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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
ATTORNEY
STARTLES
The JURY
Dead Man Imaginary
Witness in q Chi
CagO Court.
Special Dispatch to IN. Cali.

CHICAGO. April 5.-A dramatic
scene was enacted in Judge Chytraus'
court to-day when Assistant States
Attorney Barbour feigned to summon
from the grave Cornelius Van Zand-
wick, for whose murder George Free
man has been on trial week in that
court.
Pointing in a dramatic manner to the
empty witness chair the Assistant
States Attorney told the jury that he
had summoned Van Zandwick from
his grave to confront the man on trial
for murder. With awe-stricken faces
the jurors leaned forward and gazed
at the chair, apparently as interested
as if the dead had come to life and
sat before them as witness.
Freeman turned pale and gazed
helplessly at his lawyers. The widow
and two children af Van Zandwick
broke into tears as the attorney put
question after question TO the vacant
chair Not a sound could be heard
in the courtroom as Barbour pictured
the witness sitting there, bleeding and
wounded. In a graphic manner the
attorney demonstrated to the jury just
how he believed Van Zandwick would
act and what evidence he would give
were he really on the witness stand.
Repeated protests were made by the
defendants counsel, but the court per-
mitted the Assistant States Attorney
to proceed When as a climax Bar
bour carried the minds of the jurors
to Oakwood Cemetery the witness
WAS again returned to his grave and
the jury was asked to sentence Free
man to death.
The. defendant is accused of shoot
ing Van Zandwick, who was porter
in Freeman's saloon in Harvey.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
TWO BANKS ARE FORCED
TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS
Institutions at Akron. Ohio. and Nc
DeOd, Okla, i'm the Hands
of RcceiNcrS

AKRON, Ohio. April 5.-The Akron
Savings Bank closed its doors to-day.
The Common Pleas Court appointed
@. w. Seiber and William Buchtei re-
ceivers OF the institution. The action
was precipitated as a result of the
Akron Clearinghouse Association
compelling the bank to make all its
clearings in cash.
William Buchtel is president Of the
hank. II has a capital stock Of $780,
600 and deposits amounting to about
sS5o.0oo. An official statement Of the
banks condition, published yesterday.
showed its resources. TO be s1.I5I.OOO
with liabilities the same
GUTHRIE. Okla. April 5.-The Citi-
zens' Bank at Mcleod, Okla. with 2
capital OF $4,000. closed its doors to-
day as a result Of the failure Of the
Capitol National NJ. r.. Sturtevant.
National Bank Examiner. reached
here to-day and took charge of the
Capitol National. He Instructed the
officers OF the bank not to talk of its
affairs and declines TO make a state
ment until thorough examination of
the institutions books has been made.
Other local banks are considering a
plan TO assume the defunct banks oh
legations.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
CLEVELAND is FOR PARKER.
Regards the Jurist as Safe and Con-
Seryative Democrat.

NEW. YORK, April 5.--In a dispatch
to the World from Princeton, N. j.
former President Cleveland is quoted as
finding in the movement looking to the
nomination of Judge Alton B. Parker
for the Presidency the greatest nos
sible relief and satisfaction" Mr.
Cleveland is further reported to have
said:
Il do not see how any one protesting
to be real. intelligent Democrat can
hesitate to accept Mr.. Parker. If he
should be nominated, as a fit repre
sentative of safe and conservative
Democratic principles, entitled 10
hearty and unreserved Democratic sup
port"
According to the Worlds correspond
ent Mr.. Cleveland said regarding the
platform of his party this year:
There are certain Democratic doc
trines believed in by the conservative
element of the party which viii control
at St Louis. These doctrines should.
in no event. be evaded Such of these
as appear to furnish at this time the
most valuable campaign issues should
be given the most prominence and
should be announced in such a way as
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Chicago D0ters Fd
Dor Municipal
Ownership.

