The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 17, 1897, Page 1

- / THURSDAY MOR PRICE FIVE CENTS. His Nomination Sent to the Senate by the President. WIRES ACCEPTANCE OF THE PLACE. The New Yorker Is Thoroughly in Accord With the Ad- ministration. PROUD SPAIN MAY YET OFFER A COMPROMISE. Cuba’s Autonomy First, Then Her Be Recog- nized by Castile. Independence to be bstantiates the Carr June 9 that offer the Spanish sion to General Woodfora of Brooklyn EStewart L. Minister to Spain. Thiss: announcement in Tx the President m if General Cox of Cincinnati declined. No appointm during the pres- ent ad cived - more tful con thougt The tende wa de to Represen- tative Hitt, who has long been chairman of the H n Foreign Af- fairs, and be conti that re- sponsible place when Reed appoints his committees. Then Pres Hitt declined. Seth Low of Columbia College was asked to go to Madrid. His declination was followed in turn by offers to General Cox and General Woodford, There was some u ess of McKinle suitable man for ssumed su. tainty about the s efforts to secure a e mission, which hae importance in the aspect of Cuban h great ical affair: decided that his d to a man in stration, in e and to ympathy w whom he fe whom te could have tbe oppor tr of explaining verbally h entions regard- g the struggele for dep ence of e island. It is ceriain tnat the new Minister will not go 1o Madrid until the President has fully determined upon the conrse of this Government. Definite developments may be expected immediately er Woodford reache , but their characteris apparently in abeyance at present. President McKinley is still gathering tablishment of avtonomy will be merely preliminary to a declaration of in- dependence by the Cuban people, in which | the Madrid Government will acquiesce | without further resort to arms, the situa- tion would be simplified. There is good reason for belief that | Spain 1s willing to allow Cuban ind=pend- ence to be gained if the insurgents will | abide by certain reforms. Spanish troops | will be withdrawn and t e Cubansatiowed aform of government, with a militia or- | ganization to protect the island against tile invasion, as an evidence of Spanis | good 1aitn. | The step 10 independence would be | short. The S h reforms have not { been instituted, and until they are the full extent of the intentions of the Madrid Government will not be known Itissaid that the first step toward the | inauguration of the reforms will be the | recall of Weyler. and that | probably Campos will be sent to take his | place. Woodford telegraphed the President to-night thanking him and | saying be would accept. He stated that | be would ba here to-mo Whether considered as soldier, states- | man or jurist, General Stewart L. Wood- | ford stands in that foremost of the | citizens oi Greater New York whom the | people respect and delight to honor. His | ancestors were among the eariiest settlers | of Connecticut and served in the Revolu- on and the War of 1 He was horn New Y September 3, 1835, was | educated ai 1 Columbia colleges, | being graduvated from the er in 185 | and was admitted to the n 1857. He | took an ac art in toe first Lincoin | campaign in 1860 and was made the mes- senger of the Electoral College to carry the vote of rk for Lincoln and New Y Hamlin to Washing The t ood that was in his veins showed its quulity when, in the second year of the war he resigned his position of Assistant United District Attorney the South and enlisted dred and 1 unteers. I captain of cowpan colonel of the regiment, judze-advocate general of the department of the South, provost-marshal generai and chief of staff of General Gillmore. He w romoted to the rank o : ery in ac- general, rn Dist of New York n Company H, One Hun- wenty-seventh New York Vo!- ¢k succession he became He w nd Savan irbed muni h, and reorg: pal mach b cities. In August, 1865, he re his commis- n and returned to New York to re his interrupted law practice. General Woodford’s political, like his military, record bas been one of well- | deserved honors. nomination for of the Common Pleas, ana in the following year was elected Lieutenant-Governor of the State. He declined the nomination for Congress in 1868, and in 1870 was defeated in the election for Governc e machi- nations of the Tweed ring. He was dele- gate 10 the National Republican Conven- | tion and presided over the electoral col- lege in 1572, and in the same vear was | eleeted a member of the Forty-third Con- aress. He resigned in 1874, and was agsin a delegate to the Natonal Republican Convention in 1876. He aided in the nom ination of P t Hayes, and was bim self a candidate for Vice-President. In 7 he was appointed United GStates Dis- t Attorney for the Southern District New York by President Grant anc re- appointed to the same office by President nce bis retirement from that 1 Woodford has he has devoted him rofession. He has been ral honorary degrees i he declined the f Court of information about Cuba. a long talk with Calhoun. There 13 a growing conviction among Jeading men of the administration that Spain may offer a solution of the problem To-day he had that will be satisfactory to both the United | Statesand