The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 12, 1904, Page 1

THE WEA thirty hours ending 12, 1904 San Forecast made at San Francisco for Francisco and | THER. midnight, October { vicinity—Fair | G. H. WILLSON, | Local Forecaster (temporarily in| VOLU XCVI—NO. 134 ALCAZAR—"Lord CALIFORNIA— CENTRAL—"S) Nothing." MAJESTI — THE THEATERS. e Tendertoot." “A Japanese Nightingale.”" ORPHEUM—Vaudevilie; day. TIVOLI—"Der Rastelbinder.”* and Lady Algy.” About matinee to- SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Story of Her Woe Dies With Girl Wh o Takes Her Own Lif¢ . = Pretty Mabel Lawrence - Swallows Carbolic Acid at Her Lodgings - and Expires Before - Telling Gause -0l Her Great | Trouble. ‘Writes Letter to Friend, but Makes No Explanation of Wish to End Existence Beyond Saying She Does Not Care to Live Longer and Commenr "‘?x.‘ ) N ,:4///4 AD DED YESPONDENT . A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. WHO FOUND LIFE MOOD! * Suffer. ALL WITH A POISONOUS DRAUGHT the life of handsome young Ma- I who-eommitted sui- by taking carbolic acid, sve been some great sor h the world knew noth- learn. Her body at the morgue and fled in their efforts or the girl's desperate ¥ t likely to 5 curred at 1005 Powell extinct when but the vitality eath followed soon en made for a phy- four weeks ago Miss Law- was about 19 years of age, 4 for a xoom at the house con- e, w was dressed modestly and 1 gave evidence of being a | an of education 2 nd refine- room w ned to her for omary charge. | x and gracious a r attracted the attention of Miss who occupied an ad young ladies be. nd Miss Lefevre newly founa t employment. Miss a clerk at the by C. C. Lord liss Lawrence her as sales- com- manner. mented upc But her fellow em Miss Lefevre, noticed that this gayety appeared forced. There was a certain air of reserve about the girl and she most melancholy at periods. To her friend she spoke but little of her 1 de reference to the suicide father in Seattle some time s. She had no male acquaint- When her day’s labor was over immediately to her lodgings. S morning the young wom- reported for duty as usual and went out for luncheon at noon. An d a half elapsed and the girl turn to the store. Miss Le- 1g alarmed telephoned to r The-landlady o the telephone hung up the receiver conversation, to the door of the becom aring groans within 1 opening the door she found the girl 1 ia a semi-conscious enmuller wis summoned and the odor ot carbolic acid in nd noticing ‘he burns on the rI's moith he adminis- antidete for carbolic I acid poisonin NOTE TO FRIEND. The following note vas found ad- Miss Lefevre, who subse- srought it to the morgue: . Oct. 10, 1904 ou will forive me £ act, Ella, yo know 1 v - t bear ‘them anyicnger. 1 ar ways love you hope 3 - tlittle girl. May When read this note 1 will be gone 1o relt Yoy (o everything that belongs to me anlkeep them. S0 good-by forever Don't worry over me. The Coroner’s office was nojfied and Decputy McCormack and Detegive Ed. Gibson made an investigation It s understood that the dead girl was for-. merly employed by Levi Strausi-& Co. end has a stepbrother residing 5 this city. She was particularly attrictive. Ncm has been ascertained O her an lents by the police or mygue officials. MABEL v Miss Adams at 1005 Powell | 1L fEAD NEW YORK CENTRAL L. F. Loree to Enter the Employ of Vanderbilt, —— Special Dispatch to The Call. QUEER WILL OF A BUTTE - MERCHAND Income of Estate Is to Be Used for Fireworks, —_— Special Dispatch to The Call EXCLUSION BARS WL REVAIY UF Coolie Labor Will Be Kept Out by New Treaty. BT o I More Liberal Treatment for Chinese - Merchants and Scholars, Fact That the Old Agreement Has Been Denounced Makes a New Pact Desirable. Specfal Dispatch to The WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—To clear up the apprehension said to exist in some | quarters that the President proposes to open wider the door to Chinese im- | migration into the United States, ‘t‘ is stated on authority tHat there is no | such iIntention. The subject was re- | ferred to at the Cabinet meeting to- day and it was afterward stated that the State Department and the Depart- ment of Commerce and Labor, the lat- ter charged with the execution of ex- | clusion laws and treaties, are working | in perfect harmony and in consultation | Call. with the Chinese Minister in order to | frame a treaty that shall be cast along | the lines of the present treaty, contin- | uing the present rigid exclusion of | coolie labor and simply moderating the ccnditions under which Chinese mer- | chants and scholars may be admitted to the United States. Something of that kind is regarded | as necessary in view of the fact that, by direction of his Government, thé Chinese Minister last spring formally denounced the Chinese exclusion treaty. That notice will take effect on Decem- ber 7 next and there will be no treaty relations between the two Governments on that subject until a new convention is agreed upon. She spoke to | g particularly | Miss Lawrence and | s BOZEMAN, Mont., Oct. 11.