The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCIL_NO. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. . DEATH CLAIMS CECIL RHODES, THE MAN WHO CARVED A VAST EMPIRE FOR GREAT BRITAIN - RS A oRamERS 27 Sxromo- DIRECTS THE BUILDING OF TownNS Ane RAILROADS — CONSOLIDATES Tres DiAmons ~INES AT / KIMBERLEY e RECEIVES AN ovATioN on ENGLAND.. TREMER o~ <APE CQA—QV | | | | -+ HIS RETORN To THE LATE PREMILR OF COLONY AND FIM SOUTH AFRICA. CAPE ANCIER OF | | | Former Premier of Cape Colony Passes Away at Cape Town. Burial in Rhodesia His Last Request. Cecil | the Wai- Port | i \ enson. A nal servants, Groetschuur, wear Cape ~-morrow te for a Rhodesia proceed Certair Mat to whether it s wish es of the dead man are p and a ¢ 1 mask of them will be take FUNERAL TO BE PUBLIC. The ¢ rnment has decided to give Cectl B funeral His re- mains will be t here from Grootes- chur for the service be held n back to Grooteschur, | will be interred at Ma- took to his bed, ! friends had been m | he should recover suffi- b faken back to England. The age whe. ) he died was a simple sea- n rafl- tted to be a sick cham- was done to and make It and close to the 1tmost fmprove ventilation more comfortable Dr. Stevenson slept by his patient every night that he might be in readiness administer oxygen, whic tic kept Rhodes alive. all interest in ev- he had dozed y from the cri- but the faintest he lost since then His lert and aws Tues: of hopes for his ultimate recovery.. Tktesel | press savs | ter of aifficulty. were entirel abandoned with newed attack at noon to-day. The news of his death sy Town between 7 and § o'clock this ening and caused profound grief of amusement immed losed. An open-air concert was stopped, i the audience uncovered while band played the “Dead March.” The peo- then silently dispersed. LARGE GIFTS TO CHARITIES. Rhodes Also Leaves His Residence to People of Cape Town. LONDON, March 1 in this morning’s Daily Ex- that Dr. Jameson is authority for the statement that Cecil Rhodes lef! Groteschuur, his residence near Cape Town, to the people of that city. as well as large sums of money to charities. The death of Rhodes came as no greal surprise to those few who saw anything of him during his last visit to London during the winter. Whether.it was dué to his experiences during the long slege of Kimberley or the accumulated anxleties regarding the war. in South Africa, with an accompanying ‘change of public feeling in England towzrd him, there is no doubt he almost completely broken down within the last two yes Even his ap- pearance changed. His once finely chi eled face had become bloated, and his al- ways huge frame. filled out until he be- came so stout as to make walking a mat- He was further attacked with severe heart troubles, during which he maintained the stoicism which marked his extraordinary carcer. Nor did he al- low his bodily aliments to interfere with yess. Among his associates in the city ever mentioned them, nor did he per- them to be mentioned to him. Up to the last Rhodes Kept a firm grip on all th ast South African interests greated and controlled by him, Except that he was more irritable and more dictatorial, there was no outward change in his method of handling men, business and empires. JAMESON HIS COMPANION. Once his day's work at the offices of the British Chartered South Africa Company was over, he shut himself up from the curious in an unfrequented London hotel, where he utterly denied himself to all ex- cept a half-dozen favored intimates. Dr. Jameson was his constant companion. In- deed, none of Dr. Jameson's indiscretions ever affected the warm friendship exist- ing between the two men, They could be seen in the park in the morning together, riding on horseback, never breaking out of a walk, the cynosure of all eycs, the re- were Cape To: wa: mit | ead through | the | A dispatch from | t severely unobservant of-the hundreds of London’s political and social leaders, ho had the right to a bowing acquaint- Mote especially did Rhodes an cship | shun the present Government, leaders. Hes| ¥ | bitterly expreesed his contempt of British 'my methods in South Africa, and prob. blv never quite forgave Chamberlain-and Lord Milner' for not consulting him or en- deavoring to utilize the powerful finan- al-political machine which Rhodes un- 3 anipulated over the whole of . With increasing irascibility not hesitate to vent on Duke n who crossed his path, he grew 1nd more restless as the end of his | life drew near. He was never contented to stay long in one place. His closing | days