The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1905, Page 1

A District Forecaster. —_— THE WEATHER. ’ 1 —Cloudy ht east winds, changing McADIE ALCAZAR—The Sword of the King." ALHAMBRA—“After Midnight.”" CALIFORNIA—‘London Gailety Girls."™ CHUTES—Vaudeville. COLUMBIA—*"The College Widow." GRAND—"'Shadows on the Hearth.” MAJESTIC—"The Private Secretary.” THE THEATERS. Matinee. ORPHEUM—Vaudeville, Matines. @1VOLI—Comic Opera. — e WOMAN ASSHSSINATES GENERRL SAKHAROFF, FORMER RUSSIN WINIGTER OF WAR SAN FRANCISCO THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS Lieutenant General Sakharoff, Russia’s former Minister of War, was assassinated by a woman on Tuesday at the residence of the Governor of Saratoff. The murderess, who is a member of the revolutionary body,after gaining an audience with the general, drew It is feared this is but the beginning of a series of assassinations. a revolver and fired three shots, killing him on the spot. \HLITAR\ CHIEF SHOT DEAD BY AGENT OF REVOLUTIOI\ISTS SENATOR'S DAUGH TERS IN AUTOMOBILE UP.SET Miss Alma F. and Miss Pansy Perkins, daughters of Senator George C. Perkins, were in an ZU'(‘Y"‘O of the machin tharow: "g he occu ]AI]I* out. the foot of nt a few days s ago. a hill. | | DAUGHTER OF UNITED STATES € A NARROW ESCAPE FROM A RIDE IN AN AUTOMOBILE I ALAMEDA COUNTY. TOR WHO, FATE WITH HER SISTER, HAD WHILE ENJOYING A’ FAST T0 FIGHT FOR HOME RULE Nationalists at Dublin Take an Uncompromising Attitude. Dec. 6.—The Nation: far as resclved itself into home rule meeting an u Reso- concerned omisi ns were passed denouncing the pres- government Ireland, outlawing villlam O'Brien and supporters un- they signed the party pledges, n the promises of the ing absolute support to r of the Irish Moderates were disbelie end ph imond amentary pa eave the pls e conventior demnix e suppor W. Russell, , the ground that it § as an abandonment of home rule e convention will continue to-mor- ow, but there is no evidence that the rcoming Liberal Government can expect re support from the Nationalists in the ext Parliament than tbe Unionists have received, unless Sir Henry Campbeli- Bannerman pronounces for home rule. k he directions to the leaders and the solutions passed at to-day's session comtinued opposition to the Govern- until absolute home rule has been to Ireland. The their speakers forced form also passed aresolution e proposed conference of s of Lord Dunraven, Thomas Timothy M. Healy 2nd John the T me granted Redmond presided. He congratulated the convention on the death of the Uglon- it anti-hame rule government, whidh he attributed to the blows of the Irish rep- resentatives in Parliament. Continuing, | the qu would be | Redmond painted the prospects of the Irish in roseate hues, and said the reali- zation of their hopes depended almost en- tirely on themselves. The Lord Mayor moved a home-rule resolution condem tem of governing '8 the present sy land, and concluded: ¢ solemnly assprt that mo new system of mment in Ireland will be accepted as sat Pl a legislative assembly f representative of the people, power to make laws for lreland and an ex tive government responsible to thdt assembly., and thie convention declares that the Irish National party cannct enter into an alll with or give permanent support to any Eng- lish party or government which does not make tion of granting such an assembly and executive to Ireland the cardinal point of its programme. ————— ALLEGED TRAIN WRECKERS DECLINE TO DISCUSS CHARGE Officers Are Sald to Have a Strong Chain of Circumstantial Evidence Against the Accused. SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 6.—McKen- ney and Snow, the men charged with attempting to wreck the Coast Li limited train on the Los Alamos via- duct in this county, were brought here to-day from Coalinga. Neither would talk much.of the charges against them, Snow merely saying that both he and McKenney were aboard the train when the explosion occurred, stealing their way and riding on top of coaches. It is known that the officers have a strong chain of circumstantial evidence to back up their charges. They were the guests of Don McCord, who lost control It plunged across a gu]lev tore down a tence and upset, The soft earth saved them from injury. Pamy Perkins in Wrecé Control of the Machine. OAKLAND, Dec. 6.—In an automo- | bile accident on the Haywards road Miss | Alma F. Perkins and Miss Pansy | kins, daughters of United States Sena- tor George C. Perkins, narrowly |escaped death several days ago. De- £pite the utmost efforts of those con- cerned in the mishap to hide the facts, | the story of the accident has bécome a matter of much interest in soclety cireles and the young women have been bombarded with congratulations oyer their escape from serious ipjury. The Misses Porkins were the guests of Don MéCord, a prominent young au- toist, who, proud in the possession of a brand new machine, invited the Sgna- tor's daughters to drive with him. The dence, on Vernon Heights, and with- out misadventure were well out on the road to Haywards when the accident occurred. Young McCord, who was driving the machine, had it under ex- cellent control, as he slowed down preparatory to crossing a bridge a short distance west of the large Meek orchards. As the automobile neared the bridge approach MecCord turned the steering wheel to avold a rut in the road. As he moved the wheel some- thing suddenly went wrong with the | gearing. The machine made a sudden swerv pounded into a gully at the side of the read. FEARS GRAVE DISASTER. “My God, we're gone!” yeiled