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son Resigns From Brotherhood. » r - ,¦;••¦." •• ; , - , : Dr. Jerome : A; Ander- the Cause. Autocratic Conduct of Madame Tingley THEOSOPHISTS REBEL AGAINST THE "MASTER" PABADEBS BEAB PETITION FOB UNIVEBSAI. SUTTB-AOE Cecil ' Hhddss .. Is Sinking-. : ¦ CAPE .TOWN, March 24-6 a. in.— After", a restless ! night/ Cecil ' Rhodes is ' weaker this 'morning. ;. . •' i . "¦¦•:•¦¦¦¦¦,•'.'¦ NEW YORK. March 23— David Bisp ham, who lost his voice while singing at Worcester, Mass., a few days since,, has fully recovered and resumed his 'work; In opera and concert.">He will sail May 10 to take part in the coronation season 4 ! of grand opera at Covent Garden,. London. ;.-.-¦ Bispham Recovers His Voice. EL* , PASO, Texas, March 23.— Two; boys, aged 15 and 17, members of ' a party - : of three who ' .were tramping Across \ the country! were run over and horribly man-, gled. by a train, at Ysletai fifteen miles cast .of - here. They, were on .'the track. '. The/third ' boy. Fred '.Winchester of Brunswick. ; Ga., escaped, and states that' the .name- of ; one' of : his companions was'j.' J: Johnson'of Abilene,", Texas. : The name^of the second boy he^ does" not re-, "member, but his home was i in Los An-, celes. ¦ • ':. ••/•;• . ' : ,'";. Two Boys Are Killed by a Train. CHARLESTON. S. C, March 23.-April 9 has been set apart as President's, day at the exposition... The/feature of the day will be the presentation to Major Jenkins by his former chief of the Rough Riders of a beautiful sword from the South Carolinans. President's Day at tho Exposition. .- KOSCIUSKO, /Miss.',/. March : 23.— Five county ; made • ah;', attempt^ last ' night; to -.; b'u'fn ) their .way ¦'out "of prison, the /stockade In ; which ; they, were confined'dbwh^over j their. -headsi,' crcmat irigl themselves?.*; They negroes.'. ',The prisoners .were let; out : .t6 ; Robert ¦»; Camp-' bell./couiity * contractor, * whose farm .' Is situated "sixteen" miles ; westTof • this ; place; and all ¦ were * charged ' with "minor ' \- of fenses , "."•¦•.¦¦; '••'.-. i- \ :¦};•/'';¦ '.'../¦ '• FIVE/ COUNTY t CONVICTS / ; ¦ ' ABE /BUBNED ' TO DEATH The scene of ; the explosion was in. the house^of , John , Boullard. / The i building caught •? fire" \ whil e ; •'. the ; _ f arhily_. ¦ was i a t church,' and : when'- the : heat; became «in tense two 'boxes of dynamite, whith.wer'c stored away for blowing up stumps, • ex ploded. ,; . ' .' , '. ' '/ HOUG HTOX. ; Mich.; . March* 23.— A terri r ble cxpiosioo of 'dynamite occurred near Cskar, eight miles i north of -Hbughton, resulting in/the; death/of 'two, men and serious injury to. another .'The dead: . . ' GUSTAVE. JENKALA.-- "/ • / - < ERIC KALTIANEN. / - : •/ [ji " ; '. i . v ' The injured:;/ Henry • Daplo,- four ' ribs broken' and jaw. split:' will recover.'. * /'' Sets "OfE* Two/ Boxes of ',;.. , /, Powder. ; " . ; Intense Heat From Burning Building RESULTS'IN TWO SOUTH McALESTER. I. T.. March 23.- Fire early this morning destroyed Peter Ivey's meat market, and seven other framo structures. The body of Ivey, who was CO years of age, was found in the ruins. .There was an ugly wound on the skull, and some think that Ivey was mur dered and robbed and his storo set on fire. The financial loss was 58000. . . - Think Burglars Started the Fire. CHICAGO, March 23.-If present reports are verified Charles Mellen will soon re sign the presidency of the Northern Pa cific road in favor of J. D. Farrell of Se attle, president of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Since the Morgan- Hill combination acquired a grip on the Northern Pacific numerous rumors have come out from New York and St. Paul to the effect that Mr. Mellen's tenure of of fice would be Ehort and that a man would be put in to manage the property who would represent in every way the' Hill policy. It was said recently that C. W. Bunn. general attorney or. the j Northern Pacific, had been selected to succeed Mel len. This report Is now succeeded by an other naming 1 Farrell as the coming exec utive of the system. J. D. Farrell May Soon Become Presi ¦ dent of Northern Pacific Bailroad. SEATTLE MAN SLATED TO SUCCEED MELLEN MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 23.