The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1905, Page 1

{ q thirty Lours, ending THE WEATHER. Forecast made at Sen Franeisco for District Forecaster. midnight, Janu- Wrongs."” ary 17: SCH. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. San Francisco and vicinity—Fair GRAND—"‘The Silver Slipper.” ! LYCEUM—Vaudeville. , light north wind. LYRIC HALL—Burton Holmes Lec- [’ A. G. McADIE, R TIVOLI—"Lu | THE THEATERS, A Working CHUTES—Vaudeville. re, ORPHEUM-—Vaudeville. cia.’ Girl and the Jud; The Kerry Go Country Mous " VOLUME XCVII—NO. 48 SAN JANUARY 17 RICH MEN ORGANIZE AWFUL TRIP TO CHECK CRIME. New York to Have Vigifance Ccmmittee, POLICE UNABLE TO GIVE PROTECTION Wolves FOHOW tl’le Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Alarmed by the increasing boldness of highway- men, thieves and burglars, who have become so daring of late that the honies of wealthy men have been en- tered and even passengers on crowded cars have been victims of robbery, a large number of business men of this city, many of them of great wealth, - @re said to be taking steps to form themselves into a veritable vigilance committee, which is to be entitled the * Council of Civic Organizations in the | €ity of New York. sentative of the ity Club, the New TURNS MAVS HAIR WHITE Traveler. Practically all of the organizations e gk mentioned,” as well as several others, will have representatives on the “Vigi- lance Committee,”” as the members of Alaskan Tortures Himseif With Fire to Keep Awake Nights. the council will be in reality. Politics will be barred, but the city’s welfare will be looked after closely. Viinly have the various organiza- tions formed to preserve order in the different sections of the city appealed to the police to help them. The re- sponse has come that, because of lack of funds, enough policemen to prop- could not be provided. a committee rhis a“"'""“"fl"ear of Horrible Death Gives Nervy representing the West BIG; STRIKE, INVOLVING German Coal Miners' Have Determined to Walk Out Great Concern Felt as to, | the Conscquences to | the Empire. | ""l'roops Rushed fo the Scenme, but! | called upon Police . | SECRETARY HAY TAKES UP THE CAUSE OF CHINA 300.000 MEN PREPARING VIGOROUS REPLY TO RUSSIAN NOTE 7 3 | ' ' Expects the Support of Other Neutral Nations. —— Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Secretary | Hay is preparing a reply to the Rus- | slan note charging the Chinese Gov- ernment with persistént violations of neutrality, which will have an im- | portant bearing on the war and prob- ably will arouse as much interest among the powers as did his call upon | them to preserve the “administrative Several preliminary meetings 'werel 2 T 2 A | | entity” of China by limiting the zone held last week, at which provisional | erly patrol the streets and avenues of | £ ho: f 5 ;. ‘articles of con »n were drafted | the greatest city in the United States| | o stilities. That Hay himself at- taches much importance to the com- munication is proved by the fact that he is preparing it in the privacy of k Board of e and Transpor- "End Association o ¥ g i v - Fntshomse: wh .“tation, the s Civie Club, the !Commissioner McAdoo and threatened | Northerner Courage to Fight | Unions, Themselves, Will Holp pndesiors e i ‘?Z:‘f:)';“:[“fn“fl‘ ] West Ena Association, the Transit Re- | to influence legislation in Albany to- | . . 2 i | Departmént on Ssturday or to-day. ferm Committee of One Hundred, the | ward the abolition of the three platoon Off Huogry Pack i to Preserve Order. | i N e e Al o Morningside and Riverside H‘el%l:ls‘s:\;\lem of .«ipecm de(-«lnls. wh(v‘h (i(etepL 1 11 | developments in the situation and fre- Association and m other bodies | pdlicemen from regular patrol duty, | s 3 i 2 2 | uently sends fo! 3 were prese; Travis H. Whitney, |if he did not supply a_better police | Special Dispatch te The Cali. ' BERLIN, Jan, 17.—The strike of coal | ’?ufurm};uon benrrmdgoca;r:;nu;tlur ‘(;}éll(;: assistant s tary of the Citizens’ service west of Cent Park. TACOMA, Jan. 16.