Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 18, 1908, Page 2

aged more than seventy-five years, | were burned to déath in a fire thi destroyed their home at Auburn, N. H While D. Vigil, his wife and grand- child, aged six, were crossing the rail- road track near Trinidad, Colo., the wagon they were riding in was struck by a passenger train. Vigil and the child were instantly killed and Mrs, Vigil so badly hurt that she will die. From Other Shores. A daughter has been born to the duchess of Manchester, who was for- merly Miss Helen Zimmerman of Cin- cinnati, at Kylemore castle, Dublin. The German government has sent to the reichstag a bill amending the tel- graph laws. It provides for a govern- ment monopoly in the erection of wireless stations. - George Washington, bishop of Ne braska, who recently took charge of all the Episcopal churches in Europe, succeeding Bishop Potter, is dead at Mentone, France. It is declared in Berlin that Prof. Henry Marteau of Geneva has been offered and has accepted the post of director of the Berlin high school of music, in succession to the late Dr. Joseph Joachim. if King Victor Emmanuel! has appoint- ed Nelson Gay,of Boston, Mass., who is now living in Rome, a knight of the crown of Italy, conferring ‘this honor upon him because of Mr. Gay’s histor- ic writings on’ the resurrection of Italy. In the course of building operations on the house of parliament at Rome the remains of a Roman construction of the early imperial times was dis- covered. The discoveries were made in a railing whichis supposed to have belonged to the tomb of Antonius. Rerald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH TELLING CONDENSED FOR BUSY READERS, Washington Notes. M. Cude, who has been appointed minister of Norway to the United States in succession to M. Hauge, ‘will take up his duties April 1. Representattve Sims of Tennessee has introduced a bill prohibiting rural mail carriers from carrying packages containing intoxicating liquors. The president has signed a procla mation creating the Verdi national t in Arizona, with an area of 721, 780 acres, located in Maricopa and Yavapai counties, William H. Fairbank, former Massa. chusetts commissioner to the Portland (Or.) exposition and more recently commissioner from Massachusetts to the Jamestown exposition, is dead at Warren, Mass, Land Commissioner Ballinger has tendered his resignation to take effect March 4. During his year of service Commissioner Ballinger has reorgan- ized the land office from top to bottom and placed it on an efficient working basis. The secretary of war has been ad- vised by Gov. Magoon that the secre: tary of the advisory law commission s delivered to him the complete project prepared by that commission for an electoral law for the republic f Cuba. The first class at the military acad- will graduate Feb. 4, that date ng been selected by the superin- tendent of the academy in accordance with instructions received from Wash- ington. The army is short of officers and the addition to the list resulting from an early graduation will help ma- terially in filling some of the vacant assignments in existing regimental or ganizations. Crimes and Criminals. Five persons confined in the Wash- ington county jail at Hagerstown, Md., dug their way to freedom through the brick wall of the prison and escaped. Henry Wilson is in jail at Red Lodge, Mont., charged with having cashed a North-Western improvement check for 43 cents raised to $43. The check was issued to Charles Lupbach, and Wilson, it is charged, paid him 45 cents for it. Wilson drove to Bear Creek, where he was arrested. A pardon, issued by President Roosevelt at the instance of Francis J. Heney, was received in Portland, Or., last week for S. A. D. Puter, who was convicted of conspiracy to de- fraud the\government of its public do- main, and was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of $7,500. After two weeks spefft in investi- gating purchases by the city of Bos- ton last year of a lot of land on Cod- man street, prizes for athletic events and payments for flagstone, the grand jury reported indictments against two members of last year’s city govern- ment, the superintendent of streets, and several business men. A robbery in the house of Charles F. Brooker of Ansonia, Conn., several days ago, in which the thieves got away with jewelry valued at $20,000 has just been reported. The jewelry was taken from a jewel case in Mrs. Brooker’s room while the family was at dinner, entrance having been gain- ed through an unfastened window. Five members of the family of Adam Schaffer of Des Moines were injured, two perhaps fatally, as the result of the overturning of a milk pail. Alec Schaffer drove a cow behind a cow being milked by his brother Levi. The cow kicked. Then trouble started. Knives