The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1906, Page 4

MANY FINE VESSELS HAVE GONE TO THEIR DOOM ON THE ROCKY WE i \ |3 CARCITY OF LIGHTS "\USE OF WRECKS Hundreds of Lives Are Claimed by Waters of Broad Pacific. Spot WhereValencia Is Being Ground to Piece SIS s Is Ships’ Graveyard. es st of America jand was presumably pointing for the r ¥ % rrow channel between Lime Point | s oy . )int when she struck and | x v wn in the swirl of the | p to the bottom of the deep | E r the Marin bluffs, | ™ -y lain undiscovere s of V v ne knows. The dense | s d down over the water | rough the Golden Gate | few survivors that no as to 'where she struck | | ngers and crew numbered g t 201 122 were lost. Of the v « ) the trip nineteen went | 8 her com- | vard. Con- | 8 K v ning from | f States, with b LARCE S | Winston Churchill of Great Britain Paia Forty Thous- and Dollars for Biography e e Special Dispatch to The Cell. LONDON, Jan. 2.—Winston Churchill, - English one, who already has one or ed | tWo performances to his account which juth | are recards in their way, must now be - | credited with another. It seems that for his recently published life of his father, Randolph Churchill, the young er of Parliament received from th Macmillans the biggest price ever pals for a work of the kind. He got $40,000 f‘ wn, with the additional agreement that If the profits on the book should come > h ter the publishers have pocketed s their share. In other words, Churchill bas been paid at the rate of $125 a line, or about 12 cents a word, and if the book sells as well as it is expected s words are l'kely to produce | t sum each, | t is, however, Lord Randolph’s bril- | son has got ahead of the great John whose honorarium for writing stone was supposedly the highest ever paid. Although Morley got $50,000 for his work it contained 1972 pages, wt Churchill’s blography of his s | father is composed of only 108 pages. | Other biographers are mowhere. As for torians the record does not seem to be held by any writer of late | years, but must be credited to Lord | Macaulay, whose fee of $70,000 for writing | his “History of England” has never been approached. Of fiction writers Marle Corelll probably still tops the list, for & book from her pen brings in $100,000 or more nowadays, and Hall Caine is not Lord —_— ADVERTISEM WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. SEV Mrs. YEARS ON NEW BOOK. Leger Harrison, who wrote St. Few People Renlize the Importance of | Sir Richard Calmady,” is just on the Good Digestion Until It Is Lost point of finishing a new novel, on which T epsia | She has been at work under especially | 5 e Eag - feel mean, | Inspiring clrcumstances. She has been e % evih )t sleep well, | IVing at Evetsley, where her famous 4 : Hte. do | father, Charles Kingsley, did so much of - emergy | BiS best work, and with which he is al- - % they once | MOSt always assoclated. This new book : 4o mot feel | of Lucas Malet'’s was actually begun | g . atress in the | S00n after the publication of “Sir Rich- - Y the resuit of | 2rd Calmady,” in 18%, but its authoress - : us form of |15 @ slow and conscientious worker at e g : e cured by | Dest, and besides suffered from poor g i sy ared ¥ | health for almost a whole vear, during - % fve. organs act | Which her manuscript was laid aside en- -« e food | tirely. She expects, however, to have her est th book ready for publication early in the P I s and . . the trou. | SPring. Its theme is a secret even from | - . The mew | her best frien | b called | FERGUS HUME'S RAPID WORK. That veteran literary warhorse, Fergus Hume, who, ever since the appearance of “The Mystery of the Hansom Cab,” has been writing indefatigably, is another novelist who is taking up a new line of work. The success of Hume’s “Lady Jim by of Curzon Street,” a novel entirely out of making the | the line of his usual detective style, has % vy 4 Py flsa N o e o | almost induced him to devote his time al- ~ e “ | together to more serious work. | In this regard it is of Interest to know that Hume's detective stories are written at a prodigious rate. sometimes at the | rate of one a month. He has. produced stomach not blets, by digest- ta n down common your 3 npal 49 YOur | gver seventy books in the last elghteen WRCILL e - ANUS | ve not half of which he has on his b fareher. dbac | own shelves. “Lady Jim,” on the other | *41 | hand, took him over a year to write. B SR | ¥iume is now down in Cornwall putting ;;:ll i(‘fié" but they ' iyo finishing touches on another lot ot‘ 3 ‘“‘”"‘ s | detective stories. He promises himself a - oty yon ‘-\."3 g e short rest after they are completed, when ity of U digested, | pe may undertake another really serious ¥ at merve tomics and | pook s | e ¥ e Apropos of the piracy of important But the merves will not be