The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1901, Page 23

Te44444444444444044 4444420 . " Pages 2110 32 + + + - Dr444444444424444 4444444+ TR = 0 + + + + : s o= culaE S Otett 4 VOLUME XCL—NO 8. % SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, DE_(SEZMBER 8. 1901—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. MARIN’S ANTIQUATED NARROW-GAUGE RAILROAD WILL BE CONVERTED INTO AN ELECT PUTS A NEW » MEANING INTO THE DOCTRINE Roosevelt's Interpreta- of Monroe's Stand Dif- | fers From Others. Disfavors Land Grabbing by One Republic at Expense of Another. United States Has Never Made Any Alliance With Any Other Amer- ican”State on the Sub- Ject of Aggression. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 146 G STREET, N. R WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—President | Roosevelt's remarks on the Monroe doc- trine his message to Congress are re- re as an announcement that the »e doctrine will hereafter be inter- | as discouraging and disfavoring | torial aggrandizement by one repub- | se of another. | has aroused much g public men and diplomats, ve been made to ascertain President did mean by Xis | t,” said a Cabinet officer, “a | on the part of the President d States will not permit any v any one American power y of another. It is a declara- this Government would regard C rn and great disfavor any n American power by an- power. It does not mean es will form an alli- | a weaker power to prevent its X er one.” mittee, who lis- ent, approved the in- 1, adding, “The declara- ts the traditional and | s country. It is not| velt’s Interpretation New. € examinaion of former ges shows no such in- ven by President Roose- ions have been hitherto h respect to the Monroe doc- Roose ons upon which Monroe rson and his Cabinet relat- rposition of European pow- of American states. of interposition declared that which may be made for of controlling their political 1 ext g to this hemisphere tem In operation upon the conti- ment of Europe by which great powers @Rercise control over the affairs of other European statés. The declarations do not intimate any course of conduct to be pursued in case interposition, but merely say they ed as dangerous to our d as “‘manifestation disposition toward the T which it would be im- possible for us to “behold with indiffer- ence,” thus les the nation to act at all ‘imes as its opinion of its policy or duty might require. The United States has never made any glliance with or pledge to any other American state on the subject covered by the declarations. No Prohibition by Monroe. Declaration respecting non-colonization was & subject distinct from European in- terv. n with American states and re- lated to the acquisition of sovereign title by any European power by new and orig- inal occupation or colonization. The iple of public law upon which it was ed was that the continent must be red as already within the occu- @ jurisdiction of an independent civilized nation. e is nothing in the message of nt Monroe which refers in any ¥ to the relations of Spanish-American or the imposition of any prohibi- upon them to extend their respective tories. President Monroe asserted t.*“t is still the true policy of the 3“;‘ States to leave the parties (Spain se South American States) to them- the hope that other powers will pursue the same course.” ident Grant, in his second annual message, paved the way for President velt's utterance by declaring that other republics of Spanish on this gontinent may see in this v proof of our sincere interest selr welfare, of our desire to see n blessed with good governments cap- ntaining order and of preserv- respective territorial integrity.” ittle Republics Protest. Pan-American diplomatic circles tmportance is attached to Roose- atio One diplomat stated meant nothing less than an an- t of the purpose of the Wash- ent to direct the foreign the American republics. doctrine,” he sald, “de- | policies of American repub- ct 1o Europe. The doctrine Rooseveit tells us that ot be allowed to take the fruits | ovided they be in the shape of | territory. If zil and Argentina were we wi of w to become Involved in a war under Roose- s policy the conqueror would not be REAR- ADIIRAL :0&6600##0#660000#00000002 P P . + + 4 : g L e e v A . SATIPSON NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN VERY FEEBLE HEALTH While There Has Been No Marked Change His Chances for Withstanding Seri- ous Strain Are Slight. e Bl ) | ¥ ! 1 R v 7 ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS IN A CELEBRATED NAVAL CONTRO- VERSY WHOSE FAILING HEALTH CONTINUES TO CAUSE GREAT CONCERN AMONG HIS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, 5 -+ SHINGTON, Dec. 7—It is authoritatively stated that there has been no marked change for the worse in the condition of Rear Admiral W W. T. Sasapson. However, he is in very feeble health and his chances for with- standing sny serious strain on his viltal- ity are said to be slight. L e e e i e o 2 2 - ] allowed to permanently occupy territory of the conquered. “In the case of Chile this is particularly unjust. She is progressive and industri- ous. Her country is now too small for her population and expansion is necessary if she is to become a great power. Presi- dent Roosevelt, however, steps in and says she cannot acquire additional ter- ritory. Does his doctrine apply to the Tacna-Arica dispute? Is Chile to be com- pelled to surrender provinces which she has held as compensation for her ex- penses during the war with Peru? Permanence of Small Nations. “Carrying out the policy of Roosevelt, in case Costa Rica and Colombia become involved in war, an