The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1905, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1905. CZAR’'S MANCHURIAN TROOPS MAY MURDER OFFICERS. FORTY THOUSAND JEWS O KIEFF ARE STARVING Populace Made Homeless-by the Torch of Russian Fanatics Linevitch Forwards an Urgent Appeal to St. Petersburg. Must Have Ships to Transport Mutinous Troops Home. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1905, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. ¥, to deliver revolutionary speeches, aylaid by workmen on’ her | rival at the station and both she { her companion were killed { CZAR’S DOOM SEEMS NEAR. €| Revolt of the Capital City’s Garrison ; Regarded as Certain. LONDON, Dec e correspondent St. Petersburg says: srmed on excellent author- st. Petersburg t to pacify. Dec. 6.—A St that twenty- and forty at Kieff. says Kkilled a regular battle h of the same date from St. r news agency attalions of infantry e mutinied. but no d given. The same dispatch general strike has been de- Kharkoff. SR AL OF WILD RUMORS. persons were W SAMPLE American Battleship Oregon Reported to De Baitic Sea. C PETERSBURG (Tuesday night), g e 5.—As an example of the wild - s credited here the Galetta to- 1ts a rumor to the effect that United States battleship Oregon is Itic on account of the recent by rowdles on Second Secretary streets near the American nited States battleship Oregon ported at Cavite, P. I, on She had at that time dered home — B DE WITTE FACES A CRISIS, - LENA'S MEN MUTINOUS. Snid to Have Threatened Officers ‘While at Hosolula. e I Liberal Elements to Demand the Pre- mier’s Resignation. Dec. 6.—The Tageblatt's St. rg correspondent Says: N BERLL rsb situation is- visibly growing The critical moment for Coirnt e 13- coming, when the"Liberal will demand his resignation, by the agrieulturists at nding the immédiats ais- f the present Cabimetsdenotey eginning of the movemefit away ‘ount de Witte and signs indi- t this movement will gain in soon. Telegraph Operators Make No Mention of Anti-Jewish Outrages. INDON, Dees 6.—AltHough - public; ¥ aphic - communieation . between | 2 to the cruise ind Odessa has ' entirely . the foreign operators are Still WHAT THE STRIKE IS COSTING. eys in“the Ofichen-office and cir friends in London daily re perfectly safe, and that sturbances have occurred. \g’s report said conditions nged and made no mention Is L they enues $50,0¢ I Telegraphic | that Daily. far no mory unc 00 Government e were g ; X of the alleged massacre reported by some of the Vienna correspondents. s ————— TROOPS PILLAGE HARBIN. « . % Russian Soldiers in Manchuria Are - - B Starving. ¥ PARIS, Dec. 7.—The St. Petersburg e pos correspondent of the Matin says that et is | letters received from Manchuria de- s ] while scribe @ terrible situation among the soldiers there. The men practically are 2 st starving and refuse to listen to their ed at officers. Harbin has been pillaged and wom the position of Gemeral Linevitch is an emely difficult letters. to v Rail- Alfred Lilienfeld @& Co. 201 and 203 Kearny Street 200 and 202 Sutter Street ext according to these one, Dispaying the greatest variety of RAIN CdOATS OVERCOATS ever shown in the city We carry more OVER{COATS' or . e | NO MASSACRES IN ODESSA. .. ; in th IMASSACRES S e ST | LONDON, Dec. 6.—The secretary of the | committee which was appointed by the | recent conference held here under the | chairmanship of Lord Rothschild to take | charge of the distribution of the funds collected for the relief of Jews in Rus- said to-night that the committee was being much hampered by the failure of telegraphic communication. He said that‘ | | { sia the following dispatch had been received work- from the traveling commissioners in Russia: Pelegraphic communication has been entirely stopped throughout Rusdla and we are without news. We are sending this to the frontler. After a personal in- spection we can report that the destruc- { tion Is indescribale. Hundreds of shops have been destroyed and business'is at Ja standstfll. The damage amounts to | milliops of rubles. Forty thousand per- | | sons are affected in Kieff alone. Several | small towns which had Jewish sections have been entirely burned and the people are sleeping in the fields. | The traveling commi oners say that 171 towns have been the enes of Jewish massacres. These figures do not ln('l\!d'." a number of villages and Siberian town many of which suffered from the antl | | Semitic madness, | | Writing from Kieff under date of De-| | cember 1, the commissioners say that the | ;mwn was then in open riot and that fir-| | ing was continual. The British Consul | had offered to shelter the commissioners. The secretary sald that up to date $2,475,000 had been contributed. This sum | includes $1.000,000 from the United States, | $520,000 from Germany and $435,000 from | Great Britain. The sum of $935,000 had al- | ready been remitted to Russia. The committee, the secretary said, pro- posed to organize a special system of re- lef for the orphaned children, who would | be removed from Russia -and glven into| the care of Jewish families in other countries. This. plan, he said, had re- celved the indorsement of Jacob H. Schiff of New York, treasurer of the American relief committee, who offered to take any number of children up to 500 and.see to dhelr proper . disposition. 