nourishe T Mg~ gt ih nourished | books in the United States just now, it | O D Y. e ¥ e ' may be sald that Hume's “Mystery of the Lt Hansom Cab” sold to the extent of over NETVOUS Symp- | 500,000 coples in America, as many ‘as seven firms issuing it at the same time. On not one of these books did he recelye a penny royalty! PRAISE FOR BUTLER BURKE. J. ‘Butler Burke's important work -on “The Origin of Life” is now nearing com- pletion and will probably be issued in | Engiand within six weeks. Burke's nota- digestive organs | ble discovery of *radiobes” has since of this remedy all lisappear ever heard of a man or woman with 2 vigorous digestion and petite being troubled with their | eans a strong nervous of energy, capa- £00d things of life, s Dyspepsia Tablets will certainly your stomach and right they can’t help but do 1t, because | been supplemented by other and almost: 1(:“,\_ nouri: the body by digesting the | as important work. Some have felt that food’ ea’ d rest the stomach, the lapse of time is discrediting Burke's You get nourishment and 4 rest at one and the same time, and that is all the rn out dyspeptic needs to build him and give new life to every theory, but & number of sclentific men who have carefully studied his latest re- | sults state that their-immense value can- organ | not be questioned. In this regard it is and an added zest to every pleasure, | of interest to note that two other scien- Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are a god- | tific men have come forward, one in to the army of men and women | France and. one in the United States, ith weak stomachs and nerves and |claiming earlier discovery, but there Justly merits the claim of being one of | seems little doubt that no difficulty will the most worthy medical discoveries of | be experienced in establishing Burke's the time, priority. | Minister of Marine THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1906. HUNDREDS SINK WTH WARSHP Number of Lives Lost on the Brazilian Vessel Aqui- daban Is Reported at 223 ROOT SENDS MESSAGE Secretary of State Expresses the Deep Sympathy of the United States Government Lo Bl R WASHINGTON, Jan, 23.—]mmedi- ately upon receipt of official news of the destruction of the Brazilian bat- tleship Aquidahan Secretary Bona- parte sent a cablegram to the Brazilian extending sym- pathy. Mr. Nabuco, the Brazillan Embassador, has recelved a cablegram from the Minis- ter of Foreign Affairs of Brazil announc- ing the destruction of the battleship Aquidaban and the loss of 223 lives. The Embassador has recalled the invitations to the dinner for sixty which he was to give to-night. The flag of the Brazillan embassy is flying at half-mast. Secretary Raot, by direction of the Pres- ident, also sent a cablegram to the Bra- zillan Foreign Office expressing the deep- est sympathy and condolence of this Goy- ernment. - CADET THOUGHT DEAD FOUND TO BE ALIVE Grand Jury Fails to Uncover Attempt at Hazing at Jefferson College. NATCHEZ, Miss., Jan. 2.—Cadet Jo- seph Sitman of Greensburg, La., who was said to have succumbed to injuries re- celved at the hands of hazers at Jeffer- son Military College, is not dead. His uncle, D. C. Lee, who reported the mat- ter to the Grand Jury, appeared before that body and stated that he had re- celved a telephone message acquainting him with the fact that the boy is alive. As the Grand Jury had fafled to un- cover any attempt at hazing at Jefferson, the entire matter will be dropped. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 23.—Lieutenant C. P. 8nyder, who has been accused by the testimony of several midshipmen, witnesses in the case of First Classman Cilaude B. Mayo, charged with hazing, of hinting to upper classmen that new midshipmen should be hazed, and of going from the building in order that_the op- portunity might be afforded, was recalled in rebuttal by the Judge Advocate. Immediately upon the conclusion of the case against Mayo, who is from Colum- bus, Miss., the court will begin the trial of Midshipman Richard R. Mann, also a first class man and an appointee of Pres- ident Roosevelt. The only other midshipman now under arrest on the charges of hazing is Ned L. Chapin of Pasadena, Cal. He 1s a first class man, also, and last year stood No. 23 in his studies in the class of 122 men. —_—— STEAMSHIP GOES DOWN IN COLLISION IN FOG Trojan Sinks on the Atlantic Coast, but All Members of Crew Are Saved. BOSTON, Jan. 23.