The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1902, Page 7

CURTAILED AGT RAISES QUESTION Miss Moreland Leaves Out Yiddish Jckss and Why? Orpheum Monologist Drops Best Feature From Specialty. s SRR BY FRANK DUPREE. Theatrical management is so full of surprises that it is sometimes a joke. If I wanted to be smart I might add that it is occasionally a richer joke than the things usually labeled as such by the flamboyant and tireless comedian. The vaudeville branch of the business, how- ever, gives me the greatest shock of them all. The unexpected is forever happen- ing there, and with so little rhyme m-j reason that it seems almost impossible her gauge of things. yheum for instance. 1 ¢ it is recognized as a & money. Everybody Morrisey, too, and delights because he js personally a fellow and a generous manager, s same everybody—~and there's ‘a becoming very much puz- Mr. Morrisey, and a large- stion mark is multiplying in the i at an astonishing rate. The success of the Orpheum rests upon fact that the best acts in the coun- are brought out here regardless of y and a good bill is always on tap. Comedians galore are on the list, and top-notchers at that. We have reveled in the jokes and anties of the Kelly Irish- th ry = man, the green-whiskered Irishman, the | flannel-mouthed Irishman, faced the monkey- Irishman, the orang-outang Irish- and the mick of the Johnny Ray type, who boasts that he only needs a hand organ and a Dago to make a good living. Then there {s the roly poly Dutchman with the littlé bunch of whiskers on his chin and a mattress‘under his belt, or the impossible Frenchman of the wide- trousered Alphonse and Gaston variety. Or it may be the aforesaid Dago whose like is unknown even in the land of spa- hetti. These people make hits in the t and are immediately captured by Morrisey to be let loose again upon & patient and enduring clientele. We have seen them all, and whether we be of Irish, French, German or Italian ex- traction, we have laughed heartily and good mnaturedly at their sarcasms and back-handed swipes at the foibles of our forbears But why—here comes the question mark —why, Mr. Morrisey, do you muszzle the Hebraic funmaker? No one ever hears a joke cn the Israelite in your theater, though there are just as great and just as high-salaried artists tc be had in that line as in the others which have been worn threadbare by too much use. Sure- 1y, neither you nor Mr. Orndorff, your really very clever stage manager, cannot have overlooked such a monumental bet. You are both up-to-date, you recognize talent when you see it and you know good comedy when you hear it. Then, what is the trouble? It does not seem possible at men of your experience can have en under the ban of the inexperienced proprietors of your house? would be absurd. And yet there is ever that insistent why? Yesterday afternoon Beatriee Moreland made her first appearance at the Orphe- | m. She does an extremely clever miono- | and is in n cities. Among other things she sme deliciously droll Yiddish stor- e told them at the matinee yester- d scored the biggest kind of a hit. vening Miss Moreland left those out and the rest of her sadly culated monologue failed to please. it fell decidedly fiat, and she was Iy hissed off the stage. The guestion now arises, why did Miss Moreland leave out those Hebrew stories which make her specialty so distinct a ess and take such rash chances of ilure Who is responsible and why? Mr es CHINESE MAID IS TAKEN FROM CAPTORS Ah Fah, Thirteen-Year-Old Girl, Is Rescued From Slavery Through Miss Cameron’s Efforts. Al a thirteen-year-old Chinese girl, was taken into custody yesterday | afternoon by Detective Reynolds upon aptain Martin, to whom com- been made by Miss D. Cam- e Presbyterian Mission to be sold for im- urpo her present owner, Dr. 0 Tai, who resides on Brenham place Washington street. s with Detective Reynolds, ron visited the residence of Dr. d the possession of the d had her taken to the Hall of Aided by al Chinese girls near ¢f the mission, Miss Cameron elicited the | information that Ah Fah had been sold intc what was destined to be a life of shame about a year ago in Sacramento for $45 nd that since then she had be- longed to Li Po Tal. When first interrogated Ah Fah stuck to the story that the Doctor was her father and that she knew nothing about the story that she had been sold, but later she admitted