The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1904, Page 1

Forecast made at thirty hours, ending ber 27: THE WEATHER. ¢ Sen Francieco and vicinity—Partly cloudy Tuesday: light north wind. €. H. WILLSON, San Francisco for midnight, Decem- £ THE GRAND—""The MAJESTIC- P SRR S S SIS NS ALCAZAR—“Old Heidelberg." CALIFORNIA—‘‘Shore Acres.” COLUMBIA—"The Sultan of Sulu.” CENTRAL—"The Heart of Chicago.' CHUTES—Vaudeville. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. “A Contented Woman."™ ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—"‘King Dodo." THEATERS. Darling of the Gods.” + SAN FRANCI SCO,; 'TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS METHODS OF TEACHERS ARE UNDER DISCUSSION| WoMAN 1S Educators From Every Part of State Gather in Garden City to Talk Over School Affairs. IDEAS PEDAGOGUES MAKE HNOWN THEIK 1LL NEVER AGAIN USE i “THIRTEEN" Railroad Ibsues Or- der Against Un- [ucky Number. SR P S Epecial Dispat PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 26.—Because of the number of fatal accidents to trains bearing the unlucky number 13, orders have been issued on the moun- tain division of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company which strike that number from the train sheet. The tragic death of Conductor Charles F. Brown at Kamela in November was climax. e last train order sighed by Con- The Call. T ductor Brown on that fatal trip was order No, 13, which he received at Bing! n Springs and which, in his| asual jovial manner, he at first refused to sign for, telling the dispatcher to change the number. After a few - joking words over the wires with the dispatcher Conductor Brown took the | order and in delivering a copy of it | 0 Enzincer Peter Theisen said in fun: “That’s a bad one, Pete. Lopk at the number and lhvl{ look out.” It was the last order Brown re- ceived, it being a “meet order” on Jrain No. 1 at Meacham. —_—— MUSTACHES ARE TABOOED BY FRENCH FOREIGN OFFICE Employes of the Department Will Not Be Allowed to Wear ‘Whiskers, PARIS, Dec. 26.—A peremptory de- cree reported to have been made by *he Minister of Foreign Affairs com- manding that all the employes of the Foreign Department, high and low, shall shave off their mustaches and beards, has created considerable ex- citement. Protests from the Federation of Government Employes are said to have brought the reply that even the mustaches of the employes were at the service of the state. The federa- tion hu now _appealed to the Society for the Protection of the Rights of Mankind. - JACOB A. RIIS. & PLRSO\S OF PROMINENCE IN | AT TBACHERS' CO\ ET\TIOV IN SAN JOSE. S R E°% Epecial Disvatch to The Call. SAN JOSE,” 'Dec.” 26.—Teachers from all over the State ‘are gathering here for the annual meeting of the California State Teachers’ Association, which begins its sessions on Wednes- day. Every train arriving to-day brought a number of pedagogues, and to-morrow the influx will .be much larger, as to-morrow evening. . the teachers of San Jose and Santa:Clara County will tender the visitors a re-| | ception at the Hotel Vendome. Quite | a number of teachers registered with the secretary, Mrs. M. M. Fitz Gerald, 2t her office In the Normal School to- | day. A receptfsbn committee headed | by Professsr R. D. Hunt of this city was present to greet those who ar- | rived. Judging from the number who 1 | arrived to-day this convention prom- | | ises to be one o‘ the largest ever held | by the California Teachers’ Auocla-; | tion. President C. T. Bledenbach of | | the assoctation is here arranging mat- | ters for the convention. | The California Council of Education | | met to-day and will continue its meet- | | ing to-morrow. The County Board of | | was stated positively at Union Pacific | headquarters to-day that E. E. Calvin, | Lake Railroad, is of especial signifi- | cance in this connection. | he has resigned to go with Calvin to :Education Organization, Elementary | | School Association, the Manual Train- | |ing and Drawing Teachers’ Associa- | tion, the Music Section and the Pa- | cific Coast Association of Chemistry and Physics Teachers will meet to- | morrow. Wednesday the meetings of the California Teachers' Association commerice. The Council of Education met this morning. President E. C. Moore of the University of California presided. The members of the councll are J. W. McClymonds of Oakland, secretary; J. W. Linscott, Santa Cruz; E. P. Cubberly, Stanford University; John ! Swett, Martinez; H. M. Bland, San Jose; C. C. Van