The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 10, 1906, Page 1

Forecast for April 10, 1906: San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy Tuesday, with fog In the morning and A £ A west winds. A. G. McADIB, Digtrict Forecaster. at night; light ALCAZAR—"The Wifs."” AmAxmu—"rof His Brother's Crime."” CA!J’DI!NIA—*M and the Green Sod Club.” CENTRAL—‘Searchlights of a Great CHUTES—Vaudeville. Matines. COLLIB!A—'TM Lion and the lunrnc—-wn Goes There?” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. { TIVOLI—“Miss Timidity.” + L o SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1906. HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST ON SLOPES OF VESUVIUS - in. NAPLES, April g.—Reports of fatalities consequent upon the eruption of Mount Vesuvius are coming According to information received late tonight, probably as many as 5oo lives were lost. It is'said | - that more than 200 persons perished in the district of San Giuseppe, where, from the ruins of a church asserted that at Sorrento 27 7 persons * were killed by falling houses. for Naples was derailed owing to showers of ‘stones from the crater. \ QUEEN" | HELENE | °j‘ ITALY o o | [ | - —— — - ol VESUVIUS AS IT APPEARED WHEN IN ERUP- AR THIS Y AND PORTRAIT OF THE IDOL- F THE hl\‘- oF 1 MAN SEES WITH EYES GRAFTED FROM RABBIT EPECIAL DISPATCH TO T E CALL. WASHINGTON, April 9—Partial suc-next operation was to graft the trans- the eff of surgeons | parent membrane of the rabbit's eyeball to Wilton Heinard by | to Hein eyes. An attempt was made TR R : to put in place the cornea of a rabbit's | bit's eyes to his. He can mow distin. | Y% Dut as this was not successful the | | operation was repeated, and only the | | ght and darkness upon two months e several minor op- the bandages es he could see the result of the : lared themselves s satisfied with them. They claim that it etween day transparent membrane was used. Since the operation, two months ago, Heinard has been kept in a darkened room with his eyes bandaged. About a week or two ago while the bandages were off his eyes he declared he could see, and since that time the surgeons have been trying to strengthen his sight. eons maintained » the ' t continues to get stronger = has done in the past week | NEGRO DE: A TH en aays he soon will be able to walk about without | not hope that he wiil eve be able RATE IS HIGH SPECIAL DISPATH TO THE CALL. WASHINGTON, Abril 9.—Dr. S. Har- between daylight and dark- | Tis, professor of medicine In the Wni- :\'(—rslly of Alabama at Mobile, talked to the President today about the rav- 3 again. The work of the surgeons w devoted to strengthening the cor- | . of Heinard'’s eyes. When he went to was attended by relatives and was unable to see anything, or even the hospital be stinguish Heinard lost his sight more than a year go through @ negro-highwayman throw- ages of consumption among the negroes g the contents of a caf-of Ive dnto his | o¢ ypo gouth - He ‘expresed the gear— The membrane which surrounds and | and he added that his opinion was con- cates the eyes was eatew away bY | urreq in by the medical = fraternity e lye and the eyelids grew fast to the eballs. Imvoluntary twitthing of his ds caused him the greatest pain. he surgeons first operatcd on the eye- 1= and to the insides of them grafted the mucous membrane of the eyes of a rabbit. This operation was a distinct suc- cess and afforded him much relief. The generally in the South—that the negro race was likely to become extimct in this country through the ravages of disease, especially consumption. = Sta- tistics showed, he declared, that the death rate among the members of the nefro race in America was greater than the birth rate. ARSHIP DVES INTO THE SURF WITH VOYAGER Aeronaut ~ Hamilton Narrowly Escapes Death. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla., April 9.— The sport of ballooning ca near to adding to its list of vietims” here today when Charles K. Hamilton of New York, who flew across North River last sum- mer, almost met death in his huge Lud- low aeroplane. As a preliminary to the Atlantic-Pablo Beach auto races, Hamtiton decided to ufilize the facijities of the beach to try jout some new ideas which were ‘incor- | porated in the latest Ludlow aeroplane. | The ship was all ready for a trial at 5 1o'clock and two powerful automobiles were engaged to tow him, with the .aid of a long rope. When the word to go was given the airship rose gracefully and soon attained a helght of 200 feet. A strong wind caught the aeroplane and carried it cut to sea, but mercifully turned it landward again. Suddenly the aercplane turned completely and crashed into the surf, but Hamilton landed on his feet. He waded ashore, declaring: “I will show you something better on Wednesday, when I will remedy the de- fect which I fcund in this aemplule to- day.” —_——— EX-MAYOR OF EDINBURGH ON WAY TO CALIFORNIA Sir A. Macdonald Coming to In This State’s Fruit and Cattle Ranches. CHICAGO, April 9.