The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1906, Page 3

COURT HOL Woman’sArreston Big- amy Charge Fol- lows at Once. Released on $100 Cash Bail Fixed by Police Tribunal. Fallsto Weeping Under the Censure of Judge Hunt BER TESTIMONY UNTRU Mrs d At- the ed epos! ahon and tt Hotel ny, so when Rockel ap- warrant for Mrs. Biliott J h to issue it, statin k h very much like a e proofs that had Judge Hunt were r wever, he issued the $100 cash or 3300 xed by the court e for the imme- liott, and she was ion of going to ng admission made by witness stand yester- t that four days after Elliott, tarium for sane Asylum, she £ president of the Register Company” and sec- t flice she legally tificate of stock for company in favor nous” husband, Me- v 2 latter ADMITS His INCOMPETENCY. question. as to why certificate of ~stock, to make the ad- ecause her husband so himse’ an ad- her prior con- L d. was of sound release from the Bamont once employed by orge McKenzie and callea by Mrs. El- admission that Elliott n an effort to establish that he was of sound amination all of testified as to actions ished, had there been . Elliott that the cer- she bad written out in had been “stolen” Rockell was refuted by laughter. The daugh- ckell, a very pretty t she had found the cer- e-paper basket and given , the fact that his mind"! RS. ELLIOTT'S DECREE IS SET ASI The interlocutory decree of divorce granted Mrs. Florence O. Elliott from John Elliott, an inmate of 2 madhouse, was sct aside by Judge Hunt yesterday on the ground of fraud and deception. McMahon, Elliott’s former kecper, was immediately arrested on a charge of bigamy. The woman, who had married Charles N. - DS DIVORCE WAS OBTAINED BY FRAUD NOUNTAI Lo | {Editor Has Narrow Escape | From Injury by Wounded Beast in Mexican Hunt L el pecial Dispatch to The Call. LOUIS, Jan. William R. has apy d in a new role in Chihuahua, Mexic at of an expert lion hunter. that reached St. Louis to- Chihuahua, by way of San tell of a hairbreadth New York journal had while the woods near his mothe hihuahua, when a big wounded hing upon him for a fight. arty of friend: go out for a d is, being assured that lions ul. They took large-bore guns ammunition along. After beat- he woods from 5 o’clock in the st dusk they had found Jjackrabbits or grouse. While the party Was returning home with the dogs it unexpectedly treed a lion. Hearst, who was riding several hun- dred yards in advance of the others, was ded to ing in the hilk nothing bigger tha sunded the animal. The big cat sprang 1¢ tree and rushed toward Hear: | who fired again. This time, taking bet- When the other members of the party came up they warmly congratulated | Hearst on his luck and his marksman- | ship. | |SUGAR TRUST HOLDS | ITS ANNUAL MEETING Havemeyer, Meyer and Don- ner Again Elected to the Board of Directors. NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—A. the annual meeting of stockholders of the American Sugar Refining Company in Jersey City |and Arthur Donner were re-eleoted di- { rectors. | attended the meeting in person. “Of the 90,000 shares of the stock out- | standing,” he said, “the holders of 564,820 shares sent proxies for the business of this meeting.” The stockholders adopted a resolution that the accumulated profits of the com- | pany, less the dividends, be reserved as | working capital. At the annual meeting of the stockhold- ers of the National Sugar Refining Com- pany, held here to-day, John Meyer, Ar- | thur Donner and George H. Frazier were elected members of the board of directors. All these men are also directors of the American Sugar Refining Company. Al- though it has been generally known for ;some time that the American Sugar Re- fining Company Is largely interested in the National Sugar Refining Company, this is the first officlal connection an- nounced between the two companies, Ten-Million-Dollar Purchase. MARINETTE, Wis,, Jan. 10.—Marin- {ette partics to-lay closed a deal for the { purchase of several thousand acres of | Coal and timber lands In the State of , Washington. The estimated value of ‘the fand is $10,000,000. The land has 100,000,000 feet of timber and eleven prospective coal mines on it. e —— it to her ‘father. She was corrobrated by her mother. This ended the evidence in the case. At- | torney Peixotto made a fervent plea that his client be not condemned, hazarding |¥he remark that if she were he would glory in her condemnation, for mo turpi- tude would attach thereto. The opportu- nity to glory was then given him, for the judgment of the court was only to con- demn her as gullty of the charges against her. Then she was arrested and, defeated