that he was not her father 7d that the story was true. Miss Cam- eren desired that the police allow her to take the girl to the mission last night, Lut upon the remonstrance of Attorney | Sclomon, who is representing the Chinese | cwners the request was not granted. Solcman stated emphatically that he ex- | pected to prove that Ah Fah had been born and reared in this city and was the ofispring of Li Po Tai. it is alleged by Miss Cameron that about one year ago the Chinese doctor | sold his two daughters for a large con- | sideration, but the eldest one escaped and | the other one was rescued by the mission | people. Ah Fah was left in the custody of the mztron at the City Prison last night and according to Attorney Solomon a writ of habeus corpus will be secured to-day. — i — Burglars Enter Residence. Burglars entered the residence of W. F. Bellville, a barber, at 704 Polk street, last night and escaped with about $8 in coin. They effected an entrance from the rear, while the family was at church. The mat- ter was reported to the police. I —— NEW ADVERTISEMENT& The Real Cause of Dandruf and Baldness. At ope time dandruff was attributed to be the result of a feverish condition of the scalp, which threw off the dried cuti- cle in scales. Professor Unna, Hamburg, Germany, noted authority on skin diseases, explodes this theory and says that dandi is a germ disease. This really responsible for the for so many bald heads. dand; ru&e"lnnr It can be cured if it is gone about in the right way. The right way, of course, and the only way, is to kill the germ. Newbro's Herpicide does this, and causes the hair to grow luxuriantly, just a5 nature intended it should. Sold at Jeading drug stores. Bend 10 cents in mps fg‘r‘ l:mple to The Herpicide Co., s:nu. ch. # Al | and better than a | Such a thing | great demand in all the | “Rudolph and Adolph” Successiully Drives Blues Away. Orpheum Presents New Fea- tures That Make Hits of Magnitude. Mason and Mason presented “Rudolph and Adolph” last night at the California. The play is written by Charles Newman, who offers it as something to drive away the blues. There were no blues at the California last night. The Mason brothers keep the audience in a continual roar of | laughter. Fred Waltz does a stunt of trick piano playing that brings tumult- uous applause. Rudolph and Adolph Dinkelspiel are twins and the difficulties which they get into through this misfortune afford a | series of ludicrous scenes that bring forth | much merriment. Several catchy songs | are done by the principals and chorus. | Jeanne Ardelll entertains the audience | with some clever dancing. Nearly all the | members of the company are clever. { e | The Orpheum bill for the week affords the iover of vaudeville an opportunity to enjoy acts which are both amusing and original. It is.a hard matter to judge th real headliner of the bill, but it rests be- tween the Freres de Luca troupe and De- renda and Breen. Each have novel acts to bresent and they certainly created | | quite a hit with the audience. The Freres de Luca troupe, number five in all, are the cleverst crowd of acro- bats that have visited this city for a long | time. They do a few tumbling acts which are marvelous in the extreme and at the | same time are distinctly original. De- | renda and Breen are jugglers, but not the | ordinary sort generally seen here. They | | handle numberless bottles in a way that would make any one feel excited and just | as the spectator is ready for them to quit | they come back with another act that is | still more wonderful. | Bryan and Nadine presented a high-| class dancing and jumping act and wer: loudly encored. Beatrice Moreland has a | | long string of monologue, which she | | recites in double-quick time. The holdovers, including Lieutentant Carl | Nobel, Sadie and Joe Britton, Fred Les- | | lie’s trained dogs and the Barrows-Lan- caster company, are all as good ss ever | and in each instance create a favorable impression. | | | | . . “Queen Elizabeth,” the romantic drama | of Giacometti’s in which Nance O'Nell | will appear during the second week of her engagement at the Grand Opera-house, | will afford the clever actress another dis- | tinguished opportunity for the exercise of | her characteristic genius. The play has | not been heard here for some vears, and | was a favorite piece in the Ristori reper- toire. Miss O'Neil lately won large