The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1902. BONDS EMONG BRIDAL GIFTS Daughter of the Mag- nate, James J, Hill, Is Married. Archbishop John Ireland Officiates at the Ceremony. . PAUL, Minn., April 2—At noon to- ay, in the family residence om Summit avenue, occurred the wedding of Miss Ruth Hill, daughter of President Jame: Hill of the Great Northern -Raflway Northern Securities Company, and New and thirty s were invited. The bridal proces- sion was extremely simple. stood about 'in conversational attitude the music of the bridal chorus from “Lo- hengrin” was heard from the music room &cross the hall. There was no music ex- cept that of the pipe organ, George H. Fairclough, organist at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, being the performer. Archbishop Ireland, accompanied by the aged Monsignor Oster, who officlated at the marriage of the bride’s parents, and the Rev. Thomas J. Gibbons, the bride’s J City. One hundred pastor, entered first. Following the group of ecclesiastics were the groom and his best man, Eric Dahlgren. Then came | Miss Rachel Hill, walking alone, and fol- lcwing her the bride with her father. The bride’s gown was of plain white satin, very heavy and very rich, but plain almost to severt It was fashioned with | the conventional high bodice and long sleeves and court train. The only garni- tere was the point lace, which was draped about the yoke and was appliqued upon the skirt. The tulle veil completed tue . She carried no flowers. s Rachel Hill wore a simple but very pretty gown of pink chiffor and carried flowers, intermingled with a bit of green. The ceremony by the Archbishop was very impressive. Before the service he spoke briefly upon the spiritual signifi- ce of marriage rites, of its separate- s and distinction from the civil con- t of wedlock. Following the ceremony - elaborate wedding breakfast was served The out-of-town guests included Mrs. | 1 ieq to commit suicide by cutting his E. M. Beard, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ta lor, Will Beard and Mark Roves of New York, Mr. and Mrs. Eric B. Dahigren of New York, F. H. Rawson of Chicago and Count Matsukata, the man, and his suit Japanese statese om established at the vegding of Miss Hill's elder the father allowed the bride to ¥ picture she preferred from his galiery of paintings. The bride, among other presents, received $250,000 in bonds from her father. f the most magnificent presents ed by the bride was a solid gold ent by J. Pierpont Morgan. The s present to the bride was a hand- groo: some necklace of beaded gold, set at in- | tervals with rubies and emeralds and with a large emerald pendant from the circlet. s gift and a rope of pearls were the y jewels worn by the bride. MAYOR LOW ENCOURAGES THE DUTIFUL POLICEMEN New York’s Executive Satisfied With the Patrolmen Who Attend to Business. NEW YORK, April 2.—Mayor Low made | a department tatement to-day concerning the police and Police Commissioner which he said Colonel Part- his unabated confidence. In in legal ow as a result of his (Partridge’s) pol. than it _has ever been before.” Con the Mayor said: present situation is the direct out- he police department is come of the perfect undeérstanding and | 1 peraticn between the Mayor, | complete co- Police Commissioner and the District of New York County.” trolman or police omcer, Mayor Low said in conclusion, would ever be al- lowed to suffer by his administration for z his du The situation referred to Mayor’'s statement is one that has grown out of what has been termed a re- jolt by the patrolmen of the Thirty-sev- treet station. These men declared hey would enforce the excise law all other laws regardless of the atti- their captain. After the patrol took this stand District Attorney said he would prefer charges men Jones against the captain of the Thirty-seventh street station. Police Commissioner Partridge to-day ordered the five “plain clothes” men of the precinct in which the “revolt” start- ed to be remanded to patrol duty, and di- rected that five men to take their places be selected from among the patrolmen who made eighteen excise arrests on Sun- d took this action,” the Commissioner said, ““because it seemed to me from the events of the last few days that the men in plaln clothes were not as active as they might be. the men who have been doing duty in uni- form are quite as competent as they who do plain clothes duty.” -, McLeod-Levy Wedding. STOCKTON, April 2.—George E. Mc- Leod and Miss Sadie Levy were married | to-day by Rabbi Margolis in the banquet hall of Madden’s cafe. Colonel Gus G. Grant acted as best man, and the bride was attended by Miss Agnes McLeod and Miss Rose Marks. Little Miss Ruby Gil- bert, niece of the bride, was flower girl, &nd Master Banford Moose bore the ring to the prettily improvised altar. The !