The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1901, Page 1

— VoI LOUME LX XXIX—-NO. 109. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1901. ROCKEFELLER'S IRON INTERESTS HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE NEW BILLION-DOLLAR STEEL TRUST Mammoth Corporation Absorbs the Lake Superior Consoli- dated Mines and All the Railways and Lake Transpor- 18.—J. P. Mor- confirmed th tation Lines Controlled by the St andard Oil Magnate SAARH AR AT e ottt “I think that there will be no necessity for that. The great bulk of the stock will be in by to-morrow, and if some of the transfers of the stock are delayed, as reported, by technical irregularities or by other w there will be | fon to reject deposits of that eventable causes, It is understood that 80 to' 85 per cent of the stock has already been deposited, is probable that the amount depos- ite y to-morrow night will be®% per cent at least. To Secure Bridge Company. It was also reported that part of the increased ecapital of the great United States Steel Corporation would be used 5t oo oo el OM PRETORIA OR CAPE TOWN -SSR T L e to take over the property of the Amer- ican Bridge Company. This is one of the corporations financed by J. P. Morgan & Co. The bridge company has $61,000,000 of stock outstanding. PITTSBURG, March 18.—President C. M. Schwab of the Carnegie Company was summoned to New York on business con- nected with the steel corporation and left last night. He expects to return and at- tend the meeting of (the board of direct- ors of the Carnegie Company in this city to-morrow. At this meeting, it is sald, action will be taken on the gift of Mr. Carnegie of $5,000,000, the income of which is to be applied to the relief of men in- jured in the works of the company. THAT PEACE IS NEAR IN SOUTH AFRICA r Commanders Continue to Escape From British Columns, and the British Will Begin Further Big Operations. Roberts, in a | presses a co r will soon Pre- peace is near. al Fourle, from the eavoring to t Bloemfon- TRUTAL COSSACKS LASH THE POPULACE | rumor. in St. Petersburg Arrested. 18.—The stu- was Intend- anniver- a, the girl years ago in | 1ts Gather for D¢~| | i | | bat, owing | was rather a a time serious 2 likely to follow the Cossacks in driving back | an hour and the dis- til evening. From 0 driven by the pol surrounding yards, | ned for examinatios | ice. | the whips of the | ere crushed al- | killed and it open b me Authors’ Club In London last evening, made the curlous suggestion that the Boer prisoners should be sent to Canada’ to work the rallways, where they would learn the English language and become imbued with English sentiments. In the House of Lords yesterday the mier, Lord Salisbury, replying to in- ries on the subject of an investigation into the conduct of the war in South Africa, sald the Government had not made any promise to institute an investigation. He feared that a full, just and equitable would lead to a renewal of the is rumored that there were other fatali- ties, though It is impossible to confirm the Further disorders are expected to-morrow. SURPRISED ROBBERS COMMIT A MURDER Two Oklahoma Desperadoes Kill the Mean Who Shoots at Them Dur- ing Their Operations. RED ROCK, O. T., March 18.—Albert Bateman was shot and killed at 8:39 o'clock to-night by two desperadoes in the store of Swartz & Co. The desperadoes were robbing the store when Bateman, who 18 the manager of the Foster Lum- ber Company’s yard at this point, hap- pened to stop in and taking In the situa- tion, opened fire on them, wounding one in the arm. Both robbers returned the fire and Bateman fell, balls. The robbers secured $350 and made their escape. Officers from Ponca anl Perry have started in purusit. CHILE ON THE VERGE OF A POLITICAL CRISIS Liberals of New Cabinet Fail to Sat- isfy the People and Have to Resign. VALPARAISO, Ciile, March 18.—Chile is facing a new political crisis. The Lib- eral Cabinet which succeeded the Con- servative Ministry forced out by Congress | recently has failed to satisfy the Liberal A resolution was | adopted by the Chamber of Deputies de-- majority in Congress. claring that the Cabinet Ministers do not represent the political tendencles of the majority of the Chamber. The Ministry then resigned. 