The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1906, Page 43

}' Pages43to 54,[ — — —_—— 3 e Pages 43t0 54 : — SAN *FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1906. BRILLIANT CARD TOURNAMENTI[ICANTIC IN THE NAME OF CHARITY. Society Takes Interest in Homeless Babes i g + | - Mrs John Mr. ants from the Rockefeller are here and Rocke- smobile been seen in whether Rockefeller is at y avenue. is a disputed wood. eve he is in hiding there, ng th: Reighbors, say Lakewood, and has not late in November. for some one who Lakewood at any November 30 butcher and gro- mation as to whether r was here. The Rocke- —— e Sowth African Promotor a Suleide. NDON —An inquest held of the er, chair- South African, i shot re, resulted 10.—The budget passed Representatives to-day, ment consenting to . an providing for the reduction the extraordinary ex- nd pavy London Welcomes Nat Goodwin. LONDON, Feb. 10. C. Goodwin, American ector, to-night received ‘ flattering reception at the Shaftes- bury Theater, where he opened an en- gagement in “A Gilded Fool.” g | Rockefeller's wife and sister: w, Miss Lucy Spellman, are com- | tled here for an indefinite last | ] | The' charitable public, such as San Francisco's, has many demands upon its financial and sympathetic support, the needy of all degrees constantly recelving stenance, but the little people have al- ways the strongest and tenderest hold. It is possible that with all its ready com- e the public is not fully equipped an insight into the methods and ob- of the San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children. The site at Lake eet and Fourteenth avenue has been for many years in possession of the nur- sery. The grounds of nearly a block em- brace a playground, vegetable garden and | for outdoor development. Fifty-six c i are enrolled, and the home, non- sectarian, receives all classes and condi- igh the years of Its existence eplendid work has been done in caring for these w whose home is one of the nplete and economical in the | The new building recently erect- bears an obligation of $15,000, | will probably soon be removed luring the past year the public's co- | bled the nursery to pay off | A practical fact demanding em- | tention and admiration is that of | of training the children. | are taught to care for themselves, hile receiving tender care, the boys | mselves and the I s SRS oY l | | \ MRI+JAMES SIMO + POSHNELL PMOTOI e , i 7% L 1 s T ROCKEFELLERS | A0 G | { [ | MRS * N | GUY E-- | WHEREABOUTS - YET UNKNOWN w4 . 1 NSSF7, .o ~ > 1 f. 3 F Even His Wife Claims | TR SATRenc o £ E | FIT FOR LITTLE ( »riu A 4 She Is Kept in |+———— "™ | tle girls, while the ema women are Igflorance_ | trainea for :n-\d ;-....,s‘ku-:brs and other omestic duties. The board of managers consists of in- | flvential women of this city, whose time red in many directic but they | have labored unceasingly in“the spirit of love and charity for these children, whose ‘Hrv!;vlssg"ess should and must always ap- peal to the maternal instinct. Ab d tournament has been next Saturday afternoon 1 evening at the Palace Hotel, by the nag | cecds will help pa enje t will attac rs of the nursery The pro- the debt and much to the games of five hundred, which are of , $1 each, patrones: with certainty that bie rooms and con filled with player sure and patronage will uce the mortgage borne by icisco Nursery for Home- The the officers and patron- esses Mrs. Jacob Bertz, president; Mrs. rank V. Wright, first vice president; | Mrs. Herbert E. Law, second vice presi- dent; Mrs. William L. Gerstle, third vice { president; Mrs. J. J. Theobald, treau-! urer; Mrs. Guy E. Manning, secretar Mrs. James L. Gould, corresponding sec- | retary; Mrs. Fred W. Bradley, Mrs. O. | B. Burns, Mrs. Albert Dernham, Mrs. | Henry rnham, Mrs. Lewis Gould, | Mrs. A. P. Hotaling Jr., Mrs. Frank W. | Marston, Mrs. James L. McDonald, Mrs, | Adelaide Pollock, Mrs. George B. Sper- | | ry, Mrs. J. Parker Currier, Mrs. H. W. | Stirewalt, Mrs. James C. Sims, Mrs. J. | ' P, Whirlow, Mrs. H. E. Osborn, Mrs. William Kaufman, Mrs. R. 8. Brown. —_—————— FILES THE VERDICTS OF JURIES WITH SUPERVISORS | Corpner Submits Findings That United Rallronds Is Responsible for Three Deaths by Accidents. | Coroner Walsh yesterday filed with the Supervisors the verdicts of the | juries in the inquests of people who met their deaths by accidents recently. | A jury found that Firemen Dakin and | Hennessy and George Wallace were | killed by asphyxiation in the fire on | the transport Meade, and commends | the men for their bravery. The United Railroads is held responsible for the death of Gustav Fritz, who was thrown from a MecAllister-street