were used. Neighbors stopped the row and summoned physicians. Personal. At the age of 107 years Rhuan Tharp died at Nashville, Ohio. Mrs. Tharp lived under every administra- tion except that of Washington, Catherine Devine, or “Little Egypt,” the dancer, as she is better known, vas found dead from gas asphyxiation in her apartments in New York. Rev. Dr. James M, Crowell, for nearly xty years prominent in the Presbyterian church, is dead at his home in Philadelphia, aged eighty-one ears, Mrs. C. M. Lane, mother of Franklin M. Lane, a member of the interstate commerce commission, is dead in San -0. Mrs. Lane was seventy 's of age. D. Robertson, president of the ate National Bank of Kansas nd for many years prominent in business circles in that city, is dead at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, Commander William Hale Driggs, U. S is dead in Washington, aged nine, years. Commander Driggs 2s the inventor of breech gun mech- anism in use in the navy. Commander Harry H. Hesley, U. S. M., who took the dry dock Dewey from Newport News to Manila and whe since his return has been super- isor of New York harbor, is dead. A. Ross Hill, dean of the college of s and sciences, and a director of 1e school of education at Cornell uni- versity, has been chosen president of the University of Missouri, to succeed President Richard H. Jesse, resigned. Rev. Dr. Alois Kaiser, for many years cantor of Oheb Shalom temple and whose musical compositions, es- pecially those for use in Hebrew de- votional services, are known and used all over the world, died at Baltimore of heart disease. After an illness of three weeks, Capt. George Kylor Cram, seventy- three years old, died at his home in St. Louis. He bore the distinction of having served longer as president of 2n insurance company than any other n, except George E. Chase of Hart- ford, Conn., whose death is also re- ported. General News Items. Liquor valued at $7,000, seized in raids, was poured into the sewers at Topeka, Kan., by county officers un- der orders from the court. Half a dozen suits for the recovery of thousands of acres of land, estimat- ed to be worth several million dollars, have been started at Denver by the government. Directors of ‘the Northern Pacific railway declared a quarterly dividend of 1 3-4 per cent on the common stock. This is unchanged from the last pre- vious quarter. John J. Crockett, formerly clerk of the supreme court of Iowa, has been appointed assistant reading clerk of the senate. Seventy-two contestants had been tried for the position. According to reports that have been gathered from all over Chile the pres- ent prospects for the new year are fa- yorable. Wheat crops are excellent and it is stated will permit an export of 20,000 tons. * Since 1900 the picture of Gov. Wil iam Goebel has adorned the Kentucky state treasurer’s checks, After a con- ference with Gov. Willson new checks have been ordered with Henry Clay’s picture instead of Goebel’s. Gen. Hempartzoomian Boyadjian, head of the Hunchakists or Armenian revolutionary society, has arrived in New York. He comes to attempt to organize his countrymen in Ameri- ca into armed bands to rescue their countrymen from Turkey. Miss Annie Hall of Cincinnati, a daughter of the late Dr. John Hall, an arctic explorer, presented before the supreme court at Columbus her own ease growing out of the administration of the estate of her father, her brother being the adverse one in the contro- versy. A decision handed down in the Sant of appeals at St. Louis sustained the decision of the court of criminal cor- rection in which Frank J. Schatt, pro- prietor of a barber shop, was convict- ed of violation of the Sunday closing law by shaving a customer on the Sab bath day. 4 Casualty. Fire at Elgin, M1, gutted a three- story building occupied as a furniture store. Loss, $70,000. The body of Lyman W. Barber, sec- retary of the Standard Car Truck com- pany and formerly, a manufacturer of Beaver Dam, Wis., was found on the tracks of the South Side Elevated Rail- road company in Chicago. Edwin Wadleigh and Willis Pink- ham, each fourteen years of age, were drowned in the Penobscot river at Bangor, Me., while skating. At Madi- son Maurice W. Adams, aged twelve years, was drowned while skating on the Kennebec river. J. W. Judson of Forest City, Iowa, met instant death by plunging from a window in his room on the second floor of the Hotel Summit, by accident or suicidal intent. Roy Scott, a brakeman, fell under the trucks of a switch engine while switching near the Ann Arbor docks at Menominee, Mich. His body was cerribly cut. Two employes of the Illinois Steel company at Chicago, Andrew Bonitski and Albert J. Shagert, were asphyxiat- ed in a gas-filled blast furnace when they entered it to repair a leaking valve. ~ TAKES 170 LNES