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VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 143. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. BY SUICIDE THEY GONFESS THEIR CRIME President and Cashier of | Vancouver Bank End | | Their Lives. | One Revolver Serves the Men Who Stole the People’s - | Funds. ! Bodies of Two Embezzlers Found Lying Together Under a Clump of Bushes. | anby, president and | of the Fir st National h W s closed er of the Cur- last night two shooting them- were found this a small clump a half mile north of the uated on the They both used and Canby evidently revolver was found in at Canby ver in his It is evident evo! top of his head shot him- | falling over and way, ywn's bicycle ard an » Canby were found town last night led the two bank officials rly this morning 2 rted out, and after searching part he ) sex the bodies were found hes First Attempt at Suicide. | upon being told W. Maxwell that | 1ld not be permitted to open the yard behind to shoot himself. | His revol ver failed to explode, although were loaded. After fail- | mself Canby came back the bank and he and President Brown t together, the latter taking revol- Ixaminer Maxwell confronted the shortage of scovered both men gulit t is said that ad been speculating wn's body there was ning $25 and a note, belonged to his s body the follow- five cf heir Canbs oney what I am about Forgive me 1 you r our dear children. “NED. vears of age, had er since 1862. His father Receiver of the Vancouver | He has served as Auditor t = married and has a n with the bank as k ten years. « years old and was well connected wife was Miss Frances side, daughter of an Oregon pioneer. bro who is a paymaster in my. Another brother by ping off the ral ye: Exg*tv-()ne ’Ihousand stsmg s Maxwell, now has made no offi- known that the ban i & large sum of money on in- ccording to the re- roller of the Currency., | f $5S1.000 in the bank's understood that a con- amount Canby on their per- vear ago the bank from $100,000 to wa tes. About 2 ro s capital stoc $50.000. ut one-half of the s¢ “charged off ™ but t ied as assets | since that time. { The heaviest stockholder is Colonel | Stephen P. Joslyn of the regular army. | Colonel Joslyn is the mustering-out officer | at San Francisco. His post was Vancou- ver when the bank was organized in 1585 end ever since that time he has been th heaviest stockholder. According to tt last statement issued in February the bank bad deposits amounting to about $230,000. ’ From the condition of the bodies ani other circumstances it is almost certain that the suicides occurred between 7 and | % o'clock Friday evening. Two pistol | coming from the direction where | bodies were found were heard at that r by L. B. Rand, who lives a quarter of & mile distant. Following the arrival of United States | 1 t ey Wilson R. Gay last a warrant was issued by Judge the Superior Court, charging | with the embezzlement | e funds of the bank on Jan- The complaint contains of embezzlement and mis. of the funds of the bank, fal- books of the bank and is- reports of the bank's condi- | ntroller of the Currency. | Bank's Secrets Are Withheld. Bank Examiner Maxwell, who has been | Controller as temporary | bank, still refuses to give | of the affairs of the | nd Canby whén con- | Maxwell with false en- »ooks made a full confession, ng: “Well, you have time, Maxwell; that is a picking up a pistol (mm the counter he remarked, as he held the muzzie towards his head: “This is the only sure way I see out of the diffi- nd Canby | | | | he ¢ tries in by the remari | Herculean RETURN WITh FORTUNE WON FROM HHITUNS Titted Soncin-Law Visis and as a Result of the Conference the Young Couple Make Up the Quarrel and Journey to London Together Americans Proflt by the‘ London and Globe Collapse. 9 San Franciscan Among Those Who Sold the Stock “Short.” RN e S Henry Bratnober 2nd a Few Friends Clear a Round Million Pounds Sterling. Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1901, by the Herald Pub- llrlnng Company. LONDON, Avril 2L.