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THE WEATHER. Forecast mada at Saa Francisco for thirty hours, «^t midalsM. Decem ber U: Saa Traaclsoo and Tldulty— Fair WewUy; !!«« north wind. a. h. wiuaok. Local *"»<■« VOLUME XCVII— NO. 19. STOESSEL CLAIMS FOE SACRIFICED 22,000 MEN Unprecedented, Slaughter in Late Port Arthur Fighting. Japan Loses Two War Craft TOKIO, Doc 1», 10 a. m. — Tbe Japanese hare lost two torpedo boats * during the operations against tbe battleship * Sevastopol, which was re ported yesterday in advices from Port Arthur to have been completely disabled. CHEFU, Dec IS.— A portion of the Japanese fleet has left for Slnga lP°*e to Intercept tlie Baltic fleet. A number of Japanese merchantmen have •boca Uchtly armed to maintain the blockade of Port Arthur. As soon as ' the remainder of the fleet has finished needed repairs It will sail In the di trcction of Singapore. - ST. PETERSBURG, Dec 18. — General Stoessel's latest dispatches from Port Arthur were published to-day, but, as given out, do not carry the etory of the garrison's stubborn defense beyond December 10, thus leav ing a gap of at least five days between the official word of the military commander and the unofficial story of Commander Mizzeneoff, which was given out at Chefu. It is not pretended that the dispatches are .pub lished In fulL They contain much that is of stragretic interest and mat ter -which it is obviously Impossible to disclose to * the public. The dis patches have been in the hands of Emperor Nicholas three days, but their contents were known to few besides his Majesty and his personal aides, Pricce Orloff and Count Heyden. who deciphered the dispatches. The story of the operations, as far as It has been given out, is In tensely interesting and shows that there was an almost uninterrupted as sault of the most desperate character from November 20 to December 10. when the Japanese, aXter losing more than 22,000 men, captured 203-Meter Hill and were able from that position to shell the squadron in the Port roadstead. There the official account ends, but it Is explained that the Japanese do not occupy the top of the hilL, which is still exposed to a deadly fire from the Russian artillery. The Japanese are using a plunging fire , from very heavy guns from behind the crest of the hill, but that this fire is efficient ly directed is shown by the damage suffered by the Russian squadron. The Japanese are credited with using 11- inch and 16-inch "mortar and Howitz ers. The effect of these must be most deadly when turned upon the neigh boring forts The public reception of General Stcessel's dispatches as* a whole is not I bad. Every voice is loud in praise o f General Stoessel's defense of Port Ar thur, while the authorities assert that the main line of forts has not yet been broken. The Japanese so far have used every device of, engineering fkill in making approaches, but, with enormous sacrifices, have been able 0 take only the outer line of defenses. It is declared the garrison prybably will be able to hold out a consider able time yet. A matter of much speculation is why the order to take out and sink the squadron in deep water was not carried out. The only explanation offered 5s that the crews and guns were drafted ashore and that at the. last mo ment it was impossible to move the ships under the heavy Japanese fire. HILL STREWN WITH BODIES Japanese Fig tit With Frenzy • of Madmen. CHEFU. Dec. 18.— For ferocity and sustained desperation on both sides, the struggle for the possession of High Hill was probably the most remarkable In the historv of the siege of Port Arthur — a siese noted for slaughter. This statement is bared on an interview ■with Commander Mizzeneoff, executive officer of the battleship Poltava up to tbe time that vessel was disarmed. Mizzeneoff, as already told, headed the party of seven Russians who left Port Arthur in a sailboat on December 15 and. after extreme suffering ivhile crossing in a driving snowstorm, ar rived here on December Lfi, bearing dis patches which were turned over to the Russian Consul for transmission to St. Petersburg. These dispatches, it is un derstood, consist partly of a statisti cal report of the effect of the Japanese bombardments and there is nothing in them to Indicate that General Stoessel is without hope that the fortress will be able to hold