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

thirty hours ending 1905: Francisco and 17, San warmer Monday; fresh ‘ G. H. WILLSON, Local & RN Sl i ‘THE WEATHER. Forecast made at San Francisco for Temporarily in Charge. midnight, July ‘ vicinity—Fair, west winds. Forecaster, ALCAZAR—~"The inee. salem.” Bl BT Heart of a Geisha.™ CENTRAL—"TFast Life in New York.™ | CHUTES—"Princess Fan Tan.” Mat- GRAND—""Alexander, Prince of Jeru- MAJESTIC—"The County Fair."™ ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—"Rob Rey." VOLUME XCV T]I—\O 47. AMERICAN ARRESTED IN NORWAY Held in Connection With Theft of Diamonds. | et S May Throw nght on| Higginson Robbery | in New York. E’ Known as Edward Park, but|: Is Said to Have Been the . PRICE FIVE 'CENTS. Family Physician. t Park is a | ared they ed the robbery | LAZINESS, DUE T0 TINY WORM Tired Feeling of Peoples of Tropical Countries| Is Caused by Disease iR, Specisi Dispstch to The Call. subject insular legi has had of this disease u sion made an ex: mulated 1 will be refe quest for a 1 marked by profound anemia degeneration of the vital organs, | a chronic invalidism, which E death. ows the existence of an which is transmitted her and is probably re- so-called laziness of the y of Porto Rico, but er tropical countries. As a e, the doctors have found does the business.” It has. thet the infection Is e presence of a small worm, in the Intestines of the | the sclentific name of | oped patient ce uncinariasis. FALLING ROOF. KILLS WOMEN AND CHILDREN FERMO, Italy, July 16.—The roof of the | chepel of the Women’s Hospital fell in. this mor: ing the celebration of € sixteen women and fifty children and injuring sixteen women and | 2 large number of children. The injured | have been taken from the ruins. —_———— Outlaw Dies From Wounds. SEDAN, Kans, July 16.—William Chadburn, the outlaw who was shot by a posse of citizens at Hewins on Wednesday after he had shot and killed D. F. Calhoun, a railway detec- tive at Cedarvale, died in the County | Jail here to-night. Chadburn was shot six times during the fight. Ed Madi- gan, Chadburn's accomplice, was shot and instantly killed by the posse. REPORT HITS ‘Traction Expert Fears CHICAGO, July 16.—Thc “Dalrymple mystery” has been solved. The secret | of this suppressed ‘“‘communication” from the Scotch traction expert to Mayor | | “taken his pen in hand” | that Dairymple feared much for muni- FORMER _SPEAEER OF THE WHO 1§ SLOWLY DYING TR o A HOME. AT CHICACD'S PUBLIC MEN for Municipal Ownership, Special Dispa: h to The Call came out to-day and revealed asking for another r Dalrymple, in this thorough-going, me- odical Scotch way and with positive en- siasm for details, made his communi- only a report on the subject | municipal ownership in Chicago, but | a character sketch of the Chicago city | and traction officials. The report not only | analysis of Chicago's condition e i e and politics, | t was a gort of “Who's Who in Chi-| | Mayor found that Dalrrmple had | nor only to give his opinion on traction affairs, but to pre- sent pen pictures of ‘Chicagoans 1 Have Met.” The document is still as carefully guarded by Mayor Dunne as it has been ever since its arrival a week ago, but enough has been allowed to trickle ous f the sale in which it now rests to show cipal ownership in Chicago, because of the character of the men who would manage the municipal system. INDIGNANT MINERS TURN HOSE ON ORATOR Resent Lecturer’s Criticism of United States Govern- ment in Novel Way. Spectal Dispatch to The Cali. +MACE, Idaho, July 16.—While in the midst of a violent tirade against the United States Government to-day itin- erant gocialist lecturer was drenched with water from the fire hose and given such a wetting that he was compelw to stop his incendiary speech. There was a large crowd of miners | present, attracted to the scene by the powerful voice of the speaker. When he commenced telling the miners that they were worse than serfs and slaves he was greeted with hisses and shouts of de- | rision. “The soldiers of the country are nothing but cut-throats and hired assas- sins,” shouted the speaker. Scarcely had the words left s lips when he was struck on the breast with the full force of water from the hose. As soon as he caught his breath and had shook the water from his face the orator velled to the ecrowd: ‘“‘You fellows must have been with the soldiers in the Philip- pines and learned the water cure.” HENDERSON HikD CLOUDED BY SICANESS Former Speaker Lives - Entirely in the Past. Special Dispatch ta The Call DUBUQUE Iown, July 16.