Liew, Chico; James A. Barr, Stockton; Frederic Burk, San Francisco; .C. E.' Keyes, ‘Oakland; James A. Foshay, Los Angeles; O. P. Jenkins, Stanford; A. E." Shumate, San Jose; O.. W. Erlewine, Sacramen- | to; R. D. Faulkner, San Francisco; Elmer E. Brown,.University of Cali- fornia: Robert Furlong, San. Rafael; Charles L. bach, - Berkeley; S. T. Black, 8an BSan 3 Berkeley; P. M. I'khcr Oakland; E. Continued on Page 5, Column 3. MARKHANS SUCCESSOR 5 CALVIN “Silent Man” Comes to the Southern Pacific, Eleso ol Special Disvatch to The Call. OMAHA, Dec. ‘While no official announcement h&as yet been made, it the “silent man,” as he is known throughout - the - Harriman system, would be Charles H. Markham's suc- cessor as general manager of the Southern Pacific. The resignation of H. W. Henderson, luperimengent of the San Pedro-Salt When Calvin was general superintendent of the Ore- gon Short Line, Henderson was his as- sistant. There was a warm friendship between the two men and it was ex- pected that Henderson would follow Calvin #s he moved upward. His ap- pointment with the San Pedro separat- ed them for a time, but it is now well | understood by those on the inside that the Southern Pacific. A Union Pacific official said to-day that when W. H. Bancroft went to San Francisco to relieve Markham he was ! given authority to name Markham's } successor, and he at once offered the | position to Calvin, who had been his | right-hand man for years. Calvin is said to have accepted the position some time ago. Henderson will sever his conection with San Pedro on December 31, and | will be succeeded by H. E. Van Hous- en, an old-time Union Pacific man, who has been superintendent of the Cotton | ! | Sl i | | \Victim a Sister of Mrs. i MURDERED [DENTTFIED Assassination Cleared. Charles Nelson of San- ta Barbara. Syrecuse Members of the Family fuspet & Certain Man of the Crime. Special Dispateh to The Call. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 26.—It is now considered certain that the woman who was murdered on | Mount Cutler, near this city, and whose body was found on December 17, was Mrs. Bessie Boutcn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Kempter of Syra- cuse, N. Y., and sister of Mrs. Charles R. Nelson of Santa Barabara, Cal, whom she visited in August: Every bit of description of Mrs. Bouton's ap- pearance received thus far corresponds with that of the dead woman. The dental work was described by Mr. and Mrs. Kempter as nearly as lay minds could describe it. Mrs. Nelson is com- ing to Colorado Springs and if she identifies the teeth ‘and the dental work, all doubt will" have been re- moved, Mrs. Bouton traveled for Dr. J. Park- er Pray, 12 East Twenty-third street, New York. He i§ a manufacturing chemist, making toilet and manicure articles. The body of the dead woman showed ccreful and toes. Mrs. | er business. Bouton is remqm- bered by Mrs. H. R. Crooks, a hair dresser, Who dressed her hair; by Miss Beryl Chalmers, who manicured Hér hands, and by S. L. Leaseer, a driver, who took her through the Cheyenne canyons. She gave him her name. ACCOMPANIED BY A MAN. Charles Zobrist, a druggist, to whom she tried to sell a bill of goods, re- members her, also that a stockily built man was with her when she called upon him on one occasion. Mrs. Bouten wrote to her parents from this city and said she would be at home on Christmas. She has not been heard of since that time. - It is claimed she had made arrangements to sue her husband for a divorce, her mar- rled life having been unhappy, and that she had engaged a Denver attorney. Her parents do not implicate Bouton in her death, but suspect a man named Gambler, salesman for a barb wire firm. He is more than six feet tall, while the man described by Zobrist was short. However, the latter recalls im- pressions only and his description is not exact. Thus far a motive sufficient to ex- plain the crime is lacking. Mrs. Bou- ton wore jewels valued at more than $1000, and carried several hundred dol- lars in cash, yet the officers do not be- lieve that a robber would have tried to cremate the body, or have carried all her clothing away. The crime suggests degeneracy and fiendishness, SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 26.