-.-2-
iAlTNESS IN ORUCE
CASE IS ARRESTED
Robert C. Caldwell Arrives and
Is Taken into Custody
, at Once. -
FIGURESIN CASE SIMILAR
fter A. T. Stewart's Death, Caldwell
Makes Affidavit Merchant's Will
Is Changed and Body Removed.
Statements Not Verified.
NEW YORK, Dec. .21. Robert C.
Caldwell, the American who has been
tne of the-centrtl figures in the famous
Druce cae, in London, was arrested
upon his arrival from England today
n a charge of perjury. The warrant
n-as sworn out by the British Consul
Seneral here. When. . Caldwell wa
taken before a United States Court
Commissioner, his. . counsel, declared, he
was a very sick man.. He. offerel tt
furnish bail in any amount. Two phy
liciane appointed by.ihe Commissioner
reported him desperately 111, and ball
tf i5000 was furnished for the prison
er's appearance.
The wireless telegraph had carried
the report that Caldwell would be ar
rested as soon as the Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria arrived, and this -had been
read in the daily newspaper printed
board by Caldwell and all the other
passengers.
Arrives In State ol Collapse.
When the steamer arrived at quaran
tine, Caldwell, who . occupied second
cabin accommodations, was almost In
i state of collapse. When told by a
newspaper man of a second report de
nying the authenticity of the statement
published in the ship newspaper, a
great load seemed to have been lilted
from him.
"Thank God," was his comment.
Caldwell, however, appeared to be
broken In health and spirits.
The temporary relief which came to
Caldwell with the news which met him
It quarantine, was short lived. Almost
Immediately after he had stepped
shore at Hoboken, he was taken into
custody.
Caldwell, on November 8, testified at
the Druce trial that he knew the late
Duke of Portland, both as the Duke
uid as,T. C. Druce, at Welbeck Abbey
and at the Baker Street Bazaar. .He
idded that, he treated the Duks at both
places for a disorder ot the nose.
Says He Arranged Mock Funeral.
He further testified that, in conjunc
tion' with the Duke, he arranged the
mock funeral of Druce.. He said that
he, at. the Duke's request, employed a
:arpenter to make a coffin, purchased
the 100 pounds of .lead and put It in
the coffin himself. T.he funeral oc-;
curred on the following 'day. ' Whan
hown two photographs, Caldwell
wore that they were photographs of
the Fifth Duke of Portland In the
character of T. C. Druce, and declared
he had seen the Duke wear a false
beard. Caldwell related In detail the
London story of his introduction to
the Duke of Portland in 1884, and tes
tified that he received presents from
the Duke aggregating about $50,000,
besides the fee of $200,000 for medical
services. '
Leaves London Suddenly.
At the hearing of the case on De
cember 13, the prosecution announced
that it could not rely on the evidence
Slven by Caldwell, in view of the eu
plclons aroused during his cross-examination.
On the following day it was
Discovered that Caldwell had suddenly
left London, arid a warrant for his ex
tradition was issued. Caldwell, who
has a home on Staten Island, at one
time had an experience in New York
rery similar to that in which he fig
ured in of late in London, with the ex
ception, however, that no arrest was
made In the- previous instance.
Tries to Start Stewart Mystery.
He had been abroad and returned to
the United States in 1870. Soon after
his arrival here he mtered the employ
pf A. T. Stewart, the dry goods mer
chant, as a secretary. After the death
sf Mr. Stewart, Caldwell made an affi
davit declaring' that he was in posses
sion of Btartling facts concerning the
Stewart estate. One of these was (hat
the Stewart will had been destroyed by
a lawyer - after the merchant's death
and a new document substituted.
In another affidavit Caldwell de
clared that the stolen body of Stewart
was carried from St. Mark's Church
yard back to the cellar of the Stewart
Mansion, on Thirty-fourth street and
Fifth avenue, where It was burled.
The body was not found when the
house was torn down several years
go."
WORK; OX CAIDWELIi CHARGE
Conspiracy and Willful Corrupt Per
ujry Exhume Druce Dec. B7.
LONDON, . Dec. 21. -The ' charge
aca!nst Caldwell is conspiracy and wil
ful corrupt perjury in his testimony.