-A strong movement ha3 been set on foot in this city to secure the election of Rev. Thomas Gaylor. Episcopal , v Bishop of Tennessee, as the next commander in chief of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans. The N. B. Forrest Camp of Memphis has unanimously indorsed him for the position 'and a committee consisting of the most prominent and influential cons of veter ans In the South called on the Bishop and prevailed upon him to allow the use of his name at Dallas next month under tho following conditions: That hi3 election be unanimous and that the military feature of the organization be eliminated." Promises of support have come fxo« afl parts of the country. Confederate Veterans. He Is Suggested for Commander-in chief of the. United Sons of ADVOCATE THE ELECTION , "OF BEV. THOMAS GAYLOB P. C. Inman. one of the principal drug gists of San Rafael, and for whose. wife Ida Jefferies had worked, said to-night: "res, Ida Jefferies worked for my wife as nursegirl, but Is not here now and I do not know where she is and. in fact cannot locate her. I have tried to do so, but to no avail. She left us suddenly, giving no warning to my wife that she was going. She made up her mind one morning, and left the house about U o'clock. "When she came to us it was from San Francisco. I remember . at times when I would be reading about the Fuller mystery Ida would be much Interested. She was a girl about 15 years of age, I rnould judge. She did not say anything to me about ever knowing Nora Fuller, but I believe she did mention the^ fact to my wife, and af ter.being questloned^about the case would not say anything definite. I cannot give you Ida Jefferies' address, but. I believe she is in San Francisco somewhere." Her Wherebouts Unknown. ther to!d me that she saw Nora in Janu ary, and that she thought it was later than the 11th. but was not certain. I asked her if she knew who the man Ben nett was supposed to be. but she would not tell me this, but did say that Nora used to go with 'fellow?.' Before she told % me about the case she made me promise I would not tell a soul, and also told me after she finished her story not to tell my mother. I did teil ray mother.- though."' Mrs. Featherstone. mother of « Stella, said to-night that she believed she had seen. Nora Fuller here in San Rafael on January 12. but did not think anything about it until her daughter told her what I Ida Jefferies had said. '¦ .'* secutors. .; CASPER;'. AVyo.', March 23. — Charles Woodard,; the • self-confessed slayer of Sheriff Ricker.. has given up, all hopi of reprieve,*, ana \ is* preparing toymeet his fatc-.next Fridav.. , , /Woodard insists that: he will. make a statement on the gallows which will cause a sensation. He has not made pub lic; the nature of the statement, but/ it is said he will, charge that his enemies hatched . a "plot .which has been the cause of, all his: trouble. . It is also stated he will 'tell of " how his alleged persecutors stole from him his homestead in the Rat tlesnake sMountains; .that' they had him thrown" into Jail ; to prevent him from proying^up on his claim,' and that he was prevented from securing ball through mis representations/ of certain 'county offi cial '? . _ lows and Expose His Per- Says: He. Will Speak. From the Gal- - Stella Featherstone said to a Call re porter to-night: / -.'"Yes. Ida/ Jefferies, the nursegirl who worked for Mrs. Inman, told me that she knew Nora Fuller well, and that if all she knew, about" the : case was communicated to the San Francisco police It would prob ably cleaf up much of the mystery now unsolved. . ¦• '^2f2$ftlS . • "¦*" "She "told .me that she went to school with. -Nora', Fuiler, " knew', all about her habltsvand was her "companion for s?nie time ."after she stopped school. ¦: She fur- SELr r cbNFESSEI> SLAYEB . ¦ Wllili • MAKE A STATEMENT Nora Confided in Her. r>AN RAFAEL, March 2S.