The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1901, Page 1

r VOLUME XO-NO. 171. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REPORT OF THE SCHLEY COURT OF INQUIRY WILL SWEEP AWAY ALLEGATIONS THAT FORMED THE BASIS OF THE INVESTIGATION PASSENGER AGENTS FIND DELIGHT AT SCENES WHERE RAPTURING SEA BREAKS ON BEACHES OF MONTEREY Members of the Western Association Entertain the Host of Railroad Offic'als From the Eastern States and Accompany Them on the Journey to This City. EL MONTE, Nov. 17.—The travel- ng passenger agents had a time here to-day. When left their special cars at the g near hotel shortly ock they were greeted with a Del Monte. The never looked better. and the Bastern rail- decided that rth. r breakfast the party, which num- ided into two took the seventeen- ther visitors amused visiting the golf links, ze and swimming baths. After lunch ady take the es of the oppor- hotel those who had mnot al drive availed themsel No Railway Man’s Coin. dinner the evening Passenger r E. O. McCormick made speech of welcome to the It graceful and witty and .he closed it stating that the cashier of the hotel too much money and that Manager A Junker had instructed him not to take eny of the railroad men's money. e e TARDY DEALING WITH BRIGANDS Hardships Imperil Miss Stone’s Life ‘While Futile Negotiations Are Being Conducted on Her Behalf. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Nov. 17.—The brigands who abducted Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary, and Mme. Tsilka, her companion, have not yet replied to the last proposals of Mr. Dickinson, diplo- matic agent of the United States in Sofia. This is belleved to be due to the fact that the band has many leaders, and that the latter are unable to agree among themselves. . There is a general impression here that time is being frittered away while waiting for the brigands to reduce their demands. It is felt that the only means by which matters can be brought to a head is to inform them as to the sum available for ransom and to declare that this cannot be increased for any consideration what- ever. Such an ultimatum might endanger the life of Miss Stone, but it is more probable that the brigands would accept this condition. Beside, every day’s delay imperils her life, not so much on the score of the brigands themselves, but by reason of the exposure and strain she is undergoing. visitors. Spain Prohibits Silver Coinage. MADRID, Nov. 17.—The Spanish Senate has passed the bill prohibiting silver colnage. - % The | 3+ . —_— in the entertainment were D. W. Hitch- cock and B. A. Worthington. Party From St. Paul. One of the most important parties in the train 1is composed of a crowd of ruilroad men and their wives from St. Paul. Their car was tendered them by the Great Northern Railway for the en- ‘ PROMINENT RAILROAD MEN WHO ARE CONSPICUOUS IN THE PAR- TY OF PASSENGER AGENTS WHO ARE BEING ENTERTAINED ON A JOURNEY AMONG PICTURESQUE SCENES IN CALIFORNIA. e The entire party left here at 11 o’clock this evening en route to San Francisco, where they will arrive at noon to-morrow. As guests of the Western Assoclation will breakfast at San Jose, where will be the guests of the Vendome and St. James hotels. They will be taken for a drive around the Garden City be- fore leaving for the metropolis. Among the railroad men who were conspicuous |FATALITIES DUE TO HEAVY FOG }Steanuhlp Sapphire Is Sunk in Col- | lision in British Waters and Norwegian Brigantine | Is Missing. | LONDON, Nov. 17.—Saturday’s fog, | which was general throughout the United | Kingdom, was responsible for many acci- | dents and fatalities. The driver of a Lon- don omnibus was found dead In his box while the vehicle was still running. He was a vietim of cold fog. Several collisions occurred in the Mer- | sey. The Dominion iiner Roman, from Portland November 2. ran down and sank the British steamer Sapphire of the Dun- | dee Gem line. There was no loss of life. | A Norweglan brigantine has been seen | @ritting helplessly off Hull, and it is feared that several persons have been drowned. PARIS, Nov. 17.—During. the greater part of the day Parle and its suburbs were shrouded in a dense fog, which se- riously interfered with railway transpor- tation and veiifcular iraffic, and caused a number of minor accidents. The. fog was so thick along the Seine that the steamboats were compelled to suspend service. Snow has fallen at various points in the provinces. ‘Winter Sets In Early in Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 17.—The win- ter has now fairly set in throughout Northern Russia, and the Neva is frozen over. % tire trip. Those in the car are: W. L. Wyand and wife, C. 'W. Humphrey and wife, F. H. Thorn, wife and son; C. D, Dunann and wife, Otto Thorson and wife, J. H. McFadseen and wife, R. Haas, wife and sister; H. A. Cherrier and wife, F. D. Sullivan, wife and sister; D. B. Gard- ner and wife, W. B. Hutter, J. B. Good- sell, James Hull and sister, Mrs. Emma Lyons. BURGHERS FREE MANY CAPTIVES Fifty-Eight British Yeomen Taken Prisoners in the Brakspruit En- gagement Are Given Their Liberty. LONDON, Nov. 18.