The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1906, Page 1

San Monday G. H THE WEATHER. Forecast for February 26, 1906: Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy light southerly winds. WILLSON, Forecas VOLUME XCIX—NO. &8. THE CALL PRINTS MORE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPER PUBLISHED IN SAN. FRANCISCO N Eyes. CALIFORNIA— ties." CENTRAL—“A CH! THE THEATERS. \ ALHAMBRA—“The Fatal Wedding.” ALCAZAR—'"The Girl With the Green §34dl “The Baltimore Beau- 'UTES—Vaudeville. COLUMBIA—‘The Strength of the Weak." GRAND—"The Bells of New York.” MAJESTIC—“The Proud Prince.”” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—"'The Isle of Spice.” Tale of Two Ol Matinee. AN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GERMAN-AMERICANS MAKE GIFT TO THE KAISER HIS SILVER WEDDING <+ = House 1 bodies at the names showing & cipalities and ed or donated out of e Emperor and Empress. t ital extensions, It new f of suffering, | at the money re- | to $10,000,000 or $12,000,- of donations is quite About 100 thelr congratulation | Bmperor also received‘a deputation | m the United German Veteran Socie- h America, consisting of ol o fought in the wars with Den mark, Austria and France! The veterans | were introduced by Vice Admiral Buech- gel, chief of the Admiralty, ‘who is &n 3 member of the socleties. This presented the Emperor and 8 huge bowl resting on an the whole about five feet in t. Three buffalo heads, surmounted | bronze figures of Indlans, are on the of the cup, which is also decorated bows and arrows. The bowl con- o portraits of Emperor Wiiliam resident Roosevelt and designs sym- of German and American relations. ng of Prince Eitel Fritz, sec- | Emperor William, and the phie Charlotte of Oldenberg on | I almost be a replica of that n Prince and Crown Princess Duchess Sophie, as part will enter Berlin tomor- eding through a flower »edecked way to the castle, peror, surrounded by his merous German Princes, The grandmother of the Friederich Karl of ith her into Berlin, , who is indisposed. ; filled with mem- r German royal families, these occasions the capital fifty to a hundred. They ties of Nor ly sees fro their gorgeous suites fllled up the t the gala opera pcrformance on i occupied the principal e banquet in the form a rich setting of costumes and uni- for the we ceremontes. There 1l be three o nies—the signing of the marriage contract under the statutes of the house of Hohenzollern tomorrow, the administering of the civil law service on Tuesday an 1 hour later the re- ligious rites in the chape] of the castle, Dr. Dryander, the court chaplain, will of- the religious ceremony. 1 S e TR L 2k Aged Invalid Ends Life. NA, Feb. 25.—An invalid for | years and despondent over his condi- | tion, Jerdan J. Denny, about 70 years | of age, ended his life at his home here today with a revolver. He shot him- self in the head. POD ANNIVERSARY GERMAN EMPEROR AND WIFE, | WHO WILL CBLEBRATE SILVER | WHEN DERTIT PULLS TOOTH Man’s Blindness Due to Trouble With His Masticators. Epecial Diepatch to The Call COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 2.—Willard Huffmann, who recovered the sense of sight in bis right eye and was relieved of an aching “eye” tooth at the same time yesterday, finds that the eye con- tinues to gain strength, and it is be- lieved 1t will soon be restored to & per- fect condition. The eye had been im- paired for two years and for several months he could not distinguish light from darkness with it. He had taken treatment from a number of specialists, but recelved no benefit. They were in doubt as to the cause, beyond the fact that there was some affection of the op- tic nerves. It was a half hour after the tooth was drawn before Huffmann began to notice returning sight in his eve. Objects have continued to grow more distinct ever since DR AR T CASTRO ACCUSED 0¥ MAKING ALL SORTS OF THREATS $aid to Have Declared Americans, Eng- lisbmen and Germans Worse Thin Chinese. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Feb. 25.