The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 1, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCI-NO. 122. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ILLNESS FOLLOWS FLIGHT Fugitive Forger Is Found in Bed and Arrested. Manson M. Johnson to Answer for His Crime. | Accused of Securing $100,000 on His Pen Work. ? HOT SPRINGS, Ark.,, March 31.—Man- | on of Anderson, Ind., who have forged paper to the | 000, was arrested here to- | the request of Cashfer Marker of | National Bank. Johnson | day at the Anderson was fo d in his room at one of the large ick His n bed and under a physician’s wife and J. J. Netterville, a man, are caring for tne sick seems to have broken down multitudinous business troubles. » arrived in Hot Springs Sunday, e Saturday following. Mr. Netterville, who is connected with the bank through | which much of the alleged forged paper | o have passed, came here on a e search for Johnson and found him. hnson is se ill that he will be unable bed for at least a week. He s that he wished to keep his hiding secret until he was able to travel then intended to return to Anderson harges against him. that an attempt J plac will Bank to arrange a settle- t of court. men DENIES UTTERING SENSATIONAL WORDS Captain Perry of the Battlesnip Towa Makes a Satisfactory Explanation. WASHDJGTON, March 3L—Secretary Long hat'sveceived from Captuin Perry, mmanding the battleship Iowa, a reply departme inquiry regarding alleged reet remarks which t Te Teported to have been made by that at ofticer P e men or others, anything, either in public or . that could be construed to mean he favored efther Argentine or Chile he event of war. The report, he says, oubtediy grew out of a visit of the in- dente of Concepcion to the Iowa, on be | rtain directors of the Ander- | CHIEF DEFENDS UNION VETERANS Judge Torrence Talks of the +- e worry incident to his alleged | and was joined by his wife on | | | | | | flean Manquet. Captain | joitare ere any foast-or speech was made’| will not be made public for some little Nor did he &t any |time, as the *President has under con- | Pension Bureau’s Faults. 2 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, ISTRATION OF THE PENSION OFFICE. 1 INNEAPOLIS, Minn., Marck M 31.—Judge Eli Torrence, com- mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, just back from a conference with | the President on pensior | says the report of the Grand | | eres that while in Chile he Was | Army of the Républic pension committee ¥ time present at-any dinmer,| was submitted to the. Precident breakfast, luncheon, Supper or any other | week ago. At *h ver.a. | however, it is Tequest, sideration the selection of a successor to | Pension Commissioner Evans. Judge Tor- | rence, discussing the report, said: | “The committee found no fauit with the pension laws as they now exist, but rather with the manner in which the laws | wikch occasion that official was invited | have been construed and administered by | the cabin, where Perry offered him a ass of wine and said to him: nit me, sir, to propose your good The best wish I can offer you is v prevail in your country. ain Perry says that he is as fnno- of making the alleged indiscreet re- he is of offering to sell the h was currently reported in newspapers. Long has replied to Captain forming him that his explana- rfectly satisfactory. SAN RAFAEL INCENDIARY BARELY ESCAPES CAPTURE peac Officer Brings in Coat and Ves: Dropped by a Fleeing Fugitive. AFAEL, March 3L.—Frex ail in- SAN s be custody. Detectives have at tained & good clew to the identity slprit in the shape of a coat and ight in last the watchmen of*the Hansen ber Company discovered a man vards at 10:20 o'clock. He sought ance of officers and returned to The man was still there, but re the officers could capture him he i and escaped through the lumber al- In his hasty departure a coat and were left behind. They were ex- ined, but there was nothing in the ckets. It is believed the firebug took bem to the yard to saturate them with and then use them to ignite the lum- ber, but his plans were frustrated by the ance of the watchman. ELIPS A QUARTER INTO HAWLEY’'S HAND isitor at the Capital Tries to a Tip to a United States Senator. IXNGTON, March 31 — Senator chairman of the Committee on Affairs, to-day politely pointed t some of the intéresting decorations in © committee room to a party of rural isitors. evidently strangers to the capi- As they left him one of the ladies pped 2 silver quarter into his hand, and vhen astonished Senator asked why +he offered to pay a United States Sena- tor for an act of courtesy she sald with perfect simplicity: “Oh, excuse me, 1 thought you were a woorkeeper.” Rar: Gi ASE awles B French Brig Wrecked in Fog. LONDON, March 31.