The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1906, Page 1

THE @ALL_ PRINS MORE- San Francisco and Saturday THE WEATHBR. — Forecast for February 10, 19087 | l wvietnity—Cloudy | poseibly lght showers; light | south wind. 1 | A. G. MeADIE, { District Forecaster. WS THAN ANY OTHER PAPER PUBLI LS £ 'L“"“"lry. tees A Matinee only. MAJESTIC—“Sweet Nell Drury.” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—"‘The Geisha." LHAMBRA—"A Runa ALCAZAR—'0ld Heidelberg."" CALIFORNIA — ‘‘American Matinees at all theaters. “SAN FRANQISCO sway Match.” Bur— VOLU) SAN FRANCISCO, WOMAN FINDS COPPER IN THE FUNERAL RANGE he only woman mining prospector in Nevada, claims to have discovered in untains in Death Valley, at a place never before visited by a white prospector, a d gold ores that may be worth millions of dollars, and to have established the - WHO COFPER ORE CLAIMS IN TO THE UDE DUE | 0 THE BIRTH OF TRIPLETS Father of Infants Not| Able to Bear Sudden | Prominence. Sl Special Dispatch to The Call RACINE, Wis,, Feb. 5.—The body of nk Dostat, 50 years old, & prominent a big trunk fac- the throat cut was foreman in return to his large knife beside t suicide. { triplets, born The event cre- hundreds of Dostat was of the prom- was never | wife and two of the | | DEAF COUPLE SIT AT TABLE WHILE FLAMES CRACKLE iged Pair Rescued by Som Who Saw Home Burning From Distance and Ran to Their Ald. NG, Feb. 9.—The two-story 1 owned and oecupied by Mr. a4 Mrs. J. L. Mallory on French ek, two miles from the Bell School- was burned to the ground yes- morning. Mr. and Mrs. Mallory seated at their breakfast and re unaware that the house was on although the roof was almast iy to fall in. J. Mallory, their son, the fire from = distance and ran to the house to warn his parents of their danger. They barely had time to escape with thelr lives. Mr. Mallory is ‘ and Mrs. Mallory 74 years old. Both rd of hearing. Will Erect Statue to Emerson. WG WD S ENIDYING U0 Care of Specialist Is Denied. . Special Dispetch to The Call ercise, owing to the King’s injured foot. nection with any ailment. To-day’ in excellent health in every respect. ——— SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES | Wil Send Momster Petition to King Edward Requesting Full Privileges. of coming more Colored Pdytical Association, colored men from South Africa. e — Redwood Park to Be Extended. BOSTON, Feb. $.—Announcement was made to-day that a statue will be erect- ed to Ralph Waldo Emerson at Con- sord, the town where he lived and died. the Secretary of the Interior < 0D HEALTH Story That He Is Under VIBNNA, Feb. .—There has been much talk lately of the illness of King Edward, and the Neue Frele Presse to-day pub- |lished an extract from a private letter from London saying the Austrian physi- | clan, Dr. Ott,.has been called into con- | sultation for a painful stomachic disor- der, resulting probably from lack of ex- LONDON, Feb. 8.—It 1s officlally d=nied | here that Dr. Ott visited the King in con- Brit- | 1eh Medical Journal says the King is now ASK POLITICAL RIGHTS CAPE TOWN, Cape Colony, Feb. 9.— The demands of the colored inhabitants the Transveal and Orange River colonies for full political rights are be- insistent. The African repre- senting all South Africa, is preparing a monster petition to King Edward, asking for all the political rights en- joyed by the whites, which will be pre- sented in London by a deputation of WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—A bill donat- ing to the State of California certain lands for an addition to the California Redwood Park was introduced in the Senate to-day by Senator Perkins. The bill has the approval of the Commis- sioner General of the Land Office and —_— {Hunts Treasure in 4 Death Valley Fastness. gVisits Region Not Before Seen by Prospector. |Braves Hunger and | Thirst, Led by Her Hopes. | 'Millions May Be the Reward of Her Courage. | Accompanied only by'an Indian hait- | |breed, Lilian K. Malcolm, a woman | | mining prospector in Nevada, claims | | [to have aiscovered in the foothilis| | of the weird Funeral Mountains of Death Valley a ledge of rich copper and gold | ores on a ridge that towers 3000 feet in | the air. Once Lillian Malcolm, according to her s crossed the Chileoot in Alaska, alone, in her search for gold. | | The railroad had.not been built that has | | since mintmized the difficuities of Alaskan travel in the Chilcoot region. Miss Mal- colm declares that the tour of the Funeral | Mountains was more hazardous than her | | lonely journey through the Chilcoot years | ago. “"No white person has ever visited the posit .until L said yesterday. 