The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 11, 1905, Page 3

" WOMAN IS FATALLY BURNED IN JESSIE-STREET FIRE. 'OSTLY BLAZE ENDS AN ALI. NIGHT CAROUSAL LCHTSHP HELPLESS FAR AT SEA A t Me;&rfi Storm in a Leaking Condition. ' vessel relief ves- st @s she was u r steering gear gave rned, how admitting what anxious regard- p. pointed out that her d be able to keep the with one of them filled, 1 sle Jength of time. It was t e shift of the thwest usually has the € the sea In the vi- hiship is anchored wireless sisting of teleg: Gorgison two gn- n board three wireless d to the 1 They rbanks, chie feian: ip, elect of the r. electri- fhcer nd class of ¥ STEAMSHIP GEORGIC ASHORE. White Star Freighter Runs Agrouad Near Liverpool. ONDO, 11.—A report received 4 from Liverpool, at 1 his ¥ says: line amship inside C 1 gas e Georg 2 e freight ommanded by Captain New York on No- rom STy < R DETAINED BY STORMS. Steamship Carmanis Makes Trip Across Atiantic. The new Cun- ine Stow 4 bine steamship Carmania rrive the ba 3:15 o'clock this A ne but on account of the rough did not attempt night the vessel and will not morning. anis, which is the first of ve years has | | THE SAN FRA NCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1905. BRGNS Sah Tossing on a bed of pain at the Central ergency Hospital, Mrs. Lulu Casey is wyving the penalty of a night's carouse, while her home on Jessie street is a mass of smoldering and several houses in the neighborhood of Mission and | Seventk streets raise their charred | frame-work toward the sky, the resuft of ld fire full of accldents, rescues and ashes, thrilling incidents. Mrs. Cast husband.l Charles Casey, a painter, escaped unin- | jured and it was after a drunken brawl | hetween the two that the fire broke out | | yesterday afternoon. The husband, noll ! yet recovered from an all night spree, plunged into the flames and hacked their | way tnrough walls and over roofs. Apparently failing to hear the orders of their chiefs to come back from falling floors and walls, the men wormed their way into red hot corners with their lines of hose and beat back the flames. Frank Gareia of Truck § fought his way beneath a tottering flooring and was aught beneath it when it fell. J. F. ly of the same company sprang to his rescue, as did Charles Heggrim of truck 3, together with several others. Bruised | and unconscious, Garcla .was taken from the blazing debris and hurried to the hos- | pital. Before regaining the street Daly | and Heggrim were also overcome, but % PROTO BY HUNT » ¥ = 1 EMEN HURRYING TO THE F N OVERCOME BY SMOKE. B HELPLESS M WERE SA E_OF THEIR BROTHBERS WHO HAD QUICK WORK THE LIVES OF ALL OF VED. | * |HUNGARIANS OPPOSED BY THE ROUMANIANS h,attor Declare for Francis Joseph and Against the Magyars. \NA, Dec > of races existing In 10.—An example of ti Hungary mixture s reports which reached Vi- ¢ of the beginning of what to be a fous movement e Roumanian inhabitants of » Hungary in favor of the peror-King against the Magya in the name of F gary are against the crown The Ro fighting and B and cam- ain arians, cry- “Down with the Hungarian gen- and “We will not let harm befall Arad tr: Francis Joseph.” H One iap, who opposed a Rou- anian candidate for membership in |the Chamber of Deputies, has been 1.’(!!” ered and gendarmes have been r | asked for. Many Hungarians are leav- |ing the isolated Country districts for |the towns, while others are arming { themselves. e Roumanians are even declaring that they will drive out all Hungarians from the provinces border- ing on Roumania. | e e—— : | SWALLOWING OF A PIN IS NOT AN ACCIDENT Kansas Supreme Court Decides Appeal in Favor of an Insurance Company. | TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 10.—The swal- lowing of a pin is not an accident. ac- cording to a decision handed down by sas Supreme Court, overruling of a lower court in favor es, a traveling salesman, d up several weeks after for the removal of a pin from his stomach. He held an acci- dent policy and sued the insurance company for $50 a week while he was disabled. —_———— Early Date for Alfomso’s Wedding. LONDON, Dec. 11.