—The echoes of the London and Globe liquidation are fitfully | heard in the vicinity of Lombard street and Lothbury, where official liquidators have been engaged for weeks past on the | task of clearing up accounts, | a task which threatens to outlive even the capture of Dewet. Some of the stories related by Whitaker | Wright to-night at the last meeting of the shareholders are spoken of now as akin to old nursery rhymes told to children. For instance, the yarn about wicked con- spirators who sought to corrupt a mine manager with a bribe of £10 but whose machinations were just nipped be- fore_ fruition by the unfortunate collapse of the London and Globe, is now regarded as fiction of the weakest kind. The much vaunted legal action against the treacher- INTERVENTION OF WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT ! EFFECTS SPEEDY RECONCILIATION BETWEEN | THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH the American DIEMHEN CASILE ottt e e ous Lake View syndicate, which sold out- right under the nose of the directors of the London and Globe, is also pigeon- lioled as among things no longer men- tioned Meantime there departed vesterday by ‘ b ARIS, April 21.—The Duke of Marl- the Lucania Heniy Bratnober of San | borough, after a month 'in the Francisco and a few friends who have | south of Spain, came to Paris a no reason to complain of théir connection | week azo and stopped at the Hotel with Whitaker Wright. It is understood Bristol, on the Place Vendome. that this combination, which operated on the bear side of the London and Globe | group, cleared a round million sterling by | | the operation In London the anticipated advent of J. Pierpont Morgan has been signalized by | dealings in American industrial stocks Sitice it has become customary in Eng- land to speak of the great Wall-street magnate as a steel trust potentate it nat- urally followed that the first dealings in Americamyindustrials were all in steel | trust sh: ,:)f To be perfectly candid;-how it is only fair to state that the deal- ever ings in these stocks were limited. as they | were mostly confined to an American cli- | entele. For the steel 7 per cent preferred $98 was freely offered when outside trading began, 2ll of the trading being, of course, on the curb, owing to the fact that stock has not yet been listed on the Lon- don Stock Exchange. But the supply proved too much for the applicants and | those who came late were fortunate in paving only $9 for the stock. The difficulty of trading in this, as in all American industrial stocks, is that the British speculative public cannot un- derstand how shares can spring into ex istence without a chance of making a pre- mium of the first allotment. If the Bank of England were to dssue fully paid or fully preferred, British parsons and old maids | who keenly scent a prospective premium | would hardly apply for a pound’s worth. Henry Bratnober, who, together with a few friends, cleared £1,000,000 through the collapse of the London and Globe Corporation, is is well known and very popular at the Pal- | ace Hotel, where he and his wife resided shortly before his departure for the scene of his latest successes. Mrs. Bratnober | did not accompany L-r husband to Eng- and, but took up her residence in Pied- mont, where she is at present. culty.” against Canby room Maxwell his apparent suicidal intent, when lowered the weapon and left the by the rear door. It is believed { while outside he attempted to kill him- self, as on returning he threw down the pistol, remarking: “The gun is no good | and will not go off.” In answer to an inquiry from Maxwell if he was implicated in the criminal en- try, Brown replied: “Yes, I am equally guilt District Attorney Gay stated to-day that there is evidence that the criminal acts of the two officials cover, a period of several years, and only by a thorough investigation of the books can their full extent be known. Canby carried $13,000 insurance on his life and Brown carried policies aggregat- ing $15,000 | UNITED STATES sTUCCO MILLS WILL CONSOLIDATE This Is the Aim of the Syndicate Largely Run by Standard Oil Company. CHICAGO, April 21.—The Tribune to-| morrow will say: Consolidation of all the stucco mills in the United States is re- ported on gocd authority to be the aim of a syndicate of which the Standard Oil Company controls a large share. Options have been secured on a number of mills in Michigan and on all the mills but one in ¥ort Dodge, Towa. —— KITCHENER REPORTS BRITISH SUCCESSES IN AFRICAN WAR LONDON, April 22.