-Ida Jef- V^l fcries, until quite recently a young *»*-J niirsegirl in the family of. P. C.' Tnman. a prominent druggist of this city,, stated to" a girl friend. : Mlw Stella •Featherstbne.] 13 years of age. daughter of j Mrs. E. ' Featherstone of 616 Fourth street, that if she cared to tell what -she knew much -light \ could b3 thrown .upon the ! Nora Fuller mystery. Miss 'Jeff erics cmphatical'.y enjoined Miss Featherstone not to tell any one. as it was for the reason that she. did not care to be Implicated In the case that she left San Francisco to come to the country. About two weeks ago Ida Jefferies con fided her .'secret - to Miss Featherstone. Soon after the information was imparted Miss Featherstone told her mother what Ida had said. Mrs. Featherstone in turn informed; the employer of the nursegirl. and she; was /closely; questioned, but gave them little satisfaction, avoiding the subject purposely. '¦ The matter, was dropped for the time being, but the nurse girl; fearing, another siege'M questioning, left, her, employer's house without warn ing'and: has neither been seen nor heard of since. ¦' "¦', ..•.•¦' ; PEKING^-; March ' *23.-There - is-- little discussion' either among the diplomats or the*- Chinese ? of .' the Franco-Russian > dec laration. ' : ..- - ¦ ' ¦¦":¦ - . . '. Y • ... The Chinese newspapers are' emphasizing the humilla'tio'ii^of China, ; saying i she ' • is . treated b^.the.power3 as ; though she were incompetent to ; defend " hisr own interests and that; she is placed 'upon a level. with Kore*a5;*-,"\;^v" '-';, •.'. :.:'' y'J.'? '. ". '.- . ¦'¦ V The Chinese Foreign Office is preparing to send indei>endent • Ministers ; to •estab ;iish legations in -Italy". "Austria arid Spain. The Chinese; Ministers to -Great Britain, Russla^and the United States. have been heretofore respectively accredited to these 'nations./"- : -'. ." :. : - ¦;.-, ¦ ".',* ¦ '¦•- ¦'.'<'¦ '' ; ; The Dowager "- Empress • has .appointed. AVua/Mu'Lui to'be . president of the Im perial University ./ to . succeed ' Rev. " W; , A; i P." Martin, ;who was; recently relieved of the presidency} of that, institution." Wua •Mu I Lul is a progressive and Mearned offl-' .cial.V-.-'. \""Vi" ".•. . ¦',"¦•'¦ ' ".•'¦¦¦ •'» Treated/ as Though She -Were v .... Incompetent. Chinese Newspapers . Say .That She Is HUMILIATION OF CHINA ' 2 . THE SUBJECT -OP COMMENT; "Dr. Anderson stated i •'further, '"that" his statement. to the! Theosophlsts now afflh at.ed.with. the|_brotherhood : would be ; ready for circulation within- a few days.:. He iri timated thatv when . it | appeared Vthere would '.be; something'doing"*., among' /the stct: He 'anticipated 'that/Madame Ting ley r might' cause I him .trouble: and ..possibly sue himY: but, he. intended to tell the truth W'7 matter; '' what .' the ¦ result' might { be^ Meanwhile the "local ;Theosophists are ex pecting' developments ;'. which- wiir- : be watched by/the; : . faithful the length' ar.d -breadth of. the land. '.•'•-¦, ¦"•; :* '; ; J.-,|H.;*'-Fu8seirVdeilvered "¦'!.&' lecture last evening;-'at-.310\O'FarreU' street -on. "Llf.^ at ¦: Point ;Loma."'\ The lecturer was an nounced as "a student and representative of the .international headquarters -of -^the Universal /Brotherhood, and Theosophical Society 'at Point Ikima." - .' .1 would be^io v trouble.", but .she Is a foolish; vningioriOTs {.woman, .whose .head.: has been txirriedfby' adulation anS who cannot brcoic -any- opposition: { .Her is veryi unsatista'ctorjv to'.the Theosophlstn. and we, have decided to qiiitl While the main body, of 'the local-lodge :,wlll remain faithful -td.the.brptherhoqd. T know of at leasts a, dosen';.. who .; will '¦ resign, wlth x mc. Mada'rne Tingley-has warned'/the Theo^o phlsts of -"the- Pacific -Coast 'against" me; b'uf- 1 do" not fear "anything she" can ' say ordo."-' •..". V ' ¦: ' ,' "• . '. "*. '•¦':¦¦¦ ' WILL V CIRCULATE STATEMENT. "One reason'.for our trouble is; that our constitution .is foolishly 'broad'anbVcbnfers unlimited - powers .upon _) the • 'master.* Recognizing ' her.