The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1900, Page 4

THE SA PLANS TO CHECK THE GROWING TRUST EVIL Statesmen and Political Economists Suggest Remedies at the Chicago Conference. —To-night ings of by the Na- led on the delegates to ed- le to elect a legisiative body scheme thev declded at the -~ . s on of the monopoiles A 3 an executive with enough P ! ) enforce the laws formu- . re delivers lated th Former Judge Prentiss of Ilinois was lected tempor ry chairmanand addressed He said: e the people and teach tehm s ip theory, the Gov- tates belongs to them; country; e re ¥ of reot- and, ere long, they will We are here to decide upon £o forth among the them that they should judgment the trust evil ure e people to rec- heir rights and what their Government is thelrs— y lies. Teach them that e Declaration ve been c; These viola- situation that con- n n iated ble for the every law which gives privi- il be wiped off the statute 3. Finley of Ohio was rec- k air on a question of He wish it under- at he was not here for iding in the organiz: tical party struction might be place en of the speech of Presi d in calling the conferer kxwood immediately wae not here for the or- a new party. His belief en should, in the accom- purpose before the the Interests of par tworth of Chicago w ceretary. Th i temporary or ew York, Richard m L. Johuson of Chicago, General g_of Louis- Simpson_of F. Van - Je y of Illinois n and Governor Lee of neral Weaver of Towa chairmen from each lowing committees: Pro- ization, reso national organi- ortant work of the con v p as_ follow J. Abbott of of Kansas, A A ic on w York, C. Charles < of Penn- Dakota of ana and ( Dakota L ni- W. S. Black confere was enth of Illinois trust siastically recelv s from his addre nder our Gove: renders his condit fruitage s the t consequent upon ng that the trusts have btained the corrupt contr nt of the ernmer k up the question of rem ie claimed that the trust was a di- tgrowth of corporations and their i that with no private cor- would be no trusts. He he greatest restraint to the trust system would be not special attempt at reg- nges in the law as stockholder in any c ise civilly Hable as a princi- ner therein, and liable for rimin practices of agents or em- ves committed under such circum- ces as to import guilty knowledge, or which criminal acts the shareholder ed benefit. He further argued that ns nan had a right to demand the ment or continuation of such legisla- tion. He suggested as a method of “checkmating the corrupting practices of the managers and deperdents of the cor- tion adoption_of ferendum. Such reform, he i. could be adopted and put into op- 1, and once In operation the people »gislation which, the courts | dominate the whole ques- or Andrew Lee of South Dakota first speaker of the afternoon. were made by H. 8. Bige- ati, Jay D. Miller of Chi- orge Sherman of Detrolt, F. Troy, Kans., G ,f New York and T. Carl Spelling | the Dy Francisco. | COURT, IS TOO LATE Rules Against the Sale of United Verde Property a Month After It Has Taken Place. NEW YORK, Feb. 12—The appellate sion of the Supreme Court on Friday handed down a decision restraining es Senator Clark of Montana of the United Verde 1y from selling the mines er property belonging to the cor- on. As a matter of fact the sale place on January 9 last, just a COMES TRUE | WHEN | Pr. PIERCES FAYORITE PRESCRIPTION IS USED. Mrs. Axel Kjer, of Gordonville, took late division was handed down, 8o that its ruling is practically valueless, The decision was upon an appeal from | | | | | in epecial term, vacating an Injunctic eau Co., Mo., ‘writes: | | obtained by Professor George o Pread: ook at my little boy I feel | | well, a sharcholder in the company, re- straining the company from selling the property on the ground that the interests of the minority shareholders would be sacrificed. It was alleged that, under a scheme of reorganization prepared by the directors, the company was to cease to be a New York corporation and become a st Virginia company. The reason for o write you. see m Perhaps | | 7 testimony and vorite Prescrip- 1 the same way. es and to my sur- e through and gave us as fine a little boy as ever was. Weighed ten and one-half pounds. He is now five months old, has never been sick a day, and is so strong that every body who sees him wonders at him. He isso playful and bolds him- self up so well.” be led to use your * on’ and be blessed 1 I took mine prise it carried the heavy taxation imposed in this State, as the Montana laws Inflict a large as. sessment on all mining porpe: country. e - Horse Thief Captured. COVELO, Feb. 12—A warrant was {s- | sued to-day for the arrest of Walter Mor- rison, charged with horse stealing. Mor- | ing the animal to the Sacramento Valley, and sold it to a man pamed Bccles, the owner of a ranch near Colusa. Officer thw:filc has Morrison located in the mountains near 3 Rim in to-morrow. | o pects to bring oL S T Bail for Blackman. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12—W. R. Black- man, formerly secretary of the Los An- felu Lighting Cormgluny, who has been In ail for two years, cl red with embezzle- ment, was released on sum of §300, e condition and makes es- | being the creatures of State | rison stole a horse from Frank Shaw, tak- | ) i Altgeld of Tili- | the Initiative | be- | { [ WITH AN INJUNCTION f | month before the decision of the appel- | an crder rendered by Justice Gildersleeve, | this change was, it was stated, to avoid | o7 10 the | CLEVER BOXERS READY TO DO FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1900 BATTLE IN THE ROPED ARENA _— OBRIEN ONTHE RoOAD WITH BOoYLE oBRIEN LANDS LEFT ONBOYLE.. JACK O’BRIEN TRAINING FOR-HIS GO WITH JACKSON. HERE will be a decidedly warm fistic ar » Woodward's Pa vi n )w night Letween “Jack” O'Brien of Philadelphia and | a colored pugilist known a; Peter Jackson.” Both men are i perfect condition to go the twenty rounds | at a fast clip, and devotees of the b game are certain to witness a good battle The fight will be given under the auspices of the National Club, and this alone pre- sages u good exhibition. O'Brien has prepared for the contest at | Blanken's Six-Mile House, while his Ausky | | opponent has fitted himself at the Ingle- side House. The Philadelphia fighter claims that he is in better condition than he was when he fought Al Neill and can | hit harder. He sald yesterday that the heavy bag, which he adopted from *“Kid'" MeC has had a tendency to devolop punching powers and has strengthened his hands and forearms. He gave a short ex- hibition with the new bag to show how it has improved him. stories going around that the heavy bag DeEvELoriNGg , PUNCHING POWERS ON A NEW BAG .. retards his speed as a boxer, and proved it by going three swift rounds with Jimmy Lawler, who, although much lighter, 1s a worthy' opponent. The bout becam rapid that Trainer Edwards had to cau- tlon both men repeatedly. O'Brien will do t uatil He is as hard as nails and certain that he can withstand Jack- smashe: iddy” Bishop some light work to-day and then re the contest. feel the colored man's train. O'Brien laughs at the | | er and ‘manager, has as much conflience | he was coming to Washington to testify {n Jackson winnipg as the latter himsell. | in this case, and that, while he knew of During the past two weeks the colored | nothing against Clark, “there was lots of Having closed man has indulged in the hardest kind of | time between Butte and Washington.™ my Oakland stor work n preparation for a gruelling con- | On cross-examination Cochra 3085 Rave whiced test. Yesterday he was given four rounds | )ld out his paper and . . g e put at the punching-ball, five hundred skips | to go to the Klondike §sale the enti with the rope and four lively rounds with | pressure, he said he had gone to see stock of woolsns a_middle-weight named ols. Jackson | persons for the defense in this from that place showed himself a merciless boxer, and re- | among them Representatives Paul S peatedly had his opponent ple for | Metlen of Beaver Head County fata ess punishment. Jackson show 1 his | ator Norris. He said that on one - Wi tive to the remarks | sion, when standing in the quter offi { General Reduction of people a quality in a | Jesse B. Re x Welle io£12 25 prize-fighter. his head | Butte, he he: t of 12 to 25 per cent. at any stage of the eave hili- | the office, whom he did not know self open to a Peter is Here is the money—take it; and after | splendid conditic o re vou have testified we will pay you the bal- | his victory over ; sending | anc | | the Philadelphian into d nd. Jack Kitchen has b the bout. Jimmy Reilly and * nish an appetizer for the main bout. will b also oby Irwin and Jack McMahon, T0 PUNISH MEN THE CLOTH Presented in the French Chamber. Bili 12—In the Chamber of the Premier, M. Wal- , Introduced a bill modify- ing the present law providing punishment in the case of ministers of religion who publicly censure or criticize in any way public authorities. Formerly only ban- ishment cou!d be inflicted, but the new bill explains that the severity of the old Representative | measure rendered the law inoperative, so present bill_ provides imprisonm ng from @ fortnight to two v