appeal from Costa Rica will result in the interference of the United States, because of Roosevelt's purpose to secure the permanence of the lesser among the new world of nations.” Senor Silva, the Colombian Minister, said Roosevelt's declaration was certain- lv a new interpretation of the Monroe doctrine. “The idea Roosevelt probably had in mind,” he continued, “was to dis- arm the suspicion unhappily harbored by some South Americans that the United States still contemplates expansion at the expense of South American republics. He undoubtedly designed to tighten the bonds existing between Pan-American nations, and to this end he gave utterance to statements certain to inspire confidence and trust in the country which has al- ways been our friend. Roosevelt's decla- ration is new, and it is important, but I am unable to state what its effect will Court-Martial Verdicts Confirmed WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The records in the courtmartial cases involving officers who have been convicted of bribery in the Philippines, in connection with the opening of hemp ports, have been pub- lished. In the case of Captain Michael K. Spellman, Forty-third Volunteer In- fantry, the sentence of expulsion from the servicp and two years' Imprisonment is confirmed, with the exception that the imprisonment is limited to one year. The cases of Captain Dudley Welch, assistant surgeon, Plorty-third Infantry, sentenced to dismiseal, and First Lieutenant Del- bert R. Jones, same command, charged with disobedience in connection with bemp fravds and sentenced to dismissal and two years' imprisonment, also have been approved. LR Ty QUICK DROP IN SILVER CAUSES A STAGNATION Mexican Purchasers of United States ‘Whest Are Sure to Be Heavy Lopsers, AUSTIN, Tex., ;)ec. 7.—It was stated to-day by traffic officials of the Texas railroads leading to the Mexican border that the remarkable decline in Mexican silver has caused almost a complete sus- pension of importations from the United States into that country. Many large orders for mining, agricultural and other machinery placed in this country for shipment to Mexico have been counter- manded. The drop In the price of silver was so sudden thiit many of the Mexican pur- chasers of United States wheat will suf- fer heavy losses, as they bought the grain on a gold abligation and will have to sell the produet on a silver basis. No more orders for wheat will be placed until the situation flmproves, e paan Army Board Concludes Session. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The board of high ranking army officers, headed by Lieutenant-General Miles, which has been holding dally sessfon at the War Depart- ment in the consideration of the import- ant work Intrusted to it of reorganizing the present system of army posts, pre- paring a plan for the location of four per- manent camping grounds and other mat- ter already outlined, adjourned to-dav and will probably not convene again until January 10, 1902. GREED LEADS 10 CLEARING OF MYSTERY Grass Valley Officers Find Missing Man’s ‘Body. R Pay Sum in Gold for Informa- tiopsResulting in the Discovery. e Charles Allen Under Arrest for the Murder of Joseph Griffith, Who Disappeared in April of This Year. Special Dispatch to The — s GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 7.—Joseph Grif- fith, the Grass Valley citizen who disap- peared from his home on April 15 of this year and was not heard from again there- after, was murdered. His body was found to-day at the bottom of an aban- doned mine shaft, where it had lain dur- ing all the months while the relatives of the missing man were prosecuting an ex- haustive search for trace of him. To- night Charles Allen is in the custody of the Sheriff, charged with the crime. It was through a relative of his that the body of the murdered man was recov- ered, its hiding place being revealed upon the payment of a stated sum by the widow. This sordid desire for money may result in the hanging of Griffith’s slayer. Al- len’s relative had asked what he might expect if he showed the exact spot where Call. this was not enough. He demanded $200, ‘with $50 for the woman who gave him his information. After consultation with the widow of Griffith it was decided to pay the man the sum he asked and all ar- rangements were made for the transfer of the money upon the finding of the body. Following the receipt of the money he demanded the relative of Allen gave di- rections as to how the body could be found. The descent into the shaft was made by Willlam Curry and John Hock- ing, who found the remains. The body was covered with brush, tin cans and other refuse mattes The head had been severed. The body was fuliy clothed and the clothing and shoes were recognized by the relatives. The shaft was fifty feet deep. \It was in Charles Allen's house that Griffiths was last seen alive, and Mrs. Allen's stories in relation to his visit have been conflicting. To the members of the missing man’s family she said that she had last seen Griffiths at 7 o’clock on the morning of April 15, while to Sheriff Getchell she said she had seen him at 4 o'clock that afternoon. Although this varlation caused comment at the time, it was not deemed of sufficient importance to connect the woman or her husband with the disappearance. The secret of the crime came to light through the women of the neighborhood discussing it among themselves. At the outset knowledge of the tragedy was con- fined to two or three persons. One woman confided in a friend, and in this manner the facts came to the ears of Marshal Deeble and John Hocking. Having as their ciew only a word dropped in an un- guarded moment they eventually came to believe that Charles Allen had some connection with the crime, and it was while they were keeping him under sur- veillance that the offer to reveal the hid- ing place of the body was made. The shaft into which the murdered man was cast is back of Allen’s house. An inquest was commenced to-night, Allen being the principal witness. He denied guilt, but was very nervous. OVERPOWER THE GUARDS AND LYNCH THE NEGRO Louisiana Men Hang Their Prisoncr Almost in Front of a Courthouse. LAKE CHARLES, La., Dec. 7.