The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1902, Page 17

B444444444344443300444+ Pages Bre44444 028 P44 4444449424454 2440441 +4+s O+ttt ed Call. + + + + + + L] B+444444443 4544480404440 00 Pages AR s e R s S e 02 Oretttts VOLUME XCL—NO. 64, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1902—FORTY PAGES, PRICE FIVE CENTS. FEARFUL HARVEST OF DEATH IN A MINE IS CAUSED BY AN EXPLOSION OF DUST BAREEY DISCERNIBLE LAUNDRY MARKS IMAY REVEAL-IDENTITY OF MYSTERIOUS WOMAN SUICIDE Chinese Traces Out Mystic Figures on Wearing Apparel of the Aristccratic Stranger Who Took Poison in a Stockton Hotel and San Francisco Police Are Asked to Work Upon Thijs Clew - MYSTERIOUS WOMAN WHO TOOK POISON WHILE A GUEST OF A STOCKTON HOTEL. Feb. 1—The refined and wel essed woman who yes- terday took a fatal dose of poison in the Imperial Hotel evidently sought not only death, but ob- livion as to her identity. After r death late last night the body and r personal effects were taken in charge the Coroner. Her signature, “Mrs. ammond Moore, New Yomk,” eas un- ubtedly assumed. In the search to find ome clew to her. name. or residence it was discovered that she had displayed ClVE MILLIONS N A0 OF THE WEDIGAL SCHOOL J. P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller Supply Funds for New Buildings. i CAMERIDGE, Mass., Feb. 1,—Following the an cement at the Harvard com- mencement exercises last June that J. P. Morgan had agreed to erect, at a cost of more than a million dollars, three of the lings required for the accommodation he Harvard medical school in carrying out their new plans for medical educa- tion and research, President Eliot an- nounced to the medical faculty to-night J. D. Rockefeller proposed to give a million dollars jn furtherance of this great project provided that other friends of the university will raise a sum of of t - great shrewdness in blocking every line | of investigation. With actd she had burned off the laundry marks”on her clothing until they were but faintly dis- tinguishable; she had painted out all the check marks or names on her trunks and she left not a particle pf paper which would disclose her identity. Chief Briare took one of the pieces of wearing apparel upon which there were faint outlines of a laundry mark and had a Chinese laundryman trace it out for| him. This he has sent to San Francisco money in the neighborhood of half a mil- lion dollars to be used by the -Harvard medical school for land, buildings or en- dowment. It was stated to-night that there can be little doubt this condition will' be’ speedily complied with. STATE OF MONTANA WILL NOT GET LAND Prevented by Law From Benefiting by the Opening of the Crow Reservation. BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 1.—It is doubtful whether the State of Montana may se- cure any of the land embraced in the northern part of the Crow Indian reserva- tion, which it is expected will soon be thrown open to the public. Deputy State Land Agent C. A. Whipple, who has been appraising land in the eastern part of the State, believes that a defect In the na- tional law will prevent selection by the State of any land in the tract to be opened. . The tract comprises about 1,500,000 acres in the northern part of the reservationm, but does not include the best land, which is along Pryor Creek, the Big Horn River | and the Little Big Horn River. —_— A Fire Destroys Crate Plant. PETERSBURG, Va., Feb. 1.—The large crate and berrysbasket plant of the South Side Manufacturing Company in this city, with all the stock, including 1,500,000 fruit baskets, was burned to-day. Loss $65,000. -+ and the officers there have been asked to see if through it they can obtain a clew. The officers have also had a com- plete description made of the teeth, a por- tion of which are false. ’ On the title page of a book of fiction among the suicide’s effects was found the name “Thos. McAllen,” made with a rub- ber stamp. This may be simply the name of a newsdealer. Everything the woman had !n her trunk was of the best, her several dresses being of the finest texture and everything indicated that she had been accustomed to luxury. The suicide was apparently a well-bred matron of 45 yvears. Her features dis- played intellectual power and shrewdness. She was about five feet and nine inches tall; above the average for women. Her halr was of a dark shade and tinged with gray. She left no money other than the $60 deposited with the hotel clerk. After corsidering all of the eircum- stances local officers have concluded that she was a woman with some grief, pos- sibly of a financlal nature, and sought death as a surcease for her sorrows, or possibly to escape Impending poverty. Photographs of the dead woman were taken to-day and they will be distributed in the hope that some recognition may supply a clew to her identity. The body will be kept in the morgue for the pres- ent. The only hope of the officers is that any one knowing of a missing woman will report the fact. S e S T e e ol "UNBEARABLE” 13 SOGIAL TAX OF SWELL SET Reckless Expense and Ostentatious Display in Wedding Pres- ents Opposed. LONDON, Feb. 1.