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thirty hoars eadlmr midnlrht, April
2*. 1906:
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Local Forecaster.
VOLUME XCVII-NO. 147
HEAVY FIRING AT SEA OFF KAMRANH BAY
SAIGON, French Cochin-China, April 23. — The complete Russian fleet left Kamranh Bay on April 22 at midday. At night heavy cannonading was heard
out at sea. It is supposed the Russian fleet was engaged with a portion of the Japanese squadron.
JAPANESE
SHIPS SEEN
OFF MANILA
Tliree Vessels Near
tiie Harbor.
€coutmg Cruisers Belieyed
to Ha?e Been Attacked
by Baltic Fleet
fit Petersburg Conveys Hint That
RqjestTenskj Leit Kamranh
Several Days Ago.
MANILA. April 23.— Three war-
Shipc are now off Corregidor Island.
It is supposed here that ttiey are Jap
anese vessels and that Japanese Con-,
•ul Merita Goro is hourly expecting
th*- arrival of Vice Admiral Kami
dura.
PARIS, ADril — The Minister of
Colonies officially confirms the report
of the departure of the Russian
squadron from Kamranh Bay. The
Russian Admiral, previous to his de
parture, called upon French Admiral
Jonquleres. The meeting of the two
▲cirr. ■was most cordiaL
" A dispatch from .^.ilgon to the
Cemps reports that the Russian fleet
outside of. Kamranh Bay opened a
heavy cahnonaxling, \ probably { upon
Japanese scouts.
. The Russian transports Kiel, Jupiet.
Kniaz Gortschakoft arid Mltai are still
et Saigon, the dispatch a-Me.
A private dispatch from Saigon
eta es that Vice Admiral- Rojestvensky
Is suffering from dysentery, but other
wise the office: and men of the fleet
ere in the best of feealth.
ST. PETERSBURG/ April 24. 2:05
ft- m. — Vice Admiral Rojestvensky
;coctinues his policy of strategic silence
end has answered the admiralty's mes-
t sage of last Saturday, pointing out the
; position of th» French Government on
neutrality regulations only by putting
to sea, but giving no intimation of his
; plans or destination. Russian naval
circles would not be surprised if it
Should develop that the squadron had
f l>een already two days or more on the
,!way northward when the instructions
.were cabled to him and that the ad
*n;raJty was aware of this when the
message . was sent asking the admiral
to move outside the three-mile limit
If he happened to be in French terri
torial waters.
A prominent naval officer here last
tiiirht called the present stage of af
lairs "a game of naval hide and seek"
end declared that the admiralty was
justified in sending elusive dispatches,
especially as there was reason to be
lieve that one motive of Japan in
pressing the question was the" desire
to learn the exact position of Rojest-
Vensky"s squadron.
SAIGON. French Cochin China.
April 23. — Russian officer or
Bailor landed from the fleet in Kam
ranh Bay. They had expected Nebo
toff's detachment of the squadron to
arrive at any moment. The natives
*rere highly pleased with the great
rise In prices of provisions, owing to
the Russians* visit.
PRESS SCORES GOVER\>fENT
French Editors Say the Russian Fleet
Was Treated rnjuMlj
PARIS. April 28. — Some of the
Newspapers of Paris, commenting: upon
the expulsion of the Russian second
Pacific squadron from French terri
torial water in Indo-China. hold that
France, in seeking: to render exact Jus
tice to Japan, has been unjust to Rus
sia. The Echo de Paris, which is
etrongrly pro-Russian, gays that
France's insistence upon Rojestven-
Eky's leaving Kararanh Bay will have
the effe-t of making him an easy prey
to Togo, as the Russian ships, being
driven from all points without being
able to take on coal, must put to sea
tvith '-filled bunkers, being thus
crippled at the moment of meeting the
enemy.
"And this is neutrality?" scornfully
observe* the Echo de Paris.
The same paper .quotes the French
regulations authorizing 1 belligerents to
UOte on ■officiant coal to reach the
next port end maintains that the next
port is' Vladivostok. Therefore, the
Echo de Paris asserts. France has not
given her. ally's squadron the benefit
of French neutrality laws.
The Temps criticizes the Saigon re
port that Russian merchant vessels
have been forbidden to take on the
'necessary coal to enable them to reach
'he nearest Russian port. 'The paper
■maintains that the ships have the right
*> take on sufficient coal to last them
t» Vladivostok, which' ls the. nearest
-Vassian port. The Temps adds:
•, csuiar power* bavins, many coaling: stations
«*•« an interest In making neutrality rules
**'em*ly etrlct in order to prevent their ad-
v *>*ries from procuring coal through neutrals,
*"*»• they enjoy full «uj»pJie« from their own
cs«-n« statics*. On the • contrary. Continental
P°+re. namely Franc*. Ruwia and Germany,
Continued an Fafe 2. Column 4.