out. Commander Miz zeneoff, who was wounded In the leg during the battle of High Hill, said: "Since the Japanese on the 2Sth be gan their attack on High Hill, which they call 203- Meter Hill, the fighting has been continuous. The steep and tandy slopes of the hill were streaked and dotted with snow when the Jap anese began the battle, which was des tined to fufnish so many deeds of heroism that they became common place. There was so much slaughter that even Port Arthur's war-hardened \-eterans shuddered at the sight. "The Japanese were compelled to clamber up the slopes of the hill, In I many cases without firing, in the face 1 of one of the most murderous deluges- 1 ever poured from rifles and machine guns. I was there, and it seemed to me that flesh ar.d blood would be unable to stand our fire for a minute. . ENTIRE COMPANIES FALI* "The enemy went down in squads and companies, but always there were others grimly coming forward. Their bravery was beyond praise, as was that of our men. Sometimes the fighting was hand-to-hand, with the muzzles of the rifle* at the breasts of the com batants, the bayonets being used as swords. ""The sides of the hill were , strewn with bodies and the snow was crlm- j soned with the blood of the wounded, , some of whom had crawled into it, seeking In its coldness surcease from their dying agonies. "Eventually, as in similar instances which were to follow, we retired. leav ing tie work of driving the enemy from th/* summit to the resistless guns of the neighboring forts, notably those of Liaoti Mountain. "One Incident of this assault will re main forever impressed on my mind. XThen tie Japanese standard-bearer reached • the summit and planted his "ag a gigantic Russian corporal, with *n angry cry. l*ft ni » retreating com rades and. rushing back, seized the Japanese flag, which be was tearing ■trith his hands and with his teeth when he fell pierced by several bullets. # "When the Japanese retired under an Continued on Pa^e 2. Column 1. The San Francisco Call. LONG SERIES OF ASSAULTS Stoessel Reports Twelve Days' Battle. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. IS.—Gen eral Stoessel's dispatches to the Em peror, which were received on Friday night, were given out to-day. The first is dated November 25 and is as follows: "I am happy to inform your Majesty that on November 20, after an increased bombardment, the Japanese attacked one of the forts on the northeastern front and leaped with a portion of the forces on the parapet. They were an nihilated by rifle fire and the bayonet and thrown back into the trenches. Their reserves were scattered by shrap nel. • ".From November 21 '.*** November 23 the enemy violently bombarded the fort, and in spite of great losses ef fected by their perseverance a passage between two forts on the northeastern front. "At 5:30 o'clock in the evening of No vember 23. after heavy firing, the Japa nese suddenly hurled themselves against several works on this front and seized a portion of the trenches, but they were thrown back by the reserves after a fierce bayonet struggle. "They returned to the assault at mid. night and again occupied a part of the trenches, but were annihilated by our bayonets. At 2 o'clock in the morning all was over, and your Majesty's heroic troops were able to rest and started re pairing the damage caused by the bom bardment. HEAVY JAPANESE 3X)SS. "From the 20th to the 24th the Japa nese lost more than 2000 men. All of our troops behaved as heroes. The fol lowing especially distinguished them selves: Generals Kongdr.-.tenko. Nlkl tin (commander of the artillery) and Gorbatowsky. and Lieutenant Colonel Naoumenko. [A dozen other officers In lower grades are mentioned in the dispatch.] "Bombardment of the town and har bor continues daily. A number of buildings have been destroyed and the harbor has sustained some damage. The garrison is In ekcellent spirits." < In another dispatch, dated November 28, General Stoessel said: '•The 26th and 27th were the bloodiest days In the assaults on Port Arthur. The attacks began on the night of the 25th against our left flank, near Pigeon Bay. The first was repulsed with great' loss to the Japanese. The same night j the enemy attacked a detachment on | Panlung Mountain, but were repulsed, .' as also was their attack on Visokaia (203-Meter Hill). - "On the 26th the