—The Daily Mail's Windsor correspondent says he hears that an early date has been fixed for a magnificent celebration of the marriage w an operation _ | Willis himself was burned and was given ng in the border =5 | was unable to explain his desertion of | the woman. The fire started fn a room | occupled by the Caseys at 6ll1; Jessle | street, near Seventh. i Herolc rescues by the lodgers in the house at 6l1% Jessie street, where the C s lived, and hard and dangerous work on the part of the firemen pre- { vented greater loss of life and further | spread of the flames. Robert Willis, a ainter, who lives on the floor above the { ys. rushed into the latter's apart- { then a seething mass of flames, | seized the prostrate woman, about whom { small tongues of fire were playing, and | bore Ler to the street. In doing so treatment at the hospital. rding to the neighbors, s of the lodging house where the Caseys live are frequently engaged in drunken brawls. Joe Goldblatt of 1053 Howard street said that Casey came to him early In the morning for money with which to buy beer, and that all night and throughout the morning the couple were drinking heavily. In the apartment of the Caseys there was a gas stove, about which were piled a quantity of rags and old papers. In some way these were ignited and the fire was soon raging through the building. Thomas Spandaur saw the glare of the flames and his cries brought Patrolman H. McMurray, who turned in the alarm. | 3y that time the flames were shooting: through the roof and clouds .of smoke rolled skyward. MAXWELL ON SCENE. | The first alarm brought Battalion Chief Maxwell to the scene. BSoon after the first stream was playing on the fire the { lames began to ravage the neighboring | houses on Jessle, Seventh and Mission streets. Maxwell gave the order for a second alarm. In reaching the box at Seventh and Howard, a block and a half | away, he was hampered by the crowd, | and precious moments.elapsed before the | second alarm. Almost before the tap of | the second alarm Acting Chief Dougherty arrived and assumed charge of the fire- fighting. With the arrival of the engines re- sponding to the second alarm large Sun- day efternoon holiday crowds began to gather about the conflagration and the streets soon became impassable. Cap- tain Spillane assumed charge of the po- lice and immediately cleared the streets of the crowd. By the time the second alarm apparatus arrived the bulidings from 607 to 61314 Jessie street and from 1112 to 1120 Mission | street were afire and the spot where the | rear of the buildings joined was a roar- | ing furnace. Unhesitatingly the firemen the oecu- | P of King Alfonso to Princess Ena of Battenberg. - = the Cunard fleet to be fitted with tur- bine engines, sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage on Saturday, De- cember 2. She has been delayed by the leavy storms that have swept the »rth Atlantic the past week and her e of passage Wwas approximately seven days, nine hours and thirty min- utes from Daunt’s Rock to the Hook lightship. This would average hourly speed of between fig and a half and sixteen knots. ——— ENTIRE CREW be RESCUED. Menm Taken Ashore From Stranded Vessel. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 10.—To-day has been strenuous for the life crews at the Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil and Nag's Head stations. The first two Seore of | battled against a terrific sea for sev- | hours in an effort to reach the | eral ! stranded steamship Aragon and finally succeeded in shooting a line across the ssel's decks. After this the entire | safely to shore in the breeches buoy. - Steamskip Apgola Aground. HAVANA, Dec. 10—The Eider-Dem- ster line steamship Angola, Captain Johnson, sailing between Canadian, Cuban and Mexican ports, grounded to-night inside Morro Castle. The ship will have to be lightered. saving | ew of twenty-one men were brought | IS NOT GENUINE WITEOUT THE WORD CELESTINS ) lice from the roofs of houses on Mission | 8 | was still regained consciousness after reaching the air. On a shingled roof, that had been made | slippery- by the water, Fireman Louis | Quinn slipped and feil, but he escaped | uninjured. A large crowd witnessed the accident. Soon after this Lieutenant James O'Brien of engine company 29 was | pitched through a fiooring. His hand was | | torn open and he was taken to the Cen- | tral Emergency Hospital. | Thomas O'Brien of truck C was hurt. Two fingers of his right hand were dis- | located. * During thg progress of the fire a crowd of men and boys were driven by the po- street, and during the excitement George Rogers, 16 vears old, fell and broke his | right shoulder blade. The clavicle was set at the Central Emergency Hospitai. Several inmates of the house damaged by the fire received