— Advices received here from Venezuela are to the effect that President Cas- tro says he will humble France, break the Monroe doctrine, clear out the French from Venezuela and then start on Americans, Englishmen and Ger- mans, who, he declares, areé worse than Chinese. He 1is reported as saying that he will clear the country of for- eigners. He is very bitter against Americans, who, he says, are after his | country. The populace is yearning for “an American protectorate, and the better class of Venezuelans are reported as saying that the situation demands im- mediate intervention by the United States for the sake of humanity, N Z = 7 2 = 1 (ISERHNTS AT POSSIBILITY OF HOSTILITIES WarLord’s Words Con- vey a Warning to France. Special Cablegram to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1806, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. BERLIN, Feb. 25.—The Kaiser, upon the occasion of the opening af the cele- bration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his marriage, recelved, among others, the Regent of Brunswick, Prince Al- brecht, who presenteéd congratulations on the part of the army and navy. The Kalser, in reply, sald: “My first and last care is for my fighting forces on land and sea, and that of the’ Empress is for the allevia- tion of thosa who are victims of pov- erty and {liness. “God grant that war may not come, but should the cloud descend I am firmly convinced that the army will ac- quit itself as it did so nobly thirty-five years ago.” ALGECIRAS, Feb. 25.—The bank pro- ject which the Moorish delegation put forward at the session of the Moroccan conference on Saturday is, according to the French and British delegates, a loosely drafted mixture of the German and French proposals, following chiefly the German lines., The British and German delegates hint that the project is of German inspiration and that its object is to indicate the concessions Germany is prepared to make. The committee on revision, which is considering the three bank projects, has instructions to endeavor to agree on a defnite draft of the proposals and to submit it to the full conference at the earliest date possible. A pessimis- tic view obtains among the French and British delegations concerning the likclihood of an agreement being reached on the final draft. They fore- see the probabllity of the conference leaving the bank question unsettled and proceeding to the discussion of the police problem. e Bodies Found In Ruins. GAMBIER, Ohio, Feb. 25.—The charred bodies of Cadets Winfield Scott | Kunkle of Ashtabula, Ohlo; J. E, Hen- derson of Ridge Farm, Ill, and James J. Fuller of Warren, Ohio, were found in the ruins of Delano Hall this after- noon. There is no satisfactory explana- tlon as to what caused the fire. Some are of the opinion that oily rags may have caused spontaneous combustion. The floors of the building were olled. and this, in part at least, accounts for the rapidity of the fire. LOVETURNS 10 HATRED OF MIZNER Bride Relates the Story of Her Wedding, Says the Californian Wooed Her for Her Wealth. uoien | L She Is Determined Thé.t He Shall Never Succeed in His Design. NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Mrs. Mizner- Yerkes has at last broken her silence and has told the story of her romantic mar- riage to Wilson Mizner and the subse- quent separation. “I am Mrs. Yerkes,” she said today. “I am Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes, if you will. But from this day forth and forevermore I will never be called Mrs. Wilson Miz- ner—never!"” “It has been a horrible mistake,” she continued, “but it has ended now. The strain of the past few weeks has made me worn and thin. It has almost made me old. I dread the outside world. I dread the thought of travel. I dread everything. He came at a time when I was looking at life through eyes that were filled with tears,” she continued, referring to Mizner. ““I was sorrowful, full of de- spair. How could I know that he was not what he seemed to be? How could any one know? " WILSON AS A WOOER. “He was charming, full of youth and strength, and, besides, he was an artist— a real artist. He was an artist in every- tth!n.g. He would read to me delightfully from in the library. He would play on the plafio with worderful Teeling; and his volce was superb. He enchanted me. | How could I know that he was an actor— that his tenderness and spontaneity were all carefully planned the day before? Does any woman know? “His dress was immaculate, his man- | ners perfect. Ie entered with such deli- | cacy into the most fleeting of my moods. | He knew I mourned and he knew how to sympathize. And I did mourn, really, for whatever the world may think I knew that Charley Yerkes loved me. “Mizner planned the delights of a year of travel abroad,” she continued. “There was no country