The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1906, Page 4

MUTINY REPORTED ON SLADU CRUISER Crew of the Gromoboi Said to Have Run the Vessel to a Japanese &rt. Cable to The Call Special md New York Herald. Copyright, 1906, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. TERSBURG, Jan. 2L—Schakoff- lately & clerk at the Nadeja forward- fice, and mnother political prisoner ged themselves in their cells yester- ceount of the awful treatment to they were subjected s that the actual story of the ron Boriskorff is that on the ire upon the peasants he On the second order he told the to act, and twelve peasants fell Boriskorff then turned on ng work for an officer and a ws were shot yesterday at rounds the move- s Gromobol, Bogatyr along the coast we mpanied by & boats, re aco the commanders ons to send the on the slight Since ther has been that the crew of and ran for a ale of December. dispatches to t the crews take shelter no hereabo: . t s ships if they A SLAV MASSACRES CONDEMNED. Members of Congress Join in Denun- s work end humane efforts for universal peace and the brotherhood of man, and in his be- g 2 T ! meficent endeavers for right and justice and Protefl) yumanity we earnestly pledge him the support | e Jews in ustice of the ied seats o Dark e Miadie tribute to Presi- zeal DR. PIERCE REMEDIES. ostok with | 1ddie of Novem- | the | inder | { | i t am | @uiet ( the ashes of ruined homes, under the blood of the murdered women and chiliren which stains the pavements of her cities, under the disman- tled berricades in her streets, there are hid- den the various forms of national develop- ment. From the ashes of ruined homes, {rom the sacrifices of splendid patriotism, from the blood of the martyre, a new Russia is about to burst forth and contend for a place amonx the free governments of the earth. In times of national peril it has been the policy of the Government to inflame soctal prejudices and incite whole sections of the population ageimst each other, in this way diverting attention from the central moverniment.and go, in the opening years of this, the greatest of all the centuries, the Grand Dukes and their fol- lowers, who support the tottering throme of the Romanoffe, have resorted to the old meth- ods, and this time they are inflaming the populace against the helpless Jews, and al- ready the biood of a hundred thousand Jews cries out for venweance. The time may be near at hand when an instrument may be Teised up to execute upon the men Who are re- sponsible for these inhuman butcheries the old d e—an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. May the indignant protests started here to- ght spread from city to city of this great republic until the voice of eighty million peo- ple is heard scross the sea in the camps of | the Cossack soldiery of Russla and in the palaces of the trembling Grand Dukes. Representative Charles A. Towne of New York presented resolutions which e unanimously adopted. dorsed speeches made at the meeting and denounced “those terrible atroci- ties as great crimes against a common humanity that must be stopped, and | stopped at once and for all time to | come by the Russlan Government.” The resolutions continue ail ourselves of this opportunity to tribute to our Chlef Magistrate and to all the good Theodore Roosevelt is g in his officlal capacity to stop the un- akable crimes against the oppressed and straged Jews and gentiles in Russia, and we respectfully urge him to continue his good and approvsl of every just, humane, liberty- Joving, tolerant and patriotic citizen of our count resolutions resolutions introduced in the House in protest against the the allegation made by Sulzer to-night to the atrocities being connived by the Russian Government. LITTLE FEAR OF DISORDERS. elebration of Anmiversary of Red Sunday Expected. PETERSBURG, Jan. entire lack of prognostications | of disorder for to-morrow, the anniversary poly | imprisonment | which e slaughter of Father Gapon's fol- = in their march to the Winter Pal- which now become the most date in the chronology of the revolutionists. There is general e that the day will pass without ous occurrences in St. Petersburg and ow, though there may he col- 1 the provinclal towns. The labor olutionary organizations generally proclaimed against hostilities and against organized demonstrations. ce of St. Petersburg chiefly fear has ave en tempts at bemb throwing on the part [ the fanatics. Many of the factories undouh - will close and the strike may affect the street railway service and per- haps the electric lighting plants. To-day at liberty, and to-night tersburg is sleeping tranquilly. is