car, and the death of R. C. Mathews, who was run down by a street car, Is held to be due to the car not having proper fenders. The accident whereby Abraham Cole- man was killed by a Sutter-street car { characteristic of his happier moments ap- DEPEW ONY h SHADOW OF HS LD SELF Friends Shocked by the Senator’'s Wasted Appearance. e Special Dispatch to The Call, NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Senator Chaun- cey M. Depew returned to-day from Washington, 2nd, as his ‘little family party proceeded to the ferry from a Penn- sylvania tr Depew seemed aware that he was being stared at. In fact, a few persons who recognized him did stare, and with rod excuse. It w >t the same Chauncey they had been used to. yThe Senator walked with | his overcoat’ thrown open and his hands down in his trousers pockets, | and there was an air of jauntiness | in his appearance; but, to eyes fa- millar with the Chauncey of old, the jauntiness was counterfeit. His stride lacked its former elasticity, and the alertness which characterized his de- meanor a year ago was missing. His tall, voung son and his nlece constituted them- gelves a body guard, and cast quick glances about them, as if apprehending the approach of some unfriendly person. On board the ferryboat Senator Depew sank into almost the first seat he came to. There was every evidence of fatigue in his attitude. The Senator gazed listlessly out of the boat window. Approached by an acquaintance, De- pew's manner underwent a perceptible change. The smile which has always been peared for an instant, but faded almost immediately. The hand he extended was thin and drew attention to the fact that he had lost much flesh. ————— MAJOR GILLETTE TELLS HOW GRAFT WAS WORKED Army Officer Takes the Stand inm| Gaynor-Greene Case In Georgla. SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 10.—Major Cassius . Gillette, U. S. A., gave tes- timony to-day in the trlal of the! Greene-Gaynor case. Major Gillette said on the stand that the mattresses sunk by the defendants in Cumbcrland Sound were no more than bundles of brush;: that they were not worth more than a tenth of the price that the Go ernment paid for them; that instead of supporting the stones that were thrown in them the stones went right on through them, and that he was unable to get a copy of the specifications at the scene of the work. —_——— Opposed to Compulsory Pilotage. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—By a vote of 8 to 5 the House Committee on Mer-~ chant Marine and Fisheries agreed to- day to make a favorable report on the was the result of the carelessness of the employes of the road, so a jury says. ' Littlefield bill which ‘does away with compulsory pilotage on sailing vessels engaged in the coastwise trade. Four Transcontinental Lines HARRIMAN | i Deal Now Being Formulated | amed | the rubber tube connecting the gas supply WERGER OF RAILWAYS —_—— i to Be Consolidated" Intoi Two by a Process Marked i Out by James J. Hill] HUT OUT OF NORTHERN COAST in St. Paul Means War Be- tween His Companies and a Powerful Combination e Special Dispatch to The Call. ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 10.—It was dis- closed here to-day that one of the most gigantic trans-continental railroad deals ever known belng formulated. It means the consolidation of the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Great Northern and the Bur- lington into two great trans-cantinental lines. It also means the shutting out of Harriman on the North Pacific coast, with a desperate fight between the four lines mentioned and the Harriman lines. As disclosed tc ¢ by an authority of unquestioned in ty, the situation is as follows The u aking involves two separate transactions. They have been in the minds of the promoters for several years means two of the greatest tems in the world. he has $120,000,000 of iron ore le of rights to its own stoc he and Burlingtor *kholders, amounting to £0,000,000 more, cements the two roads into one vast double em to the coast. The Northern Pacific, whose stock _is | actually worth $3% on the basis of its earning devote $100,000,000 tow se of the stock of the Chi e and Paul, now e ling to the Pacific Coast and prac- tically paralleling the Northern Pacific. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul will find it more convenient at points along the route to use the Great North- ern tracks. ieed, conferences have been held between the officials to this end. A railroad attorney whose business brings him in h with the financial end of all the ds declares that af- | fairs are so shaping that one can reach no other conclusion, and he predicts that within two months, at least, and possi- bly sooner, the four roads mentioned will have become two great trans-continenta: lines by a process marked out by James 3. HiL RS T BUSTER BROWN CASE TAKEN INTO COURT Herald Seeks to Stop Use of the Pictures by the Hearst Papers. Special Dispatch to NEW YORK, Feb. A petition has been filed by the New York Herald Com- ng that the Star Publishing y, which prints the Hearst news- be restrained from using the name “Buster Brown,” or printing pic- tures in which he is a central figure. The The Call. petition declares that the Herald orig- inated the “‘Buster Brown” pictures and that a certain artist was employed to assist in their production. The Herald Compruy says that by means of large expenditures of it has popularized “Buster Brown,”. and that 1n January, 1966, for the purpose of trading upon this popularity, the defend- ant persuaded the artist to enter finto its employ and assist in the “manufac- ture” of its comic Fupplement, with the “Buster Brown” idea as a part of the raw material to be worked upon; where- fore the Herald Company has been dam- in the sum of 350,000 and further thinks the defendant should be restrained from the mse of the name which it as- serts has been duly copyrighted by the complainant.’ Judge LaCombe of the United States Court has issued an order citing the Star Company to show cause why the injunc- tion prayed for should not be granted. AGED WOMAN DIES FROM ASPHYXIATION Tube Becomes Detached From Heater, Permitting Gas to Escape. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Feb, 10.—Susan A. Curry, | wife of Benjamin S. Curry, a ploneer of this city, was asphyXiated in her bath- room this afternoon. While taking a bath pipe with a water heater became detached and she wag overcome by escaping gas before she could make her distress known. As she did not come from the room in a reasonable time her husband began an in- vestigation, and hearing her breathing heavily broke open the door. She was un- conscious and by the time a physician arrived was past aid. Mrs. Curry was 76 vears of age. STUDZINSKI'S MURDERER i she forsook him and made a clean brea: GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE Youth Who Rears Hespected Name Confesses to Revolting Crimes in Montana. BUTTE, Feb. 10.—A Miner special from Lewiston, Mont., says James Sher- man was to-day sentenced to life im- prisonment for the murder of Samuel Studzinski. Sherman confessed to killing Stuazinski with a hatchet for the purpose of rdbbery. Sherman also confessed to having attempted the life of a Prosecut- ing Attorney and to committing a number of burglaries. Sherman is about 20 years of age and is the son of respected people of Lewiston. Sherman’s aged father was present in court, and wept bitterly when his scn was sentenced. 7 EDWARD CORDERO GETS EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON . Edward Cordero, saloon man and. ex-politician, was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for the theft of $I11,080 from a crock hidden in a basement by the father of Louise Sehmitz, the girl he had led astray. She |revealed the hiding place to him. |Man Who Led Louise Schmitz Astray and Induced Her to Reveal Father's Hidden Store of Gold Is Given His Deserts. 4 Three prisoners were sentenced yes- ter Edward Cordero, convicted of grand larceny, was sentenced by Judge Dunne to serve eight years in San Quentin. His attorney was granted a stay of ten days, as he intimated that he would take an appeal to the Su- preme Court. Cordero had a saloon on McAllister street, opposite the City Hall, and became acquainted with Louise Schmitz, who told him that her father, Willilam Schmitz, a painter at 741 O'Farrell street, had $11,080 hidden in a crock in the cellar. Cordero induced Miss Schmitz to reveal to him the hiding place of her father's wealth in August, 194 The young woman id he had a strange influence over her and she yielded. - Several trips were made to the hidden cache till the last dollar of the $11,080 was secured. Miss Schmitz's brother George was ar- rested at the time on suspicion of hav- ing taken the money, but was later re- leased because of the lack of evidence. Cordero then induced the girl to leave her home and live with him, though he had a wife in this city. Cordero sold his small saloon, on McAllister street, and purchased a resort on the San Bruno road, as well as a home in the Mission. He kept the girl with him all the time, she claiming he held her in abjeet terror. In October of last year Miss Schmitz left Cordero and returned to her parents, penitent and heartbroken. She told the old folks everything. and the next day the story