McCord, as he tried vainly to check the ma- chine In its careening crash. Through the gully it ran, crashing into a fence, tearing out posts and boards, and land- ing in an orchard on its side. The girls and McCord were pitched out of the machine and thrown violently to the ground. But fortunately they struck soft earth, which lessened the shock considerably. The trio had been prepared for the spill and managed to 2void being caught under the big ma- chine when it went over, carrying the debris and fencing with it. As soon as they had scrambled to their feet the upset automobilists made a hasty | | survey of themseives. The young women | were more or less bruised and consider- ably unnerved by the experience, but had escaped serlous injury. They were cov- ered with dirt and their garments were bedraggled by the gplil. McCord came out of the accident luckily, as did his guests. After the trio had assured each other that they could dispense with im- mediate medical attention McCord pro- cured help and righted the overturned automobile. The machine had suffered somewhat by the collision with the fence, but after minor repairs the autoist man- aged to get the machine into running or- der and the interrupted pleasure trip was called off, the young women returning te their residence. SECRET GETS AWAY. The utmost secrecy was observed as to the occurrence for fear that the news would distress other members of the fam- ily. The Perkinc girls guarded it as 1 clozely as they could. | The most fortunate circumstance was | that the machine had slowed down just before the steering gear gave out. But the speed even then was sufficient to carry the automobile with much force across the gully and send it against the fence with enough Iimpact to rip | out posts and boards. But the occupants | of the machine did not have a moment's warning. In relating the details Miss Alma Perkins told inauiring friends that | she and her sister made ready to jump | just as sgon as the machine plunged off the road. Since the accldent Miss Pansy Perkins has gone to Washington to be | with her father during the session of { Congress. Miss Pansy Perkins will spend the season in Washington, where she is quite as much of a favorite In the so- clety set 2t the national tapital as she {is among the smart circle in her own | home. ———————— PHILIPPINE COURTS WILL CONTINUE TO USE SPANISH Plan Is to Substitute English Language at the End of Five Years, WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Depart- iment has been advised that the Philip- pine Commission has decided that for five years more the Spanish language #hall be the official language of the courts of justice of the islands, by the end of which time the commission hopes to be able to have the English language adopted in its stead. Misses Alma F. and) Dan Mc Cord Loses| party left Paim Knoll, the Perkins resi- | €, and, before the chauffeur could | regain control of it the automobile had | PRESIDENT STANDS BY I FRANKLANE Disregards the At- titude of Certain Senators. Californian’s Nomina- tion Will Not Be Withdrawn. Perkins and Flint Lecline to Go Over to the Op- -position. Spectal Disgiaten to The Call. CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — President | Roosevelt wiil insist upon keeping the nomination of Franklin K. Lane for In- | terstate Commerce Commission before the | Senate until it be either confirmed or | rejected. It was made plain to-day that | the nomination will not be withdrawn un- |less a great change takes place in the President's view, Opposition to placing Mr. Lane on, the committee js growing in the Senate and ; his nomination is likely to be hung up | for some time, with much Incidental dis- cussion. The Senators who are express- | | ing dissatisfaction with the nomination | or are openly fighting 1t are making the argument against it that, if it should be confirmed, the Interstate Commerce Com- mission will be MWi.nout representation in its membership of any State of the Mid- dle West, with its enormous railroad in- terests, while the South has two members —Messrs, Cockrell and Clements—and the New England and Middle States one each —Prouty of Vermont and Knapp of New York. | The leading opponents in the Senate of Mr. Lane’'s appointment have indicated to the California Senators that if the latter will “say the word" .ne nomination can be easily defeated, but Messrs. Per- kins and Flint have assured the Presi- dent «of their support of Mr. Lane and will stand by it. ARMED THUCS WAYLAY THREE NENONSTAEET After Securing $66 They Fell One Vie. tim and Escape. Two bold thugs held up three men on Stockton street, near Pacific, short- ly after midnight this morning ana after securing $66 and hitting one of their victims over the head with a re- volver, the highwaymen made their es-’ cape. The victims of the hold-up were Ike L. Abrams, 90 Tiffany avenue; Louis Smith and Edward Taylor, both of whom reside at Eddy and Taylor streets. The three men were walking along Stockton street and just before they reached the corner of Pacific two men sprang out of a dark corner. One hLeld two revolvers in his hands, while his pal was armed with one. They . com- manded the three pedestrians to throw up their hands, after which they pro- ceeded to search them tor valuabl Taylor was--relieved - +365 - and Abrams. produced $1 'um 4 purse. Smith had nothing. When the search- ing process was over one of the thugs hit Taylor over tne head with the buu of his revolver. The wo led man was later treated at the Central tme ney Hospital. r;? Phoenix Board of Trade to-d&ym the other mehln resolutions to be sent to every member | pany !'m nml- ts d of Congress, again protesting e against | ice, tnd oM Jjoint statehood with New M “re- | th afirming and emphasizing all p(nm expressions of oouvleflonl made by that - 3 MR T ANCIENT EGGS BERNHARDT Special Dispatch to The Call, QUEBEC, Dec. 6.