—The South African casualty list shows that in the -affair at Brakspruit on November 13, which Lord Kitchener reported last Friday, fitty- eight Yeomen were captured by the Boers and afterward released. An extraordinary dexonstration of pro- Boerism is reported oy a Brussels news- paper. It seems thai a Dutch fishing boat belonging to . Yumidon while oft Wellingen lightship, in the North Sea, pretended to be In distress and ap- proached a British smack. Thirteen fish- ermen from the Dutch boat boarded the British craft and attacked the crew of the latter, shoutinz, “Long live the Boers!” Several of the Britishers were wounded. It is alleged that befcre making the at- tack the Dutchmen locked their captain in his cabin. The Dritish smack suc- ceeded in escaping and arrived at Ostend, where the captain jodged a complaint with the British Consul. —_— —— Bishop Atwill Reaches His Home. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 17.—Bishop E. R. Atwill of the Episcopai diocese of West. ern Missouri, who has been seriously Il in California, was brought to his home here to-night. No one is all iy oyed Ka see BIG BATTLES - TOBE FOUGAT IN GONGRESS House and Senate Look Forward to Bitter Contests. Roosevelt’s Trust-Regulation Project Likely to Be Opposed. Ship Subsidies, Reciprocity, Revenue Reduction and the Isthmian Canal Are Among Bones of Contention. i T . Special Dispatch to TheS¥Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Ship subsi- dies, reciprocity, revenue reduction, the isthmian canal and the trusts—these are already looming up as big bones of con- tention in the coming Congress. Senator Frye of Maine is expected in ‘Washington some time next week, bring- ing a new subsidy bill. Senator Hanna will be in the van of the subsidy warriors. They will find plenty of opponents. Reciprocity, too, will find its enemies— not the reciprocity that Mr. Blaine urgad, nor yet the reciprocity of McKinley, but many schemes of tarift reduction that will be presented under the high-sounding title of “reciprocal relations.” Many are anx- jous for the President’s words on this matter, as it is known that he holds strong views. Representative Payne of New York, who will succeed himself as chairman of the ‘Ways and Means Committee, will be here the week before the session opens with a general plan of revenue reduction that meets attack, more or less bitter, almost before it is born. He will ‘find his most strenuous opponents in his own commit- tee, among men Irom the West who be- lieve In Keeping up the preSutt war taxes {- until it is more accurately known what the appropriations will be. President Roosevelt’s ‘‘publicity rem- edy” for the encroachments of trusts will not be taken without a struggle. Committee contests will be few, but those that occur are likely ‘to engender more or less bitterness. The chairman- ship of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will be fought for by Senators Cullom and Lodge. The place has not been filled since the death of Senator Davis. Senator Frye is the ranking member, but he will be presiding officer of the upper branch. Next in order to him comes Mr. Cullom, and, according to precedent, he would be selected as chairman, but Mr. Lodge and his friends contest the selec- tion. It has been widely reported that Presi- dent’' Roosevelt was taking a hand in this affair and urging Senator Lodge for the place. The prerogatives of the Senate are well known to be sacred. ‘ Any interfer- ence, even by so high an authority as the Chief Executive, would be looked upon as a serious breach of official etiquette. A President may select a Collector for the port of New York without consulting his Secretary of the Treasury, but to take a plunge into the private affairs of the United States Senate, august and digni- fied—never! So says tradition. But that is just. what persistent rumor says the President is doing. An intimate friend of President Roose- velt, and one who thoroughly knows the Senate situation, denied absolutely to-day that such was the case. “There is absolutely nothing whatever in such a story,” he said. “I can deny it emphatically and with authority. Senator Lodge understands perfectly the situation, and even if the President were inclined to urge his selection for the chairmanship he would not ask for it. But the President is not so inclined.” : Speaker Henderson has returned, look- ing strong and well and ready for the work of the session. He will have no op- position for re-election to the Speaker- ship. CULLOM TO BE CHAIRMAN. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Senator Cul- lom of Illinois will he chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Sen- ate, to succeed the late Senator Davis. Senator Cullom to-day said: “I cannot understand why rumors to the effect that I was undecided whether or not to take this chaifmanship should be put into circulation. I have had no other Intention since Mr. Frye declined the honor.” Mr. Cullom’s decisior to accept this chairmanship will cause him to resign the chairmanship of the Committee on Inter- state Commerce. MESSAGE NEARLY READY. NEW YORK, Nov. IT.