The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1902, Page 17

BLELFFFIFHEFFE4L4444 404409 Pages 17102 - e - + - - LJ 4444444444324 2 028924444 ) O+ttt ++ + + + 0% + b + ® & BIIFFFEFEITEFFI4444 444400 Pages 4444444444201 20000444 02 ittt VOLUME XCL SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1902—FORTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS APPLIES THE BROOM TO FEDERAL OFFICES President Causing Removals, Most Import- Commissioner Powderly. ant Being ALL BUREAU, 4% G STREET, N. W., WASHING- TON, March 15. — President Roosevelt is industriously 4p- plying his broom to Govern- ment offices. The resignation iam A. Rodenberg, a member of the Civil Service Commission, has been fol- lowed by the retirement of William M. Johmson from the office of First Assist- munt Postmaster General and in a few days the long predicted removal of officials of the immigration service will occur. The immigration officers are Commissioner General Terence V. Powderly, Commis- sioner Thomas W. Fitchie in New York end Assistant Commisioner E. F. Mc- BSweeney Frank P. Sargent Brotherhod of Lo Succeed Powderly. The and master of the ve Firemen, will latter will make a but it will be in- s of Fitchie and t been selected aval Officer Shar- Senators -Depew him for reap- FRICTION IS UNFORTUNATE. President Roos given special t on service. He itions, regarding ew York office ureau here as par- He has conferred | | | COMMISSIONER. GENERAL OF IM- MIGRATION AND THE MAN WHO | | WILL SUCCEED HIM. | Secretary of the Treasury ge of immigration | he conclusion | out is necessary. | 2 nt Com- | for a long time, and | many instances | gainst Powder- | ercharges have | d forth until it has be- ng out either Pog- y, or both, to preserve | reasonable discipline in the service. ! SELECTION OF SARGENT. . 3 is regarded as | slarly interésted | it n of let in the immigration question, and is ex- sistant Postmaster General Johnson, | Postmaster General, @i T A e e 2 2 22 e 2 o e e Y ) MARCONI WILL PLACE | STOCK ON THE HAB.KET: Wireless Telegraph System to Be| Made a Factor in the Commer- | cial World. o v | NEW YORK, March 15.—The wrireless teiegraph placed on a commercial basis United States, and shares will ‘be offered to the public. E. Rollins Morse & Broth- er of Boston, Marcon! J New York Stock Exchange, are now ar- “ | system is soon to be in the who are members, of the ranging the detalls of incorporation. plen is to form a Marcont peny under the laws of New Jersey, with & capital of $10,000,000. It is proposed to raise at least §750,000 immediately through the sale of stock. Of this amount $250,000 will be paid to the Marconi Wireless Tele- graph Conipany of Englend, which is the parent op and has an exclusive | privilege for the manufacture and sale of Marcon! apparatus, It will license compa- | nies in various countries. Thé remfaining | $500,000 will remain in the treasury to be used for development purposes. Marconi, who is mow . in the United | States, estimates that it will not require mote than $500,000 to place the system on a commercial basis in the United States, The remainder of the $10,000,000 capital etock will be issued from time to time in the future as occasion may require. The Fnglish corporation is already on a pay- ing basis. The Lioyds have adopted the system and are requiring that steamships, in order to obtain favored rates of insur- ance, must be equipped with the system. Detafls as to the price at which stock is to be placed on the market and the pre- cige amount of the first issue have not yet been decided. The incorporation pa- pers are being drawn by Colonel John J. McCook of Alexander & Green of 120 Broadway. The com- pected to meet the hearty approval of representatives of organized labor. Sar- gent was offered the office of Commis- sioner of Immigration at New York to succeed Fitchie, but he declined it. ‘He could -have been superintendent of the Bureau of Bngraving and Printing under the McKinley administration, but could not see his way clear to accept that place. Commissioner Powderly declines to pub- lecly discuss the purpose of the President to remove him, but a friend said to-day that he @id not intend to resign, 'and’the President ‘would have to dismiss him be- fore a vacancy would occur in his affice. JOHNSON’S RETIREMENT. The letter of resignhtion of First As- LABORERS IN MINES INSIST .ON EQUALITY Secret Organization Now in Opera- tion in-the Coal Regions of Pennsylvania. SCRANTON, Pa., March 15.—A secret organization has been formed ‘of all' the laborers employed in’ the mines’in’this vi- einity. - Over 5000 are included in the mem- | bership. The object of this new . organi- zation js to compel the miners to give the laborers as much as_they receive them- selves. At present the miners work about four hours, while their laborers work ‘nine hours. For this the laborers get but Sl a day, while the miners make more than double this. The union of the laborers will demand an equal distribution of the wages. In case of a strike of the miners the labor- ers declare they will take their places un- less their 'demarids are met. The laborers throughout the entire anthracite fleld are being organized. : TWO THOUSAND YEARS THE -AGE OF THIS BOAT Beautifully Carved Craft Made Frow a Tree Prunk Discovered in Ireland. LONDON, March 15.