The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1905, Page 1

4 THE CALL! ing cloudiness light rain by night; changing to southerly. A | Forecest for December 5: | San Franclseo and vicinity—Increas- | Tuesday and possibly strict Forecaster. light east winds, G. McADIB, RE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER g PAPER P PR /) SHED E THE Matinee. COLUMBIA— TIVOLI—Comic ALCAZAR—“Ths Sword of the King." ALHAMBRA—*“‘After Midnight." CALIFORNIA—'‘London Galety Girls."” CHUTES—Vaudeville. Matinee to-day. ‘The College Widow." GRAND—‘‘Shadows on the Hearth MAJESTIC—'The Private Secretary. ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. fr) SAN FRANCISCO THEATERS. Opera. SAN FRANCISCO. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FRANKLIN K. LANE LIVEN PLACE : N THE COMN ERCE COMMISSIO 3 i | STATE COMMERCB CONFIRMATION BY TO ‘THE SENATE INTE! FOR. i - Democrats ‘to Have a Majority of the Interstate Body. Special Dispatch to The Call WASHINGT Senators Per- | fornia Senators this morning and told Mits and ¥ al on | them he had determined to appoint Mr. e Pinbich 2 a ! Lane and hoped they had no objection e essor to |10 Offer. Senator Flint declared he LR e SEPRRSube: of 8. or | would have preferred a Republican for. former Governor Fifer is on the | (e position, but would gladly ac- Interstate Commerce Commissior At the | qui ce in Mr. Lane nomination, in conclusion of the conference, the an- |consideration of which the President nouncement was made that the President | assured the Senators that Mr. Lane's would appoint Fran! K | politics did not enter into the situation. Francisco to-the vacancy t ———— fer's resignation, which will take effect | SPEAR LIKELY TO BE RETIRED. on January 1 pext s Mr. Lane, whose nominatic Perkins and Flint to Have Agreed sent to the Senate Upon His Successor. crat, and his. app WASHINGTON, Dee. 4.—It is not re- the political comy garded here as probable that Joseph Commerce Comm from Republican | Spear, Surveyor of the Port of ' San to Democratic. Former Governor Fifer | Francisco, will be reappointed to that of Illinols, whom Mr. Lane will succeed | place at the expiration of his present on the commission, is a Republic: 2% | term on December 20. Senators Per- eiso ere Commissioners Knapp Prouty. Commissioners Cockrell Clements are Democrats While Lane has beema Democrat in politics, was a supporter of President Roosevelt in the last campaign. 3 ; In conmection with this appointment, it ie pointed out that, in the event of the enactmient of railroad rate legislation by the present Congress, the Interstate Com- merce Commission very likely will be re- organized At to-day’s conference Senators Per- kins and Flint assured President Roosevelt that they would give their support to the mnomination of Mr. Lane. The President sent for the Cali- | kins gnd Flint are understdod to | opposed to his renomination and | bave agreed upon the selection of | man whom they will recommend to the President, and whose appointment, ::xc:‘ believe, will glve general satisfac- on. \ |, General Frank C. Prescott of Red- {lands will be appointed in a few days register of the Land Office at Los An- geles. Senators Perkins and Flint will [recommend to the President the ap- | pointment of Oscar Lawler of Los An- | ®eles to be United States District At- |torney for tne Southern District of | California, to succeed District Attorney | Valentine. be to STEEL KNG T0°BE SUED FOR DIVORCE Millionaire W. E. Corey Too Friendly With | | H | | | restdence —_— she will establish her residence and be- gin an action for divorce. Before leaving her home Mrs. Corey received a settle- ment of $700,000, and her son, Allan W. Corey, received one of $300,000. It is under- stood the mother and son will make their in Nevada. Allan Corey de- clares that he will remain loyal to his mother. Mrs. Corev first went to New York and ‘took apartments at the Hotel Lorraine. bound for the West. | Pittsburg clubmen and society matrons | have talked of the home life of the Co- reys ever since a certain ‘“swimming | party,” held here four years ago, when Corey met Miss Mabelle Gilman, the act- ress, There were some birds and cold bottles first, and then the natatorium. Tt was 4 o'clock a. m. before the swim. ming party broke up. Cerey was present at a reception recent- ly, and is said to have been snubbed by one of the society matrons. Corey is an Actiess. | SRSt on il ey i i e Special Dispatch to The Call. PITTSBURG, Dec. 4.