2 —e GAPON WARNS REVOLUTIONISTS, Fears That the Peasants Will Rise . ‘Against the Intellectuals. ST.. PETERSBURG (Tuesday night), Dec. 5.—It is explained at the Ameri- can embassy that the marines who af- rived here yesterddy do mot constitute a guard, ‘but- were sent. to perform service at the embassy. Father Gapon is ~continuing to preach to the workmen against a zev- olution, saying that the strike tactics are sure to éventuate into reaction and jéopardize the freedom purchased by blood,” He warns the.-revolutionists and { Socialists that they cannot arouse the | peasants by thelr political demands, but are more likely to radise up a counter revolution. He say hundred fanatical pri with church banners and ikons might easily arouse the “black’” millions of the country and over- whelm your inteljectuals of the cities amid such horrors as the world has never wit- nessed. The mutinies at Kieff and Voronezh are not yet quelled and it is now re- ported that outbreaks have occurred 2mong various regiments in Poland. An official note was issued to-day explaining that while the Governnfent {is inflexibly determined to carry out {the reforms promised by the imperial wmlanifesto” of October 80, it is impos- sible at one stroke-to accustom the population to the administration of the new order of things created by the manifesto. Until the -new legislation required by the reforms be effected the old laws must be enforced. excepL where they are already replaced by temporary. provisions. 5 The note adds that drafts of the provisional regulations governing free- dom of the press and the right of as- sociation have been completed; that the deliberations regarding the reform of the Council of the Empire and the ex- tension of the franchise are nearing a conclusion and that the elections to the National Assembly are being expedited. At the same time measures are heing initiated to cope with the disturbances which are endangering public se- curity, The wife of the late Professor Bori- kowski wished to inform her relatives of the death of her husband and ap- plied to Premier de Witte to send them telegrams, which he declined to do. She then asked M. Christoleft, chairman of the Workingmen’'s Coun- cil, to send the telegrams, offering him several thousand rubles if he would do so. The chairman refused to accept the money, but franked and forwarded the telegrams. —_— Mutineers Caught Between Two Fires. ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday, Dec. 5. Private accounts from Kieff say that the mutinous troops there were shot down in a narrow lane by Cossacks, the mutineers being caught between two fires. It is reported here to-day that symptoms of mutiny have . ap- peared in tHe Seventh Finnish Regi- ment at Viborg. ————— AMERICAN HEIRESS WEDS INTO BRITISH NOBILITY Miss Eloise Breeze Becomes the Bride of Som of the Earl of ¥ Ancaster. LONDON, Dec. 6.—Another American heiress joined the British peerage this afternoon through the marriage of Men and Youths than all the stores in the city combined Alfred Lilienfeld @& Co. 201 and 203 Kearny Street 200 and 202 Sutter Street Twentieth Century Clothiers High Grade Tailors Imported Haberdashers "1z Eloise, daughter of the late W. L. Breeze of New York, to Lord Willough- by Eresby, heir of the Earl of Ancaster. The ceremony, which took place at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, drew a distinguished gathering. : Change of Ministry in Japan. TOKIO, Dec. 6.—The sudden post- ponement of the afrival of the Marquls Ito, who was expected here to-day to present his report to the Emperor on the result of his mission to Korea, is considered highly significant and in- dicative of .a change in the Cabinet. Marquis Ito is now expected to arrive on December 8, and during the interim the necessary pourparler can be held looking toward the formation of a new Cabinet. . A ————— New Cruiser for Japaun’s Navy. TOKIO, Dec. 6—The drmored cruiser “Tsukuba, of 13,750 tons displacement, will be launched at Kure on December The Crown Prince will be present upon the occasion. e Open- Fields. IN I | Napier of the Elliott sent a man ashore | worry about him, but later this evening ‘schedule | steamer Bay City, which was recently | The. company’s intention is to remove fighting. Sleeps 171 TOWNS POWER LAUNCH BREAKS DOWN Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6.