The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1902, Page 1

T e STATE o ) B i VOLUME XCL-—NO 49. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY .18, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THREE HUNDRED LIVES ARE CRUSHED OUT IN MEXICO IN WRECKING OF BUILDIN CANAL COMMISSIONERS DECIDE TO REPORT IN FAVOR OF Will for Forty Million Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, GTON, Jan. 17. fon which lasted and until neariy Isthmian Canal rned un:il to-morrow, I practically completed its supplemental report. The report will be typewritten and signed by the nine Commissioners to-morrow, after which it | will be place he hands of President Roosevelt, who will send it to Congress without del The report, it is understood, is in favor of the acceptance by the United States of the offer of the Panama Canal Company to s T $40,000,000. This sum, it is un- Gersto o pay for practically every- thing the canal company has on the isth- mus, including 68,800 sghares of the Pana- ma Rallroad t of a total of 70,000; hos- pitals, the administration building and, of course, the rights and franchises en- joyed by the company. Haupt Leads the Opposition. From the first 2 majority of the com- mission has favored the Panama route if the P could be induced to sell fc pproaching $40,000,000, re meeting yesterday but th g and active minority Louis M. Haupt of iesired by the com ng two reports been made by nd Admiral Wal shly tested in an ken g to be decided was the legal- which the Panama com- give to the United The commission, in addition to owners of DUTCH PREMIER ADVISES Recommend to the the French Company’s Offer to Sell PANAMA ROUTE President That Dollars Be Accepted stock of the Panama Railroad, also con- Gucted an examination of M. Edouard | Lampre, secretary general of the French | company, who assured the commission | that there was not the slightest ground for any dispute as to title or for any liti- | gation in behalf of the stockholders of | the old Panama company. | In addition to this, a statement was| sent in from the State Department that | assurances of the most emphatic char- by Minister Silva of the United States | of Colombia that his Government as soon. | as the canal was transferred to the| United States would enter into negotia- | tions of a treaty under which the United | States could proceed with the work, and | under which it could own, operate and | control the canal and exercise sovereignty | over the territory on which the canal is constructed. | Title Will Be Made Clear. | All the statements apparently con-| vinced the commission that there would be no difficulty in the future to impair | the title of the Government to the canal. | The commission also decided that the mi | mority stockholders in the railroad did not | cut any figure as a controlling factor. The minority stockholders will not be ble to hamper the building of the canal y the United States any more than they vere able to hamper the building of t cal by French capital. | No matter how the report of the Canal Commission may be in favor of Panama, | | Senator Morgan, who has great influence | c | in the Senate, will fight' with the utmost | | | vigor the effort to sell the Panama prop- | erty to the United States. Even shouid | the French Government approve the sale, | Serator Morgan will continue hostile to | the proposition. His position is that ot he minority | uncompromising hostility. . e | BOERS. TO SUE FOR PEACE Approval of Men Stiil ence Must, However, Be Secured. | Jan he following dis- ccording to Dr. Kuyper, the intimated to the rability, in véw eech at Ck ome intimation of the b: rtain peace negoti- to on ¢ powers in- the near fu- be red 1don pon: y Abra- r of the Boer del t B els id, after which Dr. London. The result s been attained, is gates long conference was XKuyper proceeded of visit, if i that Dr. Kuyper dis- Boers that Holland STEAMSHIP COMPANIES TO BE CONSOLIDATED Pierpont Morgan “Now Busy With Another Business Merger of Amazing Magnitude. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—The Sun says: ‘Within & short time announcements will be made of the most important or tempted and completed. For the past few months J. P. Morgan has been at work, and within the past few days the details of the merger have been practically com- pleted in his New York office. The Americans most intimately union ocean steamship lines ever at- con- cerned in the deal are Morgan, Clement | A. Griscom, president of the International Navigation Company; A. J. Cassatt, pres- ident of the Pennsylvania Rallroad; Hen- ry H. Rogers of the Standard Ol Com- pany; James J. Hill, John D. Rockefeller end Willlam Rockefeller and others of the financiers and railroad men who are interested with Mr. Morgan in the com- munity-of-interest group of rafiroads and the United States Steel Corporation. The arrangement involves a deal of the most comprehensive character, which is" about to be carried out between Morgan, behalf of a group of American export- and Ismay, Graves, Pirrie, Hill and ng, who represent the principal con- troliers of the trans-Atiantic freight traf- fic. Clergyman Kills His Stepson. ALTON, I, Jan. 17.