The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1897, Page 2

DAY, APRIL 11, occvrred. . Scale of Lles 4o, E e e e T —— Map of Upper Macedonia and Thessaly. The Heavy Black Cross Near the Village of Krania, J ust Over the BOSTON'S STREET DEPARTMENT RING An Investigaticn Results * in Nine Indictments Being Found. | | | | | Contractors, Feremen and a Clerk Mixzei Up in a Very Neat Steal. | sternation on board the ferry. Passengers | dow the Hub City Was Made to Pay for Horses That Were Not Used. BOSTON, M , Aprit 10.—The Grand | fury to-duy reported nine indictments ipainst members of the Street Depart- ventring as a result of the investigation ):gun a fortnightago. Three arrests were nade this afternoon. The arrested men | tre John J. Nawn, a prominent Gold | Jemocrat and contractor, Cornelius sleason, his foreman, and Peter Burns, a Sntractor. The other indicted men include two Jerks and four contraciors. The amount vhich they are charged with steaiing is tbout §10 000, the totai amount invoived reing $100,000. The three men under arrest pleaded not ,uilty and were bailed. Clerk K. Richard ltuirey is accused of malieasance in the arceny of city records and stuffing the vayrolls. Mulrey was in charge of the ecord of teams furnished the department or several years. . John B. Moran filed charges of dishon- sty azainst bim months ago. backing it tp with checks from contractors. The harges hung fire till March, when Mul- ey was given another desk. His succes- or was asked by acontractor “if he would ook out for my bills as Mulrey did.” The lerk ssked for and got an explanation, hen turned the matter over to Superin- endent Wells, who at once put experts on De books. The system of keeping the teaming ac- ount has been as follows: All teams | vere hired through the district foreman, | vho knows every man furnishing help. Lach piece of work is in charge of a sub- oreman, who daily returns to the fore- aan the number and time of teams work- ng under him. The foreman must rily report to the office a return of the eams employed. These returns went to Teaming Clerk ulrey, who entered them on the teaming- ook and at the end of the month total zed the account and made out the pay- oll. The roll is then signed by the eputy superintendent, and the superin- endent sent it to the auditor who sent it © the paymaster. The investigation showed that certain lames were on the payroll that did not ppear on the foreman’s books. All the eaming-books are missing for years past, md many other papers connected with his particular account. The District Attorney is understood to ave the confession of one of the indicted oen, who proposes to turn State's evi- ence. Further indictments are looked or. KINETOSCOPE KUMORS, 4gain Asserted That the Big Fight Pictures Ave Failures. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 10.—Many ollowers of pugilism who counted on en- oying the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight brough the medium of the kinetoscope eceived a severe shock to-day, when it ras rumored that the three machines used t the ringside proved defective and | children from the ferryboat Dr. Hill into | | ened and refused to say who they were. | mons wiil be on velvet if, as stated, he has | already collectea the lump sum of $13,000 for his'share of the privilege. The onter- | prising specalators who secured the | kinetoscope rights invested $50,000 in the | venture. Their silence on the subject 1s interprated by some as indicating failure, while others hint that the delay in pro- ducing the negatives is simply due to lezal complications. e ACT OF A MADWOMAN. Throws Her Two Children and Herself Into the Mississ ppi—Little Ones Res- cued, the Motier Drowned. | ST. LOUIS, Mo, April 10—An un-| £nown, finely dressed woman threw two | the Mississippi River this morning and then jumped in after them. The children were rescued, but the woman was drowned. For a few moments there was ereat con- | rushed up ana down the decks in a wildly excited way, and the crew did not seem to know at first what to do. A man who was | standing near the woman when she threw the first child in attempred to seize her, | but she eluded him, and with a cry tossed | the child over tie side. Before any one could stop her she jumped into the river and speedily drifted away. Finally, after much trouble and delay, a boat was lowered and pulled to the rescue of the three peovle. The | woman deliberately kept her head under | the water and was drowned before the boat reached her. The struggles of the two children, however, kept them afloat until they were picked up. The two littie ones were badly fright- The passengers say that the woman acted | queerly when she came on the boal, and it is generally believed that she was crazy. P THE KNOXVILLE FIRE VICTIMS. Now Known That at Least Seventeen Prrions Perished. KNOXVILLE, Tesx., April 10.