The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1901, Page 13

'BALTIMORE SYNDICATE CLOSES DEAL WITH ' f | Der0e0 FOXEHOXOXINO ¥OK SXIFORONORIP v \ 3 ? S1a0es 1310 221 t Paoes 13 10 22 p ) . > P st j o i 3 a.l.a. FOAOXOX X ONO XOX .Q.*O*’l‘*‘; ¥ . :”m RPUBEPRPUOH G % SRORORO* mo; VOLUME XC— 5 PRICE FIVE CENTS THE MARKET-STREET RAILWAY COMPANY WIS 57O - 15 N0 NERRER 10 LIBERTY Brigands Will Not Give Up Captive Until Cash Is Paid. Negotiations to Reducs the Ransom Have Not Met With Success. There Is Still Great Danger That the Lawless Band Will Xill the Mis- y Woman if Pursued by Soldiers. iona Ell carer libert men- ved by the that a fore they brigand he entire f securing additional can be paid. Bandits. —The situ- to-night Haskell he ransom start for ed Miss mountain of troops in- s of the troops was ies of operat- and p: ther advance Stone, Y to Miss try It in the releas ted. Bulgaria Not Implica: t ommunica- missionary. le nothing is of, undoubtedly e composition was cap- t i her distance captors between and to kish ter- wding z to reports of captor: ansom A Bulgarian eyewitness of rested on sus- FRENCH CITY’S MAYOR WILL BE PROSECUTED Official Who Approved the Acts of Assassins Is Called to Ac- count. Solell is authority that the Mayor of prosecuted for an article ap ared in a local paper the manager approving in the Vaillant Deputies and the as- Carnot, King nt McKinley and esident Loubet. Pty Jury Indicts Maggio. « A special to the Re- ~Le ms outrage ident m Albuquerque , the N. M., says anarchist, who was r City because of his al- of the assassination of r conspiracy to kill bail was fixed at $5000. with the | member of [ was indicted by the | yegtigation and success. There will be no FAC-SIMILE OF THE WILL OF MARTYRED PRESIDENT McKINLEY + | AND CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH DOCUMENT WAS WRITTEN | (1 | |1 | | | ) EXECUTIVE MANSION WASHINGTON One Night in September, 1897, the Chief Executive, Wh le Smoking a Cigar, Sui- EW YORK, Oct. 12.—A world special from Washington say Following is an authentic ac count of how President McKin- ley drew his will: One nighi in the latter part of September, 1897, the President, while smokingz a cigar and looking up at the celling, said sud- denly to Secretary Cortelyou, “Cortelyou, 1 suppose 1 should make a will.” GREAT WORK | ON THE COAST ‘ WITHOUT WIRE | | Chief of the Weather Bureau Highly Praises New Teleg- rapliy Service in t.e East @ i i Spectal Dispatch to The Cail. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—Willis L. Moore, Chief of the United States Weather Bureau, returned to Washingtcn to-day from his inspection of the Weather Bureau's wireless telegraphy service bec- tween Cape Hatteras and Roanoke Isiand, . Mr. Moore expressed great satisfaction with the result of the bureau’s work, and after a conference he wus authorized to tend the service to Cape Henry. As s00n as 17e station at Cape Heary is coia- pleted tie one on Roanoke Isiand will be abandoned and new -experiments will be made from Cape Hatteras to Cape Henry, | a distance of 130 miles, as exclusively ai.- | nounced in The Call several weeks ago. “The experiments so far conducted by the Bureau,” said Mr. Moore, “have been highly satis: Our system, which is different from any that has so far been | exploited, is superior to any in the world, | Just what our system is I will not say, | as our work will be conducted secretly | and only when Congress meets will Sec- | retary Wilson make a report of our in- relay stations between Cape Hatteras denly D=clares Intention to Cortelyou “Every man should make his will, Mr. President,” replied Mr. Cortelyou. There was some general talk on the subject of wills and estates, and the Pres- ident drew a piece of executive mansion writlig paper to h'm, took up a pen and wrote a few words on it. He studied these wi = THE PRESS PUBLISHING CoMPany e About two weeks later, at about the same ‘ime in the evening, the President At Once Beginning the Task, He Takss It U at Intervals Until p His Last Will and Testament Meet His Complete- Appr-oval , them, and after a half-hour of alteration and crossing out and writing in he laid the paper away again. On the night of October 22, 1597, the President took cut the piece of paper, finished the draft of the wiil and made a fair copy witn his own hand. Then he required he asked Captain Loeffler, a doorkeeper, who sat in the reception hall, to come in and witness it also. He said to Loefller: ““‘Captain, this is my will; T want vou to witness it." Loeffler signed his name and retired. The President then put the will with his and then took out the plece of puper on which he called in Secretary Corteiyou and read the private papers, where it remained until laid the away in a private Grawer had written previously and added per- completed will to him. He asked Cortel- Secretary Cortelyou took it to Canton to haps 200 words. He read and re-read you to sign it, and as two witnesses are be filed and probated. fepsfeenfrfnfoforfrfofofonforfofefenforfefoferfrfofefenfefofocfnfondofonimfoenfrfofeesfefefofesffefefe] el @ LORD MINTO * AT OUTS WITH 'SIR WILFRID Governor General of Canada and Premier Laurier Are in State of Great Friction LONDON, Oct. 13.