‘roum was engaged in newspaper work here for several years and is now pro- rietor of the Carters New Era. The ride is accomplished and popular. The couple met friends and pridal breakfast and then departed on the | &fternoon train for their future home in the mountain town. GRAPE-NUTS. A TEARFUL BABY Wanted to Write a Letter. A man came upon his little girl in a grievous and tearful condition because As the guests | < opinfon “the whole system of | destruction and over- | In my judgment some of | relatives at a | | | | and had to be aband PERIL AROUSES THEIR WRATH Passengers on Snow- Bound Train Be- come Mutinous. Travelers Suffer Severely and One Attempts to End Life. ST. PAUL, April 2.—Passengers arriv- ing to-day on a Great Northern train due last Friday tell of being snowbound for four days and five nights on the prairies of North Dakota in the worst blizzard the Northwest has known in many years, with only food enough for two frugal meals a day, and with such a small amount of fuel that the women had to wrap themselves in blankets and the men to wear their overcoats day and night to keep from freezing. Late ‘nursaay afternoon the train picked its precarious way out of Wil- liston in the hope of being able to reach Minot, fourteen miles to tne east, before night. Almost midway, at a little stop- ping place called Ray, where there isoniy a siding, a water tank and a coal shed, the train was stalled. The engineer thought he could run the engine back to Williston and get aid, and, taking the conductor with him, started on the trip. The lone engine was stuck in a drift in a cut a short distance out of the town ned. This left the train of elght coaches and about 250 pas- sengers alone on the siding and with all communication cut off. Then started the long siege, during which the cold had to be borne and hunger stifled. : There was an incipient riot on the first day. The second-class passengers insisted that they must have as much or more food as the others, and as they were in larger numbers and had more ravenous appetites it was difficult to confine them to their quota. Many were not willing, as the first-class passengers insisted, that the women and children should be fed and taken care of first, but after some argument they were prevailed upon to subside. Monday evening Professor Colgrove of the University of Washington, who was en route East on a vacation trip and who had been despondent and morose, at- throat with a razor. There was a physi- cian_ow board the train, but he had no facifities for performing the necessary operation and it was absolutely necessary to get into communication with one of the neighboring towns. In their desperation the passengers broke open everything in the train's chest and in the conductor’s box found a telegraph instrument. the train, an electrician, faced the bliz- zard and tapped one of the wires and at- tachied the instrument. He knew a little about telegraphy and notified the opera- tors at Minot and Williston of what had occurred. From each place a snowplow was started in front of an engine bearing a surgeon. The one from Minot, after a hard night's work, reached the siding early the following morning and the wounded man was removed on the first train to St. Paul, where he was cared for at the City Hospital. He will probably die. The almost famished passengers, who had suffered from the cold and ex- posure, were given food and warm berths :i“mme first train pushed through the rifts. | 2 | ACTOR’S FORMER WIFE WANTS COIN SHE LOANED Mrs. Cora Olcott Sues the Well- Enown Player for Sixteen Thousand Dollars. NEW YORK, April 2—Mrs. Cora Stryker Olcott, who was divorced from Chauncey Olcott, the actor, in Buffalo about flve years ago, has begun action against her former husband for $16,375, which she says she advanced to him from time to time while they were married and which he has failed to repay. Mre. Olcott was a chorus girl in “Pepita’ many years ago. Olcott was the tenor of the company. On May 10, 1884, she was married to Joseph M. Stryker.' On June 25 of the same year he was drowned. On January 17, 1885 of $31,000 from the estate of her husband, and on May 21, 1887, she and Olcott were married after an evening performance. L‘a‘tifir came a divorce and Olcott remar- ried. In her affidavit the plaintiff says that between 1885 and 1893 she loaned Oicott | 817,000. Of this he had paid back $625 up she had been restricted in her allowance Grape-Nuts. The father says, “I am littie 2t home and 1 hardly understood | why the abstnce of one particular food | should excite her grief, but upon inquiry | discovered that she had taken such a d <iced fancy to it that she was refusing | meat and almost every other kind of | 1 nce she has been using Grape-Nuts | sericus condition of constipation of the towels has been changed to a { >roughly ! ' ronma solid as a rock. “1 qul her write 4 letter, or I would write if shé 1 