none of the apprehensions of a The aspect of the capital is y changed. The palace square, was then gleaming with watch the troops, to-night 48 entirely and a handful of horsemen are There ar 2go. d ling the Nevsky Prospect and the main thoroughfares. ops are in evidence only in the out- ! | lying cities, where notices have been post- ed by the Prefect announcing that the most drastic measures will be taken to crush disorder in its inception and warn- g the public not to gather In crowds. At midnight detachments of mounted Smolensk and other cemeterfes where are graves of the slain workmen which the labor and student societies are plan- number of theaters were closed to- night. The Imperial Theater was forced to abandon & performance of “Faust’ owing to the refusal of Shalapin, great barytone, to appear. ey LA NO ESCAPE FOR EDITOR. Souvorin’s Jail Term, However, May Be Leasened by Czar. PETERSBURG, Jan. 21.—The of Alexis Alexievietch Sou- editor of the Russ, to a year's in a fortress for incita- of the people to high treason by ishing proclamations and state- = designed to instigate riot, sedi- tion and armed revolt and tending to ause the bankruptcy of the state, was main topic of conversation in the al to-day. As M. Souvorin is a tence rin cap! member of the nobility, his case must be reviewed by the Emperor. The court ~ | ha$ decided with a view to mitigation Woman’s Trials. The bitter tra woman's life is to be chiid tell how hard the | struggie D ere she learnt to resign & lonely lot? The ab- | Pre sence of thi marital life together, the s B to mutual affection is pointment. Many become gad thereby en if they do not dri extent of disappointment in the eyes » when they rest To them the milydoes not seem 00 numerous. ny cases of barrenness or child- the obstacle to child-bearing Is easfly removed by the cure of weakness on the part of the woman. Dr. Pierce’s Fa- vorite Prescription has been the means of restoring health and fruitfulpess to many & berren woman, to the great joy of the househo In otlier, but rare cases, the obstruction 1o the bearing of children has been found to be of a surgical character, but easily removable by Xbmh&p operative treatment at the Invalids’ Hotel and Sur- ical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., over which or. Pierce of the * Favorite Prescription” fame presides. In all cases where chil- dren are desired and are absent, an effost should be made to find out the real cause, sinee it is generally so easily removed by proper treatment. In all the varions weaknesses. displace- nis, pmlnm}nfl-mnnfion and de- tating, i drains and in all ases of nervonsness and debility, Dr. ’s Favorite Prescription is the most cient remedy thatcan possibly be used. It bas 1o its credit hundreds of thousands of cures —more in fact than any other remedy r\xt up for sale throngh druggists, especially for woman's use. ents of which the “Favorite Prescription * is composed have received the most positive endorsement from the leadi; medical writers on Materia Medioa of all| the several schools of practice. All the ingredients are printed én plain English on the wrapper encloging the bottle, so that any womsn making mse of this famous medicine may know exactly what the is taking. Dr. ;uren takes Zh tients into his full confidence, which he can afford to do as the which the “Favorite Preseri ® s made will bear the most | exam- instion. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are the best and safest laxative for women. read the whole | | recommend a commutation of the sentnece to three months. Conviction ntence, however, is a heavy blow 2 editor of M. Souvorin's standing. e editors of the St. Petersburg conferred to-day, but in view of and = | the Government’s determination to en- | | s one pledge | force the new press law, little support a common disap- | Was given to a proposition for joint de- unfortunate couples | fiance of it. Bt i DEATH FOR REVOLUTIONISTS. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 21.—Dis- patches from Libay and Mitau show that Governor General Sollogub con- tinues to act with merciless severity against revolutionists in Courland caught with arms in hand or convicted of participation in incendiarism or mur- der. Twenty-one more persons have been tried by drumhead court-martial and shot near Libau. The troops are now advancing on Frauenburg, where the fieeing revolutionists have concen- trated. Two leaders of an uprising among school teachers have been exe- cuted near Mitau. v il Paris Socialists Celebrate. PARIS, Jan. 21.