—Saul Poydras, a negro who cut Chief Deputy Sherifft Richard and his wife seriously with a razor Thursday night, was arrest- ed yesterday near Walsh, twenty miles east of this city. Poydras was brought here and the offi- cers were about to lodge hingin the par- ish prison when a mob overpowered the guards, took charge of the prisoner and hanged him to an electric light pole, a few rods from the courthouse. The lynching occurred about 2 o’clotk this morning, A 5Ty T State Department May Appeal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The legal offi- cers of the State Department are looking into an application made by the family of Miss Bastwick, the American girl confined in London after conviction of having raised a stock certificate. The purpose of the applicant is to have the department appeal to the British Foreign Office in Miss Eastwick's behalf. They have pre- sented an overwhelming mass of testi- mony to show that the girl has in the past been subject to fits of derangement, ren- dering her irresponsible, and it is asserted she is at present in that condition. ¢ e Shoots Three Oklahoma Men. WICHITA, Kans.. Dec. 7.—At Granite, O. T., to-night Sam Pepper shot Rush Arbry, Leonard McDonald and Tom Thur- man. The two latter are fatally wounded. The cause of the trouble could not be 1 learned. the body lay. He was offered $100, but | HAY FLATLY REFUSES TO DIVULGE SECRETS OF STATE DEPARTMENT Fruitless - Attempt Is Made to Compel the Secretary to Give Testimony in a New York Libel Suit. — > ES e = MEMBER OF THE CABINET WHO REFUSES TO BE BLUFFED BY AT- TORNEYS IN A LIBEL SUIT AND MAY BE CITED BY A NEW YORK JUDGE FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. 0 2 ASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—There was an interesting and un- usual proceeding to-day in the State Department, when attorneys representing parties to a New York lawsuit sought to compel the testimony of Secretary Hay. The case was an action for libel brought against a New York newspaper by Carl Fischer Hansen, a Darish banker, resident in New York, and in it is Involved Captain Dirk- felt Christmas. These persons were said to be interested as agents in the attempt to sell the Danish West Indian islands to the United States Government, and the publication which forms the basis for the libel suit is said to have reflected on their competency. No Personal Knowledge. Some days ago Secretary Hay had notice that his testimony had been called for by the deferse before the United States Court in New York, and to-day Clarence J. Hearn, counsel for the newspaper dn question, appeared at the State Depart- ment with United States Commissioner Frank Blackistone of this ecity, and a sterographer. Robert Honey of New York appeared as counsel for Hansen. The partles were received by Secretary Hay In the diplomatic room, the Secretary being accompanied by Judge Penfield, solicitor for the State Department, as his counsel. The examination did not last long; in fact, there was no examination in sub- stance. The counsel for the newspaper attempted to propound some questions touching the negotiations that occurred between Secretary Hay and the Danish ogents in 1599-1900 The Secretary flatly refused to answer these and through Judge Penfleld announced his reasons for doing so—that he had no personal knowl- edge of the matters at issue. Whatever knowledge he possessed had been ac- quired in his capacity of Secretary of State, and not as an individual. More- over, the information sought to be elicit- ed was a privileged communication to the Government of the United States and to make this public would be highly preju- dicial to the Interests of the country. May Be Cited for Contempt. Having formally ncted the Secretary's = refusal and the character of his answer, the Commissioner and counsel withdrew. It is their purpose to state the facts to the New York court, with a view tq_hav- ing the Secretary of State brought before that court on a charge of contempt. It appears that the same parties have examined or sought to examine Senator Lodge and Admiral Bradford, chief of the Equipment Bureau of the Navy Depart- ment, who has had much to do with the negotlations looking to'the acquisition of coaling stations by the United States Government. It is gathered that neither of these wit- nesses gave -any testimony material to the suit, Senator Lodge, it is sald, never having heard of Hansen, and Admiral Bradford being acquainted with none of the facts sought to be developed by the defense as bearing upon the alleged libel. Secretary Hay had had very little to do wity the parties in this case. He saw Japtain Christmas for about five minutes on the occasion of the officer’s visit to Washington, but Hansen he does not know. The officials of the State Depart- ment feel secure in their position in re- sistance to the court’s order, finding strong precedent for it in a controversy that arose between President Jefferson and Chief Justice Marshall over a similar application for a mandamus. - Commerce of the Philippines. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—A comparative statement of the commerce of the Philip- pine Islands for the fiscal year 1%1 and 1900, prepared in the division of insular affairs of the War Department, shows that the total value of merchandise im- ported during the fiscal year 191 was $30,279,406, as against $20,601,436 for the fis- cal year 1900, and the total value of mer- chandise exported ddring the fiscal year 1901 was $23,214,048, as against $19,751,068 for the fiscal year 1900, an increase of 47 per cent in the value of imports and an increase of 17% per cent in the value of exports. : Liyes Are Lost in'a Lake. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 7.—Two In- dians, one Englishman and two Iceland- ers, thelr names not given, met death to- day by drowning in Lake Winnipeg. A storm had been raging and made the ice treacherous. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RIC LINE FAST BOATS IND TRAINS T BE RUN California Gras and Elec- tric Company Will Control. Gijant Corporation Will Make Rapid Tracsit the First Object. Surveying Party Already in the Field to Establish Lincs for the Transmission o Power. ———— The recently incorporated California Gas and Electric Company, with its capitaliza~ tion of $30,000,000, is well on the way to- ward the consummation of a deal that means the speedy development of Marin County as a suburban residence section and probably its ultimate connection with the counties to the north and eas} by a network of electric railroads, The young glant of California corporations will ab- sorb the North Pacific Coast Railroad, commonly known as the “narrow gauge road,” and will at once convert it into an electric road. Fast ferry-boat service will be supplied, and the residents of San Ra- fael, Ross Station, Mill Valley and other favorite town in California’s “Switzer- land” will be given up-to-date rapid tran- sit, with electric cars or trains of cars running as close together as the patrom= age will justify. Papers will be filed within a few days that will insure the control of the rail- road by the interests dominant in the new electric light and power corporation. Already a surveying party is in the fleld, having started from San Rafael, to es- tablish the most practicable lines for the transmission of power from the Yuba and other sources controled formerly by the Bay Counties Power Company and the California Central Gas and Electric Com- pany, now merged into one and strength- ened by the union of Eastern with Call- fornia capital. ZElectricity to Be Motive Power. The entire railroad, from Sausalito to San Rafael and San Quentin, from the junction to Mill Valley, and from San Anselmo northward some eighty miles to Cazadero, will be converted into an elec~ tric raflway. First attention, of course, will be directed to giving the section pop- ulated by San Franciscans, who have bullt country homes among the redwoods of Marin, the best possible service, with fast boats making numerous trips and comfortable electric cars or trains run- ning at short intervals and carrying the commuters to and from their homes with- out the vexatious delays and discomforts and great waste of time that have oper- ated to check the development of a re- glon fitted by nature to be the ideal of suburban residence districts. Sausalito, Corte Madera, Ross station, Mill Valley, San Rafael—all these and others have climate and natural beauty. Beautiful country homes have been bullt on. oak-studded hillsides and in shady canyons. Farther up the rallroad are dozens of popular summer resorts. To all—the residence towns and resorts—the conversion of the antiquated narrow- gauge road into a modern electric rallway means a new era. And by San Francis- cans who have homes in Marin the news of \the prospective change will be re- ceived joytully. Extension to Petaluma. The first extension of tributary lines, reaching into the territory in which the new corporation controls the power and lighting systems, will be from San Ratael to Petaluma. It Is understood that one of the dutles of the surveying party now in the fleld is to make a preliminary sur- vey for such a line. Some of the leading men among the California stockholders of the new Cali- fornia Gas and Electric Company are among the heavy stockholders of the North Pacific Coast Rallroad. J. C. Cole- man 1s a director, and one of the large stockholders of the railroad, and he has already subscribed 350,000 in the stock of the nmew corporatiom. The pwécise nature of the deal is still kept secret between the two corporations. It is believed, however, that enough pur- chases of stock have been made, together with the affiliation of certain stockhold- ers of the railroad with the new corpora~ tion, to give the gas and electric company interests complete control. A change in management will be involved and the smaller stockholders who recently’ tried to oust J. B. Stetson from his position of president and general manager will now doubtless have their wishes gratified. The reorganized road will of necessity be placed under the management of a man familiar with the operations of electric raflroads. b The North Pacific Coast Ralilroad is owned practically by ten stockholders, fcur of whom have the large part of the 15,000 shares of the corporation's stock. These are J. B. Stetson, Antoine Borel, Jehn C. Coleman and the Parrott estate, Borel has not been friendly to the Stet- son management and his encouragement and support and Coleman’s interest in the new gas and electric corporation have doubtless beer important factors in the lden] that will end in the absorption of Continued on Page Twenty-Three.