favor as the brilliant English woman, and will | doubtless add here to her enviable repu- | tation. | The production will be very handsome scenically, the management having spar- | ed no pains or expense upon thg costumcs | and settings. The house combpany will| | support Miss O'Neil, and it has devoted | unusually earnest effort to the perfecting | of its work. The orchestra has been plac- €d under the stage for several nights now to afford room for the large crowds that | have greeted ‘‘Magda,” and for “Queen | | Elizabeth” the same congested condition seems imminent, . > { The second week of “Captain Jinks of | the Horse Marines™ begins to-night at the | Columbia Theater. The usual matnee takes place on Saturday and an extra performance will be given on Sunday evening next. | Following 4‘Captain Jinks” comes an at- | | traction of much note in David Warfield |in “The Auctioneer.” The press of the East seems hardly to have found any | praise too high for Mr Warfield's excel- | lent portrayal of the title role. The actor i« a Californian, was once an usher fu the Rush-street Theater and was lately “dis- | covered” as a “character actor” by David | Belasco. His success as a star was im- mediate. . The Alcazar will have a genuinely en- tertaining bill this week in Augustus Thomas' comedy, “The Burglar.” The story is a racy one, taken from Frances Hodgeson Burnett's delightful story, and its treatment is exceptionally happy. The clever company at the Alcazar, led by Ernest Hastings, will find plenty of amusing material in the play, and will | doubtless do it full justice. o'l | Another Augustus Thomas play and | possibly his best—*“Alabama”—will be | seen in town this week. Harrington Rey- nolds and his company at the new Repub- | lic Theater will present “Alabama,” and ! both play and acting will surely find many | admirers. The new company is beginning | to work easily together, last week’s play | showing a strong advance in this direc- tion on the first week's work. ‘“Alabama’ | is a representation of Southern life and | held to be its most attractively presented picture on the stage. P . Only one week more and the new Christmas piece at the Tivoli will be| ready. The adventures of “Jack and the | Beanstalk” will be the subjects of the | extravaganza, and there are all sorts of | wonderful ballets, songs and scenes plan- ned for this yuletide festival. “The Idol's Eye,” ever popular, goes this week, with all the Tivoli luminaries shining at their best in it. Miss Bertha Davis, the new soprano, has the role of | Maraquita and the rest of the parts are | cast as during its last very successful pro- duction. * - Tyndall, the wizard of thought trans- ference, last night gave the first of a series of three demonstrations at’ Stein- way Hall. The hall was well filled by a deeply interested crowd, to whom Tyn- dall's experiments proved as entertain- ing as they were instructive. The readi- ness with which the experiments are per- formed, the utter absence of all “hanky- | panky” paraphernalia and the apparently | entire absence of any possibility of col- lusion, make them particularly valuable to the student of psychic phenomena. There will be another demonstration to- night and a souvenir matinee to-morrow afternoon. . s e “Finnigan's 400" will be seen at the Central this week, and its rollicking hu- mor and laughable situations will doubt- less richly entertain the patrons of the popular uptown house. R “The Geezer" still goes very prosperous- ly at Fisher's Theater. This, jts third week, shows no sign of any diminished popularity, and it is apparently destined to hold the boards for many days yet. v A concert will be given by Miss Lillie Lawlor, mezzo-soprano, at Native Sons’ Hall next Monday evening, December 23, at 8:30 o'clock. She will be assisted by strong talent. . e The new programme at the Chutes is unusuaily strong, including many new features at the theater and zoo. Thou- sands of sightseers and pleasure seekers | visited the place yesterday. \ ’ ——— LONDON, Dec. 14.