The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1906, Page 1

Forecest for February 13, 1908: A Distri San Francisco and vielnity—Cloudy, unsettied weather Tuesday: showers; fresh southerly winds, probably G. McADIB, ot Forecaster. | ALHAMBRA—"The Black Crook." ALCAZAR—*“Alma Mater.™ CALIFORNIA lesquers.” GRAND—West’ MAIDS’ Dr TIVOLI—"The i eadaedis i ST Matines. CENTRAL—“Monte Cristo.” CHUTES—Vaudeville. COLUMBIA—"The County Chairman.” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. Gelsha.” lishédin San Francisco A s e . N “Bohemian Bur- Matinee. Minstrels. of Ol "VOLUME XCIX—NO. 5. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1906 MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A ITTLE GIRL Mother Finds Herij Dying on Floor of House. B ST Bullet Hole in Head Isg Cause of Demise of | Maid of 13. SR | Woman's Angry Words Arouss | Suspicion Against the Father of Child. to The Call } Nettie McKay, the f Mrs. Frank Me- | 's place on | miles above in a dying con- | into the allegatio OPEN WAR UPON THE COAL ROADS Determined Attack by Pennsylvania Legislature, Inquiry Will Be Made Into the Mining Situation, Baer of Reading Declared to Have Uttered Untruth in His Statement. HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 12.—In the lower House of the State Legislature to-night Scofleld of Clearfield offered a resolution that the At- con urrent torney General be instructed to Inquire | hat the Pennsyl- | vania Rallroad, the New York Central llet hole | and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts- afternoon at | burg Railroad companles .and their T on the fioor | leased 1 y or indirectly habin & discovered by | engaged & of bituminous o'clock the | €02l Which is alleged to be unconsti- . - > r. | tutional, and if it be found that they e g - § she was MmUr- | ;re engaged. in this business he shall - ~deageiviocergiittont, Sl th A motion to t been living with time. McKay had y of his old home his m?uxhwr Af"’: of three members of the lower House, e red he als‘L’r'd~r:°"ru|J of whom shall be of the same e “_»T:m political party, and three Senators; er flew § g 2 that these two committees. together severe 8. fogyooa ;fih", red | With John Fahy, T. D. Nicholls and | arks she k;fih»{rnho r:n')" 1'; William Dettry, district presidents of failed by a vo the resolution was adopted. sarner of Schuylkill offered a con- urrent resolution for the appointment the United Mine Workers: M. J. Har- the r McKay 1§ ! Be b1 Mckpy X ’;t‘;?‘.nngmn of Ashland, representing the . o 2 | business interests in_the coal mining e e | YERTOH. “Hrit My SOhe Wester of Apeid - | Philadelphia, representing the busi- | gaged as cook fof Joe s e the Ham placer ness interests of the State outside of the codl territory, ‘be named a¢ a com- mission to examine into the books and . Lewman and the Woman | records of the Philadelphia and Resa- 3 i toney | ins’ Rallrond Company and of the and Lewman returned | i-some oan- the girl 1 od. Near her while at the side as a rifie ball just abov out at e were no Ther | by George F. Baer | invitation to inquire into Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, and establish the truth or falsity of the statements set forth in his public dec- laration regarding the business of the corporations. The resolution provides further that the lar action in regard to any other oper- ator or coal company extending to it an affairs; that it meet immediately after the adjourn- ment of the Legislature and that facts as obtained by the investigation be given to the newspapers, If possible before April 1 next, so as to avoid a possfble that the expenses of the commis- ike SOON TO BE RECEIVED |= be recommended to the next Legts. pny 8 e e lature for payment and that th - BY CATHOLIC CHURCH | mission have the right to adminioter oaths and affirmations and any false Princess Ena Is Completing | Her Conversion at [ ¢ Versailles. { | | | | > The Call swearing shall be considered as perjury and punishable as such Garner said, in support of the resolu- fon, that Baer made a misstatement in his public announcement and that Pat- | rick Dolan of the United Mine Workers | secretly worked on the floor of the House | against the interest of the miners. ' The 2 on all | Tesolution was adopted without further P Batten. | COmment id the