—The War Office has received a report from Lord Kitchener reporting that since April 18 various Brit- ish commanders have taken S1 prisoners, together with 100000 rounds of small am- munition and many horses, cattle and wagons. Lord Kitchener reports also the surrender of twenty Boers since that date. the | underwritten stock, even 7 per cent | credited with having | remonstrited with him | | the Duke never once called at the Van- While the Duke was in Spain the Duchess of Marlborough has been in Paris, and for the past three weeks she has been staying at her father's mansion in Des Champs Elysee. After the Duke returned from Spain he visited his father-in-law, where he saw the Duchess. This morning the Duchess drove to the Hotel Bristol, where she was joined by the Duke, and then the Marlboroughs proceeded to London. This would indicate that if discord existed be- | tween the Duke and Duchess of Marlbor- ough the latter'’s father has sueceeded in moothing it. Friends Will Not Talk. NEW YORK, April 2L.—The World's | Paris cablegram says the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough left Paris togeth- | er to-day for London. The nature of the differences between them remains a mys- | tery. except to a few intimates, who | decline to divulge any facts, rather show- ing an inclination to deny the whole story of infelicity or to lessen its importance. It is true, nevertheless, that during the | three weeks that the Duchess has been here she has remained under her father's roof at 133 Avenue des Champs Ely- sees. The Duke, who was here when the Vanderbilt family returned from Cannes, | left Paris the next day for Spain, with- | out even seeing his wife or his father-in- {law. When he returned to Paris a week ago he went, to the astonishment of the | American colony, to live at the Hotel Bristol and declined every invitation ad- dressed jointly to himself and the | Duchess. Duke Slights Duchess. Two days ago the Duke went to the Long Champs races, accompanied by a friend, arriving late. Seeing there his | aunt, Lady Sarah Wilson, his wife and | the Marchioness of Anglesey together, he fswent up into the grand stand and saluted He barely shook hands with the | Duchess, as if she were nothing more to | him than the two others, and stopped | with them only a few moments. | During the whole of his stay in Paris them. derbilt home, and no one from that house .called on him. | When the World correspondent sent up | his card to the Duke at the Hotel Bris- | tol this morning the Duke sent back word that he was hur ing preparations to FIRE DESTROYS NOTED HOUSES Steamboat Springs, Fa- mous Resort in Ne- | vada, Lies in Ashes | i Special Dispatch to The Call. | RENO, Nev., April 21.—Steamboat | Springs was destroyed by fire this af- | ternéon and all that remains of that his- torical spot is a heap of ashes. The fire | started presumably from cparks from a pumping engine and inside of two hours the depot, dance hall, howling alley. bath houses and lodging rooms were destroyed. | " The resort was owned by R. Kirman of Carson City, and was under the manage- ment of the Great Western Dcvelopment Company which was laboring hard to re- store the resort to the popularity it en- joved a few yvears ago. Two carloads of material which was to have been used in the improvement of the property was destroyed. The loss is estimated at $20,- 000 and there is no insurance. In the palmy days, from 1865 to 1875, Steamboat Springs was a flourishing little village where some of the largest mining deals the world has ever known were consummated. It was in the parlor of the Steamboat Hotel that the deal was made which netted Mackay, Flood and Fair $400,000 in one month. Millionaire in Paris DUCAL COUPLE WHO ARE CAUSING GOSSIP ON TWO CONTINENTS. THE DUKE 18 SHOWN IN AFRICAN CAM- PAIGN UNIFORM. e — catch the 10:30 train for London, and had no time to see anybody. A little later the World correspondent sent his card to the Duchess at the Van- derbilt home, requesting a statement as to the rumor of an estrangement. The Duchess replied that she wished the newspapers would completely ignore her private affairs; that there was nothing to be said. Trouble Over Money Question. In Paris the general inference concern- POISON IS SENT TO A PRISONER Food Containing Ar- senic Almost Ends the Recipient’s Life Epecial Dispatch to The Call DENVER, April 2L.