CHICAGO, April 5.-In the municipal
election to-day the Republicans elected
eighteen Aldermen, the Democrats six
teen, and one independent Republican
who repudiated the machine in the
Sixth Ward, was chosen a member of
the Council The last Council was
composed of thirty-six Republicans,
thirty-two Democrats, one independent
Democrat and one Socialist. The next
Council will be formed of thirtysix
Republicans, thirty-one Democrats,
two Independents Zone of whom is a
Democrat and the other a Republican,
and one Socialist.
The chief interest in the election,
however, centered in the vote on pro-
posed municipal ownership of the street
railways. In this connection what is
known as the Mueller law, passed by
the last State Legislature. was submit
ted to the people. The law authorizes
cities in Illinois to construct, own, ope-
rate and lease street railways and to
provide the means therefor. On this
proposition the vote stood 152,434 for
the proposition and 3o,O14 against; on
the proposition that the city should at
once take over the street railways into
its control the vote stood 120,744 for,
50,S93 against.
For the temporary licensing of street
railways until such time as the city is
prepared to take them over the vote
was 120,1S1 for and 4S,056 against On
the question of whether or not the
members of the Board of Education
should be elected by direct vote of the
people instead of by executive appoint
ment and a confirmation by the City
Council, as in the present usage, the
vote was 1853 for and So, 432 against.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
SANTA FE
STRIKE MAY
NOW BEGIN
Secret Orders Sent
to Los Angeles
MaChiniStS.
Railroad Company Prepares
for Emergencies in
the South,
Former Police Chief Engaged and
Hundred Deputies Are Wanted at
San Bernardino Shops.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, April 5.-If the ex-
pected happens the strike which has
been threatened on the entire Santa Fe
Railroad system will begin tomorrow
morning at o'clock. There have been
so many alarms of this character since
the trouble between the machinists and
railroad officials began that some of the
latter are disposed to doubt the reports
which have been received by the men
tonight and to assert that there will
be no strike. Others equally conserv-
ative are taking the other view of it
and through their efforts the railroad
company tonight made preparations
to meet almost any emergency.
The report that the men would be
ordered to walk out at the hour men,
toned was received from Chicago and
by the men themselves. It was trans
mitted secretly, and it is their admitted
expectation that matters will reach
climax tomorrow. They decline to
state what their plans are, but there
is among those of them who are MEM
bers of the Machinists' Union stolid
reserve and they will not deny. that
they win strike. If they get the word
from the East they will quietly walk
out.
'I'll tell you this said machinist
at the Santa Fe roundhouse tonight
IF there is a strike there will be no
violence. If we strike we will go
far as anybody to protect the COM
pany's property. 1t all depends upon
what our officers in the East decide.
We have submitted our case and the
decision will soon be known"
Anticipating they know not just
what, the local Santa Fe officials this
evening enlisted the services of Charles
Elton, who yesterday resigned the office
of Chief of Police. He admitted that
he had been engaged, but would not
discuss the matter further than to say
that he was fully prepared for any
emergency. He has twenty picked men
at his command and has instructed
them to report to him tomorrow morn
ing He says they are to be used only
in an emergency.
At San Bernardino tonight a request
was made upon the authorities for the
appointment of 100 additional deputies.
The shops of the company are there,
and that point will be the center of ope-
rations in the event of trouble.
General Manager Wells of the Santa
Fe lines in Southern California denied
tonight that any trouble was expect
ed. He stated that the companys po-
sition with reference to the demands
Of the men is known and there would
be no deviation from it, He intimated
that preparations have been made to
meet any possible contingency
If the strike is declared it will affect
mainly the machinists and with them
the roundhouse employees and helpers,
but the employees of the operating de-
partment will not take part in the
trouble.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
PORTO RICANS WANT TO
NEGOTIATE A LOAN
Representatives Confer With Cabinet
Officials and Ask Federal
Aid

WASHINGTON, April 5.-A delega-
ton of representative Porto Ricans, in
cluding P. Willoughby, treasurer of
the island; r. II. Post, auditor, and
Manuel Domemick. member of the
Insular House of Representatives.
have arrived in Washington for the
purpose of placing loan of $1,000. 600
1t is not expected the money can be
obtained here, but the members of the
delegation desire to acquaint them
selves with the best method of proce-
dure, and especially desire to secure
some sort of recognition of their loan
by the National Government which
would give their bonds a good stand
ing in the market. They have seen
Secretary Taft and Secretary Shaw.
and expect to confer with Colonel Ed
wards, chief of the Insular Bureau.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
GOVERNMENT STARTS
SUIT AGAINST NEELY
Action Is Begun to Reco-er Part OF
Amount Involved i'm Alleged
DefaIcatiOn.

