The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 16, 1900, Page 1

+ « o "Areaqi] oy3 woly udxe} aq 0} aaded siyL jou VOLUME LXXXVIII—-NO. 169. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIVE THOUSAND ARMED MEN AMOR FOR A NEGROS LIFE T A Denver’s Police Force Aids Deputies In Protecting Porter. SRS 3 Mob Promises Not to Torture Murderer if Surrendere . ple in Den- to Limon arrived His first f Police Farley to excite- refused. CONTROVERSIES WITH ="y T e 2 Sy e - | JOHN PORTER, THE NEGRO WHO HAS CONFESSED THE BRUTAL MURDER AT LIMON, COLO., OF LOUISE FROST, A LITTLE WHITE GIRL, AND HIS FATHER AND BROTHER, WHO WERE ALSO HELD FOR COM- PLICITY IN THE FIENDISH CRIME. | | % - Sherift Jores, however, agreed to keep the prisoner for ten days, and Porter was rushed thrc the mob to the County Jail befor gathered crowd realized what was ff Freem sald that Di ey McAllister had threatened to him on a charge of murder if the negro were ‘aken from his as he had a warrant triet Attorney had fere to prevent him from serving i taking his prisoner to Hugo jail. man, however, was afraid to act. When the father of Louise Frost b of Freeman's decision he He was told that for Porter the Dis- authority to intel and lynched CANADA TO BE SETTLED | ing the Boundary Question Work | of Commission Is Simplified: - 7 ASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Steps \ \ Jr taken for resuming P the work of the Commisston p of representatives of itain and Can ject now Great B: vill determine within o oW s whet course will be pursued has passed recently be- Ottawa znd Washington relative to " the work and now that the | § > OB s of the border are et elt to ore time and op- | 4 t e serfous ques- s com on. It e American Commis- S e the possibility of s 3, as occurred at . % ations are that rough the co-operation 5 ose to e e chief ob- estion the commission it made estions, de this modus ka has agreed upon cks permanency it is felt best left to direct L vernments ques- nvo nt can be made in this particular will depend upon the conferences now going on. The pur- pose of t mmission is to frame a new treaty between th ted States and Grea Britain covering the various questions ar along the Canadian bor- der, and € of a wide range of controversy the commission are of long standing, and In- the establishment of the boundary Alaska and British Columbia; the er Bering Sea and the catch of the unmarked boundary be- ada and the United States near ady Bay in Maine and at veen Maine and Minnesota and betwee THREE NEGROES HANGED TO RAILROAD BRIDGE | Mob Overpowers the Jailer and Cuts the Telephone So No Help Can B: Summoned. N. d and sttempting to kill Mr. Stall- were taken from the jail last night persons and hanged to the across Cypress Bayou. cs had confessed to the erime. that @id the hanging overpow- iler and cut the telephone line Satler could not communicate been arrested for way- P inknown bridge i Photograph of Eros. MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 16.—Professor P. n photographed the aste- ough the telescope at the observatory last even- “onsidering that the diminutive ®a1d to be 34.000.0%0 miles away. g shot. The professor said that planct couid not be seen with the ted eye or with the telescope. By a #c mathematical caleulation he ascer- tained its exact location, and the sensi- tive plate caught its likeness, even If it was beyoud human ken. enw ersity it is a o the , Nov. 15.—Three ne-! 1 Canada; the northeast fisheries question, | involving the rights of fishing in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland and | other points; the regulation of fshing | rights on the great lakes: alien labor im- | migration across the Canadlan-American | border: commercial reciprocity between | the two countries: the regulation of the | bonding system by which goods are car- | ed in bond across the frontier and also | the regulation of traffic by international railways and canals of the two countries; | | reciprocal mining privileges in the Klon- | dike, British North American and other | points; wreckiog and salvage on the | ocean and great lakes in coasting waters, | and the modification of the treaty ar- rangements under which only one war | vessel can be maintained on the great | lakes with a view to allowing warships to be built on the lakes and then floated out to the ocean. Progress h these quest been made on some of | and a practical agre ment reached on several of them. But in each case the settlement was dependent on a disposal of all of them. With the | prospects of omlitting Alaska from the | points involved, the chances of reaching a treaty agreement on the other points | will be materially improved. { The personnel of the commission is an | unusually notable one. The British Gov- | ernment was represented by the late Lord Herschel, former Chancellor of the Ex- chequer. But his death shortly after the last adjournment leaves a vacancy, and, although ro appointment has been made, the name of Lord . Alverstone, better known as Sir Richard Webster, is being mentioned. Sir Wilfrid Laurier of Canada heads the Canadian representation, with | Sir Louis Davies, Minister of Marine and | Fisherles, and the Premier of Newfound- | 1and among his associates. Senator C., W. Fairbanks of Indiana is chairman of the American representation, with ex-Secre- tary John W. Foster, Reclprocity Commis- sioner John A. Kasson, Charles J. Faulkner of West Virginia, T. Jefferson Coolidge of Boston and Sereno | E. Payne, chalrman of the Ways and Means Committee, as assoclates. ne. ex-Senator | | RUMOR THEV NIHILISTS POISONED THE CZAR jBelief Expressed That Some One in | High Favor in the Royal House- hold Is Guilty. VIENNA, Nov. 15.