The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1901, Page 1

. " VOLUME XCL—NO 30. SAN TOSETHE &1LF ,‘COLONEL DUDLEY EVANS TO BE NEXT PRESIDENT OF WELLS, FARGO & CO., WITH MAIN OFFICE IN NEW YORK Present Manages of Great Corporation’s Eastern Department, Backed by the Influence of H. E. Huntington, Will Succeed the Late J. J. Valentine and Headquarters Will Be Removed — HE speculation as to the successor of the late John J. Valentine as president of Wells, Fargo & Co. ‘was ended yesterday with the au- thoritative announcement that at the meeting of the directors, to be held to-day or to-morrow, Second Vice Presi- dent Dudley Evans of New York would be chosen the future head of the great express conoern. Another and equally important an- nouncement was also made that within a few months the head offices of the com- pany would be removed to New York at Y5 request of Evans, who, although he " cxpresses himself as well pleased with the climate of California, is not particu- larly esirous of severing friendships_st the East in order to accept the presi- dency of the company and make San Francisco his future home. As the de- sires of the incoming president will be respected by the directors, all of whom bold Evans in high esteem, it is more than likely that his wish in this regard will be granted. The news of Dudley Evans’ selection to be the mext president of the company will be a surprise to the hundreds of em- ployes who had been quietly informed that the choice of the honor lay between George E. Gray and Homer S. e name Evans was men- was believed that he would to be first vice president val of Evans from New York and the active part he has since taken in W Fargo & Co.'s af- fairs caused some comment among those who predicted the selection to the presi- dency of either Gray or King. It was sincerely hoped by the employes in line that one or the other of emen mamed would capture the that m advancements ail While the promotion of ency mecessarily these will not What effect the offices of the com- el King. T tioned, b be promoted only. The recent for prom the honor, elong the 1l Evans to th means promot now be so removal of the m pany to New York will have no one seems able to say wit! v degree of certainty. Evans Backed by Huntington. Second Vice President Evans came to i orsement of H. E. John J. McCook for the many of the directors r should go to Colo- as first vice i giver nent satisfaction the Huntington influence gen for services strong enough to con- jority of the board that the place. It t H ington had to several of his esting them to sup- Neither Hunt- will be present at the e board, but it is sald their en sent on and that they Evans’ interest. There the meeting. They Gray, Homer 8. for honor. will be six directors E Bermingham, Captain George Johr Andrew Christeson and 3 A successor to Valentine the board of directors must be selected before the election for president is en- tered upon. The name of the man slated for director has not yet been made pub- ldridge,” Second Vice President Evans left the ip a few days ago day night. Yesterday morning he breakfasted with Solomon D. tendent of the Western Fargo & Co., and Ra- lemen were togeth- our and later in the tation with offi- ew of the fact Brastow, super] Wel Th for more thar of phael We o the com the board of directors is about to these consultat 1 the eve of thering were regarded as being BELIEVE THEY & HAVE THE BODY " OF FLEISHMAN Police of Pullman, Ill., Say Suicide Answers the Fugitive Cashier’s Description. Epecial Dispatch to The Call W YORK. 29—The World has owing from Chicago: The Pullman selieve the bpdy of a man with his last week, is that of the missing Los He disappeared on ing a shortage in his ac- ent of more than $100,000. es who have examined the body wers the description of Jeish- e the body found. ade every effort to destroy which his identity could be name “Hastings Clothing iowever, was stamped on the his trousers and the police hat such a firm is in business 150, The body of the suicide was found Dec cu found ann, bank shier. razor was 1m 5 *oe o e Dclicy Evans .. .. [ NESE— - WELL-KNOWN MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK BRANCH OF WELLS, FARGO & CO., WHO WILL SUCCEED THE LATE JOHN J. VALEN- TINE AS PRESIDENT OF THAT CORPORATION. -3 That the confidence of the directors in Evans will not be misplaced by promot- ing him to the responsible position of president of the company is evidenced by his sterling qualities as man and official, so often displayed in his management of the New York office. Colonel Evans’ career has been one of extreme activity and brilliant achievements. He was born near Morgantown, Monongahela County, Va., now West Virginia, January 27, 1825. He is descended from an old Welsh fam- ily, his great-great-grandfather having been one of three brothers who settled in Philadelphia in 1720. His forbears took an active part in the colonial wars and in the war of the Revolution. His grand- father, Dudley Evans, was a colonel un- der General Harrison in the war of 1812, and while in command of a regiment of Virginia militia was stationed at Fort Meigs. The youthful days of Evans were spent on the farm. At the age of 15 he attend- ed the Monongahela Academy, where he was prepared for college. He subsequent- ly entered the junior class at Washington College, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 185¢. A few months later he went to Louislana, where he resided at the out- break of the Rebellion. Having an inclina- tion for more stirring action he returned to Virginia, and on his arrival at Beverly he fell in with the Confederate troops in camp near that place ahd remained there until the battle of Rich Mountain. He subsequently joined the Confederate army at Manassas, under the command of Gen- erals Beauregard and Johnston. After the battle of Seven Pines he was commis- sioned a captain in the Virginia State troops, which were subsequently turned over to the Confederate army. Brilliant Record as Soldier. In the fall of 1862 he was taken prisoner WATERSPOUT BURSTS OVER MOROCCO CITY Two Hundred Persons Perish in Succeeding Flood and Enormous Damage | Is Done. TANGIERS, Morocco, Dec. 20.—A water- | spout burst over the city of Saffe, Mo- rocco. It inundated the lower part of the town for twelve hours, sweeping every- thing Into the sea. Two hundred persons | are reported to have been drowned. There | are no Europeans among the dead. The | damage to Saffe is enormous. ‘ Saffe is a fortified seaport city of Mo- It has a population of 12,000, in- | cluding about 3000 Jews. Tt is inclosed by | massive walls and has a palace and a | smalt fort. L B e e e e i i e ] early Monday morning on the street at One Hundred and Fifteenth street and rocco. Watt avenue by two teamsters. The [Ineffectual effort to make the fellow un- 1 throat was cut and a razor lay near by. e and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, and then transferred to Vicksburg, where he was subsequently exchanged. Military honors now crowded upon him. In the spring of 1863 he was elected a lleutenant colonel in the Confederate cavalry and in that capacity took part in all the battles in the valley of Virginia in 1863-64. His bril- liant record as a soldier, together with his popularity as a man and comrade in arms, prompted the soldiers to elect him to the Legislature of Virginia, and the winter of 1854-65 he spent at Richmond. At the Close of the war he came to Cali- fornia with the intention of practicing law, but on account of his political ante- cedents he was debarred by statutory en- actment. He thereupon sought and ob- tained an appointment with Wells, Fargo & Co. and was ordered to Victoria, B. C., where he remained till 1871, when he was appointed agent at Portland, Or. While serving at Portland Colonel Evans acted as supervising agent for Oregon and Washington Territory. Later he was made superintendent of the north- western division. In 1888 he was trans- ferred to Omaha, Nebr., and in the same year he was made general superintendent of the central department. On December 1, 1891, he was sent to New York to take .charge of the Atlantic department, and since that date he has continued as man- ager. On August 11, 1892, he was elected one of the board of directors and made second vice president of the company, which position he filled with signal suc- cess ever since. Personally, Colonel Evans is an affable gentleman. His popularity among his as- sociates is unbounded, and the news of his forthcoming elevation to the presi- dency of the concern with which he has s0 long been identified will be received with pleasure by all with whom he has been in any way associated. 13 S e @ SHERIFF’S GUN ENDS THE LIFE OF A HATFIELD Member of a Family Notorious in Kentucky Because of a Deadly Feud Is Killed. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. GLOBE, Ariz., Dec. 20.—Robert H. Hat- field, one of the last of the notorious Kentucky clan, was shot and killed Tues- day at the Troy mining camp in the Pinal Mountains. His slayer was Deputy Sheriff | Devine, who bore a warrant for Hat- field’ arrest on a charge of wife-beating. Hatfield was of a notoriously ugly dis- position, so the officer, to avoid trouble, sent a friend to ask him to surrender quietly. Hatfield returned word that he would kill any man who tried to take him. Devine met Hatfield outside his home. Devine fired two shots over his head in an derstand his danger and then shot to kill. \ . TWO NATIONS WISH T0 END CONTROVERSY Pauncefote and Hay to Adjust Remaining Differences. Will Afterward Submit Their Agreement to a High Commission. Hope by This Means to End Long- Standing Quarrel Over the Fron- tiers of Canada and the United States. e WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—It is expected that efforts will be renewed before long for the settlement of the numerous con- troversies which have long' existed be- tween the United States and Great Brit- ain growing out of relations along the Canadian border, the Atlantic fisheries, warships on the great lakes, the Alaskan boundary and other questions. Hereto- fore the negotiations designed to bring about settlements have not proved ef- | because of the cumber- and fective, largely some machinery of the proceedings, this has led to a belief that much more could be accomplished by direct negotia- tions between Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote on the main points and the subsequent assembling of a commission representing the United States, Great Britain and Canada tp give form to the basis of agreement rendered. The British authorities have expected for some time that when the isthmian canal treaty was once disposed