The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 25, 1901, Page 13

i 2 : : i ; H Pages 022 XOUGLOHE il @FFOFO XX PNGEOHEH € F SHOHOXOHONGROD Call. m.mflmmmmflm, ages 13 10 22; AOHOAQR DROXD XDX SHOLOXORSXS " YOLUME XC—NO. 8S6. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1901-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GALA WEEK OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AT KENTUCKY’S METROPOLIS IS INAUGURATED AMID BEAUTIFUL SCENES OF DAZZLING SPLENDOR COLOMBIMNS IRE BEATEN BY REBELS Reported Defeat of the Regular Troops in Cauca. However, Minister Silva Says the Revolutionists Are Defeated. President Castro of Venezuela Will Report to Washington on Differ- | ences With His Neighbor Republics. | Epecial Diepatch to The Call. CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 24—It is announced here that the Colombian Gov- ernment’s forces have been completely de- feated by the Tolombian revolutionists in the department of Cauca. The . revolu- tionists assert that the whole department iz in their possession. NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—The above an- mouncement has evidently been made by President Castro’s Government. The bat- tle referred to is presumably that which took place near Tomaco. Dr. Silva, Co- lombian Minister to Washington, received advices that the Colombian revolutionists | were routed. The department of Cauca is the largest Colombia. It extends along the Pacific coast and has an area of re miles. COLON, Colombia, Aug. 24.—A steam he Sunrise, belonging to a fruit | company, has just sailed for Bocas del Toro with fifty Government soldiers on boaréd. The rebels are threatening Bocas del Toro and Cocle. They are both banana owns, in which the fruit company and | e largely interested. J 462 squ launch, other concer: Invasions From Colombia. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—The Govern-| ment of Venezuela has decided to place a Cifferences with Colombia te Department at Washing- Zduardo Blanco, Minister of | cables from Caracas that = instructed him to se- detail of the invasion of Vene- lombian troops, and draw up & report for presentation to this Govern- ment. There has t been printed in Caracas by the Government a pamphlet containing in detafl the accounts of other invasions from Colombia since 1 This, it is said, has been published to disprove the asser- tion of the Colombian Government that two recent raids were by Venezuelan rev- olutionists and mot Colombian troops. The list published shows that since 1853 there have been twenty-two incursions from Colombia, and nearly all these came from Cucuta and invaded the State of Tachira, the scene of the latest attacks on the Venezuelan frontier. Castro’s Secretary Sanguine. CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 24.—Presi- dent Castro declines to give personal in- terviews with any person and whatever statements are made the spokesman Is Dr. Torres Cardenas, the President’s gen- eral secretary. The Call correspondent had an interview with Dr. Cardenas at Miraflores Palace to-day in the course of which he sald “The situation in Venezuela is satis- factory. he capture and immediate re- lease of General Juan Pietri, who was ar- rested upon a charge of conspiring against the Venezuelan Government, proved that the administration fears nothing. “The elections will take place in eom- plete peace. The people are united.” Dr. Cardenss, speaking very gravely, con- tinued: “The Colombian Government has 1ot given a satisfactory explanation of the recent invasions into Venezuelan territory. Minister Rico’s departure from Caracas seems to condemn the conduct of the Colombian Government. Venezuela does not intend to invade Colombia, which she considers a sister mation. Venezuela on the Defensive. “Our army is only for defense. We have 10,000 men on the frontier, and we are ready to repel any invasion. Sons of the best and most prominent families of Caracas dafly join the army. This is proof of the enthusiasm of the people. Venezuela does not attribute the recent invasions to the people of Colombla. These invasions were conducted by Conserva- tives and the Clerical party in Colombia— persons whom everybody hates. “The Colombian revolution is progress- ing daily. It will finally conquer. Mean- while we remain at shoulder arms.” France Not Interested. PARIS, Aug. 24.