The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1905, Page 1

~+The Call Prints More News Than Any Other Paper Published THE WEATHER. ’ Cloudy. poesibly Iight Forecast made at San Francisco for | thirty hours epding midnight, May 273 umsettied westher Saturday; | fresn soutk | A. G. MeADIE, | District Forecaster. | A A 0. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1905. CALIFORNIA— | Haten™ ALCAZAR—"A Fool and Hls Money.™ “The Unwelcoms Mrs. | CENTRAL—"The Convict's Daughter." | CHUTES—Vaundevtile. | COLTMBIA—"A Romsmce of At on | GRAND—"Way Out West."™ | ORPHEUM—Vaudaville. TIVOLI—Ce PRICE FIVE CENTS LANGSTERS LRADUALLY WEAKENING Not Able to Stand|Slav and Japanese Woman Tells Story S FICAT - REPORTEL Ao CONFESSES HER SHARE N MURDER Against Will | Admirals Said to | of Dual Crime of People. Many Councilmen De- sert to Join Forces With Mayor. Meetings Held at Which Citizens Rise in v h Their Might. IR PHILADELPHIA, May 96 — "“Re-) ved That we, citizens of Phil- ndeiphia, without regurd to rty or Ao hereby, before God and mén, ur life, liberty and sacred honm- the complete overthrow of des- metbods in municipsl affatrs and American pri r which our fathers fought a: ever be our glory while to be called their politics ation of the snai s worthy TO RAISE A BIG FUND. WON OVER TO THE MAYOR. pressure from probably go all absorb- 8 whether the defeat the b :p next Thursday veto, 1ts s evening shows 2 select Council- of the Co: the Select W0 members. in him. The on Council is organization the Mayor thirty- eighty-f organization men e new Director of Public , Acker, annulled the advertise- for bids for street cleaning for 3 The contract aggregates $1,000,- « The contract for this year is held e Bros, one of whom is a State another Recorder of CONTEST WAGES WARM. The struggle to hold or win Council- s growlpg hotter and many of the y fath have expressed the wisn that they had never been elected to the legislative body. They declare that they owe all their success in life to the Continued on Page 3, Column 3. vever, signs | are breaking | was taken to- | Have Met. | \Battle, According to| Story, Took Place in. | Korean Straits. TOKIO, May 27, 4:30 p. m.— Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s fleet has been sighted off Fu- shima Islands, in the Straits of Korea. TOKIO, May 27 (moom)—It is rum- ored here that the Japanese and Rus- sian fleets under Admiral Togo d Viee Admiral Rojestvensky have en- Saged in the Korean Straits. the vanguard Fakoman road, stores depot for a considerab! or C in T where they destrayed the telegraph distance. Large bands ese bandits emc d by the n were partly annibilated and | partly dispersed On May 13 the Fakoman-Shifuds: and found | the heights south of Fakoman occupied by a large Japarese force consisting of | guards i n and dis- port train with rice, PROUD OF HIS COUNTRY. Baron Komura Says Japan’s Financial Capability Surprises the Worid. TOKIO, May 2.—Baron Komura, Min- ister of Foreign Affairs; Baron Sone, Min- and Baron Shibusawa House Association ra said that the Japan had com- id was glad ancial and Il as strength on he said, would in the tion after greater pros- He would be opened befo expected, a nd commerce. on of foreign | is hearers to by inspiring ith confidence in the | Baron Sone thank commeretsl inte: sistance in financing the war. ] Baron Shibusawa sald that the com- | merce and productive capacity of the na- | tion was growing despite the war. The bank clearings, he sald, for 1904 exceed- ed two billion dollars. He expected that the bank clearings for 1905 would exceed two and & balf billion dollars. B ey R TROUBLE AMONG TROOPS. inancial and r great as- Chinese Say Japanese Reserves Are on the Verge of Revolt. GUNBHU PASS, Manchuria, May %.— The Japanese tactics are puzzling. They gave way at the slightest pressure against their center on both the rafiroad and thé Mandarin road. The Chinese ex- piain the retirement by trouble among the reserves, some of whom, they say, are almost in & state of revolt because Japan has not kept its promise to return | them to Japen. | The retirement of the Japanese center erpreted by some of the Russian s as a postponement of Field Mar- ehal Oyama’s offensive plan because of | the bad state of the roads, but this view is pot shared by ail the officers. In order to prevent wrangling over the | ques of reward or censure arising from reports forwarded by the command- er-in—chief through the army corps com- manders, General Linevitch in an order of the day has directed that copies of | the original reports of all encounters | and individual exploits be transmitted to !his staff, as well as briefer reports | through the ordinary channels. ¢ B8 P | IGNORE ORDER TO LEAVE. { Vessels of Russinn Volunteer Fleet Are i Still Anchored Off Woosung. TSINGTAU, May 26.—The whole Russian fleet is assembled near Woo- sung and the German sauadron at Tsingtau is preparing for eventualities. SHANGHAL May 27.—The Russian war vessels that were off the Saddle Islands, about sixty miles southeast of here, left last night. The- Chinese authorities ordered the vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet Continued on Yage 2, Columa 3. :'he- mattr-Sely-arrived g { Hotel and the local police are endeav- | certaln whether the disappearance of in Nevada. Says San Quentin Con- | viet Killed Two Men and Burned Bodies. Sheriff Is Now on the Way to California to Take Charge | of Felon. Special Dispatch to The Call SALT LAKE, Utah, May 26.