—Relatives of Mrs. Mery, Cook Cdrey, whose husband, Wil lam Eilis 1:01&. sucheeded Charles M. | Echwab as presyent of the United States | Eteel Corporatiqn, have announced that Mrs. Corey has left for the West, where woman had turned her back on him, but he teit fortified in his own mind, since | he had at least had the grace to tell his mother of his intended change In home affairs and she had acquiesced in his action. It is also said that Corey went | to his wife with a frank statement of his change of heart, and she made plans for the trip West amd took her son from school. * She left there on October 1,1 | [ | i - Only One Hundred and | name is autographed. | on “American Society,” is written by | | Mrs. Burton Harrison. | Every subscriber—the aggregate for- | Distributed to Its | Messrs. Roosevelt ard Cleve- | ment of posterity, | copy, and while these are not conspicu- ously d | signed every FAFDASNEAIPEQ" L%iEIfiJAIIi%LE IN BRITAIN PUBLISHED Subscribers at Last. Five Copies Are Issued. Lo e land Among Those Given “Write - Ups.” 3 | Szecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW: YORK, Dec. 5—The American “Fads ahd Fancies” has been pub- lished at last and djstributed to its mil- lionaire subscribers to vanity. The sub- ribers, who paid from $1500 to $10,000 each for the privilege of having their foi- bles exploited therein for the enlighten- ve each received a| | ed on librar; mortals may ure. The volume iiself is ponderous, gilded and ornate. It has for a frontispiece a beautiful picture by Howard Chandler Christy, and after the title page comes the list of subscribers, on which each The introduction, tables at pres- the now inspect 105 them at their le ent, tunes of whom amount to $1,500,000,000—has copy of the work. The re- sult js probably the most extraordinary collection of antographs of modern times, Among the names are the signatures of. President Theodore Ruosevelt and’ former President Grover Cleveland. It is understood that Roosevelt and Cleveland alone got into the book with- out paying the price of a town lot. Mr. Roosevelt has ailso indicated that no ar- ticle appeared with his permission—but his signature is on each book. One hundred and five copies of the mon- ument to vanity have been delivered to TR HENEY CAMPBELL~ BANNEEMAN subscribers. — Whatever the ethical view of “Fads RETIRING PREMIER OF GREAT and Fanci there is no question that BRITA. B LIBERAL WHO the book is a glowing example of the M. bookmakers’ art. It looks like money. | o - Bound in green crushed levant morocco 2 ¥ ¥ with gilt edges, the book has the dimen-| LONDON, Dec. 4—The political erisis sions of an ordinary in the United Kingdom ‘reached a climax ledger and consists of 210 pages. v The pages consist of heavy Japanese hand made vellum. The art work of the book consists of exquisite photographs. In the center of the book is a full page etching of Collis P. Huntington, which cost his widow $2000, to-day, when Arthur J. Balfour, the Pre- | mier, formally tendered the resignations of himself and the members of his Cab- inet to King Edward, who accepted them. His Majesty has invited Sir Henry Camp- . bell-Bannerman to an interview to-mor- Following the frontispiece by Howard | row morning, when he will offer him the Chandler Christy and the “Fads and (ask of forming a new Cabinet. Sir Fancies” title page is a list of the sub-|Henry will accept, and within a few scribers, starting with John Jacob Astor | days. mayhe a few hours, a new Gov. and ending with Henry B. Hyde. Direct-!arnment will be formed. 1y thereafter this table of contents is the| A prief official announcement was made introduction on American society. Writ-| to_night that the Cabinet had resigned; ten by Mrs. Harrison. : that the King had accepted the resigna- The article on Huntington consists of | tjong of his Ministers and that Sir Henry six full pages. exclusive of the steel en- graving, and Colonel Mann has stated that It would now appear that the entire the extra space and the steel engraving | Cnmpl)ell-BsnnDrmzfehnd been sent for. programme has beeh ‘“‘cut and dried” for accounts for the $10,00 pald by Mrs.