we should not ses to- gether. Then he brought his friends to my home. They told me he loved me. The thought never entered my head that | he wanted my money. And now I cannot | believe that that was the whole motive behind his wooing. I cannot conceive of one so spiritual, capable of such wonder- ful thoughts and ideals, at the same time so base.”” LOYAL TO THE DEPARTED. Mrs. Mizner held up her slender left hand. There was & ring on the third finger. ‘“That is the ring,” she said, ‘‘that was placed there by Charley Yerkes. He loved me for myself alone. Oh, I know that there are those who think and talk about the Grigsby woman, but Charley Yerkes loved me just the same. “I want Mizner dropped out of my mem- ory. I do no longer care for him. He besieges me to take him back. Why should I? I have found the horrible mis- take I have made and will abide by my cooler, more deliberate judgment. The man was after my money. Will he get it? Never. He pleads and implores, but I will never yield.” ‘Wilson Mizner said tonight: “Money mever cut any figure in our affairs. The story that I accepted $20,000 ‘to quit my wife Is a malicious and scand- alous falsehood. Money was never men- tioned between us before or since our marriage. I have never asked my wife for a penny and never will. I still have a most affectionate and respectful esteem for her. I see her for a little chat every day. I am not so black as I have been painted.” CLERK’S SHARP EYE FOILS SWINDLERS Notes Change of a Single Word in Forged Rail- way Certificates. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—With the re- arrest of Samuel J. Humphreys and the arrest of S. E. Smith to-night, on the eve of the day when Charles A. Sexton is to be sentenced for having swindled a Texas railway. the notorious Norfolk and Western Railway forgeries are be- lieved to have been cleared up. Mystery was thrown around the case by the detectives. Humphreys himself gaid he had been ordered to go to the Tombs and “keep his mouth shut. Smith has not appeared in the case b fore, but there was a mysterious “E. L. Green” for whom the police have been searching. Humphreys was sent back to the Tombs on a charge of breaking his parole, while Smith was held on a short affidavit charging him withh complicity in the swindles. Only the sharp eve of a clerk of a trust company prevented perhaps the largest swindle forgery ever attempted in this country. The swindlers, through a forg: ter purporting to come from the presi- dent of the Norfolk and Western Railway, obtained from a reputable graving company a fac simile of the Norfolk and Western certificates, ex- cept that they used ‘railroad” for “rail- way.” They contemplated selling some of the certificates and hypothe- cating others for loans. They would have netted nearly $5,000,000 if suc- cessful, but realized only $8000 before they were captured. T let- 1 BERKELEY, Feb. 25.—Good fortune has come to J. G. Pollock, a photographer of Berkeley, following a run of odd mis- fortunes, and the artist who now basks in the smile of the fickle Dame is con- vinced that if a man will only wait long enough the turn in the road is sure to come, and the dull gray clouds will turn to gold. barrassments caused principally by: the crookedness of former partners-and’ em- ployes whereby he was mulcted of thou- sands of dollars, now puts- his feet be- neath a heavily laden dining table in a mansion at 175 Santa Clara avenue, in the Piedmont district: of Oakland; has fine Mnen and silver and china on. the board, surveys a fat checkbook represent- ing money in the bank, and also is able to contemplate with serenity deeds to val- uable property in Oakland and other parts of California that have just come into his family. Mrs. Pollock has inherited wealth. That is the secret of the change. Her husband, the hitherto luckless artist of a photo- graph gallery at Shattuck avenue and Center street, shares her luck, and -the entire Pollock family is “all to the good,” in Pollock’s own phrase. The estate of Mrs. Jennle de Vine, who formerly resided at 175 Santa Clara ave- nue in Oakland, has just been divided, and Mrs. Pollock’s share as & niece rep- resents nearly $60,00. The estate con- sisted of a ranch at Byrnes, Oregon, one of the finest in-the Nortnwest; about $12,000 cash in tank and property in Oak- land. 2 : Kate Snow, & distant relatlve of Mr. de Vine’s, the latter having been dead for several years, and