The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1899, the soldiers’ lent the and hi guests, the withdrew e introduce. When cere- rer distingu! the crowds ing Cayp re inquiry me of the I m Father Chidwick & r I+ g cing projec- STIRRED THE AMERICAN NATION DEED THAT Destruction of the Maine, the Notable Events That Followed, Closing With the Last Honors to the Departad arines e na Heroes Yesterday. h t of jackles ESTERDAY was a day of mourn- . Major dies of rs of a lasting rest he t . med by a sorrowing r & pe . ssed a dee ] . t e M ar is i 5 and not a memory of 4 : o ation vy b s, where war has w AlEEI NN oy T 4 TOMB oF THE UNKNoWN i * DEAD. ARLINGT®N - - | war be to form. an When ¢ cruisers carried food and cloth- ng to the suffering Cubans and Spain voiced a pr there were few that did not see the inevitable result. There wer riots in Havana and American lives and property were menaced in the C ap- 1. Little more than a month had passed otic feeling ran high. Spanish eats otic ing ran high.. Spanish threais were ing American anger and when, on Jaruary 25, 1895, t ip Mamne was ordered to start Cuban capi- 1 m was ded to transform ar into conviction and foreboding into gloomy certainty It was the last voyage of the ili-fated warship The Consul at Ha had informed the Government that the situation was criti- cal and within three weeks the world was appalled by the most horrifying crime in modern history. On the night of Febru- ary 1888, at twenty minutes after 10 o'clock, the Maine was destroyed by the weapon of a cowardly and hidden enemy in the harbor of Havan ble of the town were terrified by explosion. A great sheet of flame > the and the doomed battl was a wreck Her sailors died like rats in t e fire and ] > ERE3N ':) §“How-lnptha brave who sink to rast O 4 O By all their country’s wishes bless'd!” © 0200060404 0404 060605406040 os0:@ SIGSBEE --- PURSUED HER TACOMA, Dec. After pursuing her | husband half way around the world and back, Mrs. W. W. Danel finds herself at her starting point in Tacoma, again aban- doned, and she now seeks to recover dam- ges from her husband's relatives in the um of $25000, basing her claim on tne ement that they are responsible ior ating his affections. Mr. Danel, the husband. was a prosper- ous dentist at San Francisco ten when he married Mrs. Danel. was an Illinois girl, and shortly after th moved to Tacaoma. Here. Mrs. Danel & in her complaint, she first met Samuel A Danel and his wife, mother and father aniel Spellman-and er of Dr. Danel. All made defendants in Mrs. Danel claiming re entered into a conspiracy to deprive r of the affections of her husband | Last year Mrs, Danel visited her parents in Illinois. Whil » she learned her husband had left Tacoma. She made quiries and finally ed the doctor in Hawali. She followed There was a rec atlon and the cc ple settled down at Hilo. The doctor 1 b, water and tumbling tons of steel. They al had been murdered without having < : Arlington, | Ceived a single warning from out of g A hlie deeply | darkness of the night. The horror set | Maine!” had become the natlon’s battle- | dered saflors of the Malne. The people of t hon. | Amerioa on fire. Discretion was hopeless- | cry before war was deciared) but now the | the nation wenths to thir 1 Loople of n ~ ht mor Iy gore. The people 1 lost | wisest counsels the nation could not |soil the bodies of the brave men who had fe 4 | ment i flood of bitter, | prevent the conflic so cruelly met de This want became that | demnation of the crim L1 It mattered littl at the board of in- |a demand and in wer the national au- and that was to | quiry did not fix the bla The scale | tho the batt xas to | men who were vesterday | national sentim. 3 too far Hav to bring back the bodies. rrently and sadly to rest In Ar- | in April war was dec The funeral ship was commanded by | of the funeral of the Captain was in command of rs must stop No counsel of moderation could prevail. | Havana were pictured in every hamlet in | the Maine when she was destroved The | 1 not Captain Sigsbee of the Maine vainly sent | America The moving procession of | chaplain of the Texas was Chaplain Chid- had deg plea to suspend judgment. m_one | mourners, the long cavaleade of the dead, | wick, who saw the deaa and dy hout »f human b end of the continent to the other Ameri- | the sobb ounds of dir men | him In the waters of Havana