developed into an unceasing, pur- poseless quest of change of scene. Dur- ing his recent trip to Egypt this was par- ticularly noticeable. He rushed from | place to place, as if with the only object of upsetting his own plans. Then he sud- denly returned to England. " RECKLESS IN INVESTMENT. Financially, Rhodes’ death is not likely to have any very far-reaching results, as all his enterprises were systematized so thoroughly as not to need the master mind which was 5o necessary to their in- ception, Owing to the very great success of the which or plebe | more De Beers Mines, the British Chartered South Africa Company and the other great South African ventures, Rhodes’ fortune had ‘been steadily accumulating. Hel lost money over. the war, but what inroads that made must have been trif- ling compared with the many millions he possessed. He never lost his open-handed | but somewhat reckless methods of handling money. Not long ago he walked into the office of one of his confidential subordinates and threw down a bundle of notes, bonds, etc., saying “Invest these for me,” and went out without waiting to have them looked at. Inspection re- vealed the fact that they amounted to more than & million pounds sterling. How they were invested Rhodes never knew, or cared, for months later, as that nighc he went off on one of his wandering tours and refused to allow himself to be both- ered with the details of the investment of his millions until he returned to Eng- land. EFFECT ON HISTORY. In estimating the career of Cecil Rhodes and its effect on the history of the Brit- ish empire, newspaper editors are lirgely influenced by their political views. But Continued on Page Two. Joanly-sto e exipcted. e MORGAN DODGES CAMERA Has Photographers| Kept Out During Testimony. Tells of Formation of the Securities | Company. |Magnate Treats the Investigation as | a Joke. NEW YORK, March 2%.—J. Plerpont | Morgan gave evidence to-day before Spe- | cial Examiner Mabey, in the suit of Peter Power against the Northern Pacific Rail- | way Company. He was questioned for two hours and a half by George Alfred | | Lamb of counsel for Power, and during that time he answered qnestions rapidly 1and without the slightest appearance of reserve. Only one or twice, when ques- tions were asked concerning the relation- ship of J. P. Morgan & Co. with the firm's | customers, did he decline to answer. <: Before the hearing was opened Morgan objected to the presence of a number of photographers and they were directed to | leave the room. During the examination Morgan leaned I'back heavily in his chair, . his left hand | | thrust from time to time deeply in his ! trousers pocket. He toyed with an en- { velope, now and then striking it against ! his knee. His eves expressed impatience. | They roamed about in excited .restless- | ness, while the questions were being put to him, but the moment he was ready to answer they fixed themselves on Lamb. Several times during.the hearing the | financier seemed amused. Once Lamb ask- | ed if the price of Northern Pacific did | not go above its real value while his firm was buying it in May, 1901. | MORGAN IS AMUSED. “No,” said Morgan, so amused that he had to stop to control himself before he answered. “It did when they came to de- liver the stock but not when they actually | ‘ bought.” | At another point the witness was asked |3 1111 had mot told him that there was danger that the Harriman syndicate | would buy the Burlington. { “Xo,” replied he. {but'such a thing was The_ papera-hid much in them about/ railroad interests buying roads. I believe that within thir- ty deys we bought every rallroad in the | United States,” and Morgan laughed. Morgan testified that he wanted to put | [ his Northern Pacific stock in a company that was so large that nobody could buy it. If it was deposited in a small com- | | pany it might be bought. He saw Harri- | man.on his return from Europe, but they | did not talk about Union Pacific nor about | Northern Pacific. | The witness said J. P. Morgan & Co. | hald between 120000 and 120,000 @hares of | Northern Securities stock at the present | time. | INDEPENDENT ACTION. | There was a friendly cross-examination of Morgan by Francis Lynde Stetson. To | him the witness said the retirement of the | Northern Pacific preferred stock was not part of the plan which euiminated in the formation of the Northern Securitie Company, nor was it part of a aliow the Northern Securities Company to obtain the majority of Northern Pa-| cific common. Morgan denied that there | was any understanding