—A unique | will, that of J. N. Tilton, a well-known merchant of this city, has been ad- | mitted to probate. | ions of the testament provides that the | income of the estate, which will amount to several thousand dollars an- nually, shall be devoted exclusively to the proper celebration of the Fourth of July, and specifying the purchase of | ample quantities of fireworks, flags and | bunting. | _ Tilton was intensely patriotic during | his life and was one of the first of the merchants to promote anything in the way of public celebrations. There ap- | pears to be no disposition on the part of Tilton’s relatives to combat the odd | request of the deceased. REVERSES TALE OF VAN WINKLE For Twenty Years New Jer- sey Laborer Goes to Bed Nightly, but Does Not Sleep Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Jacob Caster- line, 67 years old, employed as a laborer by the Passaic (N. J.) Water Company, | says he has not slept for twenty years. Casterline’s neighbors bear witness to his wakefulness. He says that al- | though he has consulted physicians | here and elsewhere, no one has been able to relieve him. thinking. Although somewhat rested when he arises he is far from feeling as comfortable as when he could sleep. Each morning he has violent headache and feelg sick. He dresses as quickly as possible and goes out into the open air. When he has inhaled a few his breakfast. Physicians who have examined Cas- terline are ~uzzled by his case. e —" Colonel Averhill Dies Suddeny. - commander of the G. A. R., died sud- denly at his home here early this morning. A Casterline goes to bed, but lies awake | One of the provis- | NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—L. F. Loree resigned his $75,000 a year position as president of the Rock Island Company | tc succeed W. H. Newman as presi- | dent of the New York Central system, iaccnrding to a dispatch from Pitts- | burg. In a letter to a friend in Pitts- | burg, who formerly worked with Loree when he was a division engineer on the | Pconsylvania lines, Loree is reported tc have said he expected to enter the employ of Vanderbilt as soon as his health will permit. Newman, accord- ing to the report, is to become chair- man of the New York Central direc- torate. It is also said that Loree’'s sudden resignation from the presidency of the Rock Island system was due to an offer of a better paying position. Sev- eral of the young railroad men who left the Pennsylvania at Loree's re- quest and who now have resignations pending on the Rock Island are under- stood to have been advised to refuse other places until the contemplated change takes place. & — . (OULD BREAKS LEG IN WRECK George J. Is Reported to Be Seriously Injured in an Accident at Wynne, Ark. Special Dispatch to The Call. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 11.—A re- port was received here to-night that in a train wreck at Wynne, Ark., one of George J. Gould’s legs was broken. No details of the wreck have reached here, but officials of the railroad say the re- breaths of fresh air the headache and | the dull feeling depart and he returns for | Southern Railway, a part of Gould's ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 12.—Colonel | gtate, James P. Averhill, national junior vice | con port is probably true. Wynne is on St. Louis Inter-Mountain and Missouri Pacific system. ————— Lady Curzon Has a Relapse, WALMER CASTLE, Kent, England, Oct. 11.—A bulletin issued to-night ntd its is underl:lood that the patient a rather serious relapse, causing much anxiety, 4 It is true that the President i cided to enforce, the existing Qxelw:fin, . abi of the treaty, 4 5 rogation there s just sufficient doubt in official minds &s to the ex- tent of the powers that may be em- ployed legally to effect the exclusion to make a new treaty desirable. o) — FEAR OF GUN ENDS A TRIAL Revolver in Hands of Angry Man Causes Lawyers and Spectators to Leave Court Special Dispatch to The Call. BUTTE, Oct. 11.