—Fogs on the coast ¥ to-8ay have resulted in a number of minor mishaps to shipping. The French /" brig Russie, bound for Newfoundland and having on board.a crew of thirty-one men, was wrecked on the rocks west of St. Catherines, Isle of Wight. The crew was safely landed. L e _Four Thousand Houses Burned. TOKOHAMA, March 31.—A fire at the ik g town of Fukul has i 4000 ;. the firebug of San Rafael will | night by Officer | | i \ 1 i | by the old soldiers, but it is worthy of the Pension Bureau. A desire for a change in the office of Commissioner of Pensions has been steadily growing for two years past until now it is almost universal among the veterans. Conservative Grand Army men believe, and with good cause, | that great injustice has been done. to many deserving and worthy claimangs. All the veteran soldiers of the Union de- sire is that the laws be justly and fairly+ administered and that all who are entitled | to recelve their benefits shall enjoy them | without diminution or unreasonable de- | lays and that every unworthy claim shall be rejectcd and every fraudulcut pen- sioner stricken from the rolls. ““The atmosphere of the Pengion Bureau has been such as‘té create an impression that a great many frauds are attempted | | | note that according to the last report of the Commissioner there were out of 159 | (\'HO DECLARES THERE 1S ROOM FOR REFORM IN THE ADMIN- Civil War, of whom two were deserters: Many convictions were for offenses against the old soldier and not for him. The records show that only one soldfer out of 73,000 has been convicted of fraud against the Government.- Certainly that is a wenderful showing.’ ! -Ineidentally, Judge Torrence denied that he was to be made Commissioner of Pen- sions, nor was he a candidate for that or any other office. S A STILL FIGHT EVANS. Grand Army Men at Work Among the Senators. WASHINGTON, March 31.—Members of the G. A. R. have begun a new campaign against Pension Commissioner Evans, and propose to carry the fight beyond his vresent office. Appeals have been made to members of the Senate against his con- firmation in that body for any office to which the President may appoint him. It was said to-night by friends of the administration that this will prove a boomerang and keep Evans at the head of the pension department indefinitely. It is known that the President wiil not accept his resignation as Commissioner until he is assured that there will be no opposition whatever to his confirmation for another office. Senator Burton of Kangas, who is now on a visit ‘to his State, has been waited on personally by a delegation of Grand Army veterans and urged to use his influence against the confirmation of Commissioner Evans for any office. @ vt el @ WHITE TO GET ITALIAN POST First Secretary at London Will Be Promoted to the Rank of Embassador. — e Epecial Dispatch to The Call. 1406 G STREET, N. | W., WASHINGTON, March 3l.—Henry | White, first Secretary of the United States embassy in London, has been pra tically selected to succeed George V. L. Meyer as Embassador of the United States to Italy. White’s appointment as Embassador will be the capstone of his long diplomatic career. He received his first appointment | in the diplomatic service in 1883, when he | was made secretary of the legation at Vienna. He remained there only a few! months and was then transferred to] London as second secretary of the lega- | tion. He was promoted to the grade of first secretary of legation in 188. He re- tired in 1883 and four years later was ap- pointed secretary of the embassy in Lon- | don. White is rich, and it is believed will make a favorabie impression in Italy. It will be the duty of White to place the United States Embassy upon a proper footing immediately upon his arrival. Meyer was rather unfortunate because of reports regarding his peculiar character- istics and of his efforts to secure the sec- ond secretaryship of the Embassy In London, which reached the’Italian Gov- | ‘ernment. He was unable to present his credentials for a year after his arrival, apd when he did €0 he was received on | somewhat humiliating terms. ‘White, it is said, will be entirely ac- ceptable to the King of Italy. The selec- tion of White for Italy prevents the as- sigrment of Storer, Minister to Spain, to that post. The President has promised Storer an embassy, and a place of this rank which will probably become vacant | | | | | CALL BUREAU, shortly is Berlin. 