or agreement in | the organization of the Northern Securi- | ties Company looking to the control «f | rates or traffic, or any agreement that| would in any manner obstruct or contem- | | plated the obstruction of commerce. Ha | said that all parties to the agreement | | nad acted independently. | | Morgan said it was never contemplated that the holders of Northern Pacific pre ferred could change that stock for com- | mon stock. The retirement of the pre- | ferred stock as early as ible was part of the reorganization plan of 1804, | The retirement, however, was not prac ticable until after common stock sold at| par or above. The preferred stockholders, | the witness thought, would have changed | their shares for common stock if they had had the opportunity. This closed Morgan's testimony, and tha hearing went over till to-morrow, when George F. Baker will he called. After his examination had been finished | Morgan was conducted throtigh several hafllways to Judge Wallace’s private chambers, whence he made his way out of the building. All this was necessary to | get away from a number of photographers who were walting in one of the hallways to take the financier's picture when he | left the examination hall. COPIES ARE SERVED. ST. PAUL, March 26.—Coples of the complaint in the case of the State of Washington against the Northern Securi- ties Company have been served upon the | officers of the Great Northern and North- | ern Pacific and mailed Bast to the ofii- cers of the securities company. The com- plaint, which is drawn after that prepared by Attorney Genmeral W. B. Douglas of Minnesota, contains three additional points. Two of these are taken from the complaint of Attorney General Knox. The third point is new and it is understood to be a very important one and based largely upon’ conditions favorable to the State of ‘Washington. Attorney General W. B. Stratton of Washington will remain in Minneapolis until he goes to Washington to fiie the complaint with the Supreme Court. The' date for this has been set for Monday, April 7. Starts for Copenhagen. LONDON, March 25.—Quecen Alexandra started to-day for Copenhagen to attend thie celebration on April 8 of the birthday "of her father. King Christian IX of Den. mark, who was born April § 1818, > ) ¥ plan to| pos _wide. According to the terms gf the of- testad in February, 1903, UNEXPECTED DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN GRAIN MERCHANT PROMINENT GRAIN EARLY HOUR YESTER MERCHANT AND FORMER THE BOHEMIAN CLUB, WHO PASSED AWAY Y AT.SANTA BARBARA. + PRESIDENT OF SUDBDENLY AT AN | {Albert Gerberding Succumbs to & Sudden o - Aftack of Heart Failure. HERE ‘is Sorrow in Bohemia. The Owl bows its head in grief and the members of the ex- | clusive club mourn the loss of one of their foremost mem- bers. Albert Gerberding, at one time president of the Bohemian Club, passed away in | Santa Barbara at an early hour yester- day merning. He was staying at the resi- | derce of Sherman Stow, where he had gone to recuperate after a long siege of ilin. The news of his death a ter- rible blow’ to his family and will. be re- | ceived with sincere regret by a host of | friends. Te was extremely popular in | business and social circl Gerberding went to Santa Barbara two weeks ago for the benefit of his health He stayed for a few days with the Stow | family and then went to Hot Springs. He then returned to Santa Barbara in ap- | parently good health and was enjoving his | stay when death closed his visit. Gerber- | ding complained Tuesday of feeling un- well, and as he gradually grew worse a | physician was called ta attend him. De- spite the efforts of the physician the pa- tient grew weaker and early yesterday morning died. His Wife was present at | his bedside when death came. SUCCUMBS TO HEART FAILURE A sad feature of Gerberding's death was | the fact that he had written to his family here stating that he was rapidly recover- | ing his health, and the letter bearing these glad tidings was supplemented by the telegram announcing his death. Heart failure is ascribed as the cause of death.:| JOURNALIST MAY HAVE THE ITALIAN EMBASSY Probability That Paul Dana of New | York Will Be Given the Post. ! CALT, BUREAU, 14066 G STREET, N.| WASHINGTON, March 26.