Oakland Tribune (Newspaper) - July 28, 1896, Oakland, California SIXTEEN DOLLARS Is the ratio of returns that a merchant gets for ADVERTISING In every way THE is the best newspaper in County OAKLAND CALIFORNIA TUESDAY JULY 28 1896 24 IN HIS BED Councilman J R Capell a Victim of Heart Disease DEATH GAVE NO WARNING He Was Present Last Night at the Council Meeting HIS LIFE WAS WELL SPENT He Always Worked Hard In the Interests of Oakland Councilman 3 Ti was found in morning at liis home in Oakland it just year that an attack of Mr to liis of late ho and had an still the di- ijiiiiii-d ti and Is night he his td in taking in all tin lib rations ilu was in of spirits and joked with fellow as his custom On the he tried to upen j his doHk but t some ty in so Councilman his init were not by Mr who I'm too uld to unlock i my desk I'll be able to it after you passed in your young j After adjournment Mr Capell took the car to his lilii avenue and about 11 o'clock though his j family aid not hear him cuter it WHM liin tn on so no attention was to the taut that did not appear lit of his room was im to and fro saw ly 0 o'clock Miss Hattie int the to arouse wis a member are the American Inn of Hon r Equity Aid Union No 624 Pioneers of California and the tion of War Veterans In politic i tin deceased was a ocrat his elections as a ber of the Council were on the All but member of the family wer prese it at the family residence when death came W K a Nevada The other sorrowing relatives arc- a Misses Hattie and and H P Capell Lodge will take charge of the remains and the funeral will be held with full Odd Fellow rites A special meeting of the Council has been called for 4 o'clock this afternoon at t me appropriate resolutions of respect will be passed and a com- appointed to wait on the grief stricken fainily Though possessed of considerable property at one time the deceased did not of an estate though the family is comfortably provided The vacancy in the Council will he filled by appointment cy the Mayor in accordance with the provision of the charter THE SCHOOL SHOWING Over OOOO Koport oi tbo Term to calls and then the truth dawned upon hor With all haste Dr 10 U was no aid of any avail for spark life had fled At Just what d occurred IK not but it Is to be between 5 and 9 o'clock Councilman was one of the irf Oakland He liml tin of the city at and identified self with improvement His ner won for him on all sides und tn ho was up to find His bore the of loni and a was Father us was on of his in his business men his name was a synonym integrity and sincerity HIS He in South Virginia in and on the of November waa 70 years At the age of ten years his adopted and left for ail the way and eleven he in the army for months to do battle Mobil the troops proceeded to Mexico and when the tumi had Mr Capell then in Jalapa home On 1 was mustered out of service in Orleans nnd with a of thirty-two others started for gold of California party traveled south through all wont well until the Kio River was reached the provisions gave out to prevent a mule to the late General C Evans was and eaten The parly arrived at Kl Paso the 10th Df River tho day of July via Los An- and Santa Barbara and arriving at Stockton 11 In he came to Oakland and lit in an active business life About year he engaged with the Merritt Lumber Com- then located near the Twelfth dam but In the cd with Mr Benedict and the two opened a ival estate under name it to Mr Capell did a and the firm dissolved On account of from an active life a year or two apro still same Interest hi tlie I fa re of Oakland At Unit of his death he was his second term in thu City Council nrd was Chairman of the Printing and also a of the Fire and Water and As an Follow for the past teen years he a hish rank in up to n month ago urer of University No 141 His was presented in order to ullow a younKer man to take charge of the On the him with a ly engrossed testimonial of its of the efficient services dered The Home Security Building and Association awes Its existence largely to Mr Capell who conceived the idea of forming It and has ever since been a director other fraternal organizations of which lie Six hundred and hupp sad deposited their books n Grammar School desks of the Will reach if quite Many of tho children have not yet returned their ou ami there are always do not to school on the flay fnr in the they can play hookey missed The attendance is somewhat larger than it was Jait year In various schoals of were 515 695 Crant 271 313 Grove Lincoln 831 Swett interest is In the now Centra Grammar It was that -175 Nearly 400 report yesterday be swelled before t woek over Those fi look tiie at ie School at die school a of 100 School STETSON'S SHOOTING But Few New Facts Disclosed at the Inquest Today THE DAY ON THE COAST Posses Searching the Country for Sheriff Slayer DOOM IS NEAR The Law's Delay Will Only Extend Four Months More By Associated Press to The Tribune FRANCISCO July In- quest for the determination of the manner In which Albert L Stetson met his death was begun this Dr J H Farrell testified he was summoned A M by Miss Head and Charles He found Stetson lying with