NEW YORK, April 5.-The suit Of
the United States against Charles F.
Neely, former director of finance for
the pOstoffices Of Cuba, was commenced
to-day before Judge Lacombe and
jury in the United States Circuit Court
The suit is brought by the Government
nominally to have a court determine
exactly the amount of the alleged Neely
defalcation in Cuba. but in reality the
United States seeks to hold the $4,000
in cash which it has attached, and
which was deposited as bail by Nicely.
and about $4,000 Of other property be-
longing to him which is also under Fed
eral attachment According to Special
Attorney Jones. the amount of the al
legged defalcation will amount to
$15O,O00.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
AUDACIOUS
SCHEME Of
KIDNAPERS
Confession Of a Plot
to Steal Son OF
Oil King.
Special Dispatch to The Call

CHICAGO, April 5.-That an auda-
cious scheme to kidnap John d.
Rockefeller Jr. and hold him for a
ransom of s1O.oO0,0O0 was part of the
plans of the automatic trio" was ad-
mitted by Peter Neidemeier in the
County Jail According to the bandits
confession he and Vandine intended to
attend the billionaire's Sunday-school
class and carry the teacher away to
Philadelphia.
The idea occurred to me when 7
was in New York." said Niedemeier.
Il stood outside the church and
thought how easy it would be to do
piece of business with Rockefeller that
would bring us millions of dollars in
stead of the paltry hundreds that we
were making by saloon 'stick-ups.'
OF course, it would have taken time.
but then a man can afford to wait
while for S1O,00O,00O, and we would
have to get money. too.
I'VE were going to New York with
good fronts and going to join Rookie
feller's Sunday-school class. 1 amt
much on religion and never was, but
would have made a good scholar
with all that money in sight. When
we got q good chance we were going
to grab the teacher and put him in a
cab.
Il had a house picked out down
near the docks on the river, where we
would have kept Rockefeller until
some of his folks handed out that
$40 100000. which would have been
pretty quick"
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
COLLEGE
PROFESSOR
ASSAULTED
Lies Unconscious as
Result Of the
Attack.
William Sherwood, ChemiS-
tfy INSTRUCTOR, Sand
bagged.
Two Thugs Stop Him While Hs Is
Returning From the POStOfice
at Midnight.
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street, April 6.

Professor William Sherwood of the
chemistry department of the Univer-
sity of California was the victim of a
mysterious and brutal assault at mid
night last night. He is now lying at
the home of d. w. Albee in an uncon-
sciOus condition and it is feared his
skull is fractured.
The professors assailants made no
demand for his vaIuables before at
tacking him and We're frightened away
by the approach of other people i'm
mediately after the assault While
their motive was probably robbery, it
was not shown by any words they ut
tered nor by any act after the attack.
Professor Sherwood was returning
from the Postoffice, to which he had
gone to mail some letters.
Near the corner of Fulton street and
Durant avenue two men approached
him, walking some feet apart. He
passed between them. and as he did so
one of them struck him from behind
with sandbag, and the other. drawing
a revolver, told him not to yell.
Professor Sherwood, half stunned,
staggered away from the men At that
moment Assemblyman w H Waste
and his wife and d. w. Albee came
along.
AT sight Of them the thugs ran, dis
appearing in the darkness. Sherwood
fell to the walk. Before he lost con-
sciousness he gave brief details of the
attack
The injured man was carried TO Mr..
Albee.s home and DR.. Stella Lehr was
called She found a cut in the scalp
and took six stitches in it.
officers are securing the city in hopes
of capturing Professor Sherwood's as
sailants.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
BANDIT WITH SHOTGUN.
Holds Up and Robs o. r. Ludwig on
Outskirts of Point Richmond.

POINT RICHMOND, April 5-A man
with shotgun held up o. r. Ludwig
on the outskirts of Point Richmond
this evening and after taking every
thing he had, made his escape. shot
gun and all. The thief only got a few
dollars and a watch
Ludwig drove into Point Richmond
and gave the alarm and a posse was
formed. 1t secured the country with
out finding the trail of the man. He
was smooth shaven. round faced,
about 30 years of age, and wore a
dark suit of clothes.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Rioters to Be Arrested.

HAVANA, April 5.-Warrants were
issued to-day for the arrest of former
Congressman Loinas Castillo, Pedro
Sotolonango editor of El Liberal. and
d. Martin Valdez, police inspector.
charged with melting the public TO
riot in yesterdays disorder in the
House Of Representatives.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Burton DELAYS Action.

