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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-03-03
Evidence Of strychnine.

The Investigations nave so far failed
to find any evidence of poisoning, but
the authorities decline to express any
opinion pending the result of the au-
topsy and the analysis of the bottle OF
bicarbonate of soda. A box of cap.
sules was also found in the room, and
these are being analyzed.
Doctor Humphreys made the follow
ing statement to the Associated Press
correspondent:
when / was called in | found Mrs.
Stanford in convulsions and applied
the quickest remedies, but it was NOT
possible to save her life. Mrs. Stan
ford said to me:
Doctor, have been poisoned
Mrs. Stanford's condition seemed to
indicate stychnine poisoning. Between
commissions her mind was unusually
active and she said:
This is the second time they have
tried it. They tried it last January, and
| came here to avoid them
"I tasted the contents of the bottle,
but before making an analysis l am
unable to swear it, contains strych-
nine, but am perfectly positive that it
does contain strychnine."
The bottle containing the bicarbon-
ate of soda bears the labed of Charles
Felis & Co., 60 King William street,
Adelaide, Asutralia but it is believed
it has been refilied since purchased
there.
Miss Bertha Berner, Mrs. Stanford's
secretary, says that the previous at.
tempt on the life OF her employer was
made January IA, at her home on
Mob hill, San Francisco, when the
styrchnine was found in a bottle OF
Poland mineral water, Miss Rerner
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-03-03
EQUITABLE LIFE sQUABBLE TO
BE TAKEN INTO COURT.
AN INJUNCTION ASKED FOR
To Prevent Purchase of Stock of Off.
GERS at Exorbitant Prices-clam
Share in Surplus.

New York, March MANY policy
holders of the Equitable Life Alssur-
ance society, through the instigation
OF Herbert G. Tull OF Philadelphia,
have begun civil action against the
company which is likely to defer any
attempt on the part of the directors to
buy the holdings of James H. Hyde.
Papers will be served in the supreme
court of New York to prevent the di-
version Of any part of the companys
holdings for this purpose.
Mr.. Tull holds 2O-year endowment.
policy of the Equitable and has asso-
ciated with him many others who hold
large policies. Mr.. Tull asks the court
for relief for nearly 100000 policy
holders from the present conditions
in the company's affairs. He alleges
that the charter of the Equitable So
ciety states that lit shall be mutual
organization and that all profit of more
than Z per cent on the companys
stock shall go to the policy holders.
Claims Big surplus.
He states that the policy holders
have paid in large sums of money and
that under the charter the large sur
plus OF $80,oO000O belongs to them.
He maintains also that the stock
held by James H. Hyde, which draws
only per cent dividends, is worth no
more than ordinary stock drawing z
per cent.
1t is now threatened that a large
amount Of the surplus OF the company
portions of stock owned by officers OF
the company for 100 times more than
its real value. Mr.. Tull asks the court
to enjoin any such action and order
that if such action has taken place the
money be returned to the treasury OF
the company
Charge of Dummy Directors.
When the Equitable night gets into
the courts, many peculiar facts con-
nected with the. gigantic corporation
will be ventilated
One of these relates to the dummy
directors, the Is millionaires who are
members of the board but who are not
bona fide owners of the requisite five
shares each of the capital stock.
A man familiar with the internal
affairs of the Equitable declared that
though the charter called for board
of 50 directors, there were not, in the
whole list of stockholders, 50 individ-
ual owners of five shares and over. To
make up the board of So directors, it
was therefore, necessary to fit in 8
large number of dummies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-03-03
Kills Himself in His Cabin.

Pony, Mont, March 1.-The body of
Mike Fitzgerald was found in his cabin
yesterday with a pistol gripped in his
hand and a gaping hole in his right
temple. He had evidently been dead
for several days.
Fitzgerald came to this camp 2S
years ago and was an old-time miner
and prospector He owned three claims
adjoining the Boss Tweed mine on
Mineral hill.
He was a genial old Irishman,
known by everybody, and his suicide
shocked many old-time friends.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-03-03
MRS. STANFORD
DIES SUDDENLY
HER LAST WORDS: ~ HAVE BEEN
POISONED" ...
CASE BEING INVESTIGATED
End Came In Honolulu Hotel After
Taking Dose of Medicine Bought
In San Francisco.