eneral offenses and detention In direct provocation, disobedience of th The bill will thus nt 8 e e vary for of laws or drmed revolt. ive the Government an arm to punish ts clerical opponents, without the ex- reme measure of exile, and will enable it to punish attacks such as that of the Archbishop of Alx, Monsignor Gouthe- Boulard, who wrote a letter of .encour- agement to the Assumptlonist fathers on the dissolution of their order by the Correctional Tribunal. The bill, at the reguest of the Gov- ernment, was referred to a committee. Several Deputies announced their inten- tion to interpellate the Government re- garding the Martinique. troubles, ‘wishin, to throw the responsibility on its colonial r. M. Denis-Guelbert, representing nd of Martinique, declared this policy would lead to civil war. The Pre- mier obtained a postponement of the dis- | cussion of the matter until particulars are recelved by cable. M. Firman-faure, anti-Semite, repre- senting the island of Martinique, asked what were the Government's infentions in the event of the possible intervention of Italy in South Africa by replacing British troops in the Soudan with her own soldiers. M. del Casse replied that the Govern- ment could not accept interpellations on the possible intentions of foreign gov- ernments which were devold of all proba- bility. The present moment, he added was one for vigilance, rot speeches, amj there was nothing to justify a uselss an perhaps_dangerous discussion. The Chamber decided to postpone the Lnlerpflluuon until after the budget de- ate. o WILL VISIT THE KAISER. Royal Welcome Awaits Prince Henry of Prussia at Berlin. BERLIN, Feb. 12.—Prince Henry of Prussia will arrive here to-morrow morn- ing. In addition to thc members of the Cabinet many high officers of the army and navy will be present with Bmperor Willlam to receive him at the rallway sta- tion. Dinner for eighty will be served at the castle, where all the Princes and rel- atives will be present. It has been defin- nelIy settled that Crown Prince Frederick ‘William, after his birthday in May, will enter the First Regiment of the Guards, He will pass a course of study in the mili- tary academy at Potsdam. e sl Ex-Congressman Forker Dead. NEW YORK; Feb.12.—Samuel C, Fork- | convenience of Mr. Rockefeller and Pre er, who represented the Second Congres- sional District of New Jersey in the For- ty-third Congress, died to-day at his home in Edgewater Park, N. J., aged 79 years. BIG CONTRIBUTION TO CHICAGO UNIVERSITY Rockefeller Will Add a Million and a Half to His Former Dona- tions. NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—It is expected that at a dinner to be given at the Hotel Manhattan early next month John D. Rockefeller will announce a further gift of $1,500,000 to the Chicago University making his total contribution to the insti tution $8,500,000. A meeting of the executive committee of the university alumni was held to-day at (hdc Sotel, at which John Jay Gorham pre- sided. that all the arrangements for the dinner had been completed. save the designation e of a date, which wiil be made to suit t dent William R, Harper of the university both of whom dre expected to be presen Mr. Rockefeller, 1t was sald, promisel some time ago that If other friends of the university would ralse a certain sum he would_give $1,500,000. The friends have done thelr part 'and are satisfied Mr. Rockefeller will do the rest. - NO TRIAL FOR HERESY. New York Presbytery Will Not Take Up Dr. McGiffert’s Case. It was announced after the session | NEW YORK, Feb. 12—The New York | Presbytery to-day decided by a vote of 77 to 29 mot to try Dr. Arthur G. McGiffert of the Unjon Theological Seminary on the charges of heresy preferred by Rev. G. W. Birch, the stated clerk of the presbytery, at the January meeting. A resolution was udn})ted d»chrlnf in effect that the action of the General Presbytery in De- cember, when it decided not to try Dr. McGiffert for heresy, but to disavow his terchings, was sufficient under the circum stances, and that the position of the pres- bytery was that the charges should not be preferred. —_—— Burnham Jury Disagrees. Speclal Dispatch to The Call, PASADENA, Feb. 12.—Captain D. R, Burnham was tied to-day in Justice Mer- riam’s court for assault, the charge hav- ing been preferred by his wife, to whom he has been married forty-one years. The Jury dlugreed. It is probable that the case will be dropped and that Mrs. Burn- ham will sue for divorce. Much interest is taken In the affajr on account of the rominence of the parties. Captain Burn- c:“meu twice fined $10 for contempt of T —_———— Stranahan’s Body Found. LODI, Feb, 12.