4 plerced by two | same specles of regretable discussion as occurred during the exchange of speeches between Lord Wolseley and Lord Lans- | downe. Still if the Government was urged to make an inquiry it could not re- fuse without casting suspicion upon the army. Lord Rosebery wished to know when the Government had washed its hands of the inquiry. Lord Sallsbury suggested the appoint- ment of a preliminary commission to in- quire into the matter, whereupon the sub- ject was dropped. B Y CIRCUIT COURT GIVES A COPYRIGHT DECISION Important Ruling in Boston in a Controversy About the Privileges of a Publishing House. BOSTON, March 18.—An important de- cision relating to copyright was given by Judge Colt of the United States Clrcuit Court to-day, sustaining demurrers filed by the respondents in a case in which a publishing house sought to obtain dam- ages from two of the largest business concerns of this city for alleged infringe- ment in handling “The Professor at the Breakfast Table,” by Oliver Wendeil Holmes, and “The Minister's Wooing,”. by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The court holds that the name of the | person taking out a copyright must be inserted In the notice of every edition published and that the failure to do this vitiates the copyright. A literal compli- ance with the statute may not be re- quired, but the notice must contain the name, claim of exclusive right and the date when obtained. ——— TWO CHINESE BEHEADED. They Were Participants in the Anti- German Riots. BERLIN, March 18.—A dispatch re- ceived here from Swatow says that on the demand of the German Consul at Swatow the district Governor of Hsining will be dismisscd on account of his anti- Christian attitude and his dilatoriness in dealing with German claims. Two Chinese participants in the anti- German riots have been beheaded at Ho- ping. ML WATINS HAVE ThODPS UHDER ARMS Conflict at Tientsin Expected at Any Moment. French Increase Friction by Attacking a British Captain. Count Von Waldersee Interferes, but Russian General Declines to C mpromiss. — . BY STEPHEN BONSAL. Spectal Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1301, by the Herald Pub- lishing Company. TIENTSIN, March 18.—The tension here 1s increasing and a conflict may be ex- pected at any moment. Troops of all ng- tions are under arms. The situation at the raflway statfon remains the same, al- though the temper of the hostile troops is, it possible, more disquieting than before. French troops are taking part in the trou- le despite the efforts of their officers to maintain a neutral attitude. Many groups of French ran through the British settle- ment yesterday shouting, “Down with the Englishmen!” and a number of fights took place, several ending in bloodshed, as the French always carry side arms. Finally three French soldiers attacked Captain Bofler of the British army and pulled him out of his rickshaw. The cap- tain defended himself with his fists and had knocked down one of his assailants, when a number of Sikhs came to his res- cue, * General Campbell then turned out all his troops, drove the French out and set pickets around the settlement with orders to admit no French soldiers into the con- cession. Fleld Marshal Count von Waldersee, who had gone to Kiaechau on a holiday, has been telegraphed for and is hourly expected, but there is little reason to ex- pect that he can compromise the difficulty. Russlan General Wogack has declined to compromise, as suggested by Von Walder- see. GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. Relations Between Them May Be Strained to Breaking Point. LONDON, March 19.—The officials of the British Foreign Office have not vet re- cetved official ccnfirmation of Russla’s al- leged backdown in regard to Manchuria, Turkestan and Mongolia, and inquiries on the subject ars now being made at St. Petersburg and Peking. The British For- elgn Office is not relaxing its efforts to secure a more satisfactory statement of the intentions of Russia, but the officials deprecate the British press agitation on the subject. On all sides it is officlally and otherwise sald that Great Britain has not the slightest contemplation of resort- ing to hostilities against Russia whatever may be the outcome of the present nego- tiations. Not Ready to Fight Russia. While hostilities are out of the question, | nowever, 1t 1s not unlikely that diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Rus- sia will become stralned almost to the breaking point. Possibly British warships may be dispatched to bring pressure to bear upon Russia, but war will not result unless some fracas quite unauthorized by London and St. Petersburg occurs be- tween the opposing forces at Tientsin. This assertion is based upon extensive inquiries made in London. A prominent British official, often the mouthplece of the Government, whose position