The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 12, 1906, Page 1

G. H. WILLSON, COLUMBIA—‘“Little Johnny Jones.” GRAND—"The the Beast.' Sleeplrig Beauty and MAJESTIC—"The Bold Sojer Boy.” SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1906. FRIGHTENED TOTS SEE FATHER/IPMESE COMMIT DOUBLE TRAGED JEALOUS PAINTER DOES GORY DEED IN OAKLAND Frank Homer Shoots Wife T'wice in Head and as She Falls Sends Third Ball Into His Own Brain. Man Dies at Receiving Hospital and Sur- geons.Say the Unfortunate Woman Cannot Survive Wounds, by insane a year at the Re- crime was f two of his | fired a shot into his brain, falling within a few feet of the form of his wife. | As she saw her father fall, Ruth turned | and ran from the room, and reaching the street screamed for help, and then start- ed to find a police officer. The sound of the shots and the cries of the youngest child, Dede, had already attracted Police Officer C. F. Jorgensen, who, after tele- phoning for the ambulance, laid Mrs. Homer on the bed from which she had and did his best’ to | fallen, stanch the ! L4 — I+— Ruth, arrel ensued the wife leaving the table the parior. Homer fol- 1 after some further allow him to sleep instead of room- »mer refused, at vat she feared oft repeated » allowed him to wife iomer's conversation with his 1a Homer, his eldest ntered the house and went u; t ¥ 1 not induce he cou 1 her determination to Homer followed his P was over ughter, to ‘end it all” m to return to king for a few mo- r, Mabel left fhe ving with Frank and again re- ver. Hearing a Tom wer mother, Ruth > ¢ room in which her r and mother weré, and was horri- see her father grasp his wife by at the same timé Arawing a reve his pocket. ol drew the weapon he cried, “I will end all s right now,” and Te the girl could the struggling pair, Homer fired bienk at his wife's heada. J HTER INTERFERES, coyld fire & second shat the sped Bim by the arm and fried to wrench the weapon from his at the same time screaming for help. fier cries bro her elght-year-old room, and afte child ran the he house. Wrenching his arm free from the grasp of bls daughter, the murderous husband fired once more at his wife, and the woman fell across her bed and then rolied to the floor, with blood pouring from two wounds on the left side of her just in front of the ear. Apparently ied that he had killed his wife, Ho- turned the pistol on himself and | blood flowing from thé wounds in her head | BULLETS ALL FIND MARK. | Chief of Police Wilson at police adquerters when the néws of the crime d he at oncé took charge of the He found the pistol with which had shot himself and his wife the ficor near the body of the weapon, a cheap 32-caliber bulldog type, contained one loaded d three emy cartridges. y Every shot ed by Homer had found its mark. performe said Drs. an operation on Homer, but believed the wound fatal. and Stratton are also of the injured, although they said that she might live for two or three days. Ruth Homer, whp witnessed the shooting, told the folowing story of the LS STORY OF CRIME. ame to the house early this efore mama was up, and “Papa morning, b asked for 25 cents to buy some eggs for breakfast. Then.he went out and about 110 o'clock mama got up and made breakfast. Papa said that she had gone | out yesterday to meet some man, and she told him that she had only gone to | see Mrs. Opdyke. Then he asked her to let him sleep on the lounge in the par- lor, but she sald no, because she said | she afraid he would try to kill her. “While they were talking, my oldest sister, Mabel, came in and went up | stairs and papa followed her. I went up | to ehange my clothes and I heard papa | tell Mabel that he would end it all if { mama di& not let him come back. Then Mabel went out buggy-riding and mama came upstairs. Papa followed her into her room and then,I heard him say ‘I | will end all this right now.” I ran and opened the door and then I saw him take the pistol out of his pocket and shoot mama. “I tried to get the pistol away from him, but he got his arm free and shot mama again. Then he shot himself. I ran out of ‘the-room and went out to get a policeman and just then one came up to the house. My father has been . quarreling with mama for more than a year and last Sunday he left the house and she told him to stay away, I have heard him say several times he would kill her. MADE MANY THREATS, Homer has repeatedly made threats to end the lives of his wife and himself and so violent did his behavior finally become that on October 5 of last year he was arrested on a charge of insanity, but was discharged two days later by Judge Waste. On January 21, 1899, he was arrested on a charge of embezzlement, on a complaint of a woman with whom he was engaged in a lottery scheme, but the charge was never pressed and he was released. . Homer was formerly a vaudeville ian, his stage name being Frank Remoh. About two years ago he opened a vaudeville theater at Alcatraz Hall in West but the venture failed to ”h‘i‘.ag.u forced to give it up. Later he . employed at the Empire Theater. He was a native of New On- their arrival at the hospital Homer and his wife were cared for k ard Harry Borc t until the of Drs. R, T. Stratton, A. S. and T. A. Willlams. After ex- ng and temporarily dressing the of Mrs. Homer the surgeons | P QMER- « + JBALOUS PAINTER WHO FATALLY SHOT HIMSELF. AND WIFE WITH RE-*® YARKEE WIFE SENDS COUNT GENOA, March 11.