The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1900, Page 2

BRILLIANT CLOSE OF THE BIG SHOW With Boom of Cannon and’ Blaze of lllumination the Paris Ex- position Passes Into History. R IR L Nov speciai | tions. including the da_Telegraph | rom Paris says: The booming | Company, were also represented. The rep 4 | resentative of the telegraph company of om the first story ¥ : rom the first StOrY | oo ioned said he wished to sce the bonds k announced | ynjting Sp outh America tighi- th n of 1900 had | ened. The s to-day began dis to « a blaze of | cussing the questions of transport, com- imi f g being cele- | mence, arbitration, literature and educa- rated night fete The attendance, | ton wever, was small, visitors being | Change of Ministers. The wa y a cold, driz 1 Lord Salisbury, the Marquis of L - wisfom of the authorities in refusing to | downe and other Cabinet Ministers h » furthbr, as | rived at Windsor this afternoon, where ¢ | the Ministers retiring or changing o s | surrendered the seals to the rew offictals E ki d _hands.” Aft N i “ | they lunched at the cas w | London by special train. ckimg much of Bernhardt and Coguelin. THE SAN FKANCISUU CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1900 - t. while several| Mme. Sarah Bernhardt and M - left Paris at 7 o'clock i . the flimsy charac- | their way to New York |1 £ the to batt } heartily bade them { 1! - smidity, to say |=bme friends accompanied them to Havre. | | r & ms. The idea of | Toll's Polar Expedition. - 1] ntion is absurd | 5t. Petersburg special s Baron | +— L s <how that the exposi- | polar expedition under auspices | | * success from 1 of the Imperial jence 1s| | MARCUS DALY, THE MON- - ¥ > ”V'f‘.’.’l-“",} T i{‘thxxx‘rarlil;f TANA MIN ., WHO DIED AT expedition to the Taimyr Penins:la. | | R A t X To Combat Agrarians. o e B - cial from Berlin sa 300 3 imbers, | Fepresenta and EW YORK, Nov. 12.—Marcus s rst and fr or- Daly of Montana died to-day itish b very no- nce v and pr to combat§he Agrarian contention for the - protective Rariff. this ve t more (mxhn"‘"- Loan for Copenhagen. " a i with a maximum . s A Copenhagen special says: A syndicale £, i b T ¢ | of Swedish bankers”has be i, gy tions w A banke pou A 000,000 loan for the Copenhagen munic- hor bef 6 o'c her ‘i,;,’ au- | Indications of Conflict. horise ticket & n WSEh earRer in Discussing Lord Salisbury’'s speech a ad beep selling (::“,k“l'i:v(”' 10} the Mayor's banquet T Lonaon. on e e Ay “this. | attariieq | Friday evening the Rossija and the No S eribed “Give vou | YOSti of St. Petersburg appear to be dis oF & V"r:r tol. | Contented over- the prospective adjourn reet Chamiime colt | ment of the Chinese questioh. The Ros e pation. . aeemca | sija: -decia the “ostrich policy ooy B will be ruinous. for Russla will gain her 5 ey . . mands by independent action. Th a a) ubls vers ‘in the speech indice: s Spanish-American Congress. o A Great Britain | LON N 1 14 epeciai nd asserts that they owe to | fresh ur- and to_Europe to prepare ac. ending the | cordingl he Novoe Vremya thinks ably the | Lord y did not describe Great de Per- | Britain’s weakness resulting from the Domin- | South African war in sufficiently strong terms. CONDITION OF THE TREASURY — Ellis H. Roberts Files Re- port With Secretary Gage. Many Sales and Leases of Property- Are Said to Be Illegal. Stk » 6 n AR S Al d N¢ 1 N The Honolulu Re- INGTON, Nov. 12.—The annual ¥ A w sa 1O-MOTTOW Every f Treasurer Elli= H. Roberts on f nd in Hawall | the operations and conditions of the treas ; ember, 1899, is | ury was submitted to Secretary Gage Lo- = ) < the position |day. Mr. Roberts says the growth and x ¥ 3 Griggs, At-|prosperity of the country and the gen e tates, and | eral activity of business are reflected in aults = in the | the transactions of his office. The net or- E > Dis- | dina fues of the Government for such | the fiscal vear were $567.240.82, the largest sovern- | Hose of 1866 the’ next Mightst: e sa | 291258, “The fherease of $51.3%.233 over the he Executive Coun- | preceding r was contributed from ail was_the_ all-important | the general sources, but chiefly from cus- | L Commission- | tom= and internal revenues. On the Sidc of the expenditures there was a net lu- crease of $117.3583% in comparison with was discussed foy | 1899, so that the deficiency of $89,111,560 for was instructed | crease on both sides over the previous land and water | vear. the Territory | * With the exception of Juiy, 1899, when ptember, 389, in | there was a deficlency of $8,506,832, a sur . nd in response | plus was realized for every month of the formation on | year. the one for June being the iarges roment | At $17.895,150. The largest rcceipts for a d and