- autocratic powers Sunder the constitution, she demands that -all members bow their knees. beforVher' and she • expects them r to worship : her. From her decisions "there is no appeal. If. she exercised her. i functions .--. wisely -there "Of the' • 140 'societies , which '•¦'. amalgk; mated , with the J • brotherhood .'.:*a v few years ago only. 40 remain faithfuh ., Of 5600 members i which- 'the • brotherhood *. once carried on' ¦ its .'.roll '•. less ';than :M 500 -now remain. The* local society has' dwindled down to, about 7^ members, and/all.be cause M the actions of --this woman.": .-^i"? "Madame Tlngley is a. woman^full of Ideas and they'are ds'. visionary, 'as ; those of Colonel Mulberry ; Seller?. /. She Is ' ad vocating the formation, of , societies .with hlgti-sounding/' titles ..'coniiriuaily/and neg lects the work -of . the . brotherhood." ,. She has a decidedly < combative temperament, the result being that tshe has .lnvolvcd'.the brotherhood •. IfT- useless litigation.'". Her acts have , long since 'disgusted -the Thc osophists and numerous have resulted. - . ¦.. . '¦ • ' - : ' : -¦'¦ '. -.'.' ', '¦•¦" ' '. FEW SOCIETIES BEMAIN. as have many, others Tmlght name. We concluded we '¦rnlghf.-na^ .well withdraw, from the brotherhood; and form .'a, society, of our own,. Independent: of the' national organization. " • ,, PRINCIPALS VI>: •'aYdISP^^ THEOSOPHISTS.' OF THE {UNITED .: STATES , AND "WHICH MAY CAUSE A; SPLIT 'IN '.THE BROTHERHOOD. \ ' • SEDALIA.' Mo., March 23.— Will Martin, aged 12; was fatally shot to-day In East Sedal'a by Edgar Allen,'. a. playmate -of his own age. ¦ A "Jesse James" company ¦was in Seda'.ia ; last; week' and- a; number of .young boys were reproducing the play In ¦ a barn, j having an audience • of abqut fifty boys. Allen was playing the -part; of Jesso' James and Martin that of Pinker ton detective. When the latter attempted to capture the bandit Allen took a shot at Martin with a 38-cattber revolver, the ball entering Martin's head near the right ear and passing but on the opposite side. . ¦ •¦•'. a "Jesse James" Play and One Is Wounded. Young i Boys of Missouri ;' Beproducs SHOOTS AND FATALLY v WOUNDS HIS PLAYMAT3 V y^ 1^- VERY- indication points to the conclusion that the po- M i lice of San Francisco arc upon the eve of important B : : ¦:' developments in the search for' the murderer of Nora - . • Fuller. Absolute secrecy is maintained by the de partment, and information regarding the movements of the de tectives employed on fhe case is guarded with every possible . precaution ; " to prevent piiblicity. . Until recently Detective Ilamill was engaged on the case alone, but within the last few days Detectives Torii Gibson, Coleman and Levings have been dctailedon the search. ; v " In the earlier stages of the mystery Captain Seymour said that if the -Police Department had a photograph of the mur derer he would be uricler v arrest within a week. Now he has a chance to make good liis boast, because a photograph of the man who committed the foul deed is in the possession of the .department, as well as his name. Further than -this little, 'is known by the detectives, but they cling to the theory that he is still a resident- of San Francisco, and any day they hope to ap prehend; hini on the streets of this city. which has given a fresh start to the effort to run down the criminal has been shown to Fred -W. Krone, ¦.the' restaurant man. who is the only person who can positively identify 'the' man who lured his childish victim from her home, and he: says that it is positively the likeness of the hunted mon- , •iStcr.-tvHpw'it came into the possession of the police, or what ."collateral, information accompanied its delivery, cannot be " -'learned;-. biit ''-the clew thus furnished is so satisfactory to Captain -Seymour that he is more /hopeful now than at any time since the /discovery of the crime; that' the murderer will be captured. . v ; -In j general it ..is /stated, that what work; is now being done .¦by.the pblice^is entirely oh new lines,- and the various; clews "of the case "have v been altogether, abandoned: ~~ .'