in her fight to save her honor as a wife, she must battle for her freedom at the criminal bar of the State. —_————————— Worth Knowing —that Allcock’s are the original and genuine porous plasters; all others are imitations. ~ lucky enough to get the mrst shot and | | | | Hearst | | | « | to-day President Havemeyer, John Meyer | President Havemeyer said that | { he regretted that so few stockholders had | WOMAN WHO IS IN TROUBLE BE- CAUSB OF FRAUDULENT DI- VORCE AND SECOND MARRIAGE. WYS DEATH S FORECAST BY HIMSELF Prediction Made in a Letter to Life-Long Friend. Lt LTS : Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—That John Hay, late Secretary of State, had a pre- monition of his death months before he died and that he was able to make jest over the fact has been brought to hght by the publication for the first time of a letter written by the diplomatist to his life-long friend and colleague, Col- nel William M. Stone of Mount Vernon, N. Y. The letter, which appears in the current number of the Shield, a maga- zine published in the interests of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, is dated at Washington, November 8, 1904, and is as follows: “My Dear Stone: On account of my being confined to my- room with a slight cold the speeches went off with- out my name, but I send you some as you request. “Do not talk about anything so ri- diculous, as my being a candidate for the Presidepcy. I shall never hold of- fice after thi» and I expect to be com- fortably dead by 1903. Sincerely yours, “JOHN HAY.” WOMAN CONVICTED OF KILLING HUSBAND Given Sentence of Fourteen Years in the Peni- tentiary. CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—A jury in Judge Smith’'s court yesterday found Mrs. Vir- ginia B. Troupe guilty of the murder of her husband. The penalty was fixed at fourteen years in the penitentiary. The verdict was received 2fter hours of delib- eration. . Mrs. Troupe was accused of having murdered William C. Troupe on the night of August 8, 1905, in their house. - The shooting is supposed to have taken place during a quarrel, after both had been spending the evening in a saloon. —_—— Fuel Famine in Southwest, EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 10.—After be- ing open two days, following a week’s blockade, the Rock Island Southwest- ern line was snowbound again to-day and all trains are tied up. Meantime. El Paso and all Southern Arizona iowns n:fl Dlmelteu luw::‘dv with .coal from the Dawson coal are experiencing a fuel famihe, . <5y 000 VAN SANT FLAYS CORPORATIONS Declares for the Control of Railway Rates at Con- vention Held in Kansas P brag s g ‘WICHITA, Kans, Jan. 10.—A freight rate mass convention, made up of 600 delegates representing commercial and farmers' organizations from all pakts of Kansas, was held here to-day. A permanent organization for the purpose of pushing railway rate legislation was perfected, and resolutions were adopted urging Congress to give arail= way rate commission power to control rallroad rates. It also was decided to perfect organization in every county in the State, and to follow in the foot- steps of Wisconsin in securing a State bill to control corporations. The con- vention was strictly non-partisan. Speeches were made by S, R. Van Sant, former Governor of Minnesota; T. L. Lenroot, Speaker of the Wisconsin House of Representatives, and others, Governor E. W, Hoch of Kansas, who was to have been one of the speakers, sent word that he was to ill to attend the convention. Ex-Governor Van Sant spoke in part as follows: The eyes of the nation are turned toward Kansas and the people of America are deeply interested in your struggle for self-preserva- gon I em with you:in vour fight with the Standar ompany and its powerful hea John D. Rockefeller, b & Do you know the power of corporate wealth? Do you fully realize the vast Influ- ence it wields? Have you paused to cons.der how mercilessly it punishes those who stand in its way and oppose its will, and- how it vilifies, abuses and misrepresents every man who does not cringe before it? If any one of you is & public officlal and has had the temerity to do his sworn duty, are you aware that you are the special object of its vengeance and that every effort will be made to crush you? Money is rapidly becoming all-powertul. The wealth of your arch-enemy is greater than that of any man who ever lived *in the tide of_times.” You can win this fight if you are deter- mined. You bave the power In your own hands. In our country the people rule. No man should go to Congrese or sit in the Legis- lature who does not vote right on questions affecting the welfare of