his feet near the and a pistol near I his waist rendered and nervous on a trip of i leasure with the woman was the ator o-f the story When the supper broke up Miss Head sa d Stetson volunteered to see her home s said she must first go to Fred s rooms to get her Miss lead how she worked elevator in the building entered r after 1 A M ACter bad wandered around the rooms f r a Miss Head said to Cojne U this Js not going home This is the way I am going tetson replied With chat he his hand to his bead I hea the report and Al fell I looked at him or a moment then saw did not nove and that there was blood on my left irm After that I ran down stairs for assit the renl estate dealer said he negotiated the sate of o stock in a local mercantile firm a fuw i ys before the shooting for young Steison who did not in a hurry for -y After out the ret a verdict that Stetson came to his result of a gunshot toy during rary SCOURING THE COUNTRY No 81 Yei Though Slayer of Sheriff of the By Asso elated Press to The Tribune I July night 1 of men scoured the i hills in he where Sheriff I lass his life Sunday i The of the dead I1 roWier had i of the and made good his escape i never to be detected I The o ily description thus far f ed of h m ta furnished by John FAIR IN TROUBLE fingers of Miss Head only about her finger nails Charles A Hug then told he Samuels and Stetson had in a loon dined together and afterwards at- tended a performance at the heum Then they went tt he Cafe for supper Hug testified Stetson testified that when he the shooting Stetson Hvas fully dressed The bed in rooms seemed not to have bean occupied for Dr George M who had also been called in after the shooting fied that the from which it was said Stetson suffered cirrhosis of the liver was usually due to alcoholic excesses and might cause dejection There was a stir when the of In the Justice's Court The on the demurrer In the j C and his supposed near gold flat last Thursday or Friday y says he Isf a stout heavy set man fl ve feet ten inches In height i with fi 11 round face dark hair and brown moustache He wore a dark check coat weighs 170 pounds The ii quest on the dead conr tinned i last night The o ily particularly new testimony was en by Mr Dean who lives 100 yards f -oni where the shooting red He sa that four o'clock day mo he heard two pistol shots fired si After a lapse of half a minute he heard nother shot much louder and more d as from a rifle the first two shots were Well-groomed and calm Webster gave his testimony without agitation lie had known Stetson for by Dean was fired by the accomplice Two s lots struck the Dean says hf little attention to the ae there was firing case of A against had been very friendly with v n th and there mi nt of the but had never given him the en- haye bt Q more 1 take place before J'udge Lawrence to ms rooms Judge Clift I Miss Head however had the was sued by his for not lefe entering your lue on a suit of clothes stead of issue on the facts replied Webster coolly her tire a rooms are just below Mine had con- Ing the theut Judge for keeping a dog and I Bought she might desire to keep one when Judge left to I gave my This strengthens the ory ver materially that Douglass was shot by a third party The b clear through each of the lead men and the wounds are such as it impassible to the Pistol at id the other a rifle or between often court i The Poll e and Fire What were the relations bake inito Miss Head and for dismissed Officer Friendly I suppose They Attorney You not have approved of Jacobs Fair's defense their going to your rooms the dUd not ivear as ae not Mrs Summerville a friend of Miss Head told how she had gone to the Orpheum with Miss Head Mrs wan asked by Juror to raise har heavy veil tout declined do so told of Stetson exhibiting his they PENSION FORGERIES j Serious Marsh il test night arrested a painter at Nevada City known as a recent from ic thinking he might possibly be the a Severe times lie hatt of guard anth first on the af er the of dead ies by D and Last -i ight he said that on- his way to he was by an armed i ion believed to be the ce of the robber was hitm 10 turn back to Nevada City ill at of Albert Cox the cartridges were Cox After supper at cafe Hug escorted her home after United States Marshal F 3 was with and lodged in the County Albert Cox i Stetson on the evening the J and her refusal to sit near him until He saj 9 he so with a hasle a are cion aiv caused his annast but there is not evidence to hold him and he will s liberated Today at noon Sheriff Pascoe son Sled so a death left Hun a suspicion that been lor more than three months orated the stories told by Hug and airs on suspicion of forgery For some Cox been col- pensions under two i It Is that -i eting a good round AMT Amiy A Head was an interesting over Tlie County The count of the money In the County Treasury this morning by Supervisor hills to i lat locality Tne p ople o-f Nevada City and Grass Valley ire wrought up over the i c f Sheriff Douglass and there will be a tiling in slayer is cap- tng suit with a yellow straw hat covered tured with dotted veil She spoke rapidly to be quite self-possessed The dt ad