harbor on st cans were aroused to a frenzied excite- | and wom W indiznation and will | the night of February 15, 188, It was he sympath ment that was without r rallel in the | W to their minds the scenes that | who preached the funeral sermon Ar- few beli history of neration. When full re- history yesterday at Arlington. | lington vesterday, when President McKin- | take up arms s ports of the horror were known and it results of the war are now history. | ley and the officers of the national Gov- When ¢ was announced that two officers and two | Spain met with crushing sefeat and left | ernment pald their tribute pect and American {hundred and sixty-four men had been | her heritage of savage, rebellious colo- | honor to the men who found their last trados s poured into murdered new fires were added to tHe | nists to America. Andythen Americans | resting place in a grassy mound of the the cloud of ap- | flames of revenge. ‘“Remember the ' turned their thoughts |z:\|n to the mur- | nation’s burial ground. ]it 15 eaid, it will be several days before | cislon will be followed at once by suits | matter can be determined | for about a million an: a half damage FHEIGHT MATTEH | | for loss s ined by reason of work b TAH'F THEA.I-Y ing stopped while the Boston and Mon- PRINCIPAL WlTNESS | tana injunction was pendi It is also | | stated that soon 1 lateral |S H FEHREU IN MOLINEUX CASE EAS[ SETTLED points are scttled work wiil be started | on the veins long In dispute and 500 | | | | Harry Cornish Tells of His Receipt | of the Poison Which Killed Mrs. Evidence Now Is With| Adams. NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Intense interest Attorney General. [ 1% now added to the trial of Roland B. Mollneux because of the appearance on e witness stand of Harry S. Cornish, whom poison which killed Mrs. ams was sent through the malls. Cor- Special Dispatch to The Call | WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—To-day the stand late this afternoon terstate Commerce Commission, and his examination, which promises to ance with the request of freight | develop many things not yet made pub- shippers and representatives of the com- | lic, will probably continue for several days, with Interruptions here and there {nterests, transmitted to Attorn Griges a transcript of the evi- | for other witnesses. s the hearing last week re-| Cornish told to-day of the receipt by pew classification of railway | himself of the famous silver holder and mer g o -assification | bottle of poison and he reviewed the story it rates. The proposed clAssTEAOn | 02 Mrs. Adams’ death by the supposed made on January 1 by . bromo seltzer” which he had adminis- & the of al classificat t when she was {ll. le more than sixty lines east ornish’ testimony was begin- 1ississippi, north of the Ohlo and | ning to be Interesting the Recorder ad- the case The Jjourned ntil to-morrow. |Ownership of Copper Veins Decided. ——— Special Dispatch to The Call. BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 28.—Judge Clancy in the District Court to-day handed down his decision in the suit of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company against the Boston and Montana Mining Company to settle the ownership to certaln veins of copper under the Rarus and Johnstown claims, owned by plaintiff, and Pennsyl- vania, owned by defendants. The decis- fon is In favor of the plaint!ff. The trial of the action was before the court with- out a jury and occupied ten weeks. The Judge has had the case under considera- tion two month: The suit just decided e e, ® experts Eave way today. to ]| originated in the United States Court here tion of the shippers was that | han ;“;’{‘J,“‘_‘lfi Eperts SAvE WAY t0-fay. 021 8 an metion by the Boaton ot Btiny . sion should tramsmit the evi- | bor "} G By before’ his death and | 283In the Montana Ore Purc iag Com- el o aation that he | huss of Cotmiah tn Terchial poison aal | 10in the defendants and € close dowa the recommendation that he | ness of Cornish to mercurial polson and | workings and 1o recover judemens oo . by injunction | Lo, e e “Barr *'was not permitted | 310,00, The Ore Purchasing Company 3 3 grom || The name “Bu tentimoy bermitied | then instituted a counter suit that 18 just \ ow fon Into effect. | o5 the records, but a mythical “A. B.” | declded; claiming ownership of all of the r y ppers the com- | was