—The once brown ! miners, which broke out yesterday, is | the note has not been completed and + | locks of M. A. Mahohey, who brought | :::l”l';sx‘[m{:;'\""‘l'la:)‘)e\'R":"‘d“’ the kind | | from Fairbanks to Valdez the body of | ermany has ever had. There had | former Mayor Humes of Seattle, are | Peen no serious trouble in the coal in- | now white, as the result of his experi- | QUStry since the strike of 1889, but this | ence with timber wolves during his may not be for several days, its pur- port has been decided upon. Hay will champlon the cause of Cbina as vigorously as in his first note to the powers. He will not admit that RATTLESNAKE STEAKS i FOR GOTHAM EPICURES Reptile “Farm” to Supply New York - Grillrooms W Special Dispatch to The Call. . Y., Jan. 16.—A farm of tiventy acres near the Niagara Gorge | has been purc d by Perry R. Hunt| of New York City, who declares his in- | tention to establish & rattlesnake ranch and raise reptiles for the New York restaurant marke He says that there i1 a growing demand in the Manhattan cutss for the fesh of the rattier. “It has been served in a few places | ‘for some two years,” he said, “and the increasing dem 1:zlulu?nr‘d, and prices are very high. I BUFFALO, ith a Delicacu: hope to harvest not less than 5000 rat- tlers the first year, and will begin oper- | € ations as soon as the snakes make thteir appearance in the spring.” The locality of the “farm” is ideal for its purpose. From time immemorial the | vicinity of the Niagara gorge and | whirlpool has been the haunt of the North American rattlesnake, the largest. of .its. kind, The ratilesnakes aré good navigators, and cross and re- | cross the river near its wildest rapids. | Hunt says the flesh. of the rattle-| | snake is not unlike that of a roasted ! suckling pig—white and _exceedingly palatable. BEEF PLANT “FIRE RAGES UNCHECKED Peculiar Blaze Baffles the Fighters. \GO, Jan. 16.—Despite the yris of the greater portion r jepartment of C ago, the | fire W broke out last night in the department of Schwarz- Jerger Company’s packing he Stockyards, is still burn- ght During the day thirty- nen and hely s were over- smoke, heat and ammonia of the men were rescued, | . and none will die from the the gases. to the packing company on | ng and the beef stores dam- | smoke is estimated at $600,000. 2 ‘Although smoke continues to pour the burning building in clouds, yio'sign of a blaze has been seen by the firemen since the first alarm on Sun'. day night. The fire may continue sev- eral days Ye! — e DUKE SAID TO HAVE LEFT NEW YORK CITY out of MRS. | farewell to 3 BOY PLAYS | MARVELOUS BILLIARDS Hoppe Defeats the Veteran Schaeffer. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 16.—Willie Hoppe, the boy billiardist, scored the highest average of his career in de- feating Jacob Schaeffer, the world's billiard champion, in the first block of 400 points in their match at eighteen- inch balk line bjlliards to-night, win- ning by 400 to 127, Hoppe's high run being 169. e POOR AIM OF ASSASSIN | SAVES LIFE OF TREPOFF | Three Bullets Fired at Moscow’s Late Police Chief Miss Their Mark, MOSCOW, Jan, .16.—The man who attempted last night to shoot General Trepoft (recently removed as Chief of Police) was seized by the rallway sta- tion hands and quickly incarcerated. General Trepoff had been bidding Grand Duke Sergius, | whose train was just starting. When thé General reached the doorway and | was about to alight his assailant fired three shots at close range. Two bul- - Departs From Her Hotel Saying That 2 She Had Been Hounded | to Death. | NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—After ("Mrs.i . Duke had suddenly disap-| f:é’?éé %‘rom the Union Square Hotel| In this city to-day, a woman who said | ghe was Mrs. Duke called up the ho- | tel by telephone and motified the man- agement that she had left New York | City. She refused to say where she | was staying, but declared that she| would send for her baggage which had been left at the hotel. When asked why she had left the hotel so sudden- | -1y she declared that “she had been hounded. to death and wanted to get away.” Mrs. Duke has been indicted in Texas on a charge of obtaining money " by false pretenses, and g warrant for | her arrest is reported to be in_the: ‘mails on the way to New York City. ———————— MORMONS WILL NO LONGER FHOLD CLASSES IN SCHOOLS | Will Discontinue the Use of Buildings for the Teaching of Religion. SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 16.