The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1906, Page 1

THE WEATHER. ‘ | Forecast for Jenuary 18: t San Francleco and victnity—Cloudy | Thursday, with showers; fresh south- | west wina A. G. MéADIE, | District Forecaster. i Matinee. ing. ORPHEUM- MAJESTIC—"A Matinee, ALCAZAR—“The Admirable, Crich- Af;é'“\nm—m Prince and the CALIFORNIA—'The Innocent Malds.” COLUMBIA—"Much Ado About Noth- CHUTES—Vaudeville. GRAND—"Monna Vanna. Vaudeville. Matines. TIVOLI—"Foxy Quiller.” Matinee. Contented Woman."™ CITY ROUTS Birmingham Returns Seven Unionists to Parliament. Former Colonial Secretary Nozw Party’s Logical Leader. LONDON toat A quence the first business house in Europe will have taken its place.’ The Daily Mall proceeds to argue hat the members of the large labor con- tingent, knowing what they want, thor- oughly organized and supported by prob- ably seven-tenths of the population, will o - CHAMBERLALIN SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1906. “JOE” CHAMBERLAIN'S HOME PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE LIBERALS | [ | | | infuse an air of real business into the affairs of Parliament, whose atmosphere |and prestige can be radically affected, | whether for good or evil remains to be d_are dis- | geen, 29¢; Lnlon- | Among other changes, the paper notes onalists, 50. the “great reduction of the power of the ts polled | raflrosd magnates and similar interests, Liverals, | which hitherto have been' over-repre- sented,” and the decline of “luster of the magic letters ‘M.P.' after the name in | the prospectuses of company promoters.” The Morning Post says “Birmingh: the work of reconstr Joseph Chamberlain has proved beyond question that the British people demand from every one who sub- | mits himself to their choice a définite | expression of convictions and not a the- | oretical exposition of the advantages of two-mindedpess.”” i e Y | OUR TOILERS BEHIND THE TIMES. Thomas writer on e were uca- | by ai- | the elected wer Hamlets), | , Jesse Coll- | British Labor Lemder Says the Ameri- | cans Are Too Slow. | ' LONDON, Jan. 17.—Keir Hardie, the labor leader, when asked in the course | of a campaign speech why British .| workers were free iraders while the ¢ shildoin | workmen in protected countries, espe- ki< clally the United States, favored a | tarift, replied LOYAL TO CHAMBERLAIN. “The American workmen are a long | way behind the European in the matter | of political education. In Europe labor | Is practically identified with socialism; | in America socialism is still in 4ts in- | fancy, and is by no means coextensive with the labor party. “Moreover, American capitalists are still able in crises to smask labor or- | ganizations. The fact is that no real | labor party exists in America, where the workingmen vote the Republican or Democratic ticket. “Here labor i8 better organized. It | is far more highly educated in political sclence.” |USES HEAVY PITCHER ON BURGLAR’S HEAD Oregon Woman Wounds a Housebreaker, hut He Man- ages to Get Away. . PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 17.—Leaping like @ tigress at & burglar whom she had detected breaking open a telephone box in the rooming-house of Mrs. J. Sanders, 120 Grand avenue, this morn- ing, Mrs, Irene Coleman smashed a heavy water pitcher on the intruder’s Birmingham Gives Liberal Tidal Wave Temporary Check. GHAM, England, Jan. 17.—Bir- o-day remained true to Joseph emberiain, electing all of his candi- dates the seven divisions, and, except case of Bir John Stone, by large rities John Stone's defeat in the East ision was expected by the Unionists themseives; hence his retention of the sent by & majority of enly & few hun- dref is regarded as satisfactory. The Liberals had been optimistically expect- ng th iits throughout the coun- Birmingham, but even eral sweep was not able to over- me Chamberiain’s great personal popu- mmense crowds stood for hours in City azre, awaiting the result. When gures were presented there was cheering, particularly when that Sir John Stone had Tbe enthusiasm indicated Birmingham to send to Parliament with & ontingent himself did not go to the | ht, but received the re- His te crowas back majority paraded was the »-night iseued the follow- the electors: head and knocked him down a stafr- -mingham. My own peo- | &Y. Though dazed by the blow the fied my confidence. 