1 RULES AGAINST HYDRAULICKERS Court Permanently Enjoins Miners Holding Debris Commission Permits. —_——— Special Dievatch to The Call. YUBA CITY, March 3L—Judge Davis has filed his decision in the Superior Court in the hydraulic mining case of Sutter County vs. Willlam Johnson et al., mak- ing the injunction against the Polar Star mine on the headwaters of Bear River | permanent. This case was brought to test the Cam- inetti law and the court holds that the law is not absolute and that the permits granted to hydraulic miners by the Debris Commission appointed under that law are no bar to injunction suits when the debris from the mines is injuring the rivers and valley lands, even though the miners bave constructed dams in accordance with the plans and under the suvervision of the commission. The defendants alleged that the courts had no jurisdiction, - BOY FIGHTS A PISTOL DUEL WITH AGED MAN Thrice Wounds. His Antagonist and Emerges From the Combat Unscathed. PENDLETON, .Or.,, March 3L.—Alvin ‘Wade, a sheepherder, aged 16 years, en- gaged in a duel yesterday with Willlam Harris, 70 years old. They used heavy revolvers and shot at each other at a dis- tance of fifteen feet. Wade fired five'and Harris three times, Harris was thrice wounded—in leg, arm and groin. Wade came out of the ~ombat unhurt. The shooting took place in the grazing coun- try southwest of Pendleton. Full details have not been réceived, bu; with him and threatened to take his lllm Hel Mwlll plead self-defense. Wade was Jalled, ; —p| | persons convicted of frauds against the | bureau last year but ten soldlers of the DISCARDS CHARGES Christmas’ Story of Bribery Declared False. Official Repudiation of the Alleged Agent. Treaty for, Cession of | West Indies to Be Ratified. Sneclalc Dissatch to The Cell. A CALL B U, 1408 G STREET. N. W., WASHINGTON, March 31.—M. Con- stantin Brun, Danish Minister to the United States, called upon Secretary Hay to-day, and n the name of his Govern- ment officlally disclaimed the bribery charges of ptain Christmas. These charges, whieh relate to the sale of the Danish West Indies to this Government, will be the basis of an Investigation, which will be begun to-morrow by a com- mittee of the House of Representatives. M. Brun informed Secretary Hay that there was absolutely no foundation for the ‘allegations of = Captain Christmas; that the man had not during the negotia- tions been employed as an agent of Den- mark, and thatithere had been no agree- ment to pay anything for any work he might do in the United States. Den- mark sincerely regrets that the charges should have atfracted attention. It is expected that the treaty for the cession of the Dnish West Indies wiii be ratified this week by the upper house of the Danish Parliament. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS OF CHINA MISSIONARIES No Action Yet: Taken to Reimburse Amedcuf Sufferers From Boxer Troubles. WASHINGTON, March 31.—No action 3 far by the Appro- 'of the House on the out of the Boxer , and an informal un- troubles ih € h reached that it will derstanding be inadvisable t8 pay these clatms before |aney. Have: iicated }uflw usual i manner by a ission or{ someother body and also betore China Tas pald the $25,000,000 indemnity coming to this coun- | try. The matter came up recently when the sundry civil appropriation bill was under consideration and Chairman Can: non called in Hitt of the Foreign Affairs Committee to get his views of the sub- Ject. All agreed that the ciaims ought to be adjudicated before being paid and ought to await China’'s settling.up. It is probahle this terminates any present appropriation of the amount of these claims. A FREAK OF NATURE IN IMMENSE ORE BODY | b Wonderful Cave in the Abbey Mins Presents Most Beautiful Appearance. BUTTE, Mont., March 31.—A special to' the Miner from Kendall says a most won- | derful cave was discovered in the Abbey mine. In extent and novelty this cave | surpasses anything of the kind yet en- countered in a gold mine. A peculiar feature o this freak of na- ! ture is that it is found in an immense ore body. The main chamber in the cave presents | 2 most beautiful appearance. Portions of | { the walls are decorated with masscs of crystallized lime and the roof is hung with stalactites. On the fioor of the cave | are hundreds of tons of ore that has been | broken down from the vein, as one side | of the cave is formed by the foot wall of the ore body. P i — Jones Is Still Hopeful. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 351..