The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1902, Page 1

v ; @ w e take all. VO.UME XCL—NO: 115+ SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MARCH ODNFERENCE CONSIDERS RECIPROCITY FOR CUBA President and Representatives Discuss the Granting of Proposed Concessions. ASHINGTON, March 24.— | tion laws and give us tariff concessions A conference was held | without limit of time and in return gave at the White House this ' to Cuba tariff concessions limited to about afternoon between the | a year and a half. President and seven Re- | Some of the Congressmen present were publican members of | inclined to admit that we were asking a s of Representatives who have | great deal from Cuba in return for the r in opposing the plan of | little we would grant to her. urged by the Ways| NO DEFINITE PROPOSITIONS. mittee and understood 9 | . yniorenange of views became quite 1 of the administration. | oo;\p0; there being nothing in the way were Representatlves | o g.qnie propositions one way or the rris of Minnesota, DICK | .00 yye merely an agreeable expression Smith of Michigan, | o0 oninion as to what was best to be "““:}i’r;ffl';z“fr"‘;; done under all the circumstances of the : situation. wuest of the President, | 'y, 4o oourse of this general talk the of views to the | estion was made that it the Payne © might be Se- |y )0 been modified 5o as to take off o taken In behalt | the differential on refined sugar some of oni S Cubi i ‘j r;“m::b‘;! the grounds of the opposition might have of the Cablnet were ot the <WHite House | PEeD Temoved. However, there was no e the Congresmmen mere ke HouSe | request, so far as can be learned, that the bill be amended in this particular at the ange of Cuba port gained circulation that Secretary 2 Root and General Wood were prosent at | PFC5ent stage. The !plan olf rebate, v\hltch the conference. This, bowever was mot | WS Ured at one time, also came in for the case, as the President and Congress- | discussion and explanation. At the conclusion of the conference the general understanding was reached that any statements made to the public would | be to the general effect that no conclu- sions were reached and that the confer- ence was confined to a general inter- change of views. It is understood that the President will see some of the members of the Ways and Means Committee to-morrow, thus men remained alone in the Cabinet room for the hour and a half that they were together. The talk took a wide range, overing the conditions in Cuba. THE TOPICS DISCUSSED. "hat should be done to meet the condi- d also the question of harmoni ing conflicting interests so that there milght be unanimity of action on the part tions, an of the Republicans in Congress, was the chief topic discussed. It was stated after- ward by those who participated in the conference that it was of the most ad- mirable and pleasant character, and that there was not the remotest suggestion on the part of the chief executive which ould be construed as seeking to urge them to yield their personal convictions, On the contrary, it is stated the President | listened to the recital of the difficulties which had been encountered by those who opposed the reciprocity plan, and also | hewrd from them the various plans by | which they had hoped to reach an agree. | ment. | The callers were frank to concede that | they found the President desirous of ex- | tending effective concessions to Cuba by the reciprocity plan. In this canneclion,( it was stated, the President drew atten- | tion to the fact that the Sibley amend- | ment limiting the reciprocity period to | December 1, 1903, gave the Payne bill a ! rather one-sided aspect, as It asked Cuba | to adopt our naturalization and immigra. familiarizing himself with both sides of the issue which has recently arisen in House. He hopes that this general interchange with the leaders from both sides may bring about unanimity of ac- tion on whatever is done in behalf of Cuba. the A PALMA IS HONORED. Fresident-Elect oTCubn a Guest at the White House. WASHINGTON, March 24 —Tomas Es- trada Palma, Président-elcct of Cuba, met President Roosevelt in his officlal capa- city for the first time this evening, when the former was the guest of honor at an informal dinner at the White House. The affair was intended as a mark of cour- tesy to President-elect Palma, who ex- pressed his high appreciation of the honor shown him. The others . present were Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary and Mrs. Root, Minister and Mrs. Beilamy Storer. Gen- eral Leonard Wood and Gonzales de Quesada and Diego Tamayo, well known Cubans, who came over from New York | ) | \ \ i | | e pge CONGRESSMEN WHO CONFERRED WITH PRESIDENT, AND.RETIR- ING HEAD OF CUBAN AFFAIRS. 