tell me what to say, so here it Iy Dear Mr. Grape-Nuts: Mamma Wl]li me all the Grape-Nuts 1 want. | s 1 must eat some beef, and I| Gon't like it; I just like Grape-Nuts | betier than anything else, with cream on them. Mamma used to soak them In water, but now I just eat them dry with cream on them. If I had ten dollars to | buy Grape-Nuts with 1 would fill (he big pa shelf, then mamma wou: give me more. 1 am six years old. With love, and thanking you for mnk:ng[ D. L. F. “Right here I may s . tefull h Las largely taken the place of | indigestible food in my own case) | curing a distressing catarrh of the; stomach.” This father and little girl live | in Truro, Nova Scotfa. Name given by‘ Postum Cb.. Battle Creek, Mich | Protestant Episcopal Church, in the to the time they separated. - SETTLERS ARE CROWDING INTO THE NORTHWEST Two Thousand Persons Leave St. Paul to Find Homes on New Lands. 8T. PAUL, April 2—During the past | twenty-four hours 2000 settlers have left St. Paul for Northwestern points along the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the 8oo lines. The number includes those who have been delayed in_the city | because of the floods around Bismarck and those who poured into St. Paul to- day on the early trains from central and southern points. The number of settlers who will pass through the St. Paul gateway on Thurs- day will in all probability be larger than that of to-day. The trainloads of emi- grant movables and livestock which have been held at Minnesota transfer because of the blockade commenced to move for- ward last night, and the congestion of business at that point is largely broken. R i Reform of the Consular Service. WASHINGTON, April 2—Representative Adams of Pennsylvania to-day presented the report of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in favor of the bill re- forming the consular service on a civil service basis. Tke report points out the great growth of our commerce since the consular service was organized in 1790, and the present need of a system that will assist in developing United States commerce abroad. The interest of com- mercial bodies throughout the country is et forth and an appeal made for an ef- fective and up-to-date business system Peace Congress Meets at Monaco. MONACO, April 2—The eleventh annual Peace Congress was opened here to-day in the presence of the Prince of Monaco. | Except for the Italian and French dele- gates the attencance to-day was smaller than at last year's meeting at Glasgow. Many prominent delegates, including Dr. Trueblood and 3dwin Mead of Boston, were absent. The principal speakers to: Gay were Green, an American delegate, and Moscheles, a delegate from Great Britain. The Prince of Monaco held a re- ception at the palace this evening in honor of the congress. e —— Woman’s Head on the Stamp. WASHINGTON, April 2—The Postoflice Department has under consideration the condition and her flesh is as| question of placing on one of the postage | ! stamps of the new issue the head of some ed her grief by agreeing to iet | woman who is connected with the history | of the country. | been | doubt that No particular person has decided on, although there is no Martha Washington will be the woman so honored, This will be the first recognition of women upon any of the Government securities issued by that department. BB TT e M Weads the Family Physician. BALTIMORE, April 2.—Mrs. Robert Garrett and Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs were married in this city to-day, in Grace res- e¢nce of orly a few intimate friends of the couple. The marriage was a complete Carrett was the widow rmer president of the Baltimore Railway Company, who died in Jacobs was the late Mr. Gar- sician. 57 ke ) Privats Healey Is Hanged. MANILA, April 2.—Private Healey of the Twenty-seventh Infantry was hanged to-day for the mutder of Ser More- land in Apwil, 1901 glve credit to Gmpe-Num[,;&-,s i A young man on | she received a settlement | NOT THE VICTIM |HEAPS CENSURE {MONTAGUE WILL |DAUGHTER COMES EAGER TO HAVE OF A POISONER Death of Benjamin F. Jones Due to Natural Causes. Mysterious Woman Is Found and Promptly Removes Suspicion. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, April 2.