—The Rev. Mr. Gidding to-night stabbed to death his stepson, Harry Highfield, and was him- self perhaps fatally injured, sustaining two fractured ribs. besides internal in- juries. The tragedy took place three miles east of Shipman, IIl, and was the culmination of & feud of long standing between the father and son, dating from the marriage of the boy's mother, five years ago. Highfield had just returned from three years’' service in the Philip- Do by TS on —Reuter’s Telegram | ster- where a | Fighting for Independ-| under no circumstances would act as an intermediary. vds, the representative in Europe | ansvaal, is expected shortly at | The Hague. | LONDON, Jan. 18.—The Amsterdam cor- | respondent of the Daily Mail says it is definitely known that the recent visit to London of the Dutch Premier, Dr. Kuy- per, resulted directly from Mr. Kruger| | and the Boer deleg having been per- | 1‘ suaded officially to w e their claim for | | independenc pending approval by the | | Boers who are still fighting. A prominent | | gathering of Boers has been arranged for to-morrow at The Hague, at which it may be decided to make tentative over- tures for peace. LONDON, Jan. 17.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Budapest says that Baron Paul Linne- | vals, who has served with the Boers, and | | Baron Hurzens will leave Budapest n| February with a strong body of recruits for the Transvaal | BRITISH EXPLAIN TO GERMAN OFFICIALS Government Leader Balfour Says the Foreign Secretary Spoke of Cham- berlain’s Remarks. LONDON, Jan, 17.—A. J. Balfour, the Goverrment leader, replied in the House of Commons to-day to a series of ques- tions in regard to the reference in the re- cent speech of the German Imperial Chancellor, Count von Bulow, to assur- ances received by Germany on the sub- ject of the utterances at Edinburgh of Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary. Balfour declared that no assurances | had been officially asked for by Germany, but that in unofficial conversation Lord | | Lansdowne, the Foreign Secretary, had pointed out to the German Embassador that Chamberlain had made no charges of barbarity against the German or any | other army. In the opinion of the Gov- | ernment nothing was' required to be said either in the direction of qualifying or withdrawing the remarks of Chamberlain. Replying to another question, Balfour sald Colonel Arthur Lynch, the recently elected member for Galway, who is said to have fought on the side of the Boers in South Africa, would sbe arrested im- mediately after landing on British soil. —_— Bringing Dix Back for Trial. NEW WHATCOM, Jan. 17.—A cable- gram was received by the County Attor- ney this morning from Sheriff Brisban, Wwho is in London to bring back H. St. John Dix, wanted here on a charge of wrecking two banks, authorizigg him to pay the reward offered for the prisoner’s capture. The Sheriff said that he would sail for the United States with his pris- oner on Saturday, January 18. PRl o= e Type Founders Increase Capital. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 17.—The Ameri- can Type Founders Company to-day flled papers increasing its capital from $4,000,000 1o $6,000,000. The company’s authorized capital was at one time $9,000,000, but this ‘was subsequently. decreased to $4,000,000. acter had been given to Secretary Hay | : & —. i (\1{1}‘1\(;\\ o G b | A .mm?\\\\m\ \\\!\"‘*‘\ m‘:n sl oy gl JUR ol \ = A\ .};}\ N 7 \\\\ \ \\‘. IN THE SHADOW OF THE LAW. Herrin and Crimmins Taking to the Tall Timber. < COURT’S RESTRAINING ARM ALONE PROTECTS MAHONY FROM REMOVAL BY MAYOR, WHO DEEMS HIM GUILTY 'County Clerk Is Granted a Writ of Prohibition Which Prevents Temporarily His Suspension and the Appointment of a Man Free From Ante-Election N appeal to the restraining power of the courts, snap judg- ment taken to prevent the Mayor from carrying out a pur- pose decided upon after careful consideration of the evidence placed before him of the County Clerk’s criminal acts, was all that saved Bert Mahony from removal from office yester- day. Mayor Schmitz announces without res- ervation that he belleves Mahony to be guilty of violation of the charter and of the purity of elections law. He believes that the County Clerk's offepse was -so heinous that the public welfare demands his immediate removal from office. That he has not suspended Mahony is due en- tirely to the temporary respite which an alternative writ of prohibition granted by Judge Cook has given Crimmins’ man ,Friday in the County