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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Strange Tragedy

The death OF Richardson was Al in
explicsble tragedy. The young man was
secretary o. The Rslston from works. a
prosperous businessman and member Of
several clubs His wife, 70 whom he
Rad been married two years, was
famous beauty Of santa Barbara Their
married life was thought 70 have been
happy, but Richardson's death loosened
tongues and Il became known that Mrs
Richardson did not have an easy life
Or September u he was found dead
81 his apartments He had taken poi
son- Mrs. Richardson was in Santa
BARBARA a. the tine. His viii. leaving
about $4,000 70 his nepheEs and $50 900
- his wife, vas signed Il days before
his death.
1frs. Richardson instructed her sttor-
-eys 70 begin suit and Al action was
commenced in the local courts. II was
set for hearing last Friday, but confer
-eaoes looking 70 e compromise had been
held IN the meantime and the hearing
was put over 70 December 20. BY that
tine. x is stated. z fun settlement win
have been effected Mrs. Richardson
and her husbands nephevs have agreed
u share equally the expenses OF sd-
rninistrstion.
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Domestic Dies in Hospital

Miss Kate Crowley. an aged domestic
employed in the home OF Frank s.
Glass of 2s17 Bancroft way. Berkeley.
was the fatally injured Her chest was
crushed IN. il is believed by the falling
lifebost. and she died al the hospital
at 10 o'clock
Miss Crowley was sister OF Mrs.
Hoyle OF 81 Bartlett street. San Fran
cisco. and was returning from a visit
10 her when the accident happened
Frank F Mills. a Junk dealer, axed
so. living at s22 Chestnut street. Oak
land. suffered severe bruises OF the
right shoulder and arm. besides con
tusions about the body He was able
20 60 10 his home after being treated
at the hospital
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
EMPLOY[
SUSPECTED OF
MAILING DRUG
j. Walter Wilson Held in Det-
inue While Police Inves=
tigate Record
Similarity Between Prisoners
Writing and Chirography
of Fatal Letter Found
Inquiry Already Develops Fact
That Suspect Is Man of
Many Love Affairs

Through the indefatigable efforts of
Martin Bosse, brother OF the young cleo
trician, Henry Boas, who died mysteri-
ously a few days ago after taking
strychnine. which had been sent TO
him through the mall. the police are
now looking into the career Of ]. Wal
ter Wilson, formerly employed by the
dead man. Wilson is held in the city
prison on suspicion, and his record is
under investigation. Sensational dis
closures have already been made which
point TO him as man OF many love af-
fairs
1t has been discovered that Wilson
and Henry Boas had quarreled violently
over business affairs. These quarrels
were provoked. it is said. by Wilson'S
negligence. The writing OF the pris-
oner. which strangely resembles that
In the mysterious letter containing
the poison. will be examined today by
Theodore Kytka. a hand writing ex-
pert. On his decision-the course of
the investigation viii turn.
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PHYSICIAN WILL TEST
ELECTRIC EXECUTION
New Jersey Official Intends to
Attempt Resuscitation
of Murderer

TRENTON. n J., Dec s.-County
Physician Frank G. Scammell an
nounced today that he would try 10
resuscitate the next man electrocuted
in the New Jersey state prison He
will do this in an effort to disprove
the claim of physicians that electrocu-
tion does not kill. John Mantasanna
is uder sentence to be electrocuted
during the week of December 21.
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LYING PAPERS
ARE F[AYFD BY
THE PRESIDENT
indianapolis News and New
York Sun Are Denounced
by Roosevelt
Writes William Dudley F0ulke
Attacking DeIavan Smith
and Editor Laffan
Considers Ii Waste of Time to
Correct Lies, as Publishers
Only Print New Ones

HOT SPRINGS. Va, Dec. s-The fol-
lowing correspondence passing between
President Roosevelt and William Dud-
ley Foulke has been made public by the
latter:
Hot Springs. Va. Nov. %, 1908.
The President-Sir: The Indianapolis
News, not only during the campaign,
but even after its close, has been re-
peatedly and continually making serious
charges against your administration, as
well as against Mr.. Taft. in connection
with the Panama purchase, as, for ex-
ample, the following:
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SUICIDE OF THE CHUM
OF MRS. ROCKEFELLER JP.
Mrs. Chesebrough. a Society
Leader of Rhode Island,
Ends Life With Pistol
Especial Dispatch to Ths calll