confirm- | gjn, Wer 5.1 4, February 26 a and other dis- | 19 nd the largest enditures. $4,803,- iblic domain granted by | g0, July 3, 19%0. The largest surplus on rnment, in conformity day was $4,047,3%, Augus! wali, hy;u':“1 :\!f"b';nj the M rgest deficiency, $2,3 ¥ es, leases or | named date, the At- ey are fllegal and void, SURROGATE DISMISSES Saey Sobn O Baied b et lintn wotts X SONNYE WL oMM th a S court to set all 3 Decides That the Document-Is Legul and May Be Admitted to Probate. NEW YORK, Nov. 12—In a_decision handed down to-day Surrogate Fitzgerall dismisses the contest to the probate of the will of Robert Bonner, the publisher, and ichises and leases | | Attorney Baird | ed a letter | iggs upon the | 1y whether or s for him to trict i r General C to istruct 18 In o DgntOn to 28y, | admits the will to probate. & i tions for him to be-| . Mr. Bonner died July 6, 1899, In a wiil suits . C aside every sa ted June 26, 1899, after making severai or lease made by H i | important beque: Mr. Bonner divided the residue of his estate into four parts, r 28, 3 it is also in po- - absolutely that the instruc- | Jeaving one portion each to his thres Mr. Baird were very imperative, | children, Robert F. Bonner. Frederick Jenving him no discretion in the matter, | Bonner and Mrs. Emma Forbes. The neral Griggs beli that the | fourth share was left to the/minor chil- i franchises in Ha- | dren of the testator's dead son, Andrew ¥ officials previous to | Allen Bonne: he Territory is ille- | The contest was waged by. Mrs. Andrew t Territorial | Allen Bonner, widow of the testator's de- « fur. sed_son, on behalf of her two chil- ce of land | dren. Robert A. Bonner and Lawrence K. i | Bonner. The contestant alleged that the sed. sold or given aws - | instrument propounded as the last wili es Attorney in order that sult | and testament of Robert Bonner, de- ated to set ceased, is not his last will and should not be admitted to probate, because he was not acting as a free agent in executing it and that he was subject to undue In- fluence. Sy G AMERICAN COWBOYS LOUD IN PROTESTS Claim They Could Not Eat Rations Served Them on British MONTICELLO’S VICTIMS NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR Body Supposed to Be That of Captain Harding Proves to Be First HALIFAX s . 12—Two more | y bodies from Monticello, found at| Transports. Chebegue Point, are those of Purser Hil-| LONDON, Nov. 12.—American cowboys s er_ Wilson. The | and muleteers to the number of 140, who Point and sup-| went to South Africa on British team » Captain Harding's, | transports, arrived in London Sunday. well’s. Captain | They are loud in their denunciation of has not yet been found. | be ascertained the total lives lost is thirty-four. ther victim, whose name has not yet | n publi Samuel Durrette "ot | armouth, who leaves a wife and family. Arrangements for the funerals are now | intend to complain to the Board of Trade. They declare the rations served had to ‘e thrown overboard, that they would bave starved had they not paid exor- titant rates for extra rations and tha: they were berthed over horscstalls, whers being made, they will probably be | the heat and odor were unbearable. held to-morow. Great quantities of mis- | cellancous articles. _ composing the TRA sieamer’'s cargo and fittings, were cast PASSENGER INS upon the beach and were looted by the ! crowds that scoured the shore. -— ALICE NEILSON’S B_TAGE NAME IS LEGALIZED Action Taken by the Opera Singer to Avoid Confusion in Sign- COLLIDE IN TEXAS Fireman Weaver Is Killed and Five Pcrsons Are Injured, One Fatally. DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 12—Two passenger Kansas and Texas Railway between Sher- ing Contracts. man and Dennison. D. Weaver, fire- KANEAS CITY, Nov. 12—Alice Neil Wada, pek Rtag. KA L » Nov. 12 Nellsom: | GA.'C. ‘Andrews, vice president of the the opera singer. known in private life | Griyson County Bank of Bhermarn. wos as Adice Nentwig, was to-day in the Cir- cuit Court here granted her petition to take her maiden name of Neflson. She! asked that her stage name be iegalized 1o prevent confusion in signing contracts. Two years ago she was divorced from Professor Benjamin Nentwig, a Kansas Gity musicis ————————i To Cure a Cold in One Day probably fatally injured. senger Reeper, Engineer Charles Young, Brakeman Edward Bingham and Conduc- tor Caruthers were seriously injured. —_——— Scandal in Greek Navy. ATHENS, Nov. 12—A great scandal has been caused in the Greek navy by the d'el«:flocn (‘:vf ‘lhen:)fl\celi- t;f i! war- Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al [Ship from Crete in the act of landing druggists refund the money If It falls to cure. | smuggled goods in a deserted