The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1906, Page 31

Forecast for February 25, 1906: San Francisco and vicinity—Clearing ay; fresh west winds. @. H. WILLSON, Local Forecaster, Temporarily in Charge. STRESRRETHIEIEEDS PR 3 tinee. CENTRAL—“Lost in New York' Matinee. CHUTES—Vaudeville. COLUMBIA—"The County Chalrman. GRAND—"The Belle of New York." Matinee. Matinee. Mat TIVOLI—"The Isle of Spice. FIFTY-FOUR PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1906—PAGES 31 TO 42. PRICE FIVE CENTS. KILLS RIVAL IND FLEES N NICHT Benjamin Meyers Slays Eugene | Peguillan. Murdere?Hunted Over| Dark Marshes of the Potrero. | Goes to Fight for Girl's Affec-| tions and Takes Cowardly Advantage. | —— | { cowardly murder, of what was e § o'clock street, be- | ving to see rt as Meyers turned m and uttering an oath | ore of you fellows want 5 the crowd but Bonilla ran. | He was at Peguilian's side In a few| end as he approached the dying eway and was lost in the street. Bonilla it a | to get a word from the valn. He then ran to | ed iceman McPuee of the South co police station heard the ying at the 2 of & gully, vhich he had The policeman used every en-| t a dying statement from the | | Peguillan In response | ly looked up once with half- 24 the mext moment ex- he bullets had entered his tght eye. ' ARCH FOR MURDERER. | Gaughran quick- J for miles around, ce of the murderer. Bonilla se station and held as a witnese Detectives Wren and Reynolds were de- { 4 on the case from ordered tk traing be watc prehending Meyers. Tk murderer wiil to get out of town at once. The authorities of the bay shore towns have been instructed to be on the yut Yor him. The fieeing man is de- | bed as having a light complexion, weighing about 150 pounds and is 20 years old. He is well known in the Potrero. Policeman McPhee has had Meyers under arrest time and again for burglary, grand larceniy and lesser offenses. Eugene Peguillan was 22 years of age and was the youngest of a family of four~ teen the upper office, tbound boats and | the hope of ap- v belleve that the with ————— Rough Weather Delays Transport. HONOLULU, Feb. 24.—The United States army transport Dix, bound from Seattle to Manila, called here today for coal. The vessel encountered rough weather, causing delay and rendering §t necessary to replenish her coal sup- NIAGARA'S POWER FOR METROPOLIS —_— Electric System Is| Soon to Be in Operation. Cables Will Stretch From Falls to New York City. Twelve Transformer Stations to Be Built at Various Points. Special Dispatch t NTAGAR the weste: The Call. , in numbers, of steel towers en frames, and they are designed bles for transmit- a power-house e gorge on the to carry ting elect to assist in the upbuilding of d for the operati of electric ht across the State from k, this transmis- , and when it towers and great stretch be the most wonderful creation of the kind man ever has attempted. Out in California the boast is that there are transmission lines of greater length, but of the two well- known California transmissions neither il equal the wonders of this Niagara e, the present destination of which is yracuse, & city 157 miles east of Niagara , N. Y., and fully four miles farther m the power-house in the gorge, up shoe Falls. gara Falls and Lockport ansmission line occupies a private ¢ way 100 feet wide. From Lockport o Rochester the right of way is 200 feet wide, and from Rochester to Syracuse 100 teet wide, but temporarily the cables be- tween Rochester and Syr: along the West Shere ¥ frames made in the shape of the letter - - From Lockport to Depew, N. Y., there be & new branch line on a right of 200 feet wide, so that it is clear the will be an ibution of western t at various points, ians stop the expor- tricity the six months PICARD EXONERATED BY JURY OF HONOR No Proof That French Edi- tor Accepted Bribe From Castellane. PARIS, Feb. 24.