—Many Socialist dem- onstrations were held to-day in the principal cities of France to celebrate the anniversary of “Red Sunday.” Speeches were made by many well known Socialists, including some from Russia. There were several pro- cessions in which red flags were car- ried. There were, However, no disturb- ances. e ————— Crushed by Logs in a Chute, BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 21.—A fatal acei- ingredi- | dent occurred at Camp No. 30 of the Barber Lumber Company, on Grimes Creek, thirty-five miles from this city, yesterday afternoon. Victor Barainca was killed, Jose McAnacaba seriously und Pedro Argistean less severely hurt. The men were clearing a log chute of snow. Orders had been given to put no logs into the chute, but through a mis- take some were sent down. —————— PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21.—A five- story brick building, a portion of the plant of the Pencoyd Iron Works, was ::;!rnm by fire to-night. Loss $200,- These in- | indorse the Sulzer | outrages and voice | at | 21.—There 1s | | fully sat supreme on Nevada's wildest? | passed quietly, although all the | took up stations at the Preobjansk, | the f TAKES WILD RIDE UPON FIERY STEED Mrs, J. G. Thompson, Cham- pion Woman Saddle of Ton- opah, Is Carried Furiously Through City’s Streets CROWDS ARE FEARFUL FOR HER SAFETY Adventure Is Result of Tele- phone to the Stable for a | “Horse With Ginger That Has Lots of Go to Him.” “Hello! Is this the Deylsadero-street stable?” Yes, ma'am. “This is Mrs. J. G. Thompson, at the St. Frapcis. I want a saddle horse. Do you hear me? I want a saddle horse, one that has some ginger.” “Yes, of course 1 can ride. Of course I can. Oh, you have? A good one. but a little wild? Good. Send him right up. Put on a bridle with a good bit and pull the girth tight. That's just the kind of horse 1 want, You know I ride broncos In Nevada. Can ride anything. Don't. give me any Other now. Mrs. Thompson, yes, at the St Francis.” This is the first chapter of the ad- | venture which befell Mrs. J. G. Thomp- | son, wife of the well-known million- | aire mine owner of Tonopalh, yesterday afternoon and which, before it ended, frightened a good part of the Sunday populace of San Francisco, near being a tragedy instead of a comedy. Mrs. Thompson is a horsewoman of | famed ability. In Nevada she can ride | with any of the men. Broncos a ‘nulhing for her and a series of bucks that would upset the ordinary civilian her.. She of course—why she had success- |are not noticed by afraid of any horse, should she be ‘when Now begins the second chapter of the adventure. Mrs. Thompson was so highly pleased at the news from the stable that a horse with real spirit and not one tamed to eat out of the hand would be sent her that she hurried at once to her room to prepare for the ride. She donned her riding jacket and her bifurcated skirts. Riding boots came next and then the whip. She was ready. came. Chapter three. It was a great bay and it pranced about in front of the St. Francis until a wondering crowd gath- ered to see who dared to take out such an animal. WHAT MRS. THOMPSON PLANNED. Mrs, Thompson-came down the steps. She gave a little feminine scream of de- light when her eyes fell upon the great | bay. Just what she wanted. How like | the gays at Tonopah. 8he had not ex- pected that she could be'so well suited in a San Francisco horse. She did not look at the crowd. Her eyes were on the horse and the groom strug- gling to hold him by the bit. She took the rein quickly, put one foot in the stir- rup and then vaulted like a flash into the saddle. She was mounted. The crowd murmured its astonishment and admira- tion of the wonderful horsemanship dis- played. Mrs. Thompson turned the bay’'s head about and started down Powell street at a brisk trot. She would ride to Market, out Market to Golden Gate, out Golden | Gate to the park, and then for a grand | gallop to the ocean and back again. That 18 what Mrs. Thompson planned when she turned the bay about before the admir- ing crowd and trotted off down Powell | street. | But she reckoned without her host. She | met an automobile, a puffing, tooting gasoline-smelling *red devil.” Mrs. Thompson is from Tonopah. So | was the bay. In Tonopah they do not have automobiles. - There are too many | bad places in the roads. The bay was used to jack-rabbits. He couid stand still and let any one shoot from over his neck. He would not scare at an engine, for he had seen trains at Tonopah. But he had never seen an automobile. | To him this new thing was a horror of | horrors. It filled him with terror. | He bolted. It was & wild, terror-strick- len bolt. It was a flight from an evil being. The bay was headed for Tonopah. Mrs. Thompson did not