—A remarkable dis- covery has been made.in County Mayo, Ireland, where a wooden boat, belleved to be nearly 2000 years old, has been dug up by some laborers. The boat is beau- tifully carved from the trunk of an oak tree. It is forty-six feet long and shows no signs of decay. The wood was so hard thzt hatchets made scarcely-any impres- slon on it. Excursions are now being or- ganized to view this felic of Celtic handi- craft, which will shortly be taken to the Dublin Museum. | effect when my successor shall have qualified. whose determination to resign was an- | nounced .some time ago, is as follows: POSTOFFICE, DEPARTMENT, WASHING- TON, D. C., March 10, 1902.—The President— Sir: Owing to the condition of my health and for other personal reasons, I deem it advisable to relinquish the office of First Assistant Post- master General, and have the honor to tender | to you my. resignation of that office, to take In submitting the same I wish to express my appreciation of the consideration shown me by yourself and your predecessor, and also by the Postmaster General and his predecessor, with both of whom my official and personal rela- tions have been most agreeable. With assurances of my personal regard and best wishes for the success of your administra- tion, I am, very truly, WILLIAM M. JOHNSON, First Assistant Postmaster General. WHITE . HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. C. March 14, 1902.—My Dear Mr. Johnson: I ac- cept with ‘regret your resignation of the posi- tion ‘of First Assistant Postmaster General. Your administration of that office has been in the highest degree satisfactory and I wish it might have been possible for you to continue in 2 position whose duties you have so well per- formead. Hoping your health may .soon be fully re- stored, believe me, with kind regards, sincerely yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, “To Hon. Willlam M. Johnson, First Assistant COLOMBIA HAS NEWS ABOUT CANAL AFFAIR Minister at Washington Is Asked to . Watch Interests of His Country. PANAMA, Colombia, March 15.—A spe- cial representative of Panama at Wash- ipgton this morning sent a cable message to friends here regarding the isthmian canal situation; and this afternoon a con- ference of prominent natives was held, at which it was decided to send to Dr. Jose V. Concha, -the Colombian Minister at Washington, the.following cablegram: “Important news received regarding the canal makes us appeal to your patriotism in favor of the interests of - Colombia, which are intimately connected with the realization of this work.” General Salazar, Governor of Panama, also sent a cable dispatch to Minister Concha. The contents of the Governor's message were not made public. FUND FOR MONUMENT TO McKINLEY INCREASES Design for the Certificate for Con- tributors Accepted by the Executive Committee. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 15.—At a meeting of the executive committee of the National McKinley Memorial Asso- clation held, here to-day, the design for the contributors’ certificates submitted by 2 New York firm was accepted. The cer- | tificates. will .be, printed from engraved plates upon fine cardboard, suitable for framing. The design iz very handsome, being 9x11 inches jn size. In addition to the scroll work it contains a fine picture of the late President, the White House and the McKinley home at Canton. The report of Treasurer Myron T. Her- rick showed that the fund for the monu- ment is rapidly increasing, the gantribu- tions received during FEMB‘Q[M larger than for any month since the or- Zanization of the association. 'Storms in the Da- | clone visited Scotch Plains, | Everett City, Ga., TRAFFIC BLOCKED BY SNOW Trains in the North Are Tied Up in Drifts. kotas Worst in Ten Years. Blizzards May Cause Cattle on Prairie to Perish. BISMARCK, N. D., March 15.—To-night | a storm that has raged for twenty-four ' hours still prevails, with a temperature of 5 degrees below zero and the wind blowing forty-five miles an hour. The snow is drifting heavily and all business | and railroad traffic is suspended. Trains | on the Northern Pacific are snowbound | at Mandan and Dawson, after ineffectual efforts all day to get them through the heavy drifts. The storm is the worst that has prevailed in this section for ten | years. Cattle on the prairies are scattered badly and there may be considerable losses where owners have no shelter. About Huron, 8. D,, the storm set in to- day and drifts are Interfering with the railroads. WINNIPEG SNOWBOUND. WINNIPEG, Man.,, March 15.—The snowstorm which began yesterday con- tinued to-day, and to-night Winnipeg s practically snowbound. It is one of the | worst blizzards ever experienced here and coming, as it didy after two months of almost summerlike weather, its effect is severely felt. No trains had reached the city up to a late hour to-night. The Great Northern express is stalled near the boundary line, the Northern Pa- cific train is six hours late and the Cana- | dian Pacific transeontinental trains are long overdue. The storm is widespread in its area, extending from Regina in the west to Port Arthur in the east. Street car traffic, which was kept up in an in- termittent ‘fashion during the day, was entirely suspended to-night. CYCLONE IN KANSAS. BELLEVILLE, Kans.; March 15.—A cy- a Dunkard settlement’ near here, to-day and did much damage. A number of houses were blown down andi the Dunkard Church was completely demolished. Ng lives were fost. P March 15.