The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-— 0. 17 9. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, VICTIM OF THE SE; OVEMBER 22, 1902. ATIONAL PARIS PRICE FIVE CENTS, | TRAGEDY A TALENTED CALIFORNIAN SIAM’S ROYAL PRINCE COMES TO THE CITY UNATTENDED BY POMP AND PAGEANTRY Is More of a College Athleie Than a Potentate. s Highness Maha Vajira- g to 8an Francisco 3 ernoon and estab- d h Paiace | remark- | s it might | rémarkable. and no ntional * little of which tod- brown man ttern. ars pulled into 5:10 p. m. beir of y the plat- the waiting car- her flank by a st v member of t e and closely d States s et d by the mem- Short Royal audience the hotel his granted an interviewers, to the nmewspaper The Prince was found anding in the center of the room with a checry, exparn- sive smile lighting up his Brownie-like face, that had quite as much hearty wel- come as politeness in it. The rest of the party lned up behind at a respectful dis- tance solemn as owls in daylight. Old javallobh, Captain Sarasiddhi Siamese Minister wore counten- s as immovable and expression brazen Buddha, but little Anuweira, the Prinfle’s private secretary sx grinned vacuously, perhaps because 1 M he couldn’t help it HE BEGINS TO TALK. The first formal greetings oOver, the Prin sank carelessly into the embrace of a big armchair and began to talk, while the interviewer studied rather than listened. The talk was just the usual string ¢f conventional phrases, but the unique personality of the royal young man was an object of real fascination. There much of the Oriental about him more of the cosmopolitan man of the but practically nothing of the polcnate. Barring his color, he looks more like a college athiete than the heir 10 a pagan throne. Skort and stocky of frame, but of mus- culer mold and dressed in a light gray suit of English cut, it is difficult to asso- ciate him with royal pageantry until you look into his face and try to fathom the depths of his fathomless eyes. In manner and Bearing he shows all the freedom ancé democracy of pulsing, untrammeled youth, but every now and then there is a flash of cunning in the deep, brown eyes and a gleam of ivory teeth, accompanied by @a soft, caressing expression of well simulated surprise that reveals the Orien- tal birth apd breeding through the veneer of Occidental training. Maha Vajiravudh is still 2 very young world s just the conven- | d -derby- hat--of / 1 s | | i | | { | | | i ] ! | [ H | B B | {1 18 (1 | |4 [ [ |k =3 | - } SKETCH OF HIS ROYAL HIGH- 1 NESS THE CROWN PRINCE | oF siam. | | man, being barely 22, and his character lacks much of the ripeness of settled | manhooa, but it gives many promises of future greatness in his native land if he will begin now to study himself as keen- ly and shrewdly as he has stydied others. full, round, almost chubby, face holds many signs of both strength and weak- ness. The' high, broad forehead shows a high order of intellect and ambition, while the wide, quivering nostrils betray an exgreme sensitiveness, and the thick, irregular lips indicate both impulsiveness and opposition to restraint. HAS DIMPLE IN HIS CHIN. The jaw shows stubbornness, but the chin, with its feminine dimple, marks an erratic fickleness of ideald. There is, too, 1 just perceptible glow of hot blood be- neath the yellow bronze pigment of his , which tells of a fierce temper when oused. Yet over all is the soften- ing mantle of that cheery smile of lips and eyes, which owes as much perhaps to freedom from care and suffering as to innate . warm-heartedness. His Royal Highness is very sensitive, {but he has never known real anguish of mind. He is easily wounded and quickly | offended, but just as ready to forgive, {though he may not forget. Orientals | rarely do. He will do much for those he |loves, but hew long he may love is a { question of circumstances and the impres- |sions born of altered conditions. At pres- ent all of this impulses are good and Kind- |1y and framed in the high resolves of a | lofty ambition, but if he ever ascends the | throne there will be but one ruler in | Stam. There is but one danger that threatens | this”mdstéry of “himself “and “his “people, end that is feminine. The Crown Prince is susceptible to a degree, and while he |is strong with men his innate chivalry |and sympathy makes him falter in the {light of a woman's smile. Altogether he {is a wholesome little man and a brainy | one, and with the opportunities at his command should easily write his name upon the brightest pages of Siam’s future history. i OF AN HEIR TO AN ORIENTAL THRONE P | Ty o He Has Little to Say But Is a Keen ; Observer. 