! Honolulu, March Mrs. Jane Lath-
rop Stanford of San Francisco, widow
OF the late United States Senator
Stanford, died at 11:4O o'clock last
might at the Moana hotel here.
Suspicious circumstances surround
the death of Mrs, Stanford. She was
taken iii at II o'clock and said:
4 have been poisoned"
Her last words were: This is a
horrible death to die
Mrs Stanford came here from San
Francisco on the Korea, February q.
III conversation with Mrs. Henry High
ton OF Sam Francisco, who is now here,
Mrs. Stanford said an attempt had
been made to poison her in that city
and that this was her reason for sail
ing on the Korea 1t was Mrs. Stan
ford's belief, according to Mrs. High
ton, that enough poison had been used
to kill 20 persons.
1t is understood that an investiga-
tion OF the case is now being made by
the police of San Francisco. The police
here are also conducting an investiga-
tion.
Before retiring last night Mrs. Stan
ford took a dose of bicarbonate OF
soda, which she purchased in San
Francisco, 1t is said the soda con-
tanned strychnine, but this report can
not be verified. Doctor f. H. Humph-
reys, who attended Mrs. Stanford, is
now making an examination of the
contenst of the bottle, which has not
been touched since Mrs. Stanford left
San Francisco.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Stanford
went to a picnic, she ate heartily. On
returning to the hotel she took only
soup for dinner and retired shortly
after 10 o'clock.
At II o'clock A. Heunieche of San
Francisco, guest of the hotel, VINO
occupied an adjoining room, heard
Mrs. Stanford groaning, and running
to the room found her lying on the
floor. She had evidently tried to sum-
mon help. At the time of Mrs. Stan
ford's death there were present Miss
Berner, her secretary, and her maid,
May Hunt.
The remains were taken to an under
taking Establishment, where they are
awaiting an autopsy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-03-03
Fires in Big Timber stockyards.

Big Timber, March 1.-At five dif-
ferent times last week fire was dis
covered in the stockyardts here. On
Saturday every train that passed west
bound set fire to the yards. At 2
o clock p. m. the fire started and made
such headway that the city fire depart
ment sent it's water wagon there to
extinguish the flames. About 100 men
and boys succeeded in getting the
flames under control. Had the fire at
any time become unmanageable the
town would have been in great danger
as the stockyards are just west OF the
business portion of town and the wind
was blowing gale from the west. A
great deal of anxiety for the town was
felt by the citizens. A watchman was
placed on duty after the third fire
started Saturday and was kept on the
lookout all night until the high wind
subsidized.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-03-03

San Francisco, March 1-Mrs Jane
Yathrop Stanford was born in Albany
N. Y, in 1926. She married LELAND
Stanford, who later became one of the
builders of the Central Pacific railroad
AS the wife of Governor and later
Senator Stanford Mrs. Stanford for
many years took prominent part in
society affairs. She co-operated with
her husband in the founding of the Le-
land Stanford, Jr., university, and af-
ter Senator Stanford's death devoted
herself almost entirely to the interests
of the university. Although the i'm
mense endowment Gu nearly $20,O00,-
900 made by Senator and Mrs. STAN
ford to the university was placed in
the hands of trustees, Mrs. Stanford
until the time of her death, exercised
control of the funds and the appoint
ment of trustees.
Almost all of the entire Stanford
fortune now goes to the university
Mrs. Stanford had but one child, a
son, who died at an early age, and IN
memory of whom the Leland Stanford
Jr. university was founded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-03-03
Autopsy Held.

Honolulu, March 1.-An autopsy 1on
the remains of Mrs. Stanford was per,
formed this afternoon. The physician
who conducted the autopsy says that
the cause of death was tetanus OF the
respiratory organs, but that he cannot
state how the tetanus was brought
abount until after the examination OF
the contents of the stomach.
No inquest will be held until High
Sheriff Henry receives the report OF
the chemists. This report will prob
ably me received tomorrow
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-14
scoTTY CONTINUES HOPEFUL
Asserts He viii Yet Make New Record
for Speed Between Los Angeles
and Chicann
and Chicago