—The power launch J. C. Elliott, from San Pedro for San Diego, was towed into port this evening by the launch McKinley, which left Tues- day midnight to find her. The Elliott lost her propeller when about twelve miles off the coast and having but slight sail area she was making little progress. Captain etc. at Oceanside and reported his trouble to this city. The McKinley started out but kept too close in shore and so passed the Elliott in the night. This forenoon, how- ever, she doubled back keeping farther out at sea and picked up the disabled launch, Captain Napier not having seen anything of the McKinley, sent another beat ashor this morning with Cleve Hiller, an engineer, to make a second re- port. 'Hiller landed at Delmar instead of Lajolla and for a time there was some he arrived on the Santa Fe having left his boat on the beach at Delmar. The Elliott will have to remain here for sev- s ST If more than ordinary laxative remedy is required. eral days, as a new propeller will have to be secured by express from San Fran- cigco. TEN-MINUTE SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCO l\'e(v Schedule Will Go Into Effect When Track Is » -, Completed. . OAKLAND, Dec. 6:—Whén ‘the new work . row .underyway on what is known as the narrow gauge system of the Southern Pacific Company in Oak- land and. Alameda is completed threo trains an Hopur will be ryn from each of the two gities and as the trains will be run from the Oakland.pler :hmufhh Oakland, across the-estudry to the Alameda’ mple and vice versa, the new 1 give the buginess center of Oakland a ten-minfite seryice to San Frangiseo, Another ‘advantage in the new system ‘will: Be that in case of accident: blocking the lines to one GUILD OF ARTS AND CRAFTS AT ST.FRANCIS BY LAURA BRIDE POWERS. Have you a half-hour to spare? Then run up to the St. Francis and look over the exhibition there in the red room of the Guild of the Arts and Crafts. It will pay you, educationally, temperamentally and financially—the latter if you be a present hunting, as are most of God’s children at the pres- ent hour. Take this for a tip—you will find more suggestions in the line of ac- ceptable gifts tn that rubicund room (which has changed its complexion temporarily to a seashore tan) than in a block of shops and studios, The artists who are displaying high art works—as distinguished from ap- of the piérs the trains.on all lines ex- | 1.4 art—are C. P. Neilson, Maurice cept that to Berkeley will 'be able to | i Mue Maynard Dixen Madame run direct to the other pler, causing | junosza, Florence Butler, May Mott- no delay in the service between Oak- | §mith Cunningham, Frances Soule land and San Francisco. Roadmaster O. E. Carrigan of the local diviston, who is8 superintending the work of laying the new track, sald to-day that the greater part of the work would be completed by the end of the week. It iIs expected that the new schedule will' go into effect as soon as the track work is completed. In connection with the mew local schedule it has been said. that the Campbell (migiatures), Marion Norton, Minnie Taylor, Grace Wishaar, Nettie King, N. J. Norris (etchings) and Marion Holden Pope. In photography some stunning things are shown by W. E. Dassonville, Annie Bridgman, Adelaide Hanscombe, Oscar Maurer, Alfred Nye and a few other clever folk. Then there are exquisite things in the line of bookbinding, woedcarving and plate making. In the way of bookbinding it is interesting to note that a lot of work—and highly creditable work—has been turned in by well-known soclety girls—notably Miss de Guigne, Miss Edith Cheesebrough, Miss Clara Rice, Mrs. Oc- tavia Holden, Miss Melward Holden and others who labor at the Holden studios at 639 Kearny street. In book-plate designing Albertine Ran- dall Wheelan shows some capital things, as does Miss Eleanor Plaw of Fruitvale. As for the soliditles In the furniture line, F. H. Meyer, instructor in applied taken off its regular run and laid up for repairs, will be completely over- hauled and made thirty feet -longer. the machinery and build thirty feet of new structure in the center of the hull. —_——— “Christmas Time in the Old Country.” It you are golng to spend your Christmas in the old country remember that the Atchison, Topeka and Banta Fe Agent can book you through to any British, Scandinavian, German or Itallan Port. He will take pleasure in seelng you have a most enjoyable trip and wiil furnish tickets at the lowest possible rate. | arts at the Art Institute, is the chief