—During a trial in the Council chamber to-night before Magistrate Charles McGarry, Jeremiah Shea drew a gun on Chancellor O'Don- nell and for a time it looked like there might be a very serious ending to a case in which Owen Heavy was charged with using indiscreet language in the presence of the little daughter of Jeremiah. Katie Shea was on the stand giving her testimony, when her father took exception to the manner in which Chancellor O’Donnell was conducting the case. He started in to talk to her and the chancellor ordered him to “Shut up.” Shea became very angry and drew out a large gun, leveling it at the head of the attorney. In an in- stant the chancellor had disappeared through a nearby door, while the great crowd of spectators were struggling to reach a door or window. In the strug- gle to get out doors were smashed and windows broken. Shea was later ar- rested. The gun scene completely broke up the court proceedings and the case was adjourned until Thursday evening. —_——tee GERMAN EMBASSADRESS TO UNVEIL THE STATUE WINNIPEG SWEPT by "L BIG FIRE Fight Hundred Thou- sand Dollars the Loss. —— Three of the City’s Finest Business Blocks Are Destroyed. Ashdown Hardware Company Is the Greatest Sufferer, Damage to Its Plant Being Half Million. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. 11.—Fire “to-night destroyed three of the finest business blocks in this city, entailing a loss of at least $800,000. For a time the flames threatened to spread to ad- Joining buildings, and but for the splen- did work of the fire brigade a much larger money damage would have re- sulted. The fire started in the new Bullman block, which was totally destroyed. The Ashdown Hardware Company, on Ban- natine street, one of the largest estab- lishments of its kind in Canada, was next attacked by the flames. Many ex- plosions were caused by powder and | | cartridges carrled in the stock of the | hardware company, but no one was in- | Jured. The Rialto block and the Great| Northern Telegraph office were also | destroyed. The Woodbine Hotel block| and the Dufferin block were badly | damaged. Other places which suffered | are the Slater Shoe Company, the Gundy Music Company, Calder’s pho-l tograph supplies, Baver's stationery stock and the Connelly drugs estab- lishment. The electric light and the power service were cut off owing ' to the fire and many places were left In darkness. The Bullman block, where the fire started, was a six-story building just completed and occupied by Bullman 4 printers and lithographers, The started among some shavings in the basement, spread up the ele- vator shaft, and in ten minutes the entire interior of the buflding was in flames. From the Bullman building the flames leaned to the Ashdown store, which occupies the entire block on Bannatine street, between Main and Albert streets. The inflammable material in the stock of the hardware company caused the flames to burn flercely and to spread with great rapidity in a north- erly direction toward the Rialto block. This building was gutted; but not en- tirely destroyed. The loss to the J. H. Ashdown Hard- ware Company will be fully half a mil- | lion dollars. The individual losses of | the other sufferers from the fire cannot be given at present. SATS KANSAS +| Towa Professor Asserts Tt | Is Made So Because of Its Geographical Position | e Special Dispatch to The Call. I IOWA CITY, Oct. 11.—"“Western | Kansas,” said Professor Wilcox of the department of history of the Univer- | sity of Iowa in an address to his stu- dents to-day, ‘@s more than haif the time crazy, and this I declare to you because of its geographical position. | If it were not just where it is it would in all likelihood be as sane as any other part of the country. ‘“‘History is more often determined by the geographical position of the | countries in which it is made than by the acts of the men high in power in their Governments. I state with all| earnestness and confidence that the Alps have had more to do with shap- ing the political enterprise and com- plexion of Europe than have the acts of any rulers or despots, however President to Speak at Ceremonies at Frederick the Great Monu- ment Next Month. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Emperor ‘William’s gift to the American people of a bronze statue of Frederick the Great will be unveiled by Baroness Speck von Sternberg, the German Em- bassadress, on the esplanade of the Army War College November 19 in the presence of the President, the Gabinet, the Diplomatic Corps, the Supreme Court, the admiral of the navy, the chief of staff of the army and officers of the army and navy in ‘Washington. As far as possible offi- cers of the army and navy of German descent will come to Washington from nearby posts and will participate. The address of the day will be made by the President. Addresses will be made by Secretary of War Taft and the German Embassador. —_———— WOULD DRAW THE VATICAN INTO TRIPLE most d that Lady Curzon's condition | within measurable distan: tinued unchanged since “morning, ation of the LONDON, _Rome correspondent on authority that he regards as accurate says: “Em- peror William has conceived and is at- tempting to execute a master stroke of pgug "):g bringing into the orbit of the ul persistent foe, ALLIANCE | of the concordat great or powerful. So the geographi- cal position of the western half of Kansas, I say, has had more to do with shaping the political and social complexion of that region than any other agency whatsoever.” —_—————— OFFERS AN EXPLANATION OF .TROUBLES IN FRANCE French Advocate Says Religious Con- troversy Is Due to Interference by Papacy Years Ago. ROME, Oct. 11.