-—Paul§ Dana of New York may succeed George | von L. Meyer as Embassador to Italy. | President Roosevelt has a high regard for Dana and it was stated to-night that if Dana desires the Itallan Embassy he will probably get it. Msyer has not yet resigned his post, but | the President understands that he will not long remain in Rome. Bellamy Storer, Minister to Spain, fs understood to have been considered{n. connection with the Rome appointment. Storer, however, is a Roman Catholic and it has been urged that the Itallan Govern- ment might object to him because of his religion. The relations between the Quiri- nal and the Vatican are such that the King of ltaly would hardly welcome ‘a Catholic diplomat. Germans Want Alcohol Mators. BERLIN, March 2%.—In to-day's issue of the Reichsanzelger the MMinisters of | War and Agriculture publish an offer for | first, second and third priges of 19,000 macks, 5000 marks and 260 marks respe: tively for the best alcohol motors for mili- tary use. These motors must be made in Germany. They are to weigh less than eight tons and must be capable of draw- ing sixteen tons on good roads. The motor itself must be able 'to cross < meadows, plowed lands and water eighteen’ inches deep. The tires may be twenty inches fer, these machines must be ready to be fary merit. The deceased was born in this city Jan- uary 28, 1851. He received his early educa- tion in the public schools and was later sent to Germany to complete his studies. Upon returning home he embarked in the grain business city-and T. W. Macfarlane .of Honolulu. Through cloge attention to the enterprise he soon built up a lucrative business. The firm: Hecame “’Change,” ahd Gerberding was recog- nized an energetic merchant. Gerberding was a son of C. O. Gerber- ding, Tounder of the San Francisco Bul- | letin. He was a brother-in-law of United States.Senator Thomas R. Bard. the lat- | ter having married his sister. BOHEMIA'S PRESIDENT. He was at one time president of the Bo- | hemiah Club and was a prominent figure | at the entertainments given by the or- ganization. ‘His papers on subjects of in- terest to Bohemia were full of wisdom and wit and possessed considerable liter- He also a member of the Merchants’ Exchange, Produce Exchange and San Francisco Oil Exchange. "At the time of his-death he was a member of the boards of directory of all these institu- tions. Gerberding -did fot belong to any fraternal seciety. He was a lifelong Re- publican and teok an important part in the polftics of this Staté. He was pointed Bank Commissioner hy former vernor Markham and served as such with entire satisfaction. He leaves sur- viving . an . aged.. mother, - widow, daughters, brothers and sisters. will arrive in this ¢ty to-day. £ e e S R Y ) BRITONS WILL STUDY The body SOME AMERICAN SYSJ.‘EMSi Commissions Composed of Prominant Men to Interest Themselves in Labor and: Education. NEW YORK, March 26.—Alfred Moseley, C.. M. G., arrived from England to-day on the Oceanic. . He has visited this country before and was_so impressed by the -American pian of education and labor. that on- returning to Englind he organized two commissions of twenty-five G. | men each to come to the' United States for:the purpese of studying conditions in both these lines. These commissions will arfive early next fall and Moseley has come to prepare the programme for them. Ho . bears letters from his Government and Embassador Choate to many proml- nent men in the United States who are at \the head of educational flalrs. The commissions will consist of members of Parllament and men from the London and provincial schools. The labor commission will look especially into | the American way of handling strikes: Frederick Mansel, who is sald to be Ergiand’s greatest judge of prize dogs, also came on the steamship. He is going to the meet of the New England Kennel Club, ‘where he will judge, and afterward visit Pertland, Or. Tompkins Wins the Seat. WASHINGTON, March 2.—The House Committee on Elections No. 2 has decided the contested election case of John J. Lentz against Emmett Tompkins for the Columbus (Ohio) district in Congress in favor of Tompkins. The report will be made next week. The contest was made on the ground of alleged irregularity at the polls. ith William Baehr of this | one of the best known on ap- | two | and labor | INTENDS TO LEAD RESCUE ' Secretary Root Will Fight for Army Measure. Seeks to Reopen the Hearing on the Staff Bill. | Congressmen Oppose | Keeping Up Miles Controversy. Special Dispatch to Thé Call. CALL BUREAU, STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Mareh 26.