The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1897, Page 1

e | Y VOLUME LXXXIL_NO. 158. SAN FRANCISCd, E;RIDAY MORNING NOVE\IBER 5, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ]]R. []’BHIEN ACCUSED 0F BROTALITY Captain Hawks Is Out of the Preston School Again. | TELLS A STARTLING| STORY. harges the Superintendent With Using Unnecessary Severity. L&, THE PADDLE IN PLACE OF| THE “ CAT.” Floggzed | Cast of a Boy Who Was fir an Offense of Which He Was Innocent. —Caprain L. W. Hawksof cho who was discharged Dr. O'Brien, the super- ated by request ces, was again d be makessome 1 again reinst f the t lay, a concerning the pres- of this institution. king of Superintendent he i3 a man of ungovernable etent, al- the least that on many occasions 1 displays of brutality on intendent O'Brien incon- vying his position. times seen Dr. O'Brien at and beat his 8 cxment wall, at the same 1 the face with his fist ; fed upstairs, aiter @ received Detteen thirty and ith the p.ddie upon the wks states thyt the usuail uflicted on innates for the | ing is two week: on guard | in one cuse a by named e was given between thirty ad for with the paddle for beirg s ks says thata boy naned s given ten strokes with tig | leit the flesh bruised ant | ifferent places, yet a boy | was given over 100 strokes instrument, balf the num- tered one day, and the lay following over the sdie tothe former fainted and was re- ss by O’Brien throw- punishment was suspecied jewelry from one of 1t it developed after- rely iunocent. made some rien, which was otber boy, wheu usmerciful beat- mpel :giinst an nd had his he; ing a Cap Hawks alo states that boys Lave been handcuffed to a water pipe in a dark room in t wer and tforced to re- main in ast some time. The cay 0 ue this brutal nishment at Suy ndent O'Brien's command and er the Superintendent’s pérsonal supervision It is reported tha: Company A made a preak last night and succeeded 1n eseaping. CROKER S:KIOUSLY L1 Much Mystery Connected With Sudden Sickness of the Tam- many Leader. NEW YORK rd Croker was stricken s an attack of ness in his room. at the Murray Hil Hotel to-night tnat he was notallowed to | ree any one outside of two or three inti nds and his physicians, Dr. Wil T. Jenkins and Dr. Cyrus Edson, The ntmost secrecy was preserved abou: \ature of the attack. Nothing definite obrained from either of e Dr. Jenkins went to the hotel out 7p. M. Dr. Edson arrived shortly terwards. They were shown to Croker’s Foom and remained by his bedside for an s Sena‘or from Florida and ex-Embassador to France, came into the hotel, escorted by two friends, and sent his card to Croker’s room. Croker could not see him. - . Cannot Be Aroused. BOSTON, Nov. 4. —A case which is per- vlexing the medical fraternity is that of A:f\r us Elanson, a son of Oliver Han- who resides in Washington street, aston. On Sunday evening Han- tired about 10 o’clock. When his Ler went into the room at mianight, tus was lying asleep with bis clothes on, His brother attempted to him, but was unable to do so. ock was summoned, but he was unable to restore the young man to con- sciousness. Since that time young Han- on has bren in a dormant condition. I*he physicians are unable to account or ihe youn g man’s state. A porticn of the hody appears to be perfectly lifeless. The wmedical men say that the case has no ap- pearance of apoplaxy. | what have hitherto been considered inac- | the science of geography never dreamed. | | He found great herds o! wild animals | aangers the | ck James B. Eustis, ex- | THE PRESTON SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY AT IONE. DISCOVERS NEW WONDERS IN THE WILDS OF ASIA | BOSTON, Nov. 4 —A Stockbolm special | | says: The most a:tonishing contribution | to <cience in many a long year was con- tributed by Dr. Sven Hedin, a young | | Swedish savant, who has just returned to | {chkno‘m after a four years’ sojoura in cessible portions of Centrai Asja. The | facts which Dr. Hedin brings back are so marvelous as to more than astonish all, and utterly upset cherished theories of many savants. i The explorer found buried cities of which the world had never heard. He | learned of the existence of great bodies of | water of which even the most learned in | he saw thousands and thousands of camels withcut owners, he ascended to heights bi herto considered beyond the reach of man, and