Japanese began to bombard and attack fiercely the forts on the north front and advanced trenches. The trenches repeatedly changed hands. .Nevertheless, on the night of the 26th we threw back : the Japanese at the point of the bayonet. ' "The enemy succeeded in blowing up the parapet of one of the forts and be gan building ~ parallels there. At an other fort on the same night they laid .racks along the rampart, but our artil lerly disperse them. 1 Toward 10 o'clock in the evening the; Japanese attacked a battery on our left flank in consider able strength and at first, obtained pos- Continued on ' Page 2, ' Column ; 2. SAN FRANCISCO, ; M OND A Y v DECEMBER .19, 1904. BIG RIOTS IN STREETS OF MOSCOW Many Are Injured in Revolutionary Outbreak, Crowds Clash With Police From Noon Until . . Evening. Great Mobs Move Through the City tinging and Shouting "Long Live Freedom." MOSCOW, Dec. 18. — This city was the scene of a revolutionary demon stration to-day from noon till nearly evening. Probably 5000 persons act ually participated. Fortunately the agitators did not succeed in drawing the worklngmen from the factories into the disturbance and after many collisions the police firing blank vol leys and charging with their sabers, the crowds finally were dispersed. Many were wounded and more were arrested. As far as known, none of the rioters was killed. One police man Is reported fatally injured. Many on both sides were roughly, handled. . The authorities knew in advance that trouble was impending and many houses along Tverskaia street ; 'were specially guarded. Several squadrons of mounted gendarmes were concealed In' thjj; courtyards of houses ready* for an emergency. The crowds^-began'td' collect at midday in Tverskaia street, students, young men and women mix- Ing with the general public. .The thor oughfare was soon congested with a mass of humanity which converged £0 Strastnla Square. There 3000 persona assembled, many armed with clubs and carrying flags. The crowd, sing ing, moved toward the palace of Grand Duke Sergius, the Governor General of Moscow. BREAK INTO GROUPS. The police attempted to block the street, whereupon the trouble began in earnest. The crowd broke through the cordon and one policeman was knocked down and, it is thought, fa tally hurt. Battalions of police were brought up at double quick to rein force their comrades. Sticks and stones were freely used by the mob, and the police, under orders of their chief, flred several blank volleys, while mounted men charged, using the flats of their swords. The mob fought stubbornly, but finally broke and sought shelter in the side streets. Many of the demonstrators paraded on side streets in smaller groups, wav ing flags and singing. A crowd of 500 collected in front of the theater, where revolutionary flags were hois'ted amid shouts of "Long live Freedom!" The police were not prepared at this point and the crowd, gathering. in volume, moved from the square to NegHna street and Koominestki bridge, the chief street of Moscow, where the police met them. Another stubborn fight ensued, ending with three blank volleys and saber charges. The disturbance continued at Isolat ed spots throughout the afternoon. Many shops were turned Into hospi tals, where the wounded were tempo rarily cared for. The workmen held aloof from the demonstration, . employers having giv en them warning that any who parti cipated would be dismissed. ,. DEMANDS FOR REFORMS. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 18. — The disturbances were to-day confined to Moscow. The Socialistic revolutionary party in St. Petersburg has decided to abstain from further demonstrations, many of their leaders having been ar rested or wounded on December 11 and no further trouble is likely unless mobilization of reserves is proclaimed for this city or In the event of the fall of Port Arthur. Meanwhile a group of lawyers is collecting evidence upon which they purpose to institute pro ceedings against the police for the al leged ill treatment of prisoners in the affair of December 11. A meeting of 404 undergraduate girls of the medical institute, to-day passed resolutions of sympathy with Sasonieff, under sentence to imprison ment for the murder of Minister von Plehve. Another resolution adopted demands liberal reforms. The meet ing wound up with shouts of "Down with. autocracy" and "Long live free dom!" . At a banquet of engineers to-night resolutions similar to those adopted by the Zenistvoists were passed. CHICAGO'S MAYOR COJIIXG WEST FOR THE WINTER Harrison Attracted to Los Angeles Through the Glowing: Accounts of His Private Secretary. . , LOS ANGELES, Dec." 1 8 I—Mayor. Carter Harrison of Chicago expects to arrive in this city shortly; after the holidays for an extended outing. 