adopted instead, and all the symp- | of¢ bodies in controversy and of other vy PR he evidence | toms exhibited by Barnett during his - | ;:l‘mffi"fi'pf,n“flf‘“ had not been previously ¢ evidence 5 E ? L g | y it : to the At- | Ress were descrived by Dr. Phillips:and| “qwe ‘original. sult: of the Boston' and ; vda. Cotin, who a1% attended these men | Montana for damages was diemissed by rt e 18 | Thels Ninest. corroboraicd ihe ‘teey | the United States Court of Appeals for X Dreasell no opinion | timony of Dr. Phillips s it related | to the symptoms and d the diag- s laim S Detitionsc Ry L { nbele e Ny Shat Bhvaitian 7 19! the 13 comy s Is 1o vio- | T Another witness to-day was John D. ke Sherman anti-trust 1aw. In| \4ams, once secretary of the Knicker- ufign the let . | bocker ‘Athletic Club. His testimony dealt | that the in- | with the relations between Cornish and ted by these | Molineux and with the various gquarrels ut Justifica- | that had occurred at that club, charges on -— uestion INJUNCTION ASKED. - will whi h. ns will be . of rutes, especially Srom Suit to Prevent Union of Wagner and g ea boore o ppirommedboggar g T Palace Car Companies. CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—Objection to the propoded merging of the Wagner Palace Car Company into the Puliman Palace | Car Company on the ground that it will mitted for | create a trust in and monopoly of the I,,“.,.,,m;h.nd parlor car business is made I I Griges, who is {ll to- | in a bill filed to-day in the circuit court intimation yet as to | by Truman A. Tyler of Alton, Ill, one of he may take in the | the shareholders of the Pullman Com- ly he will have to | pan: The complainant asks that an in- 1y before he can reach junction of the court issue to restrain the lusion In any event, | consummation of the proposed purchase. | Montana Compan: lack of jurisdiction, after an injunction had been pending for about a year against the Ore Purchasing Company’ A new suit was immediately instituted in_the United States Court, in which the Boston and y_insisted upon the ju- risdiction of the Federal court; an in- Junction was again granted and this suit was dismissed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, Jeaving pending upon the docket as the only suit involving the ownership of the ore bodies in question, the suit which was decided to-day. The Ore Pur- chasing people contended in this action for an east and west vein system apex- ing their ground, and the Boston and Montana people contended on the other side for a north and south vein, which would cut off the rights of the Ore Pur- chasing Company to follow the veins frvn;| their apexes upon the dip to the south. It is said tbe trial and preparation for trial in development work expenditure of over $500,000. The case will be carried to the Supreme Court of the State for review and possibly to the Su. preme Court of the United States, Attorneys for the plaintiff say the de- represented an | men be put to work MRS. WOODBURY FINED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT Made Public the Substance of Her Declaration in the Suit Against Mrs. Eddy. BOSTON, Dec. 28.—Mrs. Josephine Woodbury was adjudged gullty of con- tempt of court by Judge Braley in the Superior Court here to-day in connection with the case brought against her by Mrs. Mary Eddy, head of the Christian Science Church, for alleged criminal libel. Mrs. Woodbury was fined $50, which she paid. making public through a Boston newspa- ver the nce of her declaration in the sult against Mrs. Eddy and in caus- ing to be published certain statements about the case or in submitting to inter- views wherein she made certain state- ments, knowing they would be published. MURDERERS S.ENTENCED { TO BE GARROTED | Five Men Will Meet Death in Puerto Rico for Committing a Fiend- ish Crime. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico at Ponce has sentenced five men to be garroted. In October, 1888, twenty men, heavily armed with guns and machetes, robbed a house at Yauco, province of Ponce, and mur- dered a man named Prudencio Mendez. They also danced around the body with his daughters, who were under compul- sion. Seven of the men were caught, but subsequently one of the prisoners escaped and one died in jail —_— \ Fisher Lose WOODLAND, Dec. 28.