jump. She was too good a horsewomcn for that. Bhe sat straight in her saddle and pulled. But she might as well have meekly said | “please stop,” to the bay. He felt no | puil. Down O'Farrell street he dashed wildly. The afternoon crowd was just elbowing into the Aleazar and the Orpheum. The | street was crowded. The people rushed pell-mell to get out of .he way from ..is mad rushing norse and this cpol but frightened woman pulling vainly at the reins. Down Market street the bay careened. Mrs. Thompson saw the jam of cars at the safety station. She feared an upset there and a sure injury to many others besides herself. She let go of the right rein and pulled with both her hands on the left. The bay felt the pressure and turned north. Maybe this was the way to Tonopah. Down Kearny street they flew. The people on the sidewalk—foolish people— shouted to the woman' to jump. She passed a street car. Her skirts brushed its sldes. A pile of building rubbish in the street threatened her for a moment and was then passed in safety. HILL LOOKS LIKE TONOPAH. They reached Montgomery avenue— thie plucky, cool woman and the run- away bay. Up Montgomery street is a hill. Mrs. Fhompson saw it and again pulled with both her hands on the left rein. The bay responded. This must be the way to Tonopah. TUp the hill he struggled. The going was hard. He tired, slowed down to a gallop. Four men standing on the corner saw the horse and its rider. They realized the trouble. In a minute they were in the street and had grasped the bridle. The bay was glad to stop. It took four ‘men and one woman to conquer him. That was some satisfaction. Besides, To) was nowhere in sight, although the Mont- gomery avenue hill reminded him of the mountains about _his home. : Mrs, ¢ She did not faint. She told the men to ring up m.-wamux:hmuwl:um_g the horse. Then sent a eab. T Mt”t&umwum ‘worn out but happy. The wild ride had fright. ened her friends, but to her it was a good adventure. lhawqh"fladm the bay back to the hotel, but she was Now Mrs. Thompson promises to train for it came | is not | FAANCE FREE TOACT IN VENEZUEL America Satisfied With the Assurance That All the Principles of the Monroe Doctrine Will Be Observed PARIS GOVERNMENT FAVORS CAUTION Will Postpone Belligerent Measures Until the Full Report of Taigny Has Been Made to Foreign Office WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Convinced of the sincerity of the assurances received from France regarding her loyaity to the Monroe doctrine and all that it involves, the Washington Government has given the Parfs Government a free hand in the | execution of its programme for the solu- tlon of the Venezuelan problem. The conferences on- this phase of ‘the ques- tion occurred some time ago, and Mr. Jusserand, the French Embassador, has final assurances that the efforts of France to obtain diplomatic treatment for her Charge d'Affaires at Caracas will not be | interpreted at Washington as in any way | violative of the Monroe doctrine. | 'The first move in the execution of the | French programme may De expected at any time, but on this point the French Gov- ernment is observing the strictest secrecy, th> orders to the squadron going direct from Paris and not through the Embassy | here, M. Taigny, the retiring French Charge, | who, 1t is believed, is now at Curacao, will come to this country on his way | home. On his arrival at New York he | will find an invitation from the French | Embassador at Washington to spend sev- | erai days here in conference with M. Jusserand, on whom the burden of an | important phase of the Venezuelan nego- tiations naturally falls. It is not unlikely that M, Taigny will also see Secretary | Root. | The whereabouts of the French shi| | | | | remain a mystery so far as the officials of the State Department and French Em- bassy are concerned, It is said. It is as- Let the flery steed come. It | sumed, however, that they are daily in touch with the Ministry of Marine at Paris, and are awaiting an opportune moment to take such action as their in- | structions may provide for, Great interest Is felt In diplomatic cir- cles here about the exact nature of a sentence found objectionable in the note of President Castro to M. Talgny. This sentence in substance referred to the presentation by M. Taigny of a note to the Venezuelan Government, and an- nounced the complete severance of all re- lations until adequate explanation was made of conduct which was in effect de- scribed by President Castrd as not’cus- tomary among well mannered nations, PARIS, Jan, 21.