24.-E. G. Wheeler,
representing the Bay Cities Water
Company, to-day filed a claim to 900
600 inches of the f1oodwaters of the Twas
Creek, measured under a four-inch
pressure. The point of diversion of
this vast supply of water is where the
Twas ef1ows through the Catherine
Dunno ranch, near Madrone. The
water will be taken by canal to the
Coyote reservoir.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
Forger viii Not Be Pursued.

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 24.-It is
highly improbable that any attempt
will be made to recapture Tburlow W.
Parker, who. while being brought back
to this city from Montana on charge
of forgery, escaped from Detective Jo-
seph Day, his custodian. Parker's rel
atives have offered to restore the va
rious amounts the young man secured
from different persons in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
IN THE GOOD oLD-FAsHIoNED
DAYS
Powdered Wigs Formed an Important
Adjunct to a Gentleman's Apparel.

1t is safe TO say that the majority of
bald men Of to-day would gladly revive
the old dignfed custom if they could.
But they can 10 the next best thing to il:
that is. hold on 10 what hair they
have.
in cases where the hair root or hair
bulb has not been completely destroyed
l1v PARASITES that iufest il Newbro's 8
lIerpicide viii 90 wonders in the way Of
encouraging a new growth of hair.
Destroy the cause. you remove the eff
feet That is the successful mission Of
Herpicide Sold by leading druggists
Send Toe in stamps for sample to The
Herpicide Co, Detroit. Mich.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25

NEW YORK, Dec 24.-Frederick NJ. Cush-
ing. naval veteran and said to have been
at the battle OF Manila Bay, was to-day SEN
,tenced to life Imprisonment for shooting his
wife during a quarrel July 81 last
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-25
MATCH PEoPLE SURRENDER.

At yesterdays meeting at the Palace
All the papers were signed and they
viii be fled to-day. Immediately after
the transfer the Chico and Northern
entered into a traffic alliance with the
Southern Pacific for its newly acquired
property. a precautionary measure that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-10
Steamer Brunswick Dashed to
Pieces on the Mendo.
cino Coast.

San Francisco, Feb. 9-The steamer
brunsWlek, Captain Hammer, is a wreck
on south reef at Fort Bragg on the
Mendoclno coast She went ashore in
the gale of last Saturday night, and it
is not probable that the vessel or any
members of the crew got safely ashore
Inc brunswick, which is under charter
to the Union Lumber company, left San
francisco last Friday night for Fort
Bragg. She arrived there Saturday and
atter Landing her passengers and dis
charging part of her cargo, a terrific gale
blew up. The Brunswick IL Is reported
reef, where she was buffeted all night
BY the hurricane, her crew being forced
10 abandon her
Fort Bragg is an open roadstead and
vessels are obliged TO lie off the shore
1ast TO heavy mooring lines and theit
eargoes are carried TO them on overhead
troileys from the bluffs of the coast
line. The Brunswick was fast to the
mornings and had taken on part OF her
load when heavy swell rolled in from
the ocean and in the pitching of the ves-
sci the mooring lines parted. Before the
steamers engine could be started she
was carried I'D on the rocks of the beach.
A hole was soon pounded through the
planks of the hull and all efforts to save
scrambled ashore through the surf and
little was saved from the vessel Th..
Brunswick is among the latest type OF
steam Schooners on the coast. She was
built in 1898 at North Bend Ore and
has a displacement of 1876 tons gross. She
was chartered by the Union Lumber
company. She was in command of Cap.
tain Hammer and carried a crew Of
about sixteen men.