—M. Emile Ollivjer, the French Advocate and politician, in the course of an interview attributes most of the Catholic troubles in) France to the interference by the papacy in 1880 in the domestic policy | of the republic and ordering the Cath- olics, who were mostly of monarchical tendency, to accept the new regime. This caused the disarganization of the | lewlm&l who have not succeeded in reorganizing. _M. Ollivier thinks the denunciation impossible, the | French Government, he says, having | Oct. 12.—The Times’ | against it a great mass of the faithful, especially women, whom it cannot af- , ford to antagonize. 5 ————————— Prisoner Cuts His Throat. NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Fred J. Kef- nd the Vatican, hitherto its | ferty of Atlantic City, indicted for thus bringing | killing John Biddle in a quarrel over ce the realiz- | the latter's here last May, has 's life co in jail at Mays of a val of Holy Roman Em- | Landing by cutting at. How in if l_\_llc.nnd‘r_lo-x procured the ragor with : n”. . lwhich he killed himself is a mvstery. |18 now raging about six miles north \ | early in the morning. A bombardment ;of five hours’ duration forced back the | | Japanese lines along almost the entire ——— | fantry attack. | the Russians drove in | difficulty. RUSSIANS AND JAPANESE HIERCELY BATTLING FOR SUPREMACY Mikado's Troops iy o Stem Advance. Fierce Artillery Fire Opens the Soldiers of the Czar Force the Brown Men Back. | MUKDEN, Oct. 11.—A bloody b«ltflel of Yentai railroad station. The Japan- | ese on Sunday fell back along the whole | front and the Russian advance guards crossed the Schili River (about half way between Mukden and Liaoyang) and came withip three miles of Yentai, but yesterday the Japanese received strong reinforcements of infantry and artillery, and net only held their posi- tians, but even assumed the offensive. The fighting lasted all day and night. The Ji directed their artillery fire with great skill and searched the Russian positions so flercely that the Russians fell back north of the Schili River, which crosses the railroad seven miles from Yentai. The Russians this morning resumed their advance once more, crossed the Schili River and en- gaged the Japanese two miles south of it. A terrific artillery engagement is proceeding along the entire front. The result of the battle is still; undecided. PRISERAS -~ i . DETAILS OF BATTLE. Japanese Forced to Retire by Rus- sians’ Vigorous Attack. MUKDEN, Oct. 11, 8 a. m.—(De- | layed in transmission.)—The battle | commenced this morning along the line of the railroad with a terrific ar- | tillery fire on both sides. The rail-| way line almost to Yentai is in posses- sion of the Russians. The station it- self has been damaged nearly beyond recognition. . The weather is beautiful and th sound of cannonading is audible a dis tance of forty miles. | The fighting on Monday commenced | | front and opened the way for an in-| About noon the Japanese began to retire. Their flanks and center were stubbornly defended and the battle in- creased in_ intensity, concentrating about the Yental coal mines, where firing continued until darkness fell. As a net result of the day’s events the Japanese left, while the right clung to its posi- tion, but maintained itself only with MUKDEN, Oct. 11 (Delayed).—’l’he} aggressive movement of General Ku- ropatkin's’army is causing the Japan- ese column on the northeast to with- draw, concentrating at the Yentai coal mines. Russian scouting partles came into contact with the Japanese Monday evening and captured one hundred head of cattle. The retirement of the Japanese was so hurried that they abandoned their field telegraph and telephone lines. The Russian soldiers are in the best of =pirits and advance to battle sing- ing. PELI RE MUST HOLD TRIANGLE. Marshal Oyama Is Confronted by a Serious Problem. ,ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 12, 2:10 a. m.