—It appears to be cer- tain that,the French Gevernment has se- solved not to-take action with regard-to Venezuela until the full report of M. Taigny reaches the Foreign Office.” This report is expected to come by way of Washington, where M. Taigny will turn it over to M. Jusserand, the French Em- bassador. The question of demanding an extraor- dinary credit is held in abeyance for the present, According to authoritative in- formation, Premier Rouvier does not see the necessity at present of using forcible means to obtain reparation for the insult to M. Taigny, and it Is probable that he will mainly rely on the exercises of the influence of the United States with Presi- dent Castro. The desire to see in which direction the Moroccan conference will turn also forms a factor which restrains France from precipitately burdening her- gelf with another difficult question, the peaceable solution of which is possible and which might involve a delicate situa- tion n connection with other powers hav- ing dealings with the Venezuelan Gov- ernment. R L e Important Change of Time on Santa Fe Ratlway. New train No. $1, will leave Fresno 8 a. m., Merced 9740 a. m., Riverbank 10:50 a, m with Oakdale conneetion, arrive Stockton 11:20 & m., arrive San Francisco 2:30 p. m. Train 42 leaves San Francisco 10:55 a. m. Stockton 1:45 p. m,, Riverbank 2:22 p. m. Oakdale 2:40 p. m, Train 41 leaves Oakdale 3:30 p. m., 4:30 p. m.. San Francisco 10:50 p. m. No. 32, between San Francisco and Stoekton, same as present schedule, but wiil extend to Freeno, leaving Stockton 7:20 p. m., Merced 9 . m., arrive Fresno 10:25 . CUT THEIR WAY 0UT OF PRISON Pewter Spoons Used by Pris- oners to Effect Eseape From a Los Angeles Jail Stockton Speclal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21.—With two small pewter spoons for tools Harry Howard and Cyril Edlington cut a hole in the roof of the coynty jail to-day and escaped.: At a late hour there was no clew to the whereabouts of the two men, and it is believed that they have had sufficient time to separate themselves from Los Angeles by many miles. Howard, who is only seventeen years of age, was awaiting trial for burglary, and Edlington, who is sald to be an ex- convict, had ‘been held to answer for ‘receiving stolen property, the proceeds of a burglary.at Long Beach. The men were confined in a tank on the third floor of the jail, and during the break- fast hour to-day climbed to the top of the tank, punched holes in the plastered ceiling with the spoons until they un- ‘covered a joint in the metalic lathing and then ripped off a piece of it. Once ' above the th found an open ventilator, through which they reached the roof. Dropping to the roof of an adjoini; they through the ",W’!mmw house and went t! | t6 the street. ~ No person 1 found who saw g and ft was half an hour r escape d. It 1s be- 1 | Satad LT SHOWSLIDE VCTIN FOUND Sixth Body Taken From the Debris at Sceme of the Big Avalanche in Utah ACCIDENT AT MIDNIGHT Men Buried While Sleeping | ~in Saloon and Boarding- House at Alta Mining Camp S e R SALT LAKE, Jan. 21.—The last of the six bbdies buried by the snowslide at Alta on Friday night was recovered this afternoon. Since communication with the mining camp has been r stored it has, been learned that the avalanche came about midnight. It swept a half mile before striking the 4boarding-house and adjoining saloon in which the men were sleeping. Both buildings were wrecked and the former was completely hidden from yiew. Three of the five men sleeping In the saloon managed to crawl from under the debris and snow and, attired only in their night clothing, ~worked for hours in an effort to rescue their com- panjons. Thelr feet were badly frozen. At 7 o'clock on Saturday morning fifty men were at work seeking the bodies. but not until noon was the first corpse recovered. The work of rescue con- tinued . without cessation until to-day. The men who lost their lives In the hoarding-house were: Albert Bennett, George Claybourne, John Erickson and John Gray. Those killed in the saloon were Jerry Murphy and William Powell. Gray was a stranger from California and was looking for work. The other men came from various parts of Utah and were employed at Alta, The three men who escaped from the wreckage and worked so herolcally are Ross Armbrust, John Baker and J. Lee. LAKE CITY, Colo., Jan. 21.—A snow- slide to-day carried Harry Youman and Fred Davidson ingo Nellie gulch. The former succeeded in digging him- self out and hastened to organize a searching party to rescue David- son, who was buried beneath the ava- lanche, It is scarcely possible that he will be found alive. B0LD DIWONL THIEVES CGHT Man and Woman Are Arrest- ed While “Nipping” Gems in Los Angeles Postoffice e i | Special Dispatch to The Call | LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2l.