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

VOLUME XC-—NO., 115. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 1901 PRICE FIVE CENT; Closing Bcenes in the Mation’s Dreadtul Tragedy — | . i umfldr(f i <ARRYING THE REMAINS ITNTO THE COURT HOUVE:..., Begin This Morni Is Not Likely to Call a Single Witness Special Dispatch to The Call. tech of wit- nesses, = LcKinley disgrace to utely of the Carlos F. Mac- nd Dr. Arthur W, t of the B ether Czolgosz. If of the pronounce rneys for ne w tle ke e case It was said to- w 4 pronounce Czo}- or no short nd to declare e electric see for yourself that f Czolgosz offers a defense. There the fact of the as- establish attempt to disprove e sheer folly to attempt wo the event of experts being unable at the conclusion that Czolgosz sound mind there will be Carleton E. Ladd, associate counsel, said something turn up, but he did k it prob Mr. Ladd repeated defens fon of Czolg: sald that Czolgosz would not that the on d relate to the cy wi maintained office, it was Attorr the District at Jearned Hamfiton, to-da one of the most cou noted alien- ists in the itry, who was an expert witness at the Guiteau trial, is in Buffalo. No doubt as to Czolgosz's sanity exists in the mind of District Attorney Penney, so it is presumed that Dr. Hamilton is here mere sanity should the defense make any fight on that ground. The District Attorney is already fortified with the opinion of Dr. Joseph Fowler, Dr. Putman and Dr. Floyd 8. Crego, Buffalo alienists of stand- ing, that Czolgosz is perfectly 'Will Be Well Guarded. Czolgosz's trial will begin at 10 o’clock to-morrow morning and the court has requested all who expect to attend to be in their seats a half hour earlier. The streets leading to the county build- ing will be guarded by cordons of police, should the size of the crowd war- r it, the thoroughfare will be roped off. No one will be permitted to enter 1y bullding without first satisfying a half dogzen or more officers that he has business there. Those who approach will first be stopped at least a half block is sane. WILL HURRY CZOLGOSZ TO EXECUTION CHAIR No Technicalities to Delay the Trial That Will by legal tech- | that Dr. Allen McLane | y to meet the question of in- | ng, and the De'ense ays will be heavily police. who will prevent getting the court-room floor who does not belong there. Admission to the court-room be limited to court attaches, fift newspaper represent- one atives and 2IS other persons, the latter | including talesmen for the jury and at- | torneys and witnesses | Assistant C! of Police Cusack and Sheriff Caldwell will have direct charge | of the prisoner. He will be brought into { court through a tunnel leading from the jail to the courtroom. He will be hand- cuffed to a detective on either side. There will be a liberal sprinkling of detectives >ner PROOF OF THE PLOT. Anarchists’ Plans Laid to Kill Mc- | Kinley Before the Last Election. CLE AND, «Sept —Investiga- tions made . to-day by Police Detective Smunk reveal the startling possibility | that a plot to as®assinate President Mec- | | Kinley was laid a year or more ago, be- | fore he was elected for his second term, | and that it may have been laid in| Orangetown, Pa., where the Czolgosz family lived. A remittance made to the in by his brother, Waldeck Czol- gosz, about a month ago led to the in- | vestigation that may have an important bearing ubon the case. From the first the Buffalo police and the secret agents of the Federal Govern- ment e been strong in their belief that | there was a plot. One of the strong | elements in their belief has been the | fact that the handkerchief by which the | assassin concealed the hand in which he | held his weapon was a woman’s hand- | kerchief. What more important is that the handkerchief was bound about | the hand in a way that he, it is said, | would not have been able to tie it him- self. | The fact that Czolgosz had money im- | pelled the “detectives to try to learn| | whence he got it. To-day his brother, | | Waldeck, confessed to having sent it to Leon under the name of Frank Snyder, at West Senaca, N. Y. Detective Schmunk to-day learned from neighboring farmers that the Czolgosz boys, Leonard and Waldeck, have been | readers of socialist papers for several | years. John D. Knox, an aged farmer who lives in the vicinity of the former | Czolzosz farm, said to-day: “The two boys—the one that shot the President and Waldeck—used to come to | my house and talk to me avout their so- idalisl papers. They brought their papers | to me and tried to get me to read them. | Once when they were here during the | 1ast Presidential campaign they got to! talking about President McKinley, and one of them said: “‘If he is elected he will .be shot before he serves out his term,’ and he went on, | ‘I'd serve John D. Rockefeller the same way if I got a chance.” “They talked violence all the time, and I was glad when they went out of tho | neighborhood. Almost every night there was a crowd from the city at their house. Trey used to