theinsurgents. Indications that something of this sort is expected are al- ready apparent. McKinley understands that the temper of the American people and of Congress is decidedly against the acceptance of any compromise, or the in- dorsement of any plan, bringing the war to an ena without absolute success to the Cubans. Spain, however, is showing a disposi- tion to end her embarrassment in any way that will not cause her'pride to suffer, and promised reforms offer a way tJ that end. Establishment of home rule on the Canadian basis Las met with opposition among the insurgents and is not viewed with favor in this country. But if assur- ances can be obtained from Spainand a guarantee given the United Siates that [irom Columbia and Trinity colleges, has | been the president of 1he Union League Club and of | the New Eagland Soclety, | and has tilled all positions of honor and | responsibility to which he bas been called with signal ability and usefulness. - EXTERMINATE. | Pacificos Chargea Jor tae Privilege of Hunting for Food HAVANA, Cuss, June i6.—The situa- | tion in Suntiago de Cuba province is greatly alarming the Spanish Govern- me Weyler has cabled 10 Madrid in answer to dispatches from the Premier. | He is obliged for the moment to remain | in Havana in order to have full control of | military operativns in Santiago de Cuba, | as cab ed dispatches from there and other | reports by land can more easily react | him here than in Las Villus. ‘ Al the same time attacks by the Cubans | ORDEES 170 are feared on the important cities and Continued on Third Page, following this | lieutenarn:- | | LURED HIS -~ FRIEND TO HIS DEATH SECRETARY OF Young Turfman Foully Slain by His Boon Companion. | THE ASSASSIN WIELDS A HAMMER. | Robs His Victim and Leaves | Him for Dead in a Lonely Spot. AS IF BY FATE THE FIEND IS CAUGHT. Two Witnesses to the Midnight Tragedy—Identified by the Dying Man. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 16.—C. D. Collins, a wealthy Tennesseean, was lured to his whom he had been on terms of intimate friendship for six years. His assailant is Martin Ensley of Memuphis, whose father, Colonel Ensley, was one of the most prom- inent mine-owners and planters of the South. En-ley induced his companion to visit Meramec Highlands, a summer resort, tifteen miles from here. Ou the plea of iliness he went to a clump of bushes seventy-five yards from the hotel. Tuere, stepping behind his victim, he dealt blow aiter blow on his head with a hammer which he had purchased presumably for the purpose of committing the murder. When the pounding had reduced Coliins to a state of insensibility, Ensley stooped | over the prostrate boly and tore from a | vest pocket a roll of bills that amounied to $6000. He darted up the hill and passed the money to an accomplice, who i: believed to have escapec on & trolley-car. Then the would-be murderer ran down the path leading to the Meramec River. Two men saw the terrible assanlt and money and the escape of the principal and his accomplice. Charles Feiter,a baker employed at the inn, and a gardener who bad been engaged about the grounds for a fortnight, were the witnesses. They ran to the inn and notifiea Night Watchman Busch and told him the story. Busch fourd Collins lying flat on his face groaning, but unconscious. Blood was flowing from several wounds on the scalp and the left ear was nearly torn away. He was removed to Kirkwood, where a phy- sician dressed his wounds. Ensley did not iry to board the car. He ran down the hill tothe river and followed the stream for nearly a mile until he reached a shanty occupied by a boatman He pounded vigorously upon the door, and when the old man opened he ex- claimed: “I've been robbed, and my friend has probable death Tuesday night by a man [, "% he had known since boyhood, and with | STATE SHE RMAN Attaching His Signature to the Hawaiian Treaty. been murdered. Helpl ered with blood.” The old man swering the st Look, I'm cov- astily dressed, and, an- cer's appeal for assist- , accompanicd him up the river and then up to the ino. Easley evidently ex- pected to find the body where he had left it, ana evineed gro * surprise whem be saw people running around. “Here is a man you want to tell your anc story 10,” the old boatman said, as some one came up. The arri was the night watzhman. To him Ensley repeated the | story ne had told on the river bank. found $600, which at firs | be part of the stolen money. At daybreak | “What's your name?” asked Busch. “Martin ey.” was the reply. “You are the man I am looking for,” said Busch. “I want you for murder,” and he seized his prisoner. Ensley pro- tested his innocence, but was taken into the inn and placed under guard, All this occurred about dnight. At2 o’ciock this morning iwo Deputy S from Clayton County arrived at Meramec Highlands. They searched the for a weapon and discovered a mer, covered with biood. ew ham- On Ensley was Ensley was driven over to Kirkwood, and it was broad daylight when the prisoner was taken to the room on the third floar of the North Side Inn and brought face to face with the wounded man, who was tossing on the bed. “Is this the man who struck yo | asked a deputy. Collin« looked