Clerk’s office. ‘William F. Herrin is the man behind the scenes, whose efforts are responsible for keeping in office a man whose recent acts have amounted to a confession of guilt of criminal acts. Herrin wants such a man as Mahony in charge of the Coun- ty Clerk’s office. No one, not even Crim- mins, appreciates so well as he the possi- bilities th#t are opened up by having a tool in charge of that office. Mahony is putty in the hands of Herrin and Crim- mins and the railroad boss will not see his henchman lose his power for useful- ness to him without making a struggle against it. Mahony keeps his office for the present, but at a cost of a loss of public esteem that might well make any but a hard- ened ward-heeler hesitate before seizing that horn of the dilemma. Having first sat silent under acousations that would have caused an innocent man to walve technicalities and disregard questions of uncertain authority, Mahony confesses the weakness of the stand taken on ad- vice of his attorney by rushing off to court to secure a restraining order to de- lay the Mayor In the exercise of the au- thority which the County Clerk in the next breath denies that he possesses, Public Opinion Convicts Mahoney. At the bar of public opinion Mahony stands convicted of the venal acts of which he has been charged. He may re- tain possession for a while of his office and continue to maintain about him the cholce spirits with whom Crimmins has surrounded him—including not a few beetle-browed and hard-fisted followers of the prize ring, who have taken the places of competent and popular deputies who have for years given faithful service to the office and the public. But he will not escape the consequences of his misdeeds, and though retribution may not be swift it will be sure. The Grand Jury found its time monop- olized yesterday by another investigation, and at half-past 3 o’clock the witnesses who had been subpenaed for the Mahony inquiry were informed that the hearing had been continued until next Tuesday afternoon. At that time it will be taken up and Mahony and Riordan will need to do some hard thinking to find a shield behind which the accused County Clerk may RNide from that agent of justice. Fit Counselor to Mahony. Thomas D. Riordan proved himself yes- terday to be a fit counselor to a writer of ante-election pledges. Having réquest- ed conslderate treatment at the hands of the Mayor, Riordan spent the night and the early morning hours in preparing a “surprise” for the Mayor, who had looked Pledges. FTER an all-night session with a stenographer, a typewriter and sundry law books Attorney T. P. Rlordan early yesterday morning sought Presiding Judge Carroll Cook in his chambers at the Hall of Justice. He car- ried with him a complaint upon which County Clerk Mahony based his prayer for a writ of prohibition restraining Mayor Schmitz from ‘removing him from office and the formal order according to the prayer of the complaint which was to be served on the Mayor. Judge Cook granted the prayer of the plaintiff that an alternative writ of pro- hibition issue, commanding the Mayor to desist and refrain from suspending or re- moving, or attempting to remove, this plaintiff as such County Clerk, or from the office of the County Clerk. The Mayor was directed to appear and show cause why he should not be absolutely restrained and prohibited from removing or suspending the plaintiff as County Clerk or from sald office of County Clerk. Judge Cook assigned the case to Judge Hebbard's court. - A waiting hack was called into play and a wild ride made for the City Hall. The destination reached, Attorney Rior- dan ran up the stairs leading to the Coun- ty Clerk’s office to file the writ. “Never mind the change,” said Attorney Riordan to Deputy St. Ledger, as he grabbed up his handkerchief, his hat and his papers and rushed to Judge Hebbard's .court to have a date and an hour set for the hearing of the prayer. Judge Heb- bard fixed Thursday next, January 23, as the date and the hour as 10 a. m. Surprise Is Mutual. The next trip was to the Mayor's office. Continued on P-ge'M i L} Continued on Page Two, GS BY TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE AWFUL CATASTROPHE SHATTERS MANY HOUSES IN THE STATE OF GUERRERO At 'Chilpancingo, the Capital, the Parish Church, Business Structures and Many Dwe:llings Are Quickly Reduced to-Ruins 'Shocks Are Felt in Other Cities and Towns of the Republic, and in Addition to the " Killed Some Three Hundred Are Injured EXICO CITY, Jan. 17—One of the most terrible catastrophes in the history of the State of Guerrero is reported to have occurred late yesterday afternoon, when an extremely violent earthquake shock was felt at Chilpancingo, causing a great loss of life and injuring many persons. Details from the stricken district are very meager, but scattering reports