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Richard Mansfield, World Famous Actor, Dies at Summer Home in New London, Conn. Overwork and Liver Disease Cause the Death of Player Special by Leased Wire to The Call JsEW LONDON*. Conn., Aug. 30.— Richard JlansScM, the world famous actor, passed away today at his,sum mer home here. Seven Oaks, on Ocean avenue. Disease of the liver and a general breakdown of his system by overwork were the causes of his death, , .tor several hours preceding his demise he was in an unconscious condition. There were present at the bedside, his wife, his brother, Feljx; his young son, Gibbs, and two physicians. Dr. A. 1L Allen, a local physician, : who has been In chargre since, Mans field's arrival here from Saranac Lake, N. T., said that death was not entirely unexpected, although this fact had not been made public Mansfield's health had been reported as being excellent. 1., was said that he stood the Journey well from Saranao • Lake and that he was up and around ; his home here until 4hree .days ago. j Then a turn for the worse set in and Mansfield was confined to his room. On Thursday Dr. McClellan of Plttsburg : Teas summoned. Dr. Allen said today ' that h« had feared the worst for sev \u25a0 cral days. ' Richard Mansfield was born on the \u25a0 little island of Heligoland on May 24, I 1857. His mother was Madame Mans field Rudersdorf, a famous prlma donna, and It was from her that Mans field inherited his love for the arts. The actor studied at several schools on the continent and then went to — ng land to study art in the South Ken sington museum, London. He painted ; pictures for a time, earning a precar ious living, and then took a position as salesman in a' Boston store. Return ing to England he turned his talents .toward the stage. Several years were spent in playing Email parts in. tours of the English provinces and then Mansfield came to this country, where his first appearance was made in "Les Manteaux Noirs" at the Standard theater. In ISB3 his op portunity came when Palmer put on "The Parisian Romance." J. H. Stoddart was cast for the part of Baron Chevrial in the play. Stod dart at the last minute declined to play the part wi — .which he said ne was not in full sympathy. Mansfield, who had been cast for a small part in the play, begged permission to play the part of the palsied, dissolute old French noble man. Mansfield lifted what at first seemed a small, eccentric part to one of an all absorbing interest. The public and the critics forgot the play. to talk of Mans tield's Baron Chevrial and. from that day Mansfield became a leading actor on the American stage. After several years of acting in various plays which he carried to a degree of success by his powerful personality, he became a star in 18S7. when he appeared In "Prince Karl." The intense nervous strain under which Richard Mansfield worked caused .a complete breakdown last spring, while he was playing an engagement In Scranton. Pa., though he had been in • pour - b*-*)b *-* ) < h for rnome ' time. - He recov ered sufficiently to enable him to make a voyage to England. The climate failed to benefit the actor and several weeks ago he returned to this country and went to Ampersand, in' the Adiron dacks. Mansfield longed to ba at his summer home in New- London, Conn., and several days ago he was taken there in his private car. Mansfield was a great sufferer from the time he was taken ill. but through out his sickness he retained his vigor ous mentality and sprightly humor. He is survived by his widow, Beatrice Cameron Mansfield, who until the birth of their one child, George Gibbs Mans field, now 9 years old, was his leading woman for 12 years. He leaves two brothers, Felix and Henry Manßfleld, and one sister, . Madame Brassy of Ma con, France, RUNS FOUL OF LOTTERY LAW TO OUST CHINESE Placards Laundry With Sign Advertising Tickets and Is Arrested Special by Leased Wire to The Call • SAN JOSE. Aug. 30.