Details on the subject are being pre
pared by the Home offices and will be
fq,rwar.ded.
The opening of the vault supposed to
contain ,the body, of Druce has been
fixed for December 27. One result of
this will be' to prove the truth or falsity
of one of Caldwell's main statements
and probably settle the question of his
extradition.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
Joseph Smith, Montana Pioneer.
BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 21. Joseph
Smith, pioneer, aged 74, is dead at Vir
ginia City. He was one of the charac
ters of the famous gold placer mining
lays of Alder Gulch.
Edward Price, Theatrical Man. .
OMAHA, Dec. 21. Edward Price, of
Kew York City, first husband of Fanny
Davenport, the actress, died In Omaha
last night of pneumonia. The body will
be taken to New York for burial.
At the time of his death Mr. Price was
manager of "The Grand Mogul" com
pany, a Klaw & Erlanger attraction. He
was also Interested In "Blue Beard" when
the Iroquois Theater horror happened.
"The Grand Mogul" company will dis
band here tonight. -
Price was a 33d-degree Mason and the
funeral will be under the auspices of the
Masons.
Henry O. Turner, Newspaperman.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Henry O. Turner,
a well-known newspaper man of this
city, died at his home yesterday of anae
mia. Mr. Turner had been a member of
the editorial staffs of many of the lead
ing Journals of the country. He was born
In Portland, Me.. September 9, 1848. His J
first newspaper work was on the Boston
Journal. He waa a writer for the Spring
field Republican for six years, and came
West with a number of Eastern news
paper men to found the Omaha Tribune.
Mr. Turner came to Chicago 26 years
ago, and was actively engaged On various
newspapers of this city until his final
illness.
William Henry Rice, Minstrel.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 21. William
Henry Rice, one of the best known min
strels in the United States, died of
pneumonia In a hospital today. He was
65 years old.
Frank AIslp, Forty-niner.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Frank Alsip, brick
manufacturer and a well-known "forty
niner," died at his home in this city yes
terday, aged 80 years.
LOGGERS UP IN THE I
MAKE NO MOVE UNTIL- BATE
CASE IS SETTLED.
Washington Association Decides to
Make No Change In Prices on the
New Contracts for Some Time.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 21. (Special.)
Every logger in Western Washington is
holding . himself up by the boot-straps
until rate matters and lumber mill prob
lems are settled up.- This in brief is the
manner In which Manager A. W. Blake,
of the Washington Logging & Brokerage
Association summed up the net results of
tne protracted meeting of the logging
operators held this afternoon. "
It was a special meeting and men rep
resenting timber holdings running Tip Into
the millions were there. First under con
sideration was the action of the Inter
state Commerce Commission at Wash
ington postponing the reception of briefs
of lumber and railroad attorneys until
March 4, in the celebrated rate case. It
was brought out that because of the fact
that the lumber and shingle mills had
not received the expected early decision,
no orders would probably be filed for
logs in January. The loggers discussed
this phase of the situation and then de
termined to make no change at present In
the price of logs to the mills.
The next and most vital question before
the meeting was the relation of each in
dividual logger to the association. New
contracts are to be made for the year
1908, but it was stated after the meeting
that all members of the association
agreed that nothing, should be done in
this line until after January 15, or even
later.
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For the cold weather. Get your fire
places equipped with the M. J. Walsh
Company's grates, andirons, flresets and
park guards. It Jb a well-known fact
that they carry the best class of goods
In the city in their line. They wish to
call your attention to their beautiful line
of gas and electric table lamps. Just
opened up and sampled. You should not
miss seeing them. Just the thing for a
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Fight for Tungsten Mine.
HELENA, Mont., Dec. 21. In the Fed
eral Court today, Judga Hunt ordered the
issuance of subpenas and a further hear
ing .January 8, on the application for a
receiver for the Montana-Kimberley
Mining Company, owned by Chicago men.
Minority stockholders are resisting the
attempt of the. larger owners and certain
creditors to have a receiver appointed,
alleging a conspiracy to secure control of
the Tungsten mine. Tungsten is the best
known steel hardener and is especially
valuablefor naval purposes.