he encountered a catalogue of | whbich make one shudder to . Hedin headed an expedition of which sewas the only European. He was backed | br King Oscar of Sweden and a number | of \ther wealthy persons interested in ex- | vlontions. He was absent a trifle less | thanfour years, and though the outside world\as not learned of it to any extent, he wasyccorded almost as royal a recep- tion in Syeden as was Dr. Nansen. It is possible ir many Europeans to now pene- trate the tjsirict through which Hedin traveled, an{ it will likely in time provea find of tremndous importance to com- | | merce. Sixty+wo times he had to defend | his | fe against mhabitants of that section of Asia through which he traveled, who | not only sougnt 16 kill him to obtain pos- session of what hehad, but because they objected ‘o outsider: learning the nature of the country. The inhabitents he found were fierce and warlike. The mijority of them claimed to be utterly ixnorant of the great nations of the worli, and dec!area that no fores could be broght against | them so sirong they could no conquer it. They spoke a language sounting like a combination of Russian and Chinese, though nowhere did Dr. Hedin fixd a mix- ture of blood. Iu appearance thix people showed traces of Tartar origi», and the explorer believes they are descended | from the same families that bred the present inhabitants of the Russian stepyes. One thing the doctor noticed, and that was that the women of all the tribes were exceptionally beautiful and were treated by the men with exceeding respect. Dr. Hedin left Stockhoim in October, 1893. Through the Kirgis steppe he went to Tzshkend, and during February, March and April, 1894, he marched over the | Pamirs, whose northern plateaus during | this season are buried in snow. In 1805 Dr. Hedin investigated the country between Kashgar and Tashkend vers, and on Aprii 10 he left Merket to cro:s the dreadful desert of Takla-Makan | to the Khotan River, a task which no- vody had attempted before. The caravan | consisted of four men and eight camels. | It was thirteen days before water was found, and almost all the caravan suc- | cumbed. Only Dr. Hedin, two men and one camel reached the Khotan River, and most of the baggage was lost. Dr. Hedin was obliged to return to Kash- zar and sentto Europe for new ins.ru- ments. By October he had crossed and mapped out five different routes through the bigh and aifficult mountain ranges lim- iting the Pamirs to the east. In these re- glons very important discoveries wers made, especially two old towns, now buried in tne moving sands, with many paintings and sculptures, proving the ex- istence of bigh cuiture in ancient times. Wild camels were found in great num- bers. Oniv two days were passed without water. Then the doctor continued down the Tariw, the comnlicated river system of which was mapped and thence to Kar- ashan, Koria and Lake Lobnor, the posi- tion of which was finally determined. With fifty cameis, horses and asses, ten wen, three do:s and twelve sheep, he crossed the northern highest p-ateau of Tibet in two months. Nota single human being was seen, but every day out the | | | | while Brings Stories of Buried Cities, Great Bodies of Water and Other Marvelous Finds. | traveler found great herds of horses and vaks. Alithis unknown region wasscien- tifically investigated. Four large and nineteen small salt lakes wera discovered, the larcest one being so considerable in extent that the caravan went four days along its shores. COLONEL KNIGHI'S MISSIOY, In Washington for the Probable Pur- pose of UOusting District Attorney Foote WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. — Colonel Georece A. Knight, the San Francisco lawyer, slipped into Washington Ilast | night and put up at Willards, telling the clerk that he did not care to register. A Cavr correspondent met him in the hotel lobby. “Hello!” said he; “I'm dis- covered, but don’t say I'm here.” The colonel mysteriously hinted that there might be a story in 1t in a few days. It is believed that he is here in connec- tion with the District Attorneyship, to succeed Henry S. Foote, but whether he wants the place for himself or for a friend is not apparent. T e probabilities are that he wants to get Foote ousced, inas- much as it has been reported on the coast that the chances for Foote’s retention until the expiration of his term are go 'd, for the reason that he was a gold money Democrat. DISCOVERED IN THE VATIGAN ARGHIVES: Alleged Finding of Pontius Pilate’s Report on the Crucifixion. Officia's Are Reticant It Is Eelleved Some Remarkable Docu- ments Have Been Unearthed. Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—A World cable from Rome says: A correspondent visited the Vatican to-day to obtain authorita- tive information regarding the reported finding in the Vatican archives of Pon- tius Pilate’s report to Emperor Tiberius on the crucifixion of Christ. One story current was that the original report has been found and tbat the Pope had or- dered a careful study of it. Another was that the document discovered was not Piiate’s own report, but a manuscript of A. D. 145 referring to it, while o.her frag- mentary writing of the third and fifth centuries touching the same matter had come 1o light also. The correspondent found the Vatican authorities very reticent. Some officials were even chary of admitting that any- thing had been discovered at all, and were extremely apprehensive lest they might be represented as giving color to the expec- tation that & coutemporary account of the most solemn event in the worla’s his- tory is in existence, The subkeeper of the Vatican archives said to-night: ‘‘His Holiness is naturaily extremely cautious about permitting the publication of any document with im- prints of the Holy See as to authenticity, which may afterward be reasonably con- tested. His Heliness has been profoundly interested in the possibiliiy of the dis- covery of the original document referred to in one dated Anno Domini 149, but so far the search has been fruitiess.” The first indication of the possible existence of this exceeding'y mvensun“ report was obtained accidentally by an erudite monk engaged in looking through the archieves of the flith century, ana cathering facts concerning the " early history of the papacy. He followed the clews back to the maruscripts of the third century, and then again livoriousiy par- sued them until further aliusion was found in the document of A. D. 149. There the investigation is broight to a siandstill for the present, and the Pope has given strict injunc:ions that no translation of refer- ences in documents shail be published until submitted for his sanction. 'GORMAN MEETS DISASTER DOWN IN MARYLAND Returning From Explorations Dr. Sven Hedin The Official Returns Make It Certain the Boss Will Not Go Back to the United States Senate Next Term. BALTIMORE, Nov. 4.—An official count | closed to-day and all the members of the of the bailots cast on Tuesday last made | State Commiitee have gone to their re- in most of the counties to-day leaves no further room for doabt that the Repub- licans have control of both branches of ti:e Logislature and thata Republican will succeed Arthur P. Gorman in the United States Senate. Five members of the As- sembiv and one Senator were taken from the Domor..aic list of probabilities and added to that of the Republicans. Three of the members and the Senator are from Talbot County, and one member each from Prince Georges and Carroil. This gives the Republicans 49 members in the House and the Democrats 42. Italso gives the Republicans 18 Ssnators to 8 for the Democrats, and a majority on joint baliot of 17. Thedoubt in Talbot County arose from the fact that eighteen votes in Tilghman Precinct were found to have been counted vwice for the Democratic ticket. This be- ing corrected gave the Republican legis- lative candidates majorities ranging from 16 to 19 votes. In Prince Georges a simi- lar correction elected a Republican by four votes, while in Carroll the recount showed that Standbury R. defeated Crouse D. by 23 votes. The doubtiul votes in Mont- gomery and Washington counties also went into the Republican column by srall majorities. The Democratic headquarters were NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cicco: Cloudy and unsettled in the forenoon, clearing in the aft. ernoon; southeasterly changing to fresh westerly winds. FIRST PAGE. Scandal of the Preston School. 