— H. C. Harris, a prominent local sign writer, was ar rested today on a charge of advertising the sale of lottery tickets. Harris" predicament Is the result of an at tempt to oust a Chinese laundry which was located In a shack next door to a handsome brick building which he owns at 124 East Santa Clara street. Yesterday a sign reading "Chinese lottery tickets for sale here" was hung frotfi.the second story of Harris build ing over the Chinese laundry. The sign was also embellished with a caricature of Chief Carroll and a Chinese with his fingers to his nose, a bunch of , lottery tickets behind his back. Harris frankly admitted that his purpose was to call attention to the lottery which was being conducted in the laundry In spite of police raids at short Intervals. Ko effort was made to prosecute the Chinese caught in these raids and they always were released on $10 bail. To day a warrant charging Haftrls with a misdemeanor was issued and 'Harris was arrested. He was released after furnishing $500 bail. President Roosevelt May Become Editor Specially Leased Wire to The Call * NfITV YORK, Aug. 30— A rumor was In; circulation today that President Roosevelt had 'arranged to get control of the New York Tribune arid to as sume its direction after he leaves the "White House. Hart Xyrnan, editor in: chief of the Tribune,', when asked about this report said it was thp first. he hnd heard of it. He was sure that^he would be one of the -first to- know about- it. if such a deal we're «yen contemplated by White law Reid' and *Jr. Roosevelt. Fine CAUSXSS' lIKAVY LOSS JERSEY CITY. " Aug. SO.— Fire broke out. shorUr^ before: mldn!prht In the buil<Jing:.Q^c«Pi«<l by the Snare & Triest company, builders, and was not con trolled until it had done damage esti mated at'|3so ;""•. Richard Mansfield, America's best £non>n; player, /who passed arvay yesterday after one of the most brilliant careers recorded. in the annals of the stage. FIFTEEN MEET DEATH ON WAY TO SUNDAY FAIR Fifty Are Maimed When Motor Train Meets Car on Curve MATTOON. 111., Aug. 30.— Fifteen persons were killed and p.baut 50 in jured In a head on collision between an lnterurban express train and a traction car on the Mattoon and Charleston electric line at 10:30 o'clock this morning. The crash occurred on a sharp curve one mile west of Charles ton. Confusion of orders received over the telephone is said to have been the cause of the accident. The cars approached each other, at a high- rate of speed and the Impact was so terrific that the motor car .was tele scoped by the traction car. : There was no warning 'and few pas sengers: fhad i' the : time to escape by Juraplri'g. , The passengers, nearly all ed route to the Sunday fair at Charles ton, " were crushed or maimed where they sat in the cars. Some who escaped and were able to tell of it say the scene at. the wreck was grewsome. . Dead and dying were jammed together in a mass, some shrieking, with,, pain, while: children screamed,. for , mothers thought tOvbe among. the dead. • \u25a0"",: \u25a0 "When .' the ' news' of. the wreck ' reached Mattoon special cars were hurried . to the scene : and the dead and injured were brought to the morgue and hospi tal here. Many are in such a critical condition. that there is'little hope for their recovery. Medical aid was summoned from this city, but doctors and others had hurried front Charleston, a mile from tho scene of the disaster. . The .dead and Injured were extracted from the broken mass of timbers and seats. First' aid was given the maimed and bruised and ; the dead were placed alongside the track. The victims could not be taken to Charleston because the track was broken in that direction, and they were:brought to this city. MEXICAN FIREMEN STRIKE AND MAILS ARE DELAYED EL PASO, !Aug. 30.— AH'; the loco motive firemen on the. Chihuahua di vision of the Mexican, Central railroad are on a strike, and the train service throughout ' this division is tied up. The men "have been .but since .Friday night." Mails are being delayed;'- and the: government is expected to take a hand in settling the strike. .: General Manager Hudson of the Mex ican^Cpntral :,Is conferring with stato antl military,, authorltirs in ' Chijiuahua.' The tauic'of the strike, has not been learned. \u25a0 \u0084 NEW CONSUL-GENERAL IS APPOINTED " FROM ENGLAND WASHINGTON.