the State. Not only hold meetings, but attend the primaries of your party and see that honest and efficlent men are chosen to represent you. Afterward 80 to the polls and vote. Do your utmost to eliminate the ward heeler, the caucus manipu— lator and the party boss; relegate to the rear the man with a political pull and let efficiency be the only test for public office, Our Legislatures should pass primary elec- tion laws, giving the people an opportunity to nominate United States Senators, as well as all other officials, by direct primaries. As to the transportation question, it affects every man woman and child in the nation. One of the difficulties in dealing with it is the unfairness of the rallroads. It s mot true, as they persistently state, that the friends of rate legislation desire to have the Interstate Commerce Commission arbitrarily fix all rates. We stand exactly with President Roosevelt, and only want power given the commission, after a rate has been challenged and.found to be unreasonable, to name one, have it go into effect immediately and remain in force until reviewed }wy sht courts. i The railroads now can do as tl legse, as &tre is no power to enforce Lh:?eupolu of the commission. All we ask is to have the power delegated that Congress falled to grant formerly. Bither give the commission that autbority or abolish laws entirely. Give. us this just measure, stop Febates and similar discriminations, let all private cai shipments cease_and marked progress will have been made in the settlement of the vexed transporta- tion question. £ —_———— Put to Death With Poison. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 10.—A. M. Linn of the State Board of Health, sub- mitting expert testimony in the Pratt murder case at Rockwell City to-day, tesfified that Josiah Pratt, for whose death Mrs. Pratt is on trial, was due to the effects of arsenical poisoning. A druggist had already testified that Mrs. Pratt purchased arsenic prior to her husband’s death. —————— Reprieve for Murderess. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 10.—Mrs, Tolla, under sentence of death for murder, | was to-day granted a reprieve of thirt days by Governor Stokes. 3 e Mrs, LIVES IN HOTEL FIRE Victims Suffocated by the Smoke or Killed by Leap- ing From High Windows in Minneapolis Hostelry e o i B LOS ANGELES WOMAN SAVED BY FIREMAN Brave Captain Is Dashed to Death After Heroically Carrying Mrs. B. D. Barlow of California to Safety MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 10.—Eight persons were killed and a score of people were more or less seriously injured as the re- sult of a fire in the West Hotel egrly this morning. The dead: 7 CAPTAIN JOHN BERWIN of Truck No. 1, fell from the fourth floor to the Fifth street sidewalk, while saving the life of Mrs. B. D. Barlow of Los Angeles. W. G. NICKELS, of Minneapolis Cham- ber of Commerce, suffocated in his room on the sixth floor. THOMAS SUMMERVILLE, Springfield, Mass., suffocated in his room on the sixth floor. J. E. WOLF, New York, suffocated in his room on the severth floor. CLINTON B. LAMME, New York, suf- focated in his room on the seventh floor. J. B. PEISINGER; New York, jumped from the seventh story window. MRS. MARY E. HODGES, Minneapolis, jumped from seventh story window. WILLIAM BLACK, New York, suffo- cated in room. The seriously injured: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Spies Berger, Chicago, overcome by smoke; Mary Rowan, maid at the hotel, overcome by smoke; N. 8. Amsden, superintendent of the Minneapolis and Nortnern Elevator Company, seriously burned; Gordan G. Sapp, Chicago, over- come by smoke; Benjamin W. Swisky, Chicago, overcome by smoke; Mrs. B. D. Barlow, Los Angeles, injured while being rescued by Captain John Berwin, conai- tion critical; Alice Larson, maid in the hotel, injured by jumping from the fifth floor of the hotel to the roof of the Unique building. The fire, which is supposed to have been caused by crossed electric wires, was in itself insignificant, being confined to the elevator shaft and the top floor of the bullding, but the wild excitement which followed the first alarm hurried people into the halls and out upon win- dow ledges in a frantic attempt to save themselves. RESCUE OF MRS. BARLOW. Captain John Berwin, who lost his life in saving the life of Mrs. Barlow of Los Angeles, was one of the first of the fire- men to climbrinto’ the “burning building. Ascending to" the seventh floor on-a scal- ing ladder, he stumbled upon the uncon- sclous form of Mrs. Barlow. The woman had groped her way to the stairway only to_succumb to the smoke. Strapping the limp body to his