The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1904, Page 1

cisco for ‘thirty midnight. northwest wind. Local Forecaster in charge.) Forecast made at fin«!ru- “1 San Franciscd wad ViCinifYe- Pair, warmer Thursday; lght \ G. . WILLSON. - (temporarily | | ‘To-Day. gnn-—vnamum ~ Matinee Tivoli—The Serenade.” s 9 XCVI—NO. 121. VOLUMI PRICE FIVE CENTS. JILTING OF LORD MAYOR’S DAUGHTER IS PUZZLIN Recalcitrant Lover No-| tifies Newspapers of Intention. Breaks News to Family | on the Eve of the | Wedding Day. 1LONDON that Sept. 28Tt is probable k caused J his bride g ier Just mailed a letter 1o a t he had de- aughter. He | lunch that the stately Mayc hold \or was any message o siipped e - ag h titchie, t suspicion He will was speedi t as a ra The din- wedding the r show om up. n their £ letter fcCalman’s head wis me like bolt from re has led McCalman to act a e. We neither know ¥ 1is whereabouts. There g in the na- ture of him and my sister T to be the hap- piest pair aginabie GO SHOPPING TOG STHER. Miss Rit er gone e day before a trying orde tle is known of Ca anteceden in London years he has held good position the Egyptian irrigation service. about 30 ing ¥ some in He is years of age anéd good look- He was regarded as a very lucky winning Miss Ritchie, for Sir has lots of money and can be ended on to make a handsome set- nt on his daughter. Only wealthy eligible for election to the namental dignity of Lord Mayor of lor The salary is $50,000 a year, e incumbent is expected to spend ce or thrice that sum on entertain- ng the clty’s gu and is invariably knighthood during his f he does not happen e before he takes it. ouse wedding is always preparations ude for this one. Three ts had been invited and 300 presents had been re- Aldermen sent a 'd necklace and the a pair of r and cut- m aristo- All the | arns. Miss bridal trous- ¢ will not have opportunity to is minded to seek tment in a sec- wre scores o. London who X e 1o tuke the McCalman's place “nd bords to appear at the seau or ng to wa make use of | ce for her a engagen cligible 14 give wltar. s BRITONS WANT NO WAR WITH UNITED STATES | Euglish Chambers of Commerce U Government 1o Conciude Arbitra. ton Treaty With America. MAN ESTER, Sept. 28.—The As- scciation of the Chambers of Com. merce of the United K'agdom, at a meeting here to-day, passed a resol tion urging the Government t0 con- clude an arbitration trestv with the United States. | G LONDON SOCIAL WORLD +- T GALE HORL TRAIN R THE TR Freakish Tornado! Causes Wreck in Kansas. ———— Special Dispatch to The Call. OMAHA tor night was lifted bodily from the track by a tornado, turned a double somer- sault and landed in the ditch by the side of the right of way. Besides the engine and baggage car, there were three coaches on the train and each carried a dozen or more passengers. Not a single person was injured. The train left St. Francis, Kansas, at 8 o'clock for Orleans, Neb. The sky was then overcast with dark clouds. In fifteen minutes the sky lightened up in front and the passengers noticed a fringe of copper-colored clouds to the north, edged with a constant display of lightning. A few miputes more and the A passenger who was on board tells in graphic. words the story of the mir- acles that followed “The train trembled like a plaything and slowed down almost quicker than it takes to teli it,” he said. “It was brought to a dead stop by the wind. A number of worhen were-on the train and they were almost frantic. - I tried to talk to one of thém, but the storm increased and the coach swayed. It had grown dark as night. Every one on board was thoroughly frightened. Naturally, w thought of the recent Colorado accident. A thousand railroad frains could hardly make more noise than the storm. I saw from their lips that some_ of the women were screaming, but I could not hear a sound. Then we felt the jar of a coach as it Jeft the train. It seemed to be lifted bodily into the air, where it was turned over and over again and finally deposited by the side of the right of way. ““The storm passed over as suddenly as it came. After it had quieted dogvn the passengers got off and looked around. The engine had remained on the track and was puffing like some fright=ned monster. The cars were all damaged, but it was a singular thing that not a single passenger or member of the train crew was injured, beyond a few slight bruises.” —————— HOVFE: TO SEE AMERICAN FLAG FLYING IN AFRICA Bishop Hartzell Has Ambitious Views as to This Nation's Expansion. RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 28.-—Rijgh- op Hartzell, for several years Meth- odist Bishop in Africa, delivered a striking lecture here last night. Xe Neb., Sept. 28.—A Burling- ! 8a.d the happiest moment In his life was when Great Britain won the Boer war. He sald Kruger was wrong aud | his republic would have been a fail- ure. Bishop Hartzell declared he hoped to see the time when the American flag should float over = portion of African territory and deciared that Africa could be divided by the great nations of the earth without a war. train in Northwestern Kansas last | train ran into the storm head-on. | [ | & — - e | £ RITCHIE,_ WHO i D TWO DAYS BE- | WEDDING. il ALENTED GIRL [ILTS FIANCE Honor Graduate of Oregon University Breaks Engage- | | ment to Go on the Stage SR o b Special Dispatch to The Call PORTLAND, Sept. 25.