4 His private secretary, Edward LahifT, is now: here and is making the necessary nreparations for the reception of his Chief. " z Lahlff has become an-. ardent ad mirer of Southern California : and his* glowing descriptions have had : much to do with l Mayor. Harrison's determi nation 1 to ; spend ' a . portion < of \ the win% ter r ' here. ,- Harrison is coming IT pri marily; for -the benefit of his son, -who is* In" ill health. - GOOD NAMES OF BIG MEN IN JEOPARDY Sensation Expected in Oregon Land MuiGase. Senator MitcMl Hurrying Home to Face Federal Grand Jury. Congressman Binger Hermann, a Promi nent Attorney and Other Ore gonians May Be Indicted. Special Dispatch to The Ca.ll. PORTLAND, Dec. 18.— A United States Senator hurrying to Portland as fast as steam will bear him in order to prevent his indictment by the Federal Grand Jury, a Congressman who from now on will momentarily expect to learn that he has been indicted, a prominent attorney and scion of one of the^oldest and best known pioneer fam ilies of Oregon, ' with Government agents, timber men and other small fry in a quantity sufficient to nil out the balance of the cast are the dramatis personae who will figure in the act of the investigation of the land frauds scandal on which; the curtain will rise to-morrow morning. In pursuance of an order of Federal Judge C. B. Bellinger, E issued at • the time the second land fraud trial v.as postponed till- next March, the Grand Jury will convene to-morrow to-con sMer a vast amount of evidence which the Government inspectors have been slowly gathering during the .last two years. When that, jury is adjourned it is expected that theUnited States Sen ator from' Oregon,: Johb'/Hipple" Mitch ell; Representative to (Congress and ex- Commissioneriof the^ General Xend. Of fice TBinger.^Hermann^ignil S J FrankHa PJerce J , t ( Mays»5attt)rn<lr; r: yHlt ; havesbeen iij^^^a-rfoi^wrng'^rj^'ib^tting^in^a conspiracy, to defraud. the\Unite'd States of a portion' of the public domain. ' : / According to Mitchell's announced in tention, he left Washington to-night for the ostensible purpose of giving testi mony before the jury. It is -said: that there are those who have been convict ed of conspiracy to defraud who are not at all satisfied with the prospect of playing the scapegoat. It is said that these men have talked to the Govern ment representatives in an effort .to save themselves from the terms in prison that are staring them in the face. It is known that at the last session* of the Grand Jury an indictment of Her mann was seriously, considered, but the evidence, was not sufficient to warrant the action. It is true that Hermann was not asked to come back to testify before the Grand Jury, but there is strong reason to believe that he will be a subject of discussion in the Grand Jury room this . week. Irvin Rltten house, at one time Hermann's private secretary, is in the city and Is in com munication with representatives of the Government. . In. connection with Hermann is re vived the story. of the, missing records which could not be found after Her mann went out of office. Forty-one books, or parts of them, in which was the correspondence of the office, can not be found. There Is a story that some time before Hermann went out of office he directed a clerk to cut certain volumes in half and that the stubs be returned to him. The stubs, it is said were later destroyed. ' F. Pierce Mays, the attorney, is link ed with Mitchell and Hermann in what ever might have been, done by all of them. He gave the letter of introduc tion to Puter to give to Mitchell There are others in . the game and f on ?u ° f ,.l hem , a .l e m 0 e " of ' Wsh standing in the life of the State, at whom the ringer of suspicion points. * The lesser knaves have been caught; the 1 week to come perhaps will mark the entangle ment of the bigger . rogues. WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. __ Senator Mitchell and