—The thin veil of gecrecy which has been thrown | about the afliction of-Colopel D. B: ‘Hen-1 dereon was cast”aside to-day, when the announcemeént that he is suffering from paresis was ‘made by his nlusldan. Dr. M. D. Cole, an osteopath. Threé weéeks ago the former speaker of the House of Representatives sus- tained a stroKe of paralysis, affecting the right arm and leg. He has since recov- ered, to some extent, the use of those mémbers, but his mental confusion is steadily growing worse. His memory s affécted and also his sense of time and place. In these moments of mental con- fusion he lives in the past, sometimes on the battlefield of Corinth or amid busy scenes at the national capital. Much of his strength remains and his appetite is-reasonably good, but he is restless and unable to obtain normal sleep in normal quantity. The physician holds out no promise of permanent re- lief. The battle of Corinth, where he re- ceived the wound that cast a shadow’ over his entire subsequent life, is the event that is uppermost m his thoughts, now confused beyond hope of repair. It was at Corinth that Colonel Henderson, then a captain in an Iowa regiment, re- ceived a wound in the foot which re- sulted in amputation after amputation, until at last almost the whole of one leg had been removed by the surgeons. Colonel Henderson's affliction is said to have been coming on for two years, but it is now believed to have had its In- cipiency when he was yet Speaker of the House and the long deferred explana- tion of his sudden and startling with- | drawal from the Congressional. contest in 1902 s the fear on his part that his mind would give way under the strain of a campaign. It is known that, at.a sorrowful inter- view on the day of his withdrawal, he confided his fears to two.of his closest friends in. Dubuque, who thereupon. re- | mare.” luetantly withdrew their objections anu permitted the announcement to.go to the public. He complained at that time of his Inability to sleep apd old friends re- marked that he did not seem the same. Such comment grew after’ his return from New York last spring, and more | especially since his return from Califor- nia afterward, but the mental confusion did not become pronounced until the stroke of paralysis occurred three weeks ago. PEARY STARTS FOR THE POLE; Leaves New York in His Ship, the Roosevelt, to Explore Regions of the Far North ALMOST 1IN . COLLISION' ——— < Spectal/Dispatéh to The Call. NEW _YORK, Jlxlr 16.—Lieutenant Robert E. Peary to-day started on hi long journey in quest of the North Pole. His ship, the Roosevelt, which had been lying in the North River opposite Thir- tleth street, since Saturday night, weigh- ed anchor and got under way shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon. On board the vessel beside thejexplor- er's party were a number of guests and newspaper men who accompanied the ship as far as Sandy Hook, where they | county mnmme- mn@nm lhe were taken oft by @ navy vard tug, sent | forts of the officers. out by Admiral Coghlan. A launch bear- 4,- Life a Failure to »‘WANTS FWE GIRL NORE YERS 0F HEALTH Senator -T. G | Platt. | Aged Politician Hopes! Yet to Retr.ieve His Errors.‘ \ Admits That He Modeled His| Policy as a Leader Along Uniruitful Lines. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, July 16.—"“Seventy-two years old. A great many days and months and vears—some of them fruitful, some barren, but none of them worth thé while— “No, it has not been worth while. It could have been go much ‘better—or, at least, sb different from what it is.” “Senator Thomas C. Platt, victor in countless hard fought political battles, head of a great and Succussful corpora- tion, reputed , wealthy, surrounded by loyal friends, avowedly in better heaith than he has been for years, made this remarkable statement to-day and‘in the next breath said: “T never felt bettér in my lite.” The Senator stood on the piazza of his home, Tioga Lodge, back in the Skunne- munk: Mountainis, mear Highland mu-. N. Y., and looked out over v.w ot biue sky and green woods. of Iumaamce was in old 3 Hn‘ i h o de - -of hope and decision tm«mv hears in men lufe his age~men who are going up the hill of life, not coming down. Platt had been up early {n the morning. with a dozen guests who had spent Sat- urday,. the Senator's birthday, -at’ his new home. ““No,” he repeated, “‘I don't think it has been worth while. If I had it to do over again' I should model my polltlcal life along other lines.” “Would you have the years come back for another chance?” he was asked. “No,”” was the reply, “I would not; but 1 would do much differently.”- “Why? How differentiy?” ““I should rather not say,” replied the, Senator. “It would lead to developments. 