The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1905, Page 1

A unsettied weather 2bly rain; brisk south THE WBATHER. Forecaste for November 28, 1905: San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy Wednesdey, A. G. McADIB, District Forecaster. winds tective.” LYRIC B > THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—“My Friend From India."* ALHAMBRA—“The CALIFORNIA—‘‘The Parisian Belles.” CHUTES—Vaudeviile. COLUMBIA—"“The Sho Gun.” FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. - GRAND—King Richard ML" HALL—Outcault ‘The Light Eternal.” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—Comic Opera. Millionaire De- Lecture. Matines, — e SAN FRANCISCO, WE DNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HILLS OF SEBASTOPOL MAY RESOUND TO-DAY WITH R AR OF CANNON. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 29, 1:54 a. m—-The last day of grace accorded the mutineers at Sebastopol expired at midnight, with no signs of surrender on.the part of the men. sound this morning with the roar of musketry and cannon. ! 1 HOIDISON SAYS ALL ANIMAL LIFE 1S IMMORTAL. Now comes Dr. George H. Howison, the eminent philoso- pher of the University of Cali- fornia, with a declaration to his class that all animal life has the reflective faculty of mind and is not guided altogether by in- stinct. And intelhgence and mind, - wherever found, are im- mortal, asserts the savant. Philosopher Startles Class With His Statement. Asserts Lower Forms| Have Reflective Mind. | The start have intel > the reflec- | this gives | the right , created a University 4 inspired a e philosophy until the g gh th escaped lief that | sou | matt of those nortal the er's positive mental raflect to be im- intelli- “Animals have intellect, as do men.{ The difference in intellect consists in | the difference the hindrance to the | iutellectual facuity. Inereaseq intelli- gence means imcreased comtrol, per- fected comtrol. Do animals refiect as » does? Umdoubtedly they do. If refiect then they bave intelligence. | e §t is sdmitted that they have in- | m telligence then you smust admit that they are to exist eternally just as much & you are to exist etermally. Are animals capable of overcoming the Sindrance to their intellectusl faculty? | 1 answer yes.” No hint hed been given by whose lectures on cs attract e greater part of the student body hich js philosophicaily inclined, that his o e treated to so se isquisition es was given dur- | e hour when * is discussed aged philosopher. Evolution has be ubject matter of most of Pro- fessor Howison's philosophical lectures of late, and it was upon evolution that the class to-day fixed its mind when Profes- sor Howison began his address. Scouting the idea entertained by some eposties of evolution that consclousness | has been evolved from mere matter, Pro- | fessor Howison proceeded to demonstrate | to-day that there always has been con- | sclousness—self-existing, eternal con- Professor sciousness. From this phase of the sub- ject, which was not particularly novel, the university philosopher diverged to a of intelligence, as exhibited in d then came his radical decla- | o the young idea which | at least—that animals | ective capacity which qualifies | classed as reasoning beings, discuss! wi intelligence corresponding to man's intelligence, the latter being assumed to be immortal RELIGION OF BUDDHA. The religion of Buddha was cited by Professor Howisoh as an example of rec- tion ghven by a great religious r to the jower animals, a recogni- nowberc granted by Jesus Christ, Aione does the doetgine of Buddha em- brace & recognition of the dignity of the lower order of anima:s, said Professor Howison. A remarkable feature of Christ’s teachings is that ghey include no reference to this, a leading phase of Buddhism. In this respect Buddha may be sald to surpess Christ, according to Howison, although Buddha had no such conception of the immortality of the soul and the dignity of the individual and the individual Jife, as did Jesus Christ. Christ this respect grandly transcended the ligious teacher of India. Ihe Biblical story of the serpent in the Garden of Eden, and the curse said to heve been.pronounced there upon the ser- pent, was smilingly referred te by Pro- fessor Howison, with the declaration that Continued on Page 3, Column & I N \ i\ ) ;/, 4 4 e '1 EMINENT SCIENTIST WHO BSAYS THAT ALL ANIMAL LIFE IS IM- MORTAL. %+ CALIFORNIAN RESIGNS FROM NAVAL SCHOOL Midshipman White Dis- satisfied With His Treatment. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Robert E. White, midshipman at the naval acad- emy, has resigned because he is dissatis- fied with the treatment he.receives at the hands of upper classmen. In his let- ter of resignation, received by the Secre- tary of the Navy to-day, White gave as his reasons for resigning that he consid- ers himself “unfitted for the service” and that ‘he has found the naval af distasteful to him since he began his course about four months ago. It is believed "that White was forced out of the academy by the midshipmen's code of honor. White was appointed from Californta. e Smow on Moumt Hamilton. SAN JOSE, Nov. 23.