1 5 | such ruggedness in the mountains as the Funeral Range presents. To climb up al- | most perpendicular grades means to slide down others before the objective point | can be reached. I have been a prospector | ten years and have passed much of my | time in the mountains of Alaska, Colorado | and other places where ‘there are mines. The Funeral Range is the worst of any. | I made up my mind that I would search | for gold and copper in the foothills of the Funeral Mountains. I was compelled to cross the range to get where I wished to | 8o. I had no fear; but there were min- { utes when, in climbing, I did not dare to | look back, but only kept right on. | “There were many places Where a mis- | step meant sure death. All there was to | do was to go ahead. Once started in there | was no way to stop without confessing | defeat. Finally I found what I was look- ing for. At first I could hardly believe | |my eyes. I had reached a point about | twenty-five miles from the line of the | Clark road and sixteen miles from the line of the ‘Borax Smith’ road,’ when the | ledge loomed up immensely. | “Then I was happy. I have studied mineralogy, geology and other lines lead- ing to mining, and 1 have done assess- | ment work with my own hands in a shaft | sixty feet deep. In short, my experience has been such that I believe that I am competent to know whether my mineral discoveries are valuable. “The ledge stands up clearly from fifty to seventy-five feet, with both gold and | copper in it—but more copper than gold. There may be millions there in easy reach —a quantity that I believe is almost be- yond ordinary computation. If I am not mistaken the d!scovery is valuable for its | | richness and also because it opens up | | knowledge of an entirely new copper belt in the Death Valley.” Picturesqueness is added to Miss Mal- colm’s trip by the fact that the Indian half-breed that she took into the desert where so many strong men have dled is “Bill Kee,” who 1s “Scotty’s” friend. This Indian is a good guide. The next step that Lillian Malcolm will take will be to inform the raliroad build- ers who are constructing lines into the mineralized regions of Nevada of the topographical features of the coun to be crossed to reach a point from ich her copper and gold discoveries are rea- sonably within reach of transportation facilities. The place that required weeks for her to reach can be brought within a short time of present surveys. There is plenty of timber in the Panamint Mountains that can be utilized for mining purposes. The toot of the steam whistle may yet be heard in the fearful fastnesses of desolation that have so long appalled stout-heartéd men, only finally to be con- quered by, & woman in search of precious metals. made . m; - e PROFESSOR FOSTER ATTACKS CREDIBILITY OF MIRACLES 'Says Faith In Immortality Is Becoming Uncertain Where Scientific Investi- gations Have Taken Root. CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—Professor George B. Foster of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, in the February {ssue of the Biblical World attacks the credibility of miracles and the probability of conscious immortality. Professor Foster recently aroused con- siderable discussion by his book, “The Finality of Christian Religion.” In the periodical he says: “It cannot be denied that in our time faith in immortality has become uncer- tain in the ever widening circles where scientific and historical investi, and views have taken root and it is not clear that the future will bring a change in this situation. Therefore it &»Jm, wise to importance of on so uncertain moral laws dependent @ factor as faith in a future life. “Besides ethics would to change a single one of its proposi- 1 tions whether there was a life after death or not. Moral laws are the con- voses in this life.” spot where I viewed the great copper de- | | SA ARRIMAN AND RILL AT PEACE Hatchet Buried by the Railroad Kings. Tllinois Central Is Said to Have Changed Hands. Schiff Holds Conference With Morgan and Scuthern Pacific Head. Spectal Diepatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb.%—It was sald in ‘Wali street to-day that the announcement of some big railroad deal may be made within the next twenty-four hours. This is construed to mean the sale of the Ilii- nois Central. Jacob H. Schiff had a long conference with J. P. Morgan to-day and then called on Ed¥ard H. Harriman. James J. Hill was not down town on ac- count of the weather. There was a report that the delay in declaring the Unlon Pacific dividend was due to a desire to wait until the éomple- tion of the pending deal. The Hill and Harriman interests are sald to have buried the hatchet and har- | mony will hereafter prevail in the North- | western situation. It was further declared that Hill had agreed to take over the Harriman holdings of Great Northern and Northern Pacific at 350 for the former and 225 for the latter. This would give the Union Pacific 2 surplys of $100,000,000. —_———— IN THE DRIFT Rescuers Unable to Reach the Two Men Imprisoned in Shaft of Tuolumne Mine Special Dispatch to The Call STOCKTON, Feb. .