—8ir A. Macdon- ald, ex-Mayor of Edinburgh, Scotland, arrived in (Chicago today on his way westward. The visitor had been at Niagara Falll (or a’ few days betore starting for the West.> He is accom- panied by Hugh Miller and John Wil son. The purpose of the Xcmcr Mayor's visit, according to Miller, is to inspect and report on the condition of the cattle and fruit ranches and vineyarda$ in California. He will renuln in Chicago only a short time, = b which collapsed owing to the weight of ashes on the roof, 49 corpses were cxtricatet‘;; and itis A railway train from San Giuseppe IASHES CAUSE DFSTAUCTION OF HANLETS Houses Give Way Under Heavy Weight, ‘Towns in Path of Lava Buried or Abandoned; NAPLES, Apfll m»aA fright- Two hundred m it is mi- mated, were buried' this morning in the ruins of the market Monte Oliveto, when the roof collapsed under the weight of cinders from the volcano. NAPLES, April 9.—Almost equal to the devastation wrought by the lava from Vesuvius is the damage done by cinders and ashes, which in incredible quanti- ties have been carried ‘great dis- tances. This has caused the practical destruction of San Gui- seppe, a place of 6000 inhabitants. Hundreds of residents of San Guiseppe assembled in a church to attend mass. While the priest was performing his sacred offices the roof fell in and scores were killed or injured. The injured were for hours without surgical or medical assistance. The only thing left standing in the church was_a statue of St. Anne, the preservation of which the poor, homeless people accepted as a miracle and a promise of deliver- ance from their peril. MCURDYS FACE MORE LITIGATION, = Sued for $1 002,- 084 by Trustees of Mutual. e Accused of Conspiracy to Secure Exorbi- tant Salaries. Total of More Than Five Mil- lions Now Demanded of Father and Son. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. NEW YORK, April 9.—Proceedings charging conspiracy and demanding $1,002,084 damages were brought this evening against RicHard A. McCurdy, former president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, and his son, Robert H. McCurdy. The complaint was filed with Delancy Nicoll, as counsel for the McCurdys, by the trustees of the com- pany. The complaint charges conspiracy in connection with the appointment of Robert H. McCurdy as superintendent of the foreign department of the Mu- tual in 1886 and that “the two defend- ants did unduly and unjustly conspire to .eénrich Robert H. McCurdy at the expense of plaintiff” by increasing his compensation to exorbitant figures. The complaint sets forth that Robert H, McCurdy became at the age of twenty-four years a partner in the firm of Raymond & Co., general agents of the Mutual for the metropolitan dis- | trict fn 1836, with a one-fourth Inter- est in the bysiness. m arrangement continued until 1893, when the youngeér McCurdy was given one-half interest and this increase came simultaneously with his appointment as superintendent of the foreign department. | His total profits as superintendent were $530,000, It is charged in the complaint that McCurdy junior neglectéd to perform all the duties in connection with the office of ‘superintendent and that Me- Curdy senior fixed the compensation of his son at exorbitant rates and in sSuch way as to prevent their adjust- ment to a reasonable basis, so that from 1886 to 1905 he (Robert H. McCurdy) received from the company in commis- sions - $1,282,840. This, the complaint says, Robert A. McCurdy knew to be exorbitant and he concealed it from the board of trustees. A fair yearly compensation would have been, the | trustees aver, $1000 yearly from 18836 to 1889, $15,000 yearly from 1890 to 1895, and $20,000 yearly from 1895 to 1905. Fhe company seeks to recover the amount in excess over fair compensa- tion. The amounts sued for in actions brought against the McCurdys now total more than $5,000,000. CHILDREN AiD IN FORGERIES ON PETITIONS Five Gmrches Fall. - At Ottajano five churches and ten houses fell under the weight of ashes and cinders, which lie four feet deep on the ground. In the fall of the buildings about twelve persons were killed and many were injured. The village is completely deserted by its peo- ple. After the evacuation of the place the barracks and prisons fell in. BS Reports from coast and inland towns depict terrible devastation. San Girogio, Cremona, Porticci, Resina and Torre del Greco have been alimost completely aban- doned. > - ‘The inhabitants of Torre Anun- ziata are prepared to leave at a moment’s notice. Somma Vesuviana is. another village, which "has suffered most severely. The most of the . buddmgs in the vxllages are of - flmy con- struction and have flat roofs, and | so are but poorly calculated to bear the weight of ashes.and cin- ders that have fallen - them. Inevttablyp; will be I)wadmtfilz a great number of M‘ h"" “’“m“‘m ot Bioteen- Engaged by Gotham Pol- f1ictans to Copy Cir- 1zens’ Names. NEW YORK, April .