The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMRER 21, 1904. REVEALS FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CATHOLIC STRONG PLEA FOR MANLINESS BY RODSEVELT Talks at —E;ercises at Parochial School. WANTS G0OD CITIZENS Says Sweetness and Strength Should Be United. CHURCH PAID TRIBUTE | | SQUARE DEAL” EXE S ADDRESS. PRESIDENT" re tolerably | n not finding them & up to them after 1 think we all of the other hand rights of others just his etrength je courage, but It 1 ake him f;l! se, unless to that strength and cournge are joined the Gualities of tenderness towzrd those | w e dependent e | the ry and a querter that of our American life. We heve enouch and we are a jong ways short of per fection. I do mot see anv immediate danger of our growing to0 good; there is ample room for effort yet left. But we have achieved cer- tain results and we have succeeded in @ meas. ure of realizing certain idesls. We have sk authority. | President 1| kota, stands in that State’s exhibit in 25 FUNDS NOT LOST. In 2n official letter, addressed to the Catholic clergy, Cardinal Gibbons makes plain the pres- ent financial condition of the Catholic University of America. He says the institution will not | lose heavily through the in- ‘\ solvency of former Treasurer | | i | | Waggemann, as the funds di- verted by that failure are pro- tected by securities; but, pend- ing a settlement, the university ic in a large measurc deprived of the revenues hitherto avail- able for its work. Cardinal Gibbons calis upon Catholics to be liberal in their support of the university during this crisis and gives a guarantee against ulti- mate loss, even though he be compelled to sacrifice all of his possessions. The university has no floating debt, and already its investment fund is assuming | large proportions. The receipts | for the past year, apart from Its regular income, have amounted to $150,000. en axiomatic truth of be treat- called od-by, PRIZES GIVEN IN NAME ONLY Delay Keeps Californians From Receiving Medals Awarded Them at the Fair BAAR Lo BY PAUL EDWARDS. CALL BUREAU, PRESS BUILD- ING, ST —The Cali- fornia and other position of that are wondering what good it a string of prizes if they them. It has been some since the superior jury e work of the department s to wir get whi; h gave California such 4 recognition, but not an ex- has anything tangible to show 1s that fell his wa The deadlock between the National on and the exposition a close without a settlement being reached, but this is an unwar- ranted apprehension. When the Na- tional Commission stepped in and stopped the official announcement of awards, on the ground that it had a right to review them before they were annou ed, it w supposed that rerely wanted recognition and that it would at once approve, being satisfied with acknowledgment by the fair of- |, s that it was the final and highest It was in this belief, per- that the heads of the fair so granted the commission’s de- They did not think that national body would claim a right to alter awards made or give any itself. CLASH OF AUTHORITY. is said that the trouble has aused by the protests of some fic It been >t think they had received high awards, and in consequence to the National Commission. it is said, decided to heed of these manufacturers, them just, and give the s asked. The exposition of- ials denied its right to do so and announcement of eld pending a settlement. inally a committee consisting of embers of the National Com- and three members of the eming 4 superior jury was appointed to thrash the matter out. That committee seems to be still tirashing. In the meantime 2ll exhibitors know what prizes they have won, but they have no authorization from the exposition to make use of their knowledge. This has not prevented banners an- nouncing awards going up on many | exhibits about the fair. TO INVITE PRESIDENT. An effort will be made to have | President Roosevelt pay a visit to the California counties’ exhibit when he comes to the fair, toward the close of | ; this month, and a committee will be | appointed to extend the invitation. original cabin, in lived while in South Da- The the Palace of Agriculture and he will | most likely visit it, as did his daugh- ter. California is but a few sections from it Samuel Butler, in charge of the Na- " | vada County mining exhibit, has al- { ready sent an invitation to the Presi- dent to call there and see the hand- some cabinet of gold specimens the citizens of that county presented him with when he was in California. The casket is exhibited daily in Nevada County’s section. It will be sent to Washington again immediately after | the close of the fair. e WESTERNERS AT FAIR. San Francisco People Who Are Visit- ing the Exposition. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20.