/'; One .'of the wofst difficulties with which the detectives have had: to, contend with was to find some one who » was intimate with Nora Fuiler and knew her habits and associates. Madge ;-;<jraK^VprbVcdTa" broken reed, and it has been conclusively ; proved that she 'knew nothing concerning the case that would prove of value in. discovering: the murderer. Ida Jeffries, a nursegirl,' who worked in San Rafael for a time, claims to have been a chuni of tlie murdered child, and her story will be closely investigated by the police in hopes that it may develop something of the men who were known to Nora Fuller. Execution May Stir Up Trouble. PORT AU PRINCE. Hayti. March 23.— Leon Gabriel, who claimed to be a citizen of France and who was executed yester day for having fired a shot from a revol ver at General Cameau, Chief of Police, ¦was formerly an aide-de-camp . of ex- President Legritime. On this fact the Hay tlen Government based the claim that Gabriel was a Haytlen and not a'cltlzen of France. The French Minister here maintains that Gabriel was a citizen of France. He regularly registered here at the French Legation. He left seven chil dren. As a result of the execution of Ga briel the French Minister has requested that a French man-of-war be sent here and is awaiting a reply from Paris. Quiet prevails here. radcrs halted in front of the City Hall and sent in a deputation to the Burgo xnaster of Brussels bearing a petition for aolversal suffrage and proportionate rep r*Sentation. The Burgomaster promised to submit this^ petition to Parliament. '¦ There were no disorders here to-day. As Prince Albert, a nephew of King Lfeopcld. was leaving the theater last night hundreds of Socialist students gath- ; ered about him and shouted for universal ! suffrage. Dynamite cartridges were exploded this morning In the pcstofDce at La Louvrie, province Halnaut, Belgium. The building was damaged but no one was hurt. The explosion last Friday night of dy namite cartridges under the home of M. Dc-rbalz, a Catholic Deputy, at Binche, Hainaut province, by which no one was injured, Is also attributed to the suffrage agitation. . bers of the Chamber of Deputies, had a. big parade here this afternoon. The pa- Burgomaster of Brussels Promises a Deputation That He Will Sub mit Matter to Parliament. BRUSSELS, March 23.— The Liberals and the Socialists, including many mem- The Daily News remarks that a settlement. would be pos sible if the Boers were treated like civilized combatants; "but men do not surrender unconditionally just after taking one of the enemy's generals and four of his guns." BRUSSELS, March 24. — The Petit Bleu, referring to tne arrival at Pretoria of Messrs. Schalk-Burger, Reitz " and Commandants Meyer and Kreigh, said it believes . that Mr. Schalk- Burger's move is in response to fresh British. overtures for peace, made out of gratitude for the release of General Methuen, and predicts that these overtures will lead to no re sult unless Boer independence is conceded. PRETORIA, March 23.— Acting President Schalk- Burger, F. W. Reitz. ex-Secretary of State for the Transvaal, and Commandants Lucas Meyer and Kreigh. with their secretaries and attendants, arrived here yesterday at 2:04 p. m. on a special train from Balmoral, ibout fifty miles cast of here. They came into Balmoral undei a flag of truce. Upon arriving here Mr. Schalk-Burger and his party drove immediately to Lord Kitchener's headquarters, where he had • an interview with the British general. The Boers afterward pro> cccded to the railroad station and entrained at '5 o'clock for Kroonstad, whence they will go out under a safe conduct. For a week past Mr. Schalk-Burger and his colleagues have been stationed at Rhenostcr Kop, north of Balmoral, where they have beer, closely pressed by British columns. Dispatch riders entered Balmoral Friday night and notified the British of the approach of the party. It is reported that the Boer position at Rhenoster Kop had become almost hopeless and that Mr. Schalk-Burger once narrowly escaped capture. LONDON, March 24. — The news that the wandering "Boer Government" had entered the