|gome time, and it fs even probable that Huntington. £ the Liberal leader has already selected his The two-page write-up of President| (gpinet, though this, like everything else Roosevelt depicts him as an ardent lover of the strenuous life, of horseback rid- ing. hunting, boxing and wrestling. Two photogravures| present the President in riding costume ‘nd clearing a fence on horseback. That of, former President Cleveland por- trays hint as a mighty duck shooter and photographs ~are reproduced showing him indulging in his favorite sports. SURGEONS TR SCOPALAMINE AT OPERATION New Anesthetic Is De- clared to Be a Success. in commection with British officialdom, must be left to surmise. 1t may be stated as certain that Lord Rosebery will be entirely ignored in the make-up of the Cabinet, and that John Morley will be one of the chief advisers of Sir Henty in drawing up the list of his officiul family, which will be pre- sented to his Majesty. Morley himself is considered likely to go to the Indian office, and it is probable that Henry Herbert Asquith will be Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, The Foreign | Atfairs portfolio will go either to Lord Elgin or Sir Edward Grey, though the latter is considered likely to be made Secretary for the Colonies. i The meeting of the Privy Céuneil, which was set for to-morrow morning, has been postponed. It is. understood that the King will leave town to-morrow afte: noon to be the guest at Lord Allington's house party at Crichel, Wimborne, but this is still indefinite. A partial list of the honors usually conferred on the retirement of a Govern- ment was issued to-night. It iincludes a peerage for Sir Thomas Sanderson, the retiring Under Secretary of State for For- eign Affairs, and a number of minor honors. It is expected that the honors to be conferred on prominent members of the retiring Government will be an- nounced shortly. One thing is certam—that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has explained his attitude on home rule for Iteland to those Liberal leaders who are known to be op- posed to the home rule on the lines of the last bills introduced in Parliament. Since his specc)éint lrSltlrlhw, which raised ew anesthetic, was used to-day in the |such a furor, Sir Henry has not made ;‘Aerc? Hospital by Dr. John B. Murphy, in |any statement, but it is confidently as- an operation upon John Nester, one of the | serted in the Liberal clubs that he is Wealthiest lumbermen in Northern Michi- | ready with a policy Which will secure the gan. From a surgical standpoint, the |adhesion of the/Nationalists, and at the operation was considered successful. same time avoid raising the issues as one Dr. J, B. Herrick, a diagnostician, said.}of the most prominent planks in his plat- a small quantity of scopalamine and mor- | form. g phine was given Nester hypodermically | There is some uncertainty as to when shortiy before the operation. The patient | the dissolution of Parliament will be ef- was on the operating table thirty minutes. | fective, but it is not considered probable “Dr, Murphy operated and drained two | until after the new year. XA g abscesses in the pelvis,” said Dr. Her-| An interesting feature of the political rick. “Mr. Nester's condition is serious. | situation is the prospect of a His recovery depends upon his ability to | the Irish and the Tabor par- withstand blood poisoning, which is in { ties in theh new Parliament. J. i3 ,; evidence.” A d Nester was brought to Chicago by member, in a political speech to-night, cial train from Baraga, " ere'pl:; frankly Invited such: an- alliance. He has extensive timber interests. He was | pointed out}‘flnt forty-five lahor mem- stricken by typhoid fever several weeks | bers, combined .with seventy-five Irish mns, would provide a voting strength no Government, however strong, Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Dee. 4—Scopalamine, the | B, ESTATE 5 CLAMED B WOMA Says She Is Widow of Ex-Senator Johnston. Quietly Wedded to Rich Planter a Few 1 Months Ago. | . News of Second Marriage a Sheck to Children of ! Late Politician{ Suecial Dispatch to The Call. | | SACRAMENTO, Dec. 4.