makes it undesirable that he should be named in this connection, sald this evening: “It is useless for our newspapers to use provocative language. They forget that we -have a great army in South Africa and that we have no other army, or the makings of one, elsewhere. It is impossi- ble to go to war with Russia.” A semi-official statement was fssued this evening to the effect that the much talked of assurances of the Russlan For- eign Minister, Count von Lamsdorft, to Sir Charles Stewart Scott, British Embassa- dor St. Petersburg, were made Febru- ary 6 and evidently referred to the Russo-Chinese agreement concluded at Port Arthur last November, and not to the Manchurian convention. Pointed Questions Parried. Replying to Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (Conservative), Mr. Balfour, the Govern- ment leader, sald In the House of Com- mons to-day that the Government did not possess any information indicating any decline in British influence in the Yang- tse provinces. As to the Russian claim for the waters of Blonde and Ellictt isl- ands, the British Government had cer- tainly not accepted this claim. The Gov- ernment had received no communication on the subject from Russia. The Russian admiral had remonstrated against the presence in the waters of Elliott Island of H. M. S. Plover, which was engaged in pursuing pirates. But British ships had a perfect right under the treaty of Tientsin to go there. 3 d Questions regarding the dispute at Tlen- tsin were parried by the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Lord Cranborne, in refusing to answer them without notice, ‘William Redmond raised Nationalist cheers by asking why Great Britain had hoisted the white flag and backed down after threatening to use force of arms, !CA LIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB BUYS OUTRIGHT THE INGLESIDE AND TANFORAN RACETRACK COURSES Thomas H. Williams Jr. ahd Prince Poniatowski Reach an Agreement Which Leaves but One Racing Organi- zation and One Track in the Local or Suburban Field @ eivieielnielieleiriebisieb deieiiblebivliele deleieieiieielieiisieil el R California have ended their differ- ences and the greatest racetrack | war that the Pacific Coast has ever known has come to a sudden, sur- prising and startling finish. No compro- mise, no temporizing measure, marked | the conclusfon of this sensational war. The decisive battle results in the ex- termination of one of the belligerents. By the terms of peace the San Francisco Jockey Club delivers its racetrack prop- erties at Ingleside and at Tanforan into the hands of the California Jockey Club, of which Thomas H. Willlams Jr. is the president. Great financial deals have been con- summated in this State, but rarely, if ever before, has such a business arrange- ment been made under similar eircum- stances. From 11 o'clock Sunday even- ing until 5 o’clock Monday morning Prince Ponlatowskl, president of the San Fran- cisco Jockey Club, turned night into day as he sat and talked and talked with Mayor Phelan, Supervisor Joseph 8. Tobin and Secretary Fay over the race- track situation, the Mayor's veto and remedial measures. No satisfaction could be obtained from ‘the Mayor, and the quasi-social but earnest business party broke up. Then Prince Poniatowsk! joined Thomas H. Willlams Jr., and in a tete-a- tete plans were perfected that rang down the curtain on the San Francisco Jockey Club and made the California Jockey Club the premier and star racing pro- moter in the West. Mr. Willlams had an offer to make the Prince for his Ingleside and Tanforan properties. It was none other than the $600,000 original consideration for these tracks, which the California Jockey Club was willing to pay some weeks ago, when hostilities were .declared. In the early hours of the inorning these two men fought out the financial battle. When the day broke an agreement was reached. In- gleside "and Tanforan practically passed to the California Jockey Club. The con- sideration was $600,000. But there is a con- dition—that the San Francisco Jockey Club shall have uncompetitive racing at Tanforan for thirty days from the time of signing. So there will be no more rac- ing at the Emeryville track for a month. { After that a limited period of racing will be gn the cards, and then cessation until next winter. Now that harmony has been restored and the racing game is in the control of one organization one of the prineipal par- ties concerned declares publicly what were the transactions in which the Mayor ot San Francisco was involved in regard to