The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1906, Page 1

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Thugsdey; brisk west wind. G. H. WILLSON, Local Forecaster. ALHAMBRA—"The Fa ALCAZAR—'‘The Girl Eyes. CALIFORNIA—"The Baltimore Beau- ties."” CENTRAL—"'Quéen of Convicts." CHUTES—Vaudeville. COLUMBIA—"The Strength Weak." GRAND—"‘The Belle of “The ‘Wedding." 1th the Green Matinee. of the New_York.™ Proud Prince.” lle. | Matines. VOLUME XCIX MARCH 1, 1906. PRICE FIVE SIMPSON SIOESTEPS (UPDS NET Alameha SenatorIs |Positive “He' Is | Not Engaged liss Isabelle / Declares’ He Is Her q Affianced. Ber other Says So Too, and i Frightened Solon Hires an Attorney. \ i ALAMEDA, ¥eb.' 28—Is State Senator Shd City Attorney M. W. Simpson en- ®aged to wed Miss' Isebelle Davis, a willowy blonde; the daughter of Mr. and Mre. Cyrus H. Davis of 1827 aveaue? uncement that such engage- pEon, with much indig- that the proposition, that ng is preposterous and that is co. rned there will be sea on ppan as ¢ grisen over . this_ del sel to protect y w question. ve: It culm 2 telephone ¢.kland newspaper which read: S LANGI WA Byb. 7 g -Mrs. CHL < Ao b alofun B e eugugeadent #4 her daugh er, Miss Isabelle Davis, to fenator M. V. Simpson, City Attorney The wedding will fake place ated today when Mrs. future, no definite date hav- ing as gt bec set.” SIMPSON ENGAGES COUNSEL. th re eyes of | son he was wrathy. “This | v unauthorized,” aged to Miss The mat- attention in laced it in the , who will repre- evening at the ought Cyrus H the household, to rise at “I have e all day on othing about this. seard of any engage- before.” MISS DAVIS IS POSITIVE. ¥s. Deyis and her daughter were kland until late tonight. turn Mrs. Davis accepted for having caused the cement to have been made and Mics Davis modestly but firmly cor- roberated her mother's statement. { Atjorney Tappan added a paragraph }to tf » dispute by saying: “Mrs. Davis came to see me last #ight in regard to the affair. She was very vociferous and I have come to the contlusion that a mother’s anxiety to make a good match for her daughter Easicaused an unwarranted annouace- x be made. You can say flatly sfvocally that there will be no between Senator Simpson and sella Davis. At present I am #91 ready to say all that I think about except to declare that has no foundation for the she has made.” ator Simpson, when Informed that Mtk Davis and her daughter persisted 38 thelr declaration concerning the en- E8kzement, repeated that it made no dif- fefenoe to Lim what they said—his at- Ude was unchanged. 4 ————————— O, TANK STEAMSHIPS COMING TO THE PACIFIC Wi Be Operated in Commection With the Union Company of San Franeisco. SEW YORK. Feb. 28.—At the offices of Walradt & Blaney, attorneys for the Unlited Steamship Company, incorpo- 4 wton, N. J., on Tuesday, of $1,000,000, it was sdid that the company would estab- an ofl tank ship service in connec- with the Union Oil Company of . Francisco. Pwo vessels, the Minnetonka and the newasks, built in Clevgland, form- ¥ in the service on the Great Lakes, @44 which were brought through the e canal in sections some time ago, ®% to form the beginning of the com- Piny's fleet. {"he vessels. now at Newport News, 81 be used in trade between San neisco and the Sandwich Islands. R King Hdward in Good Health, TENNA, ¥eh, 28—Dr. Ott, King Ed- rd's Marienbad physician, has takeén oceasion of his return from his visit ngland to publicly deny the rumors the King's iliness. These, Dr. Ott -Jares, sre malicious inventions pos- iy traceable to political motives. He »# King Edward was never in bet- benlth than at present. Davis| Pacific | and ber daughter have made | denial, declares that | the Davises | n ‘has become | on has_re- | hich has rouble hzs been brewing for sev- | n announcement to an | Davis | > | dise declared “Mr. Simpson and my daughte have been g monihs. There g more to be | seidrat preser nat 1 did an- nounye the fact.” FRIENDS OF FISH GIVE HARRIMAN WARNING T breaten Reprisals if He Ousts the 1/li- nois Central’s President. o+ { | | | NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—The statement comes from an authoritative 'sburce that E. H. ‘Harriman has been admon- ished by powerful financial interests that if he persists in his attempt