part of E. W. Grove's signature is on each box, %e. * Pieraeus, the port of Athens. rney General Dole | that vas converted into a surplus of e begin prepara | & 060 in 1900. The gross receipts un- | B will be | der warrant, including those on account ates by \ | of the public debt Were $1,387,299.262, ana | Baird. Brown, | the disbursements $1.195,943,472, 'a large in- thelr treatment on the home journey and ( trains collided on a curve on the Missourh | at the Hotel Netherlands. Mr. Daly's death had been expected for weeks. He came home from Europe about the middle of September, and soon after was obliged to take to the bed from which he never again arose. His physicians informed the relatives some time ago that Mr. Daly could not recover and they would give assurance of life only from day to day. Bright's disease, complicated with heart weakness, was the cause of death. At Mr. Daly’s deathbed were Mrs. Daly, Marcus Daly Jr., his son; his daughters Mary, Margaret and Harriet; the Rev. M. J. Lavelle; his attorney, William Scallon of Montana, and two physitians. Mr. Daly was conscious only at intervals vesterday. At 4 o'clock this morning he revived from a sinking spell and seemed more than ordinarily bright. He asked that his family be summoned. “Only a dittie while more, a little’ bit more,” he said, when asked if he was bet- ter. The family came hastily and re- mained until the end. Death came peace- fully. The physicians said Mr. Daly was conscious until a few minutes before he passed away. His body will be taken to the house at 5 Fifth avenue to-morrow. The funeral 11 be held from that place, the services including a solemn high mass of requiem | | | | in St. Patrick’s Cathedral at 11 o'clock Thursday morning. | Marcus Daly was born in Ireland in 1842. ‘He came to the United States early in life and since 1576 had been a citizen of Montana. He hecame general manager of the Alice silver mine and later came into control of the Anaconda copper mine, At the time of his death he was president of the Amalgamated Copper Company. In politics he was a Democrat. The differences between Mr. Daly and W. A. Clark ve attracted much atten- tion. The trouble started years ago over some water rights near Butte, which Daly wanted and which Clark had bought, foreing the other to pay a very high fig- | wre. Daly's opportunity for revenge came in 1888, when Clark was the Democratic nominee for Delegate to Congress. With | his immense influence at Anaconda, Daly | was able to throw a heavy vote to Carter, Clark’s Republican rival, which had pre- | viously been cast for 'the Democratic | party. | Montana became a State in 1889, At the | first State election Mr. Clark was the | Democratic nominee for Representative in | Congress and J. K. Toole for Governor. | The latter was elected, but Clark was de- | feated, supposedly owing to Daly’s influ- | ence. Clark was then put forward for the United States Senate. After a bitter Legislature was organized b; cach claiminz to be legal. The Republicans named Thomas C. Power | and W. F. Sanders for their Senators, while the Demccrats put up Mr. Clark and Major Martin Maginnis. The Repub- | Heans were seatea s Influence defeated Clark in a sec- | ond contest in 1893. In that Legislature the Democrats had thirty-five votes, the Populists three and the Republicans thir- | ty-three. The Da Democrats, number- | ing nine. voted solidly for ex-Congressman W. W. Dixon, and there was a deadlock for the entire session of sixty days. Tele- | grams from men like Calvin S. Brice, W. . Whitney and others equally high in | their party were sent to Daly to with- draw his opposition, but he ignored them | 5, | and the fight continued. The next fight between Daly and Clark | was on the location of the State capital. Helena, Missoula, Bozeman and Anacon- | da were In the fight, Daly advocated the | last named place. Clark at first favored ! Butte, but finaliy changed to Helena, and | that city was chosen. | The Senatorship again became the bone { of contention between the two milionaires | last January, and Clark was elected. Daly | had the validity of the election contested | on the ground of bribery when Clark pre- sented credentials to the Senate. The use | of money in the election was freely | knowledged on both sides, though it was | claimed that the expenditures were for legitimate expenses only. The contest re- suited in the Senate voting that there had been no election by,the Montana Legisla- | ture. | This year Clark made a fight for the election of members of the Legislature In his interest and won, and his return to the Benate next January is assured. No mining property has achieved great- er fame as a producer of dividends than the famous