—An attempt made last night to poison Joseph Haen- nelt, a prisoner in the county jall who is charged with having assisted in robbing Dr. Flora Betts of $7000 worth of dia- monds in August last when driving with her. An apple pie and some cheese were left at the jail for Haennelt by an old man, who is unknown. After nibbling at the cheese the prisoner became sick. An emet- ic was administered, which saved his life. An examination disclosed the fact that the pie and cheese contained arsenic and other poisons. Haennelt gave testimony for the pros- ecution at the recent trial of John Barr and Mrs. Bessle Hodge, his housekeeper, on the charge of having brutally assault- ed and robbed Mrs. Betts. The trial end- ed in a disagreement of the jury. was | needed. L2 E3 ing the strange mutual behavior of the Duke and the Duchess is that the Duke had become soured because of some money auestion, wherein he had expected the Vanderbilts to show themselves more liberal than they were. A woman friend of both the Duke and the Duchess said to-day: “The news has been cabled back from New York that their estrangement has ‘been published. This fact may bring them together. The closest associates of the Marlboroughs have long been aware that the fire of love was not burning so brightly between them as of old, and it was understood that they had decided to live as independently of one another as strict decorum would permit. But, as both are socially and politically ambi- tious, they will endure much disagreeable friction before coming to an open breach. “Now that the estrangement has be- come public property, they will do their utmost to stop comment. This, doubtless, is why the Duchess, probably advised by her clever father, sought out her hus- band and refused to permit him to leave Paris alone. “I believe that in their Interview to- day the Duchess represented to the Duke that all chances of him becoming Viceroy of Ireland, now their one acute ambition, would be hopelessly blasted by a public breach between them, King Edward hav- ing become exceedingly ticklish upon mat- ters of prestige and propriety.” il g DIVORCE SUIT IS HINTED AT. Duke and Duchess May Carry Their Quarrel Into Court. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, April 21.—There is consider- able gossip about a reported coming di- vorce case in which a voung and well- known Duke will figure before long. This case has nothing to do with South Africa. but it will be better, perhaps, not to men- tion names at present. It has been generally known in soclety that things have not been going very well lately between the Duke and Duchess re- ferred to, and the hope is expressed that the family will interfere to stop matters coming to a crisis. Should the case, however, come on, it will create as much excitement in America and Paris as in London. D e B I O s et CIVIL SERVICE PUTS OFF TRIAL Will Not Conduct the Examination for An- other Monthto Come WASHINGTON, April 21.—The Civil Service Commission announces that the examination advertised for April 23 for the position of department assistants in the Philippine service has been postponed to June 3 and 4. and that this examination will be held in any city in the United States where postal free delivery has bheen established. Competitors in the examina- tion. in addition to taking the regular examination required for this position, also may take one or more of certain op- tional subjects, for which due credit is given. Particular attention is called to the fact that within a few months it is probable that 2 number of financial agents will be These agents will be selected from this examination, and the selections confined as far as practicable to those who have shown proflciency in the op- tional subjects of bookkeeping and finance, and who have passed the regular examination. The salary of the position of financial agent will be about $2000 per annum. The entrance salary of the posi- tion of department assistant will not be less than $1200 per annum. BOXERS REPEL A FORGE SENT AGAINGT THEM Drive Back a Company of Indian Troops Near Fu-Ning. British Ma.j&r Browning and | One Sepoy Soldier Are Slain. Puntitive Expedition Encounters Chinese Who Are Fully Equipped With Modern Weapons. PEKING, April 21 —General A. A. Reid, commanding the Third Brizade of the India Imperial Service troops in | China, who is now at Shanhai-Kwan, sent | a company of Punjab infantry to dis- perse a band of robbers in the neighbor- hood of Fu-Ning. A force of Boxers and robbers, than 1000 strong. aftacked the more Sepoy and wounding others. pany retreated to Fu-Ning. ments have been Kwan. The Boxers are apparently well armed with modern rifles. LONDON, Apil 22.