—On complaint of his wife, who was Edith Van Buren. of New York, and whose brother is the American Consul at Nice, Count.dl Castelmenardo was today convicted of infidelity and sen- tenced to three months’ imprisonment and to pay the costs of the action. The Count has taken an appeal from the verdict of the court. The Countess di Castelmenardo is a daughter of the late General Van Buren and a great-grandniece of President Mar- tin Van Buren. She was married in Lon- don in 1900 to Count Vessichlo Gurgo di Castelmenardo, who s .a son of the Duchess Tortora Brayda di -Belvedere Gluditta Gurga di Castelmenardo of Na- ples. —————— MISS SUSAN B. ANTHONY’S DEATH HOURLY EXPECTED Leader Among Women Has a Serious Sinking Spell and Becomes Unconscious. ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 11.—Miss Susan B. Anthony s very low and is VOLVER AT THEIR HOME IN OAKLAND YESTERDAY, THE WOMAN AN THEIR TWO LITTLE CHILDREN, WHO wx’rN’tnEssED THE TRAGEDY. > I YOUNC CUBANS IN DUEL OVER Svecial Cablégram toThe Call ‘and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1908, by the New York Herald Publishing. Company. . - HAVANA, March 11—The - recent growth of ‘dueling In- Havana, espe- clally in political ~and army circles, was illustrated again this week in an affair between two well-known young Cubans, who fought over the favors of an actress now visiting this city in company with a wealthy -Amerlcan. The duelists were Captain Jose de Car- denas, who is President Palma's aid, and Fernando Mesa, a young real es- tate broker. e The actress had made an nt for dinner with Captain de but took advantage of her feminine prerogative and changed her captain would not'have been.so mor- tally offended had her escort.to dinner bten the wealthy American, but the favored man was Tnone other than.a real estate broker. and this was too much. The-army would not be flouted not expected to survive many hours. Bhe was taken with a sudden pain in the heart this afternoon and became unconscious and has remained so most of the time since. Relatives have been summoned to her bedside. Up to the time of her sinking spell she had ap- peared to be improving. 4 y —_— % York and 49 years of age. He was a member of Oakland Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and also a charter member of.| Oakland Lodge No. 26, Theatrical Me- chanics’ Association. |SSLRn e e by brokerage, nor a:Cardenas by a Mesa. 5 Captain de Cardenas pursued éd his, rival to a' public place and insulte i i o it i S o n insul - until it was plain nothing but pistols or sword could make peace. Swords were e and a spot ten minutes’ wa T Both _fiie_n ‘were wounded, but so slig] tly thai were about again that evy recelving the . felicitations of . 1 £ A The innocent cause of -, s it ST OVER CHIN SRR RS N Mikado Police Chief of Mainland. Programme Sanctioned by Great Britain and America. Yellow Nation to Be Taught to Enjoy the Benefiis of Peace. P Loraer 7 g Special Dispateh o The Call. WASHINGTON,; March 11—"It has been decided by Great Britain and the United States to let Japan carry out her outlined plan of policing China,” a diplo- mat in Peking writes to Washington. “This policing, which will be undertaken by Japanese army officers, who will be, it is proposed, in command of both Jap- anese and Chinese soldiers, ready for any possible active field service, will be joint- ly sharéd financially; by the United States and England, the two leading supporters of the Mikado, while France and Italy will be allowed to contribute according to the benefits derived by them from the protection of their people and interests there. “As you see, the agreement is very sim- there, while the United States, having & dependable military force in the Philip- pinés, could give valuable help. EMPIRE TO BE DISTRIETED. “China, in this proposed national pol- icy. will be divide into several districts, and each district will be divided into sub- Qistricts—foreign, pro-foreign, anti-for- ign and indifferent—according to the spirit of the people of any one sub-district. “The policing force will be scattered. This will give a ‘guard commensurate with the area ‘to be.guarded and under the able direction of Japanese officers, in whom the foreign countries have the full- est confidence, and it is hoped that China will become a pacific empire and be al- lowed