—A jury of honor has rendered a decision in a case involving charges of venality during Count Boni de Castellane's candidacy for election to the Chamber of Deputies as repre- ive of the Passes Alpes. The jury was composed of Deputies Pelletan and Pressense and Senator Girent and the final decision was given by the arbitrator, Deputy Guyot Des- salgne. The decision says that M. Plc- ard, editor of the Republique Proven- cale, was accused of taking certain sums of money not to oppose Count Bonl's candidacy. The committee of the prefecture developed certain facts, which, If fully proved, would have given apparent reasonableness to the accusations of venality. Prefect Droze formulated charges that M. Picard refused to accept the responsibility for the charge that money had been paid for M. Picard’s support or neutrality. The decision | says that the charges first took definite form in letters from Senator Passier, but the evidence shows that the Sena- tor’s information was hearsay from witnesses who now deny it or remain mute. Therefore, the decision con- cludes, M. Picard is absolutely vindi- cated from the accusation of venality and is held blameless for the non-in- sertion In his paper of articles hostile to Count Boni. . —_——— ORGANIZED LABOR PROTESTS AGAINST DEFICIENCY BILL Provision Abolishing the Bight-H ‘Workday on the Canal Is '5:-!0 B of Objection. CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—Labor in Chicago yesterday appealed to President Roose- velt to veto the “urgent deficlency” bill passed by Congress, which abolishes the eight-hour workday on the canal. The names of President John Fitzpatrick and Secretary E. N. Nock- els of the Chicago Federation of Labor were signed to a telegram sent to Washington as follows: “Organized labor is unanimously protesting against the urgent deficiency bill so long as it contains the provision repealing the eight-hour law or any part of it and most respectfully re- quests a veto.” The action of the local unions foi- lowed Instructions from President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. In a statement Gompers as- serted that the law was intended as the beginning of an attack upon the eight- hour statuts as appiled to all Govern- ment service. em of which may ulti- | e will be in op- Panama’ WAR RATHER THAN YIEL TO CERMANY AR PRSI France Desires to End Algeciras " Farce. Austria Could Not Aid Kaiser in Event of Strife. Hungarian Troops Unwilling to Fight for Triple Alliance. PARIS, Feb. 2—The officials of the Forelgn Office emphasize Premier Rou- vier's statement in the Chamber of Dep- uties yesterday that France wants peace only on conditions assuring her rights and dignity, as summing up the Govern- ment’s intentions at Algeciras. This is coupled with the vlew that the Govern- ment’s rights and dignity have already reached the furthest limits of concession and that, therefore, from the standpoint of the Government authorities, it is preferable that the agony of the confer- | ence be not prolonged, as France prefers | to continue the status quo in Morocco as though the conference had not tried to deal with the question. This attitude does not thought of immediate war. On the con- trary, the highest authorities here are firmly convinced that the faflure of the conference will not bring war, first, be- | cause their advices show that Germany | does not want war; and, secondly, be- cause French officlal and public opinion is strongly against war. It is the expectation in Government circles that the deadlock at Algeciras will drag along until a disagreement is manifést, and then some colorless action will be taken, leaving the main Franco- German issue where it was before the conference was decided upon. The effect of this would be to establish the status quo, which France prefers to anything short of the conference conceding her paramount position in Morocco. While it is recognized that the failure of the conference would not precipitate immediate war, yet it would leave Franco-German relations in a state of uneasiness threatening serious future complications. However, in Government quarters here it is said that Buropean unrest is preferable to France’s surren- | dering =1l her rights and expectations in Morocco. Governmment opinfon took a strongly pessimistic turn today and fore- shadowed the dissolution of the confer- ence without a definite decision. Concerning the possibility of European | unrest, leading eventually to war, some | important information has been received !in high quarters. This shows that Aus- | tria’s