—Lieutenant Colonel H. 3. Foster, the Royal Engineers on Island of Guernsey, has been appointed military attache to the British embassy at| Washington. - i THE SAN ‘FRANCISCO LAUGHTER RINGS |GREAT NUMBERS |BULLETS FLY AT CALIFORNI AT DEDIGATION| Young Men's Hebrew Association Opens Its New Home, Dr. Nieto Delivers Speech and Is Received With Chesrs,' The dedication of the new building of the Young Men's Hebrew Association took place last evening. The capacious new structure, situated at 1970 =Page street, within a few minutes of the Stan- yan-street entrance to Golden Gate Park, was crowded to its utmost capacity. It was estimated that between 2000 and 3000 | persons were assembled. The exercises consisted of addresses and bright music furnished by the California Orchestra under the direction of T. F. Rosenthal. An address of welcome was delivered by H. Lichtenstein, president of the asso- ciation, which was followed by an address by the Rev. Dr. Nieto. Dr. Nieto, who was cheered to the echo, spoke of the association’s extreme youth, it being only one year of age, yet its sturdy growth had, he said, been the sur- prise of all who had looked on ‘and | watched. It had not, he continued, become the power it had without many a struggle, but the members had stood shoulder to shoulder and without asking the assist- ance of any one, without begging for a penny, they had succeeded, through ener- gy and perseverance and determination, in establishing that magnificent institu- tion which, with the assistance and will of its members would, he declared, be the | pride of the citizens of San Francisco, ir- respective of creed or affiliations. They needed that association, he said, and néed- ed it badly, for reasons too well known to ‘themselves. They required only strong men-to guide them, like the men who had steered them to that great success which they had come in such immense numbers to celebrate. The doctor asked that God might bless the members of the Young Men's Hebrew Association and keep their hearts and minds for the glory df Israel and thereby add to the good name of their race. ‘William Greer Harrison congratulated the members of the association in a hearty speech and the Rev. M. 8. Levy, Dr. C. Salfleld, the Rev. Dr. Myers and Mrs. A, | Rush, president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, addressed remarks of felicitation, each speaker meeting with a most cordial re- ception. After the formal ceremonies the mem- bers showed the guests over the various and handsomely equipped rooms of the building and the event terminated with a ball. The officers of the association and aux- iliary are: Board of directors—G. Goldberg, past presi- dent; H. Lichtenstein, president; H. B. Harris, vice president; R. Jacoby, financial secretary; L. Myers, treasurer; Dr. R. Levy, recording secretary: B. Shapiro, L P. Nieto. Officers Ladies’ Auxiliary—Mrs. A. Rush, president; Mrs. A. Silverberg, vice president; Miss M. sky, recording secretary; Miss T Sterling, financlal secretary; Miss M. Blum, treasurer. The entertainment committee consist- ed of: Max Morpis, chairman: Mrs. A. Rush, Miss E. Rosenbaum, Miss T. Sterling, Miss I. Roths- child, Miss M. Ossosky, H. Jacobson, L Rosen- thal, D. Monasch, H. Rosenblum, H. Neuman, J. Rosenbaum. Cigars Go Up in Smoke. MONTREAL, Dec. 14.—Fire to-day de- stroyed H. Jacob's cigar factory. One million cigars just finished went up in smoke. @ cieileiiniielededeieledleieieiee @ FIRES HIS GELL IN GITY PRISON J. E. Fennessey Makes an Effort to Burn Jail. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 15. J. E. Fennessey, a clerk, 25 years of age, set fire to his cell in the City Prison five minutes after he was arrested at 12:10 o'clock this morning. He admits the deed but says he does not know what prompted him. Police Captain Peterson and Night Jailer Swain were burned about the hands and face while rescuing him. With the exception of a few minor burns Fennessey escaped unharmed. Fennessey was taken to the prison and charged with drunkenness. He was placed in one of the cells in the main prison and no more attention was paid to him until five minutes later, when the odor of smoke was detected. Rushing from the office to the main prison the captain and. jailer discovered Fennessey's cell .in flames. It was a wooded inclosure, containing two bunks with mattresses. The officers broke into the place as quickly as possible and drag- ged the half-suffocated prisoner into the «worridor. Then they turned their atten- tion to extingulshing the fire, which they accomplished after much difficulty, Fennessey was found to be but slightly burned. When asked if he applied the match he replied that he did, but refused to give any reason for so doing. The fire endangered the lives of twelve other pris- oners in the same section of the jail. AR SRR 3 Y D S Masonic Officers Chosen. ALAMEDA, Dec. 14.