—The follow- ing San Franciscans have registered 1 on, and some fear the | it | the | and beer manufacturers who | awards was | which the | UNIVERSITY Official Letter - From Cardinal . Gibbons, i | Against Loss - of Funds. ance with an understanding reached at the recent meeting of the board of istees of the Catholic University, nal Gibbons to-dav gave to the the following official letter, ad- to the Catholic clergy: BALTIMORE, D Sir: The ted States, of Advent, : »r the interest taken in the collection for t iversity I asking them to kindly solicitude for this that the contributions re- y-six dioceses amounted to 3 51. This generous response of our clergy and people to the express wish of the sovereign Pontiff is an evidence both of cheerful obedi- | ence to the Holy See and of generous devotion to their past orders. It the trustee the United he welfare of the ui ng the highest form of Catholic is gratifying and that so widespread learn- rtant undertaking of the few of the general good. In ces, as in my own, I ten- , your clergy and vour people grateful cknowiedgment tor the share you have taken n_the furtherance of this great work. With the colle with donations om its regular income, Of this fund $68, . payment of debts, $50,000 mainder was used to A a result there was is there at present donated by the Knights of Co- ot included in the receipts men- was $50,000. This also was invested, king a total | t of $100,000. The were placed stment {n the hands o fir or inve: "The eni tire therefore, result- lection is absolutely free from s an to which, as you ugh the press, the university has re- that ndled by the treasurer of egate $881,000, P ings or equipment tected by securities belleved, will in a insure the university other hand, pending the final adjust- 1l claims now in litigation, the uni- is In a large measure deprived of the s which have heretofore been available This is the more regrettable at time, when the university should h and developed as to attract d withdraw them ftutions. With the ut- practiced in every de- is not sufficient for the will naturally su but what T e g gether with the next lection, ch, it is hoped, will ot exceed that of last year, will en- invest a considerable sum after ail current expenses are p Moreover, fal admin} d. ration has already 4 that for the future will render | gement of the funds absolutely se- » h the assts ated nce of the hierarchy in the holy father, wa will by the university baste 1 | we Our will aid work s contf I sincerely believe, v the American episcopat d of the clergy and las To our non-Catholl for the common citizens y circumstances will plainly show = have at heart the best Interests of ducation and that we are not to be thwarted difficulties. As T am prepared to do all in my power to | bufld up the university and determined to sarantee it against all loes, even at the sac- fice of all T possess, I feel assured that you your clergy will aid this sacred cause by earnest appeal to the generosity of the pen. e under your charge, and by personal sym- for the work to which this collection s t e holy father. in his letter on the subject last year, directed that this annual collection | be taken up on the first Sunday of Advent or | on the first convenient Sunday thereafter. Chancellor of America ———— CHAIN OF THEATERS TO FIGHT THE TRUST the Catholic University of Belasco, Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Fiske Said to Be Interested in Project. DENVER, Colo.,, Nov. 20.—David are backing C. L. Knobe, who is se- curing a coast to coast chain of thea- | ters to fight the theatrical trust. Knobe says a theater will be built here. San Francisco and Portland those in- terested In the project will lease or advantageous. ! to be in the venture also. { theaters in St. Paul, | Duluth and Winnipeg. give no names, but he has credentials supporting h's statements. ———— AMERICA MAY ACQUIRE PAPERS OF COLUMBUS Log Book and Other Documents of the Explorer in Hands of French | Nobleman. PARIS, Nov. 20.—A movement is on foot to have the United States acquire the collection of private papers of Christopher Columbus, which is now in the possession of the Duke of Albe, who resides here. The existence of these priceless papers was recently brought to light through the researches of Hen- ry Vignaud, secretary of the American embassy. He traced them from the death of Columbus through sixteen de- scendents to the present possessor. They embrace Columbus’ logbook and many other papers relating to his first voyage to America and also part of Columbus” library. The present Duke of Albe is a youth of 20, chiefly devoted to sports. He has Minneapolis, i recently at the California building at the World's Fair: R. C. Daniels, F. GivesGuarantee | fire of unknown origin swept up Los | |MANY LIVES IN DANGER FLAMES SWEEP DEATH LURKS WITHIN MOUNTAIN SIDE Forest Fires Threaten Al- pine Tavern and Destroy Part of Mount Lowe Road Visitors to Famous Resort, Held Prisoners by Blaze, Saved by Shift of Wind | G S Epecial Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20.