—Two men elected to office on the Municfpal ' Ownership League ticket gave important corrobora- tion today of the story told 'by Benjamin M. Goldberger after his arrest for for- geries of names on the petition by which Willlam R. Hearst and other league can- diddtes were nominated. "They were Max Eckman, ‘who'was elected to the Assem- | that he expected to control his millions bly from the Twelfth District, and James J. Smith, who was sent to the Board of Aldermen from, same district. Four children, dccording to their fath- er's llm-y and that told by themselves, had_ assisted in the forgeries of the 500 .names needed on the Eckman petition. Eckman took the petitions to his home and got from Goldberger the signatures on blank sheets. These he gave to his four children, telling them to copy the names. AT A DISEASE ATTACKS SOLDIERS IN m ml ISLANDS u«-mmn—-fidunnnu.g ¥ an-nn-n--nm.hu HANILA April a—Amng the 1500 emer- “gency troops in the cantoriment of Stot- ‘senberg 143 are suffering from malaria and ur _trom®other There is an.in- adequate supply of pure water. The heat is excessive and there are insufficient bar- racks. Officers and men withgfamilles are quartered in tents. The First Infantry has arrived here and is due in Stotsenberg, but is mu heid t Stotsen- PRICE FIVE CENTS. AGED MAN TRAGEDY MAY BE EXPLAINED st of Man Aecc of Blg Swindle Recalls Death TORTURED )Ilss Page, a Dnorcee From Blll‘glars Compel Califi , Involved a‘lblt:')annlgl': N e\:'“;)'(:rk (,asu; Vlctlm S Wlfe to Look On. ' Feetand Legs Were Seared by Flame of Lamp. conmection between the arrest of “Count” Aribert Sacky, charged with a TwoDeaths May Result From Fiendish Work $16,000 swindle, and the mysterious | tragedy of the Hotel Marseilles, was es- tablished today through an investiga- tion by the District Attormey's office into Miss Clare E. Page's accusations against Sacky and an inquiry by the Coroner into the circumstances of the recent death of Mrs. Blanche Turner Dennis, the widow of Majer Hugh Den- nis of St. Louis, in her apartments at the above-mentioned hostelry. A prominent Republican leader, known throughout the whole State. is said to have been a friend of Miss Page since her arrival here from Cali- f Cr i l fornia, where she was divorced. Miss 0 1minais, Page is living with friends, and while ——d she has caused the arrest of Sacky and has told Assistant District Attorney Vandiver that the man swindled her out of $16,000 she has refused to see newspaper men, SPECIAL DISPATCF TO THE CALL WILKESBARRE, Pa., April 9.—Five burglars who broke into the isolated home of Henry B. Plumb, an aged attorney and The Coroner's office has been in- | historian of Nanticoke, this morning tor- formed that Sacky was a personal | tured Plumb with fire and frightened his friend of Mrs. Dennis and that Miss | wife into a serious condition In an effort Page and Mrs. Dennis were also ac- quaintéd. Miss Page admitted both of these facts and added: “Mrs. Dennis’ husband told me that Sacky had choked her because she broke off the engagement. The Cor- oner’s office will find out before the investigation 5 completéd there is a whole lot that has wot been told.” BOY WORKING IN HOTEL HEIR TO A BI6 FORTUN Will § fiare With Sister an Estate Worth Haif Million. SAN DIEGO, April-9.—It is not likely that W. T. Stephenson, a 16-year-old boy at present employed at the Lake- side Inn, will continue in that employ- ment long. Young Stephenson has re- ceived word that he, with his sister, Bessie, has fallen ‘heir to a fortune of half a million dollars. Thelr sister was a Mrs, Schwan, wife of the president of the Bank of Hongkong, China, who died suddenly a couple of months ago. He left his large fortune to his wife. She died’,only a few weeks 2go, leaving her brother and sister heirs to her wealth. . Stephenson has received word from the American Consul at Hongkong. who is looking after his interests. The sister is now living in Los Angeles. —_——— PLOT T0 WIN RICES ESTATE SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. to make them