—The Daily Chronicle declares that the little time which the Earl of Minto, Governor General of Can- ada, spent with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York is merely one of the evidences of the friction existing between the Premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and the Governor General. This is partly due, says the Chronicle, to the Earl of Minto's refusal to sanction, Sir Wilfrid Laurier’'s recommendations that the Mayor of Mon- treal and the Premier of Quebec receive the decoration of Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, and also to the Earl of Minto's interference with the Canadian militia matter, as an instance of which he ciaimed the commissions in the British army which Lord Roberts set aside for the Conadians as being his per- sonal gift, instead of the Ministry’s, Lord Roberts having eventually to step in and make the appointments himself on the recommendations of the Canadian Gov- ernment. e Embassador Choate Coming Home. LONDON, Oct. 12—The United States Embassador, Joseph H. Choate, and his family sailed for New York to-day from Southampton on board the American line and Cape Henry.” | steamer Philagelphia. b iow - OLD GLORY TO AGAIN FLOAT AT FULL MAST | Thirty Days Period of Murn- ing for Pres'dent McKin- ley Expires With To=Day WASHINGTON, Oct. 12—The thirty days' period of mourning prescrived by President Roosevelt In respect to the memory of the late President McKiniey will expire to-morrow, and the flags on all the Government buildings, which have been half-masted since the 14th of Sep- tember, will be displayed agaln at tuall- mast, beginning Monday morning. ‘With the exception of the State Depart- ment the use of black-bordered mourning paper in officlal correspondence will be discontinued ir. all the executive depart- ments after to-day. By the special order issued by the Secretary of State the dip- lomatic and consular officers of the United States, as well as the officers of the State Department, will continne the usual symbols of public mourning for thirty days longer. Stolen Jewels Are Recovered. CONCORD, N. H., Oct. 12—The news that the jewels stolen from the wife of Denman-Thompson last week have been recovered has been received by the actor. A telegram from a detective at Ithaca announced that he was holding the prop- erty subject to directions from Mr. Thompson. The articles stolen were val- ued at §60,000. x 1 CECIL RH:DES LIABLE TO DIE VERY SUDDENLY Although He A tends to His Business Daily He Is Treat- ed as Thouzh Seriously IlI LONDON, Oct. 12.—Cecil Rhodes, whose, part in politics and empire-making is viv- idly recalled by the Schnadhorst letters, is living almost absolutely alone at a quiet hotel on a diet and with the attentions of a man who is seriously ill. Phere is no doubt that he is suffering from heart dis- ease and is no longer the robust man of former times, yet he never missed a day this week at the office of the British Char- tered South African Company, burying himself in details and conducting tedious meetings without complaint or mention of his ill health. After these duties, however, in the quiet of his hotel He seems je”become almost. a wreck, “like a man liable to go off at any moment,” as one of his few visltors said on coming out of his room. Usually Rhodes is supremely indifferent to public sentiment, preferring rather to ride rough-shod over criticism, but in the matter of the Schnadhorst letters he has expressed the keenest desire to hear pub- lic comment. His efforts, however, have met with slight success. e ———— Lady Curzon Reaches Bombay. BOMBAY, Oct. 12—Lady Curzon of Kedleston, wife of the Viceroy of India, arrived here to-day from Europe. | VENEZUELAN SOLD.ERS IN SORE STRAITS Some Without ‘Shelter and Food, and Indians are Tor- turing Those They Capture WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Oct. 12, via Haytien cable.