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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
MYSTERY Wells
MADONA' s DEATH
Body Near Railroad
Track and Valuables
Missing.
Jury Says Accident. but
Tragedy Is Still a
Problem.
Special Dispatch to Tho Call.

SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 1.-During the
inquest over the remains of Gartardo
Madona certain facts were brought out
which tend to show that his death is
not easily explained.
Madona was found dead upon the
California Northwestern Railroad
tracks near Novato yesterday morning.
His skull was fractured and his watch
and money were missing. The injury,
It is believed, was due to Madona be
ing struck by an engine Sunday night.
but the position Of the body and the
loss of the dead mans valuables have
called forth a searching investigation
by Sheriff Taylor and District Attorney
Boyd.
Novato has been infested by tramps
appeared at the residence Of Mrs. w:
Matthias on Grand avenue and forced
admittance to her home. She had to
seek help to eject them. The same
night two men gained entrance to Cap
tain Icons place, but were frightened
Off
Gartardo Madona was last seen alive
Sunday afternoon in Novato At that
time he displayed considerable money
and jewelry. During the inquest this
afternoon Joseph Gambetta, who is a
ranch hand on the Mattoni place, the
same ranch upon which Madona was
employed, testified that he last saw
Madona on Sunday. He knew he had
money and saw his watch and chain
Gambetta remained in Novato that
night, but Madona left town en- route
home about $50 p. m. Yesterday
morning Gambetta left Novato about
$50 for the ranch by way Of the rail-
road track.
When just out Of Novato, Gambetta
says, he passed a stranger coming to-
ward town. The man saluted, but
passed. quickly. A short distance far
ther down the track Gambetta discov-
cred his friends dead body. He re-
turned to Novato and reported it, but
before any one went TO the scene the
Santa Rosa train en- route TO San Fran
cisco arrived and the corpse was taken
aboard. Conductor John P Smith of
this train testified to having picked up
the body He stated that from exam
ination OF the wounds it would seem
that the man had been lying at right
angles to the track. but when dlscov-
cred was parallel to the rails and about
four feet from the ties.
Engineer Garcia, who ran locomotive
No 81 up country on Sunday night,
testified that he presumed his engine.
struck Madona, but that he was not
aware of it. He passed the spot about
$50 Sunday night, saw no one and
heard no cries. He further stated that if
the man had been walking when struck
the body would have been hurled many
feet farther than it was, while the
limbs and other portions of the body
would have borne evidences of injury.
Dr.. Wickman, the autopsy surgeon,
testified only to the injuries sustained,
and would give no theory as to the
cause Of death. The jury returned
verdict Of accidental death.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
RIGHT Of WAY
IS At STAKE
Railway Has Difficulty
in Getting Into
San Jose.
Southern Pacific Accused Of
Objection to Garden
City Line.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 1.-Strenuous ef-
forts are being made by some un-
known corporation or persons to block
the San Jose and Alviso Electric Rail
way IN securing a right of way into
this city. The general impression
around the city is that the Southern
Pacific is back of the move. V. A
Scheller, attorney for Mehling & Lock-
wood, the. promoters of the Alviso line,
made such a statement at the meeting
of the City Council this afternoon.
When the sale of q franchise on
First street from the northern city
limits to Taylor street, thence up Tay-
lor to Second, and along Second to st.
James and down the latter to Market,
came UP yesterday, E. D. Crawford OF
GlIroy ran the price UP to $6127. This
franchise would give the Alviso line an
entrance to the heart of the city
Crawford deposited 10 per cent of the
sum, and when the Council met to-day
to ratify the sale he refused to pay
the balance. Crawford demanded the
sale of the franchise TO him at $11o,
the first amount bid, and the return of
the balance Of his deposit.
The Council denied this request and
ordered the sale rescinded and the de-
posit forfeited. Bids we're then called
for the sale of the franchise again
Mehling bid 500 and Crawford raised
this 10 per cent. Bidding continued
till the franchise ran up to $500, when
1t went to Crawford. With each bid
Crawford deposited the money to cover
10 per cent of the increase.
This blocks the Alviso-Sa Jose road
for a time at least. Crawford has un-
til o'clock tomorrow evening to pay
the balance on the franchise 1t is be-
lieved he will bring suit to compel the
Council to sell him the franchise on
the first bid of $11O. made yesterday on
the ground he was the only one depos-
iting any money. Crawford is a law
yer of Gilroy and will not state who
he represents.
The Alviso road will now have to
seek another entrance into the city.
Mehling and Lockwood propose put
ting on fast line of steamers between
Alviso and San Francisco and it is be-
lieved the Southern Pacific is trying
to head off this competition.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Ten Per Cent Wage Reduction.