1 am |Criminal reghined tis feet as Mrs. Colo- ply grateful to all who have assisted|M8R Was running down the stairs nning this great victory. ‘We are |10 Drevent his ‘escape and jumped w 4 . v through a glass’ door, carrying sash e the voting was in progress to.|&nd all with him. He, then ran down accompanied by Mrs, de a tour of the various — PARLIAMENT TO AWAKEN. Large Labor Contingent Is Expected to Infuse New Life. DON, Jan. 18—The Daily Mall editoria]l on the revolution in the e cal field, says: When the survivors of the Unionist wreck reassemble in the House of Com- mons they will look upon & scene never hitherto witnessed in that august as- East Morrison street and succeeded in making his escape. Mr&. Coleman formerly conducted the rooming-house and has had a room there ce she sold out to Mrs. San- ders. She was shopping this morning when the burglar entered the lodging- house, but returned in time to catch UNIONIST LEADERS AND AMERI- c N WOMAN WHO CAMPAIGNED , FOR HER HUSBAND, STOLEN CHILD WILL BE SENT BACK HOME Kidnapers Write to the Father That They Took Wrong Babe. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call, BEATTLE, Jan. 17.—John Prewitt Baker, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Baker, who was kidnaped May 6, 1904, from Eagle Harbor, is safe and well, if information which has been received regarding the whereabouts of the child is true. The criminals who stole the hoy did 80 In error. They believed that they were kidnaping the son of Edward B. Burwell, secretary of the Seattle Hard- ware Comrany, a wealthy' man, who spent a portion of the summer of 1904 at Bagle Harbor. Among hundreds of letters received by Mr. and Mrs. Baker from people who for a reward have offered to find the little boy, one has come that seems to bear all the ear- marks of struth and which presents the only plausible explanation of the steal- ing of the child so far adyanced. “The boy was taken by mistake. We thought he was the son of Edward Bur- well and that we would get a big re- ward. Now that we know a.mistake has been made we will return the boy." the parents of the child are convinced that the story told is correct. —ee L ‘Western Pacific Indorsed. STOCKTON, Jan. 17.—The Btockton Chamber of Commerce to-day adopted resolutions petitioning the S of him at his work. ——————— Wenlthy Woman Murdered. DOVER, N. J., Jan. 17.—Mrs. Hattle Clay Decker, & member of a wealthy family et Montville, near here, was shot end killed this- afterncon by Samuel who mortally gembly. They will ind the ‘first club in [ Monage, a Siav, then Burope' gone |and we hope that as a se- | wounded himself. ‘War to approve the application of the Western fircfllc Rallroad Company and to grant it the right to construct and maintain wharves and other es SoSERY CHAIBERLAIN AdP IPLOATISTS ARE FICTURED 1S SERVANTS Daily Newspaper' Of- fends Washington Embassies. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. — Foreign troubles follow fast upon the trail of President Roosevelt, and if the warships of three great governments do mnot ap- pear soon off the port of New York the United States may count itself in good luck. Germany, France and Russia have been grossly affronted by a great meiro- politan newspaper—a journal noted ordi- narily for its extreme conservatism and its aversion to yellow color. In the maga- zine part of this great paper there has appeared an article with the headline, in large type: “‘Gastronomic Artists in the Kitchens of the Rich.” 5 The article is beautifully {llustrated, and one portrait, labeled “L. Janot, chef in the kitchey of th¢ Burden family,” fs none other than a plcture of Lieutenant Commander Vicomte Gontran de Fara- mond de la Fajole, naval attache of the French embassy to the United States and brother-in-law of the German Embassa- dor, Freiherr Speck von Sternburg. As if it were not enough to humble the pride of two nations at once with one portrait, there appears a second picture, which = the newspaper has labeled “Edouard Dalicine, cook for years of Willlam - C. Whitney.”” But, alas! the portrait {s none other than that of Pierre Rojestvensky, -former second secretary of the Russian embassy In Washington, hus- band of an American girl, and last sum- mer one of the Russian deputation at the Portsmouth peace conference. The embassies here are in a ferment and Mr. Roosevelt's intervention may be asked to cut short the, publication of the serfes of kitchen artists, in which an Embassador Extraordinary or a Minjster Plenipotentiary may appear as a scullion. g el YOUNG JENNINGS IS FOUND GUILTY Oregon Jury Peclares Him to Be the Murderer of ! His Father. GRANTS PASS, Jan. 17.