—Rather than give up a career on the stage Miss E. Pearl Lucky of this city has broken off her engagement with a prominent | young man of Eugene, Ore. She will soon leave for New York to carry on her studies. Miss Lucky has just graduated from the College of Liberal Arts at the Uni- versity of Oregon. Here she won the Failing and Beekman prizes for ora- tory and was considered the brightest woman to receive the degree of bach- elor of arts from the State institution. ‘With her keen wit and strong person- ality she won a distinet place among her fellow students and was head and shoulders ahove them in all literary work. Many of the products of her pen have been published in coast pub- lications. —————— PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT DISCUSSED IN EDINBURGH Conferdgnce of Institute of Interna- tional Law, Which Eegan Sep- tember 22, Comes to End. EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 28.— The conference of the Institute of In- ternational Law, which began here September 22, concluded to-day. President Roosevelt’s announcement that he will shortly call a second peace conference at The Hague was discussed. While the conference did not pass a further definite resolution on the subject, it gave evidence of un- Goubted sympathy with this effort to further the cause of arbitration. ———————— KAISER'S PHYSICIANS ORDER i HIM TO TAKE A CRUISE Renewed Apprchension Over the | German Ruler’s State of Health. BERLIN, Sept. 28.—Emperor Wil- liam’s physicians have ordered him to | gc on a Mediterranean cruise next winter for the sake of his health. This fact has renewed the apprehension which has been dormant ever since the Emperor had his attack of throat trouble a year ago. It is feareq ihe old trouble is again becoming mani. fest. —————————— LEAVES $29,000 TO PAY DEBTS OF NEARLY $500,000 NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 28.— The administrator’s report on tiie es- tate of Wilson Waddingham, the ranch owner who died in the West a few years ago, was presented in the Probate Court to-day. There is $29,- 000 in hand to pay claims approxi- mating a half million. Not many years ago Waddingham was rated to be worth from seven to ten millions. : this morning. RAILROAD VGS PLAN BIG MERGER Sweeping “Commu- nity of Interest” Project. Northern Securities Litiga- tion Will Be Settled Amicably. Santa Fe and Joint System From Seahoard to Coast. - S Epecial Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Sept. 28.—Financial and railrogd circles in Chicago, New York and the entire Western country as well were startled to-day by the pre- liminary announcement of a proposed plan for a settlement of the Northern Securities litigation, the Hill-Harri- man-Morgan dispute over that famous merger case, and for the formation of a “community of interest” plan so broad in its sweep as to take in prop- erties reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Up to date there has been no definite confirmation of the report, but the story as it has been circulated has attracted widespread attention and the keenest interest is evinced. The basis of the report is the con- ferences now being held in New York. These are attended by James J. Hill, II. H. Harriman, J. Pierpont Morgan, A. J. Cassatt, E. J. Berwind and oth- ers of the leading railroad mapmak- ers of the nation. From sources usu- ally well informed on the moves of these intergsts the stéry came to-day, but entirely in the form of rumors. The rumofs, however, were sufficient to induce: general buying of the se- curities affected by reported com- hinations I} [ ‘The report.is that the first move will be the harmonious ending of the Northern Securities litigation. The merger will be dissolved and the prop- erty distributed in a manner satisfac- tory to the Federal authorities who prosecuted the case and at the same time satisfactory to the big interests behind it. This method is said to be as follows: The Union Pacific (Harriman- Rockefeller) to take the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the Northern Securities. The Great Northern, also part of the Northern Securities Company, to be retained intact by James J. Hill, its founder and builder. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul ¢Rockefeller) to take the North- ern Pacific and thus gain a through line to the Pacific Coast, which it has long desired. In addition to these moves,” which will all be in a manner indicating friendly relations, the community of interest will provide an Eastern out- let for the Atchison—a deal in which, it is believed, the 'nnsylvania, the now part of P New York Central and others in the East figure, as well as Morgan and Hill. The latter are strong in Erie, and the proposition to make the Atchison and the Erie a joint through line from coast to coast is said to be for the mutual benefit of all. ——— DUKE OF ORLEANS WANTS TO MAKE ARCTIC VOYAGE Asks Norweglan Government to Rent Him the Fram, in Which Dr. Nansen Went North. CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Sept. 28.— The Duke of Orleans has asked per- mission of the Government to hire the Arctic steamship Fram, in which Dr. Nansen made his voyage to the Arctic regions, for the purpose of an Arctic expedition in 1905. It is understood that the Admiralty will require that Captain Otto Sverdrup, commander of the Fram, shall com- mand the vessel if the Government agrees to the proposition of the Duke. The plan of the expedition has been submitted for the approval of the Nor- weglan authorities and the University. of Christiania will reap the benefit of at least a part of the scientific results of the expedition. DAUGHTERS OF BARONET STRANDED IN COLORADO Forced to Tarry in the Mountain State Until ‘Aid Comes From Ireland. COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 28.— Five thousand miles from home and penniless, two beautiful daughters of Sir John Arnott, Bart, of Ireland, en route to California on a pleasure trip, found themiselves in a sorry plight They arrived several resplendent in - Parisian gowns. To-day they realized that their funds were =xhausted, despite the fact that they received $500 on arriving in New York from the Cook ist Agency. TOX ::blessram to their father in Cork, Ireland, brought immediate financial relief. Funds were cabled and they went on their way rejoicing this morning. N GERTRUDE ATHERTON COMING TO CALIFORNIA BOSTON, Sept. 28.—Gertrude Ath- erton, the San Francisco writer, has decided to return to America to write her new novel, instead of finishing it in Germany, as she originally intend- ed. She will'spend the winter in Cal- ifornia and do her work there, ac- cording to information received here. It is reported that Tauchnitz dares not publigh her “Rulers of Kings™ in Germany and it is said that the book is too outspoken to suit the German days ago, Erie Lines to Be Mule» the = former.| DIVORCED HUSBAND. OF WELL KNOWN ACTRESS + — MRS. JAMES BROWN POTTER, MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN RICHMOND, - WHO WAS MIS§ MAY HANDY, ONE OF THE IN THE SOUTH AND A POPULAR BELLE OF RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 28.—Miss May Handy, one qf the South’s most beautiful women, was married at 11:30 o'clock to-day in the parlors of her home to James Brown Potter of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Potter left on the noon train for New York. Everything relating to the wedding celebration was conducted in the quietest possible man- ner, the only persons present besides the officiating clergyman being William Duane of New York, Potter's best man, and Miss Handy’s brother, sister and ers and Miss Margaret Powers. The bride wore a traveling gown of little niece, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pow-/ 3 James Brown Potter of New York Weds Miss May Handy, a Belle of Virginia. gray, with black velvet trimming, a black hat with plumes and carried a bouquet of her favorite flowers, known as May Handy violets. Although the secret of the wedding was so well kept, friends found it out at the last moment, and the bride re- ceived numerous wedding gifts, which Wwere the rarest and most exquisite of their kind. Miss Handy has always been noted for being not only the love- liest but most perfectly dressed woman wherever she happened to be. Most of her trousseau came from Paris. October will be spent in the French capital by Mr. and Mrs. Potter. They will re- turn to Richmond in November on their way to Florida for the winter. KIDNAPED AND CAST [NT0 WELL Boy Roughly Handled by Juvenile “In- dians.” —— Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK; Sept. 28.—Herbert Howe, 11 years old, started for school bright and happy at 8 o'clock this morning, ‘after kissing his mother good-by. The lad wa- obliged to pass through Percy street, an undeveloped thoroughfare, which connects State street and Broadway. He walked brisk- 1y along until suddenly out of a clump of bushes at the side of the road sprang a dozen young fellows. yelling | like Indians and brandishing coils of lmg:.tare he could utter a cry Herbert was seijzed by a score of hands and his arms pinioned behind his back. Two biack silk handkerchiefs were produced by one of his captors and these w i tied over his mouth and eyes, acting as an effective blindfold and gag. [he boy was then ordered to walk aloug with his captors. “n recounting his adventures the ! little fellow wept bitterly and exhibited ltwo long red ridges on his bare arms, where tHe cords had cut into his flesh. The lad is unable to describe exactly the spot where he was taken, lut says that after walking a long time he was taken into a wood and through some bushes that scratched his face. Then he was laid uvon the ground, his feet were tied together and he felt himself falling into a hdle. A Accompanied by Mrs. Howe, who nad heard of the kidnaping, three detectives started this afternoon for the woods, which are about .a half mile away. After a search lasting more than two hours, the hiding place of little Herbert was located in an abandoned well, un- STRUGGLES FOR LIFE WITH UL Mad Animal Makes Savage Attack on Wer. Special Dispatch to 'The Call, SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 28.