—A dispatch from Se- | bastopol says the Czar's fliness fs due to | poison administered by nibilists 1n food | prepared In the imperial kitchen. Poison ! was given in small doses, which has pro- duced typhus symptoms. The fact that the physicians cannot check the disease has led to the belief that the poisen con- tinues to be given the patient daifly. The theory is that the poisoner is some one | high in imperial favor. The entire house- | hold is under the direction of the Secret | Service, and the Czar's food is prepared | under the eyes of his supposedly closest | triends. For this reason it has been Im- | possible to trace the crime to its source. LONDON, Nov. 15.—The impression ex- ists in most European capitals that the jll- ness of Emperor Nicholas is more serious | than 1t s reported to be, but this is probably based upon the knowledge that the Czar’'s constitution is not strong and is little likely to resist a serfous attack. I Sheriff and cursed him fiercely. Mr. Frost is now under the care of friends. All his composure s gone and the thought that vengeance may not be meted out to his child’s murderer has driven him tempor- arily insane. At Limon to ht a m meating of citizens voted unanimou that it was the duty of Sheriff Freeman to his con- nts to the negro back, and the resolution was telegraphed to him. Seventy-five leading citizens of Lincoln « wired Governor Thomas, who is the head of the police power of Denver, that they proposed simply to tie a rope around Porter’s neck and to drop him off THIRTEEN PAS KILLED Among Victims of Derailment of French Express Train Is Peruvian Minister. AYONNE, France, Nov. 16—The Southern express was derailed at noon to-day between St. Georges and Saubusse, near Dax, about thirty-three miles northeast of Bayonne. The restaurant car was precipitated over an embankment. Thirteen persons were killed and twenty injured, several the railroad bridge. They promised that there would be no atrocities, and demand- ed the sending of the negro, naively add- | ing: “Please send on to-night's train. as | we want to go home. Will wait ten days Young Porter sent two notes this after- | noon to Palice con Miller. One of them read, “I am guilty, but offel sorry,” and the other, | “There is nothing for me to do { Governor Thomas to-day when | he would interfere to prevent the proposed | lynching. “The civil authorities have the | prisoner and it iles with therh to protect him.” IN A DISASTER serlously. Five passengers are missing. The list of killed includes J. F. Cano- vera, Peruvian Minister to France, and an |attache of the Peruvian legation at | Madrid. | The section of the line where the acei- | dént occurred is under repair, | derailment is attributed to !apeed of the express. and the | the great DISCORD AMONG ORDNANCE BUREAU OFFICIALS Indignantly Deny That They Caused Publication of Expose of French Field Gun Plan. WASHINGTO! ov. 15.—Because of its earnest advocacy of the disappearing gun carriage snd its objection to any change in the system of fleld gun it has adopted the Bureau of Ordnance in the War De- partment is suspected by some persons of having divulged information respecting the French flell gun plans. Briadier Gen- eral Buffington, chiet of ordnance, and other officlalg on duty in the bureau Indig- nantly disclaim any connection with the publication of the statement that this Government counld build a weapon like the French gun ard throw the responsibility on other members of the Board of Ord- nance There i& no coubt that the publication of the information respecting the French gun will greatly impair the usefulness of American military and naval attaches abroad, Foreigr attaches in Washington are now given more Information than American officers can get abroad. A well- informed officer sald to-day he had no doubt that the details of the mechanism of the French fleld gun were known in every European ordnance office. PARIS, Nov. 15.—The following extraor- dinary statement {s given prominence in an evening paper—La Presse: ‘A person- age who claims to be thoroughly acquaint- ed with what is golng on behind the scenes in the matter of the divuigence of | the secrets of the latest French fleld gun to the United States makes the following stetement: “This affalr s connected with the sud- den departure for Gibraltar of an officer of the United States navy, who was em- ployed in the forelgn section of the exhi- bition, after having fulfilled his functions as naval attache at the embassy. The fleld gun incident was also the cause of the sudden handing over of the affairs of the embassy to the first gecretary by General Horace Porter and his departure for Spain. The foriner naval attache in ques- tion, who was born of British parents and devoted above all to the embassy in the Faubourg Saint Honore, acted almost openly as a spy for several powers. “The person who gave us this Informa- tion makes & still graver statement, which we publish under all reserve. He says: “ ‘General Horace Porter has been him- self indirectly afflicted by the incldent in question. His departure, which is given out as temporary, is really final, and he will be replaced in Paris by John Leish- man, United States Minister to Berne, a diplomatist of the highest character, who can be counted upon for the maintenance of good relations between the French re- public and the United States.’ " The naval officer referred to in the fore- going dispatch can be no other than Lieu- tenant Willlam 8. Sims, who was assigned to special duty at the Paris Exposition. | DRIFTED HELPLESSLY IN SINKING VESSEL | 1 Narrow Escape From a Watery Grave of the Crew of the Nor- wegian Bark Highflyer. | PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15.—After float- |Ing on the ocean in a helpless condition {on a sinking vessel for five davs, Captain [ | Anderson and his crew of thirteen hands | | of the Norwegian bark Highfiyer arrived Ehere to-day, having been rescued by the | | British steamer Georgian Prince, Captain | Flett, from Hull. During the five days the crew were at the mercy of the waves | they saw only two steamers, The first | one, according to Captain Anderson. came | | within a half mile of his vessel, but | steamed away without giving ald. The second ship sighted was the Georgian | Prince. | The Highflyer safled from Campbellton, | Prince Edwards Island, for Newport, | Wales, on October 19, with a cargo of lumber. Eleven days out the bark en- countered a severe gale, which tore away her sails and strained the vessel so that she sprang a leak of nine inches an hour, All hands were kept busy at the pumps that the bark could be kept afloat until a passing vessel could render assistance, Four days passed and on the morning of the fifth day a trans-Atlantic liner passed near, but answered the distressed vessel's signals only by raising a flag. The next, the Georgian Prince, took the crew oft the bark and fired the derelict. St oy NINE BODIES STOLEN FROM A CEMETERY Grewsome Discovery Made by a Sex- ton in Springbrook, Near Kalamazoo. KALAMAZOO, Mich., Nov. 15.—The au- thoritles of this city were informed to- day of a horrible case of wholesale body- snatching which took place In the Spring- brook Cemetery in Newaygo County. Nine bodies, so far as known at pres- ent, were exhumed and all but one were these of persons who had dled within the past year, as folows: Mrs. Carlotta Eld- redge, aged 35; her daughter, Mildred, 9 years of age, both of whom died of typhoid fever; Charles James, 60 years of age: Henry Houston, a middle-aged man; Clarence Cole, a seventeen-year-old boy; Don and Bertle Creston, infants, and Mrs, George Balley, §0 years old. The ninth victim, which is supposea to have been Mrs. Henry Knowles, although the body Is in such a state of decomposi- tion as to be unrecognizable, was dis- covered in a hedge fence about a quarter of a mile from the cemetery. She died about five years ago. The cemetery is in an isolated spot and up to Wednesday there had not been a burial there for nearly three weeks. When Isaac Dunton, the sexton, went to dig a grave yesterday, the discovery was made. The remnants of the coffins, which seemed to have been knocked apart with an ax, were strewn about the ground. : NEW REASONS FOR THE DISMISSAL OF ROSS Mrs. Sa.nizrd Re- sents Reflections on Dead Hushand. Palo Allo Bxcited by the Impassioned Words of Howard SIS TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov. 15. —~New fire was added to-day to the flame of agitation which Is sweep- ing over the university, involving the faculty and student body alike, because of the forced resignation of Pro- fessor Ross. It seemed until this morning that all had been said in reference to the matter, but Professor George E. Howard has added new words to the bitterness of the affair, and the entire college commu- nity is discussing what the outcome of his position will be. Professor Howgrd is a close personal friend of Professor Ross. Both have shared the same independence and the in- tellectual radi¢alism which have brought such a storm around the university. When Professor Ross' resignation was an- nounced Professor Howard was outspoken in his censure of the conditions which had forced his triend out of the university. He was one of the few members of the facul- {y hare who accepted the opportunity and the corsequences of speaking his opinions and to-day he supplemented his remarks by a performance which is without parai- lel in the history of Stanford. Professor Howard is the head of the department of history of the university and this morning he gave up his custom- ary lecture and devoted himself to a dis- cusslon of the Ross incident. He declared that Professor Ross was a martyr to a principle which cannot be sacrificed, and that his forced retirement from the uni- versity will work immeasurable evil to the institution. He declared that in the retire- ment of Professor Ross a serious biow had been struck the freedom of speech and the consequences must be as far- reaching as they are deplorable. In con- #clulonfbn sald: “I do nct bow down to Saint Market strect. T do rot doff my hat to the Six Companies. Neither am I afraid of the Standard OiL.” These words, startling and radical, were greeted by tremendous applause from the listening students, and the incident has | been