- .Aug. CO.— The .British government ha<? just:' mada 1 some \u25a0Irri-' 1 portant cbngcj in .British consulates in this Country. The "state department today -issued" -exeijuateiirn to "the"' fol lowing: British Conr.u's; General Ccurte r.yy AY. Bennet.'.at ICow " York;-.l\Valter It. Hcarn, -at;. San Francisco.-.. *- Bri tis.i consuls:' James -Laldlav.'. at WJlford PowoH.'at Phlla-Jclphla; Alcx andor Finn, at Chicago, and Horace Dickinson N'ufrent. at Galveston. ' DO YCV ENJOY GCOD PICTURES ? Tlipii buy "a- cmo"- cf • tin* \u25a0 Si-|>ti"i3K>r. I'Aciec Monthly. H"«- t!if t Blvi;t iliuFtrntto \u25a0\u25a0• mnFHiiru» r«l>i!islH'U. ~V6'.vU>is >JhyK<t ins » Cj> a Towa." hy £t£u*?, : lU-Sstn ji-rg, \u25a0 v- (-n^iuj ttfv«;-col«-(.-(i THE : SAyr ; :^FBAyCISGO ;;,"GALi; r SATURDAY 31, 1907. RED COATED CAID CUTS OFF FRENCH TROOPERS Moors Ambush Horsemen and Force Rescue Party Into Hollow Square CASA BLANCA, ;Aug. 30.— The fight ing Wednesday near the French camp between the Moors and the forces un der General Drude was one of the most serious engagements since the occupation of Casa Blanca. The Moor ish attack was unexpected, and the tribesmen, as on previous occasions, showed absolute fearlessness. The cald with the red coat was again prominent and his 'flaming bernouse was* seen In the thickest of the fray. \u25a0 . This engagement, like that of August 18, began "with the amb/ishing r of a French reconnoltcring party by Moor ish cavalry. The French at first drove the enemy back, but the natives re ceived reinforcements and they obliged General Drude! to send out a detach ment to extricate tho rcconnoitering party. After the first conflict it was believed that the engagement was over, but; as soon as the natives had : been rein- 4a.rced - they., reappeared in great num bers from two directions. . The spahls and irregular Algerian cavalry, -who composed the reconnoiterlng party, found themselves .'almost surroundod by tho secon d attack, but they formed a square and slowly fell back until the reinforcements arrived. Then the tide *of battle^ turned. The French charged the Moors, sabering them furiously, and .the enemy finally broke and fled in. disorder. Meantime the French warships -had showered shells in to the ; hills .where the * natives were sheltered.* 1 "-'... - ;\u25a0 Tho engagement .lasted, three itiours and'the line of battle extended over two miles. estimated that. over 12,000 Moors ; were engaged. "„ '.The' loss /of < life to tlie latter' Is 1 not known, but .It -is believed .'.t0..- have. 'been' heavj».v-, French officers' counted -the" bodies of 20 : Moors in one "roadway.r The; French loss .was 15 men killed and wounded.". '.'."- ''.'. SOMERSAULT OF AUTO INJURES: FIVE PERSONS Machine, Skid s, on' Bridge;to Fall Bot tom Up in Gravel With -Party ".. , v Beneath -It > \] ; LiAFAYETTE,:' Ind., '\u25a0 Aug.'' HO;— Five j I persons ; were* lnjured-in" anSatuomob'llb \u25a0 accideht ,at-Raytqn,: elght-mllesfeastofi here. i'latc 'yesterday. \u25a0*- '\u25a0A"; large', 'touring i car Icon tain ing ?Mr.':anci Mrs. Don>Haw ' kir.r,.*;Mr; and' Mrs.j'Osterdorf ."• nml ;.th"i» i chai:ffeur./fili;.of ;. Indianapoljs, :skidd«cli ncr<s. ; ;s,a- brltJ.-jc.'ar.ti; tvir:ied-a completg.-j Somersault,'; to- fall "bottom ; slile •. uplift; soft. -Sravolfat.- Hie "; foot of an erabank-'.j [ ir.t»nt. ' The; party . ! ,was on its 'way ;f rbm'l j Chicago toxlndlanapolis v.'hcn:th<v acci,-;l ! <.lent • oocurred.i* ' 1 lav/ kins r.amj -Jo3tcjr%| jdorf afo'pa'rtny'/j/iiu.tlie banlcingibusl^j KAISER'S DAyGHTERTqWEp^ COUSIN^F'HER; FATHER . LONDON,^ AiiK.'\ aor— -Ernporor^..WiK Hair., , It is: unil'-'ryty.o-;," -'v/ill; arVaiige'; u 1 marrlajro betv.'ocrf" sila only^daugn teW Princess ' Yiotorial. :iad • Ills cousin. Pr>r.!'e.- L'oopOlil, spu'of iPriiiccss Hun'ry bt •"\u25a0.Jiauenbor'tr, :; .vhen -.lie - 1 vlkita^X his ;:ncl^. Kins -r-Jdward;- t.'iis^'iallj). . [':.;. ' : ; .'[, Princess Victoria ,-ia .lCmpcror,- Wil£ llain'3 youiißes: cliil.!.'; ;Klie" !s 15 Ve'avs old.