the Alice > Queen has flles to complete her rch of Rome. Bishop lic prelate, | er Bishop” on | British battle- receive the second rived there the church tles of her conversion will e weeks hence, and the was arrived at omlyg,after \ges of ideas between royal The Pope wanted Ena to but this might have ex- exc ages. Rome, cited & nmon-conformist agitation in Eng- reion on the outskirts of Paris. King Alfonso announces his in- e Cortes, which will summoned for that purpose, I be able to announce that his has embraced the faith of his Feb. 12—The expected Pro- sts against the marriage of of Battenberg to King Al- ve commenced with a e Imperial, Protestant ng to King Edward to . federation, membership, declares has caused The ated disapproval is await- formula with in 1 ———— Crowe Positively Ildentified. ] HA, Neb, Feb. 12—The most witnesses in the Pat Crowe day were W. S. Glynn and his | liverymen, from whose alleged, Crowe telephoned t n the morning after mel ing of the latter's son, asking if he had found the letter in his front yard and advising him to make n immediate search for it. The let- ter contsined the demand for $25,000 ransom. Both the Glynns positively identified Crowe as the man who dia the telephoning. ¥Freach Bank's Increased Issue. PARIS, Feb. 12.—A Presigential de- cree promulgating the act authorizing an increase of the note issue of the Bank of France from $1,000,000,000 to $1,160,000,000, which passed the final legislative stage February 5, was ls- sued to-Gay. Stroup offered a concurrent resolution requesting the Governor to enlarge his | call for the extra session so as to per- | mit | coal mining business of the State and the Legislature to inquire into the ascertain whether the rallroad companies are illegally engaged in this business. The resolution was adopted. Hayes of Butler offered a concurrent resolution asking the Governor to enlarge his call S0 as to permit the Legislature | to enact legislation for a 2-cent passenger | rate on rafiroads within the State. The resolution was ad ed, WOMAN DISCOVERS 1353 NEW STARS Record Made by a Fair Astronomer at Harvard Observatory. Special Dispatch to The Call, CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 12.—It has just been announced from the Harvard observatory that Miss Henrietta S, Leavitt has discovered twenty-five new variable stars. Miss Leavitt’s recent discovery raises her record to 1353 stars she has discovered In the course of her work and hardly a day passes that she does not add two or more stars to the list. Miss Leayitt gets her results entirely from photographic plates, nearly all sent from the Harvard station at Are- quipa, Peru, in charge of Professor Pickering. She has confined her obser- vations and discoveries mainly to the small magellanic cloud in the south heavens, many of the new variables be- ing found in Orion. She has to go over each negative with a magnifying glass, marking and comparing them with earlier negatives. ———— AUSTRIA SENDS GUNS TO EMPEROR MENELIK Gift in Retaliation for Similar Present From [Italy to Mon- tenegro. < VIENNA, Feb. 12.—It is stated on good authority that the Austro-Hun- garian Government has sent a fully equipped battery of mountain guns as a gift to Emperor Menelik of Abys- sinia. It is assumed that Austria seirt the gift to Menellk in retallation for the action of Italy in sending a moun- tain battery to Prince Nicholas of Montenegro / of 141 to 29, after | commission be given power to take sim- | the | LCECIRS CONFERENCE COLLAPSES I tling Moroccan Problem. Frenchmen Believe Ger- many Is Determined Upon War., British Government Wiil Back Up the Republic to the End. . ROME, Feb. 12.—Most pessimistic of- | ficial news has been received here from | Algeciras, causing considerable appre- | nenxion. It is said that France is de- Morocean police as her ultimate comcession, t6 which Germany refuses to agree, thus break- ing up the conference. PARIS, Feb. 12—It is learned in offi- cial circles to-night that the Algeciras | conference has been practically ended. The breach between the German and | French Commissioners on the subject [ of the poiicing of Morocqo is so wide | that the other conferees have aban- | doned hope of being able to postpone | a break-up of the conclive at the end | of this week. This situation, which is | | laid to Emperor William's desire that the conference shall fail, leaves Ger- many and France exactly where they were six>» months ago, when the two nations were on the verge of war. The Kaiser is blamed for bringlig the conference to a deadlock, and | Frenchmen do not hesitate t8 attribite to him a.subtle plan to let Francé co; tinue the policing of the frontler of Al- giers until a serious rising takes place In the Sultan's country ‘and menaces France's -colony. In ‘such an event, Frenchmen say, the Kaiser would issue | an ultimatum the very moment that | France would move to suppress the | disorder, and then France would be | | forced to permit the Kaiser to have a half-interest In the country or go war. There is a distinct feeling here to- night that the Kaiser has brought the | conference to the verge of failure, that he never desired it to succeéd, and that he merely consented to it in order that | he might gain delay. “Never project yourself into a foreign situation unless you have power behind you to keep yourself there,” was one of Bismarck's sayings. Perhaps, says offi- cial Paris, the Kaiser six months ago-was | not so confident of the ‘‘power behind him” as he is now. . LONDON, Feb. 12.—While the British Government has not relaxed its efforts to bring about an agreement between | France and Germany regarding the Mo- | roccan police, it has given up hope of an amicable settlemenf. It is expected in official circles that the Algeciras confer- ence will break up, possibly during the present week, leaving the Moroccan situ- ation where it was before the cohference was called. Germany is charged with the | failure. 1In fact, it Is believed here that Emperor William, realizing that there is no hope of Germany’'s demands being in- dorsed by the powers, is now anxious that the conference shall fall. Great Britain maintains her position supporting the French demands in regard to the police and cannot see any reason for a compromise. Should the conference break up it is understood that France will continue her policy of policing the Al- gerian frontier, and should serious trou- bles break out within the Sultan’s do- minjons France will undertake to sup- press them, notifying the powers that she cannot allow the disorder to con- tinue, as it threatens the peace of her colony. Germany then will be in the position, it is pointed out, of having either to concede the right of France to police Moroceo or to issue an ultimatum that France must not interfere in the affairs of the country. CANAL ENGINEER BECOMES VIOLENT Demands Morphine at Point of Pistol From New York Doctor. NHEW YORK, Feb. 12—Wallace Pickens, 80 years old, a consulting engineer at- tached to the Panama Canal Commission, rang the bell at the residence of Dr. George Wolsey abouty midnight. Dr. Wol- sey answered the ring and was startled when Pickens placed a revolvef close to his face. “I want morphine,” exclaimed the young engineer hoarsely, “and I want it quick. If you don’t give it to me, I will kill you and myself, too.” “ Dr. Wolsey, who is one of the visiting surgeons of Beilevue Hospital, saw at | once that Pickens was temporarily out of his mind, and calmly invited him into the house. “I will call my carriage,” he added, “‘and we will go together in it and get you the morphine.” “Drive to Bellevue Hospital as fast as you can,” weére the instructions Dr. Wol- sey had privately given to his coachman, and before Pickens realized where they were the carriage drew up at the hospital entrance. - Pickens evidently recognized the place, for when it was suggested that he get out at the door of the hospital, he grew violent. Pickens, who returned from Panama about a week ago, lives with his father, to No Hope of Set-|+— DOUGLAS HYDE, THE FOUNDER OF GAELIC LEAGUE, IS HERE. Dr. Douglas Hyde, the head and leader of the Gaelic' League, arrived here yesterday and is at the .St. The distinguished scholar and lecturer has come to this country to deliver a series of talks with a view to the restoration in Ireland of the Gaclic tongue. The league represents a national movement and Francis. is entirely free from any political or religious sect. = Visits This Country to Give Series of Lectures. Has for Purpose Rewvi- val of the Irish Language. SRy RS | Will Address Students at Berkeley on Subject. i