—Benjamin F, Jones, the guest of the York Hotel, who died suddenly last night under circumstances which led the Coroner, police and others | to believe that he was murdered, expired | from natural causes. An autopsy held to- day established this fact beyond a doubt. Anna Treéwella, the mysterious woman in the case, whose sudden disappearance from the hotel while Jones was lying un- conscious led to the original theory of foul | | play, was brought to the police station to-day and her statements tend to con- firm the results of the examination of the body. Jones had long been a Ssufferer from attacks exhibiting all the symptoms which were apparent during his last ill- ness. Had Miss Trewella remained at his bed- side or communicated with the police it is probable that she would have set at | rest all speculation as-to the manner of | Jones' death. Constrained by a desire to avoid an embarrassing situation, she dis- appeared, leaving the officers of the law | under the impression that'she was Jones’ | wife and laid herself open to the sus-| picion which the surgeon’s knife has now cleared away. Detective Lane located Miss Trewella, who is' a stenusrapher, by the fragment | of a letter found in the stove in the room occupied by Jones. He brought her to the; police station and after obtaining a short statement from her, delivered the young | Wwoman into the custody of the police ma- | tron. Miss Trewella said: | I saw Mr. Jones on three different occasions, ' on Saturday, agaln on Monday, and the last | | time at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At tha hour I went to his room and found him suf? ing from a severe headache. He told me that | | be’ had purchascd medicine at a neighboring | drug store in an effort to obtain relief, but | that he belleved it would be necessary for him | | to B0 to a hospital. ~He requested me to no- | tify the management in order that they might ' | summon an ambulance or patrol wagon, at the | same time suggesting the propricty of my leav- ing the room jmmediately. After proffering { his request to Mrs.. Landis, I returned to the room to see if 1 could render him any assist- {ance. and he again requested me to leave, | | whick I promptly did. I had intended coming | to the city again to-day to inquire about his condition and knew nothing of his death until | informed of it by the officer. t I have known Mr, Jones for about three | | years. He once boarded for a time with the | family with whom I live. I da not know what | caused his death, but I do know that he was | a frequent vietim of spells such as seized him | yesterday. I gave Mr. Jones.no medicine, saw him take nore and he made no statement to me which would tend to reveal the drug, If any, that he took. I am certain, however, that he did not end his life intentionally. | Coroner Hoye, immediately after the autopsy had been completed, ordered Miss Trewella released from custody. The un- | dertakers received a telegram irom Jones’ father in Oskaloosa, Iowa, directing that the remains be shipped to that city for interment. 1 | CUBA WILL BECOME SIMPLY FOREIGN SO! | Postmaster General Informed by ths | Secretary of War of New | Conditions. { WASHINGTON, April 2.—The Post- master General to-day .received a com- munication from the Secretary of War officially notifying him that in May next Cuba will become a. forelgn country and that upon the withdrawal of the Uni States theref: n that date there will be no statute or postal regulation by which mail can be transmitted for domestic post- age or carried on the existin, | der system between the Unite | the island. | Secretary Root states that it is desir- | able in the interests of the business which already exists and for the promotion of | further intercourse between the Inhabi- | | tants of the two countries that there | should be no interruption to the present basis for the conduct of business. He also | | states that it is fair to presume that the | | diplomatic representatives of the two | | countries will at an early day address | themselves to the framing of a postal con- | { vention similar in general character per- | haps to wiat which the United States now | has with Mexico, but in the meantime he isugxests that Congress be asked to au- | thorize a continuance of the present busi- | ness, upon the agreement of the postal 2uthorities of the two countries. The Post- | master General will takeé steps to have the | | matter put in proper shape. | | ADVOCATES OF REFORM | | i WAR ON PLUTOCRACY Delegates Representing Eight States ] and as Many Parties Meet in | | Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 2.—The move- ment for the formation of an allied party ' comprising adherents of all parties op- | posed to the Republicans and Democrats or, as the call for the meeting stated, “a | union of reform forces against pluto- | | cracy,” took definite shape this afternoon, | | when a convention attended by about 200 delegates representing eight States and | ! as many differcnt parties was called to | | order at Liederkranz Hall in this city. | | The work to-day was of a preliminary | mature, a temporary organization being | effected, and committees appointed to pre- l pare for the permanent organization. The conventiop adjourned at 4:30 o'clock | | this afternoon {o meet again to-morrow morning. —_— | NEW ENGLAND WOMEN i ACT ON COLOR ISSUE | Newspaper Writers Indicate Their | | Desires in Matter of Federa- | ! tion Action. | | 'BOSTON, April 2—The newspaper women of New England, at a meeting bere to-day, took