burns and bruises while rescuing household goods and were patched up by the hospital doctors. CHILDREN RESCUE MOTHER. Mrs. Hattie McGuire, who was lying fll at 609 Jessie street, was rescued by her two little children, a boy and a girl, and the little fellow returned to the room for a few household effects. G. W. Young, a carpenter, and C. D. Mowers, a painter, fought the flames at the rear of 607 Jessie street with pails of water. Mowers was overcome by smoke. He was rescued by Yqung. When the flames were under control Fire Marshal Towe proceeded with his in- vestigation. The fire originated at 611% Jessie street and the building is a total loss. The flamés spread to 613 and 613% and to 611, 609 and 607 on Jessle street, the rear ends of the two-story frame house being badly damaged and the bulld- ings gutted. At 1110 Mission street the loss was slight. At 1112-14 the building owned and occu- pied by the American Furniture Company was badly damaged. The buildings at 1116 and 1118 Mission street were gutted and ruined. They were also owned by the American Furniture Company and occupied by H. Biben & Sons, Pioneer Fixture Company, with lodgings over- head. Schneider & Halpin occupied 1120 Mission, which was slightly damaged. Tae total loss will exceed $25,000. The first alarm was sent in at 1:45 p. m. and the fire tapped out at 5:40. Between Turkey and Mistletoe When your thoughts turn to your friends— think of this store for Christmas gifts. Our collection of useful and sensible merchandise i« unrivaled. The art gallery contains a grand display of pictures. Artist's materials and camera department offers splendid suggestions, Leather goods section is complete. Just come and gee us, Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market street, —_———— JOINT STATEHOOD LEAGUR OF NEW MEXICO ACTIVE Aizidn Petitio to Congress Asking for Admission Into the Federal Union, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Dec. 10.— The Executive Committee of the Joint Statehood League of New Mexico is arranging to send” a committee to ‘Washington to look after the move- ment while Congress is in session. The Board of Trustees of thecity of Gallup, N. M., to-day wired a message tc Con- gress asking for the passage of the joint statehod bill and a similar mes- sage was transmitted by the City Council of Silver City, N. M. Secretary Mark Rogers of the Ari zona Statehood Association announces that he has sent a letter to John Sharp ‘Williams asking for his aid in behalf of joint statehod. Signed petitions were sent to Washington to-day from Raton, Manuelito, San Antonio, N. M., and other towns. — MAJOR SWAIN DECLARED NOT GUILTY OF MURDER Texas Army Officer, Convicted on First Trial, Is Acquitted on Which have no medicinal Drink in the Morning and at Meals ¢ Second. HOUSTON, Tex., Dee. 10.—Major Hugh N. Swain, United States army, retired, was to-day acquitted of the charge of murder in the second degree in connection with the .slaying of Charles W. Jones, secretary of the Houston Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of which the father of Swain was at the time president. On the first trial, Major Swain was convicted and given a sentence of twenty-five years in the penitentiary. —— e Miners to Demand llm_-_hy. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Dec. 10.—~It was stated at the ninth district headquar- ters to-day that the anthracite min- ers, at their'tri-district convention this week, would likely ask for an increase in wages from 10 to 20 per cent. 7 noted New Jersey family, was DIES TOESCAPE | PECULIAR FADS COURT HOLDS - BLACKMAILERS| Explanation of the Suicide!Town Tdpies® Widely Dis cussed Book Classes Depew | of Robert D. Ballantine, Rich Princeton Graduate A $15,000 BRIBE Further Sums Demanded by Men Who Claimed to Hold Secret Over His Head PAY Special Dispatch to The Cail. NEW YORK, Dee. 10.