come out to the farm from the electric road, so that we could not see them as we could have had they come | is Continued on Page Two. - S3ITo PAILY. DPETITAIIL oF CEFICER /S 04 BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. In the preliminar) rmishes in the great naval battle between tha i opponents and adherents of Rear Admiral Schl advantage has dis tinctively been with the defense, Judgs Advocate Lemly in his dual capacity as | judge of the proceedings and Navy De- | partment advocate having so far notably | | failed to bring to light any of the start- | { ling revelations whic.. had been. so often | hinted at and so glibly promised. | | | | | the There is every reason to believe that | Rear Admiral Sampsen will not be | brought into the case at all if Rear Ad- yers can prevent it, and “‘caitiff”” conduct formu- Maclay against Rear Ad- | miral Schley will not be pressed by the Navy Departmer representative. The main point of attack upon the rear ad- | miral will be along the line of “repre- | hensible conduct” and inefficiency while acting as commander in chief of the fly- ing squadron. Few Condemuing Facts. Fer an officer brought to task on the ®| scrious allegations embodied in the ten | precepts framed by the Navy Departmerd | Rear Admiral Schley has so far shown up exceedingly weil. Many opinions have miral Echley’s la the charge of lated by Mr. | | ARRIVAL OF THE REMAINS OF THE MARTYR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM M:KINLEY, IN CANTON, OHIO, AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY LAST. THE BODY WAS ESCORTED BY MILITIA AND VETERANS FROM THE \ TRAIN TO THE COURTHOUSE.THE PICTURES ARE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAK — been shown, but few condemning facts | against the “applicant” have yet come to light. The most damaging testimony so | far is in connection with the bombardment FOR THE CALL. MRS. McKINLEY HOPES FOR DEATH THAT SHE MAY JOIN HER HUSBAND Dr. Rixey and Relatives of the Invalid Are Unable to Dispossess Her of the Idea That Life Hoids Nothing in Store Now That the Loving Companion of Her Joys and Sorrows Has Passed Away | ANTON, Ohio, Sept. 22.—The hard- est task Dr. Rixey and the rela- tives and attendants of Mrs. Mc- Kinley have is to get her away from the idea that she must die. She wants to join her husband in death. She has so told her friends. In order to supplant this morbid idea they have re- sorted to frequent drives. Mrs. McKinley, Dr. Rixey and Mrs. Barber drove to West Lawn Cemetery this afternon at the suggestion of Mrs. McKinley. Dr. Rixey desired her to be taken for a drive this afternoon, and she was taken out into the country. Dr. Rixey has learned that drives tend to promote sleep for his patient, and this is what she needs. Dr. Rixey says Mrs. McKinley is holding her own. She rests fairly well. Her mind is still taxed with heavy sorrow and her body is frail. The outcome is a matter of doubt and deep concern. At present there is no indication of any kind of great change for better or for worse. In the Canton churches to-day anarchy was discussed, und the preachers declared the Government must do something with- Epecial Dispatch to The Call. out delay to stamp out the teachings and teachers of anarchism. Thousands of persons from neighboring cities and villazes went to West Lawn to- day to see the floral ofterings to the late President and to look at the vault in which his body rests. A beautiful fioral piece was placed on the casket to-Gay by Judge Day as the offering of the Czar of Russia. A movement to erect a monument to Mr. McKinley in the public square of Can- ton, started by public school children, is meeting responses from every section. Mayor Robertson has recelved several let- ters promising aid to the project. One of the men who has promised to contribute is a former Confederate soldier of Sher- man, Tex. BOY WITET CAMERA ANNOYS THE PRESIDENT Scolded for Attempting to Get Snap- shot of Mr. Roosevelt Coming Out of Church. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—President Roosevelt's first Sunday in Washington as Chief Executive was comparatively .. | of the Colon, Rear Admiral Higginson, | Commander Schroeder and others having flatly sworn that every effort incumbent upon the commander in chief to destroy that vessel was not made. The testimony going to show that the rear admiral's blockade of Santiago was ineffective and the statement of Commander Schroeder that the flying squadron did not proceed with all dispatch when ordered to hurry from Cienfuegos to Santiago are wo oth- er points of importance which have been scored. The course pursued by the judge advo- cate in his investigation shows plainly that special strdss is to be laid on the question of coal supply, the facilities for b coaling south of Cuba and the weather prevailing during that period in which Admiral Schley was representing to the dephrtment his difficulties over this coal question. When witnesses yesterday were trying to tax their memory regarding the exact amount of coal