place in the triple alliance does not | assure her taking up arms against | France, as it is definitely known that the Hungarian troops would not participate in an Austrian movement against France, owing to Hungary not sharing Austria’s | support of Germany on the Moroccan question. The officlals are also firmly convinced that the underlying cause of Germany’s course at Algeciras is a de- sire to break up the Anglo-French un- derstanding, but it is asserted that the failure of the conference will leave the | Anglo-French accord as strong as ever. { In this connection, King Edward's | coming passage through Paris on his way to Biarritz causes comment in the newspapers, which assert that the King will see President Fallieres and Premier Rouvier in order to give renewed evi- | dence of the vitality of the Anglo-French agreement. CALIFORNIA WOMEN EXHIBIT PAINTINGS Students Participate in an Art Exposition in Paris. Cablegram to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1806, by the New York Herald Publishing’ Company. PARIS, Feb. 24.—An exposition {s being held in the Mont Parnasse quarter of Parls by the American Woman's Art Assoclation, comprising works by Amer- ican students living in that quarter, with | the addition of Mrs. MacMonnies and Miss Este, who were invited to particl- pate. Among the members exhibiting paint- tnga and water colors are Miss Anita Sar- | gent of Boston, Miss Caroline Hall of Rhode Island, Miss Ferguson of Phllm-l involve any delphia, Miss Partington of San Fran- cisco, Miss Helsser of Minneapolis, and Miss Ghirardelll of 8an Franclsco. The exhibition of the Water Color So- clety at the Georges Petit Gallery this year cgmuvrises & good picture by the King of Portugal, who is a member. The title is “Le Hallebardler du Palals,” rep- | resenting a guard in red uniform in front ! of a door, behind which is & heavy plush | portiere bearing the urms of the house of Braganzea. Morris Resigns From the Mutunal. PHILADELPHIA, . 14.—Emn‘-| ham B. Morris of this city announced today that he had resigned his trustee- ship in the Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany of New York. Morris gives as a reason for his resignation the pressure of business. He is the president of the Girard Trust Company of this city. ——————— Rear Admiral Chadwick Retires. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Orders were promulgated at th: Navy Department to-day announcing the retirement on February 28 of Rear Admiral P. E. Chadwick, who commanded Admiral Sampson's flagship during the war with | Spain. MOB ATTACKS W. K. VANDERBILT JR. "AND WIFE IN ITALIAN VILLAGE. Because their automobile had run down and seriously injured a child, Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt Jr. and their chauffeur were attacked by a mob in a village near Florence, Italy. Gendarmes rescued the party after Vanderbilt had drawn ‘a revolver to defend himself. +—————‘*——l——————‘—+ Injuring of a Child by the Americans’ Auto- mobile Results in Fierce Riot. Millionaire and His Chauffeur Are Roughly Handled by Angry Townspeople. Placed Under Arrest After Their Rescue by a Squad of Gendarmes. Special Dispatch to The Call. FLORENCE, Feb. 24.—The incident at Pontedera yesterday which involved the detention there of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam K. Vanderbilt Jr. and their chauffeur turns out to have been mueh more serious than was at first reported. The dispatches received yesterday evening .from Ponte- dera simply announced that Vanderbilt was detained there owing to an automo- bile accident, by which a boy was injured. It now appears that Vanderbilt and kis chauffeur were mobhed, that the former drew a revolver and that both Vanderbilt and the chauffeur were arrested and taken to the police station. Mrs. Vander- bilt was escorted to the best hotel in the place, where, according to the latest ad~ vices, she was awaiting developments. The Vanderbilt automobile, it appears, was not going at excessive speed, but when turning a sharp street corner in Pontedera it ran down a child, a boy about § years old, injuring his head. His face was covered with blood. The auto- mobile, which was stopped at once, was soon surrounded by