to drive Stuyvesant Fish out of the presj- dency of the Illinois Central Railway | he will antagonize influences in a posi- tion to exact reparation. Notwith- | standing this = admonition, it is saild, Henry H. Rogers ana E. H. Harriman{ | ssed, in \he laiter's offices in the | | Equitable building today, plans for car- | | rying on the fight against Fish. The ousting of Fish and the acquisi- | | | tion of control of the Illinois Central y Harrimdn. wotild-‘mean, 1t is said, much more “than the settlement of a bitter personal feud. . The THinois Cen- tral owns many millions of securities | of other companies which, under the conservative policy of Fish, have been carried on' the books at their actual cost, while their market value is more | than double their cost. .Skilled finan- ciers could easily manipulate their dis- position on- lines favorable to them- seives. The trafic arrangements made by "ish for the Jilinois Central are not favorable to the.Union Pacific. which is controlled by Harriman. This is sald to be one of-the-considerations which has induced Harriman to enter the fight against Fish. Fish, it is said, has the backing of |all the cther large stockholders except the Union Pacific-Harriman interests, ‘and Fish has the confidence of nearly all of the many thousands of others | | RAILROAD PRESIDENT WHOM EDWARD H. HARRIMAN 1S AT- TEMPTING TO DEPOSE. THREE HUNORED MICE RELEASED N BALLROOM Society Innovation Re- sults in Stampede of Women. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. hundred white mice were offered up on | who own a clear majority of the Illi- nols Central’s capital stock. Colonel J. J. Astor, Cornellus Van- | derbilt and R. W. Goelet are heavy stockholders and directors of the Illi- nois Central. All of these interests | have intimated very plainiy that in the | event of any hostile movement against | Fish they will line up with him. Well- informed persons say, furthermore, 28.—Three that the foreign stockholders—and there are a great many—are too well | th® ;8ltar “of gayety tonight at the | satisfled with the present condition ot |Pachelors’ ball, an exclusive affair, which every year ushers in Lent., This innovation took the place of a flock of doves released last year at midnight. The mice, however, caused a panic among the women, who had not been admitted into the scheme. Some of the girls fainted and a few matrons screamed. There was a display that put any ballet of this year to shame. That was what the mice were released for. The bachelors’ ball is the gayest of all ‘gay functions here. The spirit of Mardi Gras prevails. Last year, after the dove episode, a beautiful and high- placed young soclety girl rolled from one end of the ballroom floor to the other. Tonight maskers entered the room, in which the idea of Mardl Gras had been carried out picturesquely. At midnight a' trumpet sounded and all unmasked for supper. Afterward came the surprise. In the middle of a auadrille all the lights went out and a great moon arose in the back; und. Bhowers of white confett! fell from the ceiling, then gusts of wind began to blow, developing into a tempest that changed the ballroom into a blizzard. the Illinois Central's affairs to consent | to any change in ma ment. —_————— THUGS CONTINUE BRUTAL ATTACKS ON CHICAGO WOMEN | Negro Footpad and “Jack the. Clipper” Still Succeed in Eluding the Police. CHICAGO, Feb. 28.—The Chicago Po- lice Department today put out a drag- net for thugs that have attacked sever. women within the last twenty- four houre in this city and Evanston. Two of the latest victims of street out- lawry were asselled by the same negro that attacked and robbed Della Troy of 4145 Evans avenue, and a little girl on the West Side was the victim of the same “Jack the Clipper” who caused a reign of terror for many weeks past. Here is a complete list of the victims of the past twenty-four hours: Della Troy, 4145 Evans avenue, robbed of a purse by a negro highway- man at Forty-seventh street and Evans avenue. Ella Ambrose, 4187 Ellis averie, held up and robbed by a negro answering the description of Miss Troy's assailant. Alice Stray, a high school girl of ; Vi L tta d v T vanston. 0 "4d bY a| American in Pine Ialand Prison. Mrs. Sadle Harris, 2704 Dearborn |, HAVANA, Feb. 28.