—The loss of life at the big fire on Thursday was greater than at first sopposed. It was thought that nearly all the guests of the Knox Hotel had succeeded in making their escape, but an investigation made since the fire leads to the belief that many of the guests perisbed in the burning building. [t was known that when the fire broke out there were fifty-two guests 1n the hotel and so far but thirty-five have been accounted for. The hotel register was burned and it is imposeible to tell just what the loss of life has be Those known to have perished in the flames are: A. E. Weeks of Locke, N. Y. drummer; G. W. Roberts of Pulasi Tenn., lightning-rod agent; A. E. Wil liams' of Springfield, Mass., retired merchant. A search of the ruins now in progress has resulted in the discovervy of several bodies, all of which have been so badly burned as to be unrecognizable. it S HOMESTEAD MAX SHUT DOWN. Carnegie People Denowunce the Course of the >avy Department. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 10.—An officer of the Carnegie Steel Company announces that unless the Government changes its attitude on the suuject of the armor plate bids the plant of the company at Home- stead will be closed in June and a large number of men thrown out of work. It said that the armor plate plant at Beth- lebem will be closed also. The Carnegie people assert that the Government has not acted justly in the matter of armor plate, and feel bitterly toward the Iilinois Steel Company, which they claim is responsibie for the trouble. They point out that when bids were called for to supoly 8000 tons of armor plate for batte-ships on Thursday there was but one bidder, the Iliinois Steel Company, and even its bid was so irregular thatit was thrown out. They say that the require- ments and price allowed are such that they are unabie to enter as competitors. s i Differs From the Supreme Court. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 10.— Wil liam D. Guthrie, a distingnished local lawyer and the recent leader of Choate’s Sena- atorial boom against Platt, has written a scholariy and exhaustive review of the Supreme Court’s trans-Missouri decision. He takes direct issue with the Supreme Gourt, holding the Sherman anti-trust law in direct conflict with the fifth amendment of the constitution. sorthless. Corbett will ve a heavy loser hould the negatives fail, but Fitzsim- ——————— ExEcHAM's PILLS for wind and distress afte eating. Frontier, Shows Where the Greeks Crossed and the Fighting Took Place. GOLD DEMOCRATS | this is answered there is an ominous shak- ing of the head. Ii1s understood that the main if not the only argument designed | formally to be laid before the President in SEEKNG OFFCE Ex-Senator Palmer Inter-i ests Himself in Scme Cases. Move to Secure the Reappointment of Postmaster Warfield of Baltimore. | The Candidates Have Slim Chnnces,. Owing to Lzck of R-publican Indorsement. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 10.— Fight among the Republican organiza- tions in the East has been shown here in the progress of the movement having as its object the reappointment of Posimas- ter Warfield of Baltimore. It is the first and as yet the only concerted action look- ing to the recogniivion of that element of the Democracy without whose aid Mr. McKinley would be a private citizen. As an individual ex-Senator Palmer of Illi- nois, the recent gold Democratic candi- date for President, has made two requesis of Mr. McKinley in favor of gold Demo- | crats. Neither of these cases had any | backing other than that of General Palmer, and neither of his recommenda- tions will be regarded. It issaid thereare two or three 1solated cases of gold Demo- crats putting applications on file for minor offices, but they nave no Republican in- dorsements. There has been no intima- tion in administration circles of a disposi- tion under any circumstances to appoint other than Republicans to office, and it is | not believed any Republican of promi- nence will recommend for coffice one not of his political faith. In politics where services of political opponents” are recognized it has always | been & matter of arrangement in advance, and there cannot be many cases on record where acknowledgment is- vouchsafed after the service has been performed. 