0Old Cities Found in Asia. Returns From the Esstern Elec- tions. SECOND PAGE. Los Angeles Republican Rally. Races on the Eastern Tracks. THIRD PAGE. A South Coast Shipwreck, Secramento Works for Charity, Finigan’s Divorce Case Again, Suicide ot William J. Lehigh. Yellow Fever 8till Virulent. War in Austria’s Parliament. FOURTH PAGE. A Steamer Line to Alaska, Guarding Against Finaneial Trouble. Sad Eviction of Mrs. Walton. FIFTH PAGE. ‘Tomsky Sues Judge Coffey for Slander. Higa School Girls Still on Strike. Highbinders Fighting in China- town. Death of George D. McLean. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. Point for Charter Makers. Shall We lmitate England? New Era for THE CALL. A Triumph for Protection. Abduction of a Yellow Kid. SEVENTH PAGE. Local Races. The Yeilow Ball League Disin- tegrating. Two Storm-beaten Schooners Arrive. NINTH PAGE. Oakland News, TENTH PAGE. Trying to Secure Alaskan Trade. TWELFTH PAGE. Capron’s Denunciation me the Grave. Maguire’s Campaign Sprung. City Hall Park Committee Branching Out. Plans for the Donahue Foun- e E = E 3 i a E : E a E a Fa Fact E 3 E tain. | soc spective homes. Before leaving Chair- man Marray Van Iver gave out the fol- lowing statement: “As far as the joint convention of the General Assembly is concerned the mat- ter is not entirely settied, and will not be until the orficial returns are made up, *In regard to the House of Delegates I am still of the opinion that the Demo- crats will have a majority in that body and will organ ze it. The election in sev- eral of the counties is so close that it is imvossible to tell at present which side has won, and 1 believe a recount will be demanded in Montgomery County by the Democrats, who claim that they have elected at least one and possibly two members of the House, while the Repub- licans claim they have elected all three. A recount may also be demanded in Tal- bot and Carroll counties to determine the result with certainty. At any rate we have not given up our expectation of con- trolling the House, whether we have a majority on joint ballot or not. *The Democratic candidates who have been defeated in the close counties have been, in many instances, noted as anti- Gorman men, while in the same counties the Gorman men have been elected. In one or two instances which I could specify these men were cut simply because they were not believed to be Gorman men. This shows that the anti-Gorman outcry did not hurt the Democrats in the coun- ties, for there the Senator always has had hisstrong hoid to a large extent. Iam more convinced than ever bv the result of this eleciton that the anti-Gorman senti- ment is almost entirely confined to the city of Baltimore and the Democrats of the counties are measurably free from it. In my opinion, even if it should turn out that the Senatoris defeated, he is stronger to-dey in the country districts of the State than he ever was.” Among those most prominently men- tionéd as the probable successor to Sen- ator Gorman are Alexander Shaw, ex- Congressman Findiay, Postmaster-Gen- eral Gary and Congressman Mudd. TRIUMPH OF LOGAN. He Forces the lllinois State Board of Agriculture to His Feet. CHICAGO, Nov. 4—Twenty- thousand lovers of fine horseflesh waited half an hour this evening for Manager John A. Logan to give the signal for opening the horse show, while that gentleman sat calmly in his office waiting for a written apoiogy from the State Board of Agricult- ture, for whai he terms i‘s “'studied and persistent insults” of himself and his as- es in the management of the big affair. The apology finally came, the =ignal was given and Logan scored two tri- umphs. He broke all records as to Ameri- can horse-show crowds and forced a vin- dication of bis methods of management, Lo an has been badgered from the in- cepfion of the show by bucolic members of the State Board, who objected to his lavish expenditure of money, but he has borune it all with remarkable equanimity and probably would have continued to do so had not some invited guests bteen barred from the show this afternoon by the employes of the State Board. Hecalled a meeting of his friends among the exhibitors in the rooms of the Bit and Spur Club, at which resolutions demand- ingan apology were drawn. The resolu- tion was accompanied by a manifesto signed by all the exnibitors that until the apology was forthcoming, tne Chicago horse show was at an end. The board wrestied with the problem from 4 o’clock until 8:30, when, seeing that Logan was making gdod his threat, it finally yielded and complied wiih the de- mands. Few of the vast throng knew what caused the delay or how near they came