-Wash- BRUNSWICK, ,G: outs on the Southern Railway just above have . prevented the arrival of trains and malls over that system since yesterday. It is reported here that Everett City itself is threat- ened, as the waters of the lowér Alta- maha are rising rapidly. TRAFFIC IS IMPEDED BY HEAVY SNOWFALL TACOMA, March 15.—Traffic and busi- ness throughout this State are interrupted | by snow and hail storms prevailing yes- | terday and to-day. Snow fell to a depth | of several feet last night in the Cascade Mountains. Trains are arriving late on the Northern Pacific and the Great North- ern. All trains through the mountains are precaded by rotary snowplows. On Puget Sound snow and hail fell at intervals yesterday and to-day. . The weather has been squally and many steamers have remained at their wharves instead of venturing out. Everett experi- | enced a heavy thunder storm this morn- | ing. Bright flashes of lightning awakened | the citizens and caused astonishment, be- cause lightning is very unusual in this| State. . The electric wires at Everett were struck by lightning and some of them demolished. The New Vancouver Coal Company’s tug Mermald went ashore on Wednesday at Newcastle Tsland. She has not yet been got off and has been damaged some- what by the winds. A final effort to float her will be made to-morrow. CECIL RHODES IS NEAR THE DOORWAY OF DEATH Famous South African Statesman Sinks Gradually and His Condi- tion Is Critical. CAPE TOWN, March 15 (Noon).—Cecll Rhodes at this hour is in a very critical condition. Rhodes passed a very bad ight. His condition at times was highly cfitical and the attending physicians had frequent recourse to oxygen. The ‘pa- tient’s continued loss of strength causes great anxiety. The physicians are in con- stant cable communication with the Lon- don heart specialist who attended Rhodes list year. 6:30 p. m.—There has been no further change in Rhodes’ condition up to this hour. He is very drowsy and hardly speaks. His strength is still kept up by means of oxygen and stimulants. The weather is warm and not favorable to the sickness. WRECK ON THE SHORE BUT NO SIGN OF OREW 7 . Remnants of a Coal Company’s Ves- sel Are Found Off Nove Scotia. HALIFAX, N. 8, March 15.—A dispatch received here from Canso late this after- noon announces that the wreck of the Dominion Coal Company's steamer Tiber has been found off White Point by Tobster fishermen. The steamer 1is below the water. No trace of the members of the crew has been found and it is likely that they have all perished. The steamer left Loulsburg, C. B., Feb- ruary 2, with a cargo of coal for Hali- fax and nothing more was heard of her until March 3, when wreckage and life' buoys from the steamer were found in the vicinity of White Head. The Tiber was commanded by Captain Henry Bou- ianger of Quebec and carried a crew of twenty. ; | quite tew tank ships were being built, a number SENATORS WHO FAVOR THE MERC]ZAN T : MARINE While Many Leaders Support Granting of — ASHINGTON,, March y 15.—Differences of opin- fon on the Republican side appeared in the Benate debate on the ship subsidy bill to-day. Allison of Towa indicated that he was not satisfled with the measure as it stands now, and gave notice of amend- ments Le proposed to offer to it limiting the time of its operation and limiting also the amount of money annually to be paid from the treasury on account of it. He was followed by Spooner of Wisconsin, who took exception to some provisions of the measure. He was not at all certain that the bill would accomplish the great results which its advocates claimed for it, and he urged that before its enactment into-law definite information upon that point ought to be furnished to Congress: He did not care to vote for a measure making ‘an appropriation that not only would not accomplish, definife results, but which might be simply a largess to ship owners. He gave notice of an amendment which he proposed to offer providing that the*bill might be amended or repealed by Congress without, however, impairing any contract made under its provisions. Teller of Colorado made a speech in op- position to the measure, and was followed by Elkins of West Virginia with' a brief address In support of it, although the West Virginia Senator admitted that he would much prefer the adoption of the policy of discriminatiny duties. Teller read from the report of the Com- missioner of Navigation to prove that the shipbullding industry was not languish- ing and-in need of the assistance of boun- ties. 2 NEEDS A STIMULANT. Hanna sald that during the last year or two American shipyards had been very busy, but he said they had been busy in the construction of ships for the coastwise trade almost exclusively. The difference between the cost of ships constructed in this country and Europe was the smallest part of the proposition. The difference in the cost of operation was the feature that at present made an investment in Ameri- can ships unprofitable. As a matter of fact, Hanna sald, the ship building in- dustry was not in a healthy condition. A of ferry-boats and some vessels for the United States navy. Elkins, a member of the Committee on Commerce, supported the pending bill He directed attention to the fact that the United States was now paying $600,000 a day to forelgn ship-owners for the car- rying of our commerce. If we had ship- ping ‘to carry our