—Jasper Jen- nings, accused of the murder of his father, hLas been found guilty as This is the siibstance of the letter and | charged, and, unless a new trial is granted, he will pay for his crime on the gallows. His mother, who came here from Noyth Carolina to attend the trial, is prostrated by grief. His sister, Dora Jennings, who is jointly accut with him, will be placed on trial to- mOrrow. i ——————— . San Diego Ploneer Passes Away. | pany for the purchase of 6610 acres on | of the first and Trenmor Coffin SAN DIEGO, Jan. 17.—E. W. Morse, ‘3:".? ; and Laguna ranches, | Jr. of fhe third class were publicly | woman a ploneer of '49 and for many s a | with twelve in the town of Dav- | dismissed from Ilncwm nnl“d: navy - RUINS HO Later He Ends His Own | | family of Charles Ayer, are supposed to | The bodies of a child and of Ayer's moth- THE BODIES OF SEVEN Husband Believed to Have Slain Family. Life With Bullet in Head, Fire Destroys Home'and With It Evidences of the Crime. RN 8Speclal Dispatch to The Call. PEMBROKE, N. H., Jan. 17.—The bod- | ies of seven persons, all members of the | be in the ruins of Ayer’s farmhouse, near here, which was destroyed by fire to-day. | er-in-law has been found in the ruins. Ayer shot and killed himself one hour | after the fire was discovered. | The theory of the county authorities is that Ayer murdered the members of his family, but up to a late hour they had been unable to find 4ny evidence to in- dicate the methods employed. Whether | the victims were shot or killed by other means cannot be told at present. The éight victims of the tragedy were: CHARLES F. AYER, aged 43, killed | himself by shooting. MRS. ADDIE AYER, his wife. MRS. IBAAC LAKEMAN, Ayer's moth- er-in-law. 5 FLOSSIE AYER, aged 12. " <AYER, aged 10. o B "AYER, aged 6. AN - AYER, aged 4. ARY. The fire occ . sred at about 9 o'clock i the morning &nd Ayer drove up to the home _of his sister, Mrs. George Bailey, in the town of Chichester, about six miles from his home, just after 10 o'clock. He remained at his sister's place until after noon and when informed that his home had been burned minifested great agitation. A moment later he drew a revolver and, pointing it at his right tem- ple, fired and fell unconscious. He died to-night. % From the ruins the officials think it probable that the Inmates of the house died several hours before the fire was set. The report that the curtains had not been raised in the morning led to the theory that the seven members of the household were killed some time before t. d.Ay}l'l:rhlmd not been held in high esteem By his neighbors. He was obliged to rely upon his wite's relatives for support. HERDES FOUND T0 BE SCARCE No One Discovered in the Last Three Months Worthy of One of Carnegie Medals S e Special Dispatch to The Call PITTSBURG, Jan. 17.—The last three months spent by the Carnegie hera fund commission has failed to reveal one hero or heroine. This was the. report sub- A 'trom the Coast Dairies and Land Com- | son Barto mitted at the second annual meeting of the commission here to-day. In this time the Slocum disaster of the North River was examined into carefully by a special agent of the hero fund commis- sion, and though there were admittedly many cases brought under the eye of the agent not one of them has been consid- ered worthy of a special award. Another big disaster at sea was also ignored by the hero fund commission (o- day. It was the sinking of the vessel Sevona, which went down with Captain D. S. Macdonald of Pennsylvania and six of his crew off Sand Island reef in Lake Superior on September 2, 1905. The Se- vona had struck and, according to the reports at the time, Captain Macdonald called for volunteers to stand by him ana see that the rest of the crew and some pacsengers were saved. It seemed certain death, but, according to the news at the time, six men stepped forward, going down with their captain at the end. The tero commi gation of tl Captain | Marshall Field III, LD VAST SUM FOR HEIRS OF FIELD One Hundred.Mil-l lions to Be Dis- tributed. ST AR Widow and Grandchild Will Get Bulk of Estate. Ample Provision Made for Musenm Founded by the . Merchant. Speclal Dispatch to The Call CHICAGO, Jan. 17.