-City Recorder Fisher recently brought suit against Yolo County for $291, alleged to be due for ser- vices performed by him and pertaining to the office of Justice of the Peace. He was awarded judgment in the Justice opinion in the Superior Court reversing this judgment. Tn substance, the opinion holds that the City Recorder of a city sit- uate within a county of the twenty-fourth class cannot collect fees from the couriy for services rendered in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. The alleged contempt consisted in | SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Dec. 25.—The | charges were prohibitive and the duty is now | Court, but Judge Gaddis has rendered an | ~ WITH ARGENTINE Its Effect Upon the Wool Trade. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The following official statement of facts respecting the Argentine convention s given out for public information and to correct many misapprehensions in respect to the effect | of the treaty on the wool interest: The Argentine tariff system involves not only a fixed and high rate of duties on imports, but also provides for an aforo, or valuation, which is to be fixed from time to time by executive authority. By this.system dutles are often effectually Increased without any new legisla- tion, and at the will of executive officers. The object of the United States was, there- fore, to obtain reductions of the tarift on our exports as far as possible, and to reduce the aforo, or else to esta which they could not go as the basis for assess- ing duties. to United States exporters a reduction on Ore- gon pine lumber and Southern lumber, in fact all kinds of undressed lumber, but fixed the aforo and on Oregon and yellow pine reduces it over 10 per cent. The duty on cotton-seed ofl is reduced about 50 per cent. On bacon and many food products it is reduced by 20 per cent On paraffine wax (largely in demand there) the reduced 50 per cent and the aforo reduced by 62'% per cent. On canned salmon and other canned goods the reduction of duty is 50 per cent and the aforo is reduced by varying per- centages from 20 to 6 per cent. On windmills (largely used there) there is a reduction of duty of 5 per cert and of aforo 60 per cent. On dried or evaporated fruits (apples, etc., etc.) the duty is reduced 50 per cent; on cotton duck- ing, white or colored, the aforo Is reduced 33 1-3 per cent. On sail twine and cotton rope the duty is reduced 20 per cent and the aforo 331-3 per cent. On the other hand the Argentine Government she sends to this market. Among these wool and American wool growers have ex- pressed fears that this would prove injurious 1o the domestic ‘interest Thetotal imuort of wool into the United States for 1899 from all countries was 76,673,000 pounds. Of this from Argentine came only 7,957,000 pounds, which is a very small portion of our aggregate importation. It appears that our woolen factories require, notwithstanding high duties, a certain amount of foreign wool to sup- plement the domestic product. There is no | proposal for any reduction of wool duties in tavor of any other farelgn country. It is evi- dent that the proposed reduction of Argentine wools alone can have no effect on our market prices. The majority of the wool s of the ~oarsest class (for carpets, etc.), which {s not lish’ a valuation beyond | The convention, for example, not only secures | demanded reciprocal concessions on the few ar- | CHAPLAIN CHIDWICK > I v HUSBAND AROUND THE WORLD Marital Troubles of Mrs. Danel, Who Is Now Suing for Heavy Damages. soon tired of his surroundings and left for Manila on the Valencia with the Washington volunteers. Mrs. Danel fol lowed on another transport and they again made up. ( morning Dr. Dane started for Ca He never came back and his friends believed the natives had killed him. A month later, however, he reached Tacoma alive and well. Mrs. Danel was left in ost destitute cir- cumstances, but through the kindness of | officers of the reg nt she was given passage to San cisco with the hington volunteers on the Pennsylva- n She again overtook Dr. Danel here nd a reconciliation followed. Later Dr. Danel began divorce proceedings, which never appeared in court. They were abandcned without be brought to trial and all difficulties were again settled ami- cably Four weeks ago Dr. Danel again dropped out of s His wife claims to know his whereabouts, and says she intends joini him again next month. In the mea she will press the suit inst his relatives. So far as known, ey have but littl rty with which at « judgme »uld she obtain New Convention Hall. LOS ANG ec. 28.