—The entire Mount Hamiiton range of mountains was covered with snow this morning half way down to the foothills and as far north as San Jose Mission. There is considerable snow alsc on the Loma Prieta section of the Coast range. The | breaking his a: rainfall for the season .s 1.48 inch in the valley and three inches in.the |a sleigh foothills sections. | | | { | { | | aj 9 \ & D 2% S Q& 220) N S N\ A NN % SN O/I 2 L N RN FIERCE FIRE CAUSES A B PROPERTY L0SS Manufacturing Estab- lishments Damaged Fully $100,000. A disastrous fire broke out early this morning in the cigar box manufactur- ing establishment of Ellis & Gautadine, at 224 Fremont street, and before the Fire Department got the flames under control property valued at $100,000 was consumed. The fire was discovered by Policeman Walsh, who was making his rounds shortly aftes 1:30 a. m. Two alarms werz sent in and a dozen engines were Soon attacking the confla- gration from every point. The fire was fanned by a stiff breeze and quickly spread to adjoining structures. The fire was fiercest 4n the bullding occupled by the Jardine Machine Company, which was entirely. consumed. & Among the places completely de- stroyed were Union Iron Works at 222 Fremont street; Reliance Engine Com- pany, 226 Fremont; Ellis-Gautadine cilgar box manufacturers, 224 Fre- mont, and" the Jardine Machine Works at 218 Fremont. Heavy loss was also sustained by the V. Kingwell Brass Foundry at 228 Fremont street and the Betts Spring Company at 216 Fremom, street. The losses will probably reach fully $100,000. Mopst of the property is in- sured. At 2 a. m. the department had the fire under control. TWO MEN ARE SHOT BY MASKED THIEVES SPOKANE, Nov. 2.—Three masked men while holding up the Hillyard Bar saloon at 7 ¢'clock to-night shot Thomas Kehoe, the bartender, twice in the head and when he, came out from behjnd bar they beat him on the head with their revolvers. It is thought that he will die. The-thugs aiso shot J. C. Parks, Hvan T Thy rohbere: htns hmoet bts n. The r _then 1 into owned by a er and escaped. l 1 1 ! i i | - BY GIANT 'Woman BLOWN (P POVIER Lodg\fil_é?fiousei Is Wrecked | by Blast. Husband and Wife Hurled Infto an Mangled and Man Is Seriously Injured. Two Score Inmates Thrown Into Panic, but Escape With Their Lives. An explosion which destroyed a building at 10 St. Charles place, off Pacific street, occurred early this morning and nearly sacrificed the lives of forty people wio were in the house. Isador Sellinger and his wife, Augusta Sellinger, were badly mangled and are being tréated at the Central Emergency Hospital. The east side of the building is a total ruin. Sel- linger and his wife were blown fmm:the ruins into a narrow alleyway that ieads to Pacific street, and were extricated with difficulty by the police. ‘What caused the explosion is a mys- tery. It is probable, however, that giant powder ' or dyndmite- stored within the room in which the man and woman slept was respomsible for the blow-up. The two so of Sellinger, both of. whomt a employed in a local drug establishment, assert that no explosives or chemieals were kopt on the premises, The police, however, discovered a quantity of gun- powder in the room of one of the hoys and dispute the assertion that nothing of an explosive nature was around the house. The explosion startled the residents in the neighborhood of Kearny street and Broadway. Rolice Officers Sullivan, Lysett and Nelson quickly appeared on the scene and commenced the work .of rescue. % Sellinger and his wife were found buried under a heap of debris and it was with difficulty that the police ex- tricated them. They had been hurled from their bed and when the walls fell outward they dropped into a narrow al- ley, in which the police found them. Sellinger-is the proprietor of the house. He and his wife occupied the room in which the explosion took place and his two sons, Benjamin and Harry, occupied a room adjoining. Both of the boys awoke when the report occurred and found themselves buried under a mass of plaster and.timber. Neither was seri- ously Injured. Both denied emphatically to Detectlves Mulcahy and Matheson that anything in the nature of an explosive was kept about the place. The police after an investigation are of the opinion that the explosive was stored away in the room. The investigation cov- ered every person Wwho occupied the house, and -thus far it has not been dis-! covered . tha: any who were lodgers | had any enemies or could have been re- sponsible for the affair. - The Injuriés to. Sellinger consist - af al lacerated wound of the scaip,-a lacerated wound of the right evelid and a contu- sion on the foot, His wife had her right | foot mangled in such’'a mauner that the surgeons at the Central Emergency Hos- pital foxmd amputation necessary, and she sustained an extensive lacerated wound of the left foot. . . Logger Dies in' the Snow. FRESNO, Nov. 28.