to seeing nothing but themselyes. —_—— Bimetallic Cauve Hopeloss, LONDON, Nov. 5—The Morning Post saysedit rially to-day: The decision of the Latin Union to reduce the stock of 5-tranc pieces and murks is another stage in the abandonment of siiver. Even Maline, the French Premier, seems 10 think the bi- metallic cause hopeless, OHIO CONTESTS TO BE CARRIED TO THE COURTS Desperate Efforts Will Be Made to Compass Mark Hanna’s Defeat. NO SINGLE CLOSE COUNTY CAN BE GIVEN UP. Lawyers for the Managers on Both Sides Busy Preparing Papers to Carry the Cases to the Highest Tribunal in the State. e e e e e e s e ke s sk sk e ke sk ke ke e sk et e el e e el e e ke sk ok e ko e el e ke iion from counties. the Legislature, Legislature. pluralities as the Republicans. thirty-six Senators, witb. only two body. body, Republicans in the Senate. tion from Republican contests. koA Ak A AR AR ARk A A AR & R AR e Aok e Aok R ok Aok ARk ARk ok Kok ok COLUMBUS, Onro, Nov. 4—Many talk about a crisis in Ouio. Some believe that a crisis is impending. The talk about a combine in the Legislature against Sena- tor Hanna has subsided, pending the in- terest in the official counting of the vote in close counti-s. As the official canvass of the vote in the 88 counties proceeded to-day the Republican plurality on the State ticket increased, and on the legisla- tive tickets it appeared to be getting to- ward a very close shave. While the Republican plurality on the State ticket exceeds 28,000, the vote on the legislative ticket is almost as close as it could be. Kor this reason there is still unusual anxiety at the State headquarters of both pa:ties. The Republicans still claim that the Legislature stands 75 Republicans to 70 Democrats on joint ballot for Senator, and that their candidates for Representatives in three of the close counties have been elected by the following pluralities: Del- aware Uounty, 29; Wood County, 28; Noble Coucty, 85; a total of 142 on the plurali- ties of these counties. A change of 72 votes, properly distriputed in these three counties would, therefore, have turned the result in the Legislature by giving these three Representatives io the Democrats. Then the Legislature would have stood 72 Republicans and 73 Democrats on joint ballot for Senator. When it is remembered that the total vote of Ohio Iast year was over one mil- lion and that it was almost one millicn this year, it is readily seen that 71 is such a small percentage thatit cannot be clearly expressed in figures, or fractions, or lan- guage. And this is what makes the Dem- ocratic State Committee continue to claim the Legislature and the Republican State Committee to be so closely on guard in watching the counting in close counties. The official count of Delaware County is in, but with protests and notices of con- test from the Democrats, and the same is true of Noble County. The official count of Wood County will not be completed till Saturday, although they expect to get through to-morrow. In Wood County to-day the Democrats protested against counting the vote of a precinct where the place of voting was outside of the precinct, but within the ward, Had this precinct been thrown out it would have elected the Democratic candidate for Representative by a plural- ity of five instead of the Republican by twenty-eight. The vote of the precinct was counted and the Democratic protest filed. Other technicalities are expected in the progress of the vote in that county to-morrow. In Noble County there was a long contest oyer twenty-seven scratched tickets that were finally thrown out be- cause they were mnot vroperly marked. This was a Republican loss. Every point is being contested in the official count of the close counties. Chairman Nash says to-night that the Republicans have a safe majority of five on joint ballot in the Legislature. He ad- mits that the pluralities are small in some counties, but claims they are safe. He has no doubt of the result in any counties which be claims except possibly Wood County, aud in the event of the loss of tuat representative, he says the Legisla- tare would still stand 74 Republicans to 71 Democrats and have a majority of three RESORT TO THE COURTS. COLUMBUS, Onio, Nov. 4.