2o Administration Also Plans Island’s Transfer. with General Paima to-day. While the affair was largely of a social character, the prospective transfer of Cuba from the Americans to the new Government provided for by the recent constitutional convention was. discussed. The actual date of the transfer of the government, it is said, has not been defi- nitely decided upon. The date has been tentatively fixed as May 1, and the offi- cials of this Government have believed it | could be accomplished by that time. More recently, however, it has become appa- rent that for varlous reasons there may have to be a postponement of the trans- fer to a date later in the month, say the 10th or the 20th, more likely the latter Bay. It was expected that this matter would be finally determined at the gath- ering to-night, but it is said the question still remains unsettled, except that the transfer is certain to take place in May. Palma and his companions will remain here for.some days, their stay depending entirely upon the wishes of the President, who will consult the Cuban President- elect further before he leaves for his new. duties. Palma will go from here to New York and thence about the middle of April to Cuba, proceeding first to San- tlago province, where there are relatives and friends whom he desires to visit be- fore the inauguration. CONFESSES AIDING ASSASSIN ,CZOLGOSZ MILWAUKEE, March 24.—A special to the Sentinel from Bariboo, Wis., says: Jacob Steinman, who was taken to Wau- pun Saturday for burglary, confessed to Sheriff Stackhouse that he was an an- archist and was present at the lodge meeting when Czolgosz was selected to assassinate President McKinley, and that he was the person who tled the handker- chief over the hand of Czolgosz just be- fore the shooting. He further said that a well known woman was one of the principal instigators of the crime. R Make a Dash to Escape. MANILA, March 24.—General Maxilom and his brother, who were arrested on the island of Cebu for having concealed rifles and considerable ammunition in their possession, made a desperate attempt to escape while being conveyed in a launch, but were overpowered and General Maxi- lom’s brother was Kkilled. The general was bound and turned over to the Ameri- | can authorities on the coast of the island. — Outbreak cf Students. VIENNA, March 24.—The newspapers here report a students’ outbreak of a revolutionary character at Ilok, ih Rus- sian Poland. The students there set fire to the technical school and attempted to lynch the professors, who ‘escaped with difficulty. Mounted trocps quelled the dis- turbances. | | Leonard Wood Likely | an entirely different construction upon the | with the President's view that the request | 2 1902. 3, PRICE F1VE CENTS. QUICKLY ACCEPTS INQUIRY President Is Anxious to Air the Miles , Controversy. Lieutenant General Is Not Yet Ready to Resign. to Receive Pro- motion. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, Ny W., WASHINGTON, March 24—A quick decision was reached by President Roose- velt to comply with the request of the House, made known through the passage ol Representative Burleson's resolution, for a copy of all cofrespondence that passed between the Secretary of War and fhe President on one side and Lieutenant General Miles on the other relating to the offer of the latter to end the war in the Philippines. The correspondence will be sent to the House either to-morrow or Wednesday. The story as it comes from a member of | the Cabinet {s that after the resolution was introduced by Burleson Speaker Hen- ‘derson, anxious not to embarrass the President, communicated with the White House, and asked the President whether he wished the request to be made by the Heuse for the papers in the case. Roosevelt's reply was instant. He sald he had no objection to the correspondence being made public, and would welcome an opportunity to lay all the facts before the country in the regular way, especlally since some one in the War Department had seen fit to make public facts in order to give some one credit at the expense of the administration and the War Depart- ment. The result was that Burleson’s res- olution asking “if not incompatible with public interest, that copies of all corre- spondence relating to and papers bearing upon: the matter of the recent request of Gemeral Miles to be assigned to duty in the Philippines’” be sent to Congress, went humming tirough. R e T This i on Thursday. The Cabinet considered the whole question on Friday, and had before it all of the correspond- ence that had followed General Miles' re- quest that he be allowed to end the war | peacefully, and without further loss of | life. President Roosevelt’s reply to General Miles, declining to relieve General Chaffee and substitute General Miles and