decisive action on the color question. The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the New England Women's ' | Press Association instruct its delegates to the | biennial meeting of the General Federation of | | Wemen's Clubs, to be held in Los Angeles, Cal., | in May, to corsider in all discussions and leg- | | islative acts of the convention the necessity of | aintaining the rights of our colored club | women as Of paramount importance. To this ; end they shall vote for reorganization on State | Iines, according to the Maseachusetts plan, it given opportunity; or for the best substitute | | for this measure ‘approved by the. leaders of | | the State delegation at the time, preserving the unity of the State’s vote and influence by con- certed action with other delegates. et A Prince Henry Will Be Present. BERLIN, April 2—An official note just published announces that Emperor Wil- liam will be represented at King Edward’s coronation by Prince Henry of Prussia, who will be accompanied by Vice Admirai | Baron von Seckendnifl’. Fleld Marshal | | Count von Walderseé, Vice Admiral von ' Koester and Count von Seckendorff, the chamberlain of the late Empress Freder- ick. Prince Henry will be accompanicd by his wife, on the special invitat King Bdward. 2 s ‘"’} Crisis Is Averted in Jamaica. KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 2.—The Government has abandoned its new taxa- tion plan just in time to avert a crisis, A section of the community had refused to pay the increased rates when the aban- dorment of the scheme was announced. Slubflc Spuflktel:! na!y tl;g Sncfldent proves e need of the exfension of representa- ficn T the Legisiature. s Austria Postpones Gun-Making. VIENNA, April 2—At a conference of Austrian and Hungarian Ministers to dis- cuss the budget it was announced that as & result of the unsatisfactory tests of the | new guns the manufacture of new artil- lery for the army had again been post- : poned. ' { | P " LPON BATHR cuses Trinidad of Misconduct. Too Much Hospitality Shown to a Revolutionary ' Steamer. CARACAS, April 2—The Republica, a semi-official newspaper, has recently pub- lished several indignant articles directed against the authorities of the British island of Trinidad on account of the hos- pitality shown the Matos revolutionary steamer Bolivar, formerly the Libertador and the Ban Righ, in permitting her to enter the harbor of Port au Spain and to coal and repair there, notwithstanding the fact that friendly relations exist between Great Britain and Venezuela. The Republica urges the Venezuelan Government immediately to adopt re- prisals against Trinidad by excluding all vessels from that island from the eastern ports of Venezuela and by the imposition of an additional duty of 30 per cent,on all goods brought to Venezuela by British steamers touching at Trinidad. The Rep! demand an/indemnity from Great Britain for damages resulting from operations of the Bolivar and cites the Alabama case as a precedent for such actlon. FAMOUS OLD CAPTAIN SUMMONED BY DEATH Henry Augustus Phelon, Who Was a California Vigilante, Passes Away Suddenly. BOSTON, Mass., April 2—Captain Henry | Augustus Phelon of Springfield, inspector at the Boston Custom-house, died sud- denly at his rooms to-day of heart disease. Captain Phelon was a Nantucket man and early engaged in the whaling indus- try, making many a trying voyage around the Horn. He was wrecked in 143 off the coast of Peru and taken to San Francisco. From that city he made voyages, first as | mate, then as captain. Later he engaged in the California coasting trade and be- came prominent, not only in the coasting trade, but among forty-niners, serving on the Vigilance Committee in the troublous days of early San Francisco. Captain Phelon offered hig services to the Federal | Government at the outbreak of the Civil War and served with distinction as execu- tive officer of the gunboat Victoria and commanding officer of the gunboats Com- modore Perry and Monticello. Manila Merchants Make Appeal. MANILA, April 2—At a meeting to- night of the Chamber of Commerce, at which all the members were present, it was decided to send a cablegram to Presi- dent Roosevelt urging Congress to take immediate action concerning the currency question here, which, owing to the present depreciation of silver and the ratio of ex- change of $2 27 Mexican for $1 in gold. fixed by the United States Philippine Commission for the ensuing quarter, has caused an' impmense loss of businéss and a great incr: in the local prices of Tecessaries, Many articles now cost 30 per cent more than they did last Decem- ber. ® L] SPALDING 15 OUT OF THE FIGHT money or- | States and | Retires as President of the National League. NEW YORK, April 2—The National League baseball war is practically ended. A. G. Spalding has resigned his claim as | chief executive of the' big