BRISTOL. r L. Dec e--Mrs. Emma
R. Chesebrough. one of the best known
society women OF this state and a churn
of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr-. COM
mitted suicide this morning by shoot
ing herself through the head with q
small revolver. She was so determined
to die that when the first shot did not
kill her instantly she fred another bull
let into almost the same place.
Friends believe Ill health. and loneli-
ness. because of the absence abroad OF
her husband. Albert S. ChesebrouEh. a
noted yacht designer. caused her sui
eide.
Il am tired OF being alone and 1 feel
that I'm almost at the end OF my
rope she said despondently TO several
callers yesterday.
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Arm and Feet Broken

Michael Cerelli. aged 25. an express
man. living at 7s411 Sixth street. Oak
land. suffered q compound fracture OF
the right arm. and the doctors who at
tended him said that il would be nsces-
sary 10 amputate the arm AZ the shoul-
der. He was caught near the stairway
by flying timber
A young boy. whose name was not
learned, was carried from the pier BY
two companions II was reported that
his feet were crushed
c. c. Navarro was struck BY timbers
on the lower deck. He went 70 his
home at US Eleventh street unaided.
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Objectionable Editorial

The Panama matter
The campaign is over and the peo-
pie viii have to vote tomorrow without
any knowledge concerning the Panama
canal deal It has been charged that
the United States bought from Ameri-
can citizens for $4,000. 900 property
that cost those citizens only 81. .0eo, ooo.
Mr.. Taft was secretary of war at the
time the negotiation was closed. There
is no doubt that the government paid
$z0.ooe,000 for the property. But who
got the money? We are not to know.
The administration and Mr.. Taft DO not
think 1t right that the people should
know. The presidents brother in law
Is involved in the scandal. but he has
nothing 10 say The candidates brother
has been charged with being member
OF the syndicate He has. it is true.
5~nled il, but he refuses TO appeal TO
the evidence, all of which is in posses
sion Of the administration and wholly
inaccessible 10 outsiders. For weeks
this scandal has been before the people.
The records are in Washington, and
they are public records. But the peo-
pie are not TO see them till after cleo
1ion-if then
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
WILLIAM DUDLEY FoULKE.r >
Presidents Reply
White House, Washington. DEG

White House. Washington. DEG l.
1908.
My Dear Mr. Foulke-I have re-
and have read it in connection with
your previous letters Enclosing quota
tions from the Indianapolis News, a
paper edited by Delavan Smith. AS
Mr.. Smith certainly knew that all
the statements he made were false.
both as to the Panama matter and
as to the other matters of which
you inclose me clippings, and inasmuch.
therefore, as the exposure Of the
falsity will not affect his future state
ments. I am not very clear as to what
good will result from such exposure
But inasmuch as you evidently earnest
ly desire some answer TO be made, and
inasnuch as you say that some repu-
table people appear 10 believe the
falsehoods Of the News and Mr.. Smith.
and inasmuch as you seem to think his
falsehoods as regards the Panama mat
ters are the most prominent, I will an
swer them.
The News states in one Of its issues
that probably some of the documents
dealing with the matter have been de-
stroyed. This is false. Not one has
been destroyed It states that the last
documents were sent over in June of
this year. the object Of this particular
falsehood being, apparently. to con-
meet the matter in some way with the
nomination of Mr.. Taft. AS a matter
OF fact, the last papers that we have
received of any kind were sent over
TO US in May of 1904 and they have been
TO every human being who
cared TO look at them ever since and
are accessible now
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
MINING
POLICE DIE IN BATTLE
WITH STRIKING MINERS
Troops Ordered to Chilean Mine
Where Laborers Have
De7ed Authorities

IQUIQUE. Chile. Dec. 6.-A strike has
occurred IN the collayueaso mines. The
police we're compelled TO retire. several
Of them being killed and wounded.
Troops have been dispatched TO their
relief
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Calls Wilson Migrate

Il can not say that J. Walter Wilson
Is the man who sent my brother the
poison which ended his life. but I will
say that this man was an migrate. and
instead Of being faithful to a fellow
who had practically picked him out of
the street and tried 10 make a man of
him he almost ruined his business, 8
said Martin Bose last night.
II also know that Wilson and my
brother had violent ouarrels because
Of the manner in which this man
handled the business once when it was
entrusted to his care for short time.
On his return Harry found himself in
debt instead of with credit, and his well
ordered ONCE in such condition that
he could not tell how much he had lost.
The police have already been placed
in possession OF all the facts 1 have
ascertained- Wilson's handwriting
strangely resembles that in the letter
which contained the powders.
Il have spent today in San Jose and
have refuted many of the unfounded
charges which have been made in the
last few days against my brothers
character. I will never believe that
Henry committed suicide. and I believe
that within very short time we will
be able to prove who was the guilty
man"
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
MORGAN PAYS 5000
FOR CAMBRIDGE BIBLE
King Charles | Copy of Book
p Sold From Library of
Lord Amherst

