The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 30, 1904, Page 1

ber 30: San Francisco and southeast winds, A thirty hours ending midnight, Novem- Wednesday, with rain; brisk to high Fresno—Cloady Wednesday, probably rain by night; fresh southeast winds. District vicinity—Cloudy S G. McADIE, Forecaster. 183 VOLUME XCVI—NO. the Corner. hem." ORPHEUM- TIVOLI-* CENTRAL—"'The Little Church Arcund COLUMBIA—"Her Own Way."” CHUTES—Vaudeville. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. GRAND—"“The Show Girl. LYRIC HALL—"The Star of Bethle- MAJESTIC—In Mizzoura. Vaudeville. Matines to-day ‘King Dodo.” -—_ SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TO COUNTESS CZAYKOWSKY MEMBER OF THE VANDERBILT FAMILY GETS HER DECREE 1IN PARIS. 1T THROAT )k RANCHER, Victim's Appeals| for Mercy Are | GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER COMMODORE VANDERBILT, DI- | | VORCED IN PARIS. | 3 PARIS, Nov. 20.—The first tribunal of the Seine decided to-day in favor of Countess Czaykowsky, formerly Miss dith L. Coliins of New York, and a great-granddaughter of Commodore Vanderbilt, in her application for a divorce from her husband, Count Czay- OF | kowsky, Secretary of the Tutkish Le- gation at The Hague. The decree awards the wife the care of the chil- [onored., | SUN Wyo., Nov. 20.—The| ster pearance of James on October 19 has a onfession of Willie 3 boy. Erickson | er 19, while Gar- | If belonging to ks as met by Otlo ,anded him to re- | n reply knocked | and attempted to | The boy was too tt three times ‘ his horse, still alive, | ragged him into | e cut his throat his appeals for returned to the rope to the feet| ce to a new hid- | vs later Willie and | on a horse and positing it where | it wa 2 ¥ searching parties. —— FOOTPAD IS BELIEVED TO BE BROTHER OF VICTIM | Startling Developments Follow the | Brutal Beating and Robbery of Portland Woman. TLAND, Or., Nov, 29.—While me last evening at 6:30 Miss Anna Gavin was choked most brutal fashion and robbed - contents of her purse in front rst Evangelical Church, near ome on East Seventh street. To- | t the young woman's brother no- | tified the police of the disappearance | f their brother, William Gavin. The | of the missing brother utal assailant are so similar r Gavin had finished his tale | in Moore immediately inquired | /illiam had not taken his | The reply was a halt- r thing about the robbery | the attentioi of the de- the brutal robber re- e of his victim after g the contents and she found ! v after regaining consciousness. d are the police of the am Gavin that when he | be arrested on charge t on and robbery of his sister. —_——— HAS VICTIMS IN FIFTEEN GANG STATES Charged With Fleecing Farmers Out of Over a Quarter of a Million Dollars. BEND, Ind Nov. 29.— Thoi Clark, alias “Red” Austin, formerly Patrick Davis of Cincinnatl, held here for swindling a farmer out | of $5000, but whose friends got the | farmer out of the way, is through powerful Chicago influence seeking to secure the $10,000 bail required, Prosecutor Clarke says the Clark gang had sixty victims, mostly farm- e in fifteen different States, who ributed $265,000. ————— Philadelphia Brokers Assign. \ PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28.—J. B, Fleshman & Co., brokers, made an as- signment to-day. The risé in the rice of stocks is given as the reason 'or the failure. No statement of as- sets and liabilities has been made. 1 { SOUTH dren. The Count pleaded the Turkish law gave him control of the children above 7 years of age, but the court sustained the Countess’ plea that the Turkish law is inapplicable to persons resident outside of Turkey. ——— PARKER DIED BY OWN HAND FOR ILOVE OF GIRL Coroner’s Jury Finds More Evidence of Death Pact Between Railroad Man and Stenographer. CINCINNATI, Nov. 29.