organization | and the office will be tendered to William G. Temple of Pittsburg. There will be no further contest in the courts. Mr. Spalding’s letter of resignation was pre- sented to the magnates at the second | day’s session of the peace conference at | | the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The letter was presented by James Hart, president of the Chicago Club, and says in part: “Conditions have arjsen which in m, opinion make it impossible at this time to carry out all the principles embodied in the platform I put forth last December, and as no compromise nor modiiication of these principles will be satisfactory to me I have decided to discontinue further efforts in this direction and hereby tender my resignation as president of the Na- tional League and respectfully insist that it_be accepted withcut delay.” Freedman and’ his followers contended | that Spalding had never been elected president of the league and could not resign the office. The matter was solved by a motion to simply declare | the “incident closed.” Freedman was opposed to the selection of any president until such man had come before the meeting and’ announced his at- | titude and the nature of his policy. “There has been a lot of talk,” sald Mr. Freedman. “about taking my &lub away from me. I want to know what you pro- pose doing about that. Does anybo want to take my club away frem me?’ One of the Spalding followers disavowed any and all intention of so doing. It has been decided to make the office of president and secretary-treasurer sep- | ) arate. The latter office will, according to the best information, be tendered to N. E. Young. Mr. Young said he would ac- cept the office. ¥ Pope Approves Resurrectionists. CHICAGO, April 2—Information was re- celved from Rome to-day by the Very Rev. John Kasparzyski, provincial of the Resurrectionists Congregation of Priests, that the Pope and the Propaganda have inrovefl the congregation for permanent existence. The congregation of the Resurrectionisits, which was founded by several Polish Roman Catholic priests about sixty years ago. extends with its missions and educational institutions throughout the world and had been @n robation sixty vears. St. Mary's College, n Kentucky, and the college at Berlin, Canada. are both under the supervision | of the Resurrectionists priests. Crew of the Maxwell Landed. LONDON, April 2—The crew of the Brittsh ship Maxwell, from San Francisco for Hull, which sank yesterday miles southwest of Dungeiess Lighthouse, has been landed at Bremerhaven by the German steamer Patagonia, from Babija. The Patagonia collided with and sank the Maxwell in a fog and succeeded in taking off the latter's crew before the ship sank. Phi Kappa Psi Men Meet. PITTSBURG, «pril 2—The Grand Arch Council of the Phi Kappa Psl College Fra- ternity met here to-day with nearly. 500 members from_ all &mrta of the country. The order was foun the semi-centennial exercises at Canons. burg, Pa., the scene of the founding of the fraternity, are responsible for the large attendance. Cenfirmed by the Senate. WASHINGTON, April 2.—Confirmations by the' Senate: A Civil Engineer Mordecai T. Endicott, to be chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, U. s N . B, N. J. G. Wood, receiver of the Land Ofiice at Topeka, Kans. 4 . 5, register of the Land Charlep_l}l. ‘Titu: Office at Topeka, K Postmasters: Hawaii—William Madeira, ‘Hilo. ; i lica also urges Venezuela to | therefore | ed fifty years ago and ' RETAIN OFFICE President Roosevelt:. Re- appoints Him Postmas- ter of This City. Orange County Offers Candi- date for Superintendent of Schools. e * WASHINGTON, April 2—The President to-day nominated W. W. Montague for Postmaster at San Franeisco. Senators Perkins and Bard joined Rep- resentatives Loud and Kahn in recom- mending, the reappointment. Mr. Montague is a well-known merchant of high char- acter. No protests against his_adminis- | tration of postal affairs in San Francisco were lodged in the department. The statement was made some months ago that he did not desire another term as Postmaster, hence the delegation con- sidered. the advisability of deferring rec- omme! tion until the merits of aspirants for the place could be received. There was political gossip to the effect that Al- bert Gerberding was an applicant for the office and that the Senators were inclined to ‘favor his application. The death of Gerberding a week ago, of course, disposed of agitation in that re- spect. Presumably Mr. Montague signi- fied willingness “to serve for another term. No great political significance at- taches to the reappointment, but inci- \dentally it is remarked that Senator Per- kins is turning away from the Burns-Gage machine,as Montague is known to be an independent, anti-boss Republican. It has been generally conceded in politi- cal circles that the clean, business-like