3= i His royal Highness speaks better Eng- h than many Americans, and with a rely_perceptible accent. “My trip through the United States,” said he last evening, ‘‘has been so rapid that T can hardly say I have seen much of. your wonderful country. My impres- islons I do hot eare to speak of, except that what I have seen fully realizes the {impressions I had previously formed from rcading. You see, 1 try to keep posted. REMINDS HIM OF HOME. “Californta™ s a beautiful land, its cli- &, especially in the southern part, be- ng almost ddentical with that of my own | count I should' like to see a more ex- ve commerce beiween Siam and the | Urited Statcs, but can offer no remedy | except to suggest that if you deliver the | 800ds we will probably buy them. Indeed, we buy many of your products mow, though they come to us via Hongkong and Singapore in the gulse of English goods. “Siam is fairly up-to-date and progress- |ug rapidly. We have modern railroads, | sewer and electric light systems for our cities and introduced the trolley car | about the same time you did here. No programme has yet been arranged for my stay in San Francisco, but I shall probably remain here for six days before | going to Vancouver to embark for Ja- pan.’” \; i Then with a cheery ‘good-night” and a courteous “thank you” thé interviewer was bowed out, while the Prince and his suite sat down to the dinner that was waiting. The royal party occupy seventeen rooms on the New Montgomery street side of | thc hotel and dine privately. Besides the Prince the party includes Colonel Phya 'Rajavallobh and Captain Luang Sarasid- | ani, aids-de-camp; Mom R. Anuvatra, | private secretary; his Excellency the | Siamese Minister to the United States; J. H. Gore of Columbia University, Wash- ington, D. C.; E. H. Loftus, secretary of {the Siamese legation; H. Y. Darnell of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in charge of the spegial train; L. C. Wheeler and R. H. Taylor, secret service agents, and Ed Weissmuller, courier. After visiting Mount Hamilton and re- maining over night at Smiths Creek, the Prince and his Buite returned by stage to San Jose early yesterday morning. A trip was then_made to the big trees near San- ta Cruz, after which the start was made at- 2:30 for San Francisco. Last evening the Prince and his party attended a_per- formance at the Orpheum. £ 1 t | | | Dr. Loeb Selects Rogers. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Nov. 21.—Professor Charles G. Rogers of Syracuse Univer- sity has accepted an offer of Dr. Loeb of the Chicago University to accompany him and become a member of the faculty ! of the University of California. SEEKS DEATH T0'ESCAPE A PRISON GELL Druggist Short in " His Postoffice Accounts. \ Charles H. Royél, Shad- owed by Sleuths, Af- tempts Suicide, Deficit of $1400 Is Alleged and Officers Make ' Arrest. e Charles H. Royel, who conducts a drug store at the corner of Mason and Wash- ington streets, was taken into custody at midnight last night by detectives of the Postal Department and locked up in the tanks at the City Prison. 1In connection with' his drug business Royel had charge of a sub-postoffice and he is sald to be short in his accounts with thes Govern- ment to the extent of $1400. ‘With detectives close at his heels the druggist spent yesterday at his place of business. When he found the arms of the law locking around him he made an at- tempt to. take his life by drinking carbolic acid. After a struggle the acid was taken from him and the local police assisted in keeping him under close surveillance until the time of the arrest. 'When at midnight a hack’ drove him away to @ prison cell he was'in a state of utter collapse. . 3 . The arrest was made at the intance of red to mukeé-good the déficit.” A de- tective for the insuranee people has been working on the case for some time and when he became satisfled, after a ‘thor- ough investigation, that the shortage ex- isted he notified the Government offi- cials. Royel admits that he has spent the money, which was not his own, but claims that friends will come to his res- cue and .tide him over his difficulties, SEEKS AID OF FRIENDS. Last night, before the arrest was made, Royel sought aid from his friends. He spoke of persons wearing sealskin sacques who would be only too glad to render him assistance, and was told that he could have the opportunity of -calling them to his aid. After a delay, two wom- en, elegantly attired, arrived at the store in a hack, but when asked if they would make the defalcation good they refused to intervene and drove back to thelr homes. To addsto the dilemma in which Royel aow finds himself, his store was taken frcm him yesterday by J. E. Skinner, su- perintendent of the Powell-street system of the United Railroads. vanced the druggist $400.some time ago and as security took a bill of sale, When of affairs he immediately took steps to protect himself and to collect the note. He enforced the bill of sale and the un- fortunate druggist is now without funds unless friends agree to help him. MAKES ATTEMPT ON LIFE. Royel, it is $aid, has been drinking heavily of late, and evidently realized the approaching difficulty. He was watched closely by a detective,#who remained at the drug store most of the day. The sleuth found a revolver concealed in Royel's room and took possession of it. Later the druggist looked for it and asked for it on several occasions. Finally de- spairing of securing the gun, he seized a bottle of carbolic acid from a shelf and rushed with it to a rear room. As-he was about to swallow the poison, a clerk took the bottle from him and the officers re- mained close by him until he was taken into custody. As the time for the arrest approached Royel became extremely nervous, alter- nately crying and laughing, and finally collapsed. Operator O'Connell of the postal department was summoned and on learning the facts of the case made the man his prisoner without delay. A hack was called and in company with Police- man Ed Ring the party drove to the Hall of Justice. Royel was taken to the prison, where his name was entered on the detinue book and he was placed in the tanks. / Surgeons Could Not Attend. L.ONDON, Nov. 21.