back Berwin pushed out on the window ledge to carry his burden down the ladder. Be- tween the seventh and sixth floors the step broke. Bending over to balance the body of the woman a moment, the fireman leaned forward at the risk of his life, and, gathering himself for a su- preme effort, hurled the woman toward a projecting ledge on the floor below. Mrs. Barlow had been revived by the cold air and she grasped the projection and held on. In making the throw Cap- tain Berwin lost his balance and was dashed to his death on the pavement. Mrs. Barlow was rescued by another fire- man. J. E. Wolf, 50 years old, traveling representative for a New York firm, met a horrible death. He was burned in his room, and the condition of the furniture indicated that he had fought the flames until the last. All the clothing had been torn from the bed and It was apparent that the man had sought to smother the flames, which eventually consumed him. Miss Mary Hodges jumped from a seventh story window. She ran from her own room in the rear to a window on the side where she thought she would find the fire escape. In her ex- citement she opened the wrong win- dow, but feeling confident that the fire escape was there she stepped out. She stopped on the ledge a moment, rub- bing her face as though completely blinded by the smoke, then, took a step into the air and was gone. She fell into the narrow runway on a level with the basement and her body was crushed to a pulp. Almost at the same time two ‘men opened other windows and, evidently making the same mistake as the woman, leaped into the brick paved alley, meeting instant death. One was J. B. Pelsinger, the other Willlam Black. GIRL DANGLES IN AIR. Miss Gladys Mabie, whose grand- mother, rs. Barlow, Captain Berwin sacrifice@ his life to save, sald: “A man took my grandmother and then another fireman came and got me. He had a long rope which he tied tightly about me, under my arms and around my waist and let me down out of the front window. It was an awful sensation to be dangling in the air at the end of a line seven storles above the stone sidewalk. My rescuer finally let me down in safety to the balcony of the hotel just above the first floor. It was an.easy matter to get down from there.” John A, Hogarty, manager of “The Darling of the Gods” Company, made a dash past the flames and smoke and es- caped unharmed. T. K. Chaigon of New York was terribly burned about the face and hands = while crawling through a long hall. He finally reached safety by means of a fire-escape at the rear of the block. He and others said the red lights indicating the fire-escapes were rendered invisible by the smoke and the guests were almost helpless in their search for exits. More than a score of them were carried down fire-escapes and ladders by firemen and not a few lowered them- gelves and friends by making ropes of ‘pedclothing and curtains. . The property loss resulting from the fire will not exceed $30,000. ) ————— COURT OF APPEALS DECIDES 4 : AGAINST MRS. CHADWICK 3 d States Court of Appeals in :um}'m the judgment of the Dis- em eveland, which found >k gul rict rt of CHOSEN TO GREET CHINESE VISITORS Professor Jenks, President’s Representa- ‘tive, 1o Receive Oriental Guests. Professor Jeremiah W. Jenks arrived from Ithaca, N. Y., last night and is at the St. Francis. He comes to represent President Roosevelt'in offering the greet- ing of this country to the members of the commission of Chinese students due to arrive here to-morrow on the steam- ship Siberia. Professor Jenks will remain with the visitors during their sojourn in this city and then accompany them to Washington. His appointment to perform this duty was largely due to the fact that the pro- fessor during his residence in China be- came personally acquainted with Viceroy Tuan-Fang and Tal thung-tzu, the two heads of this commission. The professor is also well acquainted with Tuan-Fang's chief secretary, Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, who was a pupll of the professor at Cornell University. Professor Jenks has oceupied the posi- tion of professor of political economy and politics at Cornell since 1891. In 1903 he was made a member of the commission on international exchange and went to China, where he remained a year or more. There he became acquainted with the head of this commission, who was then acting Viceroy &t Wuchang, capital of the pro- vinces of Hupeh and Hunan. He saw a great deal of him and they became fast | friends. During Professor Jenks' sojourn in China his former pupil, Alfred Sze, who now comes as the chief secretary to the Viceroy, was selected by the Chi- nese Government to act as the professor’s own secretary during the entire time he remained in the Chinese domain. Sze, who is quite a young man, two degrees at Cornell University. Jen! is looking forward to the meeting with his old pupil, former secretary and friend with a great amount of pleasure. took fks | tempt made to-night to fire the RESIDENT'S REPRES PRvHO HAS COMM TO GREET CHINESE COMMISSIONERS. _—e——p ATTEMPT TO DESTROY CANON CITY SMELTER Fifteenth Crime of Incen- diaries in Colorado Min- ing Camp. CANON CITY, Colo., Jan. 10.