—The loss of the steamship Trojan of the Boston and Philadelphia line in collision with the steamship Nachoochee of the Savannah line in Vineyard Sound last Sunday was reported here to-day by the Nachoo- chee, which arrived here, having on board the captain and crew of the Tro- Jan. The accident was due to fog. The Nachoochee struck the Trojan amid- ships and the latter went to the bot- tom within thrée-quarters of an hour, but Captain Thatcher and the crew of twenty-seven men of the Trojan were taken off by the Nachoochee. There were no passengers on the Trojan. The Nachoochee sustained only slight damage. The collision occurred about one mile outside the station at Vine- yard Sound Lightship shortly after 11 o’clock Sunday forenoon. Both steam- ghips were bound northward, the Nachoochee from Savannah and the Trojan from Philadelphia, both for Bos- ton, Realizing that the Trojan had received a fatal blow, Captain Diehl of the Nacoo- chee signaled “Full speed ahead” to his engineer, s0 as to keep the prow of his | vessel in the aperture in the Trojan's side. This, it is belleved, prevented loss lot life, for the men on the sinking steam- ship were able to save themselves by climbing over the vessel's bow. The es: cape of the crew of the Trojan is de- scribed as thrilling. The owners of the Trojan estimate the steamship and cargo to have been worth $500,000. \ —_——————— Pittsburg Stock Brokers Fall PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 28.—Ed Gart- ner & Co., stock brokers and members of the Pittsburg Stock Exchange, made an assignment to-day. The labilities will exceed $200,000. Samuel A. Steele Natural Alkaline Water CURES Dyspepsia 4 - Stomach Troubles 3 The genuine is al- 'ways sold in bottles “&x like this —_—— Beware of Syphons, they do not contain VICHY RAg: | Ll ENDS LIFE A3 CUESTS - ASSEMBLE !Ju]ius Magnus, Son-in-Law of Brewer Busch of St. i Louis, Commits Suicide in His Chicago Home MOTIVE FOR HIS ACT NOT REVEALED Despondent Man Stands Be- fore Mirror and Fires Bul- let Into Heart While His Wife Is Receiving Friends Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Jun. 23.—While guests were assembling in the reception room downstairs their host, Julius Magnus, the millionaire son-in-law of Adelphux Busch, the St, Louis Brewer, and vice president of the A. Magnus Sons’ Com- pany, stood before a mirror in his dressing-room on the floor above and shot himself through the heart to- night. A maid, sent by Mrs. Magnus to learn the reason for her husband's de- lay in coming downstalrs, found him lying face downward. The guests were apprised of the tragedy and were compelled at once to turn their at- tention to the widow, who was pros- trated by the shock. Policemen sent to the Magnus man- sfon were unable to obtain from the family information that might reveal a motive for the deed, Relatives said later in the evening that Magnus had everything to live for and that he had appeared to be in good spirits when he returned home from his club late in the afternoon. Magnus, who was 45 years old, had suf- fered from attacks of heart fallure re- cently and friends suggested that con- stant dread of death made him melan- choly. Whether the escapade of Miss Wilhelmina Busch, his wife's sister, who eloped with a Germani lieutenant from St. Louls several weeks ago, and was brought home at command of her father, had any relation to to-day's tragedy was a question which the members of the fam- ily in Chicago would not discuss. It was known, however, that Mrs. Magnus, who went to St. Louls soon after the elope- ment, was greatly worried over the af- fair. PISTOL REPORT NOT HEARD. Nobody heard the shot which killed Magnus. This was probably due to the fact that one of his daughters was play- ing & piano in an adjoining room and it is belleyed the music drowned the report of the revolver, Magnus had spent the afternoon af the Germania Club and returned to his home, 789 Fullerton avenue, at 5:30 o’clock. Upon entering the house he was greeted by his wife and daughter, Lilllan, and was told of the party that had been arranged. He said he would go upstairs to dress and asked to be called in time to receive the guests., When Mrs. Magnus was able to talk she told of the finding of the body and all they knew of the circumstances pre- ceding his death. Apparently, she said, Magnus had removed his coat, opened his walsteoat and then, standing in front of a mirror, placed the muzzle of the re- volver over his heart and fired. He was lying about five feet from the dresser when he was found. Mrs. Magnus had been married before. At the age of 17 years she fell in love with and married Harry Weber, a musi- clan, Accustomed to frugality and a po- sitlon of limited means, young Weber was fairly carried away with the prospect of a rich father-in-law with purse strings which were always loosed to him. He soon found a liking for the companion- ship of other women, and & divorce suit followed. _Bhortly after this Mrs. Weber met Mag- nus and they were married, LOVE AFFAIRS OF THE SISTERS. One of the sisters of Mrs. Magnus eloped to marry her cousin, Hugo Reis- inger, and for several years was estranged from the family on that