—Anthony J. Drexel's daughter died to-day at Wytham Abbey, near Oxford. She was suddenly attacked by appendicitis and Sir Henry Treves, stigeon to the King, and other great sur- geons were telegraphed for by Drexel. None of them could go to the abbey. An operation was performed at midnight, but the child did not survive it. Liliuokalani Goes to Washington. CHICAGO, Nov. 2.—Former Queen Lilivokalani of Hawail and her party pdssed through Chicago to-day on their way to Washington, Her claim for finan- cial rellef will again be urged during the coming winter before the mnational legis- lature. ‘She was in the city but a few hours. ¥ Snow Falls in Kern County. BAKERSFIELD, ‘Nov.. 2l.—The first snowfall of the season occurred Jast night In the mountains south of Bakersfield. Skinner ad- | Francisco from Victoria, B. C. A A a LAMEDA, Nov. 21.--Mrs. Eilen Gore, who was killed by a re- volver buillet in a Russian nobleman and op- era singer in Paris, Wednes- day, was the niece’ and adopted daughter of Colonel and Mrs. P. T. Dickinson of 1525 Willow street, Alameda. Dispatches informing them of the tragic death 0t| their relative reached. the Dickinsons to- day from a New York: attorney, who managed the interests of the deceased while she was abroad. They were greatly shocked by -the news, as they had just received a letter from their adopted daughter in which she told them of how | she was progressing -with her musical studies and of plans that she had made for the future. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson assert that their niece would never have the railroad man learned of the condition | taken her own life, and feel-certain that when the mystery that now attaches 'to the way in which she died has been thor- oughly investigated it will prove to be a case of murder. . As Nellle Stogdill, the maiden name of the dead woman, Mrs. Elien Gore was Known to many Alamedans, who remem- ber her for her statuesque beauty, cap- tivating charms and musical talent. spent her girlhood here and was educated in the public schools of this city. Here she was married ten years age to Thom- as Sinclair Gore, a business man of Mex- jco, and Alanleda was always home to her, being the resident place of her fos- ter-parents. MARRIAGE TO GORE. ‘When interviewed at her home to-night Mrs. P. T. Dickinson said: “Yes, the Mrs. Ellen Gore referred to in the telegraphic accounts of the Paris tragedy is my nlece and our adopted daughter. Poor Nellie! 'It is only a few days since we had a happy letter from her. To-day we received a dispatch from her attorney in New York corroborating and verifying the newspaper accounts of her death. He also informed us he was forwarding to us by mail a copy of her will and other information relating to properties in which she was interested in Mexico. 1 knew that she had made her will, for she told me of it. «“Mrs. Gore was a daughter of & sister of mine. Her father and mother died when she was quite young. Her family name was Stogdill. After she was left an orphan we brought her to our home, adopted and raised her as our daughter. In 1892, when she was 24, she was married here to Thomas Gore, who was a man of wealth and who had large holdings in Mexico. His father then held one of the highest public positions in that republic in the gift of the President. The young people lived happily together for several years. HUSBAND SETS LIVELY PACE. “Later the husband, who was a ciose chum of one of the sons of President Diaz of Mexico, began to travel the pace that kills and causes discords in families, With the usual resdit there was a'sep- aration. Husband and wife went their separate ways, but were not legally. di- voreed until one year ago, the apart- | ments of Jean de Rydzewski; She § matrimonial alliance was severed in the New . York courts. “Shortly prior to the institution of the divorce-proceedings, Mrs.