1 do not wish anything to develop from the statement that the years have not been worth the battle, or that I would Iive out a different political policy from the one I have so long pursued.” “Yet you have been successful “Perhaps,” *was the answer, some dear old friends.” Then the Senator changed the sub- Ject. “It is a trifle too serious a one for such a beautiful day,” he explained. Two years ago, when "Mr. Platt was seventy, he said he would not join a Hundred Year Club. “Five years more will satisfy me,” he said, on that occasion. “That is enough.” “Do you still stand on that declara- tion?" he was asked to-day. “I do,” he replied. “Then vou only wish for three more years?” “No, five,”” said the Senator. *I. was not very well two years ago. My héalth was run down. But I have regained it all up here in the hills. I feel like a new man. I still stand on the original ‘five year’ proposition—I still want five years The subject of the Equitable Life scandal was rhentioned and Senator Platt exclaimed warmly: » “The names of'many good men in finan- cial life have been unjustly tarnished through their connection with great events. It kills some of them; others it does not harm. I understand that Mr. James W. Alexander, former president of the Equitabie, has softening of the brain. This is deplorable. My friend Mr. De- pew is too great a man to remain down in this connection. He will rise again. The storjes that have connected his name with the affair will do him no harm.” BLOOD-STAINED SHIRT CLEW TO MURDERER Arizona Rangers Searching Mountains for Men Sus- pected of Foul Crime. Special Dispatch to The Call. GLOBE, July 16.—A large posse com- posed of rangers, deputy sheriffs and residents is scouring the section sur- rounding the scene of the atrocious mur- | der of 8. S. Plunkett and Edward Ken- nedy near leh\ptom One of the sus- pected murderers is7a tall, slim light- complexioned Mexican, the other a short | thick:set “half-breed- Yaqui. Indian. 'l‘llcyl ad been working on the “canal for some time but had trouble 1m sf»t-hax- “I have and went to work for Plunkett only two !, or three days before the murder. . tive they can identify men, even though they be -are mow In | ' /Globe to mwet all mny be | | brought in. "'z;i“;z‘ ey t ea et i 0 - year-old Russian girl, is accused of attempting to kill* her parents, seven brothers and herself Sat- urday_ night by turning on the gas in a room where they were all sleeping. The father is a fruit peddler and the home at 674 Clementina street becamz repulsive to the daughter aiter she i had come in contact | with Americans of edu- cation and learned of the ignorance in her home, | so neighbors say. She was arrested yesterday morning at the request of her tather, who says she is an incorrigible and should be sent to a pub- lic institution. Y EARCAT T D R Denies €harge and| Tells Sad Tale to' Police. —_— Says Parents Keep Her From Bet- ter Life. O R Accqrding to the story of her brother, Lizzie Birbu, 2 Russian miss of fourteen years, attempted to-take the lives of the ‘| family of ‘eight, mclu@lnq herself, Sat- urday night by tu; . on<the gas while LY Were asleep 0om. at their home l&fl(Olemen!hit street. The vigll- ance of the. father was their salvation and after he had caught her in the at- tempt, she wak sevefely- reprimanded. Lizzie Sirbu, a fourteen- ' { | i | Yesterday morning she Had 1ot repented | - her act, the brother says, so she was tzken to the Central Police Station. The girl makes a strong denial of the accusations of her brother, but says that she tried to take her own life on Wed- resday, after enduring the treatment . of ber ignorant -parents till it became un- bearable. The neighbors say that thp- reason for the strange actions of the 8irbu girl is the influence that her sur- roundings had on her life and the sud- den change that has come over her since she became accustomed to American ways. The father, Louls Sirbu,” who brought his family out from Russia =~ several months ago, makes a livelihood for them by peddling fruit on the streets. None of the children have been sent to school and only Lizzie and a son can speak English. A kindly woman neighbor took Lizzie and gave her clean clothes and money to buy small things and she be- gan to look on life as something brighter than she had ever believed it. GIRL IS DISSATISFIED. It is said that Mrs. Sirbu objected to her daughter having these advantages and made her return to the ill-smelling |- chelter and ignorant associates of the pa- rental roof. “On several occasions she stubbornly told her father that she was going to bet- ter her condition, but he only laughed and bade her to be content,” said her brother, Max yesterday. ‘“She does not like our home since she met that Amer- ican woman and will not stay here with the rest of us. Maybe mother was cruel to her, but not any more so than to me.” “Lizzie left home last week,” said the mother, through the interpreter, ‘“‘and stayed away for two days. Before that] she was In the habit of leaving fre- quently. She procured ‘a position in a cleaning shop—I think it was in S. N. Wood Co.’s store—and there she was when Max went after her. We do not know where she roomed. When she came home, sh® was irritable and said she did not want to live. She made an attempt to end her life on™Wednesday and on Saturday night she turned the gas on in the room where we were all asleep.” Gas was dotected escaping from Liz- zie's room Wednesday by Rose Zitsky a Russian neighbor, and the door was broken oven barely in time to save the sh‘l’u life. After resuscitation she made threats against the family, it is said, but; ter in the day left the house. Satur-! day night the father claims to have brought her home off the street and they all retired in one small bedroom. 