a crowd of excited residents indignantly and threateningly berating its occupants. VANDERBILT DRAWS REVOLVER. In the midst of the excitement the re- port spread that the child was dead, and the townspeople became so enraged that they attacked the chauffeur. In fact, mat- ters reached a very ecritical stage, and Vanderbilt, believing that the lives of the party were in danger, drew 8 revelver, Before he could use the weapon several men jumped into the automobile, disarmed Vanderbilt and kicked and cuffed him. By this time the police had become aware that something unusual was oc- curring, and a party of gendarmes hurried to the scene to protect the automobilists. Owing to the fury of the people the of- ficers took the Vanderbilt party into a neighboring shop for safety. There they were immedlately besieged by the crowd, the most violent of the people urging their companions to take summary venge- ance on the travelers. As a coincidence the shop in which the ‘Vanderbilts were taken was owned by a relative of the injured boy, which did not tend to calm the feeling of the mob. Eventually an officer of the gendarmes with reinforcements arrived on the scene, and after the townspeople had calmed somewhat succeeded In rescuing the auto- | mobilists, who were taken to the police station, followed by a crowd of shouting people. The leaders protested vigordusly against the alleged carelessness of the automobilists and said it was time to put a stop to such accidents, involving loss of life, which were constantly increasing in numbers. LAD'S INJURIES ARE SERIOUS. Vanderbilt and the chauffeur werg de- tained at the police station under arrest, and Mrs. Vanderbilt, who was shown every attention possible, was escorted to a hotel. This morning doctors visited Adolphe Butini, the boy who was injured by Van- derbiit’s automobile, to ascertain his con- ditlon. Grave complications, it was an- nounced, might arise. The father of the injured child, when asked if he wished to bring suit against Vanderbilt, not only refused to do so, but aiso declined to accept the indemnity due him under the law. Thereupon the Jjudge granted Vanderbilt provisional lb- erty, and, accompanied by Mrs. Vander- bilt, he left for Pisa. Before departing Vanderbilt gave $40 to the local hospital. If the child does not dle or is not permanently disabled the punishment may be imprisonment for three months and a fine of $200, in addition to a fine for carry- ing a revolver without permission, but it is belleved that, considering the extenu- ating ciroumstances. Vanderbilt will be sentenced to pay a flne. —_— MAY SUFFER IMPRISONMENT. Minintry of Justice Refuses to Interfero in Behalf of Shepard. PARIS, Feb. 2¢.—The Ministry of Jus- tice has acted adversely upon the ap- plication of the American authorities for executive clemency in the case of Elllott F. Shepard of New York, grand- son of the late W. K. Vanderbilt, who was sentenced October 26 to three months’ imprisonment and $120 fine and to pay $4000 damages to the parents of Madeline Marduel, who was killed by Shepard’s automobile at St. Ouen April 24 last. The fine and indemnity were paid, but the application sought to walve the imprisonment. Further ef- forts in this direction will be made, but the Government’s adverse action is con- sidered final. Elliott F. Shepard, whose residence Is in Paris, arrived in New York from France January 8 to visit friends. =il gn Tl CHAPIN’S AUTO ATTACHED. New York Millionnire Sued By an In- jured Honolulu Man. HONOLULU, Feb.. Z4.—The automo- bile of C. W. Chapin, a -New York mil- lionaire, was attached t in connec- tion with a suit brought by W. C. Wee- don of Honolulu for $5000 personal dam- ages. Weedon says that while he was riding in Kaplolani Park, on February 7, Chapin's machine,. driven by Mrs. Chapin, struck him, infifcting injuries. The attachmant was tmmadi- | Rhort wounded. B = 4 ately released, a bond being given by New York brokers. - e 4 YN GO OIY PV, WA AN CEE MRS. WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT JR. (FORMERLY VIRGINIA FAIR OF SAN FRANCISCO), WHO, WITH HER HUS- BAND D CHAUFFEUR, WERE ATTACKED BY AN ITALIAN MOB, INCITED TO REVENGE BY THE ACCIDENTAL RUNNIN DOWN OF A CHILD BY THE