SHARON, Pa. Dec. LA reduction
Of 10 per cent in the wages of employees
Of the Sharon plant Of the American
Steel Foundries Company went into
effect to-day. About 600 men are af-
fected.
PATTERSON, N. J., Dec. IA 10 per
cent reduction in wages went into ef-
feet at the plant of the Passaic Steel
Company to-day. Officials as well as
workmen will be affected. The reduc-
ton will continue in force until the
steel market shows signs of improve
ment
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
New Battleship commissioned.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Dec. 1. -
The United States battleship Missouri
was placed in commission at the plant
of the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Drydock Company to-day. The exer-
cises were very simple. Superintendent
Walter A. Post made speech turning
the ship over to the Government, and
Captain Cowles received the vessel in
the name of the navy. The Missouri
is now lying at anchor in the harbor.
but is expected to leave tomorrow for
the Norfolk Navyyard, preparatory
to southern cruise.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
RECEIVES MANY LETTERS
THREATENING HIS LIFE
Attempt Is Made to Intimidate At
torney Who Is Unearthing Crime
in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. Attorney Brodie.
B. Davis, counsel. for the Aldermanic
graft investigating committee, has re-
ceived nearly 100 letters threatening his
life since he began the campaign
against gamblers and violators of the
saloon ordinances. The fact, which has
been concealed carefully by Davis him
self, became known when he was ad-
vised by his friends to guard against
attack.
The committee and its coworkers
have had, many disappointments, but
it was admitted last night that. the
prospect for far reaching disclosures
was better than at any time.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Acquitted of Embezzlement,

The trial Of Mark L. McCord, con-
tractor charged with felony embezzle-
ment before a jury in Judge Cook s
court, was brought to a close yester-
day afternoon by the Judge instructing
the jury to acquit the defendant. Nc
Cord was accused by Charles M. Yates
of Yates & Co., III Market street, with
.embezzling 5000 on March IL.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
GROW win Go After Ziegler.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1. = Attorney Cen
eral Crow has decided to go to Albany,
N. Y, himself to argue the hearing on
the requisition for the return to Mis-
souri, of William F. Ziegler, the New
York millionaire. recently indicted on a
charge of alleged bribery in connection
with baking. powder legislation in this
State.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
BIG MORTGAGE Is FILED
BY THE WATER COMPANY
Money Is to Be Used in Redeerning
Bonds and Making Inn
prOVementS.

A general mortgage in the sum Of
SOS, 900, 900 was filed yesterday in the Re
corder's Office by the Spring Valley
Water Company in favor Of the Union
Trust Company of San Francisco. The
mortgage IS a lien on all the properties
of the corporation, and Is given to secure
the issuance of bonds in the amount
named bearing interest at the rate of 4
per cent per annum and payable Desem-
Der l, 1923.
The first s1400O,O00 is to go to redeem
the last issue of bonds, which will soon
be expiring. The balance OF the amount
is to be applied to betterments and i'm
that will naturally be re-
ouired to keep the plant up to the city's
growth
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Held Up on mission. street.

Joseph Gallagher, an employe in the
railroad boiler shops at Sacramento, was
held up and robbed on Mission street
between Seventh and Eighth. just before
midnight last night Gallagher was
slightly under the influence OF liquor
when he was confronted by two men.
who produced revolvers and ordered. him
to hold up his hands. He obeyed the
command and the robbers searched his
pockets, taking s. 50. The crime was i'm
mediately reported to the police.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
VESSEL BLOWS ASHORE
AT THE TACOMA DOCKS
Steamer Garonne in Difficulty During
Severe Weather at the Sound

TACOMA. Wash, Dec. THE
steamer Garonne, which has been tied
up at Quartermaster Harbor docks,
blew ashore tonight. Tugs have gone
to her assistance and hope to pull her
off at high tide at a. m. There is no
means of ascertaining tonight what
damage, If any; has been sustained.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Sues Partner for Share In Profits.

In a suit for dissolution of partner
ship and for an accounting filed yester-
day by John Schmitt he alleges that his
partner, Paul Whiting, refuses to allow
him to share in the profits of their busi-
ness at IL Fourteenth street. He also
asks that receiver be appointed to look
out for the business pending the result
of the suit.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Schooner at Gales Mercy.