—The Mer- chants’ an ers’ Assoclation n? this city h it once tha erection of a large co »n_hall in this with the having _the ilding compl y for dedica- t the tim < ast ne unching fdent o invited to visit 1t nd take part In the dedication of new bulldirg et Burns Promoted. LOS A The Santa Fe road has issued ilar to the effect that R. C. B T engineer of the Santa Fe ich, Is made en- eer of the n California Rati ay, vice F, Perris, tra d to other work. The headquarter: chiet engineer are transferred to this eit the offices at Williams, Ariz., Bernardino are done away with. der takes effect January I, 1900. Inquest on Johnson. , Dec. 25.—Coroner Heol- an inquest on the bodv | of Engineer Johnson, who died from tue effects of injuries received in the Southern Pacific railroad wreck at Pomona on Christmas eve. The verdict simply sets forth the fact that the deceased died from the effect of injuries received In the wreck nd places no blame.on ar - Strikers Parade. y one, ST. ETI France, Dec —~A com- bined demonstration of striking coal min- ers and lace workers to the number of 6000 occurred here to-day. The strikers paraded the principal streets singing Je- flant songs. Elabor: precautions have been taken to suppress disturbances. a strong force of military and police hav- ing been ordered out. It is estimated tnag the strikers now number 30,000 - - Pingree Resolution Killed. LANSING, Mich., Dec —The Senate late this afterncon, by a vote of 16 to 13, killed the Pingree joint resolution for the | submission of a constitutional amendment | permitting the amending of the State tax aws wh Senate journ to-morrow ber of votes a great surp h had passed the House. The a resolution to d at noon. The large num.- against the proposition was ];«'v all or but little supplied by this country. | untries imposed the same high du- | upon s reduc wool supply r nations dmission of wool. wool seeks the E rmany. Belgium, raw wools imported n of duty would to t United Great c.—and will contiue to do so for eleven months of 1595-99 that g 1 Argentine ex- of wool. Of this over 450,000 show that during ported 461,151 ba went to the free ports of Europe. In addition to the absence of duties in the wool manufacturing countries of Europe, Argentine wools tend thither because freights are cheaper | | there than to the United States by about 3 | | per cent. Early in November, | of unwashed wool (class 1) per pound. it was price of class 1 Argent | " London York was 2c, against 14c afloat which shows ‘abundant reason for | the British market rather | It also indicates how lit- | e is of th all reduction made ur protective duty on wools any reduction of prices In | any Increase over present Impor- estimated at the Treasury De- S0 per cent ur whole impor- or rdoba’* wool, which to any extent aion on Argentine wool was made of its effect upon our amount of importation, for that would be nothing against the free markets of Europe, but because it was one of the only three articles of Argentine ex- port of which procal relations could be made. and one without that republic would not consent to the convention. MEMORIAL SERVICES IN HONOR OF WESTMINSTER Very Many Dist’ing-uished Persons in | Attendance and a Solo Rendered | by Albani. | | LONDON, Dec. 28.—Impressive memo- rial services In honor of the late Duke of Westminster were held in Westminster Abbey to-day. Representatives of Em- peror Willlam and most of the English royal personages were present. Albani | sang a solo. A. J. Balfour and the diplo- matic corps and many other notables also | attended. There was a similar service in | | Chester Catibedral. The Queen's repre- sentative and all the municipal and | county bodies were present. Henry White, secretary of the United States em- | bassy, was among those who attended. The ashes of the Duke were privately | interred In the churchyard of Eaton Halli, Cheshire, in the presence of his relatl | and the Marquis of Lorne, representing | Queen Victoria. WITNESS ADMITS HE | COMMITTED PERJURY | Startling Confession Made in the | | Wellcome Disbarment Case at Helena. | | HELENA, Mont., Dec. 28.