—it required a guard of forty-eight policemen to protect Mme. | ! Sarah Bernhardt last night from a mob, which waylaid her at the railway station as she was leaving the city at the end of her engagement here. The crowd hooted and hissed her, and attacked her with eggs and other missiles. In all the Roman Catholic churches of the city last Sunday the clergymen con- demned the actress and her plays. - Yes- terday she received a number of French- Canadian newspaper correspundents, and one of these papers came out last night with what is said to have been a garbled report of what the actress actuaily said. Among other things she was credited with having told her callers that agriculture was the only. thing. which had made any progress in Canada since she last visited it. Canadu, she said, had no literature, no art, no ‘painters, no sculptors, no poets outside of Frechette (a laureate of the French Academty), and her people were altogether under the yoke of the clergy. Reports of coming trouble at the Au- ditorfum, where the artist was perform- ing, reached the police authorities, and a guard was called out and placed within easy reach of the.theater. The students, who formed a:large part.of the mob with- out the buflding, stayed around until the. company was about to leave to take its special train for- Ottawa at 1 o’clock. The flr-t sleigh to drive away from- the | entnneg was greeted with u shower of M. de Max, who was one,of its oecfipcntl, was struck on the shoulder egg, the Ccontents of which »luhad into his face.- He expostulated with the crowd upon ti cown.rdfi.e of attacking a J-fi-—hn w-mm and. her Ampn-t-. ust. then the hqi‘ appearance ud the of grain daily. but they were all of the 2 & order. Those in North Carolina are of the | erators are daily offering to re- same kind. Here are some other interesting facts: leries, i FORMER MINISTER OF WAR IN RUSSIA, WHO WAS ASSASSI- NATED BY A WOMAN. s S e S e B G USRS - ILLINCIS LEADS KENTUCKY AS WhISKY STATE Svecial Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. have come to light in the Government fig- ures as to -the spirits. Kentucky operated 223 licensed distilleries and Tllinois ten, yet the latter State made many thousands move gallons | his hope for the can'\mg out of of whisky “than Kentuck: Kentucky congerns have a spirit capacity of less than thirty gallons each day and peror’s manifesto. a grain capacity of not exceeding five bushels each éay, while a majority o the glant concerns of Tlinols use 530 bushels | of the post and telegraph strike. Virginia had 111 distil- small 8.—Curlous facts production of distilled Most of the i ;Murderess Fires Thrice Upon Official. 'VICTIM FALLS DEAD IN TRACKS —n Crime Committed in Province of Saratoff. 'WARRIOR GIVES | LIFE FOR CZAR Sent to Suppress Malcentents of { - ——— S | "LONDON, Dec. 7—The St. Petershurg correspondent of the | Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch dated December 5, sent via Eydt- kuhnén, East Prussia, says: “Lieutenant General Sakharoff, former Minister of War, was as- sassinated to-day. “The Government had deputed General Sakharoff to visit the province of Saratoff for the pur- pose of quelling the agrarian riots there. “A woman belonging to the so- called ‘flying column’ of the revo- lutionary movement called at the house of the Governor of Saratofi | at noon to-day and asked to see | | General Sakharoff. She fired three revolver shots at the general, kill- ing him on the spot. Alarm in St. Petersburg. “The tidings reached St. Peters- burg to-night. Count de Witte charged Lieutenant General Rud- iger, Minister of War, with the task of breaking the news to | Mme. Sakharoff. “The event has created a pro- found impression in St. Peters- burg, owing to fears that the revo- lutionists here will follow the ex- ample thus set. “The specter of a military dic- tatorship, whichrhas been looming on the horizon, is slowly gaining consistency and sharpness of cwe- line. De Witte Is Despairing. “1 am personally convinced that Count de Witte’s faith in the good sense and political fact of the Russian thinking classes, which recently was as firm as a rock, i gradually weakening, and with it the liberties promised in the Em- “There are signs of a collapse Two-thirds of the telegraph op- sume work, but they-are prevcntecl The moonshine whisky turned out in the | from doing so because the wires mountains of the South is a mere drop in the bucket compared with that made un- have been cut or the stations fail ”On _the way to ‘the -uuon l(nu. Bern- { der Goverfiment supervision. One Illinois | tO answer sxg?\a}s. hardt was frequently.hissed and hoom. and_ w her own -l-lxh rallway lfillfi;!; mefl to" the police, W axxest. » -single | in Hiinols 't combined. distillery makes more whisky in a week than all the moonshine stills in the South “Father Gapon has gone to Paris under very mysterious cir- Corn whisky is so seldom seen in the A or her oom ,pm together in a whole vear. lnc- Novth that the general supposition is that | cumstances, which I am not at u efitnmq t0 the —e -nanufacture is confined to Southern under very Yes of | distifleries. More corn is made into spirits than g any two'other States liberty to unfold.” —_—— Russian News Continued on Page &