Representative Blnger Hermann of [ Oregon left Washington last night for Portland. Both < Senator Mitchell and Mr. Hermann declare | in most positive terms that they are ab solutely innocent, of complicity in the land frauds have : nothing to fear from returning to Oregon. Both 5 assert with equal positivehess ." that the time has come when , "this outrageous perse cution must stop." They < will • insist upon'. their, right to go before the Grana Jury and .make answer to all charges that may be made against them! con fident that they >will be able to estab lish their, innocence. They expect to have a hearing on Saturday. . ' Senator" Mitchell sent' this telegram yesterday to" District Attorney Hall and Assistant Attorney General Henev: * :: ' ' ,■ i '* ■'.";.- ,-. ' \-. .:.• ; ... "I will ibe in .Portland next Satur day. I demand, a i thorough investiga tion before the : . Grand . Jury of charges, if : any -have , * ; been < made against me. I also demand a right to appear as'a witness before the Grand Jury." ■-■■ '■'-■' ■■■'■ '•'.' • ■ \. • .';.; ; Re i,resentative "Hermann . before ieaVinclmade, thisstatement:' * . "Information": having J been 'receive 3 that thert-;; was a probability: that an attempt .would be 'made ? to involve Senator Mitchell ;and myself in the Grand Jury: investigation as, to land frauds.in Oregon, ; I" believe :it' to be my duty , to :- proceed to * Portland and there ask the privilege of meeting .my charges "which ' nw ? be * preferred V ' LACROSSE^WIs.. -Dec 18.— Mrs. Hor ace^ G. : McKlnley ,) has * been .. granted^ a divorce . from ; her r husband, I H. :'% G." , Mc- Kinley, iwho.wasj convicted '- of . : fraud * in connection V with % timber. ; land > deals in Oregon andtwhois;n6w, ; underj bonds'* in Oregon i awaiting I trial f on -j a ' second', in dictment.'tMrs.'JMcKinley was ; formerly Miss =" MamleJEdwards * of .] "West ? Salem. They; had been'married five "years. ; r ' ' \ MAY FIND IDEAL LOVER FOR A STORY HERE. Western: Prospector. Gives fair Aatfioress inspiration i CLEVER YOUNG WOMAN NOVEL- t 1ST. WHO IS NOW VISITING IN ! ' ' SAN FRANCISCO. I BANK BILLS FALL PREY TO FLAMES Express Company Suffers Loss of $230,000. Special DIroatch to The Call 'WORCESTER, Mass.. 18.— Adams Express Company lost nearly a quarter of a million dollars in a * fire which destroyed at Webster Junction one of its cars on the Boston and Al bany Railroad train that left New Tork a t u o'clock on Thursday night and was due to arrive in Boston soon after 6 o'clock on Friday morning. The loss included ; $200,000 in bank bills and coupon' bonds, all the nego tiable paper in ' transit from New Tork banks to Boston "banks, . $4000 worth of bills consigned from New York to the Worcester national banks, $3000 worth of merchandise, at least $6000 worth of jewelry and , other valuables, the exact value of -which was not known by the company, officials to-day. The merchandise was insured for $10, 000 through the agency of a New York company, leaving the loss to the com pany about" $230,000. The safe was taken from the ruins at Webster Junction on Friday with the door Intact and to all appearances none the worse for having gone through; the flames. When the safe was opened in Boston/ It was found that Its valuable contents had been de-, stroyed. The fifty or sixty packages nreserved their form, but they were so badly charred that it Js believed it will be impossible to obtain the re demption of any. of the bills or -bonds. The packages were burned to a. crisp, and • the moment they were ; touched crumbled! to; ashes. ■-■• The fire followed an explosion . of ; a kerosene lamo In ; the express . car. DAUGHTER OF WEALTHY PLANTER^ IS MURDERED Prominent Young Man Disappears When the Tragedy Is v Discovered. HUNTINGTON,* W. Va.. Dec. .18.— The body '':• of Rose '} JVTiite.' the** '-18-year-old "daughter ; of r Harlan White, a wealthy, planter^ has-, been found : the* snow v near ?■ Chapmans ville.' * Ai'cllnching iron found nearby was ' stained "< wi th ; blood and ; the J sur roundings indicated; a struggle"./: A.' prominent young man has disap-* peared. K>^ j\ '..'"> /f • . : - ■• * '// THE THEATERS. VO/^ZAR— "Peaceful Valley." CJkijFORKIA— "Sis Hopkins." J&LUMBIA— "Th« Billionaire." XENTRAlr— "Two Little TV&lfs." CHUTES— <Vaudevllle. Matinee to-daj. FISCHERS'— Vaudeville. Matine* to day. GRAND — "In Dahomey." MAJESTIC — "Jim Bludsot** i ORPHEUil— Vaudeville, TIVOU- "Kins Dodo." POISONED LUNCHEON KILLS HER Atrocious Murder oi , Young Girl in Colorado. COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec*. 