has it t tid After telling of presence at Bs Havir g them test May Bailey Assistant Attorney j Pheum Head to Latta the liveryman who was Carl Wood and Auditor J J i tne heia up a amd many showed as Gold Witness said Mow do you do Al You T ho him in various parts are not looking well of Neva la County Stetson Oh been boozing It ia is an who and am all broke up j served years in Nevada State Miss Head then told the supper at on the Caife and how she induced Stetson to gold silver deposit In Central Bank 448.03 Union National Bank First Nat Bank The tal on deposit in the Treasury is 986.21 JAIL FOR JAMESON Doctor Jim Is Sentenced to Fifteen Months Imprisonment ALL ARE DECLARED GUILTY The Divorce Case Is Up Again in London ANARCHISTS KNOCKED OUT Story That Ireland's Political Prisoners Will 83 Pardoned By Associated Press to The Tribune July Chief pulled her kicked her and struck her In the face defied her charges against her of tilty and -toward ANARCHISTS EXPELLED Stormy Scenes ut tho of the in By Associated Press to The Tribune LONDON July The Int Socialists and Trades Union Congress resumed its today at St tin's Town Ball with Horr finder a German Socialist pith-Mills'- The at all the were closely at che door being rejected and the bearers denied The furious and remarks their made a rush for trie door the keeper ed Into the in spite of all op- This caused a Ine of yester Tom Jaimes Hardie the Lalbor Leaffler in favor of at Hei r Their were by the Anarchists Other English labor made An- TMs a storm from tlw latter annl miany angry words TORN BY TEMPESTS PIttsburg and Surroundings Stricken by a Storm SEVENTEEN LIVES ARE LOST Remarkable Meteorological Changes That Broka Records RIVERS RAGE AS TORRENTS The Town Threatened by a Veritable St Louis Cyclone By Associated Proas to The Tribune July full extent j Justice Baron of j the of damage wrought Tollock and Jlr Justice Hawkins in the I couM be by the hurricane was not known until daylight i division of die High Court from in when and ruin were apparent on alt of Justice today trial of Dr Jameson I a free Major Col a Grey Eventually orders were given to out CW H F White Major 11 White and the disturbers o-f the peace and Henry Coventry with Violation of the neutrality laws in ing the territory of the South African public was concluded The arguments having concluded yesterday the Chief Justice rains up today Lord Russell's remarks were- hostile to the defendants show of so was made order was restored resumed After speeches for and ad- of the It WHS agreed that properly accredited anarchists in- Louise should be ted to be present After several hours sion the Congress inanities He by pointing out of upheld the Zurich nr to he facts In the case the j the effect of which to ex an- contested and said no archists doubt in regard to their hiken part in or the proceedings and where forces I hearts of the t preparatory to ting the to the of the Socialist and Trades During the the r and threats of the foreigners hardened the Transvaal It was entirely unimportant In the ion of Lord whether Foreign Enlistment Act had tiie places named in There was no doubt was of -a character and miether ic was aimed to overthrow the Transvaal or to force a chaugo of laws in the it was equally aa tion a friendly SUite thw Foreign was to fifteen months imprisonment without labor jor John to ten months jor seven months Henry Coventry Col Grey and Col H F to live TROOPS TO THE FRONT Alarming or tbo Con- Existing at By Associated Press to The Tribune July Imperial troops POLITICAL PARDONS Surprising Announcement Regarding till By to Tho Tribune July on the Home Office vote next Home Secretary Sir Matthew White Ridley will probably announce the of sentences of the ical prisoners SWISS VERSUS ITALIANS at and the Are Called Out By Associated Press to The ZURICH July rims which broke out Saturday arising from the were from churches ad 3 houses roofed trees off or torn up by i roots and great havoc the heavjj up at 9 o'clock this morning with many outlying districts to hear the result Jives iost injured some fatally and property damaged at The list of killed and injured as tu reported is aged 33 klKcAtj a falling fence John Figrus aged 22 stuj a tree at Sumaitt j Camp Grove coal miners unknown j Hayes freight P Ft W C struck by recover August Allegheny and family of six fey all in ca.l condition A M ared two struck by critical George Allegheny Thomas Jacob Metz Bj i j Ott injured by trees Ritchie 68 by will not recover Sidney Gebhart will recover William postal struck by James janitor School struck by A P Smith struck In bacle by hurt iShaw struck by Three records were killing of Swiss by Italians wore re- i Ii wis the S iv lare toeing hurriedly pushed to the front j yesterday evening and i the tno reaching from Kort Tuli The situation Is moro serious every day THE Y Ah Tbo Wife Tells tho Story ot Her Husband's Financial Troubles Uy Associated Press to The Tribune LONDON July the divorce of High Court 0.1 Justice today Sir Francis Jeune Judge the suit for divorce The rainfall ifor minuter beats ued all night An infuriated crowd committed lous excesses in the Italian Inch