—An at- big zinc smelter here, a $2,000,000 plant, makes the fifteenth aftempt at incen- diarism in Canon City in past | To-day Jenks will meet the heads of two weeks and convinces the citizens the different State, city, naval and mili- tary departments and with make arrangements for the reception of the distinguished visitors. The Siberia is expected to arrive noon. Professor Jenks, accompanied by leading officials, will go out on the tug Golden Gate and at once board the liner, and will then welcome the visitors to the United States in behalf of the Govern- ment. The distinguished party, of sixty-two in all, will be domiciled at the St. Francis during its visit here. Th members will probably stay until Sunday | duty nightly. and then start oh their tour of travel to study the governments of the natlons of | 1ying districts to the world. S e LA CONSUL ASKS PROTECTION. o | Of citizens and hired guards are that an organized gang of firebugs is them will | trYIng to burn the town. Three men £ | were seen running away from the smelter and were fired upon by guards, about | but_escaped. Investigation disclosed the fact that a pile of combustible material had been placed inside the building and ig- nited, and had the men succeeded in getting away unseen no doubt the fire would have gained great headway be- which consists | fore being discovered. The town is up in arms and patrols on Electric ~ lights have been strung through alleys and in out- aid In guarding property. —_———— Election Officer Sent to Jail. NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—Theodore Mor- Tfmperial High Commissioners Will Not | gan, chairman of an election board in Be Annoyed. “Chung Paoshi, Consul General China, sent a letter to Chief Dinan yes- the Nineteenth Assembly District, has of | been committed to jalil, charged with failing to challenge voters at the re- terday asking for police protection for | quest of the Hearst watchers. the commissicn of Chinese students sent from China by the Empress Dowager to study the Governments of the na- tions of the world, as published exclu- sively in yesterday's Call. The letter is as follows: 1 have the honor to inform you that his Excellency Tuan Fong and his Excellency Tal Hung Chee, Imperial High Commissioners of China, will arrive on the steamshi January 12, 1906, en route to Wi on. I respectfully request that police protection’ be afforded them during their landing and stay The Chief will detail Detective Ser- geant George W: T. McMahon to be the personal escort of e ADVERTISEMENTS. THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. Few People Know How Useful It Is in Preserving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows thaf char- Siberia on | coal is the safest and most efficlent dis- +| Infectant and purifier in nature, but few realize its value when taken into the human system for the same cleans- ing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the more the I¥mperial|you take of it the better; it is not a High Commissioners and their suites. |drug at all, but simply absorbs the Captain Martin will be asked to detail | gases and Impurities always present in an extra number of men at the whart, and rennmd to see that the Commission- ers are not subjected to any annoyance | gmoking, the stomach and Intestines and carries tains Duke and Colby will be | them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after drinking or after eating during the parade from the wharf to | gnions and other odorous vegetables. the consulate. CONSORT OF BANDIT ORDERED TO DEPART Residents of Sumas to Tar and Feather Her if She Remains. o i e e o SEATTLE.' Jan, l0—Because of the | Shorooty reign of terror in which the town of Sumas has been by Jake Terry. shock was " Inight. It caused no damase. A Charcoal effectually clears and Iim- proves the complexion, it whitens the teeth and furthes acts as a natural aand the poison of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best and other harmless antiseptics, form or rather in the form of large, pleasant-tasting lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey.