The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1904, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1904 LONDONERSLOST | IN BLACK FOC Street Traffic Almost Com-| pletely Stopped and a Num- ber of Accidents Occurred WEIRD NIGHT SCENE| Torch Boys Do a Rushing: Trade in Piloting Pe- destrians About the City Dec. 21.—London was en- | day a black fog, more | ssed during the | years, many places the | was almost completely stopped atest care was necessary to s, a number of which | le traffic in the most sections of the center of Lon- stopped. Singular- ick in the East d, but within a Trafalgar Square so opaque that r way. witnessed were iculous and the weird. The most | only served to ible. Torch boys and they did a rush- iroad trains were all i lete! e e.——— YOUNG KING OF SPAIN | IN QUEST OF A BRIDE | Alfonso to Visit Paris, Berlin and London to Select His | Queen. MADRID, Dec. 21.—King Alfonso | [ will visit Paris, Berlin and London in February isters of W Government has decided to modify the law s0o as to admit of the g of a field marshalship in nish army on the German Em- accompanied by his Min- or a German Princess. His advisers are planning that Queen of Spain shall be a an of the greatest possible power, 1l promote the regenerative am- s of the country. Majesty’s FIGHT CARDINALS MAY BE CREATED IN FEBRUARY is highly prob- hold a con- romination is disposed to on of new Cardinals, ry del Val, the papal that it is acred College g the propor- There are ME ADVERTISEME! CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL LA Donation Days December22, 23 and24 . Donations of money and supplies thankfylly received at ; 114 POST ST. W. & J. SLOANE & CO.’S. Shopping Bags | v above is a well lase bags of lors, some as $1.50, de and 25¢ her bags in pes and leathers, 00 up 1o $10.00 THAT MAN PITTS, PITTS. The Stationer, ARKET ST., opp. Fifth, §. F. CUTLERY EVERY BLADE WARRANTED losed and the density in- | | and Foreign Affairs. The | that during his journey the | be betrothed either to an | ! holds the respect FIRE DEPARTMENT HERGES ARE PRESENTED NAN PATTERSON TH MEDALY 1 1 TY HALL ROTUNDA. 'Scannell Tokens Given Brave Men by Mayor| — LRCELKE. ’ v mwo v ” | (a3 TERS / HONT~ Lawrercs,/YRS5A. PrOTOS | +- = + ES O MITZ YESTERDAY DECORA! w [ SCANNELL MEDAL IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR BRAVE X RISK THEIR LIVES TO SAVE THE LIVES OF | | OTHERS. THE BOY'S RESCUER ALSO RECEIVED ADDITIONAL GIFTE. g s | - i 2 | ] tic | - Two heroes of the local Fire De- | tion He se ° | their acts speak for themselves; but partment who won the last i lives from the flames were decorated yesterday with the Scannell medal as a reward for their bravery. Aug Engelke and Claude Brownell distinction during the men thus honored, and, though each was lly heroic, ct that Engelke ced ife to sav le child aroused eater sent favor and in addition to Sca edal he was presented 1 gold badge by the Califorr for the Prevention of Cruel dren and a gold watch by Colonel the Andrews, proprietor of the Diamond Palace. The presentation ceremony took place in the grand rotunda of the City Hall, in which a handsomely decorated platform had been erected. Mayor Schmitz presided and the families and friends of the firemen and those that had been saved from death through their brave crowded the fioors that reach far up into the deme to applaud his eloguent tribute to the men that Luad been summoned to accept reward for the faithful performance of their duty. Prior to the delivery of the address by the Mayor a quartet, composed of Michael and Fred Scanlan, James E. ;ahue and Robert Davis, sang a g dedicated to the Fire Department to those whos= con- recognition. d clu carry out ef Scanneil ngineer, that t meritorious In including gal- aman life. And it will be to and hereafter whe stiil frrther the Fire Depart it ehall be invested the late Chief ncome a medal, instructions thi bequest to be known nedal,” after our prsent . be purchased each year ion to some hero of the force of Department of San Francisco superio: other city on the globe, when' 1 se i and ability and bec not_only holds the love f his men, b use, in_addition, he d love and has the sup- port of every citizen of San Fri Dever orders his men 'to preced aces of danger; he always tells them to fol- iow lim and he will show them the way And Lis courageous spirit Inspires every man of the department and such men cannot to distinguish the branch of municipal serv they represen Bt T now want to call upon Claude Brown. ell, driver