received here indicate that probably 300 persons were killed and as many more injured. It is known that the State capitol, the parish church and many business- houses and residences are in ruins, and that there is much suf- fering as a result of the awful seismic disturbance. One of the edifices that suffered most was the Federal tele- graph office, which explains the paucity of news that has so far reached this city. Meager details finally began to arrive here. The telegraph lines and apparatus at Chilpancingo were badly damaged, but the employes, all of whom were uninjured, quickly proceeded to erect an improvised telegraph office on the outskirts of the city. MANY MEET DEATH WHILE AT CHURCH. The number of deaths was greater in the parish church than in(any other place, as a crowd of worshipers was gathered there for the afternoon service. The solid masonry walls and the roof eame toppling down on the worshipers and many of those within were killed. The War Department has ordered troops in the neighbor- hood to co-operate in the work of rescue. Until this work is completed it will be impossible to accurately learn the nuriber of victims. It is believed, however, that this is one of the most destruc- tive seismic phenomena that has occurred in Mexico. The greater part of the population of Chilpancingo are now camp- ing out under tents around the town, which is five days’ jour- ney from the national capital: Earthquake shocks were felt in many other cities and towns. In Mexico City the earthquake occurred at 5:17 o’clock yesterday afternoon and was of such violence as to shake the most substantial buildings. The Pan-American Congress was in session at the time and many of the delegates were greatly alarmed. The first moyement here was cne of trepidation and was very csharp. It was followed by an easy, oscillatory move- ment north-northeast to south-southwest. The damage in this city was slight. fifty-five seconds. The duration was SHOCK VERY SEVERE AT CHILPANCINGO. " The State of Guerrero has always been the focus of seismic disturbances. Reports received here state that the shock was very severe at Chillapa. No casualties are so far reported from there. The duration of the Chilpancingo shock was less than that in Mexico City, having lasted fifty seconds against fifty-five sec- onds at the capital. Up to 11 o'clock to-night no further news had come from P Chilpancingo. The ke was also intense at Iguala. in a the State of Guerrermying the parish church and many buildings in the city and neighborhood. Among the latter was the sugar mill of Generz' Frisbie, an American. The mill had just been completed an’ fitted,up with American machinery at a cost of $200,00. The property loss is immense throughout the State of Guerrero. @ i RELINQUISHES A FORTUNE TO MARRY AMERICAN GIRL Young Japanese Is Disinherited Because He Makes Mi-s Regensburg His Wife. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Miss Rose Jeanne Regensburg and Kano Oshima, a were made husband and wife on Wednesday evening. He is a Buddhist and the bride an atheist. The ceremony was a clvil ohe, and Judge Giegerick of the Supreme Court, who officlated, changed the ritual to meet the views of the young woman. Twenty-four years old and a pretty brunette, the bride is the daughter of Mrs. Marie Regensburg- Ressler. Of a family as old as any in Japan, with a handsome estate at Guma- ken, near Toklo, Oshigia has been in this country for several years. His grand- father was the owner of a copper mine at Mount Ashlo, famous for the quality of its product. Kano was his favorite, and to him he arranged to leave the bulk of his estate after his death. For thirteen years since he attained Ais majority Kano enjoyed the income from this estate. Highly educated, he traveled over the world, and after seven years in San Francisco he came to New York and began business on Fifth avenue Japanese, as a dealer in Oriental wares of the cost- Hest variety. In February he wrote to his father, tell- ing him he was about to marry an Amer- ican girl. This met with the old man's emphatic opposition. Not only had he selected a Japanese girl of high caste whom he wished to call daughter-in-law, but never, he wrote, could property whica had been in the family thousands of years . fall into the hands of those in whose veins there was other than Japanese blood. In a final endeavor Kano went to Japan in June last and saw his father, who would not relent. Then the young man declared he would forfeit his fortune rather than marry another girl. He proved this. He signed papers relinquish- ing his right to 1,000,000 yen. The Elihu Thompson Safe. SEATTLE, Jan. 17.—The steamship Elthu Thompson. five days overdue, reached port this morning from Valdez with ten passengers ond a cargo of 800 tons of Ellamar copper ore, She reports heavy southwesterly gales . _,