—Coroner Weaver to-day rendered a verdict in the case of C. A. Parker, vice presi- dent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton and Pere Marquette railroads, who died here suddenly in his office November 19, finding that death was caused by suicide with prussic acid. Parker’s death at the time was sup- posed to have been from natural causes, no autopsy being held, and the body was forwarded to St. Louis for burial. On the day of Parker’s burial, | however, and almost at the hour of | his funeral, Miss Eilsie Gesterling died | by her own hand in Chicago. It de- veloped that she had been his stenog- | rapher in Denver angd that there was | a story of improper relations between | them. The stepfather of Miss Gestep- ling said after her death that he be- lieved that Parker and Miss Gester- ling had agreed to die together. It was shown that just previous to | Parker's death he had visited Miss | Gesterling in Chicago. ——— MANY POINTS ARE SCORED IN LAND FRAUD CASES Important Witnesses for the Govern- ment Give Damaging Evidence Against the Defendants. PORTLAND, Nov. 29.—By detail after detail the Government during to- day’s session of the land fraud trial establishdd the circumstances of the alleged conspiracy. Point after point was adduced to show the relations be- tween Puter and Mrs. Watson. This came out in the testimony of Wells A. Bell, United States Commissioner of Prineville, who saw Mrs. Watson sign the name of Willlam J. Porter in the presence of 8. A. D. Puter, and the testimony of W. A. Richards, Commis- sioner of the General Land Office, who arrived from Washington, D. C., last night. Richards said he saw them to- gether, with United States Senator Mitchell, in Washington on the occa- expediting the consideration of the al- leged fraudulent claims and rushing the patents thereto. ——— EDNA WALLACE HOPPER'S SUIT UP ON APPEAL Actress’ Struggle for the Dunsmuir Millions Is Resumed in*the ~Vancouver Court, VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 29.—The suit of Edna Wallace Hopper came up on appeal fo-day in Vancouver. | This is the second important move in the battle for the $2,000,000 astate left by the late Alexander Dunsmuir, who died in January, 1900, in New York. It was last June that the evi- dencé was heard in the longest le case ever heard in the court of province. Justice Drake gave ’Jntdh“; ment for the defendant. From decision the plaintiff is now appealing. { |sion of-an alleged call to see about ! 4 OURT GRANTS A DIVORCE |MRS. CHADWICK SAYS SHE IS DAUGHTER OF ANDREW CARNEGIE| Woman's Creditors Expect the Steel King to Settle. o+ | | brought into the great | | rowing capacity. + EW YORK, Nov. 29.—Andrew Carnegie has been sensational manner. Not only does Mrs. Chadwick claim to hold a note for $500,000, signed by Carnegie, but she declares further that she is his daughter. Carnegie denies that he ever made a note for $500,000 to the woman. Mrs. Chadwick used this note to prove the claim that she was his daughter, and she also utilized her alleged rela- tionship to the ironmaster as the chief stock in her bor- | | I i | + Chadwick mystery in a most NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—Sensational | developments in the case of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick followed in rapid succession to-day. George E. Ryall, local counsel | for Herbert B. Newton, who has ) brought suit against Mrs. Chadwick, said his client had told him of having been shown a note for $500,000 by Mrs. Chadwick, to which the name of An- drew Carnegie was signed. denied that he had ever seen Mrs. Chadwick or had any business dealing with her. At Oberlin, Ohio, it was learned that Mrs. Chadwick had obtained loans amounting to $240,000 from the Citizens National Bank and $102,000 from the bank’s president personally. The Car- negie note is believed to have been de- posited in this bank. In Cleveland there was a ‘“‘run” on the Wade Park Bank, an institution which is said to hold securities placed by Mrs, Chadwick. A Boston dispatch says that the se- evrities given by Mrs. Cassie Chadwick fr $190,800, loaned to her by Newton, are really worthless, but for reasons which they will not discuss for publica- tion Newton and his attorney believe a settlement will be made before the hearing in Cleveland next Thursday. EXPECT CARNEGIE TO PAY. The presence of Andrew Carnegie's signature to the $500,000 note, it is saia, makes Attornev Carver and Mr. New- ton believe that there will be a prompt settlcment. It is even intimated that the settlement will be made in spite of any proof that Carnegie's signature was forged. Altorney Carver said to- night: “In Mr. Newton’s