at him steadily. *“Yes,” | | | | i | bout | said he. ‘‘Ensley, how could 2" he added. The prisoner looked down, muttered something about huving been sssauited well, snd wasled sway. He was then driven over to Clayton. Collins, the wounded man, had a sta- ble Liere at the fair grounds, but he runs his horses under an assumed nzme. His varents, who are prominent in Nashville, object to his owning racehorses and so did his wife, who is from Cleveland, Ohio. This spring Collins decided to try nis the track. He sold a hotel in for $25,000 and made arrange- Nashville ments for placing a stable at one of the | tracks. In order to be at perfect liber he sent his wife to her relatives in Cleve- land, ana then, unfolding his plans to Martin Ensley, his boon companion, and king him to accompany bim, be pur- | chased two horses, which bad run Memphis atd which he fancied, and left | with ihem for St. Lou sley accom- panied him. Collins had $15000 at h and nnd Eosley $1000 or so. Eusley’s father was Culonel och En:ley, a man of more than N t onal fame, and regarded until his death | est indi- | three or four years ago as the r vidual in the South. a leading spirit in the development of the mineral resources of the South. He was largely intere-ted in the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, established the steel works ,at Bessemer, Ala., helped make Steffield, Ala., a great mining place, | founded several towns, one of which bears robbery, and witnessed the transfer of the | {in | tled by the announcement his rame, owned several big cotton plan- tations and was an_intimate friend of An- drew Carnegie. He had two children, Mar- tin, who is almost 32, and Lady, a year or LWO yournger. the Lady Ensley mine, one of the largest | in Alabama. Martin occupied a high position in the social circles of Memphis, Nashville, Bir- mingham and other Southern cities dur- his father's life. He was married to Miss Bottve Selden, danghter of M. L. Se den, a wealthy Memphis man. Miss Sel- den was rezarded as the handsomest women in the State. When Colonel Ens- ley died it developed that his estate was incumbered so heavily that it was doubt- ful if anything would be saved. About two years ago Southern society was star- that Martin Lnsley’s wife was suing him fcr divorce on the ground of non-support. Since the divorce Martin has divided his time be- tween Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham and other cities where his father had in- terests. ground | was supposed to | Colonel Ensley was | For the latter he named | W) CBECOMEN - TERRITORY [ Signing of the| Treaty of Annex- | | ation. “ |Formal THE HANDS OF THE SENATE. |IN | i | | Read in Executive Session and | Action Deferred for a Day. JAPAN NATURALLY ENTERS A | PROTEST. | But Her Objactlons Are Nature to Be Easlly Overcome. of a I WASHINGTO! N, D. C., June 16 —In the great diplomatic room of the State De- pariment, where four years and four months ago, in the closing hours of the Harrison administration, the first Ha- waiian annexation treaty was signed, only to be withdrawn foom the Senate and | | thrown into a pizeonhole, the representa- tives of the Governments of the United | States and Hawaii gathered this morning | and s'gned a tresty, by the terms of which, f ratified, the little island republic will | become part of the territory of the United States. Of the persons who stood in the | | room to-day three were present when the | | original treaty was s namely, Specia | Commissioner Lorin A. Thurston and As- | sistant Secretaries Adee and Cridler. The | first named perhaps took a more sincere | | personat pleasure in the ceremony of this | morning than any of the others, because | of the stirring events of the last four | years, in which he was so directly con-| | cerned. It is a very unusual thing for a treaty | of such importance to be sizned early in the morning, but in this case it was de- | | sired that the conveution be made ready early in order that it might be submitted | to the Senate on the day of 1t- si-nature, The document itself had been prepared | carefully over ni-ht; in fact, it was prac- | tically comuieted at the close of offic hours yesterday, but it was necessary | to make a close comparison, and the Pres- | | ident wished another opportunity to go over the document, probably with a view todrawing up a message with which it will be accompanied to the Senate. Therefore, before 9 o'clock the persons who were concerned in the preparation of the treaty were at the State Department. For the United States there were Sec- retary Sherman, Assistant Secretaries Day, Adee and Cridler, Private Secretary | Babcock and Assistant Private Secretary Gaytree. On the Hawaiian side were Minister Hatch, Lorin A. Thurston and W. A. Kiuney, all for this particular oc- casion accredited as Special Commission- ers duly empowered to negotiate a treaty of annexation. After formal greetings the credentials | Government, throush its legation h of the plenipotentiaries were scanned and recorded. Secretary Sherman alone rep- resented the United States in the signa- e of the convention and it was part of the ceremony to record his authorization by the President just as