18. — The body of a girl who is believed to have been murdered, has been found on Mount Cutler by two resi dents of this city,, who were survey ing there. The body was lying face downward across a log. An attempt to destroy the features and prevent Identification by burning had been rnade. Near the body were found a few hairpins and an empty bottle that had contained gasoline, but every stitch of clothing had been removed. The woman had light brown hair, was about 30. years of age, about five feet six inches. In height and weighed about 140 pounds. From the appear ance of the body death occurred about a week or ten days ago. The body has been placed in the hands of Coroner. Law, who will em panel a jury to-morrow. Detectives are at work on the case. The body is that of a girl about 18 years of gae, five feet In height and weighing about 125 pounds. It bears every indication of refinement. The fingers have martys of rings having been worn, but no jewelry was found. The head, shoulders and portions of the breast were badly burned, but the hair had burned so slightly that.lt was only partially destroyed. That which is left is of a , light-brown color and would indicate that the deceased was a blonde. The left upper cuspid tooth, being the third from the center, wears a gold crown. There is every indication that the young woman died of poison. The theory most favored by the officers is ,that the girl was a visitor, prob ably, from the East;, that she was in duced by some man to accompany him for an outing, and that he killed her by means of a poisoned luncheon. A reward for the recovery of . the girl's clothing or any part that will lead to' her identification has been of fered ' by the authorities. A post mortem examination will be made to morrow. Telegrams were sent out to-nlsrht to the Chiefs of Police of Phlladelohia. St Louis and other cities, giving a de scription of the dead girl. Thev were sent upon. the; theory that the girl was killed by some person who found that she stood in the way of valuable prop erty,or an' inheritance. , . Near the point where, the body was found the . officers discovered a card bearing the name and address of a St. Louis man . and a prescription blank bearing the name of Dr. F. Kline Baker, 3019 Diamond street. Philadel phia; and "the name of Comp. drucrKlst. Thirtieth "and Diamond streets. Phila delphia. (PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18.— D. E. F. Kline said to-night that: he knew noth ing of ; the. Colorado murder case. He explained the presence * of his prescrip tion" blanks on Mount Cutler by. saying that" he spent several days at Colorado : Springs last ' summer and " that he car ried*, with him a pad of his prescription blanks for, the • purpose of making memoranda. He says; he may" have dropped .some (of them and that they may have been blown' about ; by. the wind! He 1 remembers having given one to : a photographer, who took his. photo graph. . . PRICE FIVE CENTS. Miss Rives Paying First Visit to City. Miss Hall!* Erminle Rives, the young Virginia authoress, who 13 rapidly ad vancing to a position in the literary world close to that held by her dis tinguished cousin. Emelle Rives, the Princess of Troubetskoy, arrived ia this city yesterday and is staying at the St. Francis Motel. Miss Rives U leisurely touring the West in search for a central character around which she proposes to soon weave a story of love. It is her first visit to San Francisco, and although she had been in this city but a part of yesterday she availed her self of the time afforded her to care fully view the Western metropolis from a seat in a motor car and finished her trip thoroughly" enraptured with the city. — "San Francisco is indeed an interest ing place, far more so than I had pic tured in my mind," remarked this bright-eyed critic and writer as sha reclined in a chair in the lobby of the St. Francis Hotel last evening? and re cited her experiences of the day. "Do you know that it reminds one a bit of Paris, though your hills quickly dispel an idea that one is traveling over tha flat roadways of the French metropolis. The strongest resemblance to Paris is found in your business part of town," and with this peculiar style of Intro duction Miss Rives permitted the con versation to quickly turn to the real purposes of her presence in the Far West. " 7, .'