the Ingleside reopening measure. The following statement of Prince Poniatow- ki is a short story In itself, telling its own well-rounded tale. The Prince spares neither venom nor sarcasm in his speech. Here is his statement: To the members of the San Francisco Jockey Club—Gentlemen: I feel it my duty to bring to your knowledge without delay & transac- tion to which I have considered it expedient © become a party, without having given suf- ficlent time to consult as many members of this club as I would have liked to. Without reviewing the history of this asso- clation, it is essential that. in a few lines, I outline to you the exact condition with which I was confronted on Friday last. The San Francisco Jockey Club, formed In September last, after having obtained full{ cortrol of the Ingleside and Tanforan race tracks, saw its membership. in the course of {hres months, reach 177, all leading men of | this city, joined together with the sole idea | of bringing harmony and stability between the | racing factions in the vicinity of San Fran- cisco. The attempt to accomplish this result, Yowever, did not meet with favor, and I need rot recall the many circumstances whicl brought about the present crisls. ) | A sensa of justice and also the universal conviction that the people at the head of our assoclation were actuated by earncst and lib- eral motives caused help and sympathy to be recelved from all sides; the Board of Super- | visors, which had closed Ingleside, -proposed to reopen it, and during the deliberations. | which lasted several weeks, the Mayor himseif | took a most decided attitude in favor of our | efforts. When the ordinance reopening Ingleside, with limitation of thirty-six days, passed second reading it was the impreesion of every one in FTER five weeks of strategic war- A fare the two big jockey clubs of this town that the whole fizht, which most of the people currently termed “‘the Mayor's fight,” was all over. Na notice of his having signed the ordinance having come to us, Mr. | races at Ingleside. B e Bouvler went to the City Hall on last Monday and in a short interview with the Mayor got the fmpression that the Mayor wanted to know from me if any agreement had been reached with the Oakland people, and its nature. Ther began, from day to day, a serles of appoint- ments made by telephone and countermanded at the last moment. until last Thursday, when I was unofficially advised that the Mayor pre- ferred not to meet me. On the same day I heard from varlous sources that the Mayors idea was to let the ordinance become a law on the tenth day—that js, on Friday. On Friday at 6 o'clock—that is. an hour after the closing of the officlal day—a clerk of the San Francisco Jockey Club ascertained that no veto message had been filed, and an- nouncements were made public that the Derby would be run at Ingleside the following day, Saturday. At 7:30. 'clock . that ‘evening I re- celved a telephonic message at my home in the country from Mr. Fay, the Mayor's see- % 3 1 + retary, who was then at the office of the San Francisco Jockey Club, and my surprise was great to learn that the Mayor was thinking of vetoing the ordinance. Mr. Fay added that if we could come to some agreement by which the racing war would be stopped and racing limited to a short winter season in San Fran- clsco_he might, however, sign the ordinance. 1 expressed to Mr. Fay my surprise at having such a message with such advice transmitted to me on the last day and at an hour when any such action was practically impossible. However, on Mr. Bouvier's recommendation and advice that the Mayor would meet me at 19 o’clock at the Bohemian Club. I sent for an engine and came to town, finding the Mayor at the Bohemian Club, with one or two friends. Our talk lasted three hours. during which time views were expre and the matter fully discussed. It the veto message had been filed at 6 o'clock, as Mr. Phelan now claims, he would have said £o after ten minutes’ talk. During our entire conversation he did not eien intimate to me that a veto had been in- térposed. His two veto messages were found subsequently, at 3 o'elock next morning. in the City Hall, lying on the desk where they had been thrown at some vague hour. On Saturday at about 4 o'clock. during the 1 was for the first time officially notified that the ordinance had been vetoed. My instructions were, therefore, given to retransfer all racing on Monday to Tan- foran, and I thought the Incident was closed. ‘We were advised that evening by our lawyers of the fllegality of the veto message, and