—The American street, attacked by a negro highwa jmprisoned in the Isle of Pines is A. i - | 7. Moerke of Columbfa, Isle of Pines. man in the hallway of her home and robbed of $5. Tillie Friedman, aged nine,'26 John- ston street, a victim of Bt clipper. Nellle McSweeny, a servant \at 3740 Michigan avenue, followed by negro on Drexel boulevard just befome the Troy hold-up. She confronted him (With. He was taken into custody because he refused to pay the storekeeper’s tax on the ground that the Isle of Pines Iy not under Cuba’s jurisdiction. ————————————— ‘ot troops teday ‘estants outside boldly and he walked around her out attacking her. ; Woman attacked at Western A and Madison street by Fras cailant e Bell. Ruef retglbed a blow on the fore- head from { fist, but was not hurt much. i The attack made at a time when Ruef’s outer o contained many people | | wishing to canslfit him about business or | politics. Those® Yiger for an opportunity Billy Bell Attacks Attorney in His ; Office. e District “Worker Is Angry at Fancied I, | | | | Burly Intruder. For the first ;e in his career in local politics Abrahas®Ruef, attorney and con- fAdential advisef o the Mayor, was made the victim of af issault yesterday even- ing. He was a cked in his office by a district henchm Willlam J. Bell of the Building Trade, ‘ouncil and by profes- slon a master § 1ter. Fallure to secure a coveted appo ,ment is attributed as the cause of th grievance cherished by | to aistinguish { ran _hastily fortara when Ruef threw opén the doordip the inner office and hustled the a Ppregence and steps 1o the was No particular gen- ¢ Utved in the ejection of and at f: ireet deor he made his & Wi ater captured and lodged in «-aver night to cool off. It expéected that ue Will be duly re- ntant this morning and that there will e no prosecution. RUEF SENDS BELL A NOTE. Bell's animosity arose primarily over failure to secure an appointment as Cfty Poundman from the administration and was further enhanced by a letter sent him by Ruef. Bell, who has for many years been doing politics in the Thirty- first District as a side line to his work as painter, has been a consistent opponent of Ruef until the last election, when he came out strong for the Schmitz ticket. Soon after the ticket was elected Bell ap- proached Ruef regarding the position at the pound. Several times he was told by the at- torney that there was ‘“nothing doing,” as the pound was under control of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His importunities became so great that Ruef wrote him a short note, saying that in the event of a vacancy he would see what could be done. This letter Bell showed with pride to his friends as an evidence of his close touch with the administration. Their an- swers, however, were: scoffs and ridicule. They told the painter that it was Ruef's way of turning down an applicant. This idea took root and after fortifying him- self with liquld stimulants Bell appeared at Ruef's office at 8 o'clock last night. BURSTS INTO PRIVATE OFFICE. In the waiting-room he talked,loud- ly to the assembled throng regarding his alleged wrong and finally in _a fit of pa: n burst into Ruef’s private of- fice, where the attorney was seated, in conference with another attorney. “Did you write me this letter?” loud- ly exclaimed Bell, rushing upon the seated man and excitedly waving, the missive under his nose. Barely had Ruef replied in the af- firmative when Bell, who is a heavy- weight, swung a fist that landed on Ruef’'s forehead. Before the blow could be repeated the other attorney inter- fered and Ruef opened the door lead- ing to the main waiting-room. At the call of the chief the crowd rushed in pellmell and fell upon the burly painter. In their eagerness to rescue Ruef, Bell was hustied danger- ously close to the large window in the reception-room that overlooks the street, three stories below. Along the corridor, down the winding stairs and out of the building the man was rough- ly hustled. Later Detectives Reagan and O'Connell took him in tow. The blow, fortunately for Ruef, landed above the right eye and a swollen and abrased forehead is the only sign of the assault, ‘William J. Bell is, the husband of Mary Bell, who was stabbed by Emma Oliver, a walitress in the Del Paso, restaurant, on May 21 last. Mrs. Bell | had gone to the restaurant to remon- strate with the waitress for an alleged familiarity with her htisband. The in- jured woman was taken to the Harbor Hospital and the Ollver woman made her escape. —_—e———— WIRELESS MESSAGES FAIL AT SUNSET AND SUNRISE Navy Department to Make Tests to Learn Cause of Strange Condition. . NEW YORK, Veb. 28.