— When Mrs. Charles R. Nelson of this city read the description of the dental work in the teeth of the Mount Cutler victim, the nature of the gold fillings and the bridging being quite out of the ordinary, she concluded at once that the dead woman was her sister, Mrs. Bessle Bouton. Other circumstances supported this conclusion, she said, Mrs, Bouton having left Santa Barbara last August for Los Angeles, going thence to Denver. It is said she trav- eled in company with a traveling sales- man, who is.said to_have given her several thousand dollars’ worth of dia- monds. Mrs. Bouton wore the. jewels conspicuousiy while in Santa Barbara, and her sister believes the murder was committed to get possession of the jewels. Mrs. Nelson declares she knows nothing of the whereabouts of Mrs. Bouton’s husband. BEREAVED SISTER TALKS. “I believe my sister is the murdered woman,” said ‘Mrs. - Nelson to-night. “She answers every description in de- tail. Milton Franklin has been keeping company with Bessle for a long time and a few months ago brought her to “The last letter I received from Bes- sie was from Colorado Svrings about six or seven weeks ago, in which she Belt. ' —_—— | TURKISH PERSECUTION AROUSES BULGARIANS | Sofia Government Notifies Powers That the Excesses Cannot Be ¢ Tolerated. .. SOFIA; Dec. 26.—Reports from Adrianople indicate a recrudescence of persecution excesses by the Turks against the Bulgarians. The Bulgarian Government has notified the foreign representatives of the excesses and re- quests that they communicate with their respective governments, calling attention to the possible consequences and notifying them that de- clines to accept the responsibility. wrote that she was about to make a! trlp east. In this letter she told of | trouble she had had with Franklin. They were to have been married soon, and this trouble probably broke the en- The jewels which Mrs. were given to hker by Franklin. A watch alone was valued at more than $500. The nature of the trouble she did not state, but it is evi- dent that it ended all relations be- tween them. “Shortly ~ after the = disagreement, Franklin said that he would leave im- medlately for England and would not " SYRACUSE, N. Y., Charles R. Kempter of t! that the girl found mn Dec. 26.—Mrs. city believes on Cut- this city, where they rerhained a month. ! {He was lavish in his generosity to her. NFROCKED RECTOR HAS NEW HOPES o Mystery of v of Colorado|Dr. Irvine Talks of i His Strife With Bishop. Explains Why He Was Dis- ciplined and Dropped From Ministry. I [ !Glaims He Was Made a Scipegoat to Appease a Divorced Ccuple's Wrath. Special Disvatch to The Call. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28.—Rev. Dr. Ingraham N. W. Irvine, whose friends have lodged a new presentment against Episcopal Bishop Talbot of the Central Pennsylvania Diocese, who unfrocked the former rector, consented to-day to tell of his old disappointments and new hopes. “I am only willing to speak in a gen- eral way of the features of the case,” said Dr. Irvine, “as the new present- ment is entirely in charg: of my friends and I will not interfere with their plans by talking about it. There are some feel free to speak. “In the first place I wish it could be made plain that this presentment is not an attack by me upon Bishop Tal- Dbot, but that it is a prosecution brought by the church to inquire into actions which bring the church into discredit. If I should die to-night the present- ment would go on just as well with me dead as alive. Bishop Talbot and 1 were always good friends until trouble arose over~"Mrs. Elliott while I was rector at Huntington.” “Did Bishop Talbot visit Mrs. Eiliott frequently?” Dr. Irvine was asked. “He did, and they appcared to be close friends,” was the reply “Why, you know purple is a Bishop's color and Mrs. Elliott used to wear purple when the Bishop came to town.” HIS VIEW OF MRS. ELLIOTT. “Is she a handsome woman?" “No, not in my eyes. Beauty, how- ever, is a matter which apparently each man sees with his own eyes and I sup- pose men will never cgéase wondering what some other man sees to admire in sume woman who may have been a mutual friend.” “Is Mrs. Elliott a social leader of Huntington?"” “No, I don’t think she would’be called that. She has many influential friends, however, and has plenty of money, but | there are several women I should say | are more widely known and popular |thoughuut the town. “It is reported that the presentment is based largely upon a letter written | to Rev. Mr. Upjchn and that no word of the latter has yet been made public. “I believe that is correct. Several bishops were referred to in that letter, most of whom have repudiated the use of their names as references against me. STRONG