—Papers were | filed in the Superior Court this afternoon | by Josephine A. C. Johnston, asking for | lettres of administration on the estate of ex-State Senator William Jobnston of Richland, down the Sacramento River, valued at $150,000. The petitioner claims to be the lawful wife of the former Senator. Johnston ‘died about three weeks ago, leaving a very valuable estate, consisting of rich frult producing lands. His wife | | had died about nine months previous, and it was not suspected that he had entered | into a second marriage, or had any heirs | at law besides his son and daughters. He | left no will, and one of his daughters peti- | tioned for the distribution of the estate | among the surviving children. The rela tions ‘as well as the intimate friends o the dead Senator were astounded this | afternoon when Mrs. Josephine ITunt | Goodman, a Christian Sclentist practi 1 tioner with a large following among weil. | herself the widow | of the wealthy orchardist, and entftfed to letters of administration upon his u-i tate. < Her attorney, A. L. Shinn, announced that the marriage occurred at San Rafael, | September 13, and inquiry developed the | fact that a marriage license was issued | to the pair on that date and recorded on | the same day as having authorized a marriage by Rev. W. Atkinson, a Con- gregational minister of San Rafael. Clinton L. White, attorney for the | Johnston heifs, in a statement declares | Mrs. Goodwin visited Senator Johnston | until he became tired of her and that| | she said In the presence of one of his | daughters ‘“‘she would marry him yet.” The attorney added that Mrs. Goodwin | {gave Mrs. Johnston “absent treatment” | before her death, and afterward treated | the ex-Senator. Johnston suffered a paralytic stroke about a year ago, and it will be claimed that he was not responsible at the time | he entered into the alleged marriage. | Mrs. Goodwin was not present at his bed- side, and it is said never until to-day as- serted her alleged reiationship with him. She came here from Oakland severai| years ago in company with her daughter, | formerly the wife of Assistant Post- | master Paul Schafer of Oakland. She | | has since been a leader of the Christian | Scientist cult in Sacramento. EE s i WOMAN WELL KNOW! Twice Wedded Before Her Marriage With Ex-Senator Johnstoun. OAKLAND, Dec. 4—Mrs. Josephine Hunt-Goodwin is well known in this city as the mother-in-law of Deputy Postmas- ter Paul Schafer. She was married to| ber first husband, 8. H. Hunt, about| twenty years ago. Hunt when she mar- ried him was worth considerable money, | but lost it, and with his wealth wert the affections of his wife, who got a divorce | from him. They, however, did not sepa- rate, and lived with their son-in-law, Paul Schafer, and his wife for five years before it was discovered that they were not legally husband and wife. This astonishing piece of Information was only gained by Schafer by the sud- dert departure of his mother-in-law for Missouri, where she was married to a man named Goodwin. She lived with him a few years, but through the defalcation of a baokkéeper Goodwin lost some $40,000 and Mrs. Goodwin left him and came back to the Pacific Coast and engaged in Christlan Science work at Sacramento. Mrs. Goodwin is a well-educated woman and very clever. The announcement of Mrs. Goodwin's marriage to Johnston was a surprise to those who knew Mrs. Goodwin. They are sure that she had not secured a divorce up to within a vear ago, and Goodwin has declared that he would never let her have one. She is said to be between 50 and 60 years old, but of keen mentality. Hunt still lives in this city and is seen occasionally with his daughter, Mrs. Schafer-Beck. Both mother and daugh-| ter figured prominently in a divoree ac- tion brought by Mrs. Schafer at Omaha about a vear ago. She was granted a de- cree and immediately afterward married Harvey Beck of this city. Schafer had been given no notice of her proceedings, and as soon as he learned of her divorce and marriage he went to Omaha and-suc- ceeded in having the whole matter opened up and got the decree set aside. The fight is still on in the Nebraska courts. ——— MARRIAGE ON RECORD. Ex-Senator Johnston Wedded to Mra. \ Goedwin in Sam Rafael. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 4—Ex-Senator William Johnston of Courtland, Sac- ‘ramento County, and Mrs. Josephine A. C. Goodwin were married on Wednas- day. September 13, 1905. Accompanied by W. H. Craig of Oakland they went to the County Clerk’s office for a Ili- cense and from there to the Congre- ‘gational church. where Rev. W. H. Atkinson united them. ’Laughingly ex-Senator .Yohnlu:n nAlgl, “It's love ‘not age that counts.” er tendering .