reveal the hiding place of money they were supposed to possess. The burglars broke down a reap door. The crash awakened the oid couple, and Plumb seized a musket and bravely pre- pared to defend his house. The musket had not. been discharged for thirty-five’ years and rust ‘had destroyed its effective- for although Plumb pulled the trig- ger twice as the men rushed up the stairs &t him it was not discharged. The next moment they had wrested it from him and thrown him heavily to the floor, breaking two of his ribs. As_he Jay there helpless the burklacs bounid and gagged Mrs. Plumb, threéaten- ing each ‘with death if they made any nolse. A search of the house resuited in the burglars finding $35 and a gold watch. Telling Plumb that he could not deceive them, they ordered him to reveal the place ‘where his money was hidden, threatening him with death If he did not. He protest- ed that they had obtained all he had. The burglars bound him to a chair and held a Jamp flame to his feet. His shrieks were stiffed with the bed clothing. Time and agaln they stopped to ask him to re- veal the hiding place. They burned the soles of both feet and part way up his legs, not ceasing until he swooned. They told Mrs. Plumb, who, helplessly, had been compelled to endure the sight of her husband’s suffering, that they would send a physician, but they did not. Several hours later, when Plumb recov- ered, he managed to remove his bonds and his wife gave the alarm, but no trace of the burglars has yet been found. Plumb is in a serious condition and his wife i prostrated. BRINGS HORSE BACK TO LIFE SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL UKIAH, April 9.—Last night George Ottoson and companion were returning from Mendocine City when their horse ran into_a Iive electric wire on Big River bridge. The horse dropped as it shot and Ottoson returned to town & and reported the accident. Perry NEW YORK, April 8.—Light Was| g, 100 an electrician employed by the thrown today before - Recorder Goft Mendocino Lighting Comy P . upon what District Attorney Jerome o 5 6. 7epelr. the "u': “‘ g belleves to have been a plét to\ have declared bogus the 1896 will of Willlam Marsh Rice, the Texas milllonaire, for whose murder Lawyer Albert T. Pat- rick is in Sing Sing Prison awaiting death in the electric chair. Part of the alleged plot was to convince the court that Rice was a spiritualist when he devised the bulk of his estate for the foundation of an institute in Texas and the horse still warm he concluded to attempt resuscitation. Holding one of the horse’s nostrils closed Stanley blew into the other with all his might, and with his knee pressed the horse's side. This he kept up for nearly fifteen minutes and was finally rewarded by the horse showing signs of life. In a few minutes the horse was on its feet, to the astonishment of the onlookers. Stanley led the horse to’ town. put it in a livery stable, hunted ‘up Ottoson and . informed him where the animal could be found. Ottoson could hardly believe his eyes and had to look for peculiar marks on the animal before he was satisfled it was his horse. TORNADO DESTROYS VANCOUVER C€ANNERY In Ninety Seconds Not a Stiek Is Left Stand- ing. SPECTAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL from the spirit world. - In%o this expectation, it is averred, the plotters wanted to show he was deceived by Captain Baker, counsel for Rice, who ‘drew the 1886° document. Captain Baker, it is alleged, reported to Rice that he, too, was a spiritualist, and convinced the testator that after death he would be able to communicate with hfm .(Captain Baker) and direct the/expenditure of his millions. The purpose of the scheme was to show that the 1896 will had been drawn under fraudulent influence and should be set aside, so that what hm"l the forged Patrick will Would be ad- mitted to probate. et Corporal Alexander Ty, Unlt:r States army, who was employed VANCOUVER, B. C., April .—A tor- at one time by Rice, was the only wit- | nade, destroyed the Bain Wilson sal- ness today. He was quuuo-od by | mes cannery at Rivers Inlet, on the Jerome as to the alleged plot. From northern coast of British Columbia, on tters written by Stanberry and: ad- | Friday, news of the cyclone reaching dressed to Peter Waesch in 'r-:-o it | this city today. The tornado struck the appeared thal cannery buflding early ‘in the morn- to have Rice umnmmna-n.«.m nyfln-nc ters it-appeared also| was left standing. Heavy tlmbers that Captain Baker had agreed to re- | were scattered like chaffl. The men ceive the millionaire's orders from the .-loyflulm cannery escaped in- mutw&cm«mm Jury. ‘n-er!v loss was about