—The body of James Stranahan, who mysteriously disappeared at Woodbridge on the night of January 9, was found this morning in the Mokel~ umne River. Btranahan left his bed at 2 o'clock on thednlr‘“ht of hi= disappear- ance and walke ine miles to 00d- bridge, where he d!aro%ed on the brl%‘ o Since @nd calmly walked into the river. was eyidently insane at the time. then the river has been patrolled con- stantly by searchers, urged on by the reward of $100 1o{ the recovery of the bodx. James Hun IE[ found the ng 200 yards from where Stranahan umfi 4 in, caught in the roots and underbrush, The body was taken g Bowio &% 2 o Stranaban's sister's ! OPENED SAFEAT PISTOL'S POINT Bank Boldly Robbed in New Mexico. A P EL PASO, Tex., Feb, 12.—This afternoon B. C. Bowman, a banker at Las Cruces, bank had been held up by two unknown men at 2 o’clock and robbed of $3000. The robbers rode into town and hitched their horses at the Rio GrandeHotel, on the opposite side of the.street. Then they crossed over and entered the bank, cover- ing Cashier Freeman and his young lady bookkeeeper with six-ghooters. The cash- ier was forced to open the safe and the men took all the available eash, amount- ing to $3000. They then quietly left the bullding with the warning to those within to keep quiet. Mounting _their horses they rode toward the Organ Mountains, fifteen miles away. Twenty minutes later Sheriff Garrett and five deputies took the trail, and it is be- Heved that the outlaws will be rounded up in a short time. A fight is almost sure to result if the fugitives do not surrender. Professional etiquette prevents French [WITN en chosen to referee Doc” Flynn will fur- | They | ten rounds for a decision, as will | N. Mex., telephoned to this city that his | ESS FOR CLARK SPRINGS A SURPRISE Called by the Defense, W. H. Crane of Butte Gives Testimony Favor- ing the Prosecution. WASHINGTON, Feb, 12.—Four wit-|Clark that they would try to dr nesses testified before the Senate Commit- | Whiteside out after his Xoting, Charl tee on Privileges and Elections in its in- | c0& ad replled that “the Clark ers themselves T t He 1ggested to C W hiteside vestigation of the election of Clark Montana to-day. They were N. R. Paeler, | a banker of Kalispel, whose evidence re- lated to' the bank account of Sena‘or Geiger; W. H. Crane of Butte, who was called by the defense but who, efore ha | conciuded, was stigmatized by them witness for the prosecution; State Senator C. W. Hoffman and John S. M. Neill, pro- prietor of the Helena Independent. fil | to bid upon | a build | ing at E | himself to had not concluded when the committee | projuced a copy adjourned for the da: He denidd cate- pression book, gorically all the allegations of W m which from ) be involving his name, and the latter el B g sertion concerning the us T o yaie eans to secure Clark’s el 8 gl David R. Peeler, Kalisp: R Rat the first witness. ~Before ' e red Senator Chandler again broug T guestion of the whereabouts of D Cains Murphy, who is wanted as a wi emphatieally that he } Senator 'said that the man had be S e TS once, but had disappeared, and ; ‘ 3 hoped that the newspapers woul oo the & tinue their efforts to locate him. A said that he wanted to know the where- | abou . P. Woods and D. G. War | he sai ve them all sum- | had that tha Peeler w count of k, the First Nationa : 'to_throw_much ligh per capita the other two men we questioned concernin ADVERTISEMENTS. He confirmed Geiger's \ ¢ 5 he ( r) had b o e bank, saying that G him a deed tb property & witness was unable to give various loans had been made, and taken sharply to task by Chandler failure in this respect. He protest he was not trying to conc Ar but that he was simply unable to re ber. Peeler testified Whiteside previous State Senator, in shown that he was a_friend of Daly also told of mee g Wellcome in Halen. and said that he had told him that he ter let Whiteside alone, but he Whiteside was a Daly man. The cross-examination brought ot ct that Geiger had made small loan ) or $300 previous to his election t Legislature, but that he had alwa such cases given indorsed notes, where after the election, notes of from $ $1200 were taken t indorsement RELIABLE DOCTORS, THE TIME-TRIED SPECIALI-TS, Who Cure Diseases and Weakness of Men. mem- to conversations to the which the with | for had | e | | n 1 the the in | contradicted Geiger's statement that the ad b canceled. | | Mo Incurable Cases Taken at Any Price. till held Geiger's prop- | ’ erty as security for it. | Pay when well. Consulta- Peeler said that during the .\:-..