—Two clever crooks, a man and a woman, were ¢aught in the act of *‘nipping’’ diamonds from the shirt bosoms of men in the crowded lobby of the main postoffice to-day and were arrested only after a desperate fight in which several men took part. The crowd was around the various carrier win- dows, receiving their Sunday mail when J. O. Coleman, formerly postmaster at Sacramento, felt a tug at his shirt. He threw his hand to where a large diamond stud had been and was.just in time to catch the hand of a man with a pair of nippers in it and between the jaws of the nippers was his diamond, Coleman grabbed the man, but a wom- an behind seized Coleman and the man started to run. Patrolman Shannon was in the crowd and tried to reach the man, | but again the woman interfered. Willlam | Rice, a retired Chicago policeman, caught | the man and held him while Shannon | handcuffed him. He struggled violently and tried to brain the officer with the handcuffs. The woman was also caught, In her hand was a diamand worth $200. On the man's person were found four other diamonds and the losers of them promptly identified their property. The prisoners gave the names of Mr. and Mrs. Chggles Johnson, but those names are be- llevBd to be assumed ones. They haye not been identifled as professionals, but their manner of working indicates that they know the business. AERONAUT INJURED IN FALL OF AIRSHIP Aeroplane Attached to Auto ‘g‘vsfging It Into Ocean en Mishap Occurs. ORMONDE, Fla., Jan!' 21,—The Hamil- ton aeroplane, in an unsuccessful but thrilling attempt to fly in tow of a big automobile, had another accident here to- day. The kite was badly wrecked and Charles Hamllton, the operator, had a narrow escape. After dragging the motor car almost Into the ocean, the tow line fouled a flagpole and the aeroplane fell about 100 feet. It Struck the corner of a low buflding on the beach and was so badly wrecked that the series of experl- ments which had been arranged will have to be postponed for several days. Hamilton clupg to his position In the frame of the kite, but when It struck the building he was thrown out and was se- verely bruised and shaken up. The geroplane made the best start so far in any of the exhibitions here or in New York. There was a strong wind, which carried it upward with a graceful motion the full length of the rope. Then the powerful automobile. made the at- tempt to tow the big kite along the beach against the wind. [The car was unable to gather enough speed, however, and the aeroplane dragged it toward the ocean foot by foot. The lack of power permitted the kite to sway gently from side to side in its gradual descent fo earth. When the metor car was within a few feet of the water the towline ran_ foul of a high flagpole and the aeroplane descended swiftly. Hamilton landed on the beach some distance from the build- ing and the wrecked aeroplane tumbled on top of him. The erowd hurrled to his assistance and when the wreckage was cleared away it was found that severe bruises were the extent of his injuries. Tt will take some time to repair the broken framework of the aeroplane, and 1t will be several days before the persist- | ent but luckless operator will be able to resume his experiments. The machine is the invention of Israel Ludlow, the New York lawyer. ST. PAUL, Jan. 21.—The Winnipeg Limited, which left u.{m this morn- | on w‘m St. Paul and | Ste, ran into the rear of a t train at Glenwood. The engine Limited was wrecked, of Minneapolis was killed. hurt. ua‘:ug' or five m‘:- are re-. “00a 20, ¢ seriousl; WOMEN EAGER [FIELD'S DEATH OR VENCEANCE PROFITS STATEe. New York Society Matrons|Illinois to Get Million Ready to Testify in the Dollars as Inheritance Tax Town Topies Libel Suit| From Merchant’s Wealth MAY BE CALLED UPON NOT YET FILED WILL Instrument Disposes of an Estate Conservatively Esti- mated at $100,000,000 —_— Special Dispatch to The Call CHICAGO, Jan. 2L.—When the will of the fate Marshall Fleld is filed for probate Cook County will have jurisdiction ove the largest personal estate ever handled in the United States, If not In the worl | Although nothing définite is supposed to be known respecting the Field will by in one except the late merchant’s counse it is conservatively estimated that the estate is worth $100,000,000 apd that the bulk of this property is credited to Chi- cago, which was Field’s legal residence. It s asserted semi-officially that not even the members of Field's family have been made acquainted with the contents Will Tell of Published At- " tacks Upon Those Who Did Not Buy Fads and Fancies Special Dispateh to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan, 21.