—That Robert D. Ballantine, Princeton graduate and son of the late John H. Ballantine, young, wealthy and a member of a ven to end his life because he had found him- self in the toils of a band of black- | mailers, s the undercurrent in con- versation among his friends in this city and Newark to-day. his h possession a secret which would bring upon him disgrace, the plotters not only obtained from him large sums of money, but wrecked his peace of mind as well. The ashes of two letters were found in an open grate in the room in which Ballantine killed himself. He evidently | i | Holding over | ad o pretending to have in their | had destroyed them just before ending | nis life. What they contained no one knows. In dispatches received sto-day frém Charlotteville, Va., where for ten years Ballantine lived, this report met with co blackmailers were three in number and that $15,000 was their assessment for November. After he was graduated from Prince- ton about ten a ago Ballantine, who never engaged i business, adopted the life of a student. He went to the University of Virginia at Char- lotteville, where he received a degree in law and then -he studied medicine. The blackmailin of November, Ballantine was ville quite well known in the com- munity. These thiree told him that un- less he gave them a large sum of money a report would be put into cireu- lation which would bring disgrace not one upon him, but upon his family. The conspirators demanded at once $15,000, which, within a week, was paid | to them, and they departed with the intimation that there were (o be regu- lar demands in the future. —_— e SIXTY-POUND CHRISTM TURKEY FOR WHITE HOUSE Wisconsin Farmer Will Send the | King of All Gobblers to Mr. Roosevelt. YRACUSE, N..Y.. Dec. 10.—For | President Roosevelt's Christmas din- ner a sixty-pound,turkey will be sent from Beloit, Wis., according to a state- ment made by Mrs. Mary Maltby of Beloit, who is visiting near Greva. This bird is the largest ever ralsed in Rock across the back. It was raised by Herman Reimer and is two years old. Mrs. Maltby said that when she left Wisconsin several days ago the turkey growing fatter and she would not be surprised if the gobbler the scales at seventy pounds it reached Washington. tipped when story told to-day | was to the effect that, at the beg nn:;‘.: | Compans proached by three persons in Charlotte- | County and measures two feet | rmation, it being asserted that the | | of an old Spanish ship, in gold. | tieth | Henry B. Hyde last. | are red lined. OF KOTED M as a Great Philanthropist ASTOR A “RAINMAKER” Four Pages, With a Variety of Illustrations, Represerit Tom Lawson’s Investment el A5 Special Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—“Fads and Fancies” has made its appearance on the shelves of the Congressional Library. It came up from the copyright division on Thursday night, but was not cata- logued until yesterday. The signatures of President Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland and Bishop Potter, which these notables have repudiated, appear in convincing reproductions with the table of contents. The exact process by which they were obtained is a mys- | tery. There are elghty-six signatures in fac-simile, all of which are supposed to be autographs of men who have been written about. As an example of the printing and en- graving art, the book is a masterpiece. It is bound in crushed levant Morocco of dark green, upon which are gold trac ings. It contains 210 pages and is about the size of an ordinary ledger. The pages are of héavy, hand-made Japanese vellum. In the center of the cover is a tracing Inside the binding is of heavy green moire silk, and the pages are attached to the binding by heavy red, white and blue silk cord. On the fi page is an imprint reading: ““This copy of ‘Fads and Fancies' is | numbered.—Town Topies Publishing Com- pany.” Below is a fac-simile of the autograph of Colonel W. D. Mann, president of the On the second inside page there is a drawing of a ballroom by Howard Chand- ler Christie, and opposite ft is the title page, which has this heading: “Fads and Fancies of Representative mericans at the Beginning of the Twen- Century, Being a Portrayal of Their Tastes, Diversions and Achleve- ments."” The introduction of the work was writ- ten by Mrs. Burton Harrison. Colonel John Jacob Astor is first in the book and The fnitial of each article is of red and gold and the pages Only about two-thirds of cach page is used for printing, the re- mainder being devoted to engravings and drawings. The photogravings are per- fect. Colonel Astor is a “rainmalker,” among other things, according to *Fads and Fancies.”