—To- night the Senatorial situation remains unchanged. Jt is claimed by ex-Governor Clarke and friends that advices have been received from forty-four counties showing that they were carried by Ciarke. These counties have seventy-five members of the General Assembly, or eight more than a majority on joint ballot. At the Jones headquarters no definite claims are put forward, but Senator Jones has not aban- “doned hope. It is thought every county in the State will be heard from by to-mer- row, and the result will be definitely | known then. | | el Condition of Sampson. WASHINGTON, March 3L.—Reports were in.circulation to-day that Admiral Sampson’s condition had taken another turn for the worse and that the end was near, but it was learned upon inquiry that his condition is unchanged and that he takes his outdoor exercise regularly, ! weather permitting, as has been his cus- tom for some months. At his residence to-night it was stated that he was down to dinner. It is conceded that he never will regain his health, but no new un- toward development has occurred re- cently. ey Bishop O’Gorman’s Mission, SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 31.—Right Rev. Thomas O'Gorman, Catholic bishop of South Dakota, hgs gone to Washing- ton to hold a conference with President Roosevelt in reference to the proposed purchase by the United States of the lands held by the friars in the Philippine Islands. During the conference it will be decided whether or not Bishop O'Gorman shall proceed dircct from Washington to Rome to assist in the negotiations with a bill authoriz Rin _union station in DENMARK |CIVIL, SYS TEM FOR PHILIPPINES CensusandCoinageFeatures in the Senate Bill. * C3 NOTED STATESMAN WHO HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO REPORT TO THE SENA¥E AN AMENDED BILL PROVIDING CH. FORM OF GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES. X3 GES IN THE ASHINGTON, March 31 —The Senate committee on the Philippines to- day completed consider- ation _of the bill pre- scribing a form of gov- ernment for the Philippine Islands and | authorized Senator Lodge to report it to the Senate, after voting down the Demo- cratic substitute’ by a party vote. The amendment_ provides for, a census of the population of the islands, lows: hat whenever. the condition of the in- surrection in the Philippine Islands shall have ceased abd a condition of general and complete peace shall have been es- tablished therein and the facts shall be certified to the president of the Philip- pine Commission, the. President, upon be- ing satisfied thereof, shall order a census of the Philippine Islands to be taken. Such census in its inquiries relating to the pop- | ulation shall take and make so far as practicable: full report for all the inhabi- tants, of name,,age, sex, race or tribe, whether native or foreign-born, literacy in Spanish, native dialect or language, cr in English, school attendance and owner- ship of homes, and such other information separately for each island, each province and municipality or other -civil division, needful to inform the President and Con- gress concerning the capacity, fitness and readiness of all the people of the Philip- pine Islands and of particular islands, provinces and municipalities, and other civil divisions, for the establishment and | maintenance in the islands or certain of them of a permanent popular represénta- tive government.” EXTENDS AUTHORITY. After the complétion of the census the Philippine Commission ig required fully to report to the President and to Congress | their recommendations based on such cen- sus and upon the operation of the local governments provided for whether or not all or certain of the Philippine Islands are capsble, fit and ready for the establish- ment of a permanent popwlar representa- tive government. 3 The Philippine Commission is continued in effect and there is no further hint than that quoted of a possible change. The following provision is made for the ex- tension of the commission’s authority® “That the Philippine Commission in the meantime is hereby authorized and di- rected, in their discretign, to continue to establish municipal and provisional gov- ernments ih the Philippine Islands with popular representative government so far and so fast as communities in such clvil divisions are capable, fit and ready for the same, the qualification of electors in elec- tions in municipalitiés and provinces to be the same as now provided by law fsr electors in municipal elections; and sald Philippine Commission