—Oak Grove Lodge No. 215, Free and Accepted Masons, has elected the following officers: Worshipful master, John M. Youngberg; senior war- den, Joseph R. Knowland; junior war- den, Alvah H. Sennett; treasurer, Theo- dore W. Leydecker; secretary, Oswald Lubbock; trustee, Benjamin S. McFar- land. - e Sacred Concert Held. BERKELEY, Dec. 14—The second of the sacred_concerts which are being given by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst was heid this after- noon in Hearst Hall and was largely at- tended by the music lovers of the college town. Classic numbers, both upon the planoforte and of a vocal nature, were rendered by artists high in musical circles — e Arrests Old Offender. OAKLAND, Dec. 14~John Goodman, an old offender, was arrested to-day by Spe- clal Policeman Thompson for the theft of a saw from Mrs. McGeary’s residence, 86 Clay street. “Did you know,” asked the person of infinite fancy, “that they won't let a wo- man run a sailor's boarding-house?”” “I never heard that,” answered the in- dividual of confiding nature. “It's a fact. They won't have a land- lady around, you see.” Then, with a pair of compasses, a black lead pencil and a table of logarithms the true inwardness of the ' bon mot was ;!nsged to the surface.—Baltimore Amer- can, Ithe Belgians, NEAR RULER OF BELGIANG King Leopold Has An- other Narrow Escape From Death, Doubt Exists Whether As- sassins or Poachers Did the Firing. —— Effort Possibly Made to Destroy Life of the Erratic Monarch, Who Has Made His Name No- torious in Europe. NEW YORK, Dec.15—The American’s correspondent at! ‘Brussels says: As Leopold, the King of was leaving the royal train at the station at Laken two shots were fired at him, although neither took effect. 2 "It is not known whether the shots were fired by an assassin or by poachers.. @ it e e @ 6OES T0 DEATH IN BAY WATERS Body of Dishonored Sol- dier Is Cast Up by the Tide. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 14. Two weeks ago Patrick Ryan, a dis- honorably ~discharged soldier of the | United States army, was given his free- dom after serving a sentence in the mili- tary prison at "Alcatraz. To-day his body was found on the rocks that form the south side of the Oakland broad-gauge mole by F. 8. Regurtaro, a Southern Pa- cific car cleaner, residing at 723 Linden street. The remains had been washed up with tie incoming tide and the face was con- siderably mutilated by contact with the rocks. Regurtaro saw the corpse while he' was walking along the mole near tower No. 1, east of the depot entrance. He notified the Coroner and Deputy Cor- oner Henry Quellen removed thg body, to the Morgue. 5 Identification was had by the document found in the clothing. It consisted of a ¢.shonorable discharge of Patrick Ryan, showing that he enlisted March 8, 1901, in the Fifth Infantry Regiment. At the time of his enlistment he was 21 years 7 months old. Further the record shows that Ryan suffered discharge be- cause of the findings of a court-martial held March 14, 1902, at Binawnau, Pang, Philippines. ) He was transported to the United States mijlitary prison at Alcatraz. An indorse- ment on the discharge certifies that Ryan on December 1 received $5 and a suit of clothes at* Alcatraz, the donation of the Government to discharged prisoners. The record does not indicate the offense of which Ryan was gulity. Nothing else, save a printed roster of the regimental officers and 35 cents, was found by the Deputy Coroner. According to the enlistment papers 'Ryan was a native of Harperfield, Ohlo, and a laborer. L e e e e ] ] FINDS BLUDGEONS DOEN IN ATTIG Youth at Play Discovers Wicked-Looking Wezpons, Oakland Office San Franciseo Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 14. The vpolice have in their possession three wicked-looking weapons that were turned over to them to-day by Talbot Black of 1260 Franklin street, ‘who ac- cidentally ran across them in the attic of the residence of Alexander E. McDaniel of 124 Franklin street. They are bludgeons that lock as if they had been put or were about to be put to some Gesperate use and the police are trying te trace thes owners. Talbot Black is a youth of 14 years. During play yesterday with some com- panions his baseball fell on the roof of the McDaniel's house and