The San Francisco Call.
DEATH SUMMONS
JEFFERSON.
End Comes to the Eminent Actor
at His Home in Florida.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.. April 23.
Joseph Jefferson, the eminent actor,
died at hi? home, "The Reefs," at Palm
Bearh at 6:15 o'clock this evening. The
end came after a day of unconscious
ness and after a heroic struggle which
had exhausted the patient's vitality. At
his deathbed were his wife, his sons,
Charles B. and Frank Jefferson, his
nurse, Miss Mabel Bingham, Dr. R. B.
Potter and his faithful old servant,
Carl Kettler.
The end waa not a surprise to the
family. Ever since his last sinking
spell, which came after a rally on
Thursday morning and which was fol
lo-wd by an apparent improvement
until Friday, the family has been wait
!r,p for the end.
Jefferson's condition on Saturday
night grew steadily worse and the
members of the family, who had re
tired, were summoned from their beds
and Dr. Potter was called. The Da
tient's condition continued to itrow
worse all through to-day and the brief
I'ullftins from the bedside contained no
words of encouragement.
The sickness of Jefferson, which
ended in his death, was contracted, it
is believed, while on a recent visit to
his son. Charles, at Hobe's Sound, a
few mile?! pbove Palm Beach, where he
v.ent to meet his friend, former Presi
dent Cleveland.
It if believed that from a s!ig:ht indis
cretion In his eating there he suffered
an attack of indigestion. Sinre his re
turn liomo his condition grew steadily
worse- v.:tn slight rallies until the end.
Thp body of Jefferson will be taken
to Buzzards Uay on a special train to
morrow, accompanied by all the mem
bers of hi* family who aro here,. It
will reach New YorK on Wednesday
morning and the family hopr-s to reach
I-suzzards Bay the evening <>f that day.
It was on April 1 that Jefferson went
to Hobe Sound to meet Cleveland acd
other friends at the home of Charles B.
Jefferson. The party spent about a
week there and during that time there
were Ashing expeditions. Jefferson ap
peared acilve. but as he bad been rest-
Ing at his home at Palm Beach and had
alqf^st recovered his strength from the
illness which pulled him down last
spring, he was over-confident and over
exerted himself. It was at a 6upper
there one njfht that he ate somethinjr
SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1905
JOSEPH I JEFFERSOX, THE FAMOUS
AMERICAN' ACTOR. WHO PAPS'ED
AWAY LAST NIGHT IN FLORIDA.
which, it is thought, brought on the at
tack of indigestion.
When Jefferson became ill he return
ed to the Reefs and was taken to his
room on the second floor of the cot
tage, which is only one hundred feet
from the ocean, where he could watch
the sea The weather was favorable
I throughout his illnosp.
Dr. Potter, the family physician at
the Florida home, livpd three miles
from thf Reefs and went occasionally
to the bedside of his patient, feeling
that Jefferson might survive. But when
the first critical period occurred he
j spent mopt of his time there and
called Dr. Worley of St. Augustine, a
specialist, for a consultation.
It was soon seen that Jefferson had
i«not the strength to shake off the at
i tack and his death was only a question
of days.
JEFFERSOX A GREAT ACTOR.
His Remarkable Career and Success
in "Rip Van Winkle."
"Joe" Jefferson was born In Phlladel-
I phia February 20, 1R29. He waa the
; third of the name and an actor by
! heredity. His grandfather, Joseph Jef
', ferson the first, was the son of an
eminent English actor and manager.
He was born at Plymouth, England, in
1774 and came to this country in 1796,
making his first appearance In New
York at the theater in John street. He
| remained with the aame company until
1 1803, when he removed to Philadelphia,
■where he was permanently engaged
; during a period of twenty-seven years.
He died in 1532. H«> married in 1800 a
' Miss Fortune, by wlWm he had a Large
! family of childrf n. .
His son. Joseph Jefferson the second,
was born in Philadelphia in 1804 and
died of yellow fever in Mobile. Ala., in
: 1842. He was an excellent actor in 'old
j men" parts and also a fine scene paint
er. He married -Mrs. T. Burke, who
bore to him Joseph Jefferson the third.
Young "Joe" was brought up in the
i precincts of thp theater from the time
j he was an infant.
When living in the city of Washing
ton the house in which his father re-
Bided adjoined the theater of which h*»
was manager, and the boy had the run
of the establishment. There he saw
many of the great players of the. day. r
among whom he well remembered Fan
ny Kerable and Tyrone Power, the liieh
comedian. As an infant he wa» fre
quently taken on ihe stage when a
child was required, and when but 3
years of age made his first public ap
pearance as the child in "Rolla." He
also appeared In an entertainment of
"living statue?."