—The. body of Samp Smith was found in the snow a few miles from Shaver ] to-day at noon. Smith wasa I employed by the Fresno Flume ‘ation Com- pany at Camp Four, Monday night he left the Meadow\Saloon, where he had , , for Irr) tracks of the Smith ledves a ! f CONCEAL |GAS POISONING MAY ROBBERIES s Fotis Valisgris, a Greek, was found partly asphyxiated l by gas at 829 Howard street yesterday. When revived he claimed his murder was planned to conceal theft of his money. Two suspects E3 have attracted police investigation. are held and similar cases ————p Greek Says Murder Was to Hide Theft | i 1 | \ | | : i i - PHOTO! Y GRAPH OF MISS MAMIE WALTERS, WHO WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY BY THE POLICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE POISONING UF FOTIS VALI SARIS BY GAS AT 8§20 HOWARD STREET. In the miraculous escape of Fotis Vali- saris, a Greek, from the fumes of the deadly illuminating gas at a lodging- house at $23 Howard street, yesterday morning. the police believe they bave ob- tained- 2 clew to criminals who have made a practice of robbing foreigners after .Fendering them unconscioud. Vali- sarls was found unconscious in his room? and he claims that his room was entered | after he retired, the gas turned ou and an attempt to rob him frustrated only by the acHon of a fellow lodger. The police have made two arrests, and are still working on the case. 3 A similar affair took place a year ago at £27 Howard street, next door. The Greek who narrowly escaped death was robbed of $45, avd left by his plunderers to die of the carbon monoxide fumes. Valisaris ana the police are econvinced that the same cold-bloooded crime was enacted vesterday morning. There have been four other asphyxiations of foreigners by gas within the radius of a block, some result- ing in death. - - Another . circumpstance that peinis to systematic work 'of thieves in the house is ‘the report by Gus ' Pepalis that his room was entered a week ago by a woman who cluded his grasp and es-. caped. The woman gained entrance with a latchkey, and her attempts to steal money from beneath the pillow caused her detection. Pepalis says the woman had a shawl over her head, and he could "% “was found'by Jack Bradshaw, t clerk, who, fogether with J. H. g‘s’n,m:'-l lodger, and the. landiady, Mrs. May Allen, attempted fc resuscitate the Greek. - Their efforts were partially sue- | cesstul, as Valsaris was in-a sel us conditlon when the ambulance ar- . At the Central ll‘ltglnc’ ‘Hospi- tal the ease was confused by the arrival of two more Greeks: T his | At the same ' The hills 'towering above the harbor of the Russian stronghold in the Black Sea may re- ) DIE MAY Bt CAST FOR WAR Mutineers Are Ready for Battle. Czar Must Elect to Attack or Retrea‘r.' Troops ?J;E_I_.ikoly' to Heed Orders to Open Fire, First Shot Would Be Signal for General Outbreak of Revolt. SEBASTOPOL, Nov. 28.—The com- mand of the cruiser Otchakoff, whose | ;CNW mutinied, has been assumed by Lieutenant Seheddt, who was dis- missed from the serviee om account of his revolutionary temdemcies. The Town Council has asked for help to save the city. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 29, 2 & m.— The rebellious sailors at Sebastopol are playing a waiting game and apparently have full confidence that the guns of the fleet will not be turned against them. Ir they have not actually disregarded the summons to hau! down the red flag, they seem determined to make the autliovities show their hand. ‘Whether General! Nepiuoff, the com- mandant of the fortress, will be released by the mutineers, and whether General Bdron Meller Gakoleskie will dare o accept the challenge of the mutineers and stake the discipline and loyalty not only of the troops at his disposal, but of the whole army. on the cast, is, however, doubtful. Dispatches from a score of in Russia show that the land forces of the empire are in a state of dis- branch of the service might precipitate s and widespread mutiny. On of the city, also victims of gas, and it| the other hand. it would be difficult to was not until the arrival of Detectives that matters were straightened out. TELLS OF THE ATTEMPT. Valisaris, as soon as he recovered from | entered and the gas turned on in an at- ltempt to rob him. He sald he took pre- cautions 'before retiring. tested the gas the W that r: to the rcof unlatched: The attempt to rob was a fallure, for the room was entered. That the plan was Valisaris had but the night before placed $300 with a friend for safe keeping, Allen, the landlady, wers later taken custody, but upen inquiry were time the detectives ed Charles Converse. a. been living with the Coaverse has. several San_ Quentin record, but of late has been implicated in crooked work. fhe police were called in shortly after, starve out the sallors by a regular siege, yArchie Hammill and Joseph H. Gorham | as provisions and water can be obtained by them and as they are under the guns of not unfriendly warships. CREWS WILL NOT OBEY. | the effects of the gas. told the detectives The report that the whole fleet had | at the hospital that his room had been | gone over to the mutineers under the <command of Lieutenant Scheddt, the revolutionary commander of the cruiser Otchakoff, is incorrect, though the officers | burner and locked and barricaded his | of the ships, during Vice Admiral Kru- { dcor with a chair. When the night clerk | goy abortive demonstration against the (now the Panteleimon) at Odessa, probably Wik be unable to obtain obedience of the mea for the carrying Out of any measures their comrades. The staff quarters at Sebastopol are guarded by Cossacks and the officers.in weijl laid is-evident from the fact that| g e lare accompanied by escorts of