The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1901, Page 1

S | VOLUME XC-—NO. 84, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRINGESS CLARK VON HRTZFELDT MAKES COMPROMISE WITH HUNTINGTONS, Lo HAYS TAGK IN DELIGATE PLOMAGY Difficulty of Dealing With the Southern Re- [ publics. ' President McKinley Approves the Policy of Sending [ ‘Warships. ARSIy Naval Force Will Protect American Interests on the Isthmus and Compel Europe to Keep Hands Off. e Spectal Diepatch to The Call 1406 G STREET, } 22.—Secreta of knowing, a th the President re- Y approves every step by Nephew Agrees to Contribute the Bal- ance of $2,000,000 Mrs. Huntington Dis- plays a Desire to Pay From the First A Strange Dilemma Causing Mrs. Pren- Much Worry — EW YORK, Aug. 22—The cen- test of the will of the late C. P. Huntington by the Princess Clara Hatzfeldt will never come to trial. A settlement has been effected out of court and the Prince and Princess are now on the ocean tice the State and relation to the un- | affairs in Colombia | As a result 1 there will be as been pu tration is a | 1y owing to the dis- of the governments of South and resent v advice when tendered in | They all want ce the Monroe | ion by this Gov- among them- to jealousles and atter is han- irit. h the utmost delicacy. Hay Avoids Resentment. t r been able to avold ar- ¥ resentment on the part of any vernments involved in the His tactful policy is to | warships are on e freedom of com- thmus, to protect to serve as a across the | a opean governmen! hands off. . Dr. Martinez official letter | nister of Colombia at Quito, engagement took ch a force of Co- nists were defeated and k The let- ctory condi- Ecuador and Co- | between armed invasior by rehended. Flight of Revolutionary Chiefs, The Minister at Quito does not refer to the Gov ent of Ecua- s that almost all the revolu- fefs who had fled from Colombia ge in Bcuador had gone a2 iders this an explanation the recent press reports that a force bout to invade Colom- battle near Pasto, Con- rear Tomoeo the of Barbaucas, which 1ad been recovered by the Government, wae In command of the Government forces. The revolutionary force was on s way to Tomoco, on the island of Gallle, and was surprised. Reference to the map makes it evident that the engagement referred to at Tomo- co 1e part of the same movement referred to in the press dispatches as going on near Pasto, as these two points are near each other on the Colombian side of the fron- tier with BEcuador SENDS MEN TO JOIN URIBE. Castro Determined to Go to War Against Colombia. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Aug. 22.— ident Castro has sent the gunboat ymbador Maranda and other Venezuelan war. vessels from La Guayra and Caro with troops under command of General Davila to Rio Hacha, on the coast of Co- lombia. Eight hundred men are in the ex- peditions. These troops will assist the Co- Jjombian revolutionists under General Uribe Uribe. President Castro has also sent a good supply of ammunition. Gen- eral Davila is the Venezuelan soldier who eated and captured General Hernandez (1 Mocho) who had bitterly fought Gen- eral Castro. It is the belief of close ob- servers of the situation that President Castro is losing bis head. He has only one dream now and that is war with Colom- bia. He is determined to bring it about. There is excellent authority for the state- ment that the Venezuelan revolution led by Liberals is being arranged. The leader | of this revolution is now in New York. situation in Venezuela is P | cal more an serious. No one is allowed to leave the country without a special per- mit ML ES ICARUS UNDER FULL SPEED. SAN DIEGO, Aug. 22.—After taking on ores of fresh fruit, fresh meat, fish and e 3 THOTO &~ QEMNTHE Es HE. || Burminevon Princey FEATZFELDT e o en route to their country home near Lon- don, where they will await the payment of the enormous sum to be given for the abandonment of the contest. They sailed for the Old World to-day. The sum Princess Hatzfeldt is to re- celve for relinquishing all claim to a daughter’s full share of the millions of the dead rallway Croesus is $6,000,00. Of this amount $4,500,000 is to be paid by Mrs. C. P. Huntington, relict of the late South- ern Pacific president, and H. E. Hunt- ington is to pay the balance of $2,000,000. These facts were all confided to inti- mate friends by the Princess and grad- ually knowledge of the compromise that has prevented a suit which would have been the talk of two continents has reached other ears. The Mother’s Strange Dilemma. Continued on Pege Seven. I Further facts told in confidence by the Princess or her advisers have leaked out, bringing to light a romantic tale of the strange dilemma in which the mother of the titled heiress, Mrs. Clara Prentice, was placed through the threatened con- test. The mother lives in far-away Sac- ramento, California’s State capital. She has another daughter besides the one