of engine company ‘17, to step for Werd that I may present to him the Scannell medsl, which always stands for bravery, but before placing it in his bands I want to tell you of his act that bas won for him this dis- ction. “nBrvl'nefl drove with his engine up to the fire, which was in the Linwood Hotel at 18 Mason street, and quickly discovered a man clinging to the window ledwe of a fifth story window on the side of the bullding. To jump would have been certain death and it was inte impossible for him to go back into the room on account of fire there. The window being situated on the side of the building he could not be reached by a fire escape and the carry- ing of a ladder to the roof of the adjoining low bullding and thence to the window would ve tuken considerable vzluable time to exe- cute. Brownell on the instant sized up the situa. tle to save human | ed, Mayor Schmitz rose and said: | rosttt MEDAL STANDS FOR BRAVERY. : * said the Mayor in conclusion, ng to Brownell, “I take great| ure in pre ting this badge to you, because it always stands for brav- | and vou have bravely won it."” have only done my duty,” said Brownell, “but I wish to thank you| {and all for the honor you have con- ferred upon me, and assure you that I| will endeavor to continue to do my du as I find it and bend every ef- fort to g phold the good name of the partment.” - : Browneill was heartily cheered when | he took his seat. | ‘And now I want to tell you the| story of the heroism of August En- ” said Mayor Schmitz, “and I| is a story vou all will ap-| Continuing, the Mayor said: , June 11, 1903, August | with his company to an e fire was in a_four-story | at 20 Vandewat eet. Upon | « scene of the fire Engelks was there was a small child locked | n the third floor of the e practice of its parents 10 lock it in said room during the daytime while abscnt at thelr daily vocations. | Engelke rushed through the burning hall- | | way and reached the door of the room in - id was. Finding the door locked to =ain an entrance ther>from, he “n the door of the adjoining room o-d out_on the' window ledge. He ng the narrow ledge and swung | celf to tue l:dge of the window of the room in which the chill was and, entering rescued the child. Engelke's face s were badly scorched and burned in ough the burning haliway. The e child was Laurie Massa, a boy about three and a half years old. Turning to Engelke the Mayor said | that as an example of ready and quick wit and sterling courage Engélke's act in saving little Laurie Massa could! not be surpassed, and it was with plea- sure that he presented to him the Scan- nell medal. ENGELKE IS CHEERED. “I hope,” sald Engelk s the medal ; was pinned on his breast, “that my con- duct in the future will merit vour ap- probation as it has in the past, and after thanking you I will wish you all| a Merry Christmas and a Happy New | Year.” Engelke was roundly cheered, but he was not permitted to take his seat. Fire Commissioner Boyne stepped forward and after commending his brave act presented to Engelke, on be- half of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a gold badge ;and voiced the regret of President ! Newhall of the society that he could not be present in person to reward En- ;gelke for his heroic act. Then, on be- half of Colonel Andrews of the Dia- | mond Palace, Fire Commissioner Parry ! . presented Engelke with a handsome | | gold watch, which bears the following { Inscription: “Colgnel A. Andrews to August Engelke, seman, for bravery i in rescuing a little boy from fiames at | the risk of his life, June 11, 1904.” | Julius Kahn, who was present, was| called upon to address the gntherlng.l He said the heroes that had been hon- it | plaud.” the cf | would substantial library. iored needed no encomiums$ from hii in conel ion he said he orary at Washington ouse in San furnish to a Mayor Schmitz again in conclusion, say {as the men of the Fire deserved more consideration would send ome books from the Congressional Li- | every fire- Francisco—books that nucleus for a good, spoke briefly that such heroes Department the | hands of the people and instead of but | at three days off a month, he was going o see if he could not get each man of the department a full co essions that would lives more agreeable The Mayor's greeted W plause marked the monies and the fire their houses to wi end of again confront them. day { week, and also to get for them other | make thelr | announcement h great applause. off each was The ap. the cere- Adies returned to | attorney went over the details of the for danger to|entrance of the builet and the direction CASE 15 CLOSED Beautifully Bound Books by o : i : gwors Wi Tobay Pass | the World’s Greatest Writers Upon Guilt or Inmo-| — : (Main Floor, Near Entrance.) cence of Accused Woman These books are perfectly printed on the finest of paper; reebaever | are magnificently illustrated in colors, and are illumined. They FINAL ARGUMENTS MADE contain the choicest selections of verse and prose. Eloquent Plea for Acquit- tal Is Answered With! a Scathing Arraignment Ll T e . NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Judge Vernon M. Davis did not deliver his charge to the jury in the trial of “Nan"” Patter- son, the former actress, to-night, but sent the jurors home to rest after a day spent in listening to the arguments of counsel. It had been expected that the case would go to the jury before 6 o’clock, but Judge Davis put his charge over until to-morrow. Abraham Levy, chief counsel for the defendant, occupied the time of the morring session with his argument and Assistant District Attorney Rand took | up the afternoon with his speech. Both addresses were impassioned and elo- quent. Levy brought his listeners to tears at times by his references to his client and the homecoming in Wash- ington which he looked for. PLEADS FOR HIS CLIENT. | Placing a Bibie on the railing in| front of the jurors, Levy read the| eighth chapter of the Gospel of St John. He lald particular emphasis on | the sentence, “He that is without sin | among you, let him cast the first| stone,” and then he said to the jurors: | “Will you say to her who sits before | you here, in the words of Him who spoke at that time: ‘Woman, go and sin no more'? “With the happiness of your own | home before you and with the joy of the Christmas festival in anticipation, are you going to condemn this young | woman? | “Do not send her to her doom now | when the entire world is rejoicing. She“ sits abandoned by all except that old man, her aged father. I leave her in| your hands, confident that you will ac- | quit her and restore her to her devoted | old father at a time when everything proclaims peace on earth and good wm‘ to men. I ask that you allow her to| take him home to the aged wife and | mother who awaits them and give her | | a chance to live a new life with them in her home.” Levy impressed upon the jury the fact that Miss Patterson was rot be- ing tried for immorality. No woman | became bad because of innate depray- | ity, he said. She became bad because | | of the incentives of man and the weak- | ness of sher nature. If a man took his| life because of love of her. why punish her? “You cannot bring back the dead.” said Levy, “but if Caesar Young were here to-day I think he would speak a few words for poor girl he has | made his plaything.” RAND'S PITILESS ARRAIGNMENT. Rand's argument was a severe ar- | raignment of Miss Patterson, and when | |the prosecutor pitilessly condemned | the woman as the murderer of the bookmak “aesar Young, she qailed under his invectiv. | “Actress, stony-hearted, mouthed avenger that she is. the story she told, the manner of telling it, ought | | | not to be convincing to a child.” he | | | | | | cruel- | said. “Every action proclaims guilt. | I have never seen a real murderer who | has not been distinguished by coolness. | calmness and unruffied demeanor and | conceit. 1 never yet have seen a mur- | derer who was not anxious to testif: believing that his story could prove convincing to the jury.” In detail he held her character to the jury and asked if a woman like her was fit to have any than that of the “heast.” “The beast in the woman called to| the beast in the man and the beast in the man answered,” he said. Miss Patterson’'s counsel were not spared by Rand, who, after saving| that the defendant's testimony had . been typewritten and learned by heart. added: “There are those among her defenders who are canable of preparing testimony | know to be false. I name and I stand ready to prove say if there is any question raised on that statement.” J. Morgan Smith and his wife were denounced by the lawyer. SKELETON AGAIN USED. Most impressive was Rand’'s attempt | to show the jury that Young could not have shot himself. The skeleton which had already appeared during the trial was brought forward and the love other They will be appreciated as a Christmas gift by children, as well as adulfs. Your choice Rubles from Lord Byron. of the fol- lowing for. Sapphires from Robert Burns. Pearls