- He is also the inventor of a marine turbine engine. Chauncey Mitchell Depew is featured as a great philanthfopist, one who has made all men his friends. The sketch of the late Collls P. Hunt- ington occupies nine full pages, one of which is taken up with a steel engraving of Mr. Huntington. “The Creator of the American Riviera™ in Florida is the title bestowed upon Henry M. Flaglef. Charles M. Schwab’s portrait and sketch are surrounded by scroll work of gold. Schwab is held up, not only as a tremen- ~ HEARST'S FATE e Success or Failure of His Contest for Mayoralty De- | pends on To-Day’s Decision CLIMAX IS REACHED | Tribunal Will Pass,Upon the | Right to Reopen One Thousand Ballot Boxes | S, H Special Dispatch to The Call | NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—In the contest | for the mayoraity between Mayor McClel- |lan and W. R. Hearst the climax will come to-morrow, when argument will be made before the Court of Appeals in Al- | bany on the question of the right to re- | open nearly 1000 ballot-boxes and recan- ' vass the vote. Upon the decision, which may be hand- | ed down late i the afterncon, depends | Hearst's chance of occupying the Mayor’s chair on January 1 His attorneys assert that all will not be lost by any means even if the decision be agalnst them, but uniess it 13 in his favor there is almost | no likelthood of changing the result be- fore the new year. Quo warranto pro- ceedings would then have to be brought to test the title of McClellan to the of- fice of Mayor, which would prolong the contest many months. Judge Parker and Arthur C. Butts, as- sistant Corporation Counsel, will warn the Judges that to order the recpening of the ballot-boxes, except in criminal and quo warranto proceedings, might result, if such precedent be allowed to stand, in holding up the decision in a Presidential election even unt!l after inauguration day. Former Governor Frank 8. Black, ald- ed by Henry Yonge, Austin G. Fox and Clarence J. Shearn, will, on the other hand, cite decisions of the Court of Ap- peals itself and of the appellate division of the Supreme Court in the Brooklyn department to sustain the contentions of the Hearst forces, and the court will be urged to reaffirm its own decision, the opinion In which was written by Judge | Parker when he was Presiding Judge. | —— RAILWAY EMPLOYES PROTEST AGAINST RATE LEGISLATION | Belleve Federal Interferemce With | Limes Would Be Detrimental to Their Interests. CHICAGO, Dee. 10.—A resolution pro- testing against placing in the hands | of the Interstate Commerce Commission raflroad rate-making powers was | adopted here to-day at a meeting of | fifty representatives of the different rafiroad brotherhoods in Cook County The resolution declarés that “any in- terference with the earning power of | the raflroad would be detrimental to | the railroad employes, would make | harder the conditions now existing and | would be used as a bar toward future movement on our part for bet- terment of wages or conditions.” The meeting to-day Is said to be preliminary to a general meeting of all railroad employes in Cook County. +- dously hard worker, but also as a gres lover of music and an artist. “The Colossus of Roads” Is the title jestingly applied to James J. Hill Thomas W. Lawson has four pages, with pictures of everything, from a seven- mast schooner to his own desk. any Christmas Suit, or Overcoat Made to Order—*10 to *35 SEIGED T Lrrg~ the holiday week. saving in price. market. | and the cloth is sent your expense. @ By placing.your order now for a made-to- measure suit or overcoat you can have the garment for Christmas wear. You will then possess the satisfactory and contented feeling of a ‘man who knows he is wearing clothes that are stylish, made of the newest materials and embodying every point of a well tailored and perfect garment. There is ample time for us, with our splen- did facilities, to make hundreds of suits before The carlier the order is given the sooner will the garment be completed. [ But above other considerations is that of the No other tailoring establish- ment can do it for the simple reason that we stand alone as a buying power in the cloth @ We require cloth fot our ready-to-wear clothes as well as the made-to-measure depart- ment and thus buy an immense quantity regu- larly. Our purchases are made at the big mills direct to our shops. There is no middleman looking for his own profit at This is why and how we save you $3 to $5 on every suit or overcoat we make. Q. Swusts satisfactorily made to order for out-of-town customers. measuring blank and samples. Ouyr range of prices is $10 to $33. Write for scif- - SNWI oD 18 Unti/ Christmas 740 Market St. 35 Geary St. Manufacturers Wholesalers and Retailers of Clothing Two Large Stores 26 Powell and 972 Market St. (Arcade Entrance) Cor. Christmas Orgers Powell & Ellis