VANDERBILT AUTO. SHP SUBSIDY BILL FAVORED Y PRESIDENT Measure Is Regarded as of Utmost Im- portance. Bpecial Diepatch to The Call, 'WASHINGTON, Feb. 24— Prestdent Roosevelt has come out unqualifiedly in favor of the ship subsidy bill which re- cently passed the Senate and is now be- fore the House. “I believe the shipping bill, next to the rallway rate bill, to be of the utmost importance,” the President told Repre- sentative Humphrey v.]t ‘Washington to- day. He assured Humphrey that he would do all in his power to aid In getting 1t passed by the House. The sentiment in the House is against passing the ship subsidy bill at this ses- sfon. Members do not belleve it wise to pass a subsidy bill with a deflcit already assured in the treasury and the fall elec- | tions approaching. e e Dropped From Roll of the Army. W. GTON, Feb. 24.—First Lieu- tenant Arthur H. Freshwater, Twenty- ninth Infantry, has been dropped from the rolls of the army by direction of the President for desertion, having been absent without leave three months. Lieutenant Freshwater disap- peared from his station at Fort Bliss, Tex., after charges had been preferred | against him for embezzlement and other financial irreguldrities and it ap- pears that he went into Mexico. He was appointed lfeutenant from the ranks. LOUISVILLE, Ky. Feb.- 24—The Evening Post has a brief dispatch from 1 Hindeman, Ky. saying that late last i night, in an attempt to arrest Faro and Perry Ilone and Henry C. Short at a ! place elght miles from Hindeman, the Ilone boys were killed an@ Deputy In- ternal Revenue Collectors Holiday and ROCKEFELLER SAD T0 BE IN A SANITARIUM Mysterious Invalid En- ters Battle Creek Institution. —_— Bpecial Dispatch to The Call BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Feb. 24.—Un- usual precautions taken at the Battle Creek Sanitarium to shield the identity of the latest arrival from New York lends weight to the report that the incognito patient is John D. Rockefeller. Six expensive suites of rooms were re- served for the mysterious visitor and a force of attendants was set at work clean- ing and refurnishing the apartments. ‘When the through traln from the east ar- | rived three closed carriages from the san- | itarium were at the statien and the name- less patlent, heavily wrapped, in spite of | the sultry weather, was hurried from the | private car to one of the carriages. | prize. He was surrounded by a bevy of at- tendants, who kept so closely about him | they are 2 years old. that it was impossible to get more than a | that age, however. glimpse between the car and the car-| $10,000 a year gad that riage. » to §15,000 between the ages | | the event of either dying | sue ‘whole inheritance goes son, save a provision for the it both die without issue, the reverts to other hefrs. —_—————— GREAT ESTATE FOh SON THKT HARKES FIRST Stetson’s Will Shows Antipathy to Race Suicids. 3; Santa Fe's Summer Tourist Rates. CHICAGO, Feb. 24—~The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Raliroad Com- | pany today announced that it had de- | cided to put into effect summer tourist rates to s Angeles, San Diego and GOVERNMENT LABORERS coMm San Francisco, tickets to be placed on UNDER CIVIL SERVICE RULE sale daily, from June 1 to September & 15, with a final limit of October 31.; The rate from Chicago will be $75, from | St. Louis 369 and from Missouri River | * point§ $60. There will be a Summer WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—President rate to Phoenix, Prescott and the Grand Canyon, $5 less than those mentioned to Far Western points. | Roosevelt today issued an executive or- ot | der relative to the employment ervice t.hm of the 5 B SRR el T S . ment. The order provides Tornado, Strikes Mississipp! Town. hereafter no person shall be. HATTIESBURG, - Miss., Feb. 24—A | to the position of laborer tornado truck the northwestern section | certification under the ecivil of this pluce today. The home of Mrs. rules. All persons so M. E. Dearmond was demolished and | be subject to the supervision of the Mrs. Dearmond and her son were badlv cavnmca:-l-. injured. Much property damage was employed may regarded as done, but no one was killed | upon the spproval of the -