explain- ing his reasons therefor, was read to the Cabinet and met with the unqualified in-{ dorsement of all the members. It is said | that the President, in his letter, discussed | the question with great freedom and can- | dor, and sald some things which will put | fallure of General Miles' effort than the public has derfved from newspaper publi- | cations. The Cabinet unanimously agreed | of Congress should be complied with and | the matter has only been held back bve- | cause of the desire of Secretary Root {o | examine the testimony given by General Miles before the Senate Committee on | Military Affairs which brought the dis- | agreement between General Miles and the administration to an acute tension. General Miles fully appreciates the seriousness of his position, notwithstand- | ing his statement that he would apply for | retirement in case the Root staff reorgan- | 1zation bill became law. It is a fact that the general does not want to retire. He desires to serve his term out as command.- ing general of the army. PROMOTION FOR WOOD. Brigadier General Leonard Wood may be appointed to a vacancy in the grade of major general, which will be caused to- | morrow by the retirement of Major Gen- eral E. 8. Otis. Following this promotion, | he will be eligible for appointment as a successor of Lieutenant General Miles in command of the army. General Wood's service in Cuba has been of such a high character that both the President and Secretary Root are anxious he shall re- ceive a reward. If he is not appointed to the vacancy consequent upon Major Gen- eral Otis’ retirement, he will be promoted upon the retirement of elther Major Gen- eral Brooke or Major General Wheaton, In the War Department the belief pre- vails that he will receive appointment im- mediately so as to become eligible for Lieutenant General Miles' office in case the latter's conduct forces the President to relleve him from active duty. TITLE TO BLYTHE ESTATE RESTS WITH MRS. HINCKLEY United States Supreme Court Denies the Motion for a Writ of Certiorari. WASHINGTON, March 24.—For the tourth time during the past few years the United States Supreme Court to-day rendered an opinion Involving the estate of the late Thomas Blythe of California. Upon his death his daughter, Florence Blythe Hinckley, came into possession of the property and other relatives have since sought to destroy her title. They have, however, failed each time and the decision to-day was again in her interest, denying the motion for a writ of certior- ari, which, if it had been granted, would have had the effect of bringing the case to this court for the review of the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Cir- cuit, which was favorable to Mrs. Hinck- ley. The decision has the effect of rest- ing the case upon the Circuit Court's de- SEVERE SENTENCES FOR POS — TAL FRAUDS Punishment of Trio of Offenders in Neeley, Rathbone and Reeves to Serve d L‘ i 79 | [ ‘ { | | I 8 1 | ‘ | 1 il 1 i | Cuba. 1 ‘ | o * TWO FORMER POSTAL OF- FICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN 1 PUNISHED FOR FRAUD. Ten Years. 14 py AVANA March 24 — The trials before the Audfencia Court of the cases arising from the embezzlement of Cuban postal funds have re- sulted in, the following sen- tences: G. F. W. Neelev, ten years' fm- prisonment and to pay a fine of $56,701. W. H. Reves, ten years’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of $35.516. Estes G. Rathbone, ten years' imprison- ment and to pay a fine of $35,324. HENRY WATTERSON SCORES THE PRESIDENT Speaks of Roosevelt as “The Man on Horseback” and Defends General Miles. WASHINGTON, March 24.—About 150 guests were present to-night ‘at the bien- nial banquet of the Virginia Democratic Assoclation held in the banquet room of the Metropolitan Hotel. They included Democrats of national prominence and most of the political leaders and Demo- cratic members of Congress from the Old Dominion. Henry Watterson, the princi- pal socnger, urged upon the Democrals‘ the general union of forces in opposition to imperialism in all forms. In the course of his speech he said: “We are Democrats. We love our coun- try. Our hearts beat true to its institu- tions. We would rescue the Government from the hands of those who are convert- ing it into a Government of the trusts, for the trusts and by the trusts and re- store it to the hands of those who will have some regard for the rights of the people. The Republican party is a syn- dicated party. Arbitrary power is its mo- tive, the almighty dollar its trademark. It it be not checked in the gait it is go- ing it will in the end surely Mexicanize the republic. “Once again in the White House we have the man on horseback. = Affecting the simplicity of the cowboy, he conceals bereath the self-confildence and queer manners of the broncho buster the senti- ments and ambitions, if not the talents, of a Diaz. To him, a little thing like treating an admiral of the navy, wearing the laurel leaves of imperishable renowa, as if he were a baby in arms, now.to ‘ve @andled and now to be spanked, is mers- Iy an undress affair begun and ended dur- ing off moments between breakfast and luncheon. To him, the reprimanding of the lleutenant general of the nr_m‘y, grown gray in the fighting of the battles OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA . IN THE PHILIPPINES It Has Caused Japan to Dsclare a | Quarantine Against | Manila. MANILA, March 24.