—The enormous cost and number of wedding presents now showered on society brides have brought out a vigorous protest against what {s termed the “unbearable” soclal tax. The Daily Mail declares that “since the advent of American and South African million- aires the tendency toward reckless ex- pense and ostentatious disptay In wed- ding presents has steadily grown until now it is nothing less than a soctal evil,” On all sides fashionable people are re- calling the former customs, saying that | tion. - ENFIUELW INSURGENTS WIN BATTLES Government Forces Are Routed at Jobal and San Carlos, Many Federal Soldiers Desert From the Garrison at Giuria. Fresident Castro Bem#inu Stubborn and Defies France by Refusing a Landing to M. Se- crestat Jr. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb. 1L— General Ducharne's force of Venezuelan revolutionists has defeated the Govern- ment troops at Jobal, near Giuria. The | Government - casualties were numerous. Many soldlers deserted from the Giuria garrison and joined the insurgents. It is reported that General Mendoza has routed the Venezuelan Government force and has gained possession of San Carlos, a town in the State of Zamora. The Venezuelan revolutionary steamship Libertador, formerly the Ban Righ, re- pairs to which have been completed, was | expected to sall from Savanilla yesterday | for the coast of Venezuela and continue | operations.” Many Venezuelan revolution- ists are awalting arms. Castro Is Still Stubborn. WILLEMSTAD, island of Curacao, Feb. 1.—Tt is reported here that on the French Consul at Caracas further insisting that M. Secrestat Jr. of Bordeaux be allowed to land at La . Guayra, according to the agreement of the Venezuelan Government to make formal protest against the seiz- ure of the estates of General Matos, the revolutionary leader, hich, yyere leased to M. Secrestat B rexf Castro ¢aused the Consul to be notified that he (the President) formally refused ¢o allow the traveler to land, basing his refusal on the ground that M. Secrestat was an agent of the revolutionists, Herrera Makes Threats. PANAMA, Colombia, Feb. 1.—The Co- lomblan Government fleet returned here last night. The commander reports that the Government forces held Agua Duice, but that General Castro is endeavoring to get into touch with General Herrera, the revolutionary commander. Three mes- sengers were landed and communicated to General Castro orders from Civil Gover- ner Arjona. A vessel which has just arrived here reports that everything is quiet in the provinces of Los Santos and Chiriqui. General Herrera has sent notices to th‘ agents of the steamship companies saying that having dominion over the Pacific coast of the Isthmus he will not allow the transportation of arms or soldiers for the Government and will prevent it by force if necessary. Serious complications are possible, but the Governor informed a correspondent that the action of General Herrera has no importance. . BALFOUR’S AMAZING IGNORANCE OF DETAIL Government Leader Confesses He Does Not Know How Many Mem- bers Constitute Commons. LONDON, Eeb. 1.—Parliament continues to deal with the most iriteresting topics in an uninteresting way. The proposals of-Balfour, the Government leader, to re- organize the procedure of the House of Commons, are likely to be quicklyaccepted in spite of the extraordinarily slipshod way in which they were put before the House. A typlcal incident of Balfour’s ignorance of detail was his ingenuous confession, when announcing the proposed changes, that he had forgotten how many members constituted the House of Commons. Tem- perance reform, Parliamentary repre- sentation, London’s telephone system, the difficulty in Malta over tie language ques- tion, Great Britain's food supply in tiine of war and innumerable matters relating to the campaign in South Africa were all thoroughly debated this week, yet not one of these matters created more than passing ripples of interest. Military Aeronaut Killed. ANTWERP, Feb. 1—Captain Tarsch von Siegfleld, the military aeronaut, and Dr. Linke, who left Berlin this afternoon on a short experimental trip, were car- rled away by a gale and reached here after a five hours’ voyage, when the bal- loon collapsed. Captain von Siegfield was killed, but Dr. Linke escaped with several bruises. ———e Soldiers Become Brigands. PEKING, Feb. 1.—Complaint has been received here from Kuang Hu that the soldiers of General Tung Fu Hslang are committing acts of brigandage on a large scale, raiding villages and generally op- pressing and robbing the people, who are helpless to defend themselves. @ i e @ when Duchesses were married they re- celved only a few simple presents, and that it was considered bad taste to ex- hibit even these. “Comparisons ave drawn with the re- cent Chesterfleld and Abercorn weddings, but the = Stavordale nuptials eclipsed everything and eaused the present agita. Coahuila, Mexico, the Scene of a Disaster in Which More Than a Hundred Men Are Reported to Have Been Killed. Of One Hundred and Sixty Unfortunates Entombed the Bodies of Eighty-Five Are Recovered T. LOUIS, Feb. "1.—A special to the Globe-Democrat from San Antonio, by Rescuers. Texas, says: Eighty-five miners killed and seventy-five more buried under debris is the fearful ceived here to-night. plosion. over 100. CARTER CLAINIS HE INHERITED THE PROPERTY Convicted Captain’s An- swer Alleges Hostility on Part of Army Officers. CHICAGO, Feb, 1.