- Gore ascertain- ed that her husband had two children by another woman. For two years our adopted daughter has been traveling in Europe, perfecting herself in music, which she was passionately fond. She had studied in Vienna, Berlin and Paris un- der the master instructors. She wrote to us regularly and in every communica- tion. spoke rapturously of Her devotion to her art. - “She also told me~in a letter received some months ago of. this Russian singer, who, it appears, is her murderer. Neilie said that she had heard him in opera in ‘public and had met him at a birthday sccial given by a friend of hers in Paris. She wrote that while he was a splendié barytone, she was but little impressed with his appearance and manners. PERSISTENT ATTENTIONS. ““With him, she said, it was different. He would persist In showing her atten. tions that she received with cool favor. In crder to discourage the Russian noble- man my niece related that she was driven as a last resort to instruct the servants ‘and messengers of the hotel where she was- stopping that under no conditions would she see De Rydzewski. Despite all her efforts to avold the Infatuated singer it seems that death came to her through_him. We expected our nlece to visit us this spring and were looking for- ward to that meeting with pleasure. Per- sonally I have no doubt but that Mrs. Gore died at the hands of the Russian nobleman. Her attorney in New York has cabled to Paris to have the remains embalmed and placed in a receiving vault after the Inquest. We will arrange later as to their disposition.” Five months ago, while Mrs. Gore and a lady companion were touring Switzer- land, they met with an accident and it was at first reported that Mrs. Gore had lost her life. Great concern was felt by her relatives here regarding her sdfety. Later it was learned that the aceident that befell the ladies was of a trifling na- ture and that neither had sustainea any serious injury. Mrs. . Dickinson has considerable note in lterary circles, having done much work in the journafistic fleld as a writer for Californian and Eastetn publications. HEAVY SILVER BARS TAKEN BY ROBBERS Caf Containing Bullion Consigned to England Is Broken Into in Texas. EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 2..—A bonded car of silver bullion consigned to England by the smelter here was broken into by robbers and ten bars weighing 100 pounds each were stolen. The loss was not dis- covered for some days and the detectives have'thus far been unable to discover a clew that might lead to the capture of the robbers. For more than a year similar robberies of bullion trains have occurred in this lo- cality and the thieves have never been captured nor any of the bullion recovered. An organized'gang is belleved to be re- sponsiblé ‘for the thefts, ‘which 3lready when thetr | run up above the $25,000 mark. of | I — "HILE Paris police are striving _to unravel the mystery of the tragic death of Mrs. Ellen Gore inthe apartments of Jean de Rydzewski, the Russian opera singer, The Call has suc- teeded in ascertaining the antecedents, of ‘the victim of the pistol shot. Mrs. Gore was the wife of Thomas Sinclair Gore, from whom she separated, and studied music at home and abroad, her last instructor. being the celebrated Moszkowski. Gore made a fortune by lucky speculation in Mexico and shared liberally with his wife when they separated. He is now on the way to San —* Suicide or Murder in Mrs. Gore’s Death Undecided. / Slain Music Scholar a Bright Pupil of Moszkowski. Dead Woman’s For- mer Home in City of Alameda. — i A TALENTED AMERICAN WOM- AN WHO MET A TRAGIC DEATH IN PARIS. * + ARIS, Nov. 21..—The tragic death of the young American artist, Mrs. Ellen Gore, con- tinues to occupy the attem- tion of the police and the staff of the American con- sulate. The developments of the true in- wardness of the mystery were followed with eager interest by the public to-day and brought forward ma>y who had known Mrs. Gore here and in America, and from them her antecedents were fully obtained. It was developed also that she had been a pupil of the famous composer, Moszkowskl, while De Rydzewski was a pupil of Jean La Salle, the barytone of the Grand Opera. The police branch of the mystery seem- ingly remains undeveloped and no further light bas been thrown on the causes which led to the tragedy or the circum- stances attending its enactment. An autopsy was held to-day by Dr. Soc- quet, and resulted in a formal report that the cause of death was a bullet wound. Consul General Gowdy assigned a member of his staff to attend the autopsy and take notessof the condition of the body. That official reported that the bullet en- tered the forehead above the left eye and went clear through the head. The buliss was not found. TO STUDY THE WOUNB The prefect of police designated Gas- tinne Rennette, the expert armorer, to study the weapon and wound for the pur- pose of determining the possibility of sul- cide. Although many friends of Mrs. Gore called on Mr: Gowdy, none claimed the body, and late in the day he cabled At- torney Butler of Mexico City, asking as to its disposition. De Rydzewski and his brother brought Mrs. Gore to La Salle recently. She dis- cussed her musical ambitions and was very vivacious, charming and enthusias- tic over music. 3 The police have modified their theory on one damaging clew. De Rydzewski at first exclaimed that the girl was dead, and he afterward said she had committed suleide. The police at first held this to be damaging contradiction, but Commis- sary Landel saild after fuller investigation to-day that the second declaration regard- Continued on Page 2, Column &