—The first presidency of the Mormon church to-day issued formal and positive in- structions to the presidents of stakes, - bishops and superintendents of classes in religion, forbidding further use of ublic school buildings for the teach- ng of the doctrine of the church. In many places in Utah the classes in re- liglon have been regularly held in school bufldings and recently there has been a strong agitation against the practice lets passed into the car and struck a notice beard in the corridor. The third shot hit the door beside Trepoff. __The name of the would-be assassin is Poltavatsky, his age is 19 years, and he was a student at the Commercial School of Morozoff. The motive of the attack was revenge for the ex- pulsion of Poltavatsky’s brother for participation in the Moscow Univer~ sity riots. —————— ARMSTRONG TO LEAVE TREASURY DEPARTMENT Assistant Secretary Will Accept an' Important Business Position in New York. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—It is | learned from a high source that Rob- ert B. Armstrong, assistant Secretary of the Treasury, who is in charge Of' customs, has indicated to the Presi- | dent and to Secretary Shaw his pur- pose to resign to accept an important business position in New Yprk. It is underetood that Armstrong resigna- tion w‘ll take effect on March 4. trip. It was Mahoney's custom to leave the box containing Hume's bedy on the trail while he and his dogs each night entered the nearby timber to build a fire and sleep. As the sun was setting one evening they heard the howls of a large pack of timber wolves, which gradually closed in around them. Hauling the body into the timber, Mahoney built a fire, and his dogs, frightened and nervous, crept between | the sled and the fire, mcaning their fear throughout the long night. When- ver the fire grew Jow the wolves came Mahoney's fight was largely against his own sleepiness. For safety he tied a pine knot, burning, to his arm, and when it burned close enough to hurt he would get up and replenish the fire, He was compelled to thus torture him- self three successive nights. On the last night in particular the wolvesswere especlally ferocious, seeming to under- stand that by another night their pros- pective prey would be out of danger. Next day Mahoney reached a road ) out further discussion. house and from that time had company | It is evident that the organized min- until Valdez was reached. WOMAN AN [ WORNTED Mother-in-law of Savant Causes His Arrest, Epecial Dispatch to The Call L.OS ANGELES, Jan. 16.—Dr. Samuel M. Woodbridge, director of the agricul- tural experiment station of the South- ern California Academy of Sciences and an agricultural chemist of note, has| \T h) Dbeen arrested on two charges of assault | with intent to commit murder. The 1 complaints are sworn to by Mrs. Eunice Groome, his mother-in-law, who claims that Woodbridge made four attempts to kill her on the night of December 31, 19 The cases will develop a sensational scandal, Wcodbridge claiming that his wife, who has brought a suit for divorce in San Jose, has been on too friendly terms with Justice Glover of South Pasadena, before whom one of the com- plaints was sworn to. An attempt will be made to have the divorce case trans- ferred to Los Angeles, and a motion to dismiss the assault case before Justice Glover on the ground of bias will be made. Intermingled with the legal action that has been taken in connection with | the scandal are two suits for the fore- closure of mortgages on property | owned by Woodbridge brought by Mrs. Groome, and the arrest of M. W. Groome, son of Mrs. Groome, on a charge of committing battery on the person of Woodbridge. Jusftice Glover indignantly denies Woodbridge's insinuations regarding the conduct of Mrs. Woodbridge. Mrs. ‘Woodbridge also denles every allega- tion. 