Sacrifice of Life by by Holocaust in Little Pennsylvania Town Is Appalling. BODIES PILED IN SOLID MASS Pickaxes and Crowbars Used to Sepa- rate Victims—Not Half Can Be Identified. Boyertown, ae 3 Jan. 16. — When nightfall put a stop to the work of recovering the dead from the ruins of the Rhoades opera house, where Mon- day night’s holocaust occurred, the. official roll of victims numbered 157. It is the belief of those who had charge of the gruesome work that all of the dead have been removed and that the total list of victims will not go above 170. The inhabitants of the borough are steeped in grief. It was almost daylight before the flames were extinguished and rescuers were able to enter-the ruins to remove the dead. The bodies were so badly burned that not half of the victims will ever be identified. Curiosity Causes Disaster. The Rhoades opera house was lo- cated on the second floor of a three- story building. There were about 425 persons in .the hall, most of them adults. The entertainment was near- ly over when something went wrong with the calcium light apparatus. There was a loud, hissing sound which caused many, in the audience to turn their heads in curiosity. There was absolutely no panic up to this time, and nothing would have happened if pne of the performers had not raised the curtain to see what caused the noise. In doing so he accidentally up- set the coal oil lamps used for foot- lights. The oil flowed out and caught fire. Then came the inevitable cry of “Fire!” and what followed has been impossibe accurately to. tell. Tangled Mass of Humanity. Eye-witnesses say that the audience rose en masse and rushed for the front door. Not more than two _ persons could pass this door at one time, and soon the narrow passage became clog- ged with a struggling mass of human- lty. Men, women, boys, girls and chairs were tangled up in a solid mass. {n the meantime some one discovered that there were fire escapes on each side of the building, and dozens made their exits in that manner ang gave the alarm. The whole town was aroused and went to the rescue. While the frenzied people were fighting to get out of the building the calcium light tank exploded and fire was spread over the entire mass of people. The whole interior of the building became a seething furnace. Helplessly Watch’ Sacrifice. The cries of the struggling people and the moans of the dying were heart- rending. Nothing could be done to get the unfortunates out, and fathers and brothers were forced to stand by and watch the awful sacrifice of life. When the flames were extinguished and the rescuers entered the building a horrible sight met their gaze. Bodies were piled in one solid mass six feet high on the second floor. were they wedged that pick axes and crowbars had to be used géntly to sep- arate the victims. There were nine female victims to one male. In nearly every case the upper portions of the bodies were burned away, and in a great many instances the lower parts * the body were not touched by the re. BRAZILIAN OFFICIALS CORDIAL. Brilliant Functions in Honor of Ameri- cans—Sailors Get Drunk. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 16.—The first of the many official functions to be given in honor of the visiting American na- val officers during their stay took place yesterday. The first event was a visit to the Brazilian minister of ma- rine, Admiral Alencar, and this was followed by a reception by the presi- dent of the republic, Dr. Penna, and a banquet by the American ambassa- dor, Iriving B. Dudley. Dr. Penna cor- dially welcomed the visitors to Brazil, The ambassador’s function was a bril- liant affair. There was a little brawl between some American sailors from the fleet and Brazilian and Portuguese boats- men at the landing dock at midnight. Exaggerated reports of the affair were abroad, but when questioned regarding lt Admiral Evans said: “The occurrence was only an ordi- nary drunken brawl, which was quick- ly stopped by local police and officers from the ships. All were suspended from shore leave. The matter was not serious.” The granting-of shore leave was resumed yesterday, when 4,000 men, double the number of Monday, were permitted to go ashore. The lo- cal authorities consented to this large shore party. The men have been cor- dially received in Rio de Janeiro. Ask Pardon for Chief. Butte, Mont., Jan. 15.