ST. LOUIS. April 5.-The bill of ex-
ceptions in the case Of United States
Senator Burton of Kansas was not
filed i'm the United States District
Court to-day by the defense. Counsel
for the defense carefully went over the
bill to-day and inspected it and it is
probable that ii will formally be in
court tomorrow. If a new trial is not
granted Senator Burton upon the I'll
ing of the bill of exceptions he will
he sentenced.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Hepburn Is Renominated.

CRESTON, Iowa. April 5--The Re-
publican Congressional Convention of
the Eighth Iowa District to-day re-
nominated Congressman William P.
Hepburn. The resolutions are of the
stand pat" variety. as opposed to the
ssIovva idea"
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
REFERS TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY
rs If "HELTER=JKELTER CROUD'
Uit of GroSCenOr
EnLiDenS House
Debate.
OhiOdn Exchanges
Repdrtee Uith
De ATmOnd.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The pro-
enlivened by speeches by De Armond
and GroSvenor. the former attacking
the Republicans for failure 10 order
an investigation into the postoffice
charges and 10 revise the tariff, and
the latter vigorously defending the
Republican party and lauding Presi-
dent Roosevelt for the part he played
n the postal investigation, the pass
age Of the Cuban reciprocity law and
The treaty with Panama for the con-
Euucuon of an isthmisn canal
Speaking 10 the Republican mem
bers OF the House, De Almond said:
Individually. you are men Of cour-
age dash and daring, but as an or
ganizadon here you are afraid OF your
shadow"
Referring 10 the President, he
spoke OF the situation at the White
House as executive chaos" and in
CURED what the President had done
10 commend himself TO the people.
Grosvenor closed general debate on
the military academy appropriation
bin. devounE himself to a defense of
the Republican party De Almond.
he said. had indicted the leaders Of
the House for an attempt TO cover up
crime
What crime" Grosvenor asked,
has been committed in any one of
the branches OF the administration OF
the Federal Government and by
whom"
He sarcastically remarked that
%
enough 10 hurl in the face Of the
majority OF the House the charge
that they were covering up and pro-
tecting crime. he ought TO know
enough TO make some statement that
somebody. somewhere, had commit
ted some crime" He declared. amid
laughter. that since the reference TO
the postoffice report in the House the
Democrats had gone through a series
OF -sgonizingsr
WHY are YOU opposed to investi-
cation ?" inquired De Almond.
For the manifest reason" said
Grosvenor. that the department has
been thoroughly investigated All
wrong has been laid bare
Grosvenor said this had been shown
by the convictions in Washington,
balLllnOre. NeW OK ana ELSEWHERE.
And" he said. referring TO the St
Louis Doodle case, so far as we
know there is no ready-made. willing
Supreme Court 20 set at liberty every
body who should be convicted
Democratic applause followed an
inquiry from De Almond as to
whether the gentleman would en-
deavor 70 provide one If the statute
OF limitations is found to be insult
fcient"
Grosvenor. facing the Democratic
side. said:
Your entire clamor and your libel
Gus attacks have been based upon
nothing but a deliberate purpose to
tarnish the administration Of your
Government in the interest of party
politics
Branching off on the tariff. he
called upon De Armond to state what
ought to be changed in the tariff.
There would be no ten of you"
he said. that viii name the same
item; no five Of you that will come
within SO per cent OF il. and none of
you will agree on all of the items OF
the tariff at which there was much
laughter.
He scored the Democratic party on
the tariff question. as being composed
OF 2 "disorganized. broken up, dis
membered. heller skelter crowd"
The military academy appropriation
bill was then passed without amend
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Hearst Victory in Ohio.

COLUMBUS. Ohio April 5.-The
Democratic State Central Committee
met here to-day and decided to hold
the State convention at Columbus ON
May "a and 25. r. l. Starr. sup
porter of w. r. Hearst for President,
was chosen temporary chairman.
Friends of Hearst were jubilant over
the result
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
WILL FIX STANDING
OF PANAMA BONDS
Bill Introduced Provides That Se-
curities May Be Used as Basis
of Circulation

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The Senate
Committee on Finance to-day author
lied Senator Aldrich to report an
amendment to the bill for the govern
ment of the Panama canal zone giving
to the canal construction bonds all the
rights and privileges of the outstand-
ing per cent Government bonds.
The effect is to allow national banks
to use the bonds as basis of circuIa
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
KANSAS CITY's LANDSLIDE.
One Police Judge the Only Democrat
TO Be Elected.