of the theft was published ex- clusively in The Call. Cordero was ai rested in Baden, where he was In hid- ing, and though he felgned insanity and blamed the girl for his troubles, he was finally convicted of the crime. According to the girl, Cordero treated her shamefully after the money was in his possession. She says he beat ber at every opportunity and made life miser- gble for her. She vowed at the time that his influence over her was so great she could not shake it off, but finally, driven to desperation by his brutality. of the whole affalr. George Danlells, who pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, was sentenced * by Judge Dunne to serve two years in | san Quentin. On January 4 he entered the room of Edward Carter at 712 Kearny street. James Ryan, allas David Reeves, convicted of burglary, was sentenced by Judge Lawlor to serve fifteen years in San Quentin. There were two prior convictions against him. On the morn- ing of December 3 he broke into the cigar store of Sam Kline at 5 Kearny street, and when discovered by Police- man Teutenberg he attempted to draw a revolver, but was quickly overpow- ered. ————— Music at the Park. The following programme will be rendered by the Golden Gate Park Band this afternoon: -« PART 1L v Star-Spanled Banner.” i he e DO e ire, ~La Gazza Ladra Waltz, “Storles From Vienna Solo for flute, “‘Souvenir av N.Wlé. A. Lomi ‘Hansel and Gretel” [ Losnamdl, administered. { & SN & 7 4 1 A ELELRERK EEEESEES AT A\ W Ny R/ N\ / Y 7) AR A7 PENITE: BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHOSE ERSTWHILE LOVER HAS BEEN TARY FOR EIGHT YEARS FOR FORCING FROM HER FATHER. AFTER SECURING MONEY HE NN\ SENT TO THE HER TO AL $11.000 DESERTED HER. NICULATED ICCETLY T ANTHBA New Orleans Scientist May Die Within Ten Days. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 10.—Whether or not #Professor Thomas E. Beyer of Tu- lane University will die of anthrax, one of the worst diseases known to phy- sicians, during the next ten days as the result of accidental inoculation of him- | self with the germs of the deadly disease, is a question the answer to which Pro- fessor Beyer and other sclentists in this city.are awalting with anxiety. The dis- ease Is fatal in two cases out of three in the human kind and is almost always fatal in the lower animals. Professor Beyer was working before his class.in sclence to-day and was in- oculating ‘a live rabbit with the germs. As soon as the rabbit felt the prick of the hypodermic needle it gave a lunge, and the needle, instead of being driven into the ear of the rabbit, was driven into Professor Beyer's finger. Dr. Beyer telephoned for advice from a number of local bacterfologists. They will have to wait ten days before it is determined whether or not the deadly germs have been killed. The germs attack the glands of the throat, causing them to swell and caus- ing death within a short time after the disease develops. . B — Cardinal Dying of Pneumonia. AUTUN, ¥France, Feb. 10.—Cardinal Adolphe Perdaud, Archbishop of Autun, is believed to be dying. He is suffering from pneumonia, which he contracted last week during a visit to the estab- lishment of the Little Sisters of the The last sacraments have been . — | Late Chicago Merchant Prjnce Repays an Old Debt. Special Dispatch to The Call. | BILLINGS, Mont., Feb. 0.—Edmund | Burke, a ranchman who lives in the Yei- lowstone Valley, thirty-five miles west | of Billings, is a beneficiary of the will {of the late Marshall Fieid to the extent of $50,000. | Burke is a ranchmén in very moderats | circumstances. He has long claimed that {1t he had what belonged to him he would | be wealthy. He explalns this now by | saying that he once owned forty acres of land lying within the city limits of Chi- cago. Marshall Fleld obtained possession | of the tract later, by means which Burks inferred were questionable. The dead merchant left the $50,00 to him as re- muneration, Instead of as a legacy. Burke sald he knew Field well many years ago and that he worked for him two years before he moved to Montana. gl bedhan de MRS. W. E. COREY AND HER - PARTY ARRIVE FROM RENO Steel Magnate’s Wife Still Declines to Discuss Her Plans for the Future. Mrs. W. E. Corey, wife of the steel trust president, arrived from Reno yes- terday and is at the Palace Hotel. She positively refused to discuss the rela- tions now existing between herself and her husband, or to say anything about her future plans. & She is accompanied by Miss Ada Corey and Mrs. A. A. Corey. They are occupying o of the finest suites of the hotel. They have denied them- selves to all visitors. They expeet to remain here until Tuesday night.