«- "I am very eager to find a typical Western character for- my new story, which will be a romance of love. I have got ' the general run of the story pretty well mapped out in my mind, but possibly it may be materially changed before I have finished my trip over the coast. I had thought that I might find my character In the person or persons of several Western farmers, but when I had visited Butte, Mont., and other big Western mining centers I was not slow in realizing that my search 'should thereafter be pursued among mining men. I think that object wttJ? be finally accomplished in the se lection ;o.£,a- prospector. ■ • V< 4 '.. ' ;";"To my mind he'nnjsifr.a«c.essarily be a'rather tan, somewhat lfi&n but-force ful fellow, to enable me to portray In words the lover that I have conceived. I do not think the too robust man ap pears in romance as an interesting v/ooer. I refer to him. as the central character of my story, for I do not al ways fancy heroes. My Judgment prompts me to picture him as tall and slender, but with a good pair of shoul ders, suggestive of ruggedness of the Western adventurer, who has lived by his own work- Not a man, mind you. who Is booted with coarse leather and slovenly attire, .but a fellow who is careful of his appearance in so far as the rough conditions will permit, and is possessed of knowledge gained by experience in the field of labor In which he is employed. In other words a plain but sensible fellow." Miss Rives has traveled a great deal during her short life, and has undoubt edly made a close study of the men she has met, for she made some rather cutting remarks regarding some of them during her Interview last even- Ing. Her opinion is decidedly settled on the point that the wearing of tha hair long and carelessly arranged does not always suggest genius, and she la also firm in her belief that the fop pishly dressed man is not the gentle man that many foolish girls are in clined to suppose. A CONFUSION* OF NAMES. Of her most recent production, "The Castaway," in which Lord Byron la selected as her leading character — a story that has received most flattering criticisms — Miss Rives said that her re gret was that the public had. for some unexplained reason, multiplied her hero and persistently referred'to the title of the book as "The Castaways." "I have been frequently annoyed by hearing the story referred to as "The Castaways,'" said Miss Rives, "and have tried In vain to discover how thi.9 mistake had become so general. Never theless, I have had a high ambition partly realized in the success of th» book and have entered upon the task of writing another story with a great deal of enthusiasm." It Is the Intention of the authoress to remain in San Francisco for several weeks and then proceed south to Los Angeles, visiting the various pretty places of Southern California en route. She has only recently returned from an extended trip abroad, where sha visited all the principal capitals and gave as much of her time, as possible to the gathering of impressions of the people and acqulrinc Inspiration for future literary work. %SKS FOR TWO DIVORCES IX A SINGLE PETITION" Omaha Woman Applies for a Double Decree and the Court Is 1 Pnzzlcd. OMAHA, Dec. 18.— Can a woman be divorced from two husbands at once? This Is the question which the Omaha courts are called upon to answer. Mrs. Mary C. Bennett, an Omaha woman, wants to be a widow with the aid of the law in order to obtain a pension from the Government. Mrs. Bennett's firs? -husband was killed In the Civil War Subsequently she married Josiah Martin who later deserted her. Three years afterward she married Bennett, and he too. finally deserted her. Yesterday Mrs. Bennett filed a suit for divorce against both Martin and Bennett, alleging desertion and askin? that she be made the legal widow of the Union soldier in order that she may obtain a pension. Two divorces are asked for in the same petition. Alleged Embexzler Cauzht. SACRAMENTO. Dec. IS.— C. A. Fuller/charged with emb<*z:dement by Frank M. Jones, a bicycle dealer hav ing stores In Sacramento and Los An geles, was arrested in San Dieco to day.