—A forest Son Goes to Rescue of Flores canyon this afternoon, seriously | | damaging the Mount Lowe Railway nne: to the mountain top. It threatened fora | | time to destroy the famous Alpine Tav- | | ern, the railroad company's fine hotel | WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—In accord- upporting an institution founded | near the summit, and devastated many | square miles of mountain forest. Nearly 300 Sunday excursionists were cut off by the flames and some of¥them had to pass a mile through the fire zone, cross deep canyons and crawl around the embers of burned bridges to reach their cars. The fire started about 2 o'clock and | even before the telephone message was received from the mountain top asking for help scores of men started from» Pasadena for the mountain to help fight the fire. In addition to these vol- unteers from Pasadena the rallroad company summoned all the Cholo lab- orers they could find, equipped them with shovels and axes and placed them at the disposal of the forest rangers. The flames spread with incredible rapidity and within an hour had reached the top of the range. From the valley they appeared to be rushing in the direction of Alpine Tavern. Only a sudden change in the direction of the wind saved that resort, but the fire was driven across the Mount Lowe railroad, licking up three bridges and destroying | the ties and twisting the rails. | be q efforts in behalf of the university | JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS, | Belasco, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Mrs. Fiske | and New York and Chicago capitalists | At the tavern were more than 300 persons and for a time there was a panic among them. Women fainted and strong men were helpless to avert the danger which seemed to threaten them. Some of them started for the top of the range, hoping to escape down the other side, but when the wind changed the danger passed and the terrified people saw the fire sweep a mile past them in another direction. It was of course impossible to run cars across the belt which had been burned over. Passengers were taken as far as possible toward Echo Mountain, the terminus of the Mount Lowe in- cline, and from there they had to walk across the burned district, hot and smoky as it was. S. O. Symonds and B. C. Bruce of this city were on a narrow trail direct- ly in the path of the flames. They were cut off from the rallroad and saved their lives only by running down | the mountainside. | A telephone message from the moun- | tains to-night reports that the fire is| under control, but from Los Angeles it | appears to be spreading. The tops of | the mountains to the northward appear | to be aglow and even at this distance, | twenty miles, the fire presents a grand | spectacle. i What the effect’ ‘wilk be upon the water supply of Pasadena and other cities will not be known for several days. Another force of men was sent out to-night to fight the fire. Nearly 200 men are now fighting the flames. Tardiness in Discovering Flames Leads to Twelve Deaths in Tenement House | e S NEW YORK, Nov. before they could reach the fire escape in a tenement house at 186 Troutman street in the Willlamsburg district of Brooklyn, twelve persons met death shortly Yefore 2 o’clock this morning. Two entire familles, those of Maranio Triolo and Charles Polognlo, were wiped out, the last living member of each now being ia a hospital with no hope of recovery. They are Charies Polognio, 35 years of age, and Tony Triolo, 13 years of age, both of whom are terribly burned. The burned house is'in the center of a row of three-story tenements, extending the length of the block and was occupied by Italians. The fire is supposed to have started in the cellar of the grocery of Antonio Glambalvos oun the ground floor. In the cellar was stored inflam- mable material and the flames spread with lightning rapidity. All the occu- pants were asleep at the time and there was much delay in sounding the first alarm. The Glambalvos family lived in the rear of the store and succeeded in get- | ting out of the bullding, but before the | occupants on the In Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, ! build in each case as seems the most | Jacob Litt is believed | Knobe will | upper floors were aroused their escape had been cut off. Before the firemen arrived the fire had communicated to the adjoining tene- ment, but its occujants had sufficlent warning and all escaped. The work of the firemen was greatly hampered for a time by the crowds of frenzied Italians Who filled the streets. The tenants in nearly ail the neighbor- ing buildings dragged their household goods out of the buildings and with them blockaded the way of the fire apparatus. All the bodies were found in the rear | room on the third floor and it was evi- | dent that all had been suffocated in their efforts to reach the fire escape at the back of the building. The two who were rescued were found in the lower hallway soon after the firemen reached the scene. Working their way through the bullding, the heap of dead on the third floor and | within a short time succeeded in tak- | ing out nine Bodies, but the last was not found until after 8 o’clock this morning. In his intervals of consciousness, Po- lognic cried for his wife and children, | . but the physicians fear the knowledge | Leonario Grosseppi. aged —_— Grossuep, . E. Hussey, R. M. Reade, P.| Fletcher, M. Meckard, Mrs. M. A. Locheo, J. Myerfelder, B. L. Bour- neane, H. T. Edsell, A. F. Hall, Mrs. F. B. Hall, C. D. Cailahan, K. W. Seaney. ¥ of their death would kill him and have not told him of their fate. The dead: The mother and two small children of the Polognio family; Mara- dio Triolo, his wife and three children; Marie Ambrosio and her 18-year-old daughter; Mary Ga¥gnoi, aged 18, and 30. ————— Denver Newspaper Man Dead. DENVER, Nov. 20.