Acquitted of Land Frauds.
ROSWELL, N. M.. Deo. 21 The Jury
in the case of C. Leland and B. H. Tal
mage, charged with conspiracy to de
fraud the Government out of public
lands, tonight brought In a verdict of not
guilty.
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"PLAHS FOR FLEET
Wants It to Come Through the
Golden (Sate on Day of
April 18.
RECALLS THE DISASTER
Big Celebration Planned for Anni
versary ot Fire, and Arrival of
the Fleet Is to Be Made a
Part Committee of ,25.
. RETURN BY WAY OF SUEZ.
ON BOARD U. S. S. CONNECTI
CUT, at Sea. by Government Wire- t
less, via station at Key West, Fla..
to the Associated Press, New York,
Dee. 21. Rear-Admiral Evans today
authorized the statement tor publica
tion that he personally believes the
Navy Department's intentions are .
that the fleet 'shall return via the
Sues route late next Summer or Fall.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2L (Special.)
A request will be sent to the Navy De
partment asking that the fleet's vbyage
be so arranged that it shall sail through,
the Golden Gate on April 18 of next year,
the second anniversary of the fire and
earthquake. The intention is to have a
big celebration on that date and an effort
will be made to combine the two events.
The fleet ordinarily, would arrive in
California waters in April of next year
and the local committeemen believe it
can be on April 18 aa well as any other
day.
The celebration will be essentially in
the hands of the people of the City of
San Francisco. Several bodies endeavored
to usurp the honor, but Mayor Taylor
ended all discussion today when he
named the committee which will assume
charge of the celebration. The Cali
fornia promotion committee, and the State
Board of Trade had sought to take
charge of the affair and petty, jealousies
had already appeared when Mayor Taylor
set all squabbles at rest by taking charge
himself.
Many Gaieties Planned.
The celebration will consist' of a naval
parade of welcome down the Bay, a re
ception to the officers, a street military
procession, and entertainments of vari
ous kinds in honor of- the officers and
Jackies. The officers will be entertained
at the Fairmont Hotel at a public recep
tion and at a ball of unusual magnifi
cence. The Jackies will be the guests of
the city at the Chutes and will be ten
dered a banquet on the same broad scale
as prevailed at the recent naval celebra
tion at Coney Island.
Mayor Taylor received the following re
ply by mail to his telegram to Rear Ad
miral Evans, extending to the battleship
fleet a hearty welcome to this port:
HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Dec 15, 1907.
Hon. Edward Robeson Taylor, Mayor of
San Francisco Dear Sir: Admiral Evans
authorizes me to acknowledge the re
ceipt pf your telegram of the 13th inst.
and to thank you, and through you the
citizens of San Francisco, for himself
and on behalf of the officers and men of
the fleet for your good wishes and your
kind assurances of a hearty welcome
when the fleet shall arrive at San Fran
cisco. (Signed) F. H. CHANDLER,
Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. N.
Personnel of the Committee.
The committee of 25 follows: Chief
Justice W. H. Beatty, C- H. Bentley,
Judge James V. Coffey, Justice James A.
Cooper, R. B. Hale, Frederick W. Hall,
Alexander D. Hawes, Rufus P. Jennings,
Sheldon G. Kellogg, P. N. Lilienthal. E.
J. Molera, Justice W. W. Morrow, Jere
miah D. Mahoney, Walter Macarthur,
George A. Newhall, James D. Phelan, P.
C. Rossi, W. C. Ralston, John W. Swee
ney, Frank J. Syames. Frederick Till
man, Jr., Joseph S. Tobln, Frank I. Tur
ner, Raphael Weill and A. A. Watklns.
The Mayor in a communication to the
Supervisors suggests that they name five
of their number to act in conjunction
with the commtitee of 25 to take charge
of the reception and entertainment ar
rangements. GAIN RESPECT OF THE WORM)
If Fleet Makes Journey Without Dis
aster, Means Increased Prestige.