The schooner Aleck Cooke. bound from
Port Gamble to Honolulu, put into port
last evening for repairs. Her captain
reported that on November IS his vessed.
while In latitude "A degrees IS minutes
north, longitude 131 degrees west, en-
countered terrific southeast and south
west gales, which carried away her stays
and tossed the small craft about the
ocean for fifteen days. This port was
finally sighted and was hastily made
for. The schooner is badly battered
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Die COTTON Cargo for Japan.

SEATTLE, Dec. l-Forty-five hun
dred bales Of Southern cotton, the
largest shipment ever carried by one
Of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha boats
from Seattle, will leave on the Riojun
Maru tomorrow morning. 1t is worth
about $250,000. The vessel also takes
5000 tons of -four, worth $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
BANK RoBBER ALLEN
is TO BE ExTRApITED
American Officers Will Rearrest Him
= When he Completes Term In
English Prison.

% I1ONDONs. Dec. 1--Charles Allen, the
american criminal. viii terminate sew
eFal years, Imprisonment at Dartmouth
on December :. AS soon as he walks
out Of prison he win be rearrested on
an extradition warrant charging him
with q pOstohlce robbery in Springfield,
u; in 1885. Later in that year Allen
and Killoran' broke out OF Ludlow
street jail. New York. and escaped to
England. II was only after Allen had
been convicted here Of robbing the
Birkbeck Bank that his identity was
discovered Allen Is quite ignorant Of
the reception that awaits him.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
FANATIC FILIPINO LEADER j.
. SUFFERS DEATH PENALTY
Senior Rios, the so-Called Pope of
= the Tayabas,'' Is Hanged: for
-. Fis Crimes.

D.: MANILA. Dec. L-Senor Rios, the
fsnatic Filipino leader and so-called
Pope. OF. the Tayabas,"- has been
hanged. He was captured last May
and. was subsequently, convicted OF
murder and. sentenced TO death. Twen-
fy-seven. Of his followers. were sen
fenced at the same time TO various
terms Of Imprisonment.
- Lavedo Toledo. the ladrone: leader,
who gave the military authorities con-
siderable trouble by his operations in
the province Of Albay. has been con-
.victed and sentenced to death. Toledo
surrendered with thirty Of his men and
ten guns ia October last. -.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Will considier Tarin ohaness.

MANILA, Dec. Governor Taft has
appointed a mixed committee Of officials
connected with the different depart
ments Of the Government and business
men OF this city TO consider and recon-
mend q new list Of tariff changes.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02

SHEBOYGAN, Wis, Dec. 1.-The brick
block North Eighth street occupied by the
Fair Store was totally destroyed by fire to-
day. Loss 500. 600.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02

CHRISTMAS COSMOPOLITAN
WHAT THE COSMOPOLITAN GIVES
IT'S READERS:

IT'S READEzs:
l. FIFTY COMPLETE STORIES.
II. ONE COMPLETE NOVEL.
1IL ONE THOUSAND BEAUTIFUL IL
Illustrations.
~. TWENTY, ARTICLES-equal to
book of 200 pages-on Popular
Science, Invention and Discovery.
v. TWENTY ARTICLES-equal to
book of 200 pages-on Travel.
vi. TWENTY ARTICLES-20 pages
on The Most Important Things to
Know Regarding Home Life, Mar
riage, Health, Choice of Life
Work. etc.
VII. TWENTY ARTICLES for Young
Men and Young Women
This is What Is Given in n Single Year
of THE COSMOPOLITAN.
SEND sl.oo NOW AND GET TEE
CosMoPoLITAN FOR 1904.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Come In: the Evening.

At the request OF many Of our patrons
we have decided to keep the store open
day and evening until sale closes.
Remember the place. Ponmer- -Eilers
Music Co. San Franciscors busiest and
best piano store. 653 Market street, be-
low Examiner building -
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD.


20. NJ. Carpenter, Telluride, Colo:
BY the time this reaches you the
troops will be with you. Any one
prominent in the troubles of 1901 had
better leave town, for the Citizens AL
lance, backed by the executive, will
carry things with high hand.
WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
TO Help our Santa CLAUS,

Instruments may be selected now and
set aside for delivery as a Christmas
surprise.
Last year we made over forty defiv-
cries. and now, with better facilities, we
are prepared to take care OF over 100.
aside by provident parents in this way.
We will deliver each instrument prompt
ly at.whatever hour you specify
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
HUNGRY AND REM0RSEFUL,
HE C0NFESSES TO CRIME.
Joseph Bradley surrcndcrs Himself,
Saying He Had Forged 1856 Or
der on Telephone Company.