'In the Presidential campaign in 1884, Post- master Pearson of New York was gener- Ily understood to favor Cleveland as against Blaiae, the nominee of his own party. It was generally assertel that Pearson managed in some way to prevent the postoffice employes, the letter-carriers particularly, from participating in Biaine parades, and to a large degree from hav- ing the opportunity to vote on election day. Aside from this, whether true or not, Pearson, who, like Warfield, made a magnificent record in the administration of his office, indicated a willingness to take another term at the hands of a Demo- cratic President. There was no Demo- cratic pressure in his favor, but Cleveland gave him the appointment. As will be remembered, a howl from the Democratic machine politicians went up which could be heard all over the United States, Cleveland expressly stated the case 10 be an exceptional one and that it must not be regarded as a precedent, Sub- sequently, when the term of Postmaster Adreon of Ballimore was on the point of expiring, that gentleman also declared he would not be offended should Cleveland | give him another term. There was no doubt as to the stanch Republicanism of Adreon and his unswerving loyalty to Blaine. He stood simply on the record of his faithful and « fficient administration of the duties of a United States office. But neither Adreon nor any one eise fared as well at the hands of Cleveland as Pearson, and certainly no one ever sat in the White House who had less of awe for the politi- cians of his own party than Cleveland. jup with In the case of Warfield it 1s asked, “Has be any Republican backing?” and when behalf of Wartield will be his most able and splendid performance of the responsi- ble duties imposed upon him and that no stress will be laid upon his attitude in the last campaign. This is the proper and | becoming course to adopt. It is well to consider, however, that the politicians always reply to such arguments, **There are as good fish in the sea,” etc. Politicians have the ear of the adminis- tration; there would be no use to deny it. What the politicians will say when the Sound-money Lesgue of Baltimore comes its manifesto for Warfield re- mains to be seeu. William C. Bralsey and Captain George Redway of California, who were both re- centiy given treasury appointments, were yesterday reduced in salary from the $2000 to the $1600 grade. 70 FIGHT THE SUGAR TRUST. Minnesota Company Organizes With a Capital of $2,000,000 for Best- Growing in ihe. Nurthwest. MINNEAPOLIS, Mixy., April 10.—The Minnesota Beet Sugar Company organized to-day with $2,000,000 capital. The direc- torate will inciude representatives of the Chicago Wholesale Grocers’ Association, whose object is to fight the sugar trust by the establishment in the Northwest of the sugar Leet industry. A $250,000 fac- tory is to be built at Hastings, Miun., and others will follow. The railroads are helping the association and auxiliary associations are being formed in every county where the soil is adapted to sugar beet culture. The incorporators are: T. F. Kock of St. Pau/, J. H. Smith of Detroit, Henry Keller and P. J. O’Connell of Sauk Center, Minn. A State association was formed in the Senate chamber to-day to conduct an educational campaign among the farm — IS AERIAL NAVIGATION SOLVED? Now the Big Airship Said to Have Been Ssen in Several States Passes Over Chicago. CHICAGO, ILL., April 10.—The so-called airsbip said to have been seen in Nebraska, Towa and Kansas seems to bave ap- proached Chicago last night. It was dap- pled with green and white lights, Sober inhabitants of Chicago, Evanston and otner lakeside cities say they saw it. All said the airship had a white light in front and green and smaller white lights on the side, and a tail light of green. The ship was making & bee line for Omaha. Crowds in all the streets disputed every possible theory that could account for the pho- nomenox. e e i ol CALIFORNIA FEUITS FAVORED. n Crops From the of England. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aopril 10.—Califor- nia oranges and grupes are driving the European crops from the English market and realizing prices satisfactory both to shippers and middlemen. The onfy explanation to be obtained among the wholesale fruit-dealers of this ity is that the English are more partial to Cahifornia fruits than are the American people themselves, and that conrequently it is necessary to puta prohibitive tariff upon the European product in order to force an American market for the Amer- ican growers. It is noteworthy in this connection that the average retail price of California fruits in London is from 10 to 15 per cent lower than charged in New York, Chicago and other Awmerican cities for the proaucts of the self-same orange plantations and vineyards. Driving Euro; 17 RS ZLooking for Retired Champions. NEW YOKK, N. Y., April 10.—Kid McCoy, the Western midadle-weight, ar- rived from abroad to-day. He- said he in- tended to first fight Creedon, then train for a year or two and challense Fitz- simmons. *Just now,"’ said he,"* I am king for retired champions.” McCoy said he now weighs 170 stripped. He an- nounced that he has retired irom the wel- ter weight class and will only fight middle or heavy weights. 