account. An- other was married to a German iron manufacturer and was given a $100,000 wedding, which rivaled anything of the kind St. Louls had ever witnessed. The fourth sister declined a display of wealth when she was wedded to the eldest son of Tony Faust, a lifelong friend of the Buach family. “The latest member of the family to claim public attention was ‘Wilhs mina Busch, who figured in a sensational trip to Belleville with Lieutenant Eduard Scharrar, a dashing young German army officer, who had proved a most persistent suitor. As a climax to his suit the pair went to Belleville, presumably with the intention of being married, but the plans ‘were not carried out. They were brought back the following day, steps were taken to quench the girl's early love for the young German, and after shutting her- +-self up in her home for several days she was finally hurried off to California to escape the importunities of the lleuten- ant. It is sald that he hag not yet lost hope of winning her hand. el world, for example, equal to the Vitginia product, even as a raw material, and we 'ful sure that this luxury is cooked no- where as deliciously as on its native | heath. There are vegetables also which ‘have no flavor such as is by the old-time Virginia cook. When visiting ‘abroad we have sometimes called “cymlins,”” and we have been a mushy, insipid dish which n ginian eould tolerate, It is fashioned Virginia ‘“‘fried .cymlin® moonlight is te daylight, or as to wine. We might prolong the list of delicacles, but we by simply naming that dish of - which was born in is the pride of avery fi cook—it makes one's mouth water think of it—Brunswick stew. ‘We have sometimes thought that it this savory stew which wily used to tempt his brother's appetite, that it was lost to the eulinary art to revived & Virginia cook. And when come to us we have e %g%;%#s i ot ] | JADRON SHLS O VENEZUEL French Cruisers Leave the Island of Trinidad With the Seaport of La Guayra - as Their Destination PRESIDENT LOUBET AT CABINET COUNCIL Premier Announces Ameri-| can Decision That a Naval | Demonstration Would Not | Violate Monroe Doctrine BTG VALS PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinidad, Jan. 23.—~The French erulsers Desaix and Jurien de la Graviere salled from here to- presumably for La Guay- ra, Venezuela. PARIS, Jan. 23.—President Loubet presided torday at a Cablnet Council held in the Elysee Palace, at which Premler Rouvier announced that he had received a communication from Em- bassador Jusserand to the effect that the United States did not consider a French naval demonstration against Venezuela to be g violation of the Mon- roe doctrine. France, it is pointed out, thus far has her hands free, but the situation is unchanged for the mo- ment, as the Council will not take de- cisive action until the report of M. Taigny, the former Charge d'Affaires at Caracas, is received. The Foreign Office has recelved con- firmation of the press report that the dean of the diplomatic corps and other Ministers at Caracas have unsuccess- fully demanded explanations from the Venezuelan Government with reference to its position after the Taigny incident. It is pointed out that entire accord ex- ists between France and the United States, and when France is ready to move it will be with the full knowledge and ap- proval of Washington. The officials, how- ever, decline to discuss the eventual in- tentions of the French Government. The reports circulated to the effect that a blockade has been ordered are evi- dently founded on the statement received from Embassador Jusserand that the United States will not oppose a naval demonstration, coupled with the dispatch from Port of Spain saying that the De- saix and the Jurien de la Gravier had left there for an unknown destination. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—M. Jusse- rand called on Secretary Root this aft- ernoon and spent a half hour with him. At the conclusion of the inter- viewy which, it is understood, related to the Venezuelan situation, he declined to make a statement as to what took place. It is believed that Secretary Root is as yet uninformed of the French pur- pose and there is reason also to belleve that the Embassador himself has not yet been informed of the final steps to be taken. CARACAS, Jan, 20 (vig Port of Spain, Jan. 23).—The Franco-Venezuelan corre- spondence which the Constitucional has been publishing fully demonstrates, it is claimed, the connivance of the French Government in the Matos revolution. It s added that the fact that the French Cable Company had been the French Government's best news carrier justified the action by the Government against the company. ——————— New Train to Fresmo. In addition to the new train leaving San Francisco at 10:55 a. m. for Stockton, Oakdale and Sierra Rallway points, the Santa Fe has b 2 STERN COAST SERVIA' DEFIES FRANCIS JOSEPH Refuses to Carry Out the Plans of Austria for a ! Customs Union in Balkans NOW ACUTE TROUBLE King Peter May Be De- throned and German Prinee Established in His Place VIENNA, Jan. 23.