—Wirelesy tele- graph tests are to be made during the next thirty days by officers in charge of the stations established by the Navy Department to determine if possible the -ause of many fallures to receive and to send messages at sunrise and sun- set. The navy operators were the first to make the discovery of this strange and important phenomenon. 4 y Just why the power of the wireles: apparatus and.ib waves should be at the et or at sunrise, ficult to j the twenty-four young women, who, ae- NOTED CLERGYMAN -DESCRIBES DRINKING BOUTS OF W0 Rev. Madison C Peters, a noted New York clergyman, has caused a furor in smarl-set circlés by accusations of intemperance against sociely women. IHe describes spectfic incidents in support of his statements. Dr. Peters Stirs Up Society Folk of New York. Tells of Luncheon WithChampagne | Feature. . Seven Dozen Cigar- ettes Smoked at Table. e — Special Dispatch to The Call. | NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Indignation was expressed by persons in high soclety to- day over the sweeping statement of Rev. Madison C. Peters that American women are addicted to intemperance. Asked for the facts on which his statement was based, gallantry restrained him from tell- ing some things which, he said, he knew. When pressed for more information about cording to a story he told an audience on Tuesday night, drank thirty-six bot- tles of champagne at a luncheon, the clergyman declined to go into details. He had heard, also, that fitteen of the num- ber smoked seven dozen clgarettes. “I have no doubt the story is abso- lutely true,”. said Dr., Peters. “It was a luncheofr in & private house, Now, there is no use asking me for any more about this, for really it wouid not be right for me to tell. I only mention this as an example. It is a-fact that Young girvle are dArinking to excess these days; and, do you know, some of them actiially have ta be assisted—or escorted, shall I say?— after some of these dinners, from their carriages to the doors of their houses.” “And do these women smoke cigar- ettes?” “Yes, indeed,” replied the clergyman. “I know that, for I have seen them do 1 do not see,” he continued, “why the which 1 have mentioned showid cause any surprise. What I say can easily be verified by going to any fashionable hotel or restaurant. “When 1 came to this city, seventeen years ago, I never heard of such a thin~ as women drinking, but now it is not un- usual to observe women drinking. I do not mean- taking a glass of wine in a moderate way, but beginning with a cocktail, having three or four kinds of wine and after that liquors. Why, I have seen young girls sitting with men twice their age taking drink after drink with them.” “And does this apply to all classes?” ““This habit ig reaching all classes,” was the reply. “The unexampled prosperity of the country and the fact that wealthy persons from all parts of the country come here to spend their money has re- sulted in there being large idle classes. ‘Women prominent in New York soclety drink, and this example is followed by the middle classes, and then others of the stratum below them drink. Nearly ail grocery stores have liquor on the premises, which certainly shows that drinking is on the increase. HINE OWNERS ME DIVDED Stormy Conference Over the Question of Granting the Demands of the Union i PITTSBURG, Feb. 28.