—Albert E. L. Troy, a well-known newspaper man, . H. Wicking, M. Gillmore, ] died suddenly here to-day as the re- sult of an attack of grippe. Troy was news editor of the Post and previous to coming to Denver for his health was managing editor of the Munsey publications in New York. A wife survives him. | 20.—Smothered | the rescuers discovered ' Parents. Courtland 8. Benedict, president of | the Hastings Clothing Company, and his wife are lying in the shadow of death at their home, 328 Valencia street, sufferers from the inhalation of illuminating gas, by which they were nearly asphyxiated late Saturday night, Although every remedy known to med- ical science is being resorted to in an effort to revive them, up to a late hour yesterday they were still unconscious. Their attending physicians, Drs. Ken- yon and Stevens, however, have not abandoned hope of saving their- pa- tients and last evening they expressed the belief that Mrs. Benedict, whose condition is apparently less serious than that of her husband, is slowly showing signs of improvement. The accident was due to a leaky gas cock. It had lgng been a habit of Courtland Benedict to read in bed, and to afford himself all possible comfort in gratifying this desire he recently had a droplight connected with the gas jet in his bedroom and placed near the head of his bed. SERVANT GIVES ALARM. Saturday night he and his wife, after an evening at home, retired at about 11 o'clock and for an hour thereafter Benedict enjoyed his customary read- ing. Finally he turned off the light at his bedside and went to sleep. Later in the night Egbert Benedict, son of the unfortunate couple, returned home and went direct to his room, littie sus- pecting that at that very moment his parents were in dangef of death. A few minutes before 8 o'clock yes terday morning a servant rapped at the door of the room to arouse Mr. and Mrs. Benedict for breakfast. Re- ceiving no response he knocked again and again. Suddenly he detected the odor of gas and then young Benedict was hastily summoned. Hurrying to the apartments of his parents the anx- ious son forced the door and made the startling discovery. WIFE SHOWS IMPROVEMENT. The room was filled with gas fumes and the stentorious breathing of the : -+ BRYAN REACHES FOR THE REINS | Nebraskan Begins Campaign CUT OFF FROM FIRE ESCAPES to the Regain Democratic Control of Party Spectal Dispatch to The Cail CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—William J. Bryan has begun his active campaign for regaining control of the Democratic organization. Autograph letters to ap- proximately twenty leading Democrats have recently gone out from Lincoln. In these letters Bryan suggested the advisability of an early meeting for counsel and exchange of views on the | political situation. He said that no definite day was in mind, but asked | his correspondents to recommend the time and meeting place that would be convenient. The roster of Bryan's twenty leading Democrats is fully kngwn and there are good reasons for believing Judge Parker was not included. Neither were several other prominemt New York Democrats, who figured as Parker's chief supporters in the recent disas- trous campaign. Representative Hearst, now said to be grooming again for the nomination for President in 1908, has been written to. One of th: letters was to a Democrat of wide reputation, who was in Wash- ington a few days ago. This man, who really has some authority to speak in behalf of his party, replied, discourag- ing the project for a meeting. He as- serted his belief that it would be better to eschew discussion of Democratic policies for the present. Time would show better what it was wisest to do. In his judgment there was no occasion for stirring up questions of organiza- tion at this time. Bryan, leading Democrats say, can make no valid claim to leadership simply because Judge Parker has gone down ingloriously. He lost his own State of Nebraska four years ago. In the late campaign he was seeking hon- | ors through the election of a Legisla- ture that would send him to the United States Senate. The people of Nebraska expressed disapproval of his ambition. ik | GOVERNORS SEEK PRESIDENT. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Governor Odell of New York arrived in Washing- ton to-night and had a conference with the President. On leaving the White House the Governor said he talked with the President on several matters, the postmastership of New York City being touched on incidentally. He declared he had not a candidate for either United States Senator or Postmaster. Governor Cummins of Towa and Gov- ernor Van Sant of Minnesota arrived here to-night. Governor Cummins said his visit was in connection with a dis- pute which had arisen between the Shiloh Park Commission and the Jowa | State Commission in reference to the location of monuments. The Governor will call on the President to-morrow. He said he thought an extra session of | Congress should be convoked