—The French press has not been giving much attention editorial- ly to the Venezuelan-Colombian question, but what comment has been made has on the whole been adverse to the United States, which is accused of exaggerating facts in order to have an excuse to inter- vene and seize the Isthmus of Panama ond the canal. The Call correspondent learned to-day from a well-informed source that the French Government has not yet consid- ered the contingencies which may arise if the United States intervenes, nor has any exchange of views with the European chancellories on the subject taken place report before it or even been suggested. So far as France is concerned she does not contemplate any step beyond that elready taken of sending & warship to protect the lives - HENRY M. FLAGLER, - THE OIL MAGNATE, TAKES THIRD WIFE Closely Following the .Divorce From His Insane Second Spouse the Florida Million- aire Is Married to Miss Lily Kenan 3 g ILMINGTON, The marriage of Miss Mary Lily Kenan te Henry M. Flagler, the Florida multi- millionaire and Standard Oil magnate, was solemnized at 10 o'clock this morning at Kenansville, N. C.,-at the oid country home of the Kenan family. There were present to witness the ceremony only a few friends and relatives of the bride and groom. Rev. Dr. Peyton H. Hoge, pastor of Warren Memortal Church, Louisville, Ky., but formerly Miss Kenan's pastor at the First Presbyterian Church, this city, of- ficlated. The old home, colonlal in archi- tecture, was profusely decorated with a wealth of plants and flowers and present- ed a scene of grandeur. Selections were played by the orchestra from Wilmington before and after the ceremony. Hun- dreds of costly wedding presents were in evidence and telegrams of congratulation were showered upon the couple. Among the telegrams was one from Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones, dated from Newport. Immediately upon the conclusion of the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Flagler left on a special train. They are bound for Mam- ronicd, on the Hudson. via New York. « Guests on a Swift Special. A special train bearing Mr. Flagler and the wedding guests left this city at 7 o'clock this morning and arrived at War- saw, a distance of fifty-five miles, in sixty minutes. The -party from Wilmington consisted of Mr. Flagler and his attorney, Mr. Ashley of New York: Mr. and Mrs. ‘W. A. Dick, Captain and Mrs. E. W. Van Court Lucase and Miss Hannah Bolles, all from Wilmington. From Warsaw the | party proceeded to Kenansville in private carriages. Dr. Peyton H. Hoge of Louis- ville, the officiating clergyman, arrived at Kenansville Friday night. The bride ac- companied by her father, Captain W. R. Kenan; her brother, W. R. Kenan Jr., and her sister, Miss Sarah Kenan, arrived at Kenansville yesterday, the bride’'s mother and another sister, Mrs. J. C. Wise of Ma- STANDARD OIL MAGNATE WHO WAS MARRIED YES- TERDAY TO MISS KENAN. o= 5 con, Ga., having preceded them by several days. Divorce From Insane Wife. About a week ago Henry M. Flagler secured a divorce in Florida from his sec- ond wife, who had been an inmate of an insane asylum for several vears. His third marriage following so closely after the divorce causes considerable comment. Edward C. Foote, the agent of an office building in New York City, recently sued | Henry M. Flagler for $100,000 damages, alleging that by his attentions and liberal presents of money Flagler has won the affections of Mrs. Foote. The complainant alleged that Flagler has given his wife shares in the Standard Oil Company to the value of $400,000, and that it was in consideration of this that she discarded Foote. Comes From Humble Stock. Henry M. Flagler, I'!ke many American millionaires, has achieved success and risen to great wealth from humble begin- nings. Born in Canandalgua, N. Y., in 1830, he became clerk in a country store, went to Saginaw, Mich.,, manufactured salt, removed to Cleveland, becoming partner in Rockefeller, Andrews & Flag- ler, ofl refiners, who were succeeded by the Standard Oil Company, with which he has been continuously and prominently identified since. Flagler is also connected with nearly a dozen other corporations, and owns hotels and about 600 miles of raflroad in Florida. and property of Frenchmen on the isth- mus. The Government had not received any news from its representative in Cen- tral America concerning the troubles there until a day or two ago. As these came by mall they relate to events three weeks old, and fail to give a clear idea of what is taking place. But it is certain that thefe was nothing calculated to cause alarm for the safety of French in- terests. DYNAMITE 1S FOUND IN GOVERNOR'S GARDEN Political Opponents Accused of Hav- ing Tried to Blow Up Official in Brazil. RIO JANEIRO, Aug. 24—A dispatch from San Pablo announces that a dyna- mite bomb has been found in-the garden of the Governor's palace. As Governor Rodrigues Alves is a Presidential candi- date and is backed by President Campos- Balles, it is believed that the bomb was placed there by his political