—J. M. Cardiff, a prominent rancher, is in a critical condition to-night as the re- sult of a desperate fight with an in- furiated bull in his pasture. Several of his ribs are broken and he has many severe bruises about the head, neck and shoulders. The rancher was attacked by the bull just as he had released his horse. The bull's onslaught knocked him down, and as the animal dropped to its knees over him in an effort to gore b*m with its short horns, the rancher grasped the rope through the brass ring in the animal’s nose and heid on for dear life. He struggled to his feet and managed to get the anim@l near the fence, where the rope slipped through the ring. By | this time Cardiff had only just enough strength to stagger a few feet away and then dropped to the ground ex- haustzd. The animal tore the ring through its nose and fled across the pasture. The rancher thought it was coming at him again, but was too weak to even make an attempt to crawl through the-fence. He was picked up later by some of his employes and members of his family, who had been at work in an adjoining field almost within call of the place where. . the flerce battle took place. Wil B S — b der a thick screen of blackberry bushes. t The boy was nearly exhausted from want of food and his limbs were stiff and sore from his lying in a cramped position for nearly ten hours MARRIES VIRGINIA BEAUTY —_— FRARS PLOT 10 KIDNAP HIS CHILD Pasadena Millionaire Hires a Sleath as Guard. Strange Warning Recejved From Woman Garbed All in Black. Assault Upon Little Ome's Nurse Frightens Parents and Police Are Called Upon for Aid, Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28.—Though guarded conmstantly night and day, never for a moment being permitted out of the sight of some male protec- tor, and with an armea private detec- tive constantly on the watch to see that no harm comes to her, Chloe, the pretty seven-year-old daughter of . S. Byington, one of the wealthiest men in Pasadena, goes about her play all unmindful and unconscious of the fact that her parents have repeatedly re- celved warnings that the child is to be kidnaped. For several weeks this constant vigil has been maintained and the police of Los Angeles and Pasa- dena stand ready to lend aid should the plot to steal the child be carried out. There are circumstances attending the case which are more mysterious even than the threats which have been made. ‘A mysterious woman in black has called at the Byington mansion and warned the servants that two men are about to steal the child and that if they knew the warning had been de- lvered her life would be the forfeit Shingles bearing the singie word *Be- ware” have been found in various parts of the grounds. Only a short time ago, while the nurse was on the lawn with the child. a man concealed behind a dense hedge threw a stone at the nurse. It struck her on the arm and almost fractured it. Had it struck her head she would have been killed and the child left unprotected long enough for the vil- lain to have carried the little one away There is more than a suspicion that the threatened kidnaping does not have for its object an effort to secure blood money from Byington. He is well able to pay a fortune were such payment necessary, but there seems to be more behind the case than money matters. Next to his desire to protect his child from harm Byington's greatest wish is to prevent the publication of the story. Although he has told a number of persons of his fears for the safety of his child, among them the Mayor and Chief of Police of Pasadena, to his next door neighbors, the child's school teacher and others, he siated positively this evening that if the story is puyblished he will deny it Sofme time ago Byington related to a close friend of his incidents of what appeared to be a bold plot to kidnap his daughter, Chloe. It seems that a mysterious woman, dressed in black and wearing a heavy black veil, had called at the Byington home during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Byington and engaged Chlo nurse maid in earnest conversati warning the servant ‘that a plot by two men was afoot to steal Chloe Byington. By- ington stated also that he had received anonymous letters of a threatening character, and had found shingles lying on his lawn, on which had been scrawled the word “Beware.” Upon the advice of this friend Bying- ton had a consultation with Chief of Police Freeman. The chief advised the worried father that as San Pasqual street is outside the Pasadena city limits he could not lend the assistance of the department, and suggested that a private detective be employed. This suggestion was heeded and a sleuth in the guise of an ordinary gardener took up temporary residence at the Bying- ton home. The blue-eyed child was closely guarded from harm. She is never al- lowed away from the house unless ac- companied by her father, her mother or the nurse maid. Some days ago little Chloe, wearing her play-ground dress of bloomers and blouse, was enjoying: some childish frolic in the grounds at the rear of her parents’ home. Suddenly the nurse, who was near by, uttered a cry of fright d pain. Catching up Chloe in her arms, she rushed into the house, where to the child’s alarmed mother she exhibited a badly bruised hand. A man from the screen of hedge had hurled a large stone with cruel aim and effect. Who the cowardly assail- ant was or why the missile “vas hurled a quick examination of the premises gave no clew. The matter was report- ed to the police at the time of the occurrence. ’ n{:‘h‘;:(' of Police Freeman of Pasadena refused to discuss the matter, but he called Byington up and asked him whether he desired to make a state- ment. Byington's reply was to the ef- fect that his chief anxiety was to keep the matter out of the papers. The Byington family is one of the best known in Pasadena and has wealthy relatives in various ports of the country. Mrs. Byington is a niece of the late Senator Leland Stanford. P — Saxony’s King Grows Weaker. DRESDEN, Sept. 29.—King George of Saxony is much weaker. All the members of the royal family living in Dresden have assembled.