imports and exports $200,000,000 annually would be saved to the American people. If this money were expended among our own people at least $100,000,000 a year could be expended in American shipyards, which would extend the influence of our business men and accrue generally to the benefits of Amer- jcan labor. Personally, he believed that the old policy of levying discriminating duties was the best for the upbuilding of the, American merchant ‘marine. That polipy, would, take nothing from the United States treasury and yet would | glve back to this country its former won- derful merchant marine. The treaties which stood in the way of the adoption Subsidies, Some Would Amend Bill. * | | | , | | ) i | | | : oo 2 TWO OF THE MINORITY MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SEN- { ATE WHO ARE MAKING AN ACTIVE FIGHT AGAINST THE BILL TO i [ PROMOTE THE MERCHANT MARINE BY SUBSIDIES. l : . of the discriminating duties could be ab- rogated, he thought, without difficulty. ARGUES AN AMENDMENT. Bacon of Georgia gave notice of amendment which he proposed to offer to the subsidy bill, providing that. no contract under ‘the bill shall be binding upon the Government until it should have been submitted to and approved by Con- gress. - In the course of some remarks in sup- port of the amendment Bacon urged that the Postmaster General ought mot to be made responsible for the demanding of such contracts. It . was such a delegation of authority by Congress as he did not think would be approved by the Ameri- can people. Discussing briefly the general purposes of the bill, Bacon ‘said that ‘the word ‘“‘subsidy” had no terror for him. If a bill to provide increased - compensation for mail lines between this country and South America, for instance, was pend- ing before the Senate, he would support it. He was opposed, however, to boun. ties, the effect of which Would be to give compensation to those who did not need it. Bacon had inserted in his remarks a table showing the exports of American products from the port of Boston for ten months; the object being to show that the bulk of these products was carried in slow vessels, much in vessels under 1000 tons burden. These vessel, he con- tended, would receive little or no sub< sidy. Similar tables were presented for the ports of Savannah, Ga., Galveston and other places. ALLISON’S OBJECTIONS. Allison then stated, as he said, a few objections which he had to the subsidy bill as it now stood. He had, he con- tinued, some difficulty in ascertaining precisely what the measure proposéd to do, :and his difficulty had not diminished as the debate proceeded. He had been told that it was a better bill than that of last year. While that might be so, he suggested it was open to objection. The measure in its operation ought to have an end as well as a beginning, yet it pro- vided no limitation to the time the con- tracts made under it ghould be in force. He gave notice, therefore, of an amend- ment providing that under the bill the Postmaster General should not make con- tracts after July 1, 1910, and that the con- an tracts should not extend beyond July 1, | 1920. He gave notice of another amend- ment he proposed to offer providing that no vessel should be entitled to full com- pensation under the act unless she shal! have cleared from a port in the United States with at least 50 per cent of her cargo capacity, and that the subsidy paid such vessels should be reduced in propor- tion to the reduction of her cargo below 50 per cent of her capacity. Allison belfeved that there ought to be a limitation upon the aggregate amount of subsidy to be paid annually under the bill Continuing Allison expressed the convie- tion that the aggregate amount to be ex- pended under the bill should be limited, and he suggested an amendment limiting the amount of mail pay under the bill for each year until 1907 to 35,000,000 annually, and after that date to $8,000,000. He sald that if no limitation were fixed in the matter of price he did not doubt that by next October (election time) the public ‘would be told that the ameunt would feach $50,000,000 annually. Allison said that he had no lmitation to suggest in connection with the subsidy, because It could be repealed at any time. APPARENT TO ALL. Spooner of Wisconsin sald that with the general motives of the bill no good Amer- can could find himself in opposition. The desirability that the American products should be carried in American merchant marine was apparent to all Personally he long ago had formed the opinion that the true method of the re- vival of our merchant marine was by the levying of discriminating duties, but our hands had® been tled by treatles which prevented the levying of such duties. If the United States should denotince those treaties harm_ might follow, but he did not. take kindly, he said, to the doctrine that the United States forever was to be bound by treaties with our competitors. The .passage of the pending bill would produce retallation and the relation caused by the abrogation of the treaties would differ only in name. He said he would not have voted for the bill of last year, As to the pending measure he said he did ‘not like to vote for the making of contracts involving the appropriation of vast sums of money unless it was evi- dent clearly that the object sought to be accomplished by the bill would be aec- _Continued on Page Eighteen, .. -