LETTER TO BISHOP. “When the wording of that letter be- comes public the church will be sur- prised. In it 1 am. charged with all sorts of things and some of the refer- ences will cause a sensation. Things have so far been smothered. Bishop Talbot at one time himself asked for an inquiry after the first committee. by a close vote, had failed to present him, but he afterward withdrew his request. “About a year after I had been de- posed I wrote to Bishop Talbot, ask- ing for reinstatement. Part of the let- ter read: ‘You must certainly remem- ber that I did my duty in reporting the Elllott divorce matter to you. - You cer- tainly excommunicated her, as the re- ceipts show. You wanted me to com- promise the case with her afterward. I could not do so. There was nothing for me-’to do but stand my ground, under fire from her. Both Mrs. Elliott and her husband had been divorced. Mr. Elliott’s crime was a very grievous one. Alas, how could either you or I have compromised? Don’t you remem- ber our signatures were given to a me- morial to the general convention lnrainul marrying divorced persons un- dér any circumstances? Then why 1 should I have been made a scapegoat to appease an enraged divorced couple's wrath?' " —_———— . Checks Anti-Jewish Agitation. KISHENEV, Dec. 26.—Acting Gov- :ernor Block’s proclamation seems to Ihuve effectually stopped the agitation started by the Bessarabists against the Jews. He threatened the severest penalties for any attempts to inflame the minds of the people or to disturb lthe peace. R T TNk ler Mountain near Colorado Springs is her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Bouton. She last heard of her daughter in Octo- ber, when she was informed that she would leave Colorado Springs and go to Wilkesbarre, Pa., aj reach Syra- cuse on Christmas. The\description of the murdered woman fits Mrs. Bouton, the dentistry being exact. Members of the family declare that if the dead woman proves to be Mrs. Bouton, '.hey know m man involved peints at issue, however, upon which i/ RUSSIAN CZAR SADD TO BE INSANE. BLOW ON HEAD WEAKENS RULER'SMIND DAVID STARR ouT JORDAN GIVES INFORMATION! Special Dispatch to The Call ! PORTLAND, Or., Dec. ‘dent of Stanford University, wh 26.—David Starr Jordan, presi- ois in this city, savs he has re- 'ccntly received reliable information from Russian sources to the 'efiect that Czar Nicholas is now sthat permanent insanity is creeping upon him relentlessly. thoroughly insane at times and This iis the result of the blow upon the head received by the f“mperor | whilein Japan on his tour of th |at the time. i | The people of th committed have become so ash “I have learned from an N ant’s name, for obvious reasons 1 blow he received years ago. tirely bereft of his senses. “Russia cannot be rated President Jordan. tion of grand ducal grafters. | where. They are fighting in a patriotism. | final result.” The e world several years ago. blow came from a Japanese crank and was not considered serious e village where the assault was amed of the incident that they have petitioned to have the town’s name changed. authentic Russian source,” said Jordan, “that the Czar is yet suffering from the effects of the o, I cannot tell you my inform- , but it is said to be well known in St. Petersburg court circles that the Emperor is at times en- as a world power,” continued “It is in the hands of an hereditary associa- It probably can never be success- fully invaded, but it is too disorganized to be powerful. “Japan is making herself a world power, jeffect of this war upon the Japanese is hardly understood any- The however. manner that is full of medieval They forget the individual and look only toward the AIRSHIP AT OF A |Baldwin’s Aero LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—After hav- ing made a successful flight yesterday in Baldwin's California “Arrow,” the airship which was so successful at St. Louis, A. R. Knabenshue made an ascent to-day which almost cost him his life and which for a time threatencd the loss of his airship. His life was faved by a number-of ranchers on “Lucky” Baldwin’'s ranch, twenty miles east of the city, tains of the San Gabriel range. A stiff gale of wind was blowing this his flight at the Chutes. Soon after he feet his motor went wrong and he was at the mercy of the gale. The wind carried him northeast to the foothills beyond the city and there he made a landing. Fixing his motor he started back, traveling at good speed in the very teeth of the