NEW TORK, Dec. 21. General Benja-.
mln F. Tracv. who dnrfnsr hi flrat
as Secretary of the Navy recommended
that the United States warships should
make a voyage from the Atlantic to the
SIN
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OUR -CATALOGUE
Pacific, stated today that If the Atlantic
fleet is able to go around to the Pacific
without some great disaster, other naval
powers would hold us In much, greater
respect. '
He said that if Japan had any . desire
to meet the United States in war, she
would have seised the Philippines. Ha
waii and Alaska without waiting for the
American fleet to move.
CHANGE IS PACIFIC FMEET
Reorganization of Rear-Admiral
Dayton's Command to Be Made.
WASHINGTON, Dec 21. A reorganiza
tion of the Pacific fleet, to become ef
fective after January 1 next, was an
nounced at tbe Navy Department today.
It is largely an administrative step and
incident to the arrival of the vessels at
the Paclfio Coast from the Asiatic station
and of Admiral Sebree's special service
squadron consisting of the cruisers Ten
nessee and Washington in these waters.
As now the fleet will continue in com
mand of Rear Admiral James H. Dayton.
The make-up of the fleet is to be:
First squadron, first division West Vir
ginia, Colorado, Maryland and Pennsyl
vania; second division, Tennessee. Wash
ington, Florida and South Dakota, to bo
assigned later. This division Is to be in
command of Rear Admiral Sebree.
Second squadron, third division
Charleston, Milwaukee and- St Louis;
fourth division, Albany and Yankton.
Third squadron, fifth division Chatta
nooga, Galveston, Denver and Cleveland;
sixth division (special service). Rainbow,
Concord, Helena, Wilmington, Callao,
Quiros and Vlllalobos.
Coast defense Monterey, Monadnock.
First torpedo flotilla Barrick, Bain
bridge. Dale, Chauncey and Decatur.
Fourth torpedo flotilla Perry and Pre
ble. All the vessels of the third squadron are
in Asiatic waters.
The intention of the Navy Department
at this time is to transfer the Chicago,
now at San Diego, Cal., to the Atlantic
Coast for the use of the naval cadets at
Annapolis. . .
MISSOURI SENDS GREETING
Signals Message and Lands Man
. Sick at San Joan.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico., Dec 21.
The battleship Missouri, detached from
the fleet, arrived oft this port today
and signalled Commandant Rohrerof, of
the Naval station, the "compliments of
the season to friends ashore." The bat
tleship then landed Benjamin North
way, fireman, who Is ill with periton
itis. He was taken to the Naval Hos
pital, after which the battleship re
joined the fleet. It 'a reported that the
battleship Illinois Has landed two Bail
ors at the naval station on Culeora Isl
and. No British Pacific Squadron.
LONDON, Dec 21. The, Associated
Press is in a position to state on the
authority of the British Admiralty, that
there Is no truth in the assertion pub
lished in the Standard today, that the
Admiralty has decided to establish next
May, a Pacific North American Squad
ron, the base of which possibly will ba
at Esquimault.
"There is no shadow of foundation for
this story; it must be obvious to anyone
who gives the subject a moment's
thought, that such a movement would be
the last thing we would think of at
the present moment." was tbe state
ment made by one of the highest officials
of the Admiralty.
The emphasis of this denial Indicated
that the Admiralty was anxious that
the report should , be promptly put at
rest with view of allying any suspicion
that might be aroused in America, con
necting the alleged formation of a Brit
ish Pacific fleet with the sailing of he
American battleship fleet.
Fleet Is Off St. Thomas.
ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP CON
NECTICUT, Dec. 21, 1:20 A. M. By Wire
less Telegraphy to New York. The fleet
has run into the trade winds and the sea
is now choppy. We expect to reach the
Virgin Passage tonight, , .
ST. THOMAS! D. W. I., Dec 21. A
steamer which has just come in here
reports that she saw the American bat
tleship fleet maneuvering yesterday on
the north side of the Island of St.
Thomas.
All Hands In White Dress.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 21. The DeForest
station tonight picked up the battleship
Connecticut and received the following
message:
"U. S. S. Connecticut, December 21.
From Wednesday to Thursday we have
made 240 miles and are now 600 miles due
east of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. Speed has
been increased to 11 knots. We are-still
in double column formation. All hands
In white dress."
.
Steamship Line Vanishes.