he climbed up to get it. After getting the ball, the boy looked through the skylight and saw a coupling pin, a plece of gas pipe and a slungslot lying in the attic. He took them home and later notified the police, who taok possession of them. 3 The coupling pin has a thong tied to one end of it for the hand to slip through end might have been intended for use on scme unsuspecting pedestrian. The slungshot consists of a piece of hemp sack, containing a large rock and the Dipe is over a foot long. A blow from any cne of these deadly instruments would kill a man. The occupants of the McDaniel resi- dence were nonplussed when told about the peculiar find in their garret. How, when or whence the deadly instruments came, n6 one was able to tell. it e Biography of Le Conte. BERKELEY, Dec. 14—Under the ed- { Board of Freeholders recently adjourned, ‘independence, and we would not do that. itorship of Professor William D. Armes of the University of California, Appleton & Co., the publishers, are preparing a lengthy blography of the late Professor TJoseph Le Conte. The material of the work is culled largely from the autobio- graphy of the dead sclentist, which was ‘written several years before his death. | — N e, ‘QUE] Dec. 14 —The Victoria Hotel in this city was déstroyed by fire to-day. The ts 3 and employes escaped nnujunl Loss CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1902. GANINE GAUSES THE SHOOTING Aged Men Have a Quar- - rel, With Serious ; Results, Marin Deputy Sheriff Has a Narrow Escape From Bullet, R S— Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 14 — William Schlipt shot and seriously wounded Ben- jamin Morgan to-day and came Vvery near killing Deputy Sheriff Thomas Irwin. The shooting ocourred at Inverness, a small station on the North Shore Rail- road, about twenty miles north of this city, and was the outcome of an alterca- tion over a dog. Morgan was shot in the right lung and through the right fore- arm, while another bullet grazed Irwin's | face. Schlipt and Morgan, both of whom are old residents of Marin County and have been citizens of Inverness for over ten | years, had had some trivial dispute over | Civil War questions, but the trouble to-| day was over a canine owned by Schlipt. | Yesterday Schlipt's dog attempted to | bite Morgan, whereupon the beast was | promptly caned. Schlipt took exception | to the chastisement accorded his pet and | an altercation ensued, but was stopped | by spectators. This evening, however, the two men met | at the Inverpess depot and Schlipt, it is | alléged by Morgan, became abusive, stat- | ing if he ever struck his dog again he | would suffer for it. Morgan did not, mince words, but tcld Schlipt that he would cane the dog and the owner, too, | whereupon Schlipt pulled a revolver. Deputy Sheriff Irwin stepped between the | two men just as the first shot was fired. The bullet grazed his cheek. He then stepped back and Schlipt fired two more shots, one penetrating Mergan'’s right side i and the third bullet entering the right arm. He was then disarmed and arrested. while a physician was summoned to at- tend the wounded man. Later Schlipt was brought to San Ra- fael and placed in jail. Both men are over three-score years of age and mar- | ried. The seriousness of Morgan's wounds cannot be definitely determined to-night. His advanced age, however, makes his condition precarious. s ] THE DAY’S DEAD, _— Ira G. Sprague. REDLANDS, Dec. 14—Ira G. Sprague, former City Trustee and member of the X2 died to-day of heart failure. He was for- merly Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colo- rade, and was a native of New York. At the time of his death he was 58 years of age. e Rev. McWard Hannin. TOLEDO, Ohio, De¢c. 14.—Rev. McWard | Hannin, one of the best known Catholic priests in the country and the pastor of | St. Patrick’s Church here for forty years, died to-day at'the ags of 76 years. Major Alexander Shaw. BALTIMORE, Dec. 14—Major Alex- | ander Shaw, financier, coal operator and | philanthropist, died suddenly of heart failure at his home in this city late last night, aged 65 years. L e e o i e ] CHARGES BRITISH ITH SAVAGERY Reitz Says K:ffirs Were Turned Loose Upon the Boers. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—Violation of the laws of .civilized warfare by the British in the recent war with the Boers was charged by F. W. Reitz, former President of the Orange Free State, in an address this afternoon in Handel Hall, before the Henry George Association. He accused the English of having made allies of the Kaffirs and said that natlves, in aiding the invaders, captured and murdered the wives and children of burghers and de- stroyed thier property. Only consideration for their women and children, said Reitz, induced the Boers to give up the contest. The helpless would have been.exterminated, he declared, if the war had continued. “The knife was put to the throats of our wives and children,” said the speaker, “and for their safety we conceded terms. It is not right to sacrifice wives and chil- dren for a country. “The Kaffirs killed the wounded found on the battlefield, and the bodies of soldiers were horribly mutilated. I have seen them burn churches, Masonic lodge houses and whoie villages. The British refused to take care of our women and children. These facts will. be published before long. A full, detaiied history of the war is being prepared. “We were not British colonies. We were a free and indeébendent country. We had a flag, but it has been trodden in the dust. Why should we forgive and forget? Let the British nation repent and give me back my country; give me back my prop- erty—then I will forgive.” 'To the discovery of the gold mines, the influx of population and the-‘“gold capi- talists” he laid the downfali of the coun- try. “War was forced on us.” he said. “We would have been obliged to surrender our The British Government would not ne- gotiate with us on a fair basis and was in favpr of continuing the war until the entire race should have been extermin- ated.” NOTABLE GATHERING OF SCIENTIFIC MEN Cordilleran Branch of Geological So- ciety of, America Will Soon Hold Session. BERKELEY, Dec. 14.—A notable gath- ering of geologists will assemble on De- cember 30 at the Academy of Sciences Hall in San Francisco in attendance upon the fourth annual meeting of the Cor- dilleran branch of the Geologlcal Society of America. The members of the geological staff of the University of a are preparing to take an active part in the session. Professor E. W. Hilgard, dean of the College of Agriculture; Professor A. C. Lawson, head of the geological depart- ment; Professor J. C. Merriam of the department of palaeontology, and W. J. Sinclair of Berkeley will be foeakers. among the | (o) THIEF CRUSHES WOMAN'S SKULL Mysterious Assault Is Committed in Los Angeles, Victim Is Found Suffering From Score of Deep ‘Wounds. ———— Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14.—Irene Dowett, an occupant of a house on Bauer alley, was found in the rear room of her apart- ments there late to-night, covered with blood and suffering from no less than twenty wounds on the head. She had been assaulted by an unknown person with some blunt instrument for the purpose of robbery. . Just when the assault was committed is not known, for the victim was found by accident. A woman who was passing the place, hearing groans, climbed through a window and found the Dowett woman ly- ing in a pool of blood. At the receiving | hospital it was discovered that her skull had been crushed in from her forehead to behind her left ear. The physicians who attended her say she will die before morning. That robbery was the motive for the murderous assault was indicated by the condition of the room. The furniture was overturned, the mattress lifted off the bed and drawers had been opened and ransacked. The woman was known to have possessed considerable jeweiry, none of which can now be found. Her condition is such that it is impossible to get any statement from her and as no one is known to have witnessed the crime, the detectives have been unable to trace it to any person. HOW SHIPS WERE SEIZED. Venezuelan Officers Were Told It Was Only an Embargo. LA GUAIRA, Dec. 14—The Dutch steamer Prinz Wilhelm IIT arrived this morning from Guanta, bringing the eap- tains and crews of the Venezuelan ves- sels Restaurader and Zamora, which were captured by the Anglo-German ves- sels. The captains of the captured ves- sels said that the Zamora was captured off La Gualra without any resistance be- ing offered by the Venezuelans. The captain of the Restaurader, which was captured by the Gérman cruiser Vin- eta, says that the commodore on the Vin- eta sent a boat's crew with a message to demand the surrender of the Venezuelan vessels, declaring that the act was simply an embargo and a precautionary measure. The Restaurader’s captain refused to sur- render, upon which the officer in com- mand of the German boat gave him ten minutes to reconsider his refusal. The Venezuelan captain thereupon immedi- ately yielded and left the ship. The Vene- zuelan captains and crews have proceeded to Caracas. Sinks Gunboats in Sight of Land. Speceg Cable to The Call and New York He ld. Copyright, 1902, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. PORT OF SPAIN, Dec. 14.