urged to take immedtate action to sustain that view. DI this come to the ears of Mr. Phelan? I skould judge so from the fact that while in the country.on Sunday telsphonic communica- tions reached me agaln, asking me to come to WHAT THE PRINCE THINKS OF HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR. “The poor little fellow was a pitiful sight at this stage, complaining of the. difficulties of the case, which he admitted to be the worst he had ever had to contend with. I thought for a while that in his distress he would find shfficient courage to adopt my tion on racing between San Mateo and San Francisco counties. At 2 a. m., however, I had to leave him in a comatose condition, unable to say yes or no, and half an hour later I had threshed out with Myr. Williams, representing the California Jockey Club, an agreement putting a stop to the present race war, the continuance of which was distasteful to the public and harmful to racing itself. This agreement gives to these gentlémen the opportunity, within thirty days, of bringing about a combi- nation by which a corporation would control the three racetracks around this city. It is to be hoped that if Mr. Williams succeeds in his attempt the magnitude of the corporation he zwill have to form will bring together gentlemen having sufficiently at heart the interests of the town to keep racing around San Francisco within a reasonable limitation of time. Hotwever, it will be in their hands to run it every day and every night, and Sundays, if they choose to do so, and I doubt if ‘any of these gentlemen will sacrifice six hours of sleep to listen to such talks as I'had to stand from “the head executive of this city. I yet feel ashamed of the tone I gradually had to assume in my last talk with the Mayor, although he took it very meekly, as if his inner conscience coincided with the frankness of my statements. During :hose two midnight sessions he did not appear to grasp for an insta the essence of the questions involved, which at the present time I am satisfied he does not vet under- stand. Every one of my suggestions was weighed by him at the present discount value n.f their fu- ture political advantage to himself. As to the justice of the case, the moral side of it or the substan- tial interest of the city, these were sidelights once or twice allided to.”— ment of Prince Poniatowski to the public. suggestion of seventy-two days’ limita- nt xcerpt from a state- i } LJ town to see the Mayor, with whom something could yet be arranged Without further de- tails. T will say that at 11 o'clock that even- ing Mr. Phelan was waiting for me at the Pacific Union Club, in company with Joseph S. Tobin and Mr. Fay. We sat there until 3 o'clock, ,the Mayor wondering and Inquiring what trade could be brought about that would allow him decently to withdraw his veto on Monday afternoon. His liberality went so far as to proposs to me to engage myself. as an individual, not to sell the contral of the San Franciaco Jockey Club for five vears, and if I would agree to keep Tanforan closed during that time, then he would withdraw his veto, T declined this bargain, but realising that all the Mayor wanted was some kind of an ex- cuse to his Board of Supervisors, T stated that 1 would agree, for five years, not to run at Tanforan more than thirty-six days in each year, which would. with the thirty-six days’ restriction on Ingleside, impose a Iimitation of ‘seventy-two days in the Immediate vicinity of this city. This was a sacrifice of 3 per cent of what we were allotted in San Mateo County, and was practically putting San Mates County. through our instrumentality, under ths turisdiction of the Mayor -of San Fraacisco. 3 o0 THE RACING MAGNATE WHO CONTROLS ALL TRACKS IN THIS VICINITY. e + Unable to obtaln a categorical answer, 1 then promptly declafed to the Mayor that 7 had deal in this fight. and that no have changed my mind or my Intentions. His extraordinary behavior now, however, had da- cided me to sericusly consider the sale of our properties to the California Jockey Club, which would thus have an absolute momopoly. with vrltmited racing. around the city of San Fran- cisco if they chose to have it so. The Mayor was casily convinced of my sincerity when he saw Mr. Willlams in the next room waiting for our conversation to come to an end. Ha then expressed great dismay at the idea that the signing of his veto message was going to suarantee to the city of San Franeisco an un- limited racing monopoly, and that he was the one person in this city bringing about such &