for revis- {{on of the tariff alone, and that this | matter should be disassociated from ev- | ery other question. ¥ | Governor Van Sant said he was here | to Interview Secretary Shaw on a per- sonal matter. He said he would see | President Roosevelt to-morrow and perhaps would have something to say regarding his visit after that interview. ———————————— Former Governor Thompson Dead. NEW YORK, Nov. 20. — Hugh Thompson, former Governor of South Carolina, died to-night, aged 68 years. In recent years he was comptroller of the New York Life Insurance Com- pany. | | | | | i | | | | nected BENEDICT HOUSEHOLD —— Prominent Merchant and Wife Are Asphyxiated by Gas. occupants proved to the young man that the lives of his mother and father | were in the balance. The entire house- hold was summoned, windows were raised and every effort made to dissi- pate the deadly fumes and to animate the half lifeless forms. When Drs. Kenyon and Stevens ar- rived they found Mr. and Mrs. Bene- dict near death and it was with little hope for success that they entered on their task of reviving them. After eral hours’ work Mrs. Benedict's breathing showed more regularity, and as night approached the doctors ex- pressed the opinion that she might re- cover. It was not until late in the day that the real source of the gas escape was discovered. The rubber tube that con- with the droplight had been carelessly attached to the jet and the moving of the droplight had loosened the upper end of the tube. ERCHANT . WAS YXIATED. WHO, ACCI- —— made at the home of the Benedicts by iends Courtland Benedict is president of the Hastings Clothing Company., @ The news of the unfortunate acci- | prominent member of the Masonic ore dent quickly spread about town yester- | der and ranks among the best knows day and many anxious inquiries were ! men in California. Al TWO HUGE MASTODON TUSKS ON EXHIBITIO HIS W LLY ASP DENTA’ % T In 1902 a lady by the name of Alice B. Peterson was collecting curios in Alaska. She started from Southeastern Alaska, going beyond Nome, almost to the Arctic Circle, over to the Keewalik River, on Kotzebue Sound. While she was stopping at the Keewallk Road House some Eskimos, headed by Captain Popick, also a native, pulled ashore in their skin boats two huge mas- todon tuskg. They related the following interesting story They went up the Buckland River to a point 500 miles from Nome and 200 miles south by west from the Arctic circle and learned about the huge tusks that had been seen by other natives, under the Buckland Glacler The existence of the tusks was known to the natives for . even back for two generations, although previous efforts to extract them had been futile, as they were buried in the Ice about 16 faet under the water of the river which flowed past the glacier. The water in the Buckland River is very clear. In fact. it is possible to count the pebbles in the bottom. Though the tusks were sily seen. the natives found it impossible to extricate them, as the current of the river at this point was very strong. Between the 10th and 15th of August, 1302 Buckland River was the lowest in history of the stream, kno Captain Popick and his small band then determined to procure the tusks. After several days’ hard work the tusks were secured, although two natives were drowned in the endeavor. Loading their prize on beats, they drifted down the river to Eschschoitz Bay, and thence to the mouth of the Keewalik River. As soon as Miss Peterson viewed the tusks she negotiated with the natives for them. and after much parleying she made the Eskimos a cash offer to- gether with some goods in trade. They accepted, and the curlos were at once shipped to the United States. Upon learning about the tusks S. N. Wood & Co., 740 Market street. secured them for a two weeks’ exhibit. The tusks are each 12 feet in length, 20 inches in circumference at the base and weigh together 350 pounds. Scientists consider these the largest tusks extant, as the longest hereicfors found measured only 11 feet. Another peculiar feature is the unusual curve of (he;e specimens. When placed with the points together they form a graceful arch, They are solid ivory, and at the figure ivory is worth. $1.50 a pound. the ac- tual value of the tusks from a commercial standpoint is $1225.00. However, as curios. they are worth several thousands of dollars. Mastodons are supposed to have mhabited the earth at some prehistoric pe- riod when the Arctic region was a tropical country. Scientiflc research has de- veloped certain facts which show that the frozen north was once a sunny clime. Bamboo, purely a native of tropical lands, has been found buried In the ice and well preserved to this day. If the mastodon was as in proportion to his, the size of this enormous mammal is almost beyon comprehension. Everybody is welcome to view the display, which is the first and last time the tusks will be exhibited. They have been purchased by a Southern California millionaire. who soon remove them to his private collection. The purchase was made Wi morning in S. N. Wood & Co.'s 740 Market-street store. the water in the m to the natives. in proportion to his tusks as the elephant is human