Scotty is not able as yet to fix the
precise date when he will make his
record breaking run to Chicago, but he
is going ahead with preparations for the
trip.
He has sent several messages to per-
sons who will need to know of his pill
grimage to the great city by the lake
and he anticipates no difficulty in graft
flying his ambition to set new record
for swift travelling.
While he was walking along Spring
street last night he was accosted by
bibulous individual who insisted on
1haking his hand.
This is-hic-Missher Schott," said
the bibulous one. "Missher Schott, 1
want t. tell you how much I-hic-think
of you. You are a brave man, Mlssher
Schott, brave, dauntlesh hero after
my own-hic-heart.
PUT 'er there, Schotty, put 'er there.
Lemme shake your handsh again.
Bravin' the desert-hic-you go and
get gold from the-hic-rocksh and the
-hic-other places, you know what
mean. Schotty. It's all yours, Schotty,
an you're a noble man.
you've made it all yourshelf, all
yourshelf, and I'm proud of you Schot-
| ty." And so the hero worshiper wan
dered on until scotty tore himself
away.
what do you think of that kind Of
dope?" said Scotty NOW that's the
way a man does when he gets the pizen
into his system. Have patience with a
man that is full of the Juice. Don't
quarrel with him whatever he does or
says.
"You can't gain anything by fighting
with a man that doesn't know what he
is talking about. If you get him, you
swing or it's the pen for you. And If he
gets you, where are you? You're out
of it. SO give 'em the right dope and
let it go at that. Keep your head and
you won't lose nothing by it."
And Scotty proceeded to shake hlm-
self free from several other enthusiast
tic admirers who wanted to do anything
from staring at him to finding out
where his mine is and went on his way
| TO his room and "Jack."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-14
TO RAISE COTTON RATES
Tariff on Goods Exported to China
Will Be Increased July
l. 1906
AN Assoclated Press.


NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-It was stated
yesterday at the Journal of Commerce,
by an official of a prominent house
carrying on a large trade with the
orient, that representatives of the lead
ing Suez steamship companies and
transcontinental lines had decided to
raise the rates of cotton goods to
China. The new rates will go into
effect July 1, 1906, this informant
stated. They will be as follows from
southern mill points:
Overland rates S1.25 per hundred
pounds and 62 12 cents a hundred via
Suez canal. The present rates are
about $562 1-2 per ton. The measure
ment basis of cost will be abandoned
entirely for the basis of weights, as
the latter is considered more just.
For the past three years the rates
on merchandise sent to China had been
steadily going down.
At one time they went down as low
as $3.50 a ton and now they are only
$562 1-2
A leading member of a shipping firm
said yesterday that the reduction in
rates had been due to excessive compe-
tition. In the commercial war that en-
sued rates were freely cut by the dif-
ferent lines until for several years the
business had been conducted at a great
loss. The steamship men have felt that
this kind of thing could not go on for
ever and as a result they have recently
decided on higher rates.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-14
KILLED,
TWO FATALLY INJURED
SEVERAL OTHER MEN RECEIVE
SERIOUS HURTS
Horses of Twenty-Nlnth Battery at
junction City, Kansas. Are Fright
ened by Signal Flag, Stampede and
Dash over Cliff
BY Associated Press.

by ASSOCldleu EEGSS'
JUNCTION CITY, Kas., Oct. 49,
Private Albert Laste of the Twenty
ninth battery of field artillery was killed
at Fort Riley at noon today. Privates
John Connolly and Judge Simpson Of
the same battery are thought to be
fatally injured and Privates Leary
Norman, Lancaster and Cline of the
same organization are in the hospita
with broken limbs and internal injuries
A large number of other artillerymer
were badly hurt. The accident thai
caused the death of Laste and injury
of the others occurred about two miles
north of Fort Riley.
The Twenty y-ninth battery is one o1
the six making up the first provisional
regiment of field artillery at target
practice. The battery's guns had beer
placed and it's eight limbers loaded
with ammunition were at the rear with
six horses hitched to each timber. The
drivers had dismounted When the
battery was ready for firing a large
red flag was run up on staff as a
signal to the range party at the tar
gets to get out of range of the guns
The wind blew the flag out in the
faces of the horses and they stampeded
at once. Some drivers succeeded In
getting into their saddles, others were
dragged, but the most Of the drivers
were left behind.
The horses dashed over small cliff
and went down in frightful mass
The Twenty-ninth battery belongs at
Fort Leavenworth and came here the
latter part of July for target practice
Private Laste enlisted in the service
last January. His home is in New
York
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-14
DECIDES ISSUE
OF PARENTAGE
ESTATE OF HALF MILLION
INVOLVED
Jury Declares That Eliza Careaga de
Sammann Is Daughter of Juan
B. Careaga, Deceased
Ranoher
BY Associated Press.