—Venezuelan advices state that after the Germans seized the Venezuelan gunboats Crespo and Totumo the German cruiser Vineta towed the gunboats outside the harbor and sunk them in sight of land. A, Hurry Orders for Battleship. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14—The Navy Department has issued orders that the new battleship Maine shail be rushed to completion. The force of men at work on the vessel is to be increased at once. s Castro Denounces Bombardment. CARACAS, Dec. 14—President Castro has issued a proclamation protesting against the bombaArdment of Puerto Ca- belle, which he denounces as unwarranted and cowardly. Shells Kill German Resident. CARACAS, Dec. 14—A German resident and two servants at San Estoban, three miles from Puerto Cabello, were killed in the shelling of the fort. WHEAT TRHDE FOR PORTLAND Northern Pacific Road Said to Plan Big Changes. New Port May be Established in Opposition to Astoria. —— PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 14.—The Oregon~ ian to-morrow will say: Men who are in position to get inside railroad informa- tion and who are close observers of events in the West of transportation read this important message in the present trend of affairs: The Northern Pacific Railroad is going down the north bank of the Columbia to some point near the mouth of that stream, where it will establish a shipping port in opposition to Astoria. The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company will be obliged to run its trains down the south bank of the river and do its shipping from Astoria or some point near that city. The railroads will carry the grain of the Columbia basin to the mouth of the river for export—not only that part of it now loaded into ships in Portland, but also the part that now goes through Puget Sound ports. The wheat trade will run through Portland and the stevedoreing will be done in Astoria and on the op- posite side of the river, but Portland men and money will do the business. Com- mon-point rates will be forced to the mouth of the river. For several years the Northern Pacific has been pressing toward the mouth of the river. Northern Pacific engineers have been running lines along the lower Colum- bia and no secret has been made of their operations. The Northern Pacific has built the stretch of rallroad between Kalama and Vancouver. Surveyors now between the mouth of the Klickitit and Vancouver have inei- dentally run a line over from the Yakima Valley. The Paul Mohr portage line is undoubtedly in hands friendly to the Northern Pacific. Indeed, all the strategy points on the route down the north bank of the Columbia are already in the hands of the Northern Pacific. No hint is yet given, however, as to the point that will be made the deep water terminal at the mouth of the river. It is believed that Harriman interests have practical control of the Astoria and Columbia River Rail- road, which runs along the south bank of the river from Goble to Astorla and that actual control could be easily ac- complished. CHILDREN FROM CUBA GREETED IN THE SOUTH Parade in San Diego and Reception at a Theater to the ‘Youngsters. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 4.—A large audi- ence of the citizens of San Diego gath- ered this afternoon at the Isis Theater to give public welcome to the eleven Cuban children who have just arrived as new students at the Raja Yoga Schoel at Point Loma. There was a parade to- day, headed by the City Guard band, with the Cuban children and other Raja Yoga people following in carriages. It ‘went through the principal streets, and ended at the door of the theater, where the crowd had already gathered. The address of welcome was made by Judge E. W. Hendrick. Collector W. W. Bowers, in his address, scored the Gerry Society of New York for its inferference. 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