*;- Her; .intende.r/.husliand, Leopold, is ,tB. iHe, is -a brctiior : of thy .tjuceir of. Spain."" * "-*/," : '* r '-'"\u25a0 WALKS 20 MILES OVER MOUNTAINS IN SLEEP Tuolumne Mirier Arrives in Vallecitq Ignorant of How He Got There VAIN HUNT FOR HIM Buhkhouse Comrades Search Expecting to Find Dead \u25a0\u25a0;.-'.... Body in; Ravine : Special by Leased Wire to The Call I STOCKTON, Aug. 30.— Early in the week Ned Ruhl, v a. blacksmith in the El . Porvenir mine in" Tuolumne county, disappeared from' a bunkhouse; and up to yesterday; the entire force of miners had been searching the hills : and- cav erns of the^ country south of Stockton. The mystery of his- disappearance then was cleared by news from Valleclto that Ruhl was safe* at : the home of a friend ; after, having.' walked .20 - v miles while • asleep over v; rough •-'; mountain trails and ,; through j^a country, inhabited by. beasts' of ,preyVand} ; traversed "l-by. many < rivers and creeks \u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0 cutting Vdeep 1 gorges in, the mountainous country.; ; Ruhl Is a somnambulist ' and; has done /many _ -freakish* \u25a0 things V/while but this latest; feat. is ; wonder ful, considering the* distance* he -tray-; eled -.without '• awakening '' and i without suffering; bodily." harm;. l^\u25a0.'\u25a0.r.\ . V,;;: ;" \ The - blacksmith "awoke \ the following morning at the 'completion; of his twen tieth; mile close tof the little j town, of Vallecito. He did > not 1 knowV at 'first where he was, norldid .he haye \u25a0 any idea of. how he came there. -He; remembered only.; having? retired \the . night » before shortly, before 10 o'clock. . - V ; '\u25a0" - No J one was '•"- astir ' in ' the neighbor hood at . the time he^ arrived, and" he decided. to: go* into .the .town I and? hunt up his friend; Mes'seiy .who f conducts \u25a0 a lodging house' there.", :Messer v was sur prised to ! see Ruhl, and: all" the more so when < Ruhr could (not " te1.1% him ; how' he happened to be, there,;- though. he could account 'for /•. his presence' on ;no!iother. hypothesis than he \u25a0\u25a0 must ; have '\u25a0' walked there; in his sleep.-, - -The experience "is; vagueV and indis tinct to him, and-; he remained with Messer'for the day, unmindful of the fact- that the entire : force of miners where 7he had 'been i employed : was searching the country ' for; him, : expect ing: to find his body: in^some, ravine or atthe bottom of a .prospect shaft.- -..'''. EX-GOVERNOR TELLS OF ATTEMPT TO BRIBE HIM Men Offer $93,000 for the Custody of W. A. Taylor, Fugitive Chief CHICAGO, Aug. 30.— A dispatch to the. Tribune fronrlndianapQlis says that •^Vlnfleld T. ; Durbin, v governor :' of 'In diana- from 1901 fto ;\u25a0 1905, made ' tho sensational- statement- last; night that soon after 'his; inauguration as' gover nor, attempts .were made ' to \u25a0'. bribe him to ' turn over ;. William -AI Taylor, 3Ken .tucky^ifugHivevgovernoV, to :thV»au thor! tlesTof',the^state s ;ror' trial* on ; the charge /of Jconspiracy 'to Governor JGoebel.' The >ffer r : to:- former Governor Durbin. according \ to ; his own statement, was $93,000 in cash.. Durbin said that Taylor /had- been advised of the attempted bribery after It' was made and was cognizant of all that had happened^ at the: ' meeting, at which $93,000 was. offered. > Former -Governor * Dujbln; said that the first efforts' to bribe him came In the .shape of: invitations ;to meet'"cer tain , gentlemen" in ! Cincinnati, '.'to \ dis cuss the connection of Taylor with the Goebel murder." He declined the invi tation, .saying., that "he • \u25a0would give no consideration to the case outside of his- own ; office. State Senator Binkley, since dead, .was', then: asked to^come to .Cincinnati. He met; a.' number of sKentuckians in a hotel there by appointment." They told him^that they, were -anxious : to. have Taylor returned to Kentucky- for, trial; that there then \u25a0 remained'- aY total of ?93,000 of . ; the $100,000 appropriation voted by;the- legislature.! All this.jthey said, would be i paid* cheerfully, to ./ the Indiana-executive if .he would sur render; .Taylor to the> Kentucky au thorities, or make it; possible for/them to get him across the Ohio river into that state. "\u25a0-:'.. ;. RAILWAY KEYMEN MAY GO OUT UNLESS PEACE COMES Companies ; and Men, Hqw ever, Admit Strike Will" in Four Days; Special by Leased Wire to The Call NE"VV YORK, Aug. ; 30.