—“Chinese rebels have again attacked the Manchurian rallway,” says the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. ‘“They have de- stroyed 150 versts of the line, removed the rails and broken up the rolling stock. Moreover, they have killed nearly a whole detachment of railway guards. have been sent from Amur province to the | scene.” WILL CRUSH ROBBER BANDS. Viceroy To Orders the Capture and Execution of Bandits. TACOMA, April 21.—To-day’s mail ad- vices from Hongkong give details of en- ergetic preparations being made by Vice- roy To at Canton to capture and execute robbers and bandits throughout the two Kwang provinces. .For years bandits and pirates have practically China. They have become much bolder during the disturbances in Northern China until the officials were powerlcss to cope with them. Viceroy To was appoint- ed at the speeial Chang and directed to employ all his power to kill off the yobbers and bring about a restoration of peaceful trade. Viceroy To declares that bad characters in the villages and towns are undoubtedly well known to the gentry. He therefore orders the gentry in each town to imme- diately prepare lists of the names of all doubtful persons and present them with- out delay to the local mandarins. It is ordered that as fast as any person on | these lsts is caught in any wrongdoing he shall be arrested and executed. enccurage soldlers to do their duty, com- pensation will be granted those who are wounded and their familles will be pen- sioned in case of death. Large sums are promised to informers and a free pardon | to any robber who is instrumental in | bringing three notorious robbers to jus- | tice. As many robbers are known as be- | ing men of substance, it is agreed that their property shall be divided among in- formers, Villages failing to comply with the Viceroy's orders are threatened with destruction. Soldiers are warned against using their position to extort money. Viceroy To estimates that at least 3000 bandits will be executed under these or- ders this summer. A correspondent of the Hongkong Mall | writes from Hoihow that 18,000 persons are reported to have died of plague dur- ing the last three months in Lamko dis- trict of the island of Hainan. ercise of a strict quarantine the plague has been kept out bf Hoihow. The entire population is stricken in the district named. Ninety junior judges and public prn-? curators have resigned in Japan as a result | of the failure of the Diet to pass a bill | Increasing their salaries. The matter has assumed the form of a strike, the judges of Osaka and Tokio declining to act fur- ther unless the Government their stipend. ‘They now receive 500 to 600 yen annually. PAOTING-FU AN ARMED CAMP. French and German Force Will Num- ber 14,000 Men. PAOTING-FU, April 20.—This city has been for the past four days a big mili- tary camp of French and German soldiers on the way to the front. It is now esti- mated that 5000 French troops and 8000 Germans will form the entire force when all the reinforcements have arrived. There s no truth In current reports re- garding severe fighting between the out- posts and the Chinese. Three men left yesterday under escort to convey Emperor Kwang Su's first or- der to General Liu to retire immediately to the province of Shansi. Prince Ching and other Chinese officlals say the Chi- nese general has already retired; but their confirmations or denials are con- sidered very unreliable. The French and German troops seem to be co-operating fairly well, although un- til yesterday (Friday) there was some doubt as to who would command the ex- pedition. This guestion has been settled by an arrangement under which the French and Germans are to work inde- pendently and yet, at the same time, to co-operate. If the Chinese retire over the Shansi boundary, then, according to internation- al agreement, the foreign troops should not go beyond it. The Ministers of the powers in Peking earnestly hope that this will prove to be the case. They point out that the Chinese force has not been ag- gressive, and came only a few miles over Continued on Third Page. Indian | troops, killing Major Browning and one | The com- | Relnforce- | sent from Shanhnl-‘ Troops | ruled Southern | instance of Li Hung| To- By the ex- | increases | REBEL CHIEF TELLS OF A5 CAMPAIGNS Aguinaldo’s Account of War and Flight in Luzon. His Plans Frustrated by the Sagacity of General Lawton. Captured Filipino Leader Speaks of American Soldiers as Ferocious Fighters. Special Dispatch to The Call, MANILA, April 21.