bill of complaint, which has been filed in the suit against Mrs. Chadwick, Newton alleges that as an inducement for him to lend Mrs. Chadwick $190,800, Mrs. Chadwick showed him a note for $500,000, which was signed by a man whom Mr. New- ton believed to be fully responsible as one who could stand behind such a loan as was required. I prefer not to state what name was signed to the note, but you can say that we do not contradict the statement that the note bore the signature of Andrew Carne- gle,” Carver stated in conclusion that Car- negie’s repudiation of the note for $500,000 was not at all expected. CONFERENCE OF CREDITORS. A meeting of Mrs. Chadwick's cred- itors was held here to-day and was présided over by George E. Ryall, the New York attorney for Herbert New- ton of Brookline, Mass., who is suing Mrs. Chadwick for the recovery of $190,800 lent her on notes. Ryall to- day issued the following statement: “Therc was a conference at my office at which there were present Mr. New- ton, Mr. Carver of Boston, Judge John Albaugh of Canton, of counsel for Mrs. Chadwick, and myself. On behalf of Mrs. Chadwick, Judge Albaugh re- quested that the receivership proceed- ings be put off until Thursday, at which time he will have her affairs in some kind of shape. This was agreed tn and Mr. Newton and Mr. Carver went back to boston on a late train. “Mr. vton said that he had seen a note for $500,000 which was given by Mrs. Chadwick as collateral for a loan from the Citizens' National Bank of Oberlin, O., which failed yesterday. My client told me that this note carried the signature ‘Andrew Carnegie.’ This will have to come out sooner or later, so I shall tell it now.” MR. CARNEGIE'S DENIAL. The following statement was made by Carnegie's secretary: “Mr, Carnegie read this report and pronounced it absurd. Mr. Carnegie dces not know the woman at all.” Subsequently Ryall said the receiver- ship proceedings in the Chadwick case in Cleveland were postponed to enable Mrs. Chadwick to make a settlement of Newton’s claim. “It was the understanding last night,” said Ryall, “that Mrs. Chad- wick would settle a large part of-New- ton’s claim in cash and give security for the balance.” ~ Ryall did not know that Mrs. Chad- wick had secured the funds necessary. Ryall was asked to-day if it might be possible that the name “Andrew Carnegie” had been forged, and re- plied: “If that is so, less than forty-eight hours will elapse before some one is under arrest.” HEARING IS CONTINUED. CLEVELAND, Nov. 20.—At the open- ing of court to-day it was announced that the hearing of Mrs. Cassie Chad- wick in connection with the suit brought against her by Herbert B. Newton of Brookline, Mass., had been continued till Thursday. The hearing was continued by consent of the attor- neys representing hesllsides. Mrs. Chadwick was not in court. She was represented by Attorney John H. Clarke of this city. After the formali- ties in court Clarke said he had been retained in the case only yesterday. He declined to say whether or not he ex- pected Mrs. Chadwick to attend the hearing next Thursday. ‘The report to the effect that Andrew Carnegie's nange appears on a note for $500,000 given by Mrs. Chadwick as se- curity for a loan from the Ci: Na- tional Bank of Oberlin was persistently circulated here to-day. Carnegie | — | rounding towns on a big scale. Leading | | bankers have said that they have fre- quently loaned Mrs. Chadwick from $25,000 to $100,000 en notes indorsed by wealthy persens. The notes, however, it is said, usually have i been paid promptly when due. N\ MAY EFFECT A SETTLEMENT. Ira Reynolds, secretary and treasurer !of the Wade Park Banking Company, refuses to make any statement con- | cerning the notes given by Mrs. Chad- wick to his bank as collateral and which are also reported to bear the in- . dorsement of Andrew Carnegie. There is said to be a possibility, that the mo- tion for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the securities, amounting to 5,000,000, held in trust by Ira Reynolds for Mrs. Chadwick will not come to an argument. It was said by one of the attorneys for Mrs. Chad- wick to-day that a continuance was asked for in view of the negotiations for a settlement. There is every evidence, the attorneys say, that the affair will be adjusted and that the appointment of a receiver will not be necessary. “Is Mrs. Chadwick really Lydia De- vere, the ex-conviet?” is now the gues- tion that is agitating Cleveland. Cir- cumstances w-ould indicate that Mrs. Cassie Chadwck was formerly Eliza- | beth Bigley of Woodstock, Ont., and this same Elivabeth Bigley and Mme. Devere, who served a term in an Ohio prison are believed to be the same per- son. OBERLIN, Chio, Nov. 29.