adversaries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has an- nounced that the Government has received } an official note to the effect that Argen- tina and Chile have agreed not to increase | their army and nav S o HAYS MAY BECOME MORGAN’S RAILROAD EXPERT Latest Story Concerning the Future of the Present President of the Southern Pacific. CLEVELAND, Aug. 24—The Leader to- morrow will say: Private advices re- ceived by Cleveland railroad men yester- day from the East make the statement that Charles M. Hays, the retiring presi- dent of the Southern Pacific, is to be taken by J. P. Morgan & Co. as the rail- road expert of that house. In this Hays follows the example of Samuel Spencer, who had the same position prior to ac.. cepting the presidency of the Southern Rallroad. The advices state that Hays will be taken in by Morgan preparatory to making him president of some of the railroad combinations which Morgan has now effected. ———— BREAKING OF TRUCK DITCHES FREIGHT TRAIN Cars of Oil and Merchandise and Engine and Tender Ditched, With a Loss of $50,000. PEORIA, Ill, Aug. 24.—The breaking of a truck ditched the southbound freight on the Chicago and Alton at Pontiac to-day, causing a property loss of $50,000. Ten cars of ofl, eight of merchandise and the en- gine and tender were piled in an fndis- criminate mass upon the tracks. Tweo tramps supposed to be onthe train are missing, but none of the train crew was seriously injured. All traffic is tled up. —_— Sultan Settles With Americans. LONDON, Aug. 24.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that according to in- formation from Turkish sources the Sul- tan has paid the United States $95,000 for losses suffered by American citizens dur- ing the Armenian troubles. FRAUDULENT IOMISSION OF CHINESE Inspection Service on the Border Honeycombed With Fraud. Secret Service Men Trap and Arrest Two Officials at Nogales. AR S aAoL Customs Clique on the Mexican Boundary Accused of Having Ac- cepted Money to Let in Hordes of Asiatics. — CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—The entire customs and Chinese inspection service of the United States along the Mexican boundary is honeycombed with fraud. There are some honest men scattered along the border, but discoveries made by officials of the secret service show that at almost any point Chinamen not entitled to admission to the United States can come in. All that has been necessary has been that each Chinaman should pay from $30 to $200 to the men in the corrupt ring. Acting Chief of the Sxret Service Horan was to-day notified of the arrest of Wil- liam M. Hoey, Collector of Customs at Nogales, Ariz.; B. F. Jossey, an immi- grant inspector; Frank How, a Chinaman living in Nogales, and another Chinaman living across the border in Mexico. More arrests will follow in a day or two, and a special United Stztes Attorney will be given charge of the prosecution of the ac- cused men. Their cases will not be in- trusted to local District Attorneys, for it is suspected that even local officials of the Department of Justice have been tampered with, and when additional arrests are made it is probable that one or more of- ficlals of this department will be taken into custody. Evidence of Fraud Found. It has been known for«alo: “time that Chinamen were befng smuggled across the border from Mexico, but it was supposed that they got through in spite of the vigi- lance of officials, and not with their as- sistance. The first intimation the department re- ceived of anything being wrong came in a letter from & young man who ' had formerly been a clerk in the Treasury De- partment and who was transferred to Nogales in the Chinese inspection service. He wrote 'a letter to Assistant Secretary Afles telling of his suspicions and inclos- ing such evidence as he had been able to gather. Secret service men were at once assigned to the case, and speedily found that the situation was worse than the young clerk had suspected. They found that when Chinamen had pald money to any one of the conspirators his certificate of identification was marked with the let- ter ““A.” This mark was recognized by men all along the border, and Chinamen who had it had no difficulty in passing through the lines. The secret service men passed a Chinaman ' through’themselves and obtained ev'dencc against many of those in the plot. Collector Hoey was believed to be the principal man in tte whole combination of dishonest officials. A secret service man concealed himself in a closet opening into the Collector’s office, Where he could see and hear what occurred in the room. Collector Hoey Trapped. Then two inspectors, whose honesty had been tested,’ entered the room and de- manded that the CGollector take them into the combination and give them a share of the money obtained from the Chinamen. The Collector reluctantly complied with their demands and wrote them a check for their first dividend. He was then ar- rested. Collector Hoey 1is from Muncie, Ind., Neely’s town, and his papers, like those of Neely, bear the indorsement of former First Assistant Postmaster General Heath. Hoey was appointed about a year and a half ago. Denial by the Accused. TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 24.