—At a meeting of the miners’ union resolutions were adopted asking President Roosevelt to pardon Joseph Shannon of the Mon- tana state union of the Western Fed- eration of Miners and former legisla- tor, who is now confined in the county jail at Helena. Mr. Shannon was found in contempt of court for having vio- lated the injunction restraining any one from interfering with the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company, | and was sentenced to serve ninety . Gays in jail. the shooting is a mystery. Hamill is So solidly; Tries to Shoot One of of Walsh's Attorneys : In Chicago -Federal Building. Chicago, Jan. 15—Three shots were fired at Samuel R. Hamill, an attorney, by Mrs. Thomas Metealf in the corri dors of the federal building here late yesterday afternoon: The reason for MASSACRE FEARED MULAI HAFID PROCLAIMED SUL TAN AND HOLY WAR IS DE- CLARED. one of the attorneys for John R. Walsh, but the identity of Mrs. Metcalf is not yet thoroughly established. The incident occurred outside the court room of Judge Anderson, before whom John R. Walsh is on trial on charges of having misapplied funds of the Chicago National bank. Worflan Pulls Gun. Mr. Hamill,*according to witnesses of the affair, left the court room in the afternoon, followed by Mrs. Met- calf. Archibald L. Van Winkle, a pri- vate detective employed by E. C. Rit- scher, another of Walsh’s attorneys, followed the couple. As Hamill approached the stairway leading ‘to the ground floor of the building the woman drew a revolver from the folds of her dress and before Van Winkle could grapple with her fired twice at the attorney. The lat- ter hurried down stairs and left the building. Efforts to locate him last night proved fruitless. ‘Man Is Injured. Van Winkle grasped the woman's reyolver and is said to have suffered a slight injury to his hand in so doing. After remarking that he had only tried to keep the woman from attempting suicide he also left the building and has since kept his whereabouts se- eret. Mrs. Metcalf fainted when disarmed and was taken to the office of United States Marshal Hoy. Late in the evening she revealed the identity of the man at whom she shot and also gave her own name. Her ad- dress, however, she kept secret and also refused to discuss her motive. She will be arraigned this morning. FRANCE GREATLY WROUGHT UP NO TAXES AND NO EUROPEANS, PRINCIPAL DEMANDS OF THE MOORS. Tangier, Jan. 14.—Mulai Hafid, the brother of the sultan of all Morocco, Abd-el-Aziz, and who some months ago was proclaimed sultan at Morocco City, was proclaimed sultan at Fez on Jan. 4, the sultan of record having been formally deposed. The latest reports state that Fez is in an uproar and there is great danger of lawless outbreaks and a massacre. Summon New Sultan. Couriers are now on their way to Morocco City to summon Mulai Hafid to Fez, and it is understood that he will receive strong support as sultan, on condition that he meets the de- mands of the people, which include the abolition of taxes and the suppression of all relations with Europeans. The French government is greatly wrought up about the proclamation of Mulai Hafid as sultan and the declara- tion of a holy war at Fez. France and Spain, acting officially for the powers, must recognize Abd-el- Aziz as the sultan so long as the offi- cial government remains in his hands. Fanatics Are Aroused. Mulai Hafid in the last year has shown unexpected strength in the de- velopment of his forces, and the pres- ent situation means the indefinite pro- longation of the stay of the French and the Spanish troops in Morocco. Much antagonism has been aroused against Abd-el-Aziz because of his close relations with the Europeans, and it was because of this friendly as- sociation that Mulai Hafld and his fol- lowers were able to arouse the fanati- cism of the Southern Moors. Imperial Troops Revolt. It is reported that even the imperial troops at Fez have announced their allegiance to the newly proclaimed sul- tan. The French and Spanish govern- ments, therefore, are already taking steps to increase the policing force at the various coast cities where Euro- peans would be in the most danger. CRISIS OVER ECONOMIES. j i Ministers Resign Following a Dispute Over New Financial Policy Tokio, Jan. 16. — Yoshiro Sakatani, minister of finance, and Isaduro Yama- gata, minister of communications, aave resigned from the cabinet. Their resignations have been accepted. The resignation of Marquis Saionyi, the prime minister, has been refused. It is understood that differences ex- ist over the budget which are irrecon- ciliable. The Saionyi ministry has been meet- ing with growing opposition through- out the country, particularly because of the reductions made by its appro- priations for, development purposes. The elections in Japan are approaeh- ing and the opposition has been en- deavoring to arouse strong sentiment against the cabinet by a newspaper campaign, attacking principally the zovernment’s policy of increasing tax- ation. Distrust Over $20,000,000 Error. The financial program was formally settled at a meeting of the council of elder statesmen, held Dec. 17. It was one of retrenchment and involved a re- duction in the expenses of the army SOCIALISTS ROUTED BY POLICE. Demonstration by 