much asit was the credentials of the Hawsiians from President Dole. Then came the reading and comparison eof the treaty. Of this there were two drafts, one to be beld each later on to be exchanged in the usu form. Altugether it was twenty minutes after 9 o’clock when ail wes ready for the signatures. Tne Hawaiian representa- tives bad brought with them a gold pen a plain holder and at their request this was used for all of the signatures. Secretary Sherman signed first the copy intended to be held. while Minister Hatch signed first the Hawaiian copy of the treaty, his fellow-Commissloners coming next in order—Mr. Thurston first, fol- lowed by Mr. Kinney. The treaties were sealed by Assistant Secretary Cridler with a private seal carried on his watch- chain, the copies were handed to their re- svective custodians and the treaty w. made as far as the executive branch of the Government could effect it. There was 8 MYSTERY VEILS A SUICIDE Isaac Norton, Internal Rev- enue Cashier, Kills Himself. |CARBOLIC ACID CAUSED HIS DEATH. | It Is Thought That His Accounts May Reveal a Motive for His Act. STAMP VOUCHERS FOUND ON | HIS BIDY. ]Was Told That His Books Wouli Be | Checked Up and He Failed to | R turn. Isaac Norton, United States Internal | Revenue cashier, a young man who faced | & promising future, commitied suicide last evening in a lodging-house formerly | known as the Baldwin Annex, 930 Market | street. The cause which prompted the young man to destroy himseif isa mystery, but it is presumed (the presumption being based on the fact of suicide itself) thatthe | Government accounts kept by him are not | as they should be. Whether or not the belief is untrue and the dead has been wronged by the presumption will be proved to-day when the cuecking upof his books is completed. Early in the afternoon Norton called at the lodging-house in which he took his ife and engaged & room on the second floor in the rear. He did not sign the register. and as soon as an apartment had been assigned him entered it and bolted the door. His presence in the house had been for- gotten when F. Tackabary, a bellboy, was startled by a peculiar heavy breathing and strangiing noise which issued from Mor- |.1on’s room. The bellboy hurried down- stairs and informed tho proprietor that some one was dying on the floor above. Employer and employes lost no time in reaching the sccond floor, and a minute later the door of Norton’s rcom had been | burst open and the cause of the strangling noise explained. The Government cashier was on the bed in a dving condition, his lips parched to an ashy hue by carbolic acid. Beside the bed lay a bottle, some drops | of the corrosive poison remaining in it. | Dr. Noble was hurriedly summoned and worked over the dying man for almost | two hours. At about 8 o’clock Norton's form shook spasmodically for a minute. He tossed his hands wildly and then lay gently back on the pillow. He was dead; the work of the poison could not be undone. Tne Coroner’s office was notified and the ISAAC NORTON. general exchange of congratulations be- tween the parties io the ceremony, and after a photograph had been taken of the Commis-ioners the ceremony was ended. Before the final signature of the docu- ment, the Secretary of Siate was presented with a formal protest by the Japanese against the consummation of the agree- ment. based on apprehension that the special treaties existing between Japau and Hawaii, under which the Japanese enjy advantages, will be affected injuriously by complete annexation. The treaty provides that the Govern- ment of the islands shall cede to the United States absolutely and forever ali i's righis of sovereignty in and over the Hawaiian Islands and its dependencies, and that tnese islands shall become an terna! part of the territory of the United States. The Government of Hawaii also cédes tothe United States its public lands, pub- lic buildings and public property of every description. Congress shall enact special laws to Continued on Second Puge. The protest is understood to be | body was conveyed to the Morgue. An hour later the dead man’s brother, A, Norton, who resides at 2509 Howard street, walked into the charnel-house and, after viewing the body, made arrangements for its removal as soon as the Coroner’s cone sent could be rained. He knows no reason why bis brother should have #nded his life, and refuses to believe that the suicide is the culmination of any dishonorable action on his part. Yesterday morning the suicide entered his office, apparently in a cheerful mood, and went to work. He completed his labors for the morning at about 11:30. Internal Revenue Collector O. M. Wel- burn approached him ana said that at 3 o’elock in the afternoon Le must have his book ready for the customary weekly checking up. Norton responded, “All right,” and indifferently strolled about the office. At noon, when the Collector and a majority of his assistants left the Federal building to dine, Norton remainad behind and looked over his books until 1:30 P M. He then left the building, and that was the last time he was seen by any of his associates until they looked upon hig corpse in the Morgue. * Coliector Welburn returned to his due