KANSAS CITY. April 5.-Unofficial
returns from one-third of the city as
sure the election of the whole Repub-
Iican city ticket, headed by Jay H. Neff
for Mayor, by pluralities ranging from
1000 to 1000, except that Police Judge
Brandy Democratic and Labor candi-
date, is probably reelected by a small
plurality. The new Council will have
a Republican majority. The city gov
ernment has been in the hands Of the
Democrats for four years, and two
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Folk Not After High Honors.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, April 5.-Jo-
seph w. Folk stated tonight that he
would not accept the Democratic
nomination for Vice President of the
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
McGarry's Conviction Affirmed

LANSING. Mich. April 5.-The su-
preme Court to-day affirmed the con-
viction in the Circuit Court OF Thomas
r. McGarry, prominent Grand
Rapids attorney on charge of
bribery in conettion with the water
deal
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06

to exclude all doubt as to their mean
ing and all appearance of compromise -
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
TIE wsATEEA

Forecast made et San Tr1n-
cisco for thirry hours ending
nidn3ehs, April g.
San Yranctsco and vicinity
Faar Wednesday, fresh westerly
winds. A q. MoADH,
District RoreoAster.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
THE rHzArEzs.

the Quiet"
Caltfornia-"1dcEadden's Flats
Central-"Around the World in
Eighty Days.
Chutes-Vaudevi1I
Columbia - "Mam'selle Napo-
leon"
Fischer's-"Ki-net
Grand-"Divorcons.v
Mechanics Pavllion-Circus.
orph pheum-vaudeviIle Matinee
To-Day.
Tivon-"Mr. Pickwick.D
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06

Continued on Page 5. Column 4.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Irish creamerIes Increasing.

The number of creameries in Ire
land is rapidly increasing. The In.
crease Is among both the proprietary
and the cooperative. OF the former
there are now 300 and of the latter
200 Last year these 500 creameries
received over eighty million gallons
of milk and produced over fourteen
thousand tons of butter. Most of this
found ready market in various parts
of Great Britain. The quality of tho
butter from these creameries shows
a tendency to improve in quality,
which it must do, as 1t is brought into
sharp competition with the butter
from Denmark and from Canada, both
of which makes are high in quality.
These creameries make the produc.
ton of Irish bacon easy, and this has
a high reputation in the English mar
ket.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Future Sheep Supply.

The feeders Of sheep are concerned
in the supply Of that animal, especial
ly those that are engaged in the feed
ing of sheep for the final market. At
the present time the great source Of
supply is the western range. But can
that continue to supply the demand for
sheep to feed in our feed lots in the
corn belt? The answer must be a
negative one. The ranges are now
producing all the sheep they .e likely
to produce, but the corr belt is not
producing all the corn It is able to
produce. The improvements in corn
culture and in corn seed enormously
increase the volume Of this kind OF
food that can be produced yearly and
we shall see greater improvements in
the years to come. This corn must be
for long time yet used as the finish
ing food for stock including the sheep.
More sheep will be demanded in the
future both by the consumers and by
the finishers. 1t is evident that we
must raise more sheep on the farms
east of the Great Father OF Waters.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15
Tho Feed Of tho Cow,

There are few Of our farmers that
follow the practice Of feeding Stops to
the cows. as is the case in the towns
and cities where COWS have little pas
turage. Nevertheless many of our
cows have access to weeds and other
heritage that taints the milk in one
way or another. Some say the flavor
goes through the cow and others say
that it Is blown to the milk on milk
ing. But in whatever way it comes it
is found in the milk at milking time
and later in the butter. The cows
that have to depend on dry pastures
at this time of year are the ones
that are most apt to eat foul-smelling
weeds. II they have fresh cornstalks
or other cut feed they will not trou'
BILE the weeds. But most Of our farm
cows are given no attention of this
kind and simply have to make their
living from the pastures the best they
may. Wild onions have an oil that
certainly passes through the cow into
the milk and the same is said to be
the case with wild garlic. If this Is so
regarding these two weeds that cows
cat, may it not be 80 with some Of the
other weeds they eat, of which we
know less than of these two. The
weedy taste in milk is very obnoxious
to some OF the consumers of milk. II
the farmer has not sheep enough to
keep the weeds out Of the pasture II
will pay to attack them with scythe