— Following the signing- of 'a' petition -by -50,000 business "meniasklngi President. Roosevelt : . to Suse hisHlnfluence to restore the; telegraphic .conditions .;; to .the -: state ?to : which i the i interests ; ; of • the ; country P are entitled, it/was said. today, 'some myste rious 'i influence vis 1 at. work I . to" 'bring abdut*a;settlement r bf the strike. '/.' ;. There 'is reason; to: believe j'jthat un less there Is a.} quick settlement^the railroad . telegraphers will k become i in volved. S. J.* ? Small,- president : of ; the \u25a0comrnerclal^telegraphers'. union," has : re- \u25a0 ceived "a 'message ::- from . Chicago > that \u25a0 wlthinj4B" hours •relations-; between:^ the railroad ; telegraphors r and' the "railroads : have .become greatly strained,'; and. he expressed; the.: opinion, \u25a0'that "unless: con ditions: are [remedied -the •telegraphers wllUwalk put.; o \ ; I || " - •. _ iT. That .th'o^telegraphersVstrike will : !:come^'to;an !: .encl,ini*four_;dayss.both* the ; j companies s ahd ('striking operators agree." But each ;Side'iasSertedv;thls':mprnlng ' I that : - the .other ; "Daniel li. *raissell,^-fih}ef ;'strategist "of J j tho t"c!cSraphers'..unT<rn^hadithis;tq.say: ). j . "We .are working: *on'*a~«'p!an\that> We ; I believe C- will? brinTg^< the'-; CQmpanies to ' r hteKms.>l : amiConjyoh r t'the c plan"lwill;go'j; 'through ahd^veyAvin.^ go'.baelc "to /work b><n*cxt*,Y\' r e(3n«|day < i'vict6rs.', l^' - '•„\u25a0;'\u25a0 ; , \u25a0 N v^iipcrintc(rideht».B"*9O^,s.iOf;,thei.West- 1 'ern -/' Uiiirtn^saJfl^. he^felt. \. confiden t the [ strikers' .wouli3"''Capltulat < e;ft before/ the (• ! ieniloffnext' week. -"Empty" pockets 1 ; will \. \ so.rul the ".» men back Jto i workr, 1 -.'ln \ the \ |-mcanl!:nfi,,vre;can- handle.o ur -business I . jasiusual.V ,-'"''- .»:',::: *\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0:.. ~.| '—\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- - ' \u25a0.\u25a0••\u25a0-- \u25a0 —^v: — i_l — \u25a0__ \u25a0 i\-y 1' f ; HAXT.; r.Mi>.l IS /SO 1,0 t ; \ST/ :.I.OUjES/:;'Aus. ; ; ob.— : The": HJstqric. I Den tl; farm',"* once' cnvned by.. General ni-iint'anii; located; outside the i city.} lira-' i tits . in , St. , l,ou is \u25a0" "county ,>. [choiredn ired hands 1 .'today.',* 1 1- was soUUat-; auction for.' s7s,"" T i I) oo.' r ; The . farm ' comprises' . 1 ?,K [acres"' and t ha.:; longbeeii a point' of in to vest, "as the..! «jldU9S:ca.hid r 6opupied by . (Joneral Grant nPh^c'A'--^iiifc'"-'f'ull. of style, character and ". .; ' ' \. . '.; =. quality —embodying the new- est kinks— full of distinction—^hand tailored through- put^ , Made of excellent wearing material in pretty patterns and sold to you direct from our workrooms, saving you the middleman's profit We show ten styles where other stores show one. \u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0- . * - . \u25a0 . Store Downtown Store Oakland Store Fillmore and Ellis 730 Market Washington and 11th WOULD RESTRAIN SHUBERTS FROM CHANGING THEATER LOUISVILLE,. Aug. ,30.^-Peter Lee Atherton, owner and leasor of the Mary HH^^p liluljlHila |iS^ffi|||nß^^Bffi|^B ' . eer that is rife with the ..very essence of Wi- ?^ & -'^^^^^nS nature's grandest gifts—^the choicest of hops ;> Hn! ''"'" ''\u25a0€&&$$ itm anc^ ar^ c y- A beer that is brewed with ! R^^^^^^^^l The that it is absolutely pure \u25a0 I'^^P^il!^^^' i-^^Wl s and wholesome — a sure source of health and lll^^^^^ VniM^Ws strength— furnishes additional reason why ' *"BS^^^^iS 6^fflS"^ s yy ° U s^ ou^ be careful to order Cascade - Z^^~^^^,^^^ UNION BR^WiSG Jtim MALTING CQMPAhJV T^ Anderson theater, today filed a bill 'in court asking an Injunction against the Shuberts restraining: them from con verting the theater into a vaudeville house. A temporary injunction was asked, for. and the filing of the 'suit will not interfere with the operation. of the*house " as a vaudeville theater, on the ' Klaw and Erlanger circuit, unless a decision Is reached in favor of Ather ton. / 3