40,000 Socialists and 30,000 Sympathizers. Berlin, Jan. 14—The determination of the Socialists to secure direct uni- versal suffrage, combined with their indignation against Chancellor von Buelow’s curt declaration refusing their demand, gave rise yesterday to an unusual scene and a monster popu- lar demonstration, accompanied by dis- orders in the streets of the Prussian capital, in which 40,000 organized So- cialists participated, while 30,000 sym- pathizers from time to time actively joined in the manifestations. and navy for the next six years, whereby the government will save| ‘One of the most remarkable features $200,000,000. of yesterday’s uprising was the num- ber of women who engaged in the dem- onstration, and they appeared even more earnest in their activities than the men. As soon as this program became known the opposition made vigorous preparations to fight it in the diet. Other reports declared that a miscal- culation of $20,000,000 in the budget had aroused widespread distrust in the financial policy of the Saionyi min- istry. Many Are Injured. The authorities took the sternest measures to prevent disorders and the strictest precautions to protect public buildings and Prince von Buelow’s res- idence against the outburst of fury. Groups in the streets were dispersed in the most vigorous manner, and col- lisions- between processions of mani- festants and the police resulted in the injury of a number of the demonstrat- ors, but so far as is known no fatality occurred in this city. The police re- frained from making arrests except in cases of extreme violence. The movement extends throughout Prussia, where the Socialists are ex- ceptionally numerous. Reports re- ceived from other cities, however, do not indicate that the demonstrations there were accompanied by violence. Mass meetings were held in eight dif- ferent halls. Inside the halls the greatest enthu- siasm prevailed, and the excitement increased as the speakers denounced the name of the chancellor. BUILD UP CASE OF INSANITY. Witnesses Tell of Thaw’s Eccentrici- ties and of Insanity in Family. New' York, Jan. 16.—The attorneys for Harry K. Thaw at his trial yester- jay began relentlessly to build up the zase of legal insanity which they have Interposed in his behalf as a defense for the killing of Stanford White. The two principal witnesses of the day were Prof. Charles H. Koehler of Wi- nena, Minn.;,who acted as instructor. to Thaw in the Wooster (Ohio) univer- sity in 1886, and Mrs. Amy Grosette of 3an Mateo, Cal., who attended Thaw as a trained nurse at Monte Carlo in 1897. They both told of the young man’s eccentricities and declared that ais manner always was irrational. Dr. John T, Deemar of Kittanning, Pa., one of the Thaw family physi- cians, also was heard, as were the at- tendant physicians- of three institut- tions for the insane where members of Thaw’s family on both paternal and maternal sides were confined. District Attorney Jerome, by unexpectedly in- voking the sacred privilege of physi- cian and patient, blocked much of the testimony as tO unsoundness of mind in the Thaw family, but the calling of the witnesses and the questions they were allowed by the court to answer left the desired impression on the jury. FIFTEEN SETS OF TRIPLETS. And 1,832 Sets of Twins in Pennsylva- nia in 1906. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 14. — Figures! for 1906 compiled by the state depart- ment of heajJth show the birth rate among the foreign population was dou- ple the per thousand raté among the native born. There were more than 7,000 more boys born during the year than girls. There were 1,832 sets of twins and 15 sets of triplets. “+ Sues the Directors. San Francisco, Jan. 14.—J. A. Mize, one of the depositors of the defunct California Deposit and Trust company, has begun suit against Dalzell, Brown, Tyeadway and other directors of the institution to recover not only his own losses, $4,217, but the funds of those who suffered with him and wish to join him in the present ac- tion. It is alleged that part of the funds of-the depositors were embez- zled and part of them were misappro- priated. Girl Skaters Fall In. Appleton, Wis.; Jan. 16.—While skat- mg on the- Fox river Miss Lydia Hel- wig and Miss Mary Kichbush, a teach- 2d in the Evangelicg] Lutheran school at Kaukauna, went through the ice. They were saved from drowning by two boys. Pioneer Hangs Self. Mantorville, Minn., Jan. 16.— Mr. L. L. Shane, a prominent farmer and: old settler? living on his farm in Concord, about seven miles north of here, com- mitted suicide. \FET IN AN UPROAR; BIG SENSATIONS IN THAW TRIAL Nature of New Bridease Promised by the Defense Startles the Court Room. New York, Jan. 15.