Rather than endure the mental agony
which he claimed was the lot Of a fugitive
from Justice. Joseph Bradley, g years old.
surrendered to the East st. Louis police
yesterday and said he was forger.
Bradley claims he forged an order for
s5.S5 on a telephone company at Clarks-
Vile. No., several days ago. He Is ready
to take the legal penalty for his misdeed.
Bradley's home, he says, was in Chicago.
but he has not been in that city for four
teen years. He has no relatives that he
knows are living. Since leaving Chicago
he has worked in every part of the United
States, and claims that the forgery was
his first crime.
Bradley was employed by the telephone
company at GAINESVILLE erecting poles. The
last month he was unable to put in full
time.
On pay day he had nothing left after
paying his board. He had no money for
Christmas and felt blue on that account.
Thursday. he says, he forged an order on
the telephone company for S5S5 and came
to st. Louis. Friday night he crossed the
bridge to East st. Louis. He was without
money by this tune and applied to the po-
lice station for lodging. Yesterday he
walked about the streets of East 81. Louis
until late in the afternoon. He was with
out food all day and became more dis
couraged. when he was refused work at
several places.
Believing that his arrest would be a
stricken with the fact that he was fugi-
tive, he finally decided to give himself up.
The authorities at GAINESVILLE have been
notified.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
By Telegraph.
REPUBLIC SPECIALS.

aSd % saahss g eod and
ot the Harry Brown and soaz. blowing tho
upper works and boiler deck considerable. me
being more or Or less damaged several Ssrses res
noneter. dropped 20 degrees here in 10 hours.
and navigation IS again closed from, here to
Fowler viii resume her trips to Cairo MONDAY
NOR Hi,ds Loc1 PACKETS as All delayed sdsy BY
on the wharf.
rise Of 8 Of foot during the last "A hours
Weather partly cloudy and cold Tho towboat
Boaz arrived from Pittsburg at $50 p. m. with
fleet to reach here Tho Jacob Hestherinstcn
arrived at SD D. m from the Upper Ohio.
p Af m. with tow Of coal The Boaz and Harry
Brown will depart in the morning for New
Orleans.
a 1Ss ss FEET S0u1 the 5 Of Il fo
tEoables sA SreDaSy 'S viii away tonsst Tor
Cairo Receipts ssss s ry snd e bslss Of ssn
seed. The railroad transfer boat General v.
nSaS Of Me R1s ON s the
fall Of s. The Belle of the Bends Is de-
layed. not being able to get rousters. The
Delta Is due from Memphis. The American Is
due. The Rees Pritchard will try to get out
| tonight The weather il freezing cold and
| the Indications are for blizzard weather for
several days.
Grand Tower. H.. Dec 2s-United States
tender No. 10 arrived up late last evening
| and departed for Chester at $40 a m Con-
| siderable running ice to-day. The gauge reads
| IA feet and falling. Weather clear and cold.
| Burlington. Ia, Dec. 26.-The river Is 9 fest
| . inches above 1ow-water mark. a rise Of IL
| inch. Weather cloudy and colder.
Chester, ILL.,. Dec o6.-Gauge foot: river full
! OF heavy. running ice; wind southeast Tender
in and out on time.
Cincinnati. Dec. .s.-River rising. 1AI feet
| Navigation still suspended. River frozen. Clear
and colder.
| Louisville. Dec. qs.-Rivsr stationary: B.2 in
! canal. . feet on falls. SO below locks. Clear
| and cold.
| Pittsburg. Dec. 2s.-River feet inches and
4 rising at Davis Island dam. Clear and cold.
| Wheeling. Dec. S-River ~ and falling.
| Clear and cold. River full Of floating ice.
| Evansville. Dec 2s.-Rivcr 81 and stationary.
| Clear and colder. Ice passing.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
To-Day's Weather.
Partly cloudy and warmer.
River RiaIto Brevities.