to enjoy the benefits of peace and honest intercourse with the powers. “Furthermore, the agreement is prac- ticable, ‘because it is just. Japan accepts the nominal but great. responsibility of her own free will, but at the same time leaving some of the responsibility to the foreign powers parties to the agreement. “Japan wants liberty of commerce in China, and the powers, in exchange for her part in maintaining internatienal equilibrium at this.end of the earth, will grant her all the privileges .of trade and industry and political inter- course with China that she demands, Raving unquestionable faith in her and being sure that, whatever Japan does, even to help herself, will never be at the expgnse of a friendly nation.” GUARD FOR BRITISH LEGATION. LONDON, March 12.—The correspond- ent of the Tribune at Hongkong says mind. The | that Captain Ward, commanding a de- tachment of forty artillerymen, will proceed to Peking at the end of the month to guard the British Legation. The Taotal Wen, confidential secretary of the Viceroy of Canton, in an interview said he did net think the anti-foreign movement in the south was serious and dismissed the idea of trouble at Peking. He szid that Rear Admiral Train, com- mander-in chidf of the United States Asi- atic fleet, while taking luncheon #ith the Viceroy, ridiculed American activity in the Far East as belng directed against an expected outbreak in China. SHANGHAI, March 11.—The French gunboat Olry and -the British training ship Peal have arrived at Nanchang. The Chinese authorities have ordered a spe- ctal autopsy on the body of the magis- trate at Nanchang, who stabbed himself or was stabbed by a missionary during the recent riot at that place. WO0OD MAY BECOME to Entering the Presi- * dent’s Cabinet. ‘Special Dispateh to The Call WASHINGTON, March 11.—Believin Secretary Taft will accept the Presi- dent’s offer of an appointment as Asso- N discussing the possibility of General Leonard Wood's selection for tary of War. The Roosevelt adminis- clear the way for General Wood's a@- his ¥ ufi by friends ‘would not - be goal may be opened to _General Wood, it is WILL LSt PORTION OF - HIS BRAIN e to Desperate Operation. Given Choice Between Almost Sure Death and Insanity. Accepts Ordeal From Which Only Eight Per Cent Recover. Special Dispateh to The Call. j CASPER, Wyo.; March 11.—Dr. A. F. Hoff has departed for Chicago, where he will enter'a hospital and submit to one of the most desperate operations known to surgery, and the last resort for the relief for trigeminal neuralgia, the most palnful disease of the human structure. The agony produced by trigeminal neuralgia is so intense that, unless relief can be obtained, it is only a question of time until the sufferer is driven insane, in which condition he remains -until death mercifully inter- venes, Dr. Hoft thoroughly understands the nature of ‘his malady, from which he has sufféred for six months, and real- Jzes the hazard of the operation to ich He will subnift in’ an effort to ‘obtain relfef. So desperate is this peration, that only § per cent of the | persous Submitting .to it survive -nal oply surgeons of the most thorough s * 3 The ultimate operation for the rellef ‘of ‘trigeminal neuralgia consists of the -of _thad of .the brain rning sensation in the face. This section '0?‘the ‘brain lies 6n the floor of the brain cavity and to reach it, it is necessary for the operating surgeon to g0 into the brain at the Joop, cut en- tively ‘through the delfcate tissues above ‘the- trigeminal section and re- move the latter through the incision. The slightest slip means death to the subject, and, the operation successfully performed; the liability of the brain structure to iffection is so great that the patient. who survives Is fortunate, indeed. Dr. Hoff did nnt make up his mind to submit to this operation until, be- cause of his surgical knowledge, he realized that it was his. enly hope. Should the operation prove suceessful, Dr. ‘Hoff will be deprived of sensation in his face, tongue and teeth, as the scat of such sensatjon will have been removed. The muscular action in the parts devoid of sensation, however, will not be affected. * MY BE WATE b CRDINA BY THE POPE Visit France and Then Rome. Special Dispatch to The Cail. PARIS, March I1lL—Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul, Minn., who sailed from New York last Thursday for Havre, has been speclally invited by Cardinal Richard of Paris, at the suggestion of the Pope him- cardinals, archbishops and bishops. This body {8 in the nature of a general coun- cil of the French church and has been a parallel with the new situation In France, indicating the many points of re- semblance between the present conditions in both countries. . He is also expected to suggest how far the church in France may follow the American branch of the 3 really call itself independent and free from in- terference. ‘The address of the American prelate Il' Megr. Ireland as a man of wide here PRICE FIVE CENTS. L HPE FOR MRS IBARDONED Becomes|Doctor to Submit|Eleven Hundred on Death List in France. Bodies Taken From Pits in Unrecognizable Condition. Women at the Sceme Are Driven to Desperation in Their Grief. PARIS, March 11.