on board at specific times Admiral Dewey curtly interrupied to say that the log books would give that in- formation. The Call here publishes ex- | tracts from the log of the Merrimac show- ing that all of the vessels of the squad- ron were replenished with coal from May 22 to May 29. This log flatly contradicts | Schley’s representations to the depart- ment. uneventful. In the morning he attended religious services with his brother-in-law, Douglass Robinson, of New York, and in the afternoon took a long stroll with General Wood. In the evening he dined Wwith the family at the residence of Cap- tain Cowles. Mr. Roosevelt probably will move into the White House on Tuesday, his family joining him there a day or two later. Accompanied by Mr. Robinson, Mr. Roosevelt left the Cowles residence short- ly before 11 o'clock for the Reformed Church on Fifteenth and O streets, which, as Vice President, he chose as his church just after the inauguration. He was met at the door by Rev. J. M. Schick. The pastor extended a cordial greeting and the President and Mr. Robinson were escorted to the President's pew. An unexpected Incident occurred when Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Robinson left the church. A 15-year-old boy, anxious to | obtain a photograph of the Chief Execu- tive, had statloned himself on the side- walk about sixty feet from the entrance to, the church. As soon as Mr. Roosevelt Continued on Page Two. Surprise for Schley’s Counsel. From a trustworthy source it is stated that the publication of extracts from the Merrimac's log will come as a revelation to Rear Admiral Schiey’s counsel; that the existence of this now highly importari document had been overlooked by them and forgotten as completely as the Merri- mac herself—the vessel which was sunk by Hobson In’ the entrance to Santiago harbor. Here are extracts from Rear Ad- miral Schley’s official correspondence on ISCHLEY THE VICTOR IN FIRST SKIRMISH Naval Ring Puts Up Weak Case So Far, but Promises a Sensation When the Collier Merrimac’s Log Is Presented as Evidence | coal at Special Dispatch to The Call. the subject of coaling, all of which are t ed this station with oniy about half of her coal supply. May 24—Coaling off Clenfuegos very uncer- tain. * * * On account of supply ships cannot blockade them (Cervera's ships) if In Santiago harbor. Squadron was at sea on May 25 and 3. May 27—Have been unable absolutely to coal the Texas, Marblehead, Vixen and Brooklyn. 1 to proceed for coal to Key West. sball endeavor to coal the Marble- xas in open sea. * * * until the coal supply of the large vessels is reduced to the lowest safe limit. Will then go to Go- naives or the coast near Port-au-Prince to coal. May 201 have not sufficient coal. * * * Making every effort get coal in. Sampson's squadron could relieve this ome to Port-au-Prince. May 30—Great difficulty has been experienced in coaling. May 31—Most important to a large number of coal barges. The Merrimac's log will be most dam- aging to Schley and will prove a veritable sensation. to . onatves or nd with collfer SAMPSON WILL TESTIFY. | Meaning of His Detachment From Duty at Boston Navy Yard. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—It is belleved by Navy Department officials that Rear Admiral William T. Sampson will appear before thegeourt of inquiry which is in- vestigating the conduct of Rear Admiral Schiey during the war with Spain. This is the interpretation ) made by officials upon the rear admiral's request, formally granted by Secretary Long, for detach- ment from the Boston navy-yard on Octo- ber 1. He was to have been relieved on November 1, but he has written to the department that his health is not good and he desires earlier detachment. Rear Admiral Sampson will come imme- diately to Washington. It is understood that he has made arrangements to re- occupy his old home in New Hampshire avenue, near R street. The rear admiral fs prepared to go on the witness stand whenever the court deems his presence desirable. EMPEROR OF CHINA ON SECONDARY THRONE Hangchow Emissary Visits the Court and the Dowager Does the Talking. TACOMA, Sept. 22.—The influential Chi- nese of Hangchow, according to advices received to-day, sent an emissary to the Chinese court at Hsian last month with instructions to interview (he Chinese Em- peror if possible and ascertain his physi- cal condition. The delegate sought to ac- complish this mission by securing an audi- ence- with the Empress Dowager. The Emperor sat or a secondary throne, ap- pearing very pale and quiet. The Empress Dowager talked briskly with the Hang- chow man, inquiring regarding the politi- cal and financial matters in his province. He was not allowed to engage the Em- peror in conversation. Previous to this visit the belief was growing in Certral China that the Emperor had been mur- dered. i L N Funston Undergoes an Operation MANILA, Sept. 22.—General Frederick Funston, who has been m the hospital, suffering from appgndicitis for about a week, has undergone a successful opera- tion,