ever since the subject of excited comment. The excitement over the main incident of which this is a development is, however, dying out. The first thought of the student body to hold some sort of a demonstration to express regret and in- | aignation at the retirement of Professor Ross has been abandoned. The faculty will, as a matter. of course, take no ac tion, and as far as university opinion is | concerned the incident seems to be closed. The more conservative students feel that only added harm to the university can come from further agitation and discus- sion, and there is a general disposition to let the matter drop. The student body it is expected will, however, present to Pro- fessor Ross a testimonial of its good will before he leaves Palo Alto. In the present controversy, created by the enforced resignation of Professor Ress, much interest attaches to the ques- tion whether or not Mrs. Stantord has the legal right, under the terms of the endowment of Stanford University, to dic- tate absolutely her opinions of the char- acter and scope of the intellectual field of the great school. By the terms of the endowment of the institution the sole management of the untversity and its properties is vested in the grantors during thelr lives, or the life of elther of them. This provision assevers the problem. Mrs. Stanford has absolute- Iy the right to do as she pleases with the institution at Palo Alto. The trustees of the university are powerless to act in any vital matter until the death of Mrs, Stan- ford. Eventually the entire management of the Institution will be in their hands; at present it is exclusively under the con- trol of Mrs. Stanford. To President Jordan, however, practical control of the educational features of the institution was given by the late Senator Stanford and by Mrs. Stanford. President Jordan was given power to choose his as- sociates; to hold them responsible for their educational work. To him was given the right to dismiss these men. The res- jgnation of a professor. forced by Mrs. Stanford and not by President Jordan, has necessarily excited considerable com- ment, more particularly by the fact that President Jordan announces his complete confidence In the man who has been forced o retire from the university, In an authorized description of Stanford University the following is sald: “What characterizes Stanford is that, finding it- self untrammeled by the limitations, the vested rights, the ultra-conservative in- fluences which surround the older col- leges and universities, it has had the cour- age, perhaps temerity, to follow out cer- tain llnes of educational progress further than has ever been done before.” In the light of the present con- troversy these words have a pe- culiar sound. Again, Senator Stan- forda declared most emphatically that “the president shounld be given tull power to remove professors and teachers at will, to prescribe their duties, to enforce the course of study d the manner of teach- ing, and finally, such other powers as will enable him to control the educational part of the university to such an extent that he may justly be held respomsible for the course e Professor George E. Howard. “I do not bow down to Saint hat to the Six Companies. Neither am I afraid of the Standard Oil.” —Excerpt from a sensational address delivered yesterday by Pro- fessor George E. Howard to students of Stanford University. Market street. I do not dof my of study therein and for the zood conduct and capacity of the profes- | sors therein This ix the immense power which wans delegated to President Jordan, and in the present controversy neo incident has been subject of deeper or wider comment than the fact that President Jordan has permitted an associnte of his own choosin ® man in whowe mental and schol- | arly sbilities he professes the most | complete confidence, to be retired. In speaking of the matter to-day Presi- dent Jordan sald: | “In regard to the resianation of | Dr. Ross it is right that I should make n farther statement. There is not the slightest evidence that he ix ‘n martyr to freedom of| speech.’ Nor in there any reason to | believe that his withdraw; has | been due to any pressure of eapital other sinister influence. T tanford’s decision after long and or any Lnow that Mrx. was reached onl earnest consideration, and that its motive was the welfare of the uni- | versity, and that alone. To qnote her own words: ‘My deciston has not been the result of any hasty con- clusion, but of disappointment, re- flection and praver. “In view of the statement that the annonncement of Dr. Roas’ with- drawal was withheld until after the | election because of its possible ef- fect on the passage of the amend- ment, it in but fair to say that the final decision in the matter, based upon n letter from Mrs. Stanford, | dnted October 25, from Switzeriand. | was not recelved until the 12th of | November and could not have heen announced prior to that time.” In answer to these remarks, which throw a somewhat different hight than the first upon the whole unfortunate contio- versy, Professor Ross said this morninz. | “Dr. Jordan knows vastly more | than I do as to Mrs, Stanford’s mo- | tives, and whatever he says is con- | clusive as far ns I am concerned. In my original statement, whlch\ was carefully prepared and is | strictly correct, I