Dr. Douglas Hyde, the head and | leader of the Gaelic League of Dublin, | arrived here yesterday and is at the | St. Francis. He is accompanied by his | wite. | Dr. Hyde is a man comparatively | youns, a graduate of Trinity College; |ana a versattle scholar. | He s very enthuslastic over the | cause he represents, and hopes In a few years that the mother tongue of | Ireland will be returned to the Emerald |Isle with its original prestige and | vigor. The Gaellc League represents a na- tional movement distinct entirely from any political or religious organization. There is no sectional creed attached to it, except the creed of Ireland. It was organized for the preservation of the Irish tongue, and with that end in view Dr. Hyde says he has taken up the leadership of the cause. Dr. Hyde | i a: Protestant and a member of the | Episcopal church, but he says that whatever religion he might hold would bave nothing to do with the work he ha¥ in' “hand. He has come to tms country solely for the purpose of lec- | turing in the cause of the Gaelle | tongue, and he hopes that his talks will be instrumental in bringing out an interest and an enthusiasm among the sons and daughters of Ireland that will help to assist in the restoration of that tongue to the country he represents. “This movement,” he says, “appeals to the highef instincts of the people of Ire- land, and it is for this very reason that the people of Ireland and their brother- hood in this country are taking such an interest in the cause.” Dr. Hyde wants to see the restoration of the old games, the old songs, the old dances fn Ireland, all so dear to the hearts of those who love their mother country, and look forward with love and hope for its future welfare. ““And its weifare does depend in these rejuvenations,” says Dr. Hyde, “these revivings of the good old joilifications, coupled at the same time with the re- Juvenation of the mother tongue. ““At present in Ireland there are 250,000 | boys and girls studying the Gaelic lan- | Suage in 300 schools. In 189 there wére only 105 schoois wnere Irish was taught, | and all this has been brought about by | the league. “The league was founded twelve years | ago, and besides having as its general ob- | ject the idea of preserving the Gaelic lan~ | guage, and the national identity of Ire- — i VIVAL OF THE- NATIONAL LANGUAGE OF IRELAND. | 1and, it also had in view the idea of keep- E, NT AND FOUNDER OF THE GAELIC LEAGUE OF DUBLIN, WHO ARRIVED 'IN SAN FRAN- o %‘;gfik‘&g‘}‘?&m’;‘}fisfii DISTINGUISHED VISITOR WILL ADDRESS NUMEROUS GATHERINGS HERE ON THE RE- TR WILL BHTTLE FR CHLDRE StrangeDeath of Father of Infants to Be In- vestigated. —— DENVER, Feb. 12—Mrs. Esther Bowyer Miller arrived in Denver to- night from San Francisco and at once retained Attorney John A. Deweese to bring suit for the possession of her two children, now in the cuptody of Mrs. Minnie Miller, their stepmother. 8he also wants the death of her form- er husband investigated, as rumors that he was poisoned are in circula- tion here. The contest between the two women promises to be bitter and replete with sensational incidents. J. D. Miller was one of Denver's wealthiest meat dealers and until a few hours before his death seemed to be in perféct health. He dled the morning of February 3 after suffering from a brief attack of what appeared to be acute indigestion. Physicians who performed an autopsy decided that a cerebral hemorrhage caused death, but they did not examine the brain or test the stomach of the dead man to make-sure ‘that there were no traces of pcison. K To-night friends of Miller say that the first wife’s desire for a thorough investi- gation will be satisfled, as they share her belief that the circumstances of Miller's death were suspicious. $40,000. step- His estate is valued at about The children will get one-half. The Green Pickens. The father attributed his | mother says their real mother shall not son’s condition to the effects of mate on the isthmus, e hflmxmxmmw-u them now. = A BESSHRABIN WS VTN OF SLAY OB Massacre Reported to Have Occurred at Kalarashi. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 12.