Anaconda. Originally bought as a silver mine, it became famous for its PASSING OF TWQ MEN PROMINENT IN THE BUILDING OF THE WEST Marcus Daly, Politician and Mining Man, Is No More. | e { IHenry Villard, Financier, DiesatHis Home Near i Dobbs erry. R Both Daly and Clark t fortunes. copper, and to it | largely’ owe their | 8t. Lawrence County. this State, went to Montana. They seected a hill_overlook- some good mining property. copper mine all cxpen: lcaving the copper as clear profit. Daly was superinterdent and part owner f the great mine. He bought the adjacent properties, nt, and located where there is an in- exhaustible supply of water and a great smelting and reduction of ores. At that in_the world. Daly had a passion for horses of blood and speed. He owned the $40.0)0 colt Ham- burg, Tammany. Montana, Senator Grady, Gwendoline, Ogden and other famous win- He tried to buy the winner in the Derby and ‘Ascot races of 1 Gaitee More, but his offer of $12%.000 was not ac- cepted. A R CONTEST WILL CONTINUE. Friend Says Daly’s Death Will Not End Montana Feud. PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 12—Miles Fin- land, a close personal friend of the late Marcus Daly. who is visiting Phoenix, is arranging for rapid transportation in or- der to be present at the funeral of his dead friend. Regarding the feud between Daly and Senator Clark of Montana, Finland said: “The fight against Clark in Montana will be but little affected by Daly’s ‘death. It will never end. Daly was not the only man arrayed against the Clark interests, There are many Montana people bitterly opposed to Clark’s methods, and many of them were Daly’s friends, who urged him on in his fight against Clark. These men wfldl certainly continue the contest to the har S 3= Jhe Day’s Dead. e Captain L. M. Murray. KINGSTON, N. Y., Nov. 12.—Captain Lawrence M. Murray, who commanded the famous cruiser Nashville before her capture by the Confederate Government, is dead at his home in Malden. Profu:or Rosentengel. MADISON, Wis.,, Nov. 12.—Professor Rosentengel, head of the German depart- ment of the Uglversity of Wisconsin, fell dead during a faculty meeting this after- noon of apoplexy. He was 68 years of age. L g Hans Peter Behnke. GERMANTOWN, Nov. 12.—Hans Peter Behnke, a pioneer farmer of Glenn Coun- ty, died at his home, one mile east of town, last night of dropsy. He was a na- tive of Germany and 64 years old. He is survived by a widow, three sons and three daughters. Rev. A. M. Freeman. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 12.—Rev. A. M. Freeman, for thirty years pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Aurora, I, was found dead in a chair here to-day. He was at the house of a daughter. Rev. Mr. Freeman was 79 years of age and a graduate of Princeton College. —_———— Thomas Arnold. LONDON, Nov. 13.—Thomas Arnold, fellow and examiner in English language and literature at the Royal University of Ireland, second son of the celebrated Dr. Thomas Arnold, head master of Ruzby, and father of Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the novelist, died yesterday, aged 77 years. i By Frank Jarvis Patten. NEW YORK, Nov. 12—Frank Jarvis Patten, inventor of the multiplex tele- graph system, which was purchased by the Western Union Telegraph Company, and of the gyroscope, used on ocean ves- gels for giving the position of the vessel in midocean, died suddenly here to-night aged 48 vears. He was a graduate of West Point Military Academy and served in the battles of Wounded Knee and For- lorn Hope as a lieutenant. ARGUMENT POSTPONED IN PORTO RICO CASE Attorney General Griggs Wishes First to Have Other Matters Argued. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—The United States Supreme Court postponed the argu- ment in what are known as the Porto Rico and Philippine cases until December 17. The postponement was made at tho | instance of Attorney General Griggs and | the object is to have other cases now pending in the United States Circuit courts argued before the Supreme Court together with these two cases. In their broader significance these cases involve the question whether Porto Rico and the Philippines are part of the United States and as such are entitled to free commer- | cial intercourse with it. Back in | the '70's two miners named Hickey from | ing tpe litt'e mining camp of Butte and | begad to sink thefr aft. They struck a afr veln of sliver, but I of funds made them stop work and offer to sell. Marcus | Daly bought the property for $85.00. He t is said, as agent for J. B. Haggin ifornia, who had sert him to Butte | As the new owners ran their snaft down | they opened one of the world's greatest with silver enough to pay | He fourded the town | gr Anaconda in a valley twenty-five miles | deal of wood—rwo indispensibles for the | place he erected the greatest copper plant | L . 