—United States Collector of Customs Willlam Hoey and Chinese Inspector B. F. Jossey declare they have mot up to this time been ar- rested, as appeared in the dispatches from Washington, for the conspiracy to allow Chinese to enter into the United States from Mexico. Both the Collector and the Inspector say they are absolutely without any Information from Washington re- garding their reported arrest, and express great surprise at the dispatch. They ridi- cule the idea of their being connected with any such transaction, when the records of the United States Marshal's office shows that there never has been so many arrests and deportations of Chinese for the district as during the fiscal year. The charges, they say, grow out of polfti- cal feeling and are, as far as the United States authorities in the Territory know, without foundation. ‘Jossey’s Good Northern Record. _ PORTLAND, Or., Aug.. 24.—Immigrant Inspector B. F. Jossey, who was arrested to-day at Nogales, Ariz., on a charge of being implicated in the smuggling of Chi- nese into the United States, was formerly a Chinese inspector in the district of Pu- get Sound. He was transferred to the Portland - district -in 1898. Jossey made such relentless warfare on Chinese that the Chinese Minister at Washington pro- tested against some of his actions. Final- 1y he was transferred to Nogales, Ariz. '|CALIFORNIA COMMANDERY FIRST TO ARRIVE AT LOUISVILLE FROM POINT OUTSIDE BLUE GRASS STATE" When All the Soldiers of the Sword and Cross Have Reached the Mecca Their Number Will Exceed Twenty-Five Thousand---Pa- rade to Be Great Feature of Twenty-E ighth Triennial Conclave —. OUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 24.—A gala week for the Knights Templar of the United States .began to- night though the formal exer- cises of the opening of the twen- ty-eighth triennial conclave of the order will not take place until next Tuesday morning. Imediately after dusk the city became a veritable dreamland of daz- zling brilliancy when the electric cur- rent was turned on a hundred designs and decorative structures. The entire central portion of the city is to-night flooded with light from my- riads of vari-colored incandescent globes. Great Templar crosses and shields adorn the entire fronts of office buildings and business houses. Crusaders and pranc- ing war horses of herolc design, con- structed of cathedral glass, behind which are placed electric lights, are consplcu- ous- figures on some of the public build- ings. Festoons of colored lights span the thoroughfares of forty different blocks in the heart of the city. A climax to the decorative effects has been reached in the quadruple electric arch at Fourth avenue and Broadway and in the court of honor in front of the Jef- ferson County Courthouse on Jefferson street, between Fifth and 8ixth. The magnificence of the former structure was not realized until its 5000 incandescent lamps were lighted to-night. Four mas- sive plers carry the structure upward from the four corners of the sidewalks. Heroic figures of standing knights and ar- mored Crusaders on steeds of war guard the approaches. Delicately wrought Tem- plar emblems are displayed on the four faces of the structure in heavy relief, made still bolder by the countless lights that outline them. The massive dome that arches above the intersection of the two streets is surmounted by a cross and crown—one of the most striking of the Templar emblems. The crown is twenty- five feet in diameter and is jeweled in golden lights. The cross s twenty-two feet high and literally covcred with scar- let lamps. From the ground to the tip of the cross is a distance of eighty-nine feet. An electrical mechanism makes the cross and crown revolve, thus causing the entire structure to present a similar appearance from cach of its four ap- proaches. In the Court of Honor. In the court of honor twenty-six pillars, each 30 feet bigh, line the sides of the street in front of the Courthouse and lead on cne side up the monster balustrades that run from the sidewalk to the en- trance of the building. The bases of the pillars are nine and a half feet high and surmounted around the bottom of the col- umns by potted