of there would be a renewal of the efforts to ad- just the Alaskan boundary and other pending questions, the canal treaty being regarded as one of many pending issues. Now that the British Government has yielded the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and other points in the isthmian negotiations it desires to take up some of the other questions in which it has important iriter- ests involved. Lord Pauncefote desires to clear up all pending differences and have “a clean slate” before his present term as Embassador comes to a close. Only One Issue Remains Unsolved. When Lord Pauncefote came to Wash- ington there were four great issues be- tween the two Governments. The first of these was the Bering Sea controversy, which had reached an acute stage. Diplo- macy disposed of this issue. The second was over Venezuela, which, like the seal question, at one time threatened war. But the efforts of diplomacy were again suc- cessful in averting trouble and bringing about a settlement. The third important issue was the isthmian canal, which has been satisfactorily disposed of by the re- cent Hay-Pauncefote treaty. This leaves only one issue standing out against “a clean slate,” namely, the border controversies, both as to Canada and Alaska. The British officials link these various boundary controversies to- gether, as they are more or less connect- ed. At present a modus vivendi exists as to the Alaskan boundary, chiefly for the purpose of avoiding a clash along the bor- der and holding each side in check until a final boundary is determined upon. It seems to be conceded on both sides that the modus vivendl cannot be carried on indefinitely and that sooner or later the main question of establishing a permanent boundary must be settled. Lord Lans- downe's desire to take up the question was expressed clearly in his note to Secre- tary Hay last spring, when the British Government declined to accept the Senate amendment to the first Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Lord Lansdowne’s Attitude. Recently Lord Lansdowne again has ex- pressed in speeches the need of taking up the Alaskan boundary question. These declarations by the head of the British foreign service, together with the well- known wish of Lord Pauncefote to clear away all pending differences between the two countries, doubtless will lead to the formal exchanges necessary to an adjust- ment. Just what steps will be adopted are not disclosed, but it seems likely that direct negotiations and the subsequent assem- bling of a commision will commend itself to the parties concerned as the most feas- ible procedure. The border issues outside of that re- lating to Alaska are those which have long existed and have created more or less friction. The Joint High Commission which assembled some time ago practical- ly disposed of these lesser issues, but the deadlock on Alaska prevented a treaty cov- ering these and other points of agreement. ‘With the disposal of the Alaskan bound- ary, therefore, it is felt that the way would be clear to dispose of the other controversies. The reciprocity question, which s among those formerly considered, is not likely to be taken up in this connection, as Canada desires to make it the subject of separate negotiation. The Atlantic fish- eries question also may be the subject of separate negotlations, FRANCISCO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA PLAN BOUNDARY DIS 1901. > PRICE FIVE CENTS. PUTES GOVERNORS OF THE NORTHWESTERN STATES GATHER TO DEVISE MEANS TO CHECK THE RAILWAY MERGER Result of the Conference to Begin in Helena To-Day May Be an Appeal to the United States Supreme Court for a Perpetual Injunction Preventing the Consolidation of Three Systems — Dod K Tool = MONTANA ELENA, Mont,, Dec. 20.—The trust power of the United States has never before met such deter- mined and formidable political — opposltion as that which will ma- terialize in this city to-morrow in the con- vening of the Governors of at least four of the Northwestern States, who are called together by Governor S. R. Van Sant of Minnesota to devisq ways and means to prevent the control of three great transcontinental raflroads—the Bur- lington, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern—passing into the hands of the recently organized Northern Secu- ritles Company of New York. In spite of the recent statement of J. J. Hill, calculated to allay the fears of the people of the Northwest and persuade them that the development of this vast territory is not threatened by the pro- posed merger of these lines, all of the public men of the various States most vitally interested look with increasing concern upon the formation and plans of this gigantic combination of money inter- ests for the control of traffic interests from the Mississippi to Puget Sound. Array of Legal Talent. Political economists and statesmen everywhere will watch with interest the progress of the battle royal between capi- tal and commonwealths. No one knows just how long this conference will last, what methods it will pursue nor how any action decided upon will be jointly prose- cuted. The various Governors will come accompanied by the Attorney Generals of their varlous States, and that such an ar- ray of legal talent is gathered for the one purpose proves significant and important of itself. CHINESE OFFICIALS DINE WITH AMERICAN LADIES For the First Time Mongolian Aris- tocrats Meet Women on Terms } of Equality. PEKING, Dec. 20.