—President Roosevelt late this afternoon received an engrossed 06 G ¥ of Representative Burle- son’s resolution asking for respondence relating to application to be as Philippines. all of the ¢ G 1 Miled' gned to duty in the The resolution was passed | in the House without a dissenting vote. | President Roesevelt will dispatch the | €orrespondence to the Speaker as soon as Secretary Root returns from New York. Secretary Root has declared his inten- tion to renew the fight to rescue his staff bill to increase the efiiciency of the army, | which is now pending before the Senate | Committee on Military Affairs. Notwith- | standing the Miles incident in connection with this bill and the evident intention | ef the committee to allow the bill to kan- | Buish and die, Secretary Koot proposes to | lead a rescuing party and force Cougress | to pass favorably or unfavorably upun the measure which he deems of such vital interest to the army. WOULD RECPEN HEARING He has requested permission to reappcar | befere t committee’ and reply to the pplemental statements of Lieutenant | Gencral Miles, in which the Jatter severeiy | criticized the Secretary of War and those | who are supposed to be in sympathy with Secretary Root the staft | department of the arm In ‘attempting to force action by Congress on the army bill the Secretary evidently intends (o make the contest a fight to a finish be- tween General Miles and himsels. It is said upon reliable authority that | @ majority of the committee are opposed | to action upon: the bill at the present ses- |,sion. The measure was originally framed ¥ or with the sanction of Secretary | Root and at his rcquest was introduced in the Senate by Senator Hawley, chair- man of the committee. After it was pub- lished it provoked so much criticism that the original draft was destroyed and Seoe retary Root was given an opportunity to reconstruct his bill. The statement of | Lieutenant General Miles did great dam- | age to the bill. Secretary Root, however, is not satisfied to have his pet measure bound, gagged and placed in solitary con- finement by the Senate Committee on Milftary Affairs and leave the latest state- ments of General Miles before the com mittee unanswered. OTHERS MAY BE CALLED. To that end he has asked for a re: ing of the case and requested an oppor- tunity to again appear before the e mittee, with a view to forcihg deft action. Members of the committee have no da- sire to shut out further information from the Secretary, but they have informed him that if he insists upon reopening the discussion the committee will fecl in duty bound to grant hearings from the heads of the various staff departments affected by the proposed legislation. - Should ae- tion be forced at this time it would prob- ably result unfaverably to the Secretary of War. Senators and Representatives | ate weil aware that a bitter personal con- tr is now existing in the War De- partment, and they realize that the dis- line of the army will not be improved by a continuation of the fight which must | necessarily her consideration of the pending bill. in remodeling nite versy follow | BRINGS IN THE NEWS | AND BUYS MORE POWDER Farmer Tells of a TFierca Race Riot in Progress in Ala- bama. | BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 26.—A | ctal to the Age Herald from Jasper, Aia., | says information has just becn received of a race. riot twelve es east of Jasper late this afternoon. hundred and fifty shots are reported to ltave been ex- One changed. The casualties tained at this hour. A | Murray came In about 7 o'cle | munition and has returned. Moore has asked Governor Jeiks to eall out the local militia company and the men are now getting ready to respond to | the call which is momentarily expectod. | “ The trouble has been browing for some | time and is the outgrowth of bitter ractal | feeling., which was further accentuated by white men whipping two negroes on the charge of stealing. Up to 1t o'clbek to-night nothing further had been heard rom the seat of trouble in the eastern part of the county. Sheriff Moore has re- ceived a telegram from Governor Jelks authorizing him to call out the local mili- tia whenever he thinks it necessary. Cap- | tain Bankhead had also been instructed by the Governor to respond to the call of t the Sheriff. | The seat of the trouble is at a negro colony about twelve miles east of here on Warrior River. The negroes have or- ganized and armed themselves and ars prepared to make a stubborn resistance. e bt Colombia Claims a Victory. WASHINGTON, March 26.—Mr. Beau- | pre, Charge d'Affaires at Bogota. informs | the State Department, in a cablegram dated March 22, that the Covernment an- nounces an important victory over the revolutionists who have been threatening | the capital during the last few months. |