—The outbreak of cholera here does not create alarm. No white persons have been stricken with | the ‘disease.” According to the reports of the medical authorities made up to noon | to-day there have been all told twenty- six cases and twenty-one deaths. Ex- | | perts ‘have gone to investigate the five | cases at. Malolos, just morth of Manila, nd the two cases at Aparri, In Northern | Luzon. | The moving of trains on the rai'road | Letween here and Dagupan has been pro- hibited. and no boat will be allowed to leave Manila for interisland ports for the | | next five days. The object of those re- | strictions is to prevent a general exodus | and consequent possibility of spreading | the disease throughout the archipelago. | 'Japan has declared a quarantine | against Manila. The United States transport Grant has enough coal to steam direct from Manila to ‘San Francisco. She will not touch at | Japanese ports. She will sail from here | Wednesday, March 2, and Is now await- | i Ing the arrival of the last battalion of | | the Twelfth Infantry. Instead of salling on board the transport Grant as previous- | iy announced the Third Infantry has em- | | barked on board the United States trans- | port Thomas. i | 'JEDDA, Arabia, March 24.—There have\’ been 470 deaths from cholera at Mecca | and Medina during the past ten days. } PRESIDENT OF FRANCE | WILL VISIT THE CZAR| Chamber of Deputies Votes Five Hun- | dred Thousand Francs to Defray | the Expenses. | PARIS, March 24—The Chamber of Deputies .to-day by a vote of 469 to 25| adopted a bill ‘providing a credit of 500,- 000 francs to defray the expenses of President Loubet's visit to Russia. The Senate also adopted the credit unani- | mously. | The Forelgn Minister, M. Delcasse, in- | troduced the bill in the Chamber of Depu- ties. and amid repeated and hearty ap- plause read the preamble in which ap- pears the following extract from the let- | ter' of invitation sent by Czar Nicholas to M. Loubet: | ““Under the sweet and deep impression of our never-to-be-forgotten stay in France last year, the Empress and I like to hope | | | ern, that the highly esteemed President of the | republic “will shortly procure us the rea!l | pleasure of seeing him again by coming | to.stay a few days with us. It will be | pleasant to you, T think, to receive in per- | son on this occasion the unanimous tes- | timony of the warm and sincere sentiment | uniting Russia to friendly and allied France.” of his country, becomes an 'amusing horseplay meant to relax his muscles and fllustrate his = high mightiness whilst | warning lesser officers of the army to obey orders and say nothing.” Watterson also spoke sneeringly of the army reorganization bill and defended the stand of General Miles. ol S Favershams Are Divorced. NEW YORK, March 24—A decree"az divorce in - favor of - Mrs. Marion F. Faversham against Willlam Faversham, :he “actor, was submitted to Supreme Court Justice .Lenox to-day by Referee McKim. The Justice signed th decree, and the couple are now legally separated. | The hearing before the referee was ! cecret ‘and none of the testimony is known. A woman figured in the case, but her name has not teen disclosed.’ The decree provides for the payment of $3200 2limony to Mrs. Faversham during.the ] the El Paso Southwestern road for several remainder’ of her life. Faversham can’| weeks' with the-view, it is thought, of “* | purchasing that line. 4 J —_— Marriman Passes Through El Paco EL PASO, Tex., March 24—E. H. Har- riman, president of the Southern Paecific | system, arrived in his special from Mex- ico at noon to-day and left at 2 o'cleck for | San Francisco. The party has been in| Mexico toufing that country for three ! weeks. | President Harriman declined to | make any statement for publication or to | sec_reporters. . He gave out that no rail- | road- deal is pending. Notwithstanding | his denfal, it is well known that officials | of ki company have been looking over never marry again, = FIREBUG IS AGAIN AT WORK Attempts to Destroy a Hotel in San Rafael. Passer-By Prevents Burning of the Cy- press Villa. | Vigilantes Will Be Or- ganized to Patrol Streets. Spectal Dispatch to The Call SAN RAFAEL, March 24.