—Severe fighting north of Yentai, re- sulting in a temporary check of Gen- eral Kuropatkin's advance guard, of which the Associated Press correspond- ent at Mukden telegraphed the first news, is not regarded at the War Of- fice as indicating a general engage- ment. The latest official dispatches indicating the disvosition of the vari- ous corps show that the whole army is not-yet in line’ of battle. The pres- ent engagement may, tnerefore, be re- garded as the result of a counter at- tack, which an enterprising foe like the Japanese might be’ expected to make, but without any calculation to prevent the Russian advance. ner- al Kuropatkin's present superiority in numbers, it is held Dbere. is bound, sooner or later, to compel the Japanese to fall back upon their strong posi- tion within the triangle formed at Yen- | tai, Liaoyang and Sykwantung. Every- | thing points to that district as being the prospective scene of the decisive struggle of this year's campaign. Stra- tegic reasons of the most weighty char- acter render it imperative for the Rus- sians as well as for the Japanese to bestow their chief attention upon the country east of the railway. The Rus- sians are compelled to this course be- cause the railroad runs northeastward and hence lines of communication are more vulnerable from the east. The -Japanese are influenced by a similar | was almost ‘consideration, but the railroad no long- | Wallula OB e e hay- | ™ Gontinued on Page 3, Columa 3. - IN MANCHURIA -_— Port Arthur’s Defenders | Praised by the Empress LONDON, Oct. 12.—~The Daily Telegraph's Chefu correspond- { ent says that the following touching message has beem re. ceived from the Empress of Russia in response to a con- | gratulatory message from the | garrison of Port Arthuar: “I am deeply impressed by your noble message. With all my heart and soul I am with you this day—yon, the brave defenders and sufferers at Port Arthur. I pray God will give you strength to continue your self-sacrifice in behalf of the empire, which is dear to you as well as to me.” -— CLERICAL LOVE WARY A8 LATMANS Ardent Epistles of a Minister Read in Court. ———— NORRISTOWN, Oct. 11. — Miss Blanche Keck's sult for $10,000 for breach of promise of marriage against Rev. E. J. Heilman, which was begun in the Montgomery court to-day. devel- oped several love letters the defendant sent the plaintiff before his promise to marry had been broken. At the begin- ning of the trial the counsel for the preacher admitted that his client had become engaged to the plaintiff on Christmas day. 1900, and that two years ago to-day ‘the engagement was broken. The love letters were introduced in evidence. One of these addressed the plaintiff as “My own dear Blanche,” and in it the writer said, “Although I am unworthy of you I want you all to myself. Oh, how lovely you are. I am selfish. I want you all to myself and not even your mother must share you. No cne was ever more in love than I am with you.” This letter was signed, “Yours in clerical love, Edgar."” The defense claims that the mine ister’s regard for Miss Keck was cleri= cal merely. TWO-TEAR-OLD KILLS WEE BABE Nyack Youngster. Dethroned as Baby Ruler of House- hold, Slays Infant Sister —_— NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Emmet Robinson’s nose was out of joint when a little sister came to his home at Nyack. He was two years and seven months old, the first and only child, when wee Gladys blessed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Robinson. Baby Gladys smiled in her mother's arms. Emmet felt that he was de- throned as baby ruler of the household and infantile jealousy tore his heart. Last Saturday evening Mrs. Robinson left Emmet in a room with the sleep- ing Gladys. He was on the floor play- ing with a bronze statuette which, to amuse him, his mother had taken from the mantle piece. Five minutes passed and Mrs. Robinson heard Emmet's shrill voice calling, “Mamma, hurry, come look at baby.” She rushed into the room. By the cradle stood Emmet grasping the statuette, which was covered with blood. A glance at the baby's head told the mother that Gladys was des- perately injured. m the doctor arrived Gladys was dead. Her skull was fractured. The doctor says that Emmet delivered six blows with the statuette. —_—————— SAILORMAN IS DROWNED ON COLUMBIA RIVER BAR Boatswain Williams Falls Overboard From Steamship George W. Elder ang Disappears in Heavy Sea. PORTLAND. Oct. 1l.—Boatswain Williams of the steamer George W. Elder was drowned to-day while cross- ing the bar at the mouth of the Co- lumbia River. Willilams, with several members of the crew, was working on a small beat swung to' the davits, when a lurch of the vessel threw into the vnt;r.“‘fne mboal: was launched an e DT 'S thrown to Williams, but he disappeared fore aid could reach him. The small boat, by three men, could not reach the Elder in the heavy sea, and swamped. The tugboat : to the rescue, and aftes some maneuvers took rescuers on board. o § §