—It is stat- ;g ilg:ul';.hllc-dm- Oni what ut:el}eved :‘2 sautlority (that the amou lent 1o Mr:‘(' Lfifl‘g‘%lw by the Cit- izens’ National Bank of Oberlin, which' failed yesterday, was $240,000. This is said to be exclusive of the $102,000 lent by President Beckwith and Cashier Spear personally to Mrs. Chadwick. A meeting of the directors of the failed Citizens’ Bank was held to= night. Director J. R. Randolph made the startling announcement that the signature on the collateral notes for $500,000 and $250,000 on which Mrs. Chadwick was loaned money was not worth a dollar. He said he had seen the notes and they were not signed by Andrew Carnegie; that such a story was ridiculous. In his opinion, Ran- dolph said, the signature did not add a dollar to the value of the paper. — e L CALIFORNIA GAMECOCK KILLS FOX_ IN DUEL Sacramento Bird Resents Attempt by an Eastern Reynard to Dine Upon It. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov. 29.— An example of the grit of the game- cock has been reported by Frank E. Carroll, a farmer and bird fancler, who lives between this city and Long- port. About three weeks ago he re- ceived a fine gray gamecock from Sacramento, Cal. Early this morning Carroll was awakened by the loud cackling of every fowl he owned. He LADY CURZONS SISTER A BRIDE NANCY. LEI | PRESIDENT DENOUNCES A EDITOR ‘Boston Newspaper Incurs His Dis- pleasure. —_— Department Chiefs Are Or- dered to Give It No Information. Sequel to Sensational Canard Reflect- ing Upon Mr. Roosevelt and His Children. A M Spectal Dlu:lc_h_fo The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The Presi- dent caused to be issued late this aft- ernoon the mest remarkable document that ever emanated from' the White House. It has to do with the Thanks- giving turkey sent to the White House by Horace Vose of Rhode Island and with charges of cruelty brought against President Roosevelt’s children. A Boston paper printed an account of how the Roosevelt children had chased the Vose turkey all over the White House grounds, plucking at it until it was exhausted, while the Presi- dent looked on and laughed. The same paper printed editorial comments of a severe nature against the President and his children for their inhumanity. The President makes a long denial through Loeb, his private secretary, and follows this with an order that the representatives of the offending paper are to be denied all facilities for infor- mation in the various departments. The statement follows: “The President’s attention has just been called to a news item and an edi- torial which contain an absolute in- vention in the shape of an account of the supposed maltreatment by his chil- dren of the Thanksgiving turkey which Mr. Vose kindly sent to the White House in accordance with his usual custom. “The article states that the children released the turkey and chased it all over the White House grounds, pluck- ing at it and teasing it and yelling and laughing until the bird was well nigh exhausted, while the President looked on and laughed. “The editorial contained the follow- ing: ‘Why should the Roosevelt chil- dren be allowed to torment and fright- en an innocent bird * * * They should have known better than to make a plaything of a terrified bird. The worst of it was that the President watched the proceedings and laughed.’ “There is not one word of truth in these statements. As a matter of fact, the turkey was dressed when Mr. Vose sent it and was used for the Thanks- hurried to the barnyard. There lay giving dinner. There was a bronze a large fox, dead, while the game-|live turkey sent by Messrs. J. Bach cock was vainly tryihg to free his|& Co. of Milwaukee. This turkey was spurs from the head of the fox. never taken out of its box, but was Carroll found that one of the bird’s | shipped to Oyster Bay because of its spurs had penetrated the right eye of | beauty and is living peacably with the the fox and entered the brain. The |rest of the inhabitants of the barnyard. thin wires in front of the coop where | No such incident as that recounted has the bird was kept were torn apart, | ever taken place since the President showing that the fox had endeavored | has been in the White House and noth- to make a meal of the gamecock, |ing in the remotest degree resembling which escaped and, flylng at the fox, | it has ever taken place. managed to sink a spur into its eye. “The correspondent of the Boston pa- ) —_——— LOLITA ARMOUR CURED \ OF HIP DISLOCATION ‘Walks With Scarcely Perceptible Limp After Final Theatment by Dr. Lorenz. 2 NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—Lolita Ar- mour, the little Chicago heiress, who was treated by Dr. Lorenz for con- genital dislocation of the hip during his visit to this country, returned to- day from Europe, where she was for a time again under the care of the famous specialist. She comes back al- most entirely cured, her limp being scarcely_ perceptible. ——— DRUNKEN FARMER WIPES OUT HIS ENTIRE FAMILY Kentucky Man Shoots His Wife and Four Children and Then : Himself. i ASHLAND, Ky. Nov. 29.—The murder of a whole family by ‘the drunken husband and father is re- ported from near Shelby, Pike Coun-! ty, Ky. Enrich Sloan, a farmer, went home from Shelby in a drunken con- dition and shot and killed his wife and four small children and then shot himself gead. ——————— CHINESE PEDDLER BEATEN AND PLACED ON TRACK SAN JOSE, Nov. 29.—Tan Poy, a Chinese vegetable peddler, was knocked unconsclous last night by ~men and vhcedmon ‘the railroad | per has deliberately invented and the editor has commented upon incidents which are not only untrue, but which have not the flimsiest foundation in fact. This is not exceptional; it marks the culmination of a long series of sim- ilar falsehoods, usually malicious, and always deliberate, which have appeared in the news columns of the Boston pa- per. “Until further notice the departments will exclude the individuals responsi- ble for this series of misstatements from all facilities for information.” PSS S — FRENCH STUDENTS DEFEND NAME OF JOAN OF ARC Great Riot Follows What They Con- sider an Insult to Her Memory. PARIS, Nov. 29.—There was a vio- lent student demonstration to-day in connection with the alleged insults' to the memory of Joan of Arc made re- cently at the Lycee Condorcet by a professor of history. A crowd of 300 students made bonfires of copies of Socialist newspapers, engaged in a demonstration before the Louvre and charged a detachment of police. A llv:g scuffie followed, during which a dozen arrests, including that of a girl student and the son of a former prefect of police, were made. e e g MME. CALVE STRICKEN WITH APPENDICITIS Has Sudden Attack in Vienna and Doctors Fear an Overation Will Be Necessary. VIENNA, Nov. 29.—Madame Calve, who has been making an nded tour of Europe, disappointed a fash- jonable audience hna. to-night. It announced that was taken i1l ac?&. t is feared EARL OF SUFFOLK IS 'BEST MAN" AT WEDDING | TER TO MAJOR COLIN CAMFPBELL EGINS WAR UPON FAKE 1. MEDICINES Government Causes Many Arrests in Chicago. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—The war of the Government on ‘“fake” medicines broke out in Chicago to-day. Acting on evi- dence gathered by the authorities in ‘Washington and in other larger cities, Federal detectives, assisted by the Chi- cago police, to-day made raids on places where bogus drugs are sald to be made, confiscated four patrol wagon loads of “medicine,” and arrested five persons for misusing the mails. This was the result of the Government’s at- tack, which is said to be national in scope, and likely to result in scores of arrests in different cities. The evidence upon which the arrests of to-day were made was based upon a chemical analysis made by Dr. Virgil Coblentz, professor at Columbia Uni- versity, at the request of Government authoritles. He found that “triethy- late,” sold to druggists as a substitute for “trional,” a sleep-producing medi- cine, acted as an irritant instead of healing. This “doctored” drug was being disposed of at 2 cents an ounce, while the genuine article sold for $1 50 an ounce. An analysis of aristol, sold as a sub- stitute for iodoform, proved that it con- tained 75 per cent of fuller’s earth, col- ored with iron rust. “There is no doubt that the use of these drugs has cost many lives,” said Inspector Campbell of Postal Inspector Stuart’s office. “The fraud extends throughout the country.” —_—ee——— YANKEE LAD 1S SUPPOSED TO BE VICTIM OF SPANIARDS Youthful Colton Globe Trotter, It Is Feared, Met His Death Off Canary Islands. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29.—Roswell Button of Colton, a globe trotting lad aged 17 years, is reported to have been murdered, together with several ship- mates, off Puerto de la Luz, Canary Islands. Young Button, who left Colton a year ago and set out to see the world as a sailor, had already ‘“roughed it” on three continents. In his last letter, dated Canary Islands, October 23, he wrote his sister, Mrs. McGili, that he was tired of traveling and anxious to get back home. He said they were about to leave for Cuba and added sig- nificantly: “I will be very glad, for the people here are all Spaniards and they don’t like the Yankee3. Life is_almost un- ‘bearable.” , It is supposed Button ;.;q his com- CHICAGO BELLE WHO IS NOW THE WIFE OF AN OFFICER IN THE BRITISH ARMY. — ey CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The mar- riage of Miss Noncy Carver Leiter to Major Colin Powys Campbell took place at the Leiter residence, on Dupont cor- cle, at noon to-day. It was a quiet af- fair, in contrast to the brilliant wed- ding of the elder daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Leiter to Lord Curzon nine years ago. Only the family of the bride was present at the ceremony to-day. The announcement of the date of the wedding was not made until this morn- ing, though Major Campbell procured a marriage license yesterday soon after his arrjval in Washington. The rl of Suffolk was best man and Miss Daisy Leiter the only bridesmaid. The bridal gown was nearly all of lace, exquisitely fine point, draped over satin. Jt followed modish lines in de- sign and the bride’s well-known prefer- ence for a collarless bodice. The en- veloping veil of tulle added a most be- coming touch, and the flowers carried were a beautiful adaptation of the English shower bouquet—a great cluster of lilies of the valley and white orchids and white gauze ribbon loops, each fin- ished with a spray of lilies. The Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, rector of St. John's Church, performed the marriage ceremony. Late this after- noon Major and Mrs. Campbell started for a quiet honeymoon. In a short time the couple will return to England and from there go to India, where Major Campbell's regiment, the Central India Cavalry, will give a rousing weicome to his bride. FRENCH DECORATION FOR SPEAKER CANNON His Office, However, Will Not Permit of the Acceptance of the Honor. PARIS, Nov. 29.—Speaker Joseph G. Cannon of the United States House of Representatives was among those recently decorated by France. The rank conferred upon him, it was stat- ed, was chevalier of the Legion of Honor, but it is understood that his office precludes the acceptance of the title. —_—ee———— National W. C, T. U. in Session. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.—The thirty-first annual convention of the National Women’s Christian Temper- ance Union began here to-day in the Baptist Temple. Five hundred dele- gates, representing every State and Territory in the Union, are In attend- ance at the convention. The chief feature of to-ddy’s programme was the annual address of Mrs. Lilllan M. N. Stevens of Portland, Me., presi- dent of the organization. —————e Condition of Los Angeles Banks. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—Reports made to the Comptroller of Currency showing the condition of the national banks of Los Angeles at the close of business November 10 give the follow- ing figures: Loans and discounts, $19,- 618,394; gold coin reserve in banks, $3.- d fractional coin, $4,724.- individual deposits, $24,542,621. Per- centage of legil reserve to deposits,