F. J. Simpson, a brother of Mrs.: de Vine, are the only other . heirs besides Mrs. - Pollock ' of’ Berkeley. Pollock recently experienced.a run of bad luck that seemed as though the fates were against him. A partner named:Ol- sen cheated him out of thousands.last year in San Francisco; a representative who was' given charge of his’interests in Sacramento decamped with thousands of dollars; and to cap the climax a’dis- honest employe named Sidney Thorn em- bezzled coin and stole valuable photo- graph apparatus last summer, leaving no clew that the authorities ever were able to follow up. CUBAN RURAL GUARDS ATTACKED BY RIOTERS Corporal and Sergeant Killed and Four Soldiers Wounded. HAVANA, Feb. 25.—The quarters in the town of Quanabacoa occupied by twenty-five, rural guards were at- tacked this morning by about thirty rioters, armed with rifles and revolvers, who suddenly entered from the rear- and began shooting h‘ldlscl‘lmlnltelyl into the dormitories of the sleeping soldiers, shouting, “Long live the con- stitution!” “Long lve the Liberal party!” and “Down with the rural guard! As soon as the dazed soldiers realized the situation they seized their arms and began to return the fire, whereupon the rioters fled. None of them have beenl arrested. % It was found that a sergeant had been killed in his bed and that a cor- poral on guard also was killed, while four rural guards were wounded. Nothing took place during Saturday’s celebration of Independence day o cause the attack except that the rural guards prevented a group of striking bakers from _interfering with work in a local bakery. The rural guards say that the leader of the rioters wore a policemdn’s uniform and they claim | to have recognized some of the others. Pollock, after enduring financial em- | —> —_— WOMAN ON WHOM FORTUNE H. Lt AS SMILED WHEN LIFE LOOKED ITS DARKEST. COLORDO AN PHOTOCRIPYS HSTHOUCHTS Reproduces a Mental Portrait -of - His ‘Father. _— e COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 25.— A. 'H. Cutting of Colorado City claims to have demonstrated that the magnetic or vital fluld from the brain makes its mark upon a photographic film and re- produces the object of thought. On Thursday a friend went to Cutting’s office and told him that he had just read of Major Darget's experiments in Paris in photographing thought. Cutting at once said he would try it. He took a photographic plate from an unbroken package and, accompanied by his friend, went into a darkened cellar. The plate was tied across his forehead, and for thir- ty minutes his thoughts were concen- trated upon the features of his father, whom_he remembered only by a picture. When the plate was developed a distinct outline of his father's face was there. Major Darget of the Polytechnic School of France, who made the discovery of thought photography some months ago, calls it human magnetism. The Academy of Science in Paris agreed with the de- duction given by Major Darget that the vital fluid seems to have its reservoir in the brain and thence circulate through { the body by the nerve canalg, notably to the fingers. It develops the body as mag- netism does steel, and it fs this envelope which, constantly absorbing the universal fluid, digests and vitalizes it. The atmosphere, which is sald to be mineral, also absorbs the vital fluid and releases it as electricity. Upon this the- ory, Cutting believes, he can vitalize plants until they will attain abnormal growth. Liner in Heavy Storm. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25. — The American Line steamship Nordland ar- rived here tdday from Liverpool and Queenstown, four days late. The steam- ship encountered a succession of heavy gales and several times during the voy- age had to lay to for hours. Oil was frequently used with good effect to calm the sea. - /4 | made against his life. | told me that | either clemency or reward by McPar- OF ORCHARD COMPLETE Idaho's Governor Believes It Is True. : Twenty - Six Murders Described by the Prisoner. State’s Executive Promises Fair Trial to Ac- cused Men. Special Dispatch to The Call BOISE, Idahe, Feb. 25.