—After digging with feverish energy for nearly 10v hours, the rescue relays which have been striving to release Tomo Sablick and M. Vukotich, the two miners imprisoned in a drift of the App mine, near Jamestown, have been unsuccessful UD to this evening. Several times the miners believed they were about to release the entombed men, but caving earth kept dropping into the excavation. Early to-day the car which the unfor- tunate fellows had with them was reached and it was thought signals were heard from the men. They have water and it is believed enough air has flitered in to pre- vent their suffocation. The scenes attending the work have been exciting. It was at one time neces- sary to summon the Sheriff from Sonora in order to quiet the Slavonians, who thougit the work was not prosecuted properly by the mine otficials, who insist- ed that the pumps be kept going for the protection of the imperiied men and the mine. Pistols and knives were flourished, but order was finally restored. If the men are not reached soon an at- tempt will be made to send them food through an S-inch pipe the rescuers will try to force through the wall of earth. FEW RESCUED FROM THE PARRAL MINE Death List as Result of Ex- plosion Will Reach Over Twenty. HINTON, W. Va., Feb. 9.—It is now practically settled that there were thirty- one men in the Parral mine, near Oak Hill, Fayette County, when the explosion occurred there yesterday afternoon. Eleven were rescued, six bodies have been recovered and fourteen bodies are In the mine. Some of the rescued are badly in- Jjured and two will probably die. Robert Gill, who was rescued, has both legs broken and Donald Bell is badly crushed. BONES MAY TELL A TALE OF CRIME Remains of Man Said to Have Been Found in Cabin. 3 Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, Feb. 8.—The Trinity County officials were told to-8ay of the reported finding of what are believed to be human bones in the fireplace In the cabin that cabin near cember 16. TURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DETECTIVES UNABLE TO TRACE MRS, HANBURY'S JEWELS. Bold Thief Who Robbed Her at Railway Station Is Likely to Escape. ]' WEALTHY ENGLISH WOMAN WHO WAS ROBBED OF A JEW CASE CON- VEL TAINING ORNAMENTS WORTH $10,000 WHILE SHE WAS WAITING FOR A TRAIN AT A RAILWAY STATION IN LONDON. — Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Feb. 8.—Despite an increase from $1000 to $3000 of the reward offered, it is feared there is little hope of the re- covery of $i0,000 worth of jewels stolen from Mrs. Bowring Hanbury at Euston station. Simultaneously with the robbery there disappeared from London a well- known jewel thief who has served more than one term of Imprisonment. This man, it is believed, planned the robbery and arranged to transfer the jewels to the United States. The robbery was committed last De- cember as Mrs. Hanbury was walting at Euston station for a train to take her to her country home for the Christmas holi- days. BRITISH HONOR K CALIFORNIAN Gold Medal Conferred Upon; Professor W. W. Campbell of the Lick Observatory LONDON, Feb. 8.—At a meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society at Burlington House to-day Embassador Reld received the gold medal for 190§ conferred by the society on Professor Willlam Wallace Campbell of the Lick Observatory, Cali- fornia. The president of the society in presenting the medal recited at length Professor Campbell’s great success in spectroscopic work which had greatly in- creased the worid's knowledge of stellar motlons. In the course of his speech the presi- dent of the society pleasantly referred to Mr. Reid's family relations with the Lick Observatory, through D O. Mills, who is an active trustee of that institution. Mr. Reid replied briefly. He said it was Ispl-lmwuru as a medium for trans. mitting a mark of the soclety’s distin- guished approval to a countryman on the far Pacific Coast and the personal cor- cumstantes to which such a gracious al- lusion had been made gave the duty spe- cial zest. Professor Campbell certainly Campbell, the Lick Observatory and the University of California. ————————— FEARING HE WOULD LOSE A TOE GIANT NEGRO TAKES TO FLIGHT REDDING, Feb. 9.—William Brown, the t negro who at first was sus- Mml having something to do with the, Price murders and who was con- unh at the County Hospital, disap- peared Wi ay night and has not yet been found, although the officers are making an effort to apprehend him. The abrupt departure is not attributed to fear of the law, but of an operation which he had been told County Physi- cian Stabel intended to perform upon ditions on which human welfare re- |cabin has given the officers reason to|him. The operation was to be the am- putation of one of Brown's big toes. CASTELLANE SCANDAL MAY INVOLVE MANY Countess in Possession of Incriminating Letters. Special Dispatch to The Call LONDON, Feb. 9.