Captain George Keith. who is at his home
suffering from the results Of an attack made
upon him by street-car conductor, was
slightly improved yesterday.
Within a day the river has been filed with
floating ice. Christmas morning, before the
storm, 1t was clear of foes, but yesterday the
channel was filled from shore to shore.
Colonel Hunter Ben Jenkins received a
handsomely executed prospectus Of the COM
Ing Mardi Gras trip Of the steamer Queen
Captain ]. F. Ellison. superintendent Of the
Cincinnati and Pittsburg line.
Tho Merchants League of Cairo. ILL.,, Is
contemplating placing steamer In the trade
between Cairo and Charlottesville. Mo. C. b.
Stewart, secretary of the league will examine
the steamer Big kanawha Of Cincinnati.
Dan o'Neil. mate OF the steamer Chal-
mette, Is at his home In New Orleans suffer-
ing from the assault made upon him on the
last trip OF the steamer by Frank Bell a
roustabout Bell beat him on the head with
q bar OF iron.
Tho steamer Henrietta has been sold at
Paducah for 5000. The steamer was formerly
an Upper Mississippi River packet.
HGitisens OF Winona. Mimi. arc cndeavoring
to have the Government move the United
States boat yards from Fountain City to
cure the yards.
Captain Horace Bixby arrived in So. Louis
from Cairo yesterday TO spend the HOLIDAYS
with his family. He is on the Government
steamer Wright.
Captain Harry Donualy. who recently pur-
forming stock company to operate a line
burg.
Captain Washington Height is spending thu
winter on farm near Summerdeld, Ill.
Captain Bob Mccoy who was master of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
Startling Charges Against New
= York Pest Office Officials May
:. Be Made by Inspectors.
PROMOTION WAS SYNDicATED.
Vouchers for Supplies Missing and
Clerks, 1t Is Said, Kindly
Marked Present, Men Who
Were Away for Weeks.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. Dec. 90 Charges Of a
startling nature against the New York
Post Office are said TO be contained in n
report sent to Washington Thursday by
Mayor Little and the inspectors who have
been working under him.
According 10 advance information, 1t is
raid. the inspectors found two promotion
syndicates in full operation. Excessive
supplies were bought from favored dealers
and kind colleagues marked as present
clerks who were away for days at time.
afore than $4,000 was paid in excessive
rentals for substations; no check was
placed upon the expenditure, and no
vouchers of a proper kind were shown FOR
supplies bought and salaries paid.
: Cornelius Van Colt, the Republican lead
er of the Fifth District, is Postmaster of
the city. but 1t is said he does little or
none Of the work.
His son. Dick Van Colt, Is said TO be
the actual head of the Office, and the sal
AIRY OF the father is turned over to the
son. dick also draws $500 as Super
fntendent of Free Delivery in the New
York ONCE. which. with his fathers salary,
makes tidy little income from the Gov
ernment. Dick is also half owner of a
millinery business and of livery stable,
which enterprises are said TO be paying
him between $500 and $4,000 per annum.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
JUSTICE OF PEACE
MARRIED PRIEST.
Former Assistant in Hartford
Cathedral Abandons Orders
to Wed Clerk in Dry
Goods Store.
eEpuBIIc SPECIAL.

REPUBILc SPECIAL
New Britain, Conn, Dec. 26.-Poter J.
p'ReiIly, aged q years, formerly an as
sistant priest in St Mary's Roman Cath
Ole Cathedral In this city. and Miss Mary
O,Donnell. also OF the same parish. were
married in Hartford December il by City
Attorney Joseph Tuttle, who is Justice
Of the Peace.
Tho facts in the case became public to-
day when the record of the marriage was
found at the office OF the Board of Health
In Hartford.
o'Reilly came to New Britain from Fort
Wayne, Ind. about a year ago. and began
work in st. Mary's Parish. He was of
athletic appearance. a fine orator, and on
Memorial Day he delivered an Grafton
here at the Soldiers Monument in Central
Park.
HIS friendship for Miss ODonnell, who is
. pretty young girl, % years old, and a re-
cent graduate Of the High School, caused
considerable comment, although they new
cr appeared in public together.
he was summarily transferred by tho
Bishop at Wtllimantic last October. and
It was announced soon after that he had
been transferred to New Jersey; yet he
WIS still q frequent visitor to Hartford,
where Miss ODonnell was employed in a
dry goods house. The acquaintance be-
came affection, and finally terminated in
the wedding.
..OReilly secured a position as Clerk of
travelling salesman. The couple have now
left town and their whereabouts is I'M
known.