'The case is the ugliest and mosi complicated of its kind brought here in years. All the persons are well known, | ——e MUST CHANGE HIS NAME TO WIN SWEETHEART Augustus Bumgardiner Asks State to Make Him “Gardiner” So She ‘Will Marry Him. 1 dence has been offered to show that PROVIDENCE, R. I, Jan. 16— Representative Newell of Central | strike begun to-day in | all labor organizations | whereas in only the Socialist | | unions were concerned. The present | | movement has been largely enginecred by the so-cailed’ Christian unions, | which otherwise oppose the Soctalist | element. Commercial and financial classes are | greatly concerned lest the strike should | arrest Germany's recuperation the effects of the crisfs of 1601, since it is certain that enforced idleness will follow in many other industries unless | the strike is speedily settled. The | Government, too, is deeply concerned, and the Ministry is keeplng the'wires busy in communicating with the mili- tary and police authorities in the miin- ing_country. Chancellor von Bulow had _a long consultation on Monday In the Diet with a Government Commissioner, who had just returned ortmungd. - PR& imime & ;’3 & taking part, | Aners’ _ngs % the | questfon “of - a" strike fasted less than ten minutes -and the decision to order | a strike 0f 300,000 men was made with- ers | end to conduct the strikk in striet 1 obedience to the laws and so win the sympathy of the people, but there is a fear that individual strikers may resort to excesses. The leaders meeting warned the dele- : sting strike break- and it was decided to organize a police force of miners to assist the authorities in maintaining order. Nevertheless the Government is tak- ing comprehensive precautionsto pre- vent rioting. One regiment at Dussel- dorf alreadv has received orders to proceed to the mining district anq an- other regiment at Deutz, near Cologne, is moving, while others at Cologne and Weisel are held in readiness to march at a moment’s notice. . ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 16.—The, the Putiloff Iron Works is the result of the re- fusal of the manager to reinstate four workmen who were dismissed for be- lenging to a union and to discharge foreman on demands formulated by | the union, which represents twenty in- dustries. The works are idle in all de- partments. The Putiloff Iron Works are execut- ing large Government contracts for small arms, rapid-fire cannon and lo- comotives, which fact probably will in- duce the authorities to make an effort for adjustment of the difficulties be- tween the workmen and thefr employ- ers. to-da; 3 VIDENCE | | strike far eclipses the one alluded to, | | | Shf flgece e d R ol g TR ROSSEAU'S PLOT FAIL IN SEATTLE Dynamiter Has a . Record on This Coast. e = Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Jan. 16.—Gessler Ros- seau, now under arrest in Philadel- phia, constructed an infernal machine in Seattle about three years ago. The machine was at the time found by the police in a blacksmith shop, where some work was being done. on it. It ie believed that the dynamiter intend- ed to blow up one of the Pacific liners suiling from this port. For several days Rosseau was shad- owed and it was learned that he was making another similar machine. He became aware that he was belfls watched and disappeared. The ma- chine which he first made is_ still in Seattle. It consists of a leadpipe capped at .each end and conteining-a piston which is driven with great force against nitro-glycerine which is placed in one end of the pipe. Detective Sergeant Arthur Carey of New York, was in Seattle looking for Rosseau soon after the infernal machine was abouts. 7 NEW YORK, Jan, 16.—Police offi- cials in this city hope to have ‘posse sion of Gessler Rosseau, now under arrest in Philadelphia, by the‘ middle of the wi . Inspector McClusky, chief ot the Dective Bureau, ‘asserts that he has sufficient evidence in the Umbria infernal machine affair-to convict Ros- " OF BRIBERY Senate of Missouri Exonerates Nied- ringhaus, JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan, 16.— The Senate committee that has been investigating the charges that a con- tribution to the Republican State fund of $21,000, accredited to Chairman T. K. Niedringhaus of the Republican State Committee, was contributed by St. Louis brewers to influence legisla- tion made a partial report to the Sen- ate to-day and asked for further time to pursue its investigation. The report finds that Niedringhaus | did not contribute the 321,000 The committee reports that no direct evi- the contributions to the " Republican State campaign fund by Adolphus 'seau of a felony and send lim to- pris- on for a ten-year. term. The inspee- tor believes also that he can connect Rosseau with the mysterious ‘disap- pearance some years ago of the steam- ship Naronic, in which many lives were lost. { The disappearance of the steamship Naronic was one of the mysteries of the Atlantic. She was a freighter with nearly 100 men aboard and sailed in February, 1893, from Liverpool for New York. The vessel was only one year old. From the day she cleared the Mer- sey mo trace of her was found. - In the fall of 1893 a Norwegian bark, when several hundred miles southwest of the Azores, picked up parts of the wreck- age of what was believed to be one of the liner's lifeboats. Again in the summer of 1896 the fate of the Naro- nic was recalled when a boatman pick- ed up in the Irish channel a bottle that centained a note as follows: s “Struck iceberg; sinking fast; N nic. . YOUNG.” Few persons believed the bottled message was genuine. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.—Several physiclans, prominent as alientists, visited Rosseau in his cell to-day to determine his mental condition. Ros- seau was not told of the errand of the found, but got no trace of his where- ! MARCONI .TO TFalls vresented a bill in the Assembly to-day to have the name of August Bumgardiner changed to August Gardiner. Representative Fitzgerald explained to the members that Bum- gardiner had courted a girl, who had Y ITAKIAN PRINCESS —_— His Engagement to the Youngest Daughter of Francesco Rus- poli Reported. Busch, the Anheuser-Busch Brewing |visitors, but was left to infer that they Association or Otto Stifel were for the | were detectives. After the examina- purpose of influencing or affecting leg- | tion the physicians withdrew and told islation in the Missourl General As- Captain of Detectives Donaghy that. sembly. Rosseau was perfectly sane upon all Representative Cook of Howell Coun- peints except anarchy and dynamiting. ——————— consented to marry him provided he changed his name. 2 “She won't stand for the first sylla- ble,” said Fi “but she will marry him as soon as he gets rid of it.” 7 The House passed the bill and sent it to the Senate. ROME, Jan. 16.—Signor Marconi of wireless telegraphy fame, according to the Patria, is engaged to marry Prin- cess Miacinta Ruspoli, aged 21 years, the youngest daughter of Prince Fran- cesco Ruspoli, master of the holy hos- pice, a high hereditary church title, ty testifled at the executive session of} | the Senate investigating committee to- Trainmen Will Not Strike. day th‘u( hét had bele'nhpmmlfid ¥ good piece of money e would vote 3 for Thomas K. Niedringhaus for Sena-| ficlal returns from the vote cast by tor.”” The proposition, witness de-|the Brotherhood of Rallway Train- clared, was made to him January 4, |men employed by the Pennsylvania or the day preceding the Republican | Rallroad indicate that there will, be ‘Senatorial caucus no strike, PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.—Unof-| o+ £ o 3 AMERICAN STATESMAN WHO 18 | ATTEMPTIN TO ~PRESERVE TH NEUTRALITY OF CHINA. WouLD puy BURBANK'S LATEST FIND Everlasting Flower Arouses Cupidity 0f Dealers, —— e Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Jan. 16.—Since the publication to-the world of the develop- meént of the everlasting and fadeless flower by Luther Burbank that gentle- man- has received a number of flatter- ing offers for that creation. As the flower has not yet been developed to the full.satisfaction of the wizard of horticulture he has refused to sell it. In the future, when his ideal of per- fection has been realized, Burbank will dispose of his remarkable creation. Not only have the offers to purchase this new. creation come by the dozen from this country. but three firmd in England have endeavored to obtain the exclusive right to the flower. A firm in France and another in South Amer- ica havel also made offers. Several of the firms that wish the flower have stated that théir desire for it 1s due to the fact that it probably will revo- lutionize the millinery business by pro- viding ‘an everlasting trimming for ‘women's hats. Burbank himself believes the fadeless flower will be principally used for the adernment of feminine headdress,” but he says as the ladles are so changeable he does not recommend the, flower for that particular purpose. . Each of the three English firms that have written to Burbank desires to haridie the novelty exclusively on the continent and the offers for the fade- less flower are considered fairly liberal by the originator. Burbank’s custom, however, is never to permit one of his creations to leave his premises until its ‘condition is perfect from his point of view. —_———— FELLOW SERVANT BILL NOW LAW IN MONTANA Railways : to' Be Held, Liable for In- jury: to Employes Caused by Themselves. HELENA, Mont., Jan. 16.