—Zachary T. Cason, a lawyer of Butte who testified | in the Wellcome disbarment case that United States Senator Clark told him that | he would pay for votes for himself as| Senator, has recanted. A signed state- ment Is in the hands of Mr. Clark's friends in which Cason says his" evidence was untruthful, and that he gave it for $400; that his family arving and he had to have money. Cason expressed regret at the wrong done and hopes this retraction may offset it somewhat. e RECEIVER DISCHARGED. — | Obligations of the Northern Pacific | Have Been Met. ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 28.—Judge San- born in the United States Circult Court filed an order discharging the recelvers of | the Northern Pacific Railway. All the lands and other properties of the company that were placed In the hands of the re- celvers have been sold and the suits against the company for the most part have been adjudicated. The property and affalrs are turned over to the stockhold- ers in the reorganized company, which succeeded the old corporation and bid in its holdings. The receivers—Edwin H. | McHenry and Frank G. Bigelow—are re- | lived of further duties, but are retained as recefvers only to look after suits com- menced against them as recetvers that have not yet been settled. PROSPECTS FOR THE CANAL 600D Senator Morgan Speaks on the Subject. Special Dispatcia to The Call, WASHIN! . 28.—Senator More gan, who as chairman of the Committee of Intero nic Canals, has ved a most important part in the agi- tation and advoca » Nicaragua ca- nal construction in former Congresses, de- clined to express infon upon Americanization of Panama Company throug of incorpora- tion granted in New J “The Senate committees,” he explained, B announced just before recess and the committee of which I am chalrman had no meeting. Of course all work, so far as we are concerned, begins anew with the new Congress. = Several bills looking to canal ¢ tion have been introduced, th us who have worked for slation In the pas hope 1o see substantial steps toward that end taken by this Congress. “The eommiss of which Admirat Walker is chairman is about to make a personal _inspection of the different routes. We have been promised the re port of the former commission of thr of which Admiral Walker was also chair- man. That former commission was au- thorized to inspect and make estimates on the Nicaragua route alone, while the one created by the last Congress is to report on them all. Congress appropri- ated $1,000,000 to defray the expenses of this work." Senator Morgan _does not understand that the Maritime Canal Company, which has heretofore figured as a concessionaire controlling the Nicaragua route, ac- knowledges itself to have been supersed- ed, as Indicated by the claims of Mr. Grace and Mr. re_in to-day's dis- atches. While the Maritime Company s making no effort to have itself men- tioned in the legisiation on the subject before the present Congress, it asserts that its concession is It is the opinion of Senators and Rep- resentatives here that there will be no at- tempt to take further steps toward ca- nal legislation until after the Walker Commission submits its report on the different routes, which will not be within a year, CONTEST HIS APPOINTMENT. . D. Bynum Opposed as Member of Board of Appraisers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The Post to- morrow will say: In a few days charges will be filed before the Finance Commit- tee of the Senate against the confirma- tion of ex-Representative Willlam D. By- num of Indiana, as Democratic appointes of the New York Board of Appraisers. The minority of that committee are de- termined to resist the installment of By- num in that position. They will do on the ground that he Is not a Democrat, but has openly affiliated himself with the Republican party SOUSA'S MEN TO PLAY. Appointed Official American Band at Paris. NEW YORK, Dec. %.—Commissioner General Ferdinand W. Peck of the United States Commission to the Paris Exposi- tion of next year has appointed Sousa’s band as the official American band to play at the exposition s Transports Leave Hawaii. HONOLULU, Dec. 18.—The transports ! Dalney Vostok, Columbia, Warren, Sher- man and Centennial have all arrived here since last advices. The first four named vessels have since departed. The Sher- man arrived on the night of the 13th and came to an anchor outside. The vessel had no communication with the shore, ani sailed for Manila early the next morning,