—The World's ‘Washington correspondent sends the fol- lowing: President Roosevelt {s now put- ting his message to Congress into com- plete form. It is nearly ready for the printer. It will contain from 14,000 to 16, 000 words. Terseness will be a character- istic feature, but there Will be no specific recommendation to Congress as to tariff revision, although a reduction of internal revenue taxes may be advised. The President will not commit himselt to an indorsement of pending reciprocity treatles as examples of what should be sought in the future. « | - While the President will urge the need —_— AMERICAN WOMAN WOULD OUTSHINE ENGLAND’S QUEEN Ms. Bradley—lViartin Pays More Than a Million Dollars: for a Tiara to Be Wotn at Edward’s Coronation. RS. BRADLEY-MARTIN, wife of an American millionaire, now a member of the Ameri- can colony in London, proposes to make the most of the oppor- tunity afforded by the coming coronation of King Edward VII. She is having made a tiara of jewels that will cost over §l,- 000,000, which she will wear during the fetes. Apparently it was the purpose of this rich American woman to outshine the Queen, but Alexandra, not to be out- done, 1s having the great Koh-i-noor dia- mond set in her crown, which will make it the most valuable in the world. e RICH AMERICAN WOMAN WHO INTENDS TO DAZZLE THE EYES OF BRITISH ROYALTY WITH A DISPLAY OF RARE JEWELS A. THE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD. — > GENERAL ALBAN WILL END WAR —_— Intends to Lead a Strong Attacking Force and Effectually Crush the Insurrection in Colombia. COLQN, Colombia, Nov. 17.—The Colom- bian gunboat General Pinzon arrived here to-day from Savanilla with 2300 troops. In view of the unchanged conditions of the isthmus, this evidence of the Govern- ment’s policy to reinforce its forces here gives credence to the presumption that General Carlos Alban, military command- er of this district, has finally resolved to lead a strong attacking force against the insurgents within his jurisdiction and at- tempt to end the wearisome deadlock be- tween the Colombia rebels and the Gov- ernment. e The commander and officers of the United States steamship Iowa were ten- dered a ball last night in Panama by the Colombian officials and elite society at that place. @ iimieiirisiiveiis ek @ of subsidy legislation that will build up the American merchant marine, specific recommendation will be avoided. Atten- tion will be drawn to the very small per- certage of American shipments carried in American bottoms. The President Is of the opinion that all ships that are to fly the American flag should be construct- ed with a view to being used by the Gov- ernment as auxiliaries In time of war. The creation of a department of com- merce, with a Cabinet officer at its head, will be recommended. A strong stand will be taken for the restriction of foreign immigration. Re- enactment of the Geary law and contin- ued exclusion of Chinese will be recom- mended; also the enactment of stringent laws that will exclude anarchists seek- ing to land here. The President will urge the need of legislation affecting trusts, but will not submit any specific plans. Considerable space will be devoted to the army and the navy. The President, in the case of the navy, will urge the necessity of an increase, indorsing prac- tically the programme submitted by the Navy Department. ‘He will earnestly recommend Nicaragua candl construction, in accordance with the report of the Canal Commission. CREMATE THEIR VICTIMS’ BODIES Mississippi Moonshiners Murder Tw2 Deputy Marshzls and Burn Building to Hide Crime. OXFORD, Miss.,, Nov. 17.—John A. Montgomery, Deputy United States Mar- shal pro tem. of this city, and Deputy United States Marshal Hugh Montgomery of Pontoloc, left here last night to ar- rest Will Mathis, an alleged counterfeiter and moonshiner who lived twelve miles east of this place. Early to-day Hugh Montgomery’s horse was found standing at the gate of Curdy Hall, a neighbor of Mathis, and Mathis' house had been burned to the ground. Upon further investigation two par- tlally burned bodies were found in the ashes of the burned building, which have been identified as the remains of the deupty marshals. John A. Montgomery's horse has not been found, and it is sup- posed that Mathis made his escape on this horse after the med had been killed and the house set on fire. Mathis’ wife was at her father’s, a few miles from her burned home. She says she and her husband left home yesterday, her husband leaving the country. Mathis was indicted last summer for making and passing counterfeit money and was out on a $2000' bond. The prin- cipal witness against him was a negro living in the same neighborhood. About a month ago the negro was assassinated. The two Montgomerys went to arrest Mathis for making illicit whisky and it is supposed that they were prevailed upon to remain for the night and were shot while guarding their prisoner. A posse of thirty or forty of the lead- ing citizens of Oxford went to the scene to-day and every effort will be made to capture Mathis. —— RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS RESULT IN BLOODSHED Military Authorities Unable to Bring . About Peace Between Mussul- mans and Christians. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 17.—Conflicts resulting in much bloodshed are ed to have occurred between Mussulmans and Christians at Beyrout. | Similar reports have been received from Scutar! and Albania. The military com- mander in Albania ya; resigned on finding pacification i ‘—-p\ NAVAL BOARD 15 PREPARING 75 FINDINGS Favor Accused Admiral on Almost Every Count. No Substantiation of the Ac- cusations Hinting at Cowardice. May Conclude, However, That Schley Disobeyed Orders of His Supe- riors in Going to Key West to Coal. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—The find- ings of the naval board that conducted the Schley investigation will be favorable to the accused admiral on most of the points involved. Those allegations which have been proved to be unfounded, or of minor importance even if substantiated, for the reason that they involved simple questions of judgment on the part of the command- ing officer, include the slow progress of the squadron from Cienfuegos toward Santiago, the failure to destroy the Colon, the effectiveness of the blockades at Clen- fuegos and Santiago and the “loop’” of the Brooklyn on the day of the battle. The report of the naval board, which is now in course of preparation, will sweep away many of the allegations which were the basis of the investigation. The Schley court unquestionably realizes that much of the matter before it is en- titled to little weight, but when it has sifted out these things, It is belleved, it will find something left upon which ad- verse findings will be based. Though much of the testimony regarding the sec- ond and third specifications, which con- cern the movements of the flying squadron off Cienfuegos and its progress toward Santiago, must be disregarded as having no bearing upon these points, one impor< tant point to be considered is Admiral Schley’s failure to communicate with the insurgents near Cienfuegos. Deprived of Information. After Schley's arrival off that port it was reported to him that certain lights were seen on shore at night, and every ‘witness who was asked about these lights testified to having seen them. It is clear that Admiral Schley did not know the meaning of the signals, and no one in- formed him. The reason Admiral Schley has himself assigned for the retrograde movement was the short coal supply of the squadron and the difficulty of coaling, but statistics of the amounts the ships had do not, in the opinion of close judges, reveal such a state of affairs as should have alarmed a resourceful commander. It is believed in well informed -circles here that the court cannot fail to find that the reports made by Admiral Schley in regard to coal were incorrect; that the retrograde movement was not justifiable in view of his orders to blockade Santiago, and that he did disobey the department’s orders in continuing toward Key West instead of carrying out at once the in- structions as contained in the telegram of May 2. Controversy With Hodgson. The' only 'other specification on which the court is thought likely to find against Admiral Schley is believed to be No. 10, referring to his controversy with Lieu- tenant Commander Hodgson. The gist of this affair, which has been much befogged during the progress of the case, is that Hodgson was interviewed in regard to a colloquy said to have taken place between Schley and Hodgson on board the Brook- 1yn, and, the result of the interview hav- ing been published, Admiral Schley asked Hodgson to write a letter denying that such colloquy tock place. Hodgson did so, but accompanied his letter with another, in which he said that his denial was in- tended to apply only to the accuracy of the words said to have been uttered dur- ing the colloquy, the substance of the pub- lished statement being correct. -Admiral Schley published the denfal without the letter of explanation. During the three years following, In spite of Lieutenant Commander Hodgson’s efforts to induce Admiral Schley to publish the other letter, or make a statement as to its contents, ha refused to do so. It is belleved the court will hold that this was not fagr treatment of Hodgson by Admiral Schiey. —_— e ——— EMPRESS DOWAGER SHOWS HONOR TO LI HUNG CHANG Issues an Edict Ordering Erection of & Monumental Arch Near His Bi-thplace. PEKING, Nov. 17.—The Empress Dow- ager has issued another edict eulogizing the late Li Hung Cheng and ordering the erection of a monumental arch near his birthplace. The edict aiso directs that the rank of Marquis, conferred upon the eld- est son of the late Chinese statesman in his own right, shal! descend through twenty-three generations. It confers high rank upon the other sons of Earl Li, upen whom the posthumous rank of Marquis has been bestowed, and confers dignities upon his grandsons, ‘ogether with lucra= tive offices. ki it Said Pasha Appointed Grand Viaier. CONSTANTINOPLE. Noy. 1. Pasha, former Grand Vizier, has been ap- pointed Grand Vizier in succession to the late Hali Rifat Pasha, ~— -~