—Former Captain Oberlin M. Carter’s answer in the civil proceedings begun some months ago for the purpose of impounding certain prop- erty sald to have been secreted by his relatives was filed to-day in the United States Circuit Court. Other - answers ‘were ‘filed' by Stanton Carter and Lorenzo D. Carter, brother and uncle of the principal defendant. These two deny generally and in detail the charges that they have conspired to con- ceal the funds which their relative is sald to have realized from his alleged embez- zlement of Government funds. Carter explains his ownership of valu- able tonds and real estate by stating that his only interest in these was recelved trom his father-in-law, the late Robert F. Westcott, a millionaire, as whose agent he had recefved about $139,180 in bonds and notes. Carter also charges his troubles to Cap- tain Cassius E. Billette, who was his sue- cessor in charge of the engineering work in the Savannah district. The board of inquiry was selected by General John M. Wilsor:, whom he considered hostile, and it consisted ©of three engineer officers, the majority of whom Carter copsidered prejudiced. GERMANY GIVES SOME ADVICE TO GREAT BRITAIN Asks London Government to Consider the South African.Peace Over- tures. PARIS, Feb. 1.—The Liberte affirms that it hears from an absolutely trustworthy source that Germany had advised Great Britain In the most pressing manner to consider the South African peace over- tures of Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch Premier. THE HAGUE, Feb. 1.—There was un- wonted activity in diplomatic circles here to-day, and it was generally believed to have had some connection with the Dutch note to Great Britain regarding peace in South Africa. The German Minister, Count von Pourtales, had a long inter- view with the British Minister, Sir Henry Howard; the first secretary of the British Legation, A. F. G. Leveson-Gower, unex- pectedly started for London, and the Duteh Foreign Minister, Baron Van Lin- den, had a conference with Dr. Kuyper, the Premier of The Netherlands, and sub- sequently had an audience with Queen Wilhelmina. When Baren Van Linden returned from the palace Sir Henry How- ard went to the Foreign Office and held a long conference with the Foreign Min- ister. 4 V2 ALLEGED ATTEMET ON THE CZAR'S LIFE Sensational Report Comes From Vienna, Where It Is Regarded ' as Important. LONDON, Feb. 1.—A Vienna dispatch to the Sunday Special says rumors are current that an nttgmpt has been made on the life of the Czar. The report is re- garded as important in official quarters. _ ———— Seeking Release of Porto Ricans. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Feb. L—The House of Delegates has asked for infor- mation regarding Porto Rican prisoners in the Spanish penitentlary at Ceuta, Mo- rocco. The records show that forty pris- oners were sent from Porto Rico to Ceuta between 1882 and 1898. Against seventeen of these persons. no specific charges were brought, they being, It is sald, political prisoners. An eftort will probably be made to secure their release through Sec- retary of State Hay, % L0SES SUIT AGAINGT HER RICH MOTHER Mrs. Chetwynd Fails in the Action Against Mrs. Naylor- Leland. between a wealthy mother and daughter over the custody of the latter’s children was aired in the courts this week. The parties were Mrs. Naylor-Leland and her daughter, Hon. Mrs. Chetwynd, a sister- in-law ‘of Lady Naylor-Leland, who was Miss Jennie 'Chamberlain, of Cleveland. Mrs. Chetwynd was divorced from her hus- band in 1900. Shethensigned an agreement allowing her two little girls tospend a cer- tain time with Mrs. Naylor-Leland, for which privilege the latter allowed her daughter £2000 yearly, making her income £4000. On Thursday last Mrs. Chetwynd sued her mother to recover £2000 due under this agreement, but a decision was ren- dered against her, as it was proved that she had removed the children from their grandmother’s care, had taken them to South Africa and had neglected their edu- cation, thereby breaking her part of the contract. In court Mrs, Chetwynd swore that her mother was mad, that she was not fit to have the children with her on account of her constantly changing cooks, believing in ghosts and allowing socialists to meet in her celiars. Mrs. Chetwynd further al- leged that her mother always hated her and treated her neglectfully.’ Answering questions put by counsel, she declared that no one brought up as a millionaire’s daughter could live on £4000 a year. STATE OFFICIALS REMIT TAX ON CORPORATIONS Large Amount Will Not Have to Be Paid by Companies in Cleve- land. COLUMBUS, Ohlo, Feb. 1—The Stato Board of Tax Remission, consisting of the Governor, Auditor of the State and the Attorney General, to-day remitted the tax placed agalnst the Cleveland fran- chise corporations by the Cleveland Board of Equalization on property ag- gregating $17,250,000. They do this_because the Board of Equalization in adding this amount to the .valuation of the corporation’s prop- erty applied the principles of the Nichol law, which specifically applies to all tele- phone, telegraph and express companies. The corporations that get this reduction are the Cleveland Electric Railway Com- pany, Cleveland City Railway Company, the Cleveland Gas Light and Coke Com- pany, the People’'s Gas Light Company and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company. P Exporters Will Not Suffer. NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—Gustave Schwab, American manager of the North German Lloyd, said to-day that the freight agree- ment entered into by the ship companies was not a radical arrangement of rates and that it would not work hardship to the American exporter. “The lines have simply agreed,” said Schwab, “on a mini- ‘mum rate. The effect of this agreement cannot help but work to the good of all lines interested in the carrying business.” et 10 s Dot Americans Secure Concession. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1.—Seoul dis- patches say that an American firm— Coleman & Bostwick—has secured a con- cession for water works for the Korean capital. The firth will be pald $1,800,000, Korean, in three annual instaliments. — Nat Quarreling at Present. THE HAGUE, Feb. 1.—Prince Henry of The Netherlands- (the Prince Consort) will return to the palace February 3. The reports” of renewed - quarrels * between Queen Wilhelmina and her husband are | unfounded. LONDON, Feb, 1.—A sensational dispite | record made by a dust explosion at the Hondo mines in Mexico, news of which was re- At the time the explosion occurred there were 160 miners at work in the mine, all of whom were entombed by the shaft being choked up by fallig earth and stone loosened by the ex- Just how many are dead is not at this time known, but at last accounts received by wire to- night eighty-five dead bodies had been recovered. It is feared that the death list will be greatly The Hondo mines are located at Coahuila, at the terminus of a branch of the Mexican In- ternational road, about 100 miles south of Eagle Pass, and are the most important in that state. Details of the disaster are meager, no names of the victims being learned here. L 2 2 0 T 0 e e e e e e e ] ) ART CAITICS S PICTURE 15 SPURIOUS Declare J. Pierpont Mor- gan Is Swindled by a Parisian Art Dealer. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Feb. 1.—J. Pierpont Morgan's painting, “The Holy Family,” attributed to Titian, for which he gave $175,000, is now being exhibited at the Royal Acade emy show of old masters and is flatly de< clared by all the leading art connolsseurs to be an egregious forgery. Claude Phillips, the art critic of the Daily Telegraph, says: “Repulsive as it is In its emptiness, and in every respect Just such a thing as should be carefully excluded from the exhibition, there is no sixteenth century Venetian even of in- ferfor rank to whom it could safely be given.” After scoring the academy hanging committee for giving it space he adds: “This-is an Instance in which no authori- tative opinion could be found to justify pinioning a name forever glorious to an exceedingly bad picture, for which it is simply outrageous that one of the great- est masters of all time should be made responsible.” Morgan is aware of the doubts concern- ing the genuineness of the picture and is having an animated correspondence with the Parisian dealer on whose warranty he bought it. NATIONAL BANK NOTES HAVE BIG CIRCULATION Interesting Monthly Statement Is Issued by the Comptroller of the Currency. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The monthly statement of the Comptroller of the Cur- rency shows that at the close of busi- ness January 31, 1902, the total circulation of national bank notes was $359,444,615, an increase for the year of $12,622,74, and a decrease for the month of $845,111. The circulation, based on United States bonds, amounted to $322,278,391, an increase for the year of $6,56,302, and a decrease for the month of $§27,321,915. ‘The circulation secured by lawful money aggregated 337,165,224, an increase for the year of $6,065,932, and an increase for the month of $1,885,504. . The amount of registered bonds on de- posit to secure circulation notes was $324,~ 031,280, and to secure public deposits $ill,« 914,650. MURDERER WOODARD PLACED IN CASPER JAIL Crowd of Armed Men Throng the Town, but No Attempt Is Made to Lynch Prisoner. OMAHA, Feb. 1—A special from Cas- per, Wyo., to the World-Herald says that ‘Woodard, the slayer of Sheriff Ricker, ‘was landed safely in the Casper jail short- 1y after midnight. An immense crowd, fully armed, has thronged the town all day, but as the jail is heavily guarded it is belleved no attempt at lynching will be made. —_— Pension Court of Appeals. WASHINGTON, Feb. l—Representa- tive Boreing of Kentucky to-day reintro- duced a bill providing for the establish- ment of a pension court of appeals. The bill provides for the appointment of seven Judges, whose duty shall be to hear ar- guments for the granting or the increases of special pensions, instead of the peti- tioners coming to Congress for relief. Pl oo Steamer on the Shoals. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1—The captain of the steamer Berkshire reports an un- known steamship aground on Joe Flogger shoals in Delaware Bay. Owing to the thick fog the name of the vessel could not be learned. |