—San Rafael's incendiary was at work again to-night. George Mills, who was passing along B street on his way home at nearly mid- night, thought he heard peculiar noises in the rear of the Cypress Villa Hotel, and saw the glare of flames. As he stopped to listen the noise ceased, but the blaze Urightened. He entered the yard in front of the hotel and went around to ths rear of the structure. There he made a discovery that proved his first suspicions correct. Just to the rear of the main building and under an outside staircase a pile of shavings was burning. The smell of coal oll was apparent. Mills attempted to ex- tinguish the flames, but soon became aware that he was not equal to the task. He called for help and Night Watchman O'Brien was attracted to the spot. To= gether the two men heroically worked to put out the fire. and uitimately succeedsd. The Cypress Villa is a hotel used mostly during the summer months. It is owned by Mrs. J. F. Jordan of this city, and has just been entirely renovated and refur- nished by her, to be opened on April 1 for business. Mills was closely questioned to-night by the police in the hope of gaining some | clew to the incendiary, but he was un- | able to state anything definite. s be- Heves, however, that he can give some substantial facts for the officers to work upon to-morrow. He believes some one left the yard by the rear entrance just as he entered at the front gate. Sheriff Taylor and the police of San Ra- fael have been at work all day on va- rious clews connected with the previous incendiary blaze, and it is said suspicion polutsito a man well known in San Ra- fael, It was said late to-night, after the attempt to destroy the Cypress Villa w: frustrated, that a vigilance committee would be organized to patrol the streeis at night. District Attorney Mclsaac says that he will put detectives at work om the case at once. FEDERAL COURT ISSUES A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION Order Which Holds Good Until June Is Directed Against Railways Entering Chicago. CHICAGO, March 24.—With the consent of the defendants, Judge Grosscup in the Federal court to-day Issued the tem- porary restraining order asked for by the Interstate Commerce Commission against railways entering Chicago. The order holds_ good until June or until further or- ders from the court. The rallroads affected by the injunction are: The Lake Shore and Michigan South- the Pittsburg, Cincinnatl, Chicago and St. Louis; the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago; the Michigan Central, the Illinois Central and the Chicago and Northwestern. Before entering the order Judge Gross- cup sald: “But for the compliance of the defendant I should have required the full- est possible hearing. The matter is one of extreme importance and not to be de- cided without the most mature delibera- tion.”" It is believed that the railroads named agreed not to contest the petition for an injunction at this time in order that other roads eventually might be brought into court and compelled to live up to the pro- visions of the Sherman law and the inter- state commerce act. VICAR OF PENN ‘CHURCH WILL RETURN DONATIONS Parishioners Feel That They Wera Humbled by the Appeal Made to America for Aid. LONDON, March 24—A singular dis- agreement has occurred between the ve try and the Vicar of Penn Church, Buck- inghamshire, over American funds con- tributed to pay for repairing the church. The Rev. Mr, Kirby, the Vicar, explained to a meeting of the vestry that he had appealed to the United States and had ralsed sufficient money to restore the his- toric edifice. The vestryman produced an American newspaper containing an arti- cle detailing the decay of the chureh and appealing for funds. He declared that the statements. made were untrue, and that the parishioners had been humbled by this appeal to the United States. The Rev. Mr. Kirby retorted -that his ex- perience showed that the Penn parishion- ers were not overwilling to contribute to the church funds, but as his efforts had been met in such a spirit he would return the money received to the domors. el iy Invites Bids for Wireless System. WASHINGTON, March 24 — General Greely has invited bids for supplying a system of wireless telegraph between Nome City and St. Michael, Alaska, 104 miles distant, across Norton Sound. Bid- ders must prove the capacity of their ap- paratus by sixty-mile tests along the At- lantic coast. oL Denied by Italy. ROME, March .—Rumors to the effect that an Italian expedition against Tripolt was being fitted out at Naples and Spezia have been current for two Weeks past, but they have been persistently and caie- gorically denied by the Government of Italy, -