LONDON. Dec Sit is learned that
y. P. Morgan was the purchaser Of the
King Charles copy Of the Cambridge
bible which was sold Thursday al the
disposal sale Of the library OF Lord
Amherst Of Hackney. The price paid
was ss.0oa.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

~ AKLAND. Dec s--swept from
IT'S course by q heavy tide
eddy as il groped its way AZ
snaiFs pace through the
dense fog toward the mouth OF the
ferry slip at Oakland mole the South
ern Pacific steamer Berkeley. crowded
with passengers. crashed into the
north end OF the mole slip ~ SIS
o'clock this evening.
A hfeboat which was suspended
above the left side OF the boat was
Jared loose from its fastenings and
was hurled into the crowd on the deck
below, injuring several persons. one OF
whom died at the receiving hospital
three and ha. hours later.
Despite the fact that IL was moving
very slowly when the collision occurred
the steamer knocked down nearly so
feet Of pihng on the side OF the slip.
and the end OF the wharf TO the north
Of the entrance sank down almost to
the level OF the water.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
100000 Estate

The inventory OF the estate places
SIS value at the present time AZ about
100000. OF this amount Il is stated
thst Mrs. Richardson shall receive sz5,-
COO part 81 stock. cash and property.
and that an equal amount viii be
equally divided between the two
nephews. Don E-skine Egerton and
Seymour Egerton. both OF whom live
Il the east
IN The litigation that has been in
cspient Gz-ret McEnerney and Joseph
Mayer have represented Mrs. Richard
son and J. J. Dvyer and c. ". Cobb
rave represented the estate. z J.
Rslston OF this city and Floyd " Nun
DAY q New York were the executors
under the viii Through the settle
msnt IT is understood that Richard
sons uother VII receive a substantial
SUI
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
SHAH CONDEMNED TO DIE
BY SECRET ORGANIZATION
Proclamation of Revolutionary
Society States Ruler for
Death

TEHERAN. Dec. s.-Proclamations of
the secret revolutionary organization
have been posted condenning the shah
TO death for violating the constitution.
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Will Examine Writing

Theodore Kytka had not returned to
the city in time last evening to ex-
press formal opinion on the mat
ter, and win make thorough exam
ination today. after which he will re-
port the results of his investigation to
the police department
wilson's record as man of many
love AFFAIRS. while he had wife and
baby. as well as the fact that he set
detectives on the trail of his brother
who was a deserter from the army.
have also been taken into account by
the police. In addition there is evi-
dence OF a quarrel which Wilson had
with Boas. when the latter reprimanded
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Panic on Ferryboat

When the crash came the forward end
OF the steamer was packed with people
awaiting the expected landing. A panic
ensued. ard in the Wild scramble that
and crushed. but none save those men
toned was seriously injured A heavy
stringsr which bound the piles together
on the side OF the slip was shot into
the stairway leading down from the up
per deck and tore away several steps.
leaving wide gap IN the stairs
Captain y. A johnson backed the
boat away from the slip and made q
landing The injured were removed on
local trains TO the receiving hospital In
Oakland IN charge OF employees OF the
Southern Pacific company.
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S. P. Steamer Strikes North
End of Mole Slip in
Dense Fog
LifebOat, Jared From Fasten-
ings, Falls on Crowd and
Injuries Several
Aged Domestic Has Her Chest
Crushed and Dies After
Removal to Hospital
Expressman Has Arm Broken
and May Lose 1t, While
Boys Feet Are Crushed
Dead and Hurt
in Ferry Accident
Dead

Dead
Kate Crowley, 70 years old. do
mestic. employed by Frank q
Glass. 2s17 Bancroft way. Berke-
ley; chest crushed
Injured
Michael CerelH. % years old. ex-
pressmsn. 7s4z Sixth street. right
arm crushed and broken. from
elbow 10 shoulder; viii have 70 be
amputated-
c. G. Navarro, 50 years old.
salesman Singer sewing machine
company, 725 Eleventh street.
ribs fractured; internal injuries
Frank #. Mills, junk dealer.
aged so. So Chestnut street.
shoulder bruised and contusions
OF the body.
Unidenfined bsy.>15 years old:
feet crushed
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Suspect in Prison