Continued on Pace S. Column 1.
SHRINKAGE
IN VALUES
OF STOCKS
Lawson's Raid Takes
$171,000,000 From
His Foes.
EJlect ol the Bear Ooslangbt
Is Believed to Be hut
Temporary.
Twenty-Six Leading Industrials Are
lovolved in the Slump
in Prices.
Special Dispatch to Tb« Call.
BOSTON, April 23. — Twenty-six
leading stocks in the New York. and
Boston markets show V for the past
week a total shrinkage : of more than
$171,000,000 in value from the gen
eral slump, coupled with the raid by
Lawson and other well-known bear
plungers. Included in this I'st.are
Amalgamated Copper,' with more than
000,000; American Sugar, $4,500,
000;'.; Atchison. $10,000,000; : Missouri
Pacific, i5.000,000rii 5.000,000 ri- Southern Pacific.
$15,500,00©;^ Union ±-&emc ii * > |l-».« 00
.-000: Steel preferred ' and common,
nearly $23,000,000. '•"[■['
Most of the other stocks in this list
were railroad. Ttie copper shares out
side of Amalgamated showed up In
strong shape.
If the total shrinkage of the leading
Industrials and some of the big min
ing properties .were to be included it
would run well to $300,000,000 for the
three days of the business week.
The coming week probably will see
a renewed swift fight of bear opera
tors, though the markets are likely to
open weak and continue so tem
porarily. The recovery in values is
likely to prove as quick in its effects
as the shrinkage.
CONSCIENCE
DRIVES HIM
TO CONFESS
Californian Would
Free an Inno
cent Man.
Special Dispatch to Th* Call.
DENVER, April £3. — A troubled
conscience has led to the receipt by
Governor McDonald from a San Fran
cisco man of a written confession that
he Is guilty of a crime for which an
other has been convicted. In the
Governor's mail yesterday was a let
ter signed by J. "W. Henderson and
dated at San Francisco. It declared
that J. B. Hutchison of Fort Collins
wa6 not guilty o f horse stealing and
asked the Governor to use his influ
ence to obtain a new trial for the man.
Governor McDonald will send the let
ter to District Judge Garrlgues of
Larimer County for investigation. It
is as follows:
"SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
"Governor McDonald: I want to tell
you that J. B. Hutchison of Fort Col
lins is not guilty of horse stealing. If
he had got a new trial he would come
clear. I stole the horse myself, but
when I saw his wife and children I
could not let him go over the road.
Give new trial and h« will prove him
self clear. You can see my writing
here and that on the check and the
bill sala, is the same. His family needs
him. I leave here to-day.
'J. W. HENDERSON."
GREAT BRITAIN SHAKEN
BY EARLY MORNING QUAKE
Damage Is Done to Walls and Roofs
in Dcrfoysliire and
Yorkshire.
LONDON, April 23. — An earthquake
lasting several seconds, and occasion
ing much alarm was felt about 2
o'clock this morning throughout
Derbyshire and Yorkshire and in ad
jacent district*. There was trifling
damage to walls and roofs in some
places, but nothing serious has been
reported.
AWARD O F A FELLOWSHIP
TO A CALIFORNIA WOMAN
' GRADUATE' OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED I
;;; ■ EUROPEAN SCHOLARSHIP OF ASSOCIATION' OK COLLEGIATE AUIIXAE
- SHE HAS WON DISTINCTION TRANSLATING DANTE'S "DE MONARCHIA " |
Berkeley Graduate
Will Study in
Europe.
Th« parents of Miss Aurelia Henry,
who graduated from the University of
California In 1898. have Just received
word of their daughter's good fortune
In being awarded the European fel
lowship of the Association of Colleg
iate Alumnae. The home of the Henry
family Is at 1809 Euclid avenue, Berke
ley.
Mtes Aurelia Henry is regarded as
one of the most brilliant students that
have graduated from Californa. She
took the degree of Doctor of Philoso
phy at Tale, taught later at L»e*viston,
Idaho, in the State Normal School,
and now will go abroad to enjoy In
Europe the advantages of the Euro
pean Fellowship.
The Association of Collegiate Alum
nae is a national organization of
women college graduates, with
branches in twenty-nine different
cities and a membership of more than
3000. It supports the European Fel
lowship with the aim of promoting ad
vanced study by college women who
"give promise of distinction through
original gifts, previous training, en
ergy, power of endurance and health."
The bestowal of the fellowship is
based upon evidence of the candidate's
ability and of her promise of success
in her chosen line of study. It is not
usually granted to those who intend
to take uj> the profession of law. the
ministry or medicine. "Women who are
looking forward to positions as teach
ers or professors or to literary or
scientific vcatlons are given the pref
erence.