—A number of so- clety wemen in this city are seriously considering the advisability of going on the witness stand in Judge Fitzgerald's court to give testimuny for the detmfi! in the ‘trial of Norman Hapgood, editor of Colller’y Weekly, charged with crim- inal libel upon complaint of Judge Joseph M. Depel of the Court of Special Sessions. The names of these women are known to Robert J. Colller, and James W. Os- borne and Edward M. Shepard, counsel for the defense, have been made acquaint- to. ;dh::l‘:ohr '(’l"l:!y ::;y ,om:,l‘d m‘:“:{,“. of his will and that the ?ocu:n‘:on:o:u‘lh::‘ stand and tell what they know about :. filed for probate for o, Town Topies will depend upon future de- velopments. The women referred td were approgched by canvassers for “Fads and Fancies."” : Collier and his lawyers have been told just how these women were treated. ‘When they refused to pay $1500 for “Fads and Fancies,” items about them began to appear in Town Topics, and to this they took exeeption. While the defense in the Hapgood case does not desire to subpena these soclety women, it i3 said that some of them will volunteer their testimony. What they had feared up to Friday was that they might be subjected to severe cross-examina- tions, but when they learmed that O. H. P. Belmont was allowed to leave the wit- ness chair after testifying for the defense in the Hapgood case without being cross- One of the important features of the probating of Fleld’'s will comes in connec- tion with the Illinois statute imposing taxes on inheritance. If the estate subject to this law be only 330,000,000—and the probability is it will much exceed this fig- ure—the State probably will get $1,000.000 out of the inheritance tax. Speculation as to the State’s share is of the most general nature, but it is fair to presume that $1,000,000 is the minimum estimate. —— COLORADO TO EXAMINE INSURANCE COMPANIES Wil Submit List of Pertinent Ques- tions to Concern Doing Busi- mess in the State. examined by. Jerome several of these so- | DENVER. Jan. IL—All of the in- clety women said they, too, would be will- | furance companies Cotag BHSINESS (B e o tell what' thelr experiences Dad | poir head ofMclals, to make oath to been. An effort will be made to fnduce E. Clarence Joues to go on the stand. Jones, according to the testimony of Colonel Mann, lent the latter $10, Jones insists that Colonel Mann got this money from him a few days before he left for Europe last May, and that two days before he sailed Mann personally dictated ‘a very nice paragraph about him. Before that Jones had not fared well in the columns of Town Topies, The trial, it is expected, will be con- cluded on Thursday, and it probably will g0 to the jury on that day. CHINESE THIEF SHOT IN BACK BY VICTIM Two Bullets Stop Flight of | a Yellow Purse- Snatcher. JOSE. Jan. 21.—Chin Kee, a Chi- nese, was shot in the back twice to- night by Salvator de Salvo in a run- ning fight through Chinatown. Neither wound is necessarily fatal. According to De Salvo the Chinese snatched a purse containing $40 from him and then broke dnto a run. De Salvo gave pur- suit and, finding he was being out- distanced, drew a revolver and fired twice. He was arrested. ———e CARACAS, Fridi Jan. 19.—An earthquake shock wanm felt vesterday in the State of Ber- mulez. There was no damaxe. replies to a list of questions compiled by the Colorado Insurance Department. Some of the questions asked are whether money has ever been contrib- uted to eampaign funds, particularly during the past six years and if so whether or not it is proposed to con- tinue the practice, and also if the item “legal expenses” in the report of 1905 included contribution to funds for campalgn purposes or to influence leg- islation. The companies are to be in- terrogated as to their ownership or control of other Insurance companies. banks, trust, loan or investment co panies; loans of company funds to ficlals or others connected with company, payment of commissions company officials or employes: amount of Individual salaries paid to officials, whether they have been Increased or lowered during the past vear and the reason for the change, If any. ——— S MOOR TAKES HIS HAREM . TO ALGECIRAS CONFERENCE the Makes the Voyage at Night in Order to Prevent the Ladies Be- ing Seen. LONDON, Jamn. 22.—The correspend- ent of the Times at Tangler says: ‘Sidi El Mokhr, one of the delegates to the Moroccan conference, will leave at midnight for Algeciras on a spe- clally chartered steamship. 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