SANTA BARBARA, Oct. 13-Afte1
a trial extending over nearly foul
weeks in the superior court of this
county the jury today decided the is
sue of parentage of Eloisa Careaga dc
Sammann in less than five minutes.
Mrs. Sammann is declared to be the
daughter of the late Juan b. Careaga
and as such is entitled to a one-fourth
interest in his estate, consisting OF
about ten thousand acres of land in
Santa Barbara county and in the cen
ter of Los Alamos oil belt
Conservative estimates of the value
OF this property place the figure at
about half million dollars. The oil
rights are under lease to the Western
Union Oil company and the ranch
bears about fifteen producing wells.
Only a portion of the property has
been exploited for oil, but it is thought
that the entire tract is within the
boundaries of an oil district, and that
future development will make it one of
the richest properties in the state.
There was an affecting scene in court
as the verdict was rendered. Argu-
ments had been concluded shortly be-
fore 4 O'clock and following the read
ing of the instructions of the court
the jury retired at 4:20 o'clock.
But one vote was taken on each of
the two issues presented and the YER
dict was unanimous in each instance.
The first issue was "Was Jesus Fig
ueroa cohabitating with his wife, Rosa
Castro de Figueroa, at the time when
it would have been possible for Eloisa
Carega de Sammann to have been be-
gotten?"
The answer was mo"
The second issue was WAS Juan B..
Eos Of N1Nig, slcrl
de Sammann?'
The verdict was yes
The jury returned to the court room
within ten minutes of the time when
it had retired
The case will undoubtedly be ap-
pealed, and the partition of the ranch
under agreement claimed by Ramon
Careaga, brother of Juan, wherein
Ramon gets the portion of the ranch
producing the greater part of the oil
and Juan's heirs get the remainder, is
yet to be settled in the superior court.
There is also a petition pending for
the removal of Manuel A. Careaga as
administrator of the estate of Juan f..
Careaga, his father, and the appoint
ment of Mrs. Sammann as the admin
istratriX. Accordingly, while the YER
dict rendered yesterday was decisive
as to the parentage of Eloisa, 1t does
not end the litigation, and the estate
will be long IN the courts unless there
is an amicabe settlement between the
heirs.
At the trial just concluded Mrs.
Sammann was represented by the firm
of San Francisco attorneys, Sullivan &
Sullivan and Theodore Roche, Matt 1.
Sullivan and Roche conducting her
case in court. Other heirs were repre-
sented by Richards & Carrier, William
G.. Griffith, Mr.. Shipley and A. Leslie.
Under the California law as quoted
in the instructions to the jury. the
subsequent marriage of Juan S. Carea-
ga and Mrs. Figueroa, following the
birth of Eloisa by several years, the
verdict of the jury entities Mrs: Sam
mann to recognition as the legitimate
daughter of Careaga.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-14
BATHER NEARLY DROWNED
Young Woman Is Tossed by Breakers
Against Iron Columns and Is
Severely Bruised
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
LONG BEACH, Oct. 13-Miss Beulah
Wilson, instructor in the Napa insti-
tute, narrowly escaped death by drown
ing in the surf this afternoon. She is
strong swimmer. but found the break
ers almost too powerful to cope with.
Miss Wilson had gone for dip in the
surf opposite the bath house and grow
ing weary Of the breakers swan be-
yond them to one of the tripods that
support the life lines. The tide was
running out strongly and the waves
tossed her against the iron columns.
She clung to them fearing she would be-
swept seaward or become entangled be-
tween the rods. After a struggle of sew
eral minutes she got away from the tri-
pod and by swimming desperately
reached the land.
The life crew of the bath house COM
pany is not on duty now and as there
were no others in the water at the time
the plucky young woman was obliged
to fight her battle alone. Miss Wilson
is severely bruised from contact with
the iron columns.
After DR.. Bulgin delivered lecture
on the needs of Long Beach at the Tab
ernacle last evening $4,000 was raised
in thirty-two minutes for the Y M. G.
A. and Y. w. C. A. building fund. The
new building will be erected near the
corner of First street and Locust ave-
nue. on property donated to the associa-
tions by a group Of business men. 1t
will cost 100000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-14
COLLINS ABANDONS APPEAL
He Will Be Returned as Soon as a
Warrant of Surrender Arrives
From Ottawa
By Associated Press.