Miss Henry's achievement, that is
believed to have won for her the
coveted fellowship, is a fine transla
tion, recently made, of Dante's "De
Monarchla," which Houghton, Mifflin
& Co. soon will publish.
A.L.CAZAR— Kn!*htho«x! W«i
in Flower."
7ALJFORNIA— "The Eternal Femi
nine."
rOLCMBIA— "Red Feather."
rENTRAL^-'Tlobert Emmet."*
CHUTES — Vaudeville.
5 RAND — "Qraustark."
DRPHEtJM—
nVOLJ Comic Opera.
NEAR DEATH
BY MENTAL
SUGGESTION
Woman 111, ThinkiDf
She Had Taken
Acid.
BRADDOCK, Pa., April 23.—Be
lieving that she had taken a large dose
of carbolic acid by mistake for whisky,
Mr?. Markuerite Totske, 61 years old.
wife of a rich German merchant of
this city, almost died from suggestion
to-day. She was unconscious almost
six hours and the most stringent ef
forts were necessary to restore her.
Physicians say it is a remarkable
case of autosuggestion and if It could
be carried out in cases of nervous
troubles, wonderful cures could be
made in Insanity and other mental
troubles.
ANTI-BOYCOTT BIIX NOW
A LAW IX COIX>RADO
DENVER. April 23. — Governor Mc-
Donald has signed the anti-boycott biU
passed at the late session of the Legis
lature. This measure was strongly
advocated by the Citizens' Alliance
and was vigirously opposed by labor
organizations. Violation of its pro
visions is punifhable by fine or im
prisonment, or both.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
KEYSTONE
STATE MAY
BE DIVIDED
Secession of Western
Pennsylvania Is
Advocated.
New Commonwealth Would
Be 6l?en the Name
"Allegheny."
Political Leaders in Reyolt Against
Methods of Philadelphia
Machine.
■p«cUl Diipatch to Th* CaO.
PITTSBURO. April 23.— The Western
part of Pennsylvania is now ripe for
revolt and there is serious talk of
asking that the great Keystone State
be divided, the twenty-three cour.'^s
west of the crest of the Allegheny
mountains to be known as the State
of Allegheny.
For some years there have been
murmurings against the way In which
the Philadelphia region has used the
. Legislature and Congress to further
only * iKe «nds of that "part of tha
! State, and the feeling grew : wanner at
the meeting of the Legislature ' Just
ended. To-day the Plttsburg Leader,
very close to Western Pennsylvania
bosses, came out in a three column ar
ticle calling for a division of the
State, the dividing line to be the water
shed of the Allegheny Mountain* and
the State to be named Allegheny.
Attention Is called to the prophetic
words of Abraham. Lincoln, who once
referred to this section as "The State
of Allegheny. " meaning at that time,
perhaps, Allegheny County. in which
Pittsburg and Allegheny are situated,
as well as the greatest steel plants
in the world.
Greensburg. Pennsylvania. la sug
gested as the site for the new State's
capital. The State of Allegheny, ac
cording to those who are figuring on
the move, would have a population of
2.100,000, according to the census of
1900, and, with its rate of increase for
the last twenty years maintained,
would in the census of 1910 take sev
enth place in the Union.
TEARS WET
THE GRAVE
OF BULLDOG
Society Woman Will
Have Dead Pet
Disinterred.
Special Dl«D*tch to Th» Call.
TRINIDAD, Colo.. April 23— Just a
bulldog. That Is the whole secret of a
lonely grave at the top of the montain
where the trail winds in a picturesque
way from Hastings to Aguilar. It is
the explanation of the mysterlou* wo
man In b!acß who paid several strang*
visits to the grave and bowed her head
in sorrow over it.
Mrs. Benton Lindeman of New York,
a cousin of Harry Lehr. the amous so
cial arbitrator, Is the w^-nan. He#
blooded bulidog. Prince Ccrid Steef. win
ner of blue ribbons at do« shows
throughout the country, is th*> occupant
of the sepulcher. An epitaph of senti
mental verse is en«r*v*d on the head
board which marks the grave.
The dog was killed a year ago by a
careless militiaman, who was practic
ing with his rifle c-n top of the moun
tain. Mrs. Lindeman at that time was
visiting: a friend on a ranch near
Aguilar and she buried the dog herm
it fell. A few weeks ago she was again
at the home of her friend and visited
the grave, giving rise to the story of a
lost love buried where tb.2 breezes find
their way through . the murky smoke
banks that overhang Hastings to th»
crystal, snowy range and sing a re
quiem.
To-day Matthew Benedict, a coach
man in the employ of Mrs. Llndeman.
arrived in the city and went to Hast
ings. .He will disinter the ,dog's,car-*, dog's , car-*
cass, which is buried in an iron-bound
box. and will, take it to '. New -'York, i
where it will reburied,