—A dispatch recelved to-night from Belgrade says the Austrian frontier has been closed against Servia. This marks an acute stage in the trouble with Austria and Bulgaria on one side and Servia on the other as the result of secret negotiations between the Balkan States for a mutual customs union. All the efforts of Austria-Hungary to com- plete the negotiations looking to the con- clusion of this customs union have been unavailing. In the last note on the sub- ject, the Servian Government rather in- solently declined to be guided by Austria- Hungary’s suggestions in the matter. The negotiations between Austria-Hun- gary and Servia for the" conelusion of a commercial treaty were officially broken off to-day because of Servian persistency in refusing to form a union with other Balkan States. The incident brings out three points— first, the weakening of ‘the influence of Austria-Hungary in the Balkans, which have been almost her exclusive fleld of foreign policy in the past decade; second, the beginning of the formation of an economic union between the Balkan States leading possibly to a revival of the old dream of political unmification for the purpose of resisting the influence of the powers; and, third, the commercial ad- vantages accruing to Germany from the embroilment of the Balkan States with Austria-Hungary as Germany would win trade therebv. LC&DO:\', Jan. 23.—Special dispatches from Vienna to the London newspapers are inclined to attribute the strained re- lations between Austria-Hungary and Servia partly to the waning influence of King Peter. The King is reported as being powerless to control the policy of his Cabinet, owing to the growth of radi- cal and republican influences which, it is said, appear to threaten the position of the Servian dynasty. The correspond- ent of the Daily Mall says: “It is believed in Austria that the days of the Karageorgevitch dynasty are num- bered and that before a year has elapsed King Peter and his family will be ex- pelled. King Peter's court is virtually boycotted by the Buropean eourts owing to suspicions that he had foreknowledge of the murder of King Alexander and Queen Draga, and already a strong party is trying to place a German Prince on the Servian throne.” 5 ——————— LICK SCHOOL ATHLETES COMMENCE THEIR PRACTICE Captain Léster Thompson Expects fo Develop a Winning Team on the Track. The students of the School track team yesterday afternoom. track for the last two weeks has been unfit for use, and has kept most of the athletes indoors, but yesterday the number that turned out reached the thirty mark. Lester Thompson, who has been elected for the coming season, does not intend to develop a team at the last minute. Thompson is a hard worker, and believes strongly in early spring practice. For the present the men will be out Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri. days of each week until the time ripens for good hard work. Despite the fact that Ralph Miller left the Potrero School, the chances ara good for this institution. Miller was a 102-5 man for the hundred-yard race, Lick High extended the run of train 32, leaving San Francisco at 4 p. m. from Stockton to Fresno, arriving at Fresno 10:25 p. m. Call at Santa Fe offices for new time table. - futaihadefin oS o REY Kenilworth Park Meeting Assured. PETALUMA, Jan. 23.—Harry Stover, owner of Kenilworth Park, has secured dates from the Pacific Coast Jockey Club to hold a race meet at Kenilworth Park, Petaluma, for two weeks begin- ning May 8, with an option of six days more. The best horses will be here for the meeting. Kenilworth has been re- tired and will spend his days at Ken- {lworth Park. —_——— “Bedlam" is a corruption of the word “Bethlehem,” which was the name of a religious house in London, converted into a house for lunatics. and could always be depended upon to run the “220" or a lap, in the relay race. While Miller's leaving weakens Lick, many of the regulars from last fall's team have returned, afd can be depended upon to secure points when the coming fleld meets take place. Those of last year’s team who have been out this season are: H. Johns, A. Crabtree, Ernest Thompson, Lester Thompson (captain), H. Knox, W. Ste- phans, H. Butler, Charles Mel, C. Gol- cher, D. Holmes, V. Johnston, G. Grif- fith, C. Hermann and A. Brown. Those who have donned sults but have not taken part In track athleties before are: J. D. Barleau, H. Little, A. B, Simpson, F. Newton, W. Orton, R. Batoll, H. Brandt, H. Dearln, M. Block and F. Lodge. 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