4 | &= -+ | HENRY VILLARD, FINANCIER AND RAILROAD BUILDER, DEAD OF APOPLEXY. % | EW. YORK, Nov. 12—Henry Villard, the financier, died ear- 1y this morning at his summer home, Thornwood Park, near Dobbs Ferry. The cause of death of avoplexy, from which *he had been a sufferer for several weeks. A week | ago he contracted a severe cold, whicl | hastened the end. Mr. Villard had been unconscious nearly all the time since last Tuesday. When death came there wera gathered around the bed Mr. Villard's wife, who was a daughter of William L. Garrison; his sons, Oswald G., Harold G., with his wife; Mrs. Willlam L. Garrison of Boston, his sister-in-law, and Mr. Vil- lard’s only daughter, Mrs. James W. Beil of Dresden, Germany. In addition to the family Mr. Villard leaves a sister, Mrs Emma von Xylander, wife of General Robert von Xylander of the Bavarlan army. Mr. Villard had resided in Dobbs Ferry during the summer months for the past eighteen years. It has been arranged t.at the funeral will take place from the residence on ‘Wednesday afternoon. ’‘Lhe services will be conducted by the Rev. Theodore C. Williams of Tarryvtown. The interment will be in the family plat in Sleepy Hol- low Cemetery, where repose the remains of his youngest son, Hilgard, who died when 5 vears old, and who drove the golden spike completing the Northern Pa- cific Rallroad, of which Lis father was president. Thornwood, the name of Mr. Villard's country home at Dobbs Ferry, is a mas- sive and handsome villa of stone and brick, surrounded with spaclous verandas. As soon as Mr. Villard’s death became known the messages of sympathy began to_arrive. Henry Villard was born in §peyer, Rheinish Bavaria, on April 11, 1835.. His eat uncle, Theodore, faiaer 'of Julfus ilgard, who became superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, led a migration of the family connection to Belleville, T1l., in 1835. His \father, Gus- tav, was In the judicial service of the Ba- varian Government and died as Judge of the Supreme Court at Munich. Young Villard was educated at schools in Zwelbrucken, Phalsbourg and Speye:, but in October, 1853, broke off his undver- sity studies and set out for the United States, intending to join the colony of his relatives at Belleville. Arriving at Belleville, he became a newspaper reporter and continued in the rofession until 1868, During these years e served as a legislative correspondent in Indiana and Illinols, as a political re- porter, representing the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the -Chicago convention which nominated Lincoln, the Lincoln campaigr and later as a war corresnondent ani European correspondent. Early in_ 1851 Mr. Villard acquired the New York Even- Inf Post and the Nation. n January, 1866, in Boston, he married Fannle, the only daughter of Willlara Lloyd Garrison. In 1568 he was chosen secretary of the newly founded American Social ience , Association, having headquarters in that city, and did not finally relinquish the post until 1871. It was in the latter yvear that, whil on a visit to Europe, Mr. Villard began his railroad career. He formed a connec- tion with kfort and Berlin bankers, and in 1873 returned to the United States, buylng for the German bondholders th: E:;) erty of the Oregon and California {lroad Company and the Oregon Steam- ship Company, being made president i 1875. He acted as one of the receivers nf the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company. and latéer bought up the bonds of the road. He later became interested in the Oregon Steam Navigation Company and the Oregon Raflway and Navigation Com- pany, of which he became president, ai then formed the Oregon® and Transcon- tinental, with which he merged the two other companies in a so-called blind poo! with the Northern Pacific, being chosen president of the latter company. few years later the companies in which he was interested became so in- volved that there was 4 collapse, In which he suffered very heavily. eturning to Germany, he formed new financial rela- tions which enabled nim to repair his for- tune, and coming back to this country, he started in once more as a capitalist. In 1890 he purchased from Thomas A. Edi- son his electrical manufacturing interests, and with _the Edison Lum‘) Company of Newark, N. J., and the Edison works of Schenectady, N. Y,, as a basls, organized the Edison General Electric Company, of which he became presidednt, serving in that capacity for about two vears. In Oc- tober, 1889, he became chairman of the Northern Pacific board of directors, but the panic of 1893 again occasioned the loss of most of his fortune and led to his *withdrawal from railway management. VICTIMS OF DISfiASE IN THE PHILIPPINES General MacArthur Cables a Long List of Recent Deaths in the Islands. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—General Mac- Arthur's latest death list from Manila is | as follows: 3 o < | Dysentery, November 7, Company A | Forty-ninth Infantry, Everett S. Wiley} | October 7, Company D, Fortieth Infantry, | Andrew Scott: Company L, Nineteenth Infantry, J. Edward McCarthy; Novem- | ber 3, Troop K, Fourth Cavalry, Guy A. | Re; Company’ A, Twenty-eighth Infantry, Corporal Edward Fitzgerald; November 6, | Company Twenty-first Infantry, | Raphael Gagnus; Company H. Seve | teenth _Infantry, Charles L. Ladenma November 2, Company D, Thirtieth In- fantry, Willianr Crueger; Company M, Thirtieth Infantry, Artificer alter D. Green; October 5, Company C, Twenty- ninth Infantry, Charles Wilson; Novem- ber 8, Company M, Twenty-fifth Infantry, Alfred Barris; October 2, Company K, Twenty-fifth Infantry, William' Sites; Oc- tober 25, Company L, Eighteenth Infan- try, Leonard Frey; Company I, Forty-sev- enth Infantry, Conway O. Bullman. All other causes: November 7, Troop B, Eleventh Cavalry, Willlam Hall; Novem- ber 4, Company I, Fon‘-second Infantry, Sergeant E. liams; November 7, Com- any E, Forty-fiftth Infantry, Edwara utter; November 5, Complng E, Lewis Talmadge; November 1, attery F, Fourth Artillery, James L. Leighton; No- vember 4, Company C, Thirty-sixth In- fantry, Corporal Asa C. Hilton: November 2, band, Thirteenth Infantry, Corporal Fe- lip Franz; November 4, Company A, For- ty-ninth Infantry, Amos Reid; October 10, Company I, Twenty-fourth Infantry, Cor- pornra(mxrlon Henry; September 25, Com- pany I, Forty-ninth Infantry, Lewis Hor- ton; November 3, Compan; , Forty-fifth Infantry, Willlam H. McIntyre; Noveém- ber 8, Company K, Forty-second Infan- try. Edwlnr P. Biller; November 4, Com- Buxy E, Fourth Infantry, Edward E. a vis. e Minister Malo In, CARACAS. Nov. 12—Cabraro Male, Min- ister of the Interfor, was fired upon by a man to-day, recelving a slight wound. BIRT CLAIMED BY FOUR WOME All Allege That He-Married and Then Deserted Them. i Special Dispatch to The Call. LA PORTE, Ind.. Nov. 12.—H. N. Birt, who recently disappeared from Tipton, this State, with a record of having mar- ried four wives without the formality of a divorce from any one of the quartet, re- cently turned up at Eureka, Cal.,, where, according to advices received by the Tip- ton authorities, he has just abandoned ‘wife number four, though the exact num- ber of women Birt has succeeded in de- celving is not known to the police. ‘The intelligence of Birt's latest escapade comes in a letter from a Mrs. Birt, who writes under the date of San Francisco, making earnest inquiries as to Birt's present whereabouts. The letter was ad- dressed to Mrs. Ada L. Jobin of Tipton, Who claims to have uncontrovertible evi- dence that she is wife number threes Mrs. Birt number four alleges that she was deserted at Eureka, Cal. It has de- veloped in connection with Birt's numer- ous marital conquests that he has inva- riably married women with property in- terests. These interests he has diverted to his own use, after which his confiding victims were abandoned. ‘The four wives propose to run Birt to earth, and a description of him will be sent broadcast through the Pacific. Coast lsulel, ‘where he is belleved to be in hid- ng. FOLLOWERS OF BRYAN ARE NOT DISCOURAGED Plan Organization of a New Party ‘With the Nebraskan at Its Head. ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 12.—Charles A. Towne, Populist nominee for Vice Presi- dent; Senator R. F. Pettigrew; George H. Shively, Democratic National Committee- man, and several Western State Commit- tee chairmen met here to-night for the purpose of conferring on a plan that will prevent the reorganization of the Demo- cratic party and the disintegration of the Bryanites. The conference was in_ the nature of an executivc meeting and the only thing accomplished was a decision to call upon all the Bryanite State Commit- tees to resist the reorganization of the Democracy in their respective States, a circular ‘being framed, reciting that, though defeated the followers of Bryan are not discouraged and only need tima in which to get themselves together to reappear before the public with all their isms combined in a party under a new name. Silver will be the nucleus of the new party, as four or five States can stil! be counted on to support such a platform. “What the name of the new ;ln?r will ettigrew, be 1 cannot say,” sald Senator *“‘but undoubtedly Mr. Bryan will be one ot gh not nec- its most earnest workers, thou; essarlly its Presidential candidate. One reason why Senator Petti; is s> active probably lies in the fact that a suc- cessor to Senator Kyle is to be_chosen in South Dakota two years hence, and he still has hopes of returning to the Unitel States Senate. el SR Many Will Be Idle. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 12.—More than 200 hflllunfi engineers and 7000 miners in the State will be idle to-morrow as a result of the failure of the Indiana block and bituminous coal operators to sign the scale presented to them to-day by the en- gineers. A conference was Keuf in this city to-day,at which tke leading operators of the State were ‘preoent a also the executive officers of the National Brother- 0od of Holsting Ei . The -nbm‘med is mg‘onme e d in Illm and its adoption would advance Indiana wages 20 per cent. NEW PRESIDENT FOR PACIFIC MAIL Directors to Meet at New York To- Day and Elect a Successor to the Late Collis P. Huntington. EW YORK, Nov. 12—A meet- ing of the directors of the Pacific Mail Company is to be held to-morrow, at which it is| lkely that a president will be | elected to gucceed the late C. P. Hunt-| Ington. It was stated oh good author! that the nominee, if agreea upon to-mor- row, will be named by the Southern Pa-| ts. It was further rtained that the recent extraordinary buying on the Stock Exchange of Pacific Mall shares was made for the Southern Pa-| cific, and that this company now controls | an absolute majority of the outstanding stock of $20,000,0004 Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, president of the Grand Trunk Raflway, who reached city from Engiand last Saturday. that the main object of his visit is to secure a general manager for the Grand Trunk in place of Charles M. Hays, who resigned to become president of the Southern Pacific. President Wilson said: “We have not decided to whom we shall offer the position, but it will go to an experienced Amer¢ian railway man.” To Dissolve Voting Trust. It was announced by the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. this afternoon that the voting trust of the Northern Pacific Rail- road Company will dissolve on January 1, 1901. The trust was formed on September 1, 1886, at the time it became necessary to reorganize the company. The voting trus- tees are J. P. Morgan, George Siemans, August Belmont, Joh »n Livingston and Charles Lanier.” “At the of J. P. Morgan & Co. it was sald that the North- ern Pacific property is now.in such shape that the conditions making a vote trust desirable have passed away. Gaynor Conspiracy Case. . Hearlng in the Gaynor conspiracy case was continued to-day before United States Commissioner Shields. W. H. Flagg, for merly of the firm of Reid & Flagg, stock brokers, through whom Robert F. West- cott is said to have had certain stock transactions in connection with his son- in-law, Captain Oberlin M. Carter, was the first witness. Mr. Flagg denied prac- tically all the statements made by West cott in his examination concerning ti transactions. D. Sanford Ross, a_con- tractor of Newark, N. J., who sald he knew Captain Carter very well and hal during the past few years done much con- tract work in the Savannah harbor. was called. Mr. Ross said_that he bid on a contract let August, 1884. He also bid on other contracts in later years, all of which were let to the Gaynor Company. He identified several contracts and de- clared that all bids put in by him were bona fide and that there was no collusion or conspiracy between himself and Wil- liam T. or John F. Gaynor. Increase in Trade. Among the passengers who arrived on Lucania was Captain R. . N., who for twenty-three years has been port warden of Glasgow. He is on his way to Buffalo to study the Amer- ican system of handling ores and grain, with a view of introducing the same sys- tem in Glasgow. He sald: “Glasgow hopes to become egual ol as regards shipping. Vithin two or three years the revenues of Glasgow for whar(- age have increased from £200,00 a year t, £475.000. The !hlpi;nrrl:« of the Clyde have not been affected by the building yards in Ireland, France and Ge:many he demand for tonnage of enormous sizes and the greater number of shig quired for the present active mar given Glasgow great prestige. the steamer White, 3 to Liverp. ay putting out more than five-eigr the -total ships bullt in the United dom.” Joseph Leiter of Chicago was also 4 mger on the Lucania. He wen ad a short time ago. “We never pro- duced in this country so much raw ma terial as now,” Mr. Leiter said, “or turned out the finished product as cheap. In no great time America will be supplying the markets of the whole world.” Defense of McAlister. Walter C. McAlister, indicted at Pater son for the