—Sheriff Jacob oJhnson of Lincoln County, Neb., | passed through Sait Lake to-day en route to San Quentin (Cal) prison, | where he is to take charge of a con- vict by the name of Hamcock, who is wanted for the murder of Dr. Engle- hardt and his camp mate seven or eight years ago. The murder took place on the Nevada desert near the Pahrump | ranch, Nye County, and remained a | mystery for several years. The crime is fixed on Hancock by a woman who was traveling with him at the time. Englehardt, who was a veterinarian of Los Angeles, was searching for a lost mine when he and his companion met Hancock and the woman. The four camped together that night and Han- cock shot the two prospectors as they slept. He then burned the bodies and the wagon belonging to the men, taking their money and horses. Threats of death kept the woman silent until she learned that Hancock was in the Cal- 4fernic prisen, wWhen she confessed. She described the scene of the mur- ders and Sherift Johnson, on visiting | ihe spot, discovered sufficient evidence to corroborate her story. Until her confession the fate of Englehardt and the miner who was with him was un- known. Hancock is now serving a sentence for burglary committed in California. His sentence will expire about June 1 and Sheriff Johnson will be at the pris- | on to take him into custody for the Mevada crime. It is understood “the woman will hold herself in readiness to testify against Hancock, from whom she has become estranged since the killing. ———— WONAN'STOSTLY IEWELS. WISSING Mrs. Linderberg’s Necklace Disappears From Palace in a Mysterious Manner —_— The house detectives of the Palace oring to find trace of a $1000 diamond necklace that was until a few nights ago the highly prized property of Mrs. Jafet Linderbers, wife of the well known millionaire mining man of Nome. While Mrs. Linderberg is not her jeweled neck adornment was due to her carelessness or to theft, deemed It advisable to make the fact that it was gone known to the man- agement of the Palace, which promptly instituted a search for the neckiace and called in the assistance of the police. According to the statement made yesterday by Jafet Linderberg, his wite missed the necklace two nights ago, while she was engaged in pack- ing ker trunks, preparatory to the de- parture of herseif and husband for Se- attle last evening. Thinking that pos- sibly the necklace might have been misplaced, Mrs. Linderberg made a careful search of all her trumks, but without result, and then it that the matter was called to the attention of the hotel management. Mrs. Linderberg usually wore the necklace during the evenings and she was still in doubt as to whether it might’ have slipped from her neck while going from or coming to the ho- tel or while she was sitting in the court. For that reason she was reluc- tant to advance the theory of theft that is usually the hasty conclusion of ho- tel guests. when they lose valuable ar- ticles. At any rate, the police and ho- tel detectlves are eagerly looking for the string of gems. DOG BITES CHILD AS SHE LEAVES THE SCHOOLHOUSE Six-Year-0ld San Marcos Girl Ia Sav- agely Attacked by a Vielous Beast. SAN DIEGO, May 26.—The littla 6-year-old daughter of Gus Eliason of San Marcos was severely bitten yester- day by a vicious dog, which had been hanging about the schoolhouse during the afternoon. The little one had been dismissed before the other pupils. As she left the school she was savagely attacked by the brute. She was bitten upon the face and arm and hand. Another accident to a San Marcos child occurred on Wednesday, when the 2-year-old chiid of Fred Oden was bad- 1y burned by spilling a bottle of ecar- bolic acid on its breast. X MRS. DANIELL OF LONDON BEGINS CONTEST OF HEMPHILL WILL. SEPARATION WILL CLOSE ) ROMANCE Courtship Begun in - a Palace to End in Divorce. —e Pretty Love Story Be- hind Suit in Court at Denver. D" Ll Special Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, Colo.,, May 2.—Divorce is about to write finis to the love story of Thorowold C. F. Sorensen, late medal de- signer to King Oscar of Sweden. Soren- sen has filed suit in the District Court for separatfon from Alfhild Johanna M. Sorensen on the ground of desertion. Sorensen, who is located here, designed the life membership card of gold which was presented to President Roosevelt by the Denver Press Club, Sorensen was married in 1896 after a | courtship beside the fiords that promised | everlasting happiness. The story is one | of love in a palace, where Sorensen met | the pretty, flaxen-haired Swedish girl who | afterward became his wife. Kings, Princes, lords and ladies took a deep in- terest in the romance of the young de- | signer and when the marriage was an- | nounced many congratulations wers show- | ered on his head from his royal master down to the ladies in waiting on the ' Queen. Two children were born to them. | Then came misunderstandings, disagree- ments and quarrels. Scrensen left the service of his royal emplover and went to New York. He worked for several years for Tiffany in New York and finally came to Denver, where he was engaged as an engraver and designer by Boyd Park. He ranks among the most accomplished artists of the goldsmith: craft. ROBBER GRUCS AN 4D WIFE SAN BERNARDINO, May %.