—Your correspondent had an interview this morning with Aguinaldo. He was greeted cordially by the ex-rebel leader, who was in excellent spirits. Aguinaldo is still non-committal, fearing that if he talks on the situation | he will be misrepresented and his posi- tion thus jeopardized. He said: “T will make no definite statements on public or private questions until I am familiar with the situation. I am learn- ing English, and studying Amerfcan gov- | ernment. When asked if he desired to visit the }L’nl!ed States Aguinaldo replied: “Yes, greatly; but I am at the disposi- | tion of the authorities.” The correspondent then asked him for his opinfon of the scheme looking to the | purchase of church estates by the Gov- ernment and their sale to the natives. | Aguinaldo said he thought that such a scheme would be satisfactory, but he added that he was not famillar with the proposal. He said he generally endorsed the acts of the Philippine Commission, which he had followed interruptedly in | the newspapers for the last half year. He had been secluded in the mountains, how- | ever, and therefore was not very well in- formed on current events. The correspondent presented to him a photograph of his son, Miguel, which was | taken the day the latter was captured near San Fabian. Aguinaldo thanked the correspondent warmly, and said that it had been reported the boy was dead. He added, jokinsl: “Whatever else I am accused of, I am not responsible for the rumors that were circulated while I was in the fleld.” Continuing he sald: “I was often very close to the Americans. I expected to make my greatest stand at Calumpit. When T abandoned Tarlac I commanded 1500 riflemen. I anticipated General Wheaton's landing at San Fablan. I planned to retreat to Nueva Viscaya, but was frustrated by brave General Lawton. I slipped through the cordon with 250 men only four hours before the landing party came ashore.” In response to a question concerning | his opinion of the American troops, he sal How terrible are the Americans! They are splendid and feroclous fighters. I no sooner built arsenals and barracks than they destroyed them. Colonel March chased me in the most lively manner for \ two months in the western mountains, un- til I worked eastward with thirty horses and eighty men. I crossed to Cagayan and lived on the east coast for eight months. My outposts often saw the Am- ericans, but I did not participate in a single engagement, though I once com- manded 40,000 riflemen. The watchfulness | of the army and navy practically de- | stroyed filibustering to Luzon. | “I do not desire to discuss insular poll- tics. I am undecided as to my future ‘plans. I believe that the Federals will be strong agents in the pacification of the archipelago. This is the first interview that I have given to any one.” | —————— | | WELCOME TAFT COMMISSION. | Leyte Island Natives Give Americans Hearty Greeting. TACLOBAN, Tsland of Leyte, April 21.— Enthusiastic throngs greeted the appes | ance of the Philippine Commission in the | capital of Leyte. Confidence in American purposes was reiterated. Most of the municipalities have been or- ganized, and all were represented at tha conference. The province will be created to-morrow, with Major Henry Allen of the Forty-third Volunteer Infantry as Governor and Lieutenant William 8. Con- roy of the same regiment as Treasurer. Major John S. Gilmore of the Forty- seventh Volunteer Infantry has captured a high insurgent stronghold in Western | Leyte. Lieutenant M. I. Avery of the same regiment has destroyed another camp and killed six insurgents. FILIPINO ENLISTMENTS ARE BUT OF HALF VALUE President Opines They Are Worth Less Than Those at Other Points. WASHINGTON, April 21.—In the opin- fon of the President the value of a Filipino is just one-half that of a person enlisted in the navy at any other point than the Philippine Islands. This idea of the in- ferfority of the natives of the Philippines . appears In a general order issued by the Navy Department publishing an executive order establishing an insular force of the United States navy and designating rat- ings and rates of pay. Therein this forca is limited to five hundred and will con- sist of cocksWwalns, seamen, ordinary sea- men, machinists, firemen, coal passers, stewards, cooks and mess attendants. Joekeys Are Reinstated. NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 2L.—A pri- vate telegram from Frank Fowler. mem- ber of the Turf Congress license commit- tee, states that Jockeys May, Wood, Coombs, Beauchamp and Roscoe Troxler were reinstated and would be allowed to ride at the meeting here.