—Speculation to-day in regard to the probable .provisions aof the will of Marshall Field took the form of conflicting gossip as to the shares to fall to the various relatives and the ex- tent to which the institutions in which Mr. Field was interested would be re- membered. The only information con- sidered authoritative was that the Fleld Museum would be amply provided for; that the estate would amoupt to not less | than 350,000,000 and not more than $100,000,- 000, and that both the widow and the boy, who has always been known as and who was his grandfather's favorite, would receive large bequests. There is a rumor that Mr. Field died intestate, but it is net believed to be true. Harlow N. Higgiubotham, president of the Field Museum, said: “There is not the slightest doubt that Mr. Field amply provided for the future of the museum. It is expected $10,000,000 will be required to establish it.” DEAD MERCHANT'S HEIRS, “The heirs, in additien %o the widow, fn- clude in direct Hne a -’ daughter, Mrs. David Beatiy of England, now the only child, and the children of Marshall Field II. Though the grandson of the elder Field will be known as Marshall Fleld III for an indefinite time yet, the fact remains that he is plain Marshall Fleld. The child who has thus become the head of the house is only 11 years old. In addition to those mentioned, per- sons who will figure probably as helrs are: Gwendoline Field, granddaughter; Henry Field, grandson; Mrs. Albertine Huck Field, widow of Marshall Field II; Stanley Field, nephew of Mr. Field; Mrs. Henry T. Dibble and Mrs. L. D. James, sisters; Joseph N. Fileld, Manchester, England, brother; Mrs. Augustus N. Eddy, sister-in-law; Spencer Eddy, ‘sec- retary to the American legation at St Petersburg, nephew by marriage; Miss Catherine Eddy, niece by marriage; Mrs. A. A. Sprague, niece; Mrs. John C. King, niece; Mrs. Preston Gilson, niece; Mrs. Thomas Lindsay of Boston, niece, and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, sister-in-law. CHICAGO’S LAST TRIBUTE. Out of respect to the memory of Mr. Field, the Field whoiesale and retall es- tablishments in Chicago were closed to- day and will remain shut until Satur- day. All stores on State street will be closed for two hours on Friday. The last act of Marshall Field in the world of local finance was in connection witn the impending failure of the Walsh banks. It was through his influence and at his suggestion that the clearing-house committee adopted the plan of liquida- tion that was put in effect when the in- stitutions closed. The body of Marshall Field is en route to Chicago in the funeral car Kiosiko. —_— Tribute to Marshall Fileld. BERKELEY, Jan. 17.—Professor A. C. Miller of the economics department of the university paid a tribute to the late Marshall Fleld during a class recl- tation to-day. Professor Miller, who was formerly of the University of Chi- cago, knew Mr. Field. He declared to his class that Field was a true gentle- man, a charitable man. one who made others rich while he amassed his own fortune, and a man whose death has made the world poorer. FLYING MACHINE LIKE A BUTTERFLY Colorado Inventor Has De- vice to Enable People to Soar in Air. Spectal Dispatch to The Cail. DENVER, Jan. 7.—Peter Ramsdaker of | patterned after the engine crew were caught in the fore part of the | cycle. This manipulates the wings to ghip when it broke on tne reef and that| carry a man upward and through the air there was never a chance for a display | at his will. of heroism.” Immediate actlon has been ordered on the case of the steamship Ramsdaker some time ago made many with Frank Levan, the California Cherokee recently wrecked off Atlantic | aeronaut, who was killed by a fall from City. his balloon near Grand Junction a year The only positive move made by the ago, and has studied aerial navigation commission to-day was the granting of | for years. The wings are made of ofled $200 to Miss Maude Titus of Newark, N. | silk and when attached give the appear- J, who had at a previous meeting of the | ance of a butterfly. mission been granted a silver medal e Cadets. m Dismissed. for life saving. 