—A burg- lar last night entered the house of Lewis S. Steele, general manager of the Call- fornia Citrus Union for the Highland distriet, in Highland, drugged Steele and his wife while they slept and made a search for money. The ourglar left un- touched & quantity of handsome silver- ware, watches, diamonds and other jew- els, and secured but a few dollars in sil- ver. | WANTS BLOODHOUNDS TO TRAIL VILLAINS San Diego Police Chief De- _ clares That Dogs Area { | DAUGHTER OF THE. LATE MRS. JOHN HEMPHILL AND HER TWO | CHILDREN. | GIRL STUDENT OF HEALDSBURG. LISES SIGHT Stricken Blind * While Preparing Lessons 1 by Lamplight. Special Dispatch to The Call HEALDSBURG, May 26.—While studying last night Miss Maud Shire, a popular high school student of this city, was suddenly stricken blind. Ml Shire is only 17 years of age and very pretty. She has long been regarded as a brilliant scholar. Last night, as was her usual cus- tom, she was preparing her next day’s lessons by lamplight. Suddenly she calied to her mother that the light had gone out and that the room was in darkness. Her mother came into the room and seeing the lamp burning brightly thought the girl was jesting. ‘When her daughter again declared doctors fear the girl will never see & BOY- DECLARES HE WAS AMONC THE BLESSED Says He Is Guided in All He Does by the Holy Spirit. e Epecial Dispatch to The Call. FREMONT, Ohio, May 236.—Aftef ten ours of unconsciou: . Chauncey Boyer, the 15-year-old son Boyer, a well to do farmer, awoke and declared that he had been in the pres- ence of the angels and bad received a divine eomMmunication. The boy reads his Bible, talks for hours over his vision and exhorts all sbout him to be saved. His visitors have numbered several hundred and many conversions have occurred among them. Physicians declare that the boy 1s perfectly sane. The boy claims to be in constant communication with the Lord, and says he is guided by the Holy Spirit in all he says and does. OFFICER ACCUSED OF SELLING PLANS German Charged With .Be- tailing Military Secrets to Franee. THORN, Prussia, May % —The trial will begin on Monday next of Helinut Wesse!, formerly a first lieutenant and and who s swindling. cusation on which he will ‘be.tried, but the former lieutenant is also charged with selling plans of German fortresses to France. Wessel Is the husband of Matilde Baum- ler, the ‘“veiled lady” of the second 1588 he found an asy- ¥ of Joha | | | | | | | | | | cording to | cedent’s entire | that the last wishes of my l First Gun Fired Promises Hot Fighting. Maintains That Document Is Illegal. Out into the open has stalked the skele- ton in the household of the late Lizzie J. !Hzpphul. wife of Dr. John Hemphill, pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church. The mystery of the disappearancs of the will of Mrs. T Hemphill, whicn was gought in vain !mmediately after she had been summoned from this life, gave the first indication that she had carried to the grave a story untold. But now It will be told by other tongues and will bear attention. This fact was evidenced when counsel Tepresenting Mrs. Mary J. Daniell, daughter of Mrs. Hemphill, who resides | petition of Dr. Hemphill asking that s copy of the alleged last testament of the deceased be admitted to probate. Ac- the terms of this eopy de- estate was to pass Into the hands of Dr. Hemphiil, to be held in trust” by him, however, for the bemefit of Mrs. Daniell and her children by a former husband, Elizabeth P. and Harry €, Hastings. But the bitterness of Mrs, Hemphill was manifested in a paragrapa that said Mrs. Daniell should only emnjoy her share of the income in event of the death of her husband, W. J. Daniell, or of her obtalning legal separation from him. Around this provision the storm gathered, and now it has brokem, wita sensational legal fray to come, for Dr. Hemphill has sald: “There is but one thing that [ want, and that is to see oparted wite are carried out to the letter. HEARING ENDS ABRUPTLY. i i ment then given to a clerk, who it to Mrs. Hemph!ll. Dr. Hemphill in bis petition admitted, however, that M. H bad expressed dissatisfaction with the instrument, but had never told him that she had destroyed it, mor had she executed another. Attorney Louis M. Hoeffler of the firm of Bishop & Hoeffler filed the contest on behalf of Mrs. Dan- fell, and the hearing of Dr. Hemphill's petition for the probate of the copy came to.an abrupt end. The estate of Mrs. Hemphill is valued at $180,000, and If the alleged will is proved to have been destroyed or is i~ legal Mrs. Dahiell, her chiidren and Dr. Hemphill will receiva shares of the prop- erty outright. Regarding Mrs. Danlell's contest Attorney Hoeffler sald: “The will Is in all probability destroyed, because the provisions wers such that only a person strangely constituted allow them to stand. The summary that Il kept of it demomstrates the fact thad Mrs. Hemphill was strangely, influenced ‘-ninn Daniell. A thorough search about is the ae- | | was destroyed. HUMANITY 1§ VIOLATED. “Even if the will was found that says an