The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1906, Page 1

April 14, 1808: San Francisco and vicialty—Cloody, south winds changing to westerly. A G. McADIR, District Forecaster. ~h I‘_._—ih-—‘—‘ OTHER PAPER PUBLISHED, I SAN FRANEISCO ALCAZAR,— Crime." cALxronstA Ctx’nuu,— City." COLL xau—“ Matinees mrflnm.l. ALHAIBRA— “For His “Casey and the Green Searchlights of & Great C"H.UTES—V.IIM“. )(AJSS'!’XC “Who Gees There?" [ Vaudeville. v o!-x— ‘Miss Timidity." all theaters. Brother's Lion and. the APRIL 14, 1906 GEN. JAMES F. SMITH IS WARMLY GREETED) M AL General James F. Smith, Governor General of the | Philippine Islands, returned | o San Francisco, the city | of his birth, yesterday, and ] | | | was given am enthvsiastic | | vecedtion. Eight yearsago | ke left as Colomel of the | First California Volunteer | Regiment. | « . + | James F. o Bay lifornia | is share Yes- General of ¢ dominions. t as a satrap, effeminate 1 to be greeted He weas ftudes. gnity. almost but | | ! I Spontaneous Burst of Welcome vUDSBESWAll Programmes. boisterous good will that was infinitely more precious than all pomp and splen- dor was nea noon when the Mon- P was sighted, twenty miles from | the coast. By 2 o'clock she was pass- ing the heads and already on the rves eager dep tions were assem- her. On Meiggs whart and comprising several of the companions in arn#—Col- 7. O'Nefll, Colonel Charles Box- H. T. Sime, Dr. William D. Rev. J. P. McQuaide. At transport wharf was om the regular army, ier General Funston, of) the Kansas Volun- of Aguinaldo, At the tug Rellef having been of General D. Spreckels. front tugs, kinds, laden ir lines, im- the Gate be- ng flood tide. She hugged » shore, then, when upposite f, swung, anchored and top, the hundreds of signal pon her masts vibrating ie c00l breeze the white launch of the steamed toward her, the fve squeal of her little whistle piping in answer to the sonorous roar monster ship's siren. From the shore the lower decks of the Mongolia showed black with steerage and a long wailt seemed to be expected. By 3 v'clock, however, the quarantine launch, th three short announcing blasts, left he huge black flanks and turned her nose shoreward. Immediately from all ts of the shore tugs, launches and t of all kinds shot out in a race to be the first to greet the distinguished passenger. They streamed through the golden yellow waters, whistles ecreech~ ing, flags crackling. The Slocum, with the army party, had on its upper deck the band of the Third Artillery. The of the Continued on Page 3, Column 3. rieipal and National Guard | headed by Mayor Eugene E. | X3 CABLE CARS ARE HELD UP BY A CRIPPLE Wooden Leg Caugét in Slot Causes a Blockade. e DU A man with a wooden leg and an oversupply of cocktalls delayed traffic on Market street for nearly a quarter of an hour during the busy part of yes- terday evening. The Jeg became wedged in the cable slot and refused to budge. Finally amputation was re- sorted to and the man was taken to the Central Emergency Hospital, where he gave the name of Roman J. Pryor. He was_ treated for alcoholism. When Pryor arrived at the Central Emergency Hospital “he nolsily dé- manded that Dr. Pinkham treat his {n- jured leg. He was referred to a car- penter shop. SRS & WILLING TO SETTLE $300,000 ON THE WOMAN HE MA“RIES Wenlthy New Yorker Tires of Knock- ing About the World and Wunts to Find a Wife. WASHINGTON, April 13.— Henry Stark, globe trotter and possessor of $500,000, according. to - his modest clatms, announced in his apartments at the New Willard today that he would willingly settle $300,000 upon any woman whose beauty and talents would inspire in him the love necessary to matrimony. Stark, whose home is in New York, is good looking, tall, with dark eyes and hair. He says he hes made money by lucky mining strikes in the Klondike and that he hit it rich in speculations in Brazil diamond mines. Now he is tired of knocking about the world, and will settle $300,000 on any young, eli- gible woman who pleases his fancy and is willing to marry him. STEVEDORES QUIT WHEN BULLETS FLY T Sailors at Target Practice Cause a Sirike, AT i v EPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SAN DIEGO, April 13.—Complaint was made’ to the police headquarters to- day by Captain H. A. Smith of the schooner. ‘Maweena, now discharging lumber at the steamship wharf, that shots fired by the bluejackets of Uncle Sam's fleet were flying about his schooner 8o thickly . that. the long- shoremen had refused to work. The bul- lets came from the firing parties sent from ‘each vessel of the Pacific squad- ron each morning for target practice. The officers of the fleet claim that they have their rifie range well protected and inclosed, but the captain declares thdt the bullets find thelr way out and have been coming entirely too close to his workmen for their comfort. Steps have been taken to remedy the evil. AGED WIDOW WEDS YOUTH OF TWENTY Neighbors Show Resentment by Bombarding Their Dwelling. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. I | matters relating to the Indian frontier | opment of ~that State. ON SEEKS WITH BEAR. —_—— Great Britain and Russia Near Accord, Triple Agreement With France Now the Plan. Proposed Combination Aimed Especially Against the German Empire, R e {5 ST. PETERSBURG, April 13.—Great Britain has begun viBorously to press negotiations for an Anglo-Russian en- tente, with the purpose of completing the triple alliance ~of Great Britain, France and Russia against Germany, which has long been the aim of British policy. The development at the Algeciras conference, where Great Britain, France and Russia acted in umison, and the par- ticipation of English. bankers in the big Russian loan furnished a practical and favorable moment, and Great Britain 1s striking while the irom is hot. Besides, the British Govérnment has re- cently given Russia proof of her desire to settle putstanding difficulties by in- ducing English bankets not to take the Persian loan, on the ground that it might be regarded as prejudicial to Russian interesfs. The sentiment here in favor of the entente also has béen aided by thu' | declination of Qbmup participate m mhligations in | i Whilgh Tive o been dn-ecny ih . British sources, s Count Lamsdorff and latterly Premier Witte have favored an Anglo-Russian en- tente and the consummation is regarded as practically certain. 'The pourparlers between the two governments thus far | have only touched the gquestions relating | to the delimination of resvcctive spheres of influence, inciuding the apportioning of rallroad and banking conkessions in Persia. Generally speaking, Great Brit- ain wants the southern and Russia the northern half of that country. There ig reason to believe that when the consent of Persla is secured, the branch of the Trans-Caucasian Railway now authorized to the Persian frontier will be extended to Bagdad, which point, it is estimated, can be reached before the famous German Bagdad road is com- pleted. ‘When the Persian question is settled, all which constitutes a source of possible misunderstanding will be resolved. DEVELOPMENT OF NEVADA’S DESERT LANDS Federal Government to Take Up Im- portant Work. — SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. DENVER, April 13—To facilitate the development of the great Nevada desert and allow prospectors to Investigate the mineral resources of that State and Southern California the United States Ge- ological Survey has commenced the ex- ploration and mapping of the desert water supplies. James F. Calbreath Jr., secretary of the American Mining Congress, has been notified to this effect. The lack of knowl- edge of the Nevada desert and its water supply has hindered the mineral devel- | The Geological MERIDEN, Conn., April 13.—Mrs. Alice ! Survey will mark all springs, streams and ‘Wilbur, aged 60 years and twice a widow, | trails. upon maps and sink wells where was married here last evening to Benja- | no water is found upon the surface. min Hitchcock, a youth of 20. The neigh- The plan of opening the desert was sug- bors did not take kindly to the wedding | gested at the meeting of the American and gave the couple a charivari showering the house with missiles. The police finally had to come to the protection of the new- Iy married pafr. Hitchcock had been paying the woman attention for about a year. He is the son of a carpenter. His bride is employed at the Parker cutlery shop, and she an- nounced that when Benjamin married her he would not have to work, but thnt she could be the breadwinner. T Rev. B. Stockdale, who married the couple, says that they came to him in the regular way, and that he could do noth- ing else, as they were apparently ln their right minde. ———————— Alleged Smugglers Are Acquitted. EL ‘PASO, Texas, April 13.—W. B. Akins and W. B. Howell, cmvloyaa of the Southern Pacific Ralilroad, who were charged with sumggling a car- load of Chinese into Clmornla from \El Paso, were acquitted in the United States Court at Lu Cruces, N. Mex., today. % Mining Congress in El Paso, Texas, last fall. Resolutions Wwere passed asking that protection be given:the water sup- plies in the western deserts, as the ques- tion was of such importance as to war- rant national aid- . Police Chiefs Close Their Convention. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., April 13.—The convention of ‘the International Asso- ciation of Chiefs of Police adjourned sine dle this afternoon, after one hour's session, taken up principally in discus- sing financial business. The next an- ual meeting will probably be held at Norfolk, Va., during the Jamestown Ex- position. # 3 ————— ‘Woman Held for Murder. NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 13.—Mrs. Ida F. Jennings and her son, Hubert W. Taylor, were indicted by the Grand Jury yesterday for murder in the first degree in causing the death by shoot- | !n; of Joseph E. Jennings, husband of Jennings, in East Have: Bumhy m‘hL Both are held wfl.ho t bail. % KBs7 Nittle band from sharing the fate PRICE FIVE CENTS. TELLS OF HER FLIGHT FRON MURDEROUS YELLOW MOB. Mrs. E. D. James, one of the survivors of the Nanchan Massacre,” who arrived here yuler- day from China, says that she and the others who were saved owe their lives to the + bravery of the Chinese soldiers. s Mrs. James, Wife of a Missionary, and Her Two Little Girls Come From China on Liner Mongolia. Describes Horrors of the Massacre at Nanchan. AR AR | Woman Who Escaped| Tells of Terrible ‘ Experience. ! - - pe - B3 N MISSIONARY IN CHINA AND HER TWO CHILDREN WHO ARRIVED YESTERDAY ON _THE waE DF AN A}KE"E:'(;:AY ARE SURVIVORS OF THE NANCHAN MASSACRE AND THE MOTHER GIVES A GRAPHIC DE- SCR!PTION OF THE RIOTING AND BLOODSHED ON THAT OCCASION. e — Three survivors of the mission- ary massacre at Nanchan last February arrived here yesterday from China on the liner Mon- golia. Less than two months ago Mrs. E. D. James and her two pretty little daughters, with her husband and a band of fellow missionaries, were hunted by a bloodthirsty mob of Chinese, bent on spilling more of the Anglo-Saxon blood with which their hands were. red and drip- ping. The cool heads ot the Chi- nese officials and the bravery of he Chinese soldiers saved " the of their fellows, and Mrs. James and her two " little girls, Helen, cight years old, and Rachel, six, have come home to try and forget the sights and sounds that at- tended their hurried -departure from Nanchan. -« : __STORY OF THE MASSACRE. The story of the massacre was told briefly in the cable dis- patches, and later fuller accounts were recewed ‘through official sources, but Mi's James is the FOUND DYING FROM WOUND ON HIS HEAD Jraa oS oty Former San Francis- can Victim of an Assault. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL "CINCINNATI - April 13.—Considerable ystery surrounds the case of George B. Wilson, 35 years old, who came here from San Francisco several weeks ago and who MIZNER MUST SETTLE WITH HIS TAILORS Judgment Obtained Agamst Him in New York . BPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL NEW YORK, April 13—Wilson Mizner, -the young man who married Mrs. Charley T. Yerkes, widow of the raiiroad mag- - nate, will have to pay a taflor's bill of is dying at the City Hospital here from 4 | #65 unless he can prove that he dees not fracture of the skull. He was evidently assaulted and the present Indlcations are that the secret of the assault will die with him. He was found unconscious on a street corner by two policemen :early this morning and has been unconsecious ever since he was hurried to the hospi- tal. ‘A stream of blood had flowed from his head Into the gutter, where he was found. ‘Wilson's skull apparently was fractured by some blunt instrument and bruises about the face indicate he was n a flerce battle. Robbery was not the motive of the assault, because a considerable sum of money was found on his person. Shortly -before noon today he regained consciousness for a period of less than a minute,” but he was unable to- speak. at the hospital say he prob- owe a San Francisco firm for clothes and finery bought before 1%3. Judgment Wwas ‘obtained by J. Offenbach, attorney for plaintiffs, against Mizner. The young man would not say whether or not he owed’ the bill. In fact, he shut himseif mm his apartments and would not ad- mit reporters. The insistent’San Fran- clseo tallors are Bullock & Jones. When Miznar lved in the California metropolis, he was known as the best dressed young man in town. He set a sartorial pace, which has kept up since he moved East and’ which even the mundane life of a staild marrfed man has not served to slacken. 2 T B T e T Sy Pt m!hhm that he will be able to tell 'who inflicted . the Injuries. The police W gsly “will'live until morning, but hold out | have not the slightest clew.