—The scandal in the Castellane household .excites almost as much interest in London as in Paris, and extraordinary versions of this culminat- ing quarrel are circulating in smart so- clety here. One story is that the Countess estab- lished in the Castellane mansion an un- obstrusive, well-bred American, ost S a tutor for ker soms, but really to closely watch Count Boni and to learn on what foundation rested the reports of his marital forgetfuiness which had reached even his wife's It is told in the boudoirs and clubs hers that this “tuter” brought off a coup by gaining an entrance to a magnificent bachelor establishment maintained by Count Boni and some of his friends. Here the extreme height of gayety reigned, and here, report has it, were found letters from several French women of the high- est position. Ore of the most extraordinary features of this co-operative bachelor establish- ment was that some particularly wealthy women helped defray its immense ex- penses. A letter from one such woman was found, it Is said, covering a check for $50.000 (400,000 francs). Immediately after the discovery the Countess Boni left her palace and installed herself and her children at the Hotel Bristol. From there she wrote her husband to leave her home, S0 that she might be at liberty to return there, and offering him a large sum to consent to an uncontested divoree. —_——— SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES HESIST THE POLL TAX Police and Inspector Attacked and a General Rising Is Feared. FIETERMARITZBURG, Natal, Feb. 9.—The collection of the poll tax from natives near Richmond has led to trouble, which, it is feared, will spread and develop into an ugly native rising. Armed natives have resisted the col- lection of the tax and Bave wounded with spears an inspector of police and a trooper. Fourteen mounted police, who were proceeding to the scene, have beén attacked, and six are missing. Cavalry and artillery and outlying de- tachments of police have been called In and are being concentrated to deal with the recalcitrant natives. VICOROUS SEARCH FOR ROCKEFELLER \Standard 0il King Missing Since December. Relatives Say They Are Not Posted as to Whereabouts. —_— 2 s None of His Business Asso- ciates Can Furnish Any Information. ——e Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Vigorous search throughout the United States was begun to-day for John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate, who has been missing since early in December. When last seen at Hot Springs, Va., Rockefeller apparently was in his usual health and spirits, although those nearest to him now say he appeared to be feeling anx- lous about something. They say he was possessed of the idea that hostile persons were looking for him. No trace of Rockefeiler could be dis- covered in New York City. Carney, the elevator starter in the Standard Oil build- ing, 26 Broadway, said Rockefeller had not been there for some time so far as he knew. Oid employes of the company, in- cluding men who have a personal ac- quaintance with Rockefeller, do not know ‘where he is at present. At the offices of the chief solicitor of the Standard Off Company and of H. H. Rogers it wi sald that Rockefeller's he had not been at th for a long time. Rockefeller's home at 4 West Fif- ty-fourth street was brightly lit on every floor when a reporter called. “Mr. Rockefeiler is not at home,” said the butler. “He has been away for two weeks or more, but if you leave a note it will be forwarded to him.™ “Is Mr. Rockefeller 1117 “Oh, no; he is feeling first rate. If he were sick I would know about it beyond a doubt. I have not the slightest idea where he Is, and no one else here appears to know.” At the home of John D. Rockefeller Jr. ‘word was sent to the young man asking for his father's present address. “We do not know where Mr. Rockefel- ler is at present, but we beileve he is In good health,” was the reply received. “Mr. kefeller is in Europe,” Wil- liam Rockefeller's maid at the door said. “He has been away for a year. I do not know whether John D. Rockefeller joined him or mot.” Superintendent Hemingway of the oil king's country house at Pocantico Hills says John D. Rockefeller has not been there for some time. Rockefeller's min- ister says he does not know where he is. LONGWORTH ILL OF TONSILITIS Intended Husband of Alice Roosevelt Is Confined to His Home in Washington WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 —Representa- tive “Nick” Longworth., who is to marry T morrow, is il at his home iIn He is suffering from a seve: 1 i Child of Her Foster Daughter. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9.—Sarah Jones, 70-year-cld woman, was comnvicted of degree here to-day for foster daughter’s