—Neither Chair- man F. L. Robbins of the Pittsburg Coal Company, who presided at today’s con- ference of the mine owners, nor any of the operators present would say anything after the. meeting of tonight. It was learned from a reliable source, however, that the meeting was most tumultuous, and that several of the operators present expressed themselves in impassioned speeches. The Indiana and Ohio operators stood as a body against\granting the 55 ad- vance, while the Illinois operators and Pittsburg district operators were divided. The independent operators of the Pitts- burg district firmly opposed the sugges- tion for the advance. Robbins taok occa- sion to deny in an emphatic manner that he had any understanding with President John Mitchell of the United Mine Work- ers to restore the scale of two years ago. it. simple facts Pbyens - A + ONE MILLION DOLLARS AL HE REQUIRES Hotel Man Now Ready to Lead a Life of Ease. Epectal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Thomas H. Hilliard, manager of the Waldorf-As- toria, has “made ‘his million” and stopped work. He resigned today. “I've worked long enough and hard enough,” sald Hilliard today, “and now I'm through with work forever. I'm uot anXlous to make a large fortune. I have enough to live on and I'm will- ing to rest. My wife and I sail on the Campania on Saturday to visit our old home at Belfast, Ireland. and from there we shall start on a long tour of England and the Continent. I don't know when we'll be back.” Hilliard came from Ireland to Phila- delphia twenty-five years ago. He en- tered the employ of George C. Boldt, became manager of the Hotel Bellevue and when the Waldorf was projected devised many of its modern conveni- ences. He was made manager of the new hotel and later of the united Wal- dorf-Astoria. Hilliard has the reputation of belng the ablest hotel manager of the coun- try. Many of the biggest financi were his friends and through their vice he has invested his savings, that his fortune is estimated at $1,000,- 000. He always said that when he be- came a milllonaire he would retire to a life of ease. MIKKELSEN TELLS PLANS OF JOURNEY Explorer m to Leave San Franeisco by First of May. Special Dispateh to The Call. so President John H. Winder of the Sunday Creek Company, Columbus, Ohio, which ! is the largest producer in Ohio and a Jarge operating interest in West Virginia contested the suggestion of any advance being made. Winder is recognized as the ‘head of the J. Pierpont Morgan interests in the bituminous coal trade. George A. Magoon, vice president of the Pittsburg and Westmoreland Coal Com- pany and a member of the scale commit- tee, said to-night: “Several of the men at the meeting o] to calling another conven- were e tion of operators, but out of respect to. President Roosevelt we resolved to call a meeting. That does not mean that we will meet the miners. About five hundred operators will decide whether we will do A4 e AMOKIN, Pa., Feb. 2._At.the col- Meries controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company In P CHICAGO, Feb. 2 —Captain Ejnar Mik- Kelsen, the Danish explorer, who Is in where he Wi the which i tion, was té here Amert Mikl tiony Lettingwell during the Co i NEW YORK ARRAIC AME FOR THEIR INT. PUTS BULLDOG ITO 4 ROON WITH BURCLIR While Battle Rages Ca- nine’s Owner Sends for Police. BSgecial Dispatch to The Call WILKESBARRE, Pa, Feb. 28— Frank Boyer of Danville, who heard a burglar in his dining-room this morn= ing, thrust his big bulldog through the door and then locked it. While a hur- ricane raged inside the .zcom he tele- phoned for the police. The room was wrecked, nearly every plece of turniture in it being broken, and the burgiar, who gave his aame a8 Charles Johnson, was extremely glad to be arrested. When the en~ tered Johnson was intrenched Y sofa, where, after losing much of his clothing and some of his cuticle, he had managed to find refuge from the teeth ot the dos. —_—————— MILLER ESTATE SETTLED IN COURTS OF DENVER Sacramento Woman Appelated Jolut Guardian of Children With i G. Benson. - Lo DENVER, Feb. 28.—A settlement fu the J. D. Miller estate fight today was reached. Mrs. Esther B. Miller of Sacramento, the first wife of the de= ‘ceased, was appointed joint guardian of the children with Horace G. Bensom.. The two children are left $12,000 In cash by thé settlerpent and a life in- surance policy, which will be paid im- c":b‘ Captain | pegdiately to Benson as‘guardian. The d e: alue of the policy is said te be §10,000 and 1 held In the Conservative Life In- gurance Compary of LoS Angeies. From the $22,00u left the children Mrs. Miller is to be paid $30 a month by Bemson to care for, clothe and eédu- cate them. The widow gets a third of . PETERSBURG, Feb. 23.—The of« * v announces that a

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