sald I have long been aware that my every appear- ance in public drew mpon me the hostile mention of certain powerful persons and interests in San Fran. cisco, nnd redoubled their efforts to be rid of me, “I wtated this lest it should be wsupposed 1 did not realize the risks 1 ran. If, as Dr. Jordan says, it was not this pressure, but other motives that influenced Mrs. Stanford, I am glad to know It. “It is absolutely certal however, that freedom of speech is involved; | not my appearance, personality or character, but solely my mon-parti- san, sclentific utterances have been the root of Mrws. Stanford's distrast of me.” To-night sentiment at <the universiis seems to be gradually changing. Not that Dr. Ross is being condemned, but there is a growing sentiment of sympathy to Mrs. Stanford. This change is due in a great measure to the opinion among tre | Stanford alumini, or especially those who were here when the first signs of friction | between Mrs. Stanford and Professor | Ross arose four years ago. From state. | | pears that none of these offenses cou- ite the real motive for Professor Ross’ Mrs. Stanford is aware of the fact that other professors at the university have expressed similar views under similar eir- cumstances. The reascns for Dr. Ross’ dismissal conmsist in part of what she interpreted as derogatory refer ences to Senator Stanford. Some one rep- resented to Mrs. Stanford that Dr. Ross had frequently in the classroom -harac- terized the Southern Pacific Railroad deals as “railroad steals,” and othsrwise Eeld Senator Stanford up as a dangerous example before the business world It develops that her rea! objection to Dr leeture upon Asiatic immigration as not due to the fact that she differed from him in his conclusions, which, it is sa'd, she does not, but because she was led to the bellef by false reports and state- ments, that seemed credible, that he had made a covert attack upon the Senator, personal whose memory she feels should be in- violable. When it is considered that Mrs. Stan- ford is a woman of intense feeling and al- most ultra sensitive as to reflections upon the memory and honor of her dead husband it can readily be seen | why she should object to Dr. Ross’ presence on her faculty. How- ever, she was inclined to be generous with him. A year’s leave of absence, with full pay, was at his disposal while he might be on the hunt for a new position. It was not a question of free speech or intel- lectual bondage with her. She had been offended by what she could not believe to be otherwise than direct attacks upon her husband’s memory. The fact that Dr. Ross was eminent in his sclence did not solace her wounds. Other professors in the Stanford facuity have spoken as freely on public questions as has Dr. Ross, but not one word of dis- approval has she raised. As in her state- ment to President Jordan in the letter written from Geneva, October 28, she says that she has tried even prayerfully to forgive Dr. Ross, but that she could not, therefore it was best that he should go. This letter was recetved by President Jor- dan on November 12, just three days ago. The same day he notified Dr. Ross that he would aceept his resignation. It will thus be seen that there was no delay in accept- ing the resignation until after the election, for political effect, as the letter which de- termined Dr. Jordan’s action did not rezch here until six days after the eiec- tion had been held. Another thfng which shows that the general attitude toward Mrs. Stanford is changing is Dr. Howard's position to- night. This morning, instead of delivering his regular lecture, in his French Revolu- tion class on Voltaire, he spoke upon the presence of bigotry and intolerance at the present time, claiming that the example of Dr. Ross was parallel to that of Vol- taire. To-night, while he is as firm as ever In his championship of the right of intellect- ual freedom, he sees more clearly the po- sition of Mrs. Stanford upon the matter. When told of the current report that he would resign his position because of Dr. Ross' dismissal, he denled it flatly, say- ing that he had no such intention. He will remain at Stanford. To-day the members of Dr. Ross’ sem- inary, which is composed of the fourth- year students in the economics depart- ment, drew up a strong testimonial, in ments made by the alumni It is ‘earned | Which they expressed thelr sincere regret that Mrs. Stanford considered the expres. | In the loss of Dr. Ross. They paid a glow- sion of Dr. Ross’ political views from the | Ing tribute to his character and personal stump in the campaign of 18% a violation | Worth, as well as to his ability as a of the university rule that members of | teacher and investigator. the faculty should not take part n any| To-night Dr. Ross has no further state- partisan” discussion. Likewise his uttcr | ment to make nor has he anything to re- ances In the classroom in justification of | cant. He still stands by his original Nihilism were distasteful to her, chiefly | statement and says that it covers every- because they were brought to her at- | thing he had to say. As to the future he tention in a false light. | has no definite plans, except that he will While these matters tended to lessen | continue his work in soclology whersves her faith in his sound judsment it now | he may be called.