J. Walter Wilson, who worked for
Boas, was held in the city prison yes
terday. and was allowed TO see no one
but police officers 1t was intimated at
police headquarters last evening that a
charge of murder would be made to-
day If the report of Theodore Kytka.
the handwriting expert, showed that
Wilson wrote the letter in which the
fatal powders were sent TO Boas
The prisoner is confined in the
woman's ward, and was visited yester-
day by detectives employed on the case,
but the result of their examination was
not given out.
II will not give out any statement at
this time in regard to wilson's connec-
ton with the Boas case" said Captain
Of Detectives Kelly last evening.
Detective James Gallagher. who has
been working on the case. also refused
to say whether he was fully convinced
that Wilson was guilty of the murder,
but in reply to question said:
He is on the detinue book, and I
guess he would not be there unless we
had some reason to believe that he was
in some way connected with the case"
viii you place charge of murder
against Wilson tomorrow morning ?"
Gallagher was asked
81 can not answer any question" he
replied The entire matter is in the
hands of Captain Kelly
The police have declared that they
had samples of wilson's handwriting.
which greatly resembled that in the
mysterious letter. and are holding the
prisoner because of this fact
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Open to Examination

ANY reputable man within or WITH
out congress. republican or democrat
has now and always has had the oppor-
tunity TO examine any of these docu-
ments- You quote the News as stating
that the people have no official knowl-
edge concerning the Panama canal
deal The fact is that the people have
had the most minute ofhcial knowledre:
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Continued After Election

Even after election this has been
continued, IL being said that Mr. Taft's
weakness in Indiana Cwhere he ran
many thousands ahead of any other re-
publican candidate) was due in great
measure to this alleged scandal
What are the facts in regard to it,
Where are these Inaccessible records :
When did they come into the posses
sion of the government and what do
they oontain2 If the statements OF the
News are true our people ought to know
il; if not true, they ought to have some
just means of estimating what credit
should be given in other matters to a
journal which thus disseminates false
hoods Yours,
4sVrTTTT..r raT-Tor ~
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Compromise Over Property Ef=
fected Between Widow and
Dead Mans Nephews
Bitter and Sensational Viii Con-
test Is Averted by Present
Agreement
Former Noted Santa Barbara
Beauty to Receive S45,000
of Husbands Fortune

~ Ks GLADYS RICHARDSON.
Nh widow o. E-skine Richardson.
the wealthy manufacturer
who committed suicide IN the
s. Xavier apartments September 12
last VII receive much more OF the
stooooo estate than her husband in
tended The handsome widow has been
ahle 20 eject Al important compromise
with the two nephews OF her husband
snd q bitter and sensational VIII con
test-a suit that would have ranked
high among the family contests which
have 6lled the reports OF the CaIifor-
ria courts with startling testimony
has been sverteo-
TIE details Of the settlement have
not yes been formally announced by the
sttorneys IN the litigation. but il is
Understood that the pending action
viz be dismissed from the calendar Of
Judge Coney's court December 20.
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TELEPHONE kEARNY SO
MONDAY. DECEMBER :. 1905
WEATHER CONDITIONS

YEsTERDAY-Clesr; south wind; maximum
Temperature. IS; minimum. IS.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fair; low fog in
TIE morning: light west wind Page
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SUBURBAN

one killed and fcur injured in
4 Southern Pacific steamer st
mole
Prisoners a. san Quentin are !
their annual show
ssusxlito town trustees trying 70
rate from Marin county water compal
Mayor Z. &. Taylor Of Alameda
with blindness
Oakland EIks hold lodge Of sor,
memory Of dead Of order
Deputy Sheriff Billy Lsrkin kille
Barr 81 Riley's ranch On King
Es-.T-
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EASTERN
FOREIGN

France 70 demand apology from Castro befor
Venezuelan chief is permitted TO land. Page
General Simon proclzins himself chief execg
tive q provisional government Page
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contnued on PAGE 2. Column
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Ach VII conmecs presentation Of Ruefs de-
1ense II Fu-ey bribery case today. rage
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COAST