from John G. Whittier. Diamonds from Sir Walter Scott. Emeralds from Thomas Moore Opals from Oliver Wendell Holmes Lead. K! y Light. Abide With Me. Nearer, My God, to Thes. Daisles from Stevenson's Child's Garden of Verse Roses and Lilies from Longfellow. Violets from Longfellow. Birthday Books Gems from William Cullen Bryant. Gems from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Gems from James Russell Lowell Pansies from Shakespeare. Shakespeare. Dickens. Havergal. Tennyson. Longfellow. Bible. These books are really diaries, each page having some apt verse. Tllus- trations run through the book, suggesting great historical and classical events. There is space after each day for memoran There Will B ““Something Doing” at Pragers This Morning and Every Morning This Week From 8:30 until noon; thereafter until the closing hour the usual shopping inducements will be given (Store Open Evenings Until Christmas.) Great Holiday Sales in All | Sections of the Store. § Lunch in Our Cafe During this recital Miss Patterson cov- ered her face with her gloved hands. Rand used the revolver with which Young was killed to prove that in no position could it have been held by Young to inflict the wound that caused death. Facing the jury, with the pis- tol in his outstretched hand, the prose- cutor exclaimed: Gentlemen, 1 will give you this re- volver to take into the jury room and if any man among you can hold it as| the defense's theory of suicide would require you to hold it in order to in- filct this wound and then pull the trig- ger. 1 will consent to your setting this defendant free on the spot.” | After Rand’s speech, Levy said: “That was the most wonderful ad- vocacy of any cause, the most master- | ful speech that I have ever heard in a | criminal case in the courts for twenty- five years. In spite of that, I am con- fident that Miss Patterson will be ac- quitted.” ————— TEXAS INJURED IN COLLISION Battleship Struek by Big Floating Drydock, Which | Broke Cables and Drifted HER PLATES SMASHED Unlueky Member of the Navy Will Have to Put Up to HOME OF WASHINGTON Have the Repairs Made CLUB RUINED BY FIRE Spark From Electric Wire Causes the | NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Breaking five Pestruction of the Met- great cables they had been threads, floating drydock ropelitan. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The Met- | Hercules, m the side of the new battleship Connecticut, broks ropolitan Club house, the home of the e o . Heal most fashionable club in Washington ’:fr’f: ey e g S e W was ruined by fire to-day, involving | o 0" PAY (OTCAY A0C crashed into the an estimated loss of from $60,000 to | s i ship Texas, smash- $100,000, partly covered by insurance. | In& several plates and so injuring The fire was caused by a spark from | Warship that she will have to go inte an electric wire. the drydock The club has a large membership, | In the basin, when a flerce squall embracing some of the best known | swept over it, were the Texas, Iliinofs, men in public life, but none of them L Kentucky, Tacoma : eapoli was in the building at the time of the and Minneapolis. The Hercules was securely tied to the . the only occupants being four | . o the emploves. all of whom es. | Conmecticut and was loaded with great r'wpedg \\P chman . Deponai was | TMOr Dlates on the decks. The strain overcome smoke and carried out | [paUllting from :"y_.:a‘h.;ng W'l’,nd caused by the firemen. He will recover. alavied up v !:WM:’ “m:“r:_ln!r! £ ships. N Dividend on Reading Common. Two tugs, the Narketa and Pen- PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21. — The | tucket, were hastily dispatched to catch Philadelphia and Reading Railway | the fleeing drydock, which was making Company to-day declared a semi-an- | directly for the Tacoma and Minne- nual dividend of 1% per cent on the | 2polis, moored close together. The common stock of the company. This| Pentucket caught the Hercules when is the firsy dividend on the common | @lmost upon the warships and made fast to her. Before it could be con- trolled it swung around and struck the Texas squarely in the stern port. stock since 1876. A semi-annual dividend of ‘2 ver cent was also de- clared on the second preferred stock. —_———— If every man should profit by his own mistakes we would all be better off. 2 iit took after entering Young's body. ADVERTISEMENTS. 'THE STORE WHERE LOW PRICES PREVAIL Practical gifts are becoming more popular each day. 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