'The| girl did not close her eyes, but, after: the others were sleeping, she stole soft- ly to the gas fixture and started tiie flow, hér father says. He was expect- ing the act and detected the fumes be-! forc any damage was done. la BULLETWOUND | POLICE JUDGE TO DECIDE. " Lizzie had a pale and determined look on her face at.the prison and seems to have suffered much from the life in the squalid home. | ““We came from Kishenev, Russia,” she #aid, “about eleven months ago. father has plenty of money, but his only wish xa to live cheaply and grow rich. - Miss Ci who lives at 11 Har- avenue, got me a position in §. N. ‘ood & Company’s store and I worked several days until they came me back to that hut on Clem: I d(d not want to live: mother scolded me 5 IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL ENTIRE FAMILY. Luzs SIRBU, THE FOURTEEN AS A CURE FOR LUNG DISEASE Invalid Who Attempted | Suicide Will Regain His Health. Special Dispatch to The Call DENVER, July 16.—James Springer, a tramway conductor, who endeavored to end his trouble by shooting himself several weeks ago, is in St. Luke’s Hos- pital, undergoing a curious process of récovery. He shot himself through thel left lung, the bullet passing entirely through his body. The wound is rap- idly healing, and with it the genmeral health of Springer is taking a surpris- ' ing turn for the better. Springer suffered from lung troubls ! for a 'long time. For several 'months | prior to the attempt at suicide-he had been living in Tueson, Ariz., on the ad- vice of his physician. The latter says that Springer's lungs are sound now. but simply as a precaution he will send him back to Arizona on his leaving lho hospital. During his illness resulting from the | fea. wound Springer has been gradually szining in general healthsuntil now F all formier weakness has passed away | and he stands a chance of becoming a sound, hearty and robust man. He Iis sitting up in bed, and his friends ex- pect that he will be discharged from the hospital in a week. If he had a | home here the physician says he could be taken to it now. SAVES TWO BOYS FROM DROWNINQ - Bescuér Surprised to Fmd the Lads Are His Own Sons. . wmtrl\tomm NORRISTOWN, Pa. July 18.—Mayor Samuel Roberts has placed himself in line for a Carnegie medal. While fish- ing with a boat his attention was at- | tracted by two boys struggling in the ‘water. Pulling up anchor, Roberts rowed to the scene and, plunging into the water without time to take off his | clothing, grabbed the boys by the hair as they mv going down for the last fig r drew.them to ‘surface grea his surprise to| find they were N.l own sons. - : N-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO FINDS LIFE BLE IN HER HOME BECAUSE HER PARENTS. WHO ARE FROM RUSSIA, “H..L NOT YIELD TO AMERICAN \\'.\YS AND wlCAT’X | for foreign missionary work uched. UNBEAR- BECCING NOTE - COSTS DR, FOX HIS POSITION Ousted From Seminary for Appealing to Rockefeller. b g ik Epecial Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, July 16.—Professor and Rev. Andrew N. Fox, who recently startled the country with a telegram to John D. Rockefeller, begging for some of his “tainted meney” for the Chicago- Theo- logical Seminary, has been dismissed from the faculty of that institution. News of this action has been carefully suppressed and became public only yes- terday, in the publication of the Semin- ary’s autumn roster, in. which the posi- tion in the German department, former- ly filled by Professor Fox, is indicated by blank line. This is the telegram, which caused the breach: “John D. Rockefeller, ‘Wanted: Two prof New York: endowments at home; eleven million lives to Check ac- on face value. No questions ask~ ANDREW N. FOX, PH. D.” Biblical language in German Institute,, Chicago Theological Seminary.™ when it found its way tirred circles thronzhont the country. —_——— 'LOUISIANA TRAIN al WRECKED BY FIEND Engineer Killed and Fire- man Hurt on a Southern Pacific Freight. ¢ i | i § ! attempt to wreck a passenger the switch light was moved and tions made to cause an . accident. passenger fassed through an heur mdmemutvurmh.nm senger train's time. s o PR SR General Wood's Coustn’ Killed. il ‘'WESTON, Mass., July H the discharge of a shotgun which he had loaded fof" the purpese of shooting stray cats. Thomas T. Hagar, a of Major General Leonard Wood, snstantly killed last night . o