—Late to-night it became known that the courts would be resorted to for the purpose of preventing boards of elec- issuing certificates to the Republican candicates in certain The cases will be brought in the lower courts and thence to the Supreme Court as soon as possible. mittee already has lawyers preparing cases of contest. get three representatives on the face of the returns from Delaware, Noble and Wood counties, whose pluralities aggregate only 142, change of seventy-two votes would bave given the Democrats control of The Republicans claim that the Democrats also elected members of the Legislature on close margins, and that there were ten counties in the State that gave less than 100 plurality each for the candidates for the The Democrats elected as many members on these small Both sides are preparing for contests in the courts and afterward in the Legislature. As each branch of the Legislature is the tribunal of last resort in judging of the qualifications of its own members, the Republicans have an advantage in their control of the House over the Democrats, who control the Senate. In the House there are 109 mempbers, with a dozen or more seats that can be contested, and the Republicans claim a majority of seven in that so that more Democrats couid be unseated in the House than While both committees are keeping secret any arrangement for legal proceedings, yet it is stated that the Demo- cratic State Committee will seek to enjoin enough certificates of elec- representatives to prevent the Rapublicans organizing the House and appointing the commitiee that will consider The Republican State Com- The Republicans and a There are or three contests possible in that FAR KN N NN AN NN YRR NN RN YR NN RN B R R R e S S SR S 2 22 g on joint ballot for Senator. Chairman Nash said the returns from the Thirteenth District showed that the Republicans had a plurality of 432, so that there 1s no longer any of the Stale Senators in doubt, and the Senate will stand 19 Democrats to 17 Republicans. At Republican State head- quarters Summit County is not considered so doubtful as heretofore and its two rep- resentatives are being conceded to the Democrats. This would make the House 58 Republicans and 51 Democrats. Chairman McConville does not admit that the Republicans have carried the Thirteenth District for their candidate for State Senator and he still claims the Rep- resentatives from Noble, Delaware, Wood, Muskingum and other counties claimed . bv the Republicans. He aiso expects the official count to give to the Dermocrat: the twelve members of ihe Legisluture from Cuyahoga County. In all these counties and in others he says there will be con- tests for the seats in the event of the cec- tificates of election being given to the Re- publicans. Chairman McConville charges fraud in the close counties and in some Repube lican counties. He says nearly all the close counties have gone Republican heretofore and the Republicans still have the machinery in those counties. He says the returns have been heid back and it looks suspicious. O.her counties have completed their counting, while the doubtful counties are stiil at it. He savs the resuit was known definitely in Uin- cinnati yesterday morning and he cannot get definite results even to-night from Cleveland whers he expects the vote to be very close on two or three members of the Legislature. Chairman McConville will remain here on duty until the official count of all the counties is completed. Senator-elect Lewis Voight, one of the Independent Republicanselected in Ham- ilton County Tuesday, was asked how he stood on volitical matters. Mr, Voight replied: *I am a Republican, a sound- money man and, furthermore, I am a sup- porter of the present national administra- sion.” “How will you vote on United States Senator?”’ +I shall vote for « Kepublican,”” Mr. Voight. “Will you vote for Hanna?'’ “That I will not say; nor will I say for whom Ishall yote.” “‘Will you attend the Republican cau- cus?” +I will not.” “In the event Hanna is the choice of the Republican caucus for United States Senator, will you vote for him?” “That I will not say. I wiil repeat that I shall vote for a Republican for United States Senator, ana will not go further than that unti! the time comes to vote.” A HEAVY VOTE | CAST IN IOWA. The Largest Ever Given in the State for a Gubernatorial Candidate. DES MOINES, Nov. 4—The complete unoffic:al reiurns of Tuesday’s vote are: For Governor—Shaw R. 224,555, White D. 193,567, Populisy (middle of the road) replied