‘umm?:. Yo the divine the trio lefe to-do people in Sacramento, filed a peti- | ‘whose dm{ o tian in court .declaring. t | State at the time of the execution. MURDERESS MUST GO T0 HER DEATH Paditel Ldadtle 42T ==Y O B Q A | { | | i ] | | | [ ps +| GOVERNOR WHO REFUSES TO | PREVENT THE HANGING OF 1 MRS. ROGERS, Special Dispateh to The Call. CHICAGO, Dec. —~*“My stand is un- alterable in the case of Mrs. Rosgers. There are some things which we in Ver- mont respect,. [-am happy to say, and the supreme bench is one of these things. The laws .of the State are there to be enforced. and 1 happen to be the official it 1s to see that they are enforced, Mrs. Blickensderfer wishes t0 stesme, ¥ am-ready to meei her.” This statement was made to-day by Governor C. J. Bell, whe is now in Chi- cago, when the current report that Mrs. Blickensderfer, a. wealthy New England woman who has taken up the cause of Mrs. Mary Rogers. condemned to be hanged for murder, had followed the Vermont executive to this city to plead the cause she has espoused. tained, the convicted woman must be hanged on Friday next under the State laws of Vermont. “In spite of the agitation which she has created,” said Governor Bell, ‘“‘Mrs. i Blickensderfer has never once cought an | Whenever she wishes interview with me. it I will see her, if I must. heard that she was supposed his city. I consider her presence here very unlikely. ““The attitude of the people of Vermont has been misrepresented. As a matter of I had noi fact, the press of Vermont has littie or| nothing to say. The fssue. The agitation, matter is a dead which seems not to have died out, is due now. as it has| been from start to finish, directly to Mrs. Blickensderfer and to certaln news- papers in New York and Boston, which have taken it upon themselves to give her free advertising. “I fully expect to be back in my own Just | when I shall arrive there I cahnot say. My friends know now and have known right along that such is the case. “Although I cannot say positively that it will"be impossible to save Mrs. Rogers from the gallows, I consider it ‘extreme- | Mrs. Rogers is not only A ly unlikels ., but a woman who. aithough sane woms uneducated, is exceptionally bright. when she committed that erime.” —_——— HOODOO COAL MINE WILL BE ABANDONED San Franeisco Owners Will Blow Up Shaft of Wyom- ing Property. Epectal Dispateh to The Call, EVANSTON, Wyo., Dec. 4—Disgusted by their experience with mine No. § at Almy, the San Francisco owners have or- dered 'that preparations be made to “shoot it.”” This will wreck' the mine, which they have decided is a “hoodoo.” ‘Mere abandonment will not do, as the mine is on fire and has been for a week, and blowing up the shaft may choke it. ,Ten years ago an explosion in the mine killed sixty-five miners. Fires burned in it several vears and then it was reopened. A month ago another fire destroyed the tipple and other buildings, which were re- placed when new machinery was in- stalled. A week ago another fire started, ‘was controlled and then broke out again. It is still burning. The minc never yielded a cent of ‘profit. though once expected to supply coal for all the vessels of Uncle Sam’s navy in the Pacific waters. Its owners bought it on this prespect. —_————— Vote to Continue the Boycott. SIGNAPORE, Straits Settlement, Dec. 4.—Over a thousand Chinese who are mer-, chants in a small way here attended a meeting to-day at which a considerable sum was collected for the purpose of con- tinuing the /boycott on American goods. The records show that Johnston was 79 years old and a widower. His bride’s age was given at 49. W. H. Craig of Oakland witnessed the marriage. Johnston served in the nineteenth Assembly and the twenty-third and twenty-fourth Senates, being president protem. of the twenty-fourth. He re- signed the senatorship on April 1, 1881, He was a member of the State Board of lization in 1882-3 and a director of the State Board of Agriculture in 1903. 3 . z i % . Unless the | | intercession of the Governor can be ob-| to be in| Sha | was in full possession of all her senses| CONCRESS NOW READY FOR WORK Senate and House Organize for Session. —_— President Notified That His Message Is Awaited. Solid Republican Vote -Re- Elects “Uncle Joe” Cannon Speaker. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—The assem- bling to-day of the members of the Fifty- ninth Congress for their first session was | marked by no unusual incidents, but it | attracted to the Capitol crowds of spec- tators who took a lively interest in the | proceedings. The day Was beautiful. The | sun shone brightly and the air was Keen. | Boclety was out In force and filled the reserved galleries, while visitors, unable | to find seats, roamed the coridors to catch | glimpses of public men. In the Senete the proceedings were brief, but most of the spectators seemed | to- find quite as much to interest them in | observing the Semators who remained on | the floor after adjournment as they couid had the session con- | have experienced | tinued longer. | The House was in session more than | three hours, and while the proceedings followed the programme'that had marked | the opening of Congress for many years, there was enough interest to hold an exceptionally large audience during the entire time, Qe noticeable feature was the absence -~ S, which heretofore have been common to both chambers. On opening days the display had been so great that | the exhibition alone would have been suf | cient to draw great crowds, and the ab- sence of floral tributes, due to a resolu- tion adopted unanimously by the Senmate and to an order of the Speaker in the House, robbed the occasion of much of its picturesqueness. During the session Senators and Repre- sentatives visited the gallerles and | chatted with friends. Senators Allison and Morgan were ap- pointed by Vice President Fairbanks as a committee to notify the President that | Congress was ready for any com 4 tion he desired to make. The Sena was in session only twenty minutes. Semators | Aldrich of Rhode island, Knox of Penn- ylvania, Warner of Missouri and Fra- | zer of Tennessee took the oath of offic | and an adjournment was taken as a mark of respect to the late Senator Platt of Connecticut. | “The preliminary steps to organization were taken by the FHouse. Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois was re-elected Speaker: the members of the House took the oath of office; the officers and floor employes of the body were re-elected; the rules of the last Congress were adopted, and members went through the formality of drawing for seats, all of which was en- { livened by the presence of the crowds in the galleries, the animation of the reunion of veteran members and interest in new ones. In a brief speech against the adoption of the rules the minority leader. Williams of Mississippi, touched on the interest of the country in tariff legislation, and told of the new Republican “ideas” which | were being “wafted to Washington on breeges from every part of the country These, he said, might be properiy lated should the “minority of the maje ity stand with the Democratic mefmbers | in oppesing the adoption of the old rules and forming new ones which would per- mit consideration of such legislation as | popular opinton might dictate. A committee was appointed to act with the Senate committee in notifying Presi- dent Roosevelt that Congress was ready to transact business; the rules committee and the Committee on Mileage were ap- pointed and the House adjourned after a session which lasted three and a haif hours, in compliance with resolutions an- nouncing the death of Semator Platt of Connecticut and Representative Marsh of Illinols. —— CANNON RE-ELECTED SPEAKER. Recelves 2285 Votes to 123 for Willlams of Mississippl. WASHINGTON, Deec. t—For an hour preceding the opening of the Fifty-ninth Congress there were scenes of increasing animation on the floor and in the galleries of the House of Representatives. Legis- lative veterans exchanged cordial greet- ings and newly elected members made ac- quaintances. As early as 10 o'clock the galleries hegan to fill. Admission was by card only and the many who came to the Capitol unprovided, thronged the cors ridors in vain efforts (o gain entrance. Major Alexander McDowell, clerk of the House, called that body to order. De- claring the House “in order,” he an< nounced a prayer by the chaplain, Rev. Dr. Henry M. Couden. A rollcall by States to show the presence of a quorum was it once begun. A large number of members were present. every seat on the Rpublican side of the hall being occupied, with but a few vacant seats on the Dem- ocratie side. Several of the newly elected members who could not find a seat on the Republican side contented themselves with standing in the rear of the hall on the Republican side, while a number of veteran Republican members crossed the aisle and sat with their Democratic ceol- , pending the drawing for perma- neut places. Speaker Cannon was dlaced in nomina- tion for Speaker by Hepburn of lowa, and the first applause of the session fol- lowed. Williams of Mississippi was nominated —_— Continued on Page 3 Columa &