whenever they find other male inhabitants of lawful age -in such mhunicipalities and provinces capable, fit and ready for such exténsion shall in- clude the same among the electors with the purpose of gradually extending to munielpalities and provinces permancnt popular representative goyernment.” Other features of the bill relate to the details of the commission's administration and have been from time to time pub- lished. o’ CONCERNING CURRENCY. The provision concerning the currency to be used in the islands covers six pages of the bill. After authorizing the Philip- pine Government to establish a mint at| Manila and extending the coinage laws of the United States so far as applicable to the islands the following is added: “The Philippine Government is author- ized to coin a siiver doliac which shall 1 | contain fouf hundred and sixteen grains of siiver, and the standard of said’ silver coms shall be such that of 1000 parts by weight 900 snall be of pure mefal and 100 of alloy and the alloy. shall | be of copper. And upon the sald silver 7 and is as fol- | dollar there shall be devices and inscrip- tions to be prescribed by the Government of the Philippine Islands, with the ap- proval of.the Secretary of War of the United States, which devices and inscrip- tions shall ‘express or symbolize the sov- | ereignty of ‘the United States and that it is coin of the Philippine Isiands, together with the denomination of the coin e: pressed in English, Filipfmerand-€htrese characters and the date of its coinage. SALE OF BULLION. “That any owner of sfiver bullion may 'deposit ‘the same-at the mint in the Phil- ippine Islands to be coined as hereinbefore provided. - Sfiver bullion .brought to-the mint,of the Philippine Islands for colnage shall be.received and coined by the proper officers for the benefit of the depositors. Provided: That it shall be lawful to re- fuse at the mint any deposit of less than $190, and also any bullion so base as to be unsuitable for the operations of the mint; and vrovided also that when gold is combined with said bullion in such small proportion that it cannot be sep- arated advantageously no allowance shall be made. for such gold to the depositor.” The silyer dollar is made a legal tender in’ the Philippines. There is further re- quirement that the deposttor of gold to be coined shall be required to pay 1 cent for each piece coined. Authority is given for the coinage at San Francisco at the re- quest of the Philippine ‘Government of silver dollars authorized by the act, but | it is required that the silver coined at the San’ Francisco mint shall have been pro- duced in the United States. Silver cer- tificates of not less than 510 in denomina- tion are authorized. Authority is alse given for the coinage of a subsidiary Philippine coinage of half- dollars and’ of twenty-five-cent and ten- cent pieces. This coinage is to be con- ducted under the authority of the Philip- pine Government, with the approval of the Secretary of War of the United States, and there is a provision that the dollars and subsidiary coins issued under Span- ish authority may be recoined into sub- sidlary. coins by the Philippine Govern- ment without consulting the Secretary of War. Minor coins of one-half cent and of one cent fn copper and of five cents in: nickel are also authorized. Provision is made for the mintage of the subsidiary coinage at any mint in the United States. Existing provisions in force in the islands making any sort of money legal tender are repealed after December 31, 1905. FUNSTON IS CALLED UPON TO EXPLAIN President Roosevelt Objects to the ‘Statement That He Approved the General's Utterances. NEW YORK, March 31.—A special to the World fram, Washington says: Gen- eral Frederick Funston is the latest hero to be called upon by the President for an explanation of the statements attributed to him in the newspapers. It .was but'a short time ago that Gen- eral Funston was in Washington, when he recelved the greatest consideration at the White House. His wishes were consulted and he was given the command at Den- ver; one of the best. Since leaving Washington the statement has- been ‘attributed to Funston that the President had approved of his speech be- fore the Lotos Club in New York and that the President and Senator Lodge wanted him to make the same speech in Boston. It is understood that General Funston has replied to the President's inquiry denying that he said that this or any of his other utterances met with approval at the White House. —_—— Sends Messages h- Fog. LONDON, March 31.