—Advices received tober 10, say the Venezuelan troops are entrenched at various points on the penin. sula. A majority of them are in the vicin. ity of Maracatbo. The Venezuelan sol- diers, being practically without commis- sariat, are compelled to live on the country. The result is lack of food sup- plies of any kind and a consequent in- crease of hunger, distress 'and suffering among the soldiers, who have no shelter. Sickness is spreading rapidly among them and they have no medical attendance or medicines. The Guadjuari Indians are becoming more incensed against the Venezuelans on account of the atrocities committed by the latter and have shockingly mutilated over a seore of Venezuelans who have fallen into their hands. These advices conclude with saying that | fighting there seems improbable. T . ope Receives Archbishop Chapelle. ROME, Oct. 12—The Pope to-day re- ce:ved in audience Archbishop Chapelle, who was Apostolic Delegate to the West Indles and more recently Apostolic Dele- gate to the Philippines. to-day from Maracaibo, under date of Oc- | UYS THE STOCK AT - PARVALUE Local Shareholders Receive Price Asked. Control of Sutter-Street and Sutro Lines Un- der Consideration. Papers Consummating the Transfer Are Now Being Prepared. o ALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 12.-1t is positively stated here that all negotiation looking to the pur- chase of the Market-street Raile way Company of ancisco were practic clesed lay and that papers can be as soon = neces: drawn up the road will pass into posses- |ston of the syndicate headed by G. R. Webb, J. T. Blackwell and R. G. Hanford. | Ever since negotiations were com= menced between ti icate and I W. Hellman, H. E. Huntington and the rep= resentatives of the Crocker estate the lat= ter have insisted that all shareholders ould be treated on an equal basis. It | was known that a two-thirds interest as represented by the larger stockholders | could be purchased at par. This would | have left the | without the customary | guards. But the insistence that the syn= f e should take all of the stock at the > ba aid to be the par value, caused | a delay in negotiations. At last, after many e nges of letters and telegrams, it was det ed to-day | to accept the inevitable and pay the price | rded, $100 a wre. This will involve | bout $i8,000,000 of Baltimore | capital to San ancisco. But it is not probable that syndicate will stop |at the Market st system. It has al- ready secured the San Frnecisco and San | Mateo electric line. It is also said that negotiations are pending for the purchase | of the Sutter street line and Sutro rail- road, a portion of the same line. In order to secure a controliing interest in these lin nd effect a consolidation of the Market street, San Mateo, Sutter | and Sutro lines a two-thirds vote of the stockholders would be needed. The heav- | fest deal has been made, and all that re- mains now is the drawing of the neces- sary legal papers. It is expected that this will be consummated within tke next thirty days. The plan adopted by the local stockhold- ers of the Market-street Railway Com- pany is the same as that followed when the transfer of the San Joaquin Valley road was made to the Santa Fe All the stock was pooled and sold at par, the smaller shareholders being treated om the same basis as the larger ones. FINDS GOLDEN NUGGETS IN AURIFEROUS GRAVEL Paul Lancelle Makes a Rich Strike on His property Near Mokelumne Hill. MOKELUMNE HILL, Oct. 12—Paul Lancelle, who iives about two miles from town, came in yesterday and showed $208 worth of as beautiful gold nuggets as ever came from Klondike. This was the result of six days’ work with a pan in a newly discovered channel of auriferous gravel on his place. A shaft has been sunk to a depth of nine feet, but the channel has not yet been bottomed. The | entire country surrounding this place was orle of the richest in the State during the early , but this seems to be a blind channel that was entirely overlooked by early miners. Judging from present pros- | pects the bedrock will undoubtedly prove | wondrousiy rici. | BULLET ENDS THE LIFE OF A DESPERATE TEXAN Jeff Hardin Shot Through the Heart by a Man He Had ‘Wounded. AUSTIN, Tex.. Oct. 12.—The police autherities here received word to-day of the killing of Jeff D. Hardin, a desperate character, wha formerly resided in this section. He was shot through the heart by John L. Snowden in saloon at Clairemont, Tex. Snowden was shot and seriously wound- ed by Hardir several months ago. Har- din was a brother of John Wesley Har- din, who during his exciting career in Texas killed a number of men and was | himself killed 4= El Paso a few vears ago. Murders Wife and Kills Himself. DENVER, Oct. 12—A special to the Re- publican from Louisville, Colo., says John Taylor, a weigh boss at the Rex mines, shot and killed his divorced wife this aft- erncon and then blew out his brains. Taylor had tried in vain to induce his wife to return to him.