-~1 T = the Legislature 1u-;m-\mrm|\r- Garr tion free. Home cures a handed him a package of papers, bu i v ‘ree said that he had never told any one specialty. Free private beok the package contained Garr's “boadle for men onl question list, Peeler said that Garr told him that package contained his election e and a copy of a newspaper containing committee note. It was not inclose in an envelope, but was simply laid in a pigeon | hole in the safety vault of the bank and | not locked up. He had returned the pac K- age to Garr after the adjournment of the prices, etc., at office or by mail. DR. MEYERS & (0., 731 MARKET ST., S. F. Take Elevator. Hours. 8 to 5 daily ; Evenings, 7 to 8; Sundays, g to 11 | te, | “ochrar t B late testifled to two Hewitt, a wit prosecution early that in the first conversation Hewitt had said that he knew nothing y or his following, but that which occurred last Decemb { . mpeasmmmegees had been very bitter agains | s mating that he had failed to keef iA 30 Day in a mining deal. The witness told h i Ofier. He supposed this referred to the ( case, but he did not know. This statement was evidently Tis to th insel for the ¢ ad called Cochrane and Foster fort to impeach the testim ness said he had seen C sel for the prosecution, in Washington, but he h: v him money nor made him promises to give [} Samples sent him any. 4 M\s1t transpires,” sald Foster, “the | jupon application. witness is not ours.” SossssssepsasmIETSdvTam— He added that Cochrane had made a stronger statement to him before taking the stand than he had made on the stand v eill, proprietor of the Helena Independent, covered a wide range in his testimony, principally relating to State Senator Whiteside's evidence. He said he had known Whiteside for eight or ten vears and had been friendly to hi He had several conversations with Whiteside during and after the legislative elections. saving opportunity for you. Suits from $12.50 Overcoats fr a The Tailor, o111z Market street, 201-203 Montgom- ery street, SAN FRANCISCO. § ““ The wheel world knows that Cleveland Bicycles are the best.” 1900 MODEL CLEVELANDS HIGHEST GRADE. $40 and $50 LEAVITT & BILL, 309 LARKIN ST. 20 San Pablo Ave., Oakland. Open Evenings. O'd Whee's Taken in Exchange. | At each of these meetings Whiteside had | | expressed himse!f uniformly as friendly to Clark. “He told me,” sald the witness, “when T met him first after the election, that of the ninety-four members-elect of the Legislature none was a more earnest sup- porter of Clark than himself, adding that | it was time to dump the Daly outfit.” Neill produced a letter from Whiteside, asking him (Neill) to secure the services of a lawyer, b)"prpferem-e Mr. Day, to represent him (Whiteside) in his contest with Geiger for a seat In the Senate. He also told of meeting Whiteside about the time of the meeting of the Legislature, when he had invited him to his house to | meet C. W. Clark, son of the Senator. | This he had done at the request of White- side, who had said that he wanted to ersonally meet either W. A. Clark, or is son, or his brother, Joseph K. Clark. In intreduecing the two gentlemen, he had told C. W. Clark that Whiteside, in be- | coming a supporter of his father, was | liable to_subject himself to the “tyranny of the Molly Maguires,” who were re- lentless in their pursuit of every man who opposed them, informing him at the same time that Whiteside had the con tract for the construction of a school | | DR.HALL’S REINVIGORATOR § any CIGAR 2 v rd for Judges and judicial officers from riding in | building at Butte, where the Trustecs| JFive hundred rewa: » omnibuses. were Daly men. He had told Charley | Chat, e SEhTct chre- | Tols oot hours, cures Emissions,. Impo- [ 4 o — | teney, Varicocel Gonorrhoea, fofi Fits, Stri res, Lost RUSSIAN With Mouthpiece 10 cents for 10 Monopol Tobacco Works of self-abuse or excesses. eealed, $2 bottie: 3 bottles, §: cure any case. Address HALL'S M STITUTE. Broadway, Oakland, 8 for sale at 1073% Market st. S. F. All privata diseases quickly cured. Send for free book. Bz & 11 non-potsomony romedy for Gonorrhaeay Bloet, Sparmatorrhen Whitea, unnatural dise charges, or any inflammas H"an,m(nn oF Uicerse CURES in 1t 5 days. Guaraniesd DEWEY, STRONG &CO0, *PATENTS ETTES Weak Men and Women §HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS. THE great y; gives health and strength to sexual organs. Depot, 323 Mark WINTER RESORT. SPECIAL ROUND-TRIP TICKETS TO PASO ROBLES ¥ru Most noted Mineral Sprin, y Marvelous cures of Rh!ul’l\l"lll‘r: ll;‘l‘&::: Lier, Kidney. Stomach -and other disorders.” Aply FRANK W. ELY, City Agent, 4 Market &