—The Marconi sta- Yion at. the Lizard says it communicated successfully with the steamer Kaiser Wil- helm dr Grosse when the vessel was 1190 miles distant, steaming through fog. HORROR RULES IN THE MINE Twenty-Two MenAre Killed by Terrific Explosion. FrightfulTragedy Has ‘ Occurrence in Tennessee. Friendsofthe Missing Workmen Search= ing for Bodies. | CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 3L.—At | 4:45 o’clock this afternoon an explosion of gas in the Nelson mine of the Dayton | Coal and Iron Company, at Dayton, | Tenn., ignited the dry coal dust in the | mine and caused a terrific explosion. | Twenty-two men are known to be dead. | Ten bodies have been recovered. Twelve | bodies are still in the mine. The dead | are: MARK HUNTER. ALEX TAFFER. JAMES FRANKLIN. JOHN HARNEY. TOM SHAVER. JAMES HARRIS. P. G. TRAVIS—all white. GEORGE GRIFFIS. BEN GRIFFIS. REESE DEAN. NORRIS PIERSOLL. MORGAN SMITH. JOHN ROBINSON. H. E. HILL. BRYANT SMITH. MACK FOUST—all colored. Six others, names unknown. NAMES OF INJURED. Fatally injured—W. T. Head, brother of James Head, superintendent of the mine, burned internally, will die. Serlously injured—James Riley, white, right leg broken, bruised about head and face; Will Prestell, white, badly burned; | Willam Scarborough, white, badly burned; Arthur Hughes, white; George Wafford, colored; Tom Cummings, white; Henry Gonyon, white. Gas exists in the Nelson mine and the men are required to use safety lamps. It is the rule of the company for the miners to place their fuses ready to be lighted for blasts just before quitting “work each day, and there are workmen known as “firemen” Wh -go through the mine after all the miners are out and sci off these blasts. The miners quit work at 4:30 this afternoon. It takes them about forty-five minutes to get out of the mine. The two “firemen” to-day, who are sup- posed to have caused the explosion, were Mark Hunter and Johm Harney. They shot the blasts about 4:45 o’clock, before all the miners could get out of the mine, It is supposed that one of the fuses was defective and resulted In what Is known" as a “blown blast.” TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. The flame shooting out from the blast ignited the gas, which in turn ignited the | accumulation of dry coal dust in the | mine. The explesion that followed was terrific. The flames shot out of the mov:h of the mine, and the shock completely wrecked the shed at the mine entrance. ‘Three men were killed while standing out- side the mine, and two were seriously and one fatally injured. This mine has been the scene of two se- | rious explosions in the past. In 1889 four men were killed and eight seriously in- jured by*an éxplosion of gas. December 12, 1895, an expiosion of mine dust occurred in which twenty-eight lives were lost. This was caused by a minet carrying an open lamp, contrary to regu- lations. The force of the explosion in the Nel. son mine to-day was terrible. Bodies' werg literally mangled and torn te pieces. Thyq company states that there were but seve enty-five men at work In the mine to-day. Most of them were out of the mine when the explosion occurred. REVOLUTIONISTS TAKE Fierce Battle Is Fought and Now Martial Law Prevails on the Island. SAN DOMINGO, Republic of Sants Do- mingo, March 31.—The town of Barahona, on the south coast, was attacked and captured by the revolutionists after a severe fight, in which forty were killed or wounded. Later a Government gun- boat bombarded Barahona and landed troops who retook the town. The revo- lutionists retired to a stronghold in the i | | | | [ neighborhood. The Dominican Minister of War has proceeded to Barahona with other troops, and will take severe measures to re-establish order. The revolutionary activity Is for the present confined to Barahona. The Dominican Congress has decreed that martial law be established throughout the whole republic and that the constitutional guarantees be suspend- ed. it LINER IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LOST News of Stormy Weather Makes It Certain the Huronian Met - Disaster. ST. JOHNS, N. F., March 31.—Sealing steamers which arvived here to-day briag reports of tempestuous weather and say they have not seen or heard anvthing of the missing Allan line steamer Huronian. It was thought by some pevsons that this steamer might have drifted morth and become enmeshed among the ice floes and that the crew might have been rescued by . some sealing schoomer. TDhe absence of news from the north makes it certain that the Huronian is no longer afloat,