—The Thaw trial moved with a rush yesterday. After the state had presented its direct case and Assistant Attorney Garvan had characterized the killing of Stanford White as “a premeditated, deliberate and cowardly murder,” Martin W. Lit- tleton, for the defense, made the open- ing plea for the prisoner. His promise of new evidence. was sensational and held the supreme attention of all in the court room. Mr. Littleton prom- ised to forge a chain of circumstances and to produce a line of testimony which will prove Harry K. Thaw in- sane at the time of the homicide. Evidence of hereditary insanity and of strange, unusual acts of Thaw, not even hinted at during the first trial, was told of by Mr. Littleton, who said that physicians and nurses who had attended Thaw were hurrying here from Europe; that teachers of the de- fendant from childhood would be on hand to give their impressions of “the wide-eyedgdistant boy.” In conclusion Mr. Littleton challenged the district attorney to produce a single reputable physician who would say Thaw was not insane at the time he killed the noted architect. Mr. Littleton’s speech fairly bristled with surprises. Springs Sensation. He startled the*court room by de- claring that when Evelyn Nesbit had told him her story in Paris in 1903 Thaw “drenched himself with poison” and would have died but for the heroic work of three physicians who labored over him all of one night. Mr. Je- rome had his surprise to offer, too, and when Mr. Littleton started to launch into the relations of Stanford White with the girl whom Thaw mar4 ried, the district attorney was on his’ feet with an objection. Justice Dow ling sustained him, and the name of the architect was not linked again with that of the defendant's wife. Keep Evelyn’s Story Out. Littleton touched but lightly upon the girl’s story as she told it to Thaw, but, careful as he was on this point, he again drew an objection from the prosecuting officer. Dowling sustained the objection. It was reported at the beginning of the trial that Mr. Jerome would fight this year to exclude the testimony of young Mrs. Thaw. Mr. Littleton spared neither Thaw nor his family in his re- cital of the defendant’s life history. During the speech Thaw sat wide-eyed and pallid, looking fixedly at his coun- sel. The outline of the defense was generally considered as reflecting a determination on the part of Thaw’s attorneys to prove him insane in 1906 regardless of all consequences, KANSAS CITY HAS A BIG FIRE. Sacks of Registered Mail and Number Express Packages Burned. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 15. — The Union station annex adjoining the union railway station, was destroyed’ by fire early yesterday. The union station proper, one of Kansas City’s landmarks, was saved by the firemen after a hard fight. The burned build- ing contained the receiving offices of the Adams, Wells-Fargo and Pacific Express companies, a branch of the postoffice, the offices of the Fred Har- vey Eating House company, the Pull- man Palace Car company‘s linen room and the Railway Men’s Y. M. C. A. rooms. The loss is estimated at close to a quarter of a million dollars. The fire spread with such rapidity that the firemen were unable to save but 300 sacks of common mail and a small portion of the express matter. Twenty-five sacks of registered mail and some other matter were destroy- ed, together with a great number of express packages. CHICAGO HAVING CHILLS. 650,000 Persons Suffering From Infi0u- enza, Says Health Bulletin. Chicago, Jan. 15.—Influenza has Chi- cago firmly in its grasp. Nearly 650,- 000 people are suffering from this dis- ease or its “corollaries,” according to the city health department’s weekly bulletin, issued last night. “Not since the epidemic season of 1898-99 has influenza played such an important part in the mortality as at present,” said the report. During the last week thirty-one deaths from this disease were report. ed. GEN. CUSTER MEMORIAL. His Widow Proposes to Found a Home for Aged Literary Women. New York, Jan. 15.—Mrs. Elizabeth Custer, widow of Gen. Custer, who was killed in the Indian massacre in the West in 1876. imtends to erect a home for aged literary women as a memorial to her husband. She has purchased sixteen lots in Bronxville, Westchester county, and will erect the home there. Mrs. Custer has written several books and has long been inter- ested in literary women. Sang His Death Song. San Francisco, Jan. 15. — Deprived of reason by a blow on the head, found wandering on the streets of San Fran- cisco, mumbling and declaiming bits of verse, but unable to tell his name, a man who is believed to be G. D. Ack- ley, a composer of songs which are widely popular, was taken to the cen- tral emergency hospital, where he died a few hours later. How Ackley was injured in such a manner is un- known, but it is supposed that he was the victim of footpads. Again Justice +——