—The fel- low servant bill, which was passed last week by both the House and Sen- ate, became a law to-day. It pro- vides that every person or combina- tion operating a rallway or railroad in ‘this state shall be liable for all damages ed by any employe of such person or col “In conse- quence 'of the neglect of any other employe or employes thereof or by the mismanagement of any other employe or employes. there have been any intentional viola- tions of neutrality, but will maintain that the Government in Peking has exerted itself to preserve a strictly proper attitude. Admitting that there may have been some transgressions of propriety by Chinese who could not be controlled, he will suggest to the Czar that his own troops have violated the agreement to limit the war zone by invading Chinese territory. The Cossack raid east of the Shakhe River and other instances which have been reported to the State Department will | be reterred to. In the interest of the peace of Eu- rope Hay will ask the Czar to regard the attitude of the Chinese Government rather than the acts of individuals and to adhere to the agreement by which the fleld of hostilities was limited. Hay will call Russia's attention to the dif- ficulty of the Chipsse Government in holding in check ‘..’ enormous popula- tion,. thousands of whom are ready to side with whichever belligerent scems to have.an advantage. Copies of the note will be sent to all the powers and the other governments are expected to interpret it as an ap- peal to them to exert moral pressure 5 St. Petersburg to prevent the Czar violating the agreement which was suggested by Hay. That this action will be taken by some of the powers already is Indicated. Japan has protested against the in- vasion of Chinese territory by the Rus- sians and is preparing a sharp reply to the Russian riote. England and Ger- many are keeping in touch with what this Government is doing and prepar- ing to do. * Sir Mortimer Durand, the British Embassador, and Baron Bus- sone, the German Charge d’Affaires, were at the State Department to-day and went over the subject with Acting Secretary Loomis. Takahira, the Jap- anese Minister, also was a State De- partment caller to-day. POWERFUL FOES FIGHT HARRINAY Union Pacific Con- trol the Prize at_§ta_ke. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Wall street heard the rumor to-day that J. Piers pont Morgan and James J. Hill were secretly conspiring to obtain ¢ontrol of the Unlon Pacific from Harriman and Rockefeller, in retaliation for the lat- ter's grab of Northern Pacific stock. Many facts in connection with the rumor appear suggestive. The most important is the steady rise in the price of Union Pacific, from 71 to 120, in the face of the determined efforts of the Harriman party to depress i Only within the last ten days have Harriman and his friends ceased to throw large blocks of stock on the market in the hope of breaking it. It is now believed, even in the Union Pacific offices, that the mysterious per- sons who have taken all this stock were working for Morgan and Hill. There is much nervousness where Harriman has his office. His friends believe Hill and Morgan will at least get enough stock to demand the re- tirement of Harriman from his present Czarlike control. —————— CALIFORNIA STUDENTS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY Golden State Well Represented in the First Year Classes at Ithaca. ITHACA, N. Y., Jan. 16.—The an- nual register of Cornell University shows the following men from Califor- nia M the first year classes: Harold Lukens Doolittle, Pasadega (mechanical engineering); Winfleld Hale, Los Angeles (agriculture); Wai- ter Jacob Hanna, B:‘rkeley éciv& ‘eré- neering); Arthur Raymon eith, gakhnd (veterinary); Ralph Fenton ‘Wyckoff, South Pasadena (civil en; neering); Frederick Willlam '00d, Berkeley (veterinary).