ex- Santa Fe. ticket office, 663 Market street, San | hibitor. Fetncivons CH But when it comes to brasses and ARMY ORDERS. “ copper pleces, running from ignominious 0 inkstands to splendid lamps and chan- domet - CamSTON, Dec. . -&—Army or- | geliers, there is a gay variety enough in BB, am . LeWis. as- | rtistry and in price to please the verlest sistant surgeon, upon his arrival at cynie. The keramic display is worth while, Miss Helen O'Malley, Mrs. M. E. Perley and Miss M. L. Thompson showing some good things. In leather work Mrs. Maynard Dixon (Lillian Tobey), Mary Podge Riedy and San Francisco, will proceed-ta Chicago for duty. ' Captain Leonard D. Wild- man, signal corps, will make ‘not to exceed one visit per week during the ensuing six months from San Francisco to Benicia Barracks. on official busi- ness pertaining to wirgléss telegraph WHITTIER DENIES HE WANTED TO WED Asserts He to Marry Nellie T. Henry. To-morrow the jury that has been sitting in the case will decide whether | {or not Miss Nellie T. Henry is entitled | | to damages, as she asserts she 1s, from | | Millionaire W. F. Whittier for breach | |of promise to marry. The evidence | iwas all in yesterday and argument for | the plaintiff opened. 1 The_defense rested.on the thebry | that Whittler had never asked Miss | Henry to be his wife and that the few | small presents he gave her were only | the marks of appreciation of a patiént whose suffering had been in a measure | alleviated through the ministrations of | a nurse. venerable joints of Whittier's arms free of rheumatism and In appreciation he had sent her candy at times. This was the explanation Whittier gave of his relations with Miss Henry. W. R. Whittler, a son of the defend- lant, corroborated his father., stating that the latter had never even men- tioned marrying Miss Henry and that such a thoughh so far as he knew, had never entered his father’s’ mina. J. J. Callundan, James M. Duncan, John K. Cleary, Edward F. Leonard and Reuben H. Lloyd told of how Miss Henry annoyed Mr. Whittier and gave the details of her arrest ‘and prosecu- tion for disturbing the peace. The case then rested and argument began. Ella R. Atkinson are beautiful bits, but it is over the jewelry display that most of the women visitors linger longest, and small wonder, for In the display of May Mott-Smith Cunning- ham are things of everlasting joy to the ferhinine heart. ‘So beautiful in color and In design (or composition) are these things that they are surely entitled to the classification of high art. And if the jewelry doesn't lure, perhaps the laces will. Here are exquisite pleces of point de Brussels, point de Venise, duchesse, point d'Anglaise, Chantilly (white and black), in all sorts of make- ups, from berthas to kerchiefs. Altogether, the Guild has put up the best exhibition of its three-year career— an exhibition that no discerning San Franciscan can afford to miss. ‘The display will be on until Sunday, day and evening, during which time many a perplexed soul will be soothed by finding therein “just the thing for Christmas.” Miss Henry had rubbed ma'; showing many | | woman had been lying critically | Mrs. HEWINNING STROKE skill in playing brings the honors of the game to the winning player, so exceptional merit in a remedy ensures the commendation of the well informed, and as a reason- able amount of outdoor life and recreation is conducive to the health and strength, so does a perfect laxative tend to one’s improvement in cases of constipation, biliousness, headaches, It is all-important, however, in selecting a laxative, to choose one ot known quality and excellence, like the ever pleas- ant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Co., a laxative which sweetens and cleanses the system effect- ually, when a laxative is needed, without any unpleasant after effects, as it acts naturally and gently on the internal organs, simply assisting nature when nature needs assistance, without griping, irritating, or debilitating the internal organs in any way, as it contains nothing of an objectionable or injurious nature. As the plants which are combined with the figs in the manu- facture of Syrup of Figs are known to physicians to act most beneficially upon the system, the remedy has met with their general approval as a family laxative, a fact well worth con- sidering in making purchases. It is because of the fact that SYRUP ©OF FIGS is a remedy of known quality and excellence, and approved by physicians that has led to its use by so many millions of well informed people, who would not use any remedy of uncertain quality or inferior reputation. bottle of the genuine on hand at all times, to use when a Please to remember that the genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale in bottles of one size only, by all reputable druggists and that full name of the company — California Fig Syrup Co., is plainly printed on the front of every package. Regular price, 50c per bottle. Tup Every family should have a WELL-KNOWN SOCIETY WOMAN PASSES AWAY Yesterday afternoon, after a long ill- ness, courageously borne, Mrs. €. P. Rob- Inson passed away at her home at 2063 Sutter street. For several the well-beloved ill, but at no time had she given up hope, main- taining a cheerful attitude to the very last, and imparting courage to the loved ones who gathered about her. But &t last the physical overcame the mental and spiritwal. and the soul went out. Mrs, Robinson, as Ida Jarboe, her brother, John R. Jarbee, a ¢ cuous figure in the social life of San Francis¢o in the W's, and latterly as a madtron, her popularity grew. In those days it was the Southern set that was in the. ascendency, and to this coterie did the Jarboes—who were Balti- moreans—belong. Surviving Mrs. Robinson are her hus- band and four daughters, the latter being Mrs. George Beardsley, Mrs. V. S. Shel- ler, Mrs. Charles Sedgwick Aiken Helen Robinson. Besides these im- médiate relatives are a large number of more remote connections, to whom the passing of this charming woman will tall as a great blow. : The detalls for the interment are yef to be determined. months was with il i Death of Former Judge Bockius. WATSONVILLE, Dee. 6§.—Former Judge Godfrey M. Bockius, president of the Bank of Watsonville,, died this morning. He was born in Philadejphia in 1818 and was a pioneer citizen of this community. He was elected County Judge in 1865 and afterwadd sérved In the Assembly. He is survived by four children—two sons and two daughters. He left an estate valued at $1,000,000. ———— Richest Man in St. Louis Dead. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 6.—Willlam H. Thompson, treasurer of the World's Fair, president of the National Bank of Commerce and probably the wealthi- est man In St. Louis, died to-night. He was 77 years of age. In his youth he was a journeyman plumber. ———— To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Druggists refund money if It fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature Is on each Tabieta box. 2e.* service of the signal corps. A leave of absence for two months, to take effect on February 1, is gramted Sec- ond Ljeutenant Gordon A. Dennis, Twentieth Infantry, Philippines. J. Solomon W. -Rossler, engineer corps, will proceed to Fort Worden to con- fer with the commanding ‘officer of the artillery district of Puget Sound. —_——— GENERAL WEYLER MAY = PARTICIPATE IN DUEL MADRID, Dec. 6.—General Weyler, the former War Minister, has taken personal offense at a speech delivered by General Luque, the new Minister of ‘War, in which the latter said he pro- posed to restore discipline in the army. Military men foresee the possibility of an encounter between the two generals. —_——— San Franciscan Reads Paper. CHICAGO, Dec, 7.—At to-day's ses- sion of the fourth triennial convention of the Council of Jewish Women Miss Evelyn K. Aronson of San Francisco, in paper on “The Progress of the Circles of the Council,” emphatically deplored the increasing indiffercnce to the religious teachings of Judaism. ———— S =SSO . Spain to Invest in Artillery. MADRID, Dec. 6.—The Budget Com- mittee of the Chamber of Deputies to- day approved an extraordinary credit of $4,000,000, to be distributed over four years, for the purchase of new artillery. % T——— R — Steamship Knight Errant Safe. YOKOHAMA, Dec. 6.—The British steamship Knight Errant, Captain Kendall, from Portland, Or., and Ta- coma, for this port, and which put In at Mororan, December 5, damaged by a typhoon, has arrived here safely. ———— Forty-Four Bodies Found in Lake. SALONICA, European-Turkey, Dec. 6. The Kalmakem of Yenidje reports that he has found in Lake Yenidje the bod- ies of forty-four Greeks and Bulgar- ians who were killed during the recent TR Goes to show that Furniture is not too expen- sive for Christmas giving—from this store, at any rate. A well-made desk, with drawer and book cupboard below. The glass-enclosed book shelves at the side are wide and commodious. French-plate mirror in the top, neat carv- ings. A bookcase that will last and be appre- ciated for many a Christmas to come. Hardwood Kitchen Cabi A great big one, nearly seven feet in height, with double glass d rawers for cutlery, and an Immense cupboard below. China Cabinet in the t Divided ai Sy s, $9.00 37 Inches wide. oors. Floss Sofa Pillows, 35¢ 22-inch Cushions filled with pure floss—light and fufty. — No mail or telephone orders will be led the g Al aaazl Jfor any Of the above Furnilure Company 1039 MARKET »