—A sensation has been caused in Chinese officlal circles by a din- ner given at his residence by United States Minister Conger and which was at- tended by the leading officials of the Chi- nese Foreign Office. Among those present were Ma Tung, a former Boxer leader, and Wang Wen Shao, one of the Chinese plenipotentiaries. The dinner was attend- ed"by several American ladies. It was formerly the custom for prom- inent Chinese officials never to enter a foreign legation except on the most for- mal occasions, while the meeting of for- eign ladies soclallygwould have been con. sidered as degrading as would associating with Chinese women upon the same foot- ing. This event is significant of the progres- 11y been manifested in many ways sive tendency of to-day, which has recent- A . The hour of the conference will be at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. The ses- sions probably will be secret, at least un- til some definite course of action is agreed upon or the Governors decide that they desire to take joint action at all. This afternoon Governor Toole refused to make any statement as to his views of the forthcoming conference or its proba- ble procedure. He declared that Governor Van Sant was the inspiring genius of the movement and in his hands all arrange- ments had been left. Montana Laws Forbid Merger. Governor Toole and Attorney General Donovan ‘of this State have spent lons hours in conference since the question of the raflroad merger has come up, and have decided beyond a doubt that the Montana statutes forbid the existence and operation of such a corporation within the borders of the State. ~ Wi i \—”/_‘ N a0 — GOVERNORS OF FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES, THREE OF WHOM WILL ATTEND HELENA CONFERENCE, IN WHICH THE FOURTH HAS AT THE LAST MOMENT REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE. — None of the Governors nor their Attor- ney Generals have yet reached Helena. Governgr J. K. Toole informed The Call this afternoon that undoubtedly Governor Van Sant of Minnesota, Governor Herrled of South Dakota and Governor Hunt of Idaho will arrive at 10:30 o’clock to-mor- row morning. The recent death of Gov- ernor Rogers of Washington makes it un- certain whether that State will be repre- sented at the conference by other than Attorney General W. S. Stratton, who will surely be here. If arrangements for the funeral of the late Governor permit his successor, Governor McBride, probably ‘will be here. WILL BRING HER BODY HOME FOR INTERMENT Mrs. J. A. Fithian of Santa Barbara Succumbs to an Attack of Apo- plexy in Paris. Special cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1901, by the Herald Pub- lshing Company. PARIS, Dec. 29.—Mrs. J. A. Fithian of Santa Barbara died to-day at her apart- ments, 61 Rue Scheffer. She was stricken with apoplexy Christmas night just as she was retiring. She remained uncon- sclous for many hours and passed away this morning at 6:15 o’clock. She was the | widow of J. A. Fithian and had lived in Paris many years. She leaves two daugh- ters, Mrs. Chester Alan Arthur and Com- tesse Arthur de Gabriac, and two sons, Barrett and Joel R. Fithian. The funeral services will be held in her apartments Tuesday. The body will be | taken to California for interment. Seamans Fails to Rally. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—The condi- tion of Adjutant General Seamans of California, who has been ill here for sev- eral weeks, has been very critical to- night. He fails to respond to the medi- cines given him, v — It is firmly believed here that the result of the conference will be an appeal to the United States Supreme Court for a perpet- ual injunction restraining the Northerm Securities Company from assuming con- trol of or acquiring any interest in the three railroad companies. A late dispatch from St. Paul to-night says that Governor White of North Da- kota refuses at the last moment to take part in the conference, although last month he assured Governor Van Sant of his hearty co-operation. The powerful in- fluence of J. J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, is seen in this, and it is regard- ed as a great victory for Hill. L i e B B s e o ) BOERS GIVE FREEDOM TO BRITISH CAPTIVES Prisoners Taken in the Zeefontein Affair Are Permitted to Return to Bethlehem. LONDON, Dec. 20.—The War Office has received a dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated Johanmesburg, saying that the British prisoners captured when the Boers successfully rushed Colonel Firman's camp at Zeefontein December 24, have been liberated and have returned to Beth- lehem. TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 20.—Two thou- sand persons attended a pro-Boer meet- ing here to-day and resolutions urging England to invite the President of the United States and the ruler of Denmark to act as arbitrators in the settlement of the war were adopted. The resolutions were cabled to London. Addresses were made by David Overmeyer, General J. K. Hudson and others, Aspires to Presidency of Peru. LIMA, Peru, Dec. 20.—It can be said upon reliable information that the presi- dent of the Peruyian Senate, Manuel Can- damo, will be a candidate for the Presi~ dency in the next election. .