plants. On an urn on the top of each column grows a Boston palm eight feet high. Garlands of flowers and green, three strands in all, connect the o g e ol % — grand master; Henry Bates Stoddard, Bryan, Tex., deputy grand master; George M. Moulton, Chicago, grand gen- eralissimo; Rev. Henry W. Rugg, Provi- dence, R. I, grand captain general; Wil- liam B. Melish, Cincinnati, grand senior warden; Rev. J. C. W. Coxe, Washington, Iowa grand prelate; H. Wales Lines, Meriden, Conn., grand treasurer; Willlam H. Mayo, St. Louls, grand recorder; Lee S. Smith, Pittsburg, grand standard bearer; Arthur MacArthur, Troy, N. Y., grand sword bearer; Harper M. Orahood, Denver, grand warden; Charles C. Vost, gl \ SOME OF THE BUILDINGS AT LOUISVILLE, KY., THAT HAVE BEEN GORGEOUSLY DECORATED WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN HONOR | OF THE SOJOURNING COMMANDERIES OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. | -5 + pillars on the south side of the street, and on the north side, where the Courthouse is situated, follow from the plers that line the street up to the columns connecting with the front of the bullding. To-night the scene is Intensified in beauty by the use of thousands of electric lamps. The Courthouse is a building of stern Tonic architecture, and its front is out- lined in rows of Incandescent - lamps. Across Sixth street the City Hall is a| palace of light, every angle and outline of the big building being traced in rows cf lights of different colors. Similar decor- ative effects are witnessed on the ex- terior of the Custom-house, where the Grand Commandery of Kentucky will open headquarters Monday night. Arrival of Californians. California Commandery No. 1 of San Francisco, the first official arrival from a point outside the State, reached the city shortly after noon to-day. The com- mandery started from home last Sunday, stopping’in Denver and Chicago en rcute. Most Eminent Sir Reuben H. Lilovd, grand master of the Grand Encampment, came with the commandery. To-night a reception and musicalegwas tendered by Californta No. 1 to the Knights Templar of Louisville and all other members of the order who are now in the city. The function was held at the Galt House, where the commandery has headquarters and where it will entertain lavishly dur- | ing the coming week. Only Sir Knights in full dress uniform, minus the sword, and ladies in evening dress were admitted to the reception. Each train since noon’ has brought in one or more Templar delegations and hundreds of other visitors. The attend- ance promises to surpess that of any previous meeting of the Grand Encamp- ment. Over 25,00 Templars and their ladies are already provided with quarters. ‘With the arrival of Grand Master Lloyd, all the officers of the Grand Encampment are now in the city. The officers are as follows: Reuben H. Lloyd, San Francisco, > Louisville, grand captain of the guard. Divine services will be held under the | auspices of the Knights Templar at 3 1‘0’1':10(‘!( to-morrow afternoon at Broad- |way M. E. Church, South, corner of Floyd street and Broadway. The officers and members of the Grand Encampment will be escorted from headquarters at the Galt House to the church by a detal of Sir Knights in full uniform and head- ed by a band of music. Rev. J. C. W. Coxe, the grand prelate, will officiate at the religious exercise at the church. The remainder of the day will be devoted by | the local Templars to the reception of in- coming commanderies. An escort committee of seven hundred meémbers went on duty at noon to-day and will remain until Tuesday morning. The body. is divided into thirty-three de- tails, each under command of a captain. Every outside commandery is met on ar- rival at the railway station with a detail and escorted with a band of music to its quarters. Great Parade Is Planned. Monday night the Grand Commandery of Kentucky—the State's supreme body which is expected to maintain the Blue | Grass reputation for hospitality—will in- augurate a series of seven receptions at its headquarters iIn the Custom-house. | The interior of the building has been elab- orately decorated. A great court covers the city postoffice department and is sur- | rounded by a corridor lined with massive columns. This interior is centered with | a platform heavily banked with plants and flowers, behind which an orchestra will play each afternoon and evening of the week. Spacious courtrooms surround- ing the corridors will be used for the dif- ferent functions connected with the re- ceptions. On Tuesday morning the formal opening of the triennial will take place with the great parade. Major John H. Leathers of Louisville, an ex-Confederate officer, Continued on Page Fourteen,