5 ANNAPOLIS, Md. Jan. 17—At noon g win for Oil. | to-day, when the full brigade of mid- ~ SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 17.—Edward Fox | shipmen was paraded for the regular = Francisco has secured an option | dinner formation, Midshipman Petter- b et and W. W. Foster Development work will - be | for hazing plebes. DOZEN LOSE LIVES IN A SHIP WRECK One Rescued After Three Days on Gang Plank. Schooner Robert Stev- enson Grounds on the Atlantic Coast. Four Women Among Thoese Who Were Victims of the Accident. SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 17.—Adrift on a gang plank from 9 o'clock last Saturday morning until 5 o'clock on Monday even- ing without food or water, Car! Sumner, the only known survivor of a party of thirteen people aboard the four-masted schooner Robert H. Stevenson, was picked up bv the German steamship BEuropa, bound from Philadelphia for Savannah, on Monday afternoon and brought to Sa- vannah to-day. Beside the crew, four women were aboard the Robert H. Stevenson. They were the wife of the captaln, two rela- tives and a colored servant, all going to Savannah on a pleasure trip. The Stevenson, loaded with coal, salled from Philadelphia on January 8 for Sa- vannah. Captain Highee' was in charge, with First Mate Lewis. Sumper says the schooner grounded on Diamond Shoal and all but four seamen, himself included, took to the boats. Ome Loat was smashed and the first mate and two mem wers drowned. This disaster he witmessed. He bclieves the other boats capsized. Two-of the mien who remained with the schooner laterdeft om a raft. Sumner loft on the gang plank and the fourth re- mained. Several ships passed Sumner at a distance before he was picked up, weak from cold, hunger and thirst, by a boat from the Europa. He belleves he is the sole survivor. The schooner was of 1056 tons register and owned in Boston, TE IS L05T N HOUNTANS Mail Coach Is Long Overdue and It Is Feared That It Is Caught in Snow Drifts - Special Dispatch RENO, Nev., Jan. 17.—A riderless horse, weak ‘and exhausted, carrying the United States mail bags, galloped Into Elko to- night. The mail from Tuscarora, a min- ing town situated about seventy miles fromi Elko, is twepty-four hours overdue, and it is believed that the mail was put on the horse by the stage driver and started on the road to civilization. It is the general opinfon that somewhere in the mountain snow drifts the stage, with the driver and several passengers and the remaining horses, is snowbound. A relief party left Elko immediately after the ar- rival of thg horse. The stagé left 'nucfiqu early yester- day morning carrying several passengers. Since then nothing has been heard of it, with the exception of the arrival of the riderless horse carrying a portion of the mail from Tuscarora. Soon after the stage left the mining town a blinding snowstormz set in and has raged for the last thirty-six hours. Telegraph wires are all down and communication is en- tirely cut off. The road from Tuscarora to Elko leads through the mountainous country near the Idaho line and the snow falls very deep in that vicinity. But Ut~ tle hope Is held out by the relief party that it will be successful in finding the missing ones; in fact, it is thought prob- gble that they have DEATH OF “COUNTESS” FROM NATURAL CAVUSES Coroner Does Not Believe Son of Woman Is Im- Special Dispatch to The Call, PHILADELPHIA, .an. 17.—Coroner Jermond. who !s making an investigation into the death of Mrs. ..nita McMurraw, also known as “Countess de Betancourt,” who was found dead at her home here yesterday, under mysterious circum- stances. said to-day that he believed the remarkable old woman came to her death through natural camess. John McMur- raw, her son, whe was arrested in con- nection ‘with. her death, was committed to prison to awauw the Coroner's inquest. An autopsy held to-day refutes the charge that the son had beaten his mother, but the Coroner deemed it best to hold the young man until am analysis of the dead woman's stomach could be made: In conducting their investigation the Coroner's deputies found in the