—A- mas- sacre of Jews is reported to have taken place at Kalarashi, Bessarabia. Owing to wholesale arrests, quiet- ude continues in big towns, but the Caucasus and Baltic provinces show renewed revolutionary actlvities, -and an anti-Jewish agitation is being ,vig- orously prosecuted in Southern and Northwestern Russia. Outbreaks. of ant{-Semitism were begun In three small Bessarabian centers. The authori- ties are cither inert or sympathize with the rioters. o ODESSA, Feb. 12.—General Kaulbars, Governor General of Odessa, to-day is- sued a proclamation declaring that every one that attempts to kill or kille an officlal by means of explosives, arms or otherwise, or that is found’in Rpossession of deadly implements, will henceforth be condemned to capital punishment without inquiry. or. ftrial The proclamation covers the govern- |- ments of Kherson and Odessa, inclusive of Bessarabia, Ekaterinoslav and - the _Crimea. a domestic in a San Francisco' family. She will receive several thousand dollars | from the estate, the amount of an insur- ance policy in her favor. She allowed “to keep the children when they | divorced, - but is defermined to get HFTEEN BODIES CAST ON BEACH BY LD OCEAN Remains Believed to Be Those of Crew of Schooner. SEATTLE, -Wash., Feb. 12. — Fifteen dead bodles, washed ashore at Yakataga Beach on December 1, and which now lie burfed there unidentified, are thought by many le in this city and at Yakataga to be those of the members of the crew and fishermen of the long overdue schoon- | er Nellle Coleman, now ninety-four days out from the fishing station of the Seat- tle and Alaska Fish Company at Unga Island. Information about the bodies was brought to Beattle by a miner named King. King and several miners wers working companions and they secured the body. It was :mpossible to distinguish-the fea- tures and theé remains were given a rest- ing place in a shallow grave on the beach. Hardly had the miners returned work ‘than another body was sig] the beach. This was followed by other, until each wave Degan to ‘dead upon the shore. All day men worked digging graves fortunates, marking each one 28 -#le sbrzansfhid i HE g5fs g £ 2 a of wood. Not one of the bodies could identified. . X F | ing up the publishing of its literature. | “In 1348, when the population of Ireland | was 8.500,000, four-fiftas of that population spoke Gaelic. Now the population ig about 4500.000 and only a limited portion of them speak the Irish-language. With- In the last two years 70 branches of the ‘fiague have been established throughout e Irish domain and branches are grow- ing daily.” The visit of Dr. Hyde to the coast is the’ result of the movement in Ireland, which movement was referred to in The | Call of July 31. 1904, at which time refer- | ence to the Gaelic tongue was made as follows: “The Irish language has been spoken dor over 200 years, and was a fnished speech before any of the modern Euro- pean tongues were lisped. It has an ex- temsive vocabulary of some 80,000 words and Is especially adapted to the forma- tion of new words put of old ones, and of ‘Irishing’ foreign elements. The claim is made for it that in linguistical value it ranks next to Sanserit. Its MS. litera- ture, now scattered from Arran to Mos~ cow, is of immense extent: the portion written prior to the sixteenth century alone, it has been estimated. would fl} 1000 octave volumes. The mass of it is of high quality and great variety—in- cluding story, song. legend, hymn, tracts on religion, works on law, medicine, bot- any, life and manners—affording much of | it the key to social origin of the Euro- | pean races.” The Call was the first paper on the | coast to bring into the public view the active efforts of the Gaellc League in | trying to bring up a revival of the Irfsh tongue. Dr. Hyde arrived in New York Novem- ber 15 last year. Since then he has visit- ed forty cities and has lectured on an average of about five times a week. He has found at all his meetings great in- terest taken In the cause. On his arrival at Sacramento the dis- tinguished scholar was met by Rev. P. C. Yorke and Frank J. Sulllvan. At the Oakland mole a committee consisting of James D. Phelan, Joseph S. Tobin, Law- rence . Walsh, the Rev. Philip O'Ryan, and in the evening he will hold an infor- mal reception at the St. Francis. To-morrow Dr. Hyde will visit Berke- ley. where he will be the guest of Presi- dent Wheeler. He will lecture there on that day and also on the two days fol-