The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1905, Page 25

«The Call Prints More News Than Any Other Paper Published 1n San Franc1sco THE WEATHER. Yyind. Forecast for November 26: San Francisco and vicinity—Increas- ng cloudiness Sunday; A. G. MoADIR, District Forecaster. fresh south inee to-day. COLUMBIA—* MAJESTIC—* Matinee to- THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—*Mrs. Dane's Denfense.” Matinee to-day. CALIFORNIA—'“The Utoplans.” Mat- CENTRAL—"‘Sapho." CHUTES—Vaudeville. “The Sho Gun." FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. “The day. ORE‘HE'. M—Vaudeville. 'n\'()ufcomic Opera. Matinee to-day. Light Eternal’™ Matinee to- \(\ITI \O 14 MRS. FRANCIS B. HARRISON KILLED IN AUTO WREC FIFTY-TWO PAGES—SA FRANCISCO SUN'D—\Y NOVEMBER 26 , 1905 PAGES "’5 TO 38. PRICE FIVE CENTS and Charles T. Crocker of San Francisco and Chauffeur Constant Ravert were seriously injured in Long Island City yesterday by the wrecking of f/u ir automobile. Myrs. Harrison’s neck was broken. CHAUF Mr. and Mrs. Laurance L Scott and Charles T. Crocker of San Francisco Injured. Young Wife of Former Congressman Is Crushed to Death Under Machine. nd pinned under the | up ned about t something was ng gear he machine swerved ts] s frantic eff: e road were fr lunged toward a ditch egraph se. It | w and then VICTIM PINNED DOWN. unconscious where although sti to move con- some for like the other mem- The chauffeur bers of the party, was stunned. No ome was near the point where the accident occurred, the road being almost deserted at the time. first persons to realize the terrible tion were Mr. Crocker and the hauffe who tried to free Mrs. Har- and found that they could not lift ¢ mach Mr. Scott, with a broken | r. also joined them, but still the ma- he pressed upon the unconscious wom- Mrs. Scott had by this time béen consciousness, and it was de- o send for heip. FARMHANDS RAISE THE MACHINE. Assistance, however, was already com- ng, two farmhands having seen the ac- cident and ran across the flelds. Another came along apout the same the men were able to raise Harrison was dying when her ted her up. She was hurried to al in Long Island City, reaching the hospital. n nt for Mr. ter treatment at al, were a able to return a carriage. as at his office in New t informed of the accident | that his wife had been se- He did not know of her called at St, John's Hos- injured until he Harrison were married | last gubernatorial election Harrison was the Dem- for the office of Lieu- 1800. New York M - Governor. and Mrs have been stay- g at the Arlington Hotel. Mr. Crock- left New Haven yesterday to come to | New York for the automobile party. Constant Ravert is the name of the auffeur. To-night it was reported that shoulder had been dislocated. FUNERAL IN THIS CITY. Harrison's body will be sent to Francisco and placed in the Crocker Mr. Scott b o cording to arrangements for Mrs. arrison’s funeral, a special train will e chartered, ieaving New York on Tues- ay eveuning for San Francisco. When the train reaches the coast Mis, Harri- son will be buried in the private plat of ihe Crockers in Cypress Lawn Ceme- njuries a John’s Hospi { Dr. Briggs. It was found that Mr had received a fracture of the age automobile was kept. er of the boulevard where the examination a tire had burst ar iled y difficulty with the s —e HARRISON'S PATHETIC GRIEF. Paces Room In Lies Dead. Hysterical with Harrison tary Bereaved Husband Which Wi lawyer racked ntinuat of the £ his Irving at tl wh been Hotel have rom and he stopping since wife had escaped with a There are two -\M anat 'mp,r'n of | tomobiles. The police and Coroner said | to-night that the loss of controi of the car was due to the dropping out of a ng part at the joi e steering ) the steering rod ber f the car. Whether this of those imexplicable cur to all automobiles or lessness, they could not decide llagher, after cuestioning the chauffeur and examining the machine, declared that an exploding tire on the right front wheel swerved the auto- mobile into deep sand, where it could be guided. Only one explanation was offered as to why a car should travel 168 feet in that condition, and this was that the chauffeur became confused and did not shut off his power or apply his brakes. Against this is the vehement denfal of the man him- self, who admits he jumped just before the accident. The direct cause of the automobile as due to one idents that oc- upsetting was the striking of a tele- | graph pole by the front wheel just at a moment when the men were either endeavoring to drag the women from the machine to escape the Inevitable accident or to jump. Because of this accident Mrs. Scott, who occupied an outside place, was thrown free, but there was no chance to save Mrs, Har- rison. Rt MOURNED IN SAN FRANCISCO. Mrs. Harrison Beloved by Friends in Home of Her Girlhood. A spell of gloom was cast over the members of the smart set of this city and vicinity when the sad news of the death of Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison was received. She was born and reared here and was known and belowed by hundredg At first there was much anxiety over the safety of Mrs. Mountford Wilson and Mrk. Henry T. Scott, but these fears were soon allayed when it became known that Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Wilson had left New York a couple of duys ago and are at present in Chicage, en route to this city. Mr. and Mrs. Laurance I. Scott, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. henry T. Scott left this city several weeks ago to visit in | New York ‘with Mrs. Harrison and other friends. Laurance Scott was in delicate health at the time and it was thought the trip East would do him good. While in New York the party from this city spent much of its time with Mrs. Har- rison and her friends. Mrs. Francls Burton Harrison was the daughter of the late Colonel Charles Crocker of this city, one of the former magnates of the Southern Pacific Rail- road system. She was born here twen- ly tour years ago and shortly after be- g of age she was married in New Yar ' to anull Burton Harrison, son where the | conneets | the body | to gross care- | of Mrs. the author. Burton Harrison, eminent in this city, receiv: at the Van Ness Seminary. went to New York and s studying at Miss Spence’s Seminary. She then woman made her social debut, this be- | circles throughout the country, | Crocker was a que She divided her time between York and this city, though for the few years she spent most of her time | in the metropolis. for M n among heire. jas a soclal favorite, as she of a rming disp ion and well liked by Il classes. She was always noted for Mrs, Harrison spent her girihood days & her early education ent some time Shortly after leaving there the young ing an event much discussed in social Tast She always reigned Tragic Deaths of Descendants of Forty-Niners | |7 'Three famous ’49ers of Cali- fornia, friends and partners, { passed unscathed through many perils and finally died naturally, leaving great riches to children, who have met vio- lent deaths. Charles Crocker died peace- fully in Monterey, Cal, in 1888, | aged 66 years. His granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Harrison, was killed in an automoblle accident on Long Isla in 1905. John W. Mackay died of dis- ease In London in 1902, aged 71 years. His son, John W. Mackay Jr., was killed by being thrown from a horse in Paris in 1805. James G. Falr, after an ad- venturous life, died In San Francisco in 1894, His som, Charles L. Fair, was killed by an automobile acci- dent in ‘France in'1902. | her charitable ways and many an un- | fortynate family profited by her gener- | osity. { Practically all of Mrs. Harrison's ! business Interests are located in this {eity. She was one of the main stoek- holders of the Hotel Bt. Francis and besides was the sole possessor of other " Continucd on Page 26, Column 1, q— ') < e CAmmRNIA HEIRESS, WHO WAS INSTANTLY KILLED, AND HER THREE WHO RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES IN THE WRECKING OF FHBn AL‘I‘OMOBILE ON A GRADE IN. LONG ISLAND CITY. * of the road, its right wheels on the MACHINE LEAPS FROM GRADE AS IF HURLED BY CATAPULT —— e Chauffeur Insists That the Bursting of a Tire Caused the Disaster. Special Dispatch to The Call . asphalt. The four in the automobile were laughing and talking. Suddenly the machine began to swerve to the right in a way that lh ed it was beyond control. This testimony of Joseph We; and Wl{hm Allen, who were working in a | i i R R e R G 2 S NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—The Harrison automobile ascended the Long Island City grade at a very rapid pace. Ra- vert, the chauffeur. admits thirty miles | an hour. It is belleved to have been |18 | forty. The machine held the ‘center:| o ——— AUTOMOBILE RUNS DOWN AND CRUSHES LIFE 0UT OF BOY Sylvan Garthley the Vietim of Accident on Golden Gate Avenue. Chauffeur Applies Brakes Too Late and the Machine Strikes Youth. The young life of Sylvan Garthley, a boy 10 years of . was crushed out by an automobile on’ Golden Gate avenue, between Fillmore and Steiner streets, about 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The chauffeur, Jonathan E. Halnes, was arrested and charged at the City Prison ‘with manslaughter, but was almost im- mediately released on $100 cash bail.- Haines, who seemed to be unnerved by the fatal accldent, sald he was employed 91 Golden Gate avenue. He had taken out-a new a Mmm— panfed by two employes 5 mnc-mmc-uu, [company, Oltver, 17; 5. Francis Burton Harrison of New York (formeriy Miss Mary Crocker of San Francisco) was Filled and Mr. and Myrs. Laurance I. Scott l | | l by the Ploneer Automobile Company ul the outbreak at Sebastopol FEUR LOSES CONTROL OF CAR RACING AT HIGH SPEED | SALORS HRE ON ADMIRAL —_— Troops Join in Sebastopol Mutiny. Commandant Shot and Seriously Woundei SEBASTOPOL, Nov. 25.—The sailors of this port and the Brest regiment have mutinied and joined the workmen. The eity is In a state of panle. The sailors yesterday attempted to hold a miral. The mutineers, carrying red flags and by a military band, marched to the rallway station and compelled the employes to cease rnmlvne,n-v.m are im ecirculation of the in- creasing disaffection In the Fourteenth and Fifteenth naval battalions at St. Petershurg. 5 ST. rl'rmmm. Nov. 25.—That is no drunken frolic, as was the case at Rronstadt, but a seriously planned revolutionary demonstration, was made clear by the tome of an offcial state- Contlnued on Page 27, Columa &