—Governor Gooding tonight issued the following statement with respect 4o the ex-Gov- ernor Steunenberg assassination case: “I want to state officially that Harry Orchard has made a full confession a3 to the manner and motive of the assas- sination of ex-Governor Steunenberg, telling of the plans made and giving the names of these making them. The assassination of ex-Governor Steunea~ berg, which occurred at his own gate on the evening of December 30, 1305, was the third attempt that Orchard This confession was made to Captain James McPar- land. It included a history of his life from his early boyhood up to the time of his arrest. In the confession Or- chard implicated all those now under arrest and others, including J. L. Simp- kins. He told the story of twenty-six ! murders, the result of conspiracies in which all the accused parties were - terested. When this story is given to the publle ‘I belleve It will be the greatest narrative of crime which the world knows. “There has never been any doubt as to the truth of Orchard's confession among those who are fam#liar with the crimes committed in Idaho and Colo- rado and charged to the inner circle of the Western Federation of Miners. | I attribute Orchard’'s confession to the great brain of James McParland, who has been employed by the State to run down the murderers of ex-Governor, Stuenenberg. I have seen Orchard my- self since this confession was made. He he was not promised land or any one else. EARLY TRAINING TRIUMPHS, “McParland was alded in his work by Orchard’'s early training. In his boy- hood the Bible was read night and morning by his parents. The Impres- sion of the early days came up and smote his conscience when he was brought face to face with his God. He told me that he believed in the Su- preme Being and a hereafter, and that now his one thought was to make peace with his Maker. “The finding of the bomb at Judg Goddard’s gate and many other muy th which will later be made known at trial have proved the truthfulness of Orchard’'s confession beyond all un tion to those familiar with his story. “The State desires to secure justice. There 1s no thought. of punishing fhe tn= nocent or waging war on any labor or- ganization. The assassination of ex-Gove ernor Steunenberg, a grave offense against the State of Idaho, was com- mitted. _As its executive, I feit it my duty to bend every energy toward the discovery of the gullty parties and their fitting punishment. I wish to announce that I have withdrawn the offer of $5000 reward, made by the State, for the punm~ ishment of gullty partles and have ad- vised the parties who had offeged rewards to do likewise. They have to, and today there is not a single of reward offered for the conmviction of the murderers of Steunenberg. A reward of $1000 is now offered by us for infor~ mation leading to the arrest of J. L. Simpkins, and this is the only reward now offered in connection with the Steun= enberg assassination. PROMISES A FAIR TRIAL. “My reason for withdrawing the re= ward and advising others who had offered rewards to withdraw them is that I felt that no detective association or any one else is entitled to the reward offered by the State. Harry Orchard was arrested before any detectives were on the ground, on information secured by a committee . of citizens of Caldwell, assisted by a few of us who left Boise on the special train a few minutes after the assassination of ex-Governor Steunenberg. We were all the friends and neighbors of the ex-Gov- ernor, and I am sure his services will al- ways be remembered with gratitude. “There IS no question about a fair trial. No higher class of citizens can be found than those who live in Canyon County. They have no prejudice against any class of people, be they laborers or capitalists. I am a firm believer in organized labdr, but I feel there must be more of an effort made by the members of such organiza- tions to select men of high character as their leaders. “There has been some complaint mada as to the close conflnement of Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone in the peniten~ tiary. I wish it understood that as much leniency will be given these men as the . rules of the prison will permit. They ‘have not been given prison garb or prison food. They have been furnished the same food as is placed on the table for em- ployes of the penitentiary. They will be given ample opportunity for exercise, and, with the exception of the State papers, they will be allowed any pers they newspa desire. There is not a better library in Idaho than the one at the penitentiary. They have been given access to wflll:h.flo'nlvmm‘ in with ‘managemen! that institution.” v IN ADVERSITY. Mrs. Lulu Pollock’s Inheritance Is Turn in Lane of Husband’s 11l Luck