gale. His approach was seen by hundreds of persons and for a time it looked as if he would land safely. ‘While hovering over the starting point preparing to descend, his motor again failed and he was driven before the wind and lost from view. For hours WOMAN FREEZES TO DEATH IN A NEW YORK PARK ——— NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—In the heart of a district noted for its many beau- tiful residences, with hundreds of houses within easy reach where she might have gained shelter from the storm, a young woman was found freezing this morning, ‘while the snow almost covered her. She dled in a hos- | pital ambulance. | Ludwig Hoffman, a park employe, ! passing along Riverside drive at One Hundred and Twelfth street, saw the young woman sitting in the snow, her back propped against a park bench and her head thrown forward on her breast. The lower part of her body was entirely hidden in the snow. He lifted her to the bench and seeing that she was still alive hastened to find as- sistance. He met Policeman John Casey, who called an ambulance, while Hoffman chafed the woman's wrists She replied to questions in incoherent | phrases. Dr. Severance, the ambulance | surgeon, administered restoratives, but i before he had taken her five blocks she was dead. All efforts of the police to learn her identity failed. From her clothing they concluded that she was a maid in one of the houses in the vicinity. They canvassed the neighborhood, but found none to identify her- The woman was about 25 years old, with dark eyes and black hair. —_—e——————— _Costly Blaze in Lincoln. AUBURN, Dec. 26.—The Burdge Hotel at Lincoln, with a barber shop and saloon adjoining, were destroyed by fire this morning. The cause of the fire is unknown. Just before the ship | was dashed violently against the moun- | afternoon when Knabénshue started | had reached an elevation of about 500 | — MERCY STIFF GALE naut.l.oses Con- trol of the “Arrow.” Special Dispatch to The Call it was not known what had become of him. He was driven rapidly toward the mountains. In the Monrovia dis- trict he opened his safety valve letting gas out of the big cigar-shaped bag until his machine was less than one hundred feet above the earth. Some- thing then went wrong with a valve and he was being carried rapidly toward the mountains. He had no anchor, so he let down all the ropes he had. While passing over Baldwin’s ranch he attracted the at- tention of several ranchers and called to them to grab the ropes. George | Cautz seized one of the ropes and held |on. He was dragged over several barbed wire fences and his clothing was torn from his body. Several of the ranches seized other ropes and two of them finally succeeded In taking a hitch around a small tree. The rope | held and the airship was brought up with such a jerk that it started the ma- chinery. The fan began revolving and this, relieving the strain upon the ropes | made it possible for Knabenshue to | gradually lower the machine to the ground. He was uninjured. An examination of his machine showed that a wire leading to the spark plug of his motor had been discon- nected. THREE MASONIC DEGREES IN DAY FOR FAIRBANKS Special Dispatch to The Call. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 26.—Senator Fairbanks will establish a local record for Free Masonry in this city to-mor- row, whef he will take the apprentice (or first) degree in the morning. the second (or fellowcraft) degree in the afternoon and at 8 o’clock in the even- ing the Master Mason (or third) de- gree and become a full-fledged mem- ber of a blue lodge. Between the first and second and the second and third degrees the Sems ator will be coached by some brother Mason and will stand the usual ex- amination before he can pass to the next degree. The making of a master in one day is so unusual that many prominent men in the order will be present to witness the ceremonies. —_—————— WINTER STORM PREVAILS IN STATE OF KANSAS Blizzard Sweeps Over Indian Terri- tory, but Cattle Will Be Little Damaged. TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 26.—A se- vere winter storm prevails throughout Kansas to-night. Much sleét - and snow have fallen, with a rapid in temperature. There will be suffering among stock, the farmers being generally well prepared for ‘winter. A blizsard is sweeping over Indian Territory. There has a drop of 35 degrees in the temperature. Stock- men assert that the cold wave will not affect cattle, as they are in excellent condition. I