murder of Jennie Bosschieter has been visited by his father, James Mc Alister, in the jail, and as a result of a long conference the father says he Is pro pared to spend his last doliar if nec sary in defense of his son. It is likel that insanity will be the plea. as it alleged that some years ago Walter fered impairment of the reasoning facul- ties. He was treated by an expert in New York. An effort will be made to have this expert attend the trial reporter who gave the name Thompson succeeded in having himself sentenced to a term of ten days in the Paterson Jail, his object being to join the prisoners and secure a “beat” for his pa r. He did not learn until he got int, a cell that prisoners under sentence h: no opportunity to mingle with thos awu(rn trial. -After serving three days 3 Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—Mrs. Ballou at the Holland: J. . Cleary, at the Astor: D. Davison, at the Cadillac: J Fortt and wife, at the Broadway Central A. C. Freeman, at_the Grand Union; Misses E. Gorman, J. J. Gottlob and J Gottlob, at the Gerald; B. Hayden, at the Manhattan; W. Huntington, at the Everett: Mrs. E. W. Joy. at the Gerard D. W. Moses, at the Criterion: J. F. Nu- gent, at the Astor; A. W. Scott and wife, at the Holland; T. P. Watson, at the Astor: A. W. Wilson, at the Imperial: G. . Ives, at the Hoffman: G. W. Shorten, at the Cadillac. From Los Angeles—H. T Durant, at the Everett; W. C. McQuellen, at the Continental; F. B. Sturge, at the Astor. From San Jose—Miss Bethel, at the St. Denis; F. A. McFarland, at the Bartholdi. The followin; PRIVILEGES OF OWNERS OF RIPARIAN RIGHTS Interesting Opinion Handed Down by Justice Harlan in the Su- preme Court. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—In the United States Supreme - Court Justice Harlan rendered the opinion of the court in the case of Gilmore S. Scranton vs. Eben S, ‘Wheeler, coming to the court on a writ of error from the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan. The case involves the riparian rights of owners on navigable streams to damages for the loss of ac- cessibility to such streams caused by the Government improvements made for the purpose of Improving navigation. A pler erected at St. Marys Falls, Michi- gan, cut off Scranton’s access to the river. The Michigan court decided against Scranton and to-day’s opinion confirmed that decision. In delivering the opinion Justice Harlan sald: “The vital question is whether the in- hibition upon the taking of private prop- erty for public use without just com- pensation is applicable. Of course, every part of the constitutionds as binding upon Congress as upon the people. The guaran- tees prescribed by it for the security of private property must be respected by all. But whether navigation upon waters over ch Congress may exert its authority reduires improvement at all, or improve- ments in a particular way, are matters wholly within its jurisdiction, and the ju- diciary is without power to control or de- feat the will of Congress so long as that branch of the Government does not trans- cend the limits established by the su- preme law of the land.” The opinion held that the broad power with which Congress is invested is not burdened with the condition that a ripa- rian owner, whose land borders upon a cess to the navigable part of such river whenever such right ceases to be of value solely in consequence of the improvement of navigation by plers that rest upon ln’ubmerge«.l lands away from the shore ne. “The primary use of the waters and the lands ungler them,” says the opinion, “is for purpdses of navigation, and the erec- tion of plers in them to improve naviga- tion for the public is entirely consistent with such use and infringes no right ef the ripartan owner.” A dissenting opinion was dellvered by Justice Shiras and concurred In by Jus- tices Gray and Peckham. ADVANCE IN PRICE OF COMMON TABLE SALT More Than Doubled by Company Which Controls the Majority of the Output. CHICAGO, No. 12—The Chroniele to- morrow will say: “The National Salt Company yesterday put up the price of common table sait of a fair quality to $2 50 per 100 pounds. The price before was $110 per 10 pounds for the same grade. The National Salt | Company controls directly % per cent of the salt output of the country and is able | to dominate the rémaining 5 per cent of | the reduction. | _“The principal mills of the National Company, which is commonly known as the salt trust, are in Michigan.” s P Hill Chosen President. DULUTH, Minn.,, Nov. 12.—Louis W. Hill, vice president of the Eastern Rail- way of Minnesota, has been elected presi- dent to succeed Samuel Hill of Minneapo- lis. 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