British lines is regarded as having but one meaning, namely, that another movement is be ing made toward peace. The fact that the censor passed the news of this movement is accepted as confirmation of this opinion. Nothing is actually known here of the intentions of Messrs. Schalk-Burger, Reitz, Meyer and Kreigh. It is possible they have sought permission to traverse the British lines in order to talk with President Steyn and the Boer General Delarey. Whatever their object, the news has been welcomed in London as pointing to the possibility of peace.; Some correspondence which was seized a short" time"ago~ when Mr. Steyn narrowly escaped capture proved that- he and Mr. Schalk-Burger were anxious to conclude peace. No extrav agant hopes, however, are being built on the outcome of the movement of Schalk-Burger and his companions, chiefly because it is feared that Delarey, in the flush of his recent success, will refuse to be a party to any negotiations. The Daily Chronicle, commenting on the absence of Botha Trom the delegation, suggests that he is standing aside owing to the failure of his overtures a year ago/and says that all the con ventions then offered by Lord Kitchener to • Botha having been annulled, it is highly probable that peace may still be ar ranged on similar lines, but that the Boers cannot expect more lenient terms. Photograph of Monster Who Committed the Crime Comes Into Possession of the Department Acting President of the Transvaal and Four- Other Patriot Chiefs Hold Interview With British Commander. M POLICE NEARING SOLUTION OF THE FULLER MYSTERY BURGHERS ENliSR PRETORIA UNDER FLAG OF TRUCE BOER LEADERS VISIT KITCHENER AND PEACE RUMORS ARE REVIVED PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOLUME XCI.— NO. 114., SAN FRA^piSCp^'MQN^ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. -flV-^fe. B. JEROME A. ANDERSON, 3 one of the leaders of the local a & society of : Theosophlsts. has M Mr become disgusted with. the op "JBlL^t derations of Madame Katherlne - . ANce Tlngley; "master" of ;the of , which . is : locatedTa t / Poin ttTCo toa-T^vA , few days ago : Dr. Anderson,, resigned- his position as president 'of [the, local branch of the", brotherhood. The result is con siderable gossip in theosophical circles, and it ; is predicted that this step will mark the disruption of the brotherhood in the near future. The alleged autocratic disposition shown by Madame Tingley since she took charge of ' the brotherhood affairs, her belllgfrcncy and her evident, lack of knowledge of ordinary business rules, which, it is said, have involved the broth erhood in considerable costly litigation, are said to be responsible for the dissat isfaction existing among the, cult. So pronounced has this dislike for the "mas ter" become that many branches of the theosophical .societies which joined the brotherhood at the time the organization was formed with Madame Tingley as its head have withdrawn therefrom. Through the efforts of Dr. Anderson, however, the local branch remained loyal to the chlef tess until it becamo evident to Dr. An derson that forbearance would no longer be a virtue under the existing condi tions. •;•. ''/: ¦¦¦"¦- .TROUBLE IS DEEP-SEATED. Dr. Anderson's explanation of the trou ble shows that It Is deep-seated and that the very existence of the brotherhood is now threatened. He said last night' that he was preparing a statement for dissem ination' among the Theosophists of the United States, calling attention, to the operations of Madame Tlngley and warn ing them that, radical action must be taken if the extstence of the. brotherhood Is. to be assured. He said: "I have no desire to discuss this matter at the present time, but I am perfectly willing to tell why I resigned the presi dency of the local branch. The opera tions of .Madame Tlngley have disgusted me. She has conducted herself in a rrian ner .deserving of severe criticism as be-, ing at variance with the conduct one should naturally expect from the leader of the Theosophlsts of the United States. I. have lost, confidence .in : her leadership,