—The worst fears as to the enormity of the mine disaster in the Courrieres district of the Pas de Ca- lais Saturday morning have been realized. The death list numbers 1100 and the whole Of the region stands appalled at the ter- rible tragedy, which has brought sorrow to fathers, mothers, wives and children to the number of 6000. The last great mine disaster in France occurred in 1885, when 268 persons were killed and eighty Injuréd, but that and all others sink into insignificance before the Courrieres. Thke vast mortuary camp is under mili- tary guard, 40 soldiers having arrived there to assist in holding In cheek the crowds of distracted mourners. For a time hope had been hela out to the people that tappings on pipes by the imprisoned men’ had been heard, but gradually this hope vanished and the people demanded admission to see the bodies, and even threatened to break their way through the cordon of troops, who had the great- est. dificulty in keeping the erowds from the pit. One man named Sylvester sue- ceeded in entering the mine, but he never returfied. Tt is beileved he groped about inside untll he was overcome by the gases. It is reported that a rescue party nembering forty has been eut off by the in of onme of the gallerfes. . FALLIERES STAun.S FUND. Minister of Public Works Gauthier, Minister of the Interior Dubief and the secretary of President Fallleres remain on the ground endeavoring to comfort the distresseG families of the miners. Presi- dent Fallleres has given 32000 to aid In rellef measures. The Ministry will add a further sum to this and the Chamber of Deputies will be asked to vote $100,000 for the purpose of alleviating distress. Ministers Gauthier and Dubief have re- ceived complete detalls of the catastrophe from M. Lavaures, the director of the mine. “Of 1800 miners who were down in the pits when the explosion occurred,” he said, “six hundred and seventy-three were working in pit No, 4, 482+ were in pit No. 3, 571 in pit- No. 2, and the re- mainder In pit No. 1. Those rescued wers taken out as follows: From pit No. 4 1%0; from pit No. 3, 15 escaped through pit No. 11; 4% came up from pit D . and 74 from pit No. 1. A number of these were injured and some of them have dled since. At the present moment over 1000 men remain {mprisoned.” Another director declared that the im- prisoned men numbered 110. Minister Dubief imquired: “Have yom still any hope " To this the director replied: “No, I be- lieve all of them are dead. STORY OF A SURVIVOR. This was whispered into the ear of the Minister b order that his words might not be overheard by the pale-faced min- ers who stood anxiously about the mine buflding waiting for an official view on the state of affairs. Then the Ministers listened to a graphic description of the scene in the mine by Leon Cerf, one of the men rescued, and who stlll is suffer~ ing from the ‘terrible effects of his ex- perfence. “1 was working with a gang when the explosion occurred. The foreman imme- diately shouted for us to follow him, and, dashing into a recess I the gallery, we were foilowed by a biast of polsonous gases which rushed by, however, without affecting us. We remained there for eight hours, when, feeling that suffoca- tion was gradually coming upon us, wi attempted to escape. We crawled in sin- gle file toward the shaft, but several of the men dropped dead on the way, Inelud- ing my som and the foreman. I carried my nephew on my back for forty min- utes and succeeded in saving him. It took us four hours to reach the shaft.” For the time being the mine bullding has been transformed Into a mortuary chamber, and all about in it He the al- about the mouth of pit No. 4, where, in the presence of Ministers Dublef and Gauthier, the bands of rescuers are con- clate Justice of the United States Su- | universal church in adjusting its rela- | tinually descending and returning with preme Court, administration men are|tions with state so that it may The women, with children In their arms, attempt to break through the cordon of troops which forms a lane through which ary chamber. Sometimes the burden con- tration has been accused of trying to 'mly awaited by French prelates, who | the bodybearers proceeded to the mortu-" 5 upon -vancement to the position of lieutenant | experience in cultivating cordial relations | 5ists of a mere heap of burned flesh and general, but now it is belleved a new between the church and ghe civil author- | in nearly every case the body Is terribly lacerated. Only a half of the bodles re- tifled.