who was adopted by C. P. Huntington. This other daughter became the wife of H. 1. Huntington, the nephew of the dead mil- lionaire, who came in for such a mag- nificent share of the estate and who would have lost a large portion of this had the Princess prosecuted her sult and won. In order to cstablish her claims, Prin- cess Hatzfeldt must necessarily prove that she was the legally adopted daugh- ter of Collis P. Huntingten. Among the records at Sacramento, the gossip runs, none could be found by the Prince and Princess, on their visit to California, of her adoption. This. fact brought con- sternation to the Hatzfeldts. There was but one person by whom the adoption could be proved. That was Mrs. Prentice. Her affidavit was necessary for preduction in‘the New York courts in or- der to substantiate the contestant's claims. Attorneys for the titled couple, who de- sired more of .the Huntington millions than had been allotted them, explained matters to Mrs. Prentice and obtained her agreement to sign the affidavit. The Huntington nephew had evidently been watching matters very closely. He was opposed to Princess Hatafeldt's re- ceiving any more money than had been left ker under the wiil, though Mrs. C. P, Huntington was anxious from the start to settle the matter by compromise. The nephew went to Mrs. Prentice and urged her not to sign the paper. Then came "the difficult position of the mother. She was called upon to take from one daughter to glve to another, or - AILROAD MAGNATE WILL PAY TWO-THIRDS OF T HE AMOUNT Cruel Position, - Is UNDER WHICH SHE AGREES TO ABANDON CONTEST OF WILL FOR $6,000,000 'WIDOW OF THE DEAD R NOVES GiES 5 JERSION Mother, Placed in 2, flF SEAN[]M- Saved by the Deal e R \ The Princess Clara| and Her Sister Are Sadly Estrange W Titled Couple d ill Soon Pay San Fran- cisco Another Visit Mer G2 nUNT\HG TOoMN TITLED WOMAN OF CALIFORNIA BIRTH WHO HAS SUCCEEDED IN SE- CURING GREATER SHARE OF HUNTINGTON MILLIONS, AND THE WIDOW AND NEPHEW OF DECEASED MAGNATE WITH WHOM SHE COMPROMISED. oo let one retain, that the other should not recelve. However she might act, one daughter would feel that her mother had sacrificed her interests for those of the other. Compromise Saves Her. ‘What could a mother do? The situation was certainly a trying one and it has served as an interesting theme for gossip among those New York intimates of the Prince and Princess who appreciate ro- \mantic situations in real life. Mrs. Prentice could not pursue a neu- tral course by not lending aid to either of her daughters. One of the strange fea- tures of the affair was that under the In- | exorable circumstances, whether she signed the document or not one daugh- ter must be benefited and the other must be injured. The only question left for her to decide was “Which shall it be?” Then, as in the story-books, came the unexpected deliverance. The great com- proffise was effected. There was no ne- cessity of a mother's heart being torn or of a mother bringing upon herself the re- proaches of a child. The contest. with the enormous property. interests in dis- pute, was aveided. A Prince and a Princess sailed away happily for another clime and a mother was joyed at her de- liverance. Widow Wanted to Settle. To those in this city who knew the in- side facts of this celebrated case It is known that Mrs. C. P. Huntington has all along been willing to compremise with the Princess. + At the first effort on the part of the adopted daughter to secure a larger share of the estate the widow consulted H. E. Huntington and tried to upon him to join her in a compromise. positively refused. She offered to prevail He pay more than her pro rata, but still he was obdurate. Then the complaint in the suit destined never to come to trial was filed. The widow again struggled for a compromise, but without success. by the adopted daughter was The sum demanded $6.000,000. Finally the widow made a standing offer to pay $4,000,000 if H. E. Huntington would pay matter in the hands of her attorne sailed for Europe. Now H. E. Huntington has agreed pay the $§2,000.000 asked of him. the other $2,000.000, and, leaving the y's, to ‘When the Prince and Princess reached this city from California without the at- fidavit from Mrs. Prentice, it was only for coumsultation with attorneys. They intended to return and -make all efforts to obtain the documents support the Princess’ claim. To Be Consummated in Europe. necessary to Henry E. Huntington is now in this city. He will leave for San Francisco in about a month. He is prepared to deny all the facts in regard to the compromise, as he has stated to friends here who know of them that he would do so. will go from San Francisco to Lond He on. |Nome Judge Declares That He Has Been Maligned. Explanation of Manner in - Which McKenz'e Was Appointed. SHE AT He Will Go to Washington to Tall of the Tumult and Liti- gation in the North. | —_—— Spectal Dispateh to The Call. | _SEATTLE. Aue. 22.