2 LEADERS STATE THEIR POLICIES Dingley, Bailey and Simp- son Have Their Say in the House. Sarcasm of Speaker Reed Could Not Suppress the Scckless Statesman. Nothing Can Be Done by the Repre- sentatives Unlil the Senate Acts on Tariff. and Appropriations. WASHINGTON, D. session of the House to-d bour and five minutes. enough, however, to demonstrate that ! Jerry Simpson had chosen an inoppor- | tune time toenter npon a crusade against the transaction of business by unanimous consent. More than a majority were | present at the opening when Simpson | made a point of no quorum to carry out | the programme outlined by him the other | day, and there is likely o be no quorum as long as office-seekers demand assistance of their Representatives 1 hunting places. The matter of a quorum being settled. Dingley, in pursuance of the party’s policy, moved when the House adjourned it be until Wednesday. This precipitated | a debate lasting three-quarters of an hour, in which several leaders set forth the views of their respective parties on the question of transacting general legisla- tion. Incidentally there was developed a serious differeace of opinion awong the Democrats, resulting in tbe cailing of a cau- cusimmediately after the House adjourned to discuss their party’s policy, which lasted until late in the afternoon. A slicht | rift in the Republicsn ranks was also dis- closed by the speech of Walker of Massa- | chusetts, who expressed the opinion that by special commitie: or otherwise the House should order an investi-ation of tne banking and currency system during the summer and fall, the results to be re- ported at the reassembling of Congress. The Populists alone showed a solid phalanx behind their teader. When Dingley made a motion for a three-days’ adjournment, Bailey asked what was the object of the majority. Dingley replied tnat the gentlemen well knew that no business could be done be- fore the House until the appropriation bills sent to the Senate had been returned. “Iam notaware,”” he continued, “‘that any other legislation can at present de- mand our attention.” dimpson thought he saw an opportunity bere to work his scheme, and as a motion was not debatable, demanded the regular order, suggesting if he could break into the debate he might be induced to aban- | don his position. The Speaker cruelly dashed his hopes in this direction by dryly remarking, amid | general laughter, that the House might perhaps preler the regular order to hear- | ing the gentieman from Kansas. Bailey succeeded in securing a hali- hour’s debate, however, and Simpson had | his say. He said the Populists demanded | a complete organization of the House, so | they might proceed to legislate on the | financial question. He got even with the | Speaker by describing his assumption in | bis address the other day, that he would be Speaker beyoud peradventure, as the “greatest piece of political sooner- ism the country had ever seen.” Dingley set forth the policy of the Re- publican majority to be to do nothing | 1his session except to further consider the | appropriation and tariff bills now in the Senate when they were returned to the House, and indulge in such further action as would meet general approval. “How- ever,” he continued, ‘“that purpose is subject to changes.” Bailey expressed the opinion it was now good policy for the Democrats to concur in the Republican policy in their aciion, as being lor the best interests of the coun- try. From this view McKae of Askansas, De Armond of Missouri and Fleming of | Georgia dissented. | In closing the debate Bailey gave these Avril 10.—The lasted only an That was long | with the highest approval M $1 At $1 NEW TO-DAY--DEY G7ODS. 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Boutelle and Hopkins of Illinois quar- reled over the reading of a letter from Sec- retary Long about the failure of bids for armorplate, the latter preventing it being read. Simpson objected to reprinting the bill to codify the pension laws and the House adjourned. AVERSE 10 THE SWALLOW-TAIL. Why Congressman Bailey Wouldn’t Dine at the White House. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—The friends of Representative Bailey, the Democratic leader in the House, are in- clined to be indignant over the reports that have been sent broadcast to the effect that in declining an invitation to dine at the White House because he was averss to the wearing of a dress suit, he violated all precedents. As a matter of fact there has not been a Congress since the war that has not con- tained members more or less in number who avoided all social functiohs simply on account of their unwillingness to don the ciaw-hammer coat and cutaway vest. 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