ASTORIA, Or., Dee. 21. (Special.) A
meeting of business men held In the
Chamber of Commerce rooms last evening
decided not to further entertain the pro
position made by W. H. Garland to
establish steamer lines between this and
the Orient and Alaska points, for the
reason that Mr. Garland had declined to
inform the committee as to his financial
backing and his ability to float the
project.
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CORNER THIRD AND
Store Open
HEARST STILL ACTIVE
Working in Secret for His In
dependence League.
FORGETS "NEVER AGAIN"
Promise Mad In Last Campaign
Never to Run Again for Office Is
Thought Not to Be Binding.
His Work Is Secret. ,
NEW YORK. Dec. 21. (Special.) In the
face of a recent declaration announcing
his Intention never again to run for pub
lic office. William Randolph Hearst la
continuing the work of secretly building
up the Independent League for presi
dential purposes. ,
This fact is beginning to cause com
ment and uneasiness in political circles
here, and there is considerable specula
tion concerning ' the attitude the editor
will assume in the coming campaign. The
developments of the past few weeks have
convinced the sages . that the "never
again" statement was issued merely to
serve as a sedative to the public and the
press while Max Ibmsen's secret service
squa-d is working.
Within the, boundaries of New Yortt
state the Independence League promoters
seem satisfied to retain their nresent en
rollment, and are not openly seeking
proselytes, except ir the rural districts.
In New England, the South and the
West, on the other hand, they are fol
lowing the "organise, organize, organize"
motto to the letter. .
All the cities of Importance, as well as
the towns and villages, are being
equippea wun sKeieton associations to
which, the sinews will be supplied when
necessary. Money is not so plentiful as
in the days of old, but promises are used
instead.
New York state politicians incline to
the belief that Hearst will attempt to
bully the Democrats into some combina
tion, whereby, if he cannot win the nom
ination himself, then second place on
the National ticket will go to an Inde
pendent Leaguer.
LEAGUE ANNUAL MEETING
Another Club to Be Added, but
-Doubt as to Which City.
. LOS ANGELES, Dec 21. (Special.)
The annual meeting of the Pacific Coast
Baseball League will be held in San
Francisco Thursday, January 2, accord
ing to a telegram received here today by
Manager Berry, of the Los Angeles club.
The principal business that will receive
attention is the proposal to Increase the
numhor of league clubs from four to six.
Manager Berry said today that Southern
California would be ready to supply one
of the desired clubs, and Mayor Harper,
Charles Fox and other interested itrtmn
are now anxiously waiting to see wbal
the league will do.
Information comes from the north that
the other club will be supplied by soma
city in the Northwest or Sacramento,
Stockton or San Jose. . It Is understood
that the real difficulty now is in select
ing one of the four that will make good
in the league and continue through the
season.
Open Automobile Department.
Studebaker Bros. Co., Northwest,
have recently added an automobile de
partment to their business, and pro
pose ' to use parti of the building at
330-33S East Morrison street for show
and salesroom, where they expect soon
to have on display a large line of gaso
line ears, electric pleasure vehicles, also
electric trucks and delivery wagons.
They have under process of construc
tion a new garage near their sales
room. The management of this depart
ment of their business will be under
the direction of C H. Tyler, formerly
of Buffalo, N. Y.
Black Hand Threatens Pnglllst.
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 21. Patrick Gal
lagher, ex-pugilist and well known
throughout the country as a fight pro
moter, received through the mails yester
day a letter demanding $500 or forfeit his
life. The letter, which stated that the
demand came from the Black Hand,
warned Gallagher to send the money
within three days to "L. F. Jones, Gen
eral Delivery, Denver," and cautioned him
not to say anything to the polTce about
the matter.
San Francisco, Dec. SI. Arrived Steam
er Harold Dollar, from Everett: steamer Ad
miral Excelmans, from Seattle; - steamer
Catania, from Seattle; steamer . Bandon.
from Bandon. Sailed Steamer City of Pana
ma, for Portland; steamer Buckman. for
Seattle; steamer Washington, for Portland:
steamer Geo. W. Elder, for Astoria; steamer
Mayflower, for Willapa.
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