—Arthur H. Noyes, | Judge of .the United Stat. Distriet Court of Alaska, Second Division, with headquarters at Nome, was a passenger on the steamer Roanoke, which arrived from Nome to-night. Judge Noves fs en route to Washington. He has been | granted a leave of absence by Attorney General Knox. Judge Noyes has also heen cited to ap- pear before the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on October 14, in con- nection with the Nome mining litigation, which attracted widespread attention last | year. This trouble was the outcome of the appointment of Alexander MecKenzle as receiver of celebrated Anvil Creek | clatms. | Judge Noyes accorded an Interview te The Call's correspondent to-night, re- | viewing the litigation and giving for the | first time a comprehensive statement from his side. He zaid: T understand that charges of collusion with varfous individuals have been made against me. notably In the appointment of Alexander McKenzte as receiver of several mining claims. | My appointment as Judge was made about the 6th of Jume, 1900. For some weeks prior to that time T had not seen MecKenzie to talk with him. but 2id meet and have a short cha® | With him in Washington the day following my | appcintment. After that T never saw or com- municated in any way, directly or indirect! | with him until we met in Seattle prior to my departure for Nome. T had no knowledge un- til them of his Intended visit to the north The Meeting With McKenzfe. With the other officlals T expected to leave Seattle about July 1 on the United States reve- nue eutter McCulloch. We Intended to go to Juneau in company with Judge Wickersham and there meet Judge Brown and arrange a division of the district. In the meantime T recefved a telegram from Washington practf- cally advising that T go direct to Nome or St Michael. The steamer Senator was the first avaflable vessel to depart. and Dist Attor ney Woods arranged for our transportation thereon It transpired that McKenzie had pre- viously secured passage on the same boat. Mr. Chipps was also a passenger. I never knew of him beyond a passing Introduction or of his having any litigation in the Alaska courts. ¥ had known Mr. McKenzle personally for stx- teen or eighteen years and had heard of his connection with an Alaska mining company. However, T aid not know who wers in inter- est with him or anything about the company. Soon after my arrival at Nome the necessity of immediately appointing receivers of the Anvil Creek claims was urged and pressed npon me. The appointment was first tendered to James Matthews, but he was going to the out- side and 414 not care to take hold. T was practically unacquainted in the new reglon and naturally desired a mad in whom T had con- fidence. By reason of my long acquaintance- ship with Alexander McKenzie and the re- sponsfble positions which he had previously held T requested him to take the position. He consented. 1 belleved that the reeeivership would be temporary. By reason of the difficul- tles to immediately procure a large bond T fixed the sum In a small amount, with the ideay of enlarging later if deemed advisable, which was done. T directed that most of the old employes of the company that operated the claims be retalned and that the property be worked with expedition and economy. T fur- ther made an order as soon as the defendants requested it that all the gold extracted from the claims be.placed In safe deposit vaults, al- lowing them to be at the “clean-ups” and the privilege of weighing all gold. Duty of the Receiver. When the defendants made a demand that the recetver give a bond of $100,000 on each claim T consented, with the understanding that for the * various the property pay the high premium bond. which they declined to do. Af phases of litigation a writ of superse received from the Circuit Court of consider that 1 complied with it Centention. however. has been made that T issued an order directing the Marshal net to permit the defendants to take possession of the gold which had been extracted from the claims in dispute. This Is pe Iy without fourdation. Never. by word, act or deed, did 1 say or do anything, directly or indirectly, tn interfere with or obstruct the order of process f the higher court. Affidavits. however, | placed to the Circuit C: as to the appear- ance of the records, and unon the strength of these Incarrect affidavits I have been citsd to appear and show cause why I should net be punished for contempt of court In falling to comply with the order in the matter of allow= ance of appeal. Instead of indulging in the least possible evasion I on the contrary. ex- erted every effort to enforce the court’s order. On the arrival of the writ of supersedeas from the Clreuit Court T was ill in bed. I was called upon by the military authorities in the person of Major Van Arsdale and Captain French, who wers Continued on Page Seven. Continued on Page Saven.