VICTORIA, b. c., Oct. 13.-George D.
Collins, the lawyer, who was appealing
to the supreme court against Judee
Lampmann's order committing him for
eXtradition to San Francisco for per-
jury, abandoned his appeal this after
noon and will be returned as soon as
the warrants of surrender can be re-
Ceived from Ottawa. He has written
to Ottawa waving the usual fifteen
days delay pending the issuance of
the warrant asking that the warrant
for his surrender be issued at once.
An ottawa dispatch says the depart
ment of justice has agreed to do this
and will issue the warrant Immediately
when notification is received from the
officials here. The notification will be
telegraphed tomorrow and the warrant
will be sent at once, arriving about q
week hence. Collins will then be turned
over to the San Francisco detectives
for return.
Collins said he is anxious to return,
as his business interests are exceed
ingly pressing and he is anxious to
fight his case and incidentally his
enemies at San Francisco. He feels
certain of acquittal and will then pro-
ceed criminally and civilly against
those who he alleged have bounded
him.
IN dDdnuOulnB MS ndDedS corpus pro-
ceedings set for November l, Collins is
returning under the committal of Judge
Lampmann, sitting as extradition COM
missioner, on August IA. He said he
had been given an understanding that
he would not be prosecuted for any
other offense than that of perjury upon
which application was made for his ex-
tradition. The alleged perjury was in
denying marriage with Charlotte z.
Newman in an answer to her plea in
a maintenance suit brought at San
l1nisnn
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-14
CROOKS IMPORTED TO VOTE
Prisoner Claims Gangs Were Brought
In Merely to Take Part In
Elections
BY Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-That gangs
of thieves have been imported to New
York to register for the fall elections
in the lower east side was the state
ment made to the police today by a
prisoner who was arrested after a
series of bold assaults and robberies
had been committed in the streets last
night.
The prisoner told the police that "an
the cops in New York" could not prose-
cute him because he had come to town
only to register and intended to leave
again Immediately. He refused to give
his real name.
The police make the charge that
thugs have registered falsely and be-
lieve they have political license to rob
and plunder. One of the gang was
pursued for an hour by the police last
night who traced him in the vicinity
of East Houston street by the noise
Of breaking windows, by evidences of
freshly committed robberies and finally
by finding woman beaten into help
Iessness on the sidewalk She was so
seriously injured that she was sent
to the hospital. She said the gang
robbed her of s.. A few blocks from
where the woman was found the police
discovered the robbers at work looting
a butcher shop They fled and the
police got only one of them, who was
locked up on a charge of burglary and
highway robbery.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-14
CHURCH CLUB AT BANQUET
Members Of Mems Episcopal organlza-
tlon Hold Social Session and
Discuss Unuue Toasts

The Mems club of Christ Episcopal
church gave banquet at the Angelus
last evening. Unique toasts were
given, which were limited to eight
minutes each.
After the banquet, which was at
tended by about seventy-fve members,
Rev. Baker P. Lee, rector Of the church
and president of the club, made hui
morous preliminary remarks which he
carried out between the toasts. Rev.
L. G. Morris, rector of st. Johns
church. was present and spoke briefly
Following are those who gave the
toasts and their unique subjects:
George Parsons: Kentucky Spirits
and Departed Spirits"
DR.. Swift: Homeopathy and Allo-
pathy. Broomsticks and Church Clubs"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-14
MEETING OF CABINET
Members Remain Until Adjournment
and Discuss Candidates for Various
Federal Offices
BY Associated Press.

f9y Associated .TGeSS'
WASHINGTON, Oct 13.-At today's
cabinet meeting all the members re-
manned until adjournment-a very un-
usual proceeding. For two hours the
cabinet discussed the question of the
fitness of various persons for federal
judgeships and the United States at
torneys and other federal offices with
out coming to a conclusion with regard
to any. The subject of campaign con-
tribution and the participation of fed
eral judges in political campaigns with
particular reference to the case of
Justice Baker of Indiana was discussed.
The president also talked over his ap
preaching trip to the south. 1t is sur
missed that one of the important ques-
tions discussed was the verbal report
made by Judge Calhoun to the presi-
dent and Secretary Root in his inquiry
into the Venezuelan question. 1t is
expected that the president will take
up the Venezuelan question with
congress- but no intimation is given Of
the attitude of the administration on
the subject.