Squzw OF the murdered chief Of the Yokoyas
IN Mendocino comfy is believed 70 have been
strsneled By guilty Indians whom she was
about 10 deliver into the hands Of the
law Page 3
President Roosevelt VII press button which
win open Spokane apple show Page Is
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Continued ON Page ?, Column .
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
HENRY CHADWICK, THE
 FATHER OF BASEBALL"
 WHO DIED LAST WEEK

wick. the eminent sanitary philiso- pher of England. ''The father of baseball'' came naturally to the pro ression of journalism, as his father vas for many years the editor or tho Western Times of Exeter. One of the deceased's latest whitings was on "Tbe Origin of Baseoaii.
 It was the theory of Chadwick that the American national game had Its origin in the English game of ''rounders." Other authorities differ ed with aim and the question was left to a special commission, which decided the game had its origin m the United States and that the f1rsr scheme for playing it was devised by Abner Doubleday at Coopers- town, N. Y.. in 1889. Chadwick play ed in his first game of baseball in I84S at Hoboken. He was beyond the age for ball playing wnen sne game finally got started, but his fn- terest in the welfare of the sport En- creased with advancing years. He was chairman of the first committee on rules in 1860 and his advice has ever since been sought by the league magnates on ali questions concern ing the game.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03

Sonora, is creating a sensation in it's development. Jesus Gonzales, man. ager of the La Moda Company, has been arrested on charge of snug gling the goods. The driver of the wagon, Martinez, was arrested, his deposition taken and then he was lib erated.
 The brokerage office of Jeffrey & Co, has been closed by order of the government on charge of being i'm plicated in smuggling. It is said that Jeffrey and his clerk, Aldrich. have taken refuge on the American side to avoid arrest. Others are said to be implicated.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03

try to evade him, he will agree to let Tommy have two-thirds of any purse that is put up Josnson and Fitzpatrick visited the National Sporting Club and the sporting headquarters of the city
 IT Burns agrees to meet the big col ored man the terms under which they will sign probably cannot be pub lished here. The law prohibits con tests longer than twenty rouuu-. would result ir opposition ana pUs~ sible interference Burns has been holding out for a larger sum than any syndicate in this country appears to be ready to offer. The Pelican Club of Paris is expected to bid for uEe bout, as it is thought Burns asks LVt' much money for any English organ zation to put him on.
 Reports that Burns and McVey in tended to flake" in their bout for which they have signed, have put Tommy in bad odor over here. No proof has yet been advanced, but Jack Palmer. whom Burns defeated, has made a confession which indi- cates that there was something do- ing in their bout.
 It is believed that Burns will ask at least s6,000 Tor a go with Johnson, this sum approximating S3O,OOO in American money. He demanded this before rejecting propositions for a bout in Nevada, U. S. A.
 Johnson seems in first-claSS shape and says he is ready to meet any heavyweight.
 Burns visited she National Sporting Club after Johnson had left, and, when told of the visit, said he was willing to meet Johnson, but repeat ed his stipulation that he must have S30,000, win, lose or draw. He de posted s5,000 with a sporting paper as forfeit that he would fulfill such conditions. Burns said that the question of fight and the scene of the bout would depend on the purse.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03

Henry Chadwick, "the father Jt baseball" who died last week in New York at the age of S3, was journ- ahst of over a half century's actiy- tiles. He began his newspaper vo- cation as a contributor to the old Long Island Star of Brooklyn, in 1850. It was six years later when Chadwick began writing baseUa-- stories for tine papers. and unuI within a Few days of his death he continued to write authoritative art icles on the national game, for which he had done so much. One of the first books on baseball ever pub lished was Chadwicks "BaseUafi Players Book of Reference" issued in 1866.
 At that early date what few oaII players there were in the country looked to Chadwick as the authority on all subjects concerning the game. His word was law in the early 0-ys of the game and he was the principal eodifier of the rules. He kept pace with the times and was up to date on the politics and science of the game when death claimed hini. Henry Chadwick was the youngest brother of the late Sir Edwin Chad
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
TRAILING TOMMY BURNS
 IS LI'L ARTHUR JOHNSON
Negro PugiIist on Hunt oi
 Match in England,

LONDON, May 2.-Jack Johnson and Sam Fitzpatrick reached the country the past week and the first move of the colored boxer was to issue challenge to Tommy Burns in which he agreed to make coaces- sfoRs. He said ne would hAt Burns that he could knock him out inside of twenty rounds.
 He says that, knowing Bur- will
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
SMUGGLING SENSATION
 AT MORALES, MEXICO
"A Brokerage Firm in That City
 Is Closed.

MORALES, Ariz., May 2.-The seiz- ure by Mexican officials of a wagon load of contraband goods at Nogales,
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03

k in hmaera Isof n dbe is are eretIyn edwfhm of see now ell he emadey will
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Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03

springs styles o them dyeqp priced an d1ss They