The rioters were by the The in tho police and military and fifty were arrested CRETAN CONQUESTS Troops Have With the Dy Associated Press to the Tribune ATHENS July A large body of brought by Walker by Turkish against Mrs daughter of Troops engaged In pillaging Cte the laite General Kirkham of cisco was resumed to In is wife's mati District o Crete has at- tacked by 1500 insurgents The latter the Mussulmans and testimony was troops out of the in- 1888 after he and wife went serious losses itp the United her While In wrote RAISING THE WIND Sulian of Turkey tn Issue About I The Associated j The Directors ot the Associated i will hold a meeting this is the i for the purpose of making i d ad stole the rifle remove aJl the from his pistol hlj from Fred ot Penn I one Witness Is this not five-shooter ments for W Benefit Day at Oakland Exposition on August 9th Tickets for tho day and for the season ure now on sale at the Associated Hies office which will be open from a A to 5 P M Jin The of U tragically death to the Feather River took tills afternoon frooa the J Church in East Dr Chapman read the services and at t the grave the Brooklyn Masons took charge Then Stotson Oh that's all and put the pistol in j pocket Valley eight here weeks a o The in now in progress over the Witness told the same story she has ready to the to Che papers told her story mechanically and The ii quest over dead was not cone Last and over who so as if she had comma t ted it 10 She seemed not a bit at her situation and acted -as if used to Ing with men Head's narrative to Che jury com- Meet fbp Attorney Welles Whitmore today had a judgment of foreclosure entered in favor of L L Fisher against A Daly and others for principal costs n nd counsel fees The property will be sold by a The Koot Racers The preliminary of At- torney C- charged with In a fake foot race by one f his friends lost was postponed next day Again Bd who failed to return a Worse he was held this a time to answer charge by Justice of The f of the sheriff taka tomorrow The fl g over the Court House is at half ai d a gloom is caat over the whole of Neva a A has been started to erect -a t the of Sheriff arid Sheriff H Pascoe dea h in a similar running prised a vivid story of night in notorious Fredericks of this Francisco It told of a young man of wealth city thr e years ago Tlie N od Grass Valley have I a special train to attend the yOU about it ll Nevada City tomorrow and j j 7 t business houses will ail close out of re- WOUld n t it be a good Idea to of sheriff to have potatoes I led Curt or Gradually Maybe it wouldn't kill j an anybody Schilling's Besi back tea is pure no By lated Press to The Tribune SAIN F July ot convicted of iris Supreme to ay j The wl ote of the long transcript on ta Continued on page 2 a his conduct The ward toer and her father con- was wilt massed toy Mr banks this time Kirkham was supplying By Press to The Mi's July Ifi support rumored that the Turkish showed that in the temperature fell from de- grees to 71 and went back to 81 sudden chanee caused a terrible without At Braddock hall great and when reached Turtle Creek it assumed the awful of a clone untold damage In the oil fields derricks Mown Coraopolis anri Kee's Rocks Buffered severely In Millvale and the caused a havoc Colonel Frank the local cast said ho had si en more appearance In clouds and Wiat the city was not with a worse than that visited St Louis la due to the ing hirts Tho total rainfall In the was inches A boarding house near Cecil ton County iwas washed away and iiia returned ilo England in the issue paper money j occupants fifteen coal miners 1891 amd 11 months later his wife men were foreigners him j U not fee -ieamed and were O CO 4 Ml C the coalmines of W P Uer Guardian cliu Donald She to Churston amd found during her many of hier been sold including ding gifts Mrs so Mated advanced to be of structure lta Kirkham Wheeler Katei u There were uca The house stood on the the water roae and i Edith Kirkham was Hied Judge ln the and but 1 this morning caped The in the is the ofj Reports Cecil at noon if the late General j bodies recovered aro ed at Churston left an Churston a she had to do in the house wMe was dying of broken heart thousands of af the guardian on o to and the in towards her on Lo f After it was The property of estate w hid come into the hands Among the bodies art 08 a fortune and her Wilkinson Mrs a roi tune ana ner tn of eT o h T nf hank and iras stonk a house and son Jennie Holmes unknown oil man rejoined the day But while at Churston urpon this octfa-glon BuHer ordered his out of the house and told her to go the streets Respondent testified that GAL STILL William Condition In Not Vut Very Hopeful William Winnie the contractor who was found unconscious in a at the Builders Exchange morning had not regained this The an- that was not as ful as tt was yesterday Thin fact they ascribe to several from which Winnie has been suffering for some time The physicians feel however that their patient will ally recover Mr wife ic at his bedside and ie doing all oan to hla recovery The water rose in a COAL OIL WWtc NO SMOKY Jl NO OFFENSIVE NO n BUSWELL