administration of postal affairs under Mr. Montague’s regime would surely lgompt the President to reappoint him. During Postmaster Montague’s administration, which began four vears ago upon the death of former Postmaster Frank Mc- Coppin, many important changes have | been made. In addition to bettering the| service in many ways, Mr.: Montague has established fully forty additional sub-sta- | tions, many of which are in the outlying idlstrlcts. The news of Postmaster Mon- tague's rearpolntment will undoubtedly { be hailed with delight by the employes of the local service, as his fair methods of recognizing efiicient services have won | hlr:r hosts of friends among his subordi- nates. Orange County Heard From. The Republican State Convention will | not be obliged to send out for candidates. | The following message from Orange | County shows that there is something do- i ing in that region: | "SANTA ANA, April 2.—Superintendént of Schools J. P. Greeley of Orange County ! has announced himself asa candidate for the office of State Superintendent of Schools at the coming State convention. He -has-been for fourteen years Superin- tendent of Schools in Orange County, was secraotary of the State Teachers’ Associa- tion for five years and was president of the Southern’ California. Teachers’ Asso- clation for the term . He is a prominent figure in local Republican poli- tics and has the indorsement of his home county in his candidacy. | ey | HANNA MAY FURNISH BOND FOR RATHBONE Senator Likely to Show His Faith in Convicted Official by Taking Big Risk. : CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 2—If Major Rathbone former director of posts of Cuba, who is now under heavy sentence in Havana for complicity with Charles Neely in the Cuban postal frauds, is re- leased on bail, it is expected the bond Wwill be furnished by or through Senator Hanna. The amount of bail has not been fixedgn-advarce of the prisoner’s applica- tion for téemporary release, but dispatches from Havana have indicated that it may be $100,000. Nothing could better denote the degree of Hanna's confidence in Rath- bone than his willingness to assume the | guarantee of the major's appearance for retrial, providing the Supreme Court of the island grants his motion of appeal. Senator Hanna stated that he believes in Rathbone and feels certain he had no hand in any criminal actions. He seems to be pretty well satisfied with the results of his efforts in behalf of the prisoner | thus far, and is very hopeful the latter will finally be given what he regards as a just trial and.fair opportunity to make his defense. TH FROM A QUEEN RESTS AT RHODES' BIFR Alexandra’s Tribute Has a Place Near the Coffin of the Dead Statesman. CAPE TOWN, April 2—A private ser- | vice for his family and friends was hell | over the remains of Cecil Rhodes at | Grooteschuur last evening. The body was | brought here at midnight last night and | | deposited in the vestibule of the Parlia- | | ment building, The coffia is draped with | . a tattered union jack which_belonged to | # Rhodes and which he regarded with pecu- | | Har veneration, and with a tattered flag of the British Chartered South Africa Company, which went through the fight | | at Massikesi. On these two flags rest the cap and sown which the deceased wore | when he took his degree at Oxford. | " Cape_policcmen are grouped in the cor- | ners of the chamber as a guatd over the | remains. A beautiful wreath of flowers | | from en Alexandra has been placed at i the head of the bler. Rudyard Kipling | will take part in the fureral procession. iwnm | TUDGE COMMITS PUBLIC | PROSECUTOR TO ASYLUM | Tho District Attornay of White Pine County in Nevada Loses His | Reason. | ELY, Nev., April 2e-After wandering | about in the sagebrush hills without food and water for several days, District At- torney A..T. Stearns of White Pine County was found near Tecoma on Mon- ‘ day. He was in an extremely weak con- dition and had almost perished. He was taken in charge by frie:ics, was examined ! later as to his sanity and was committed to the Reno Hospital for Mental Diseases | by Distriet Judge Talbot, in whose court he hos been prosecutor, & Stearns was at one time a principal in the State University, and is well knowa in this section. Last week he visited Elko and while there acted strangely. He was | supposed to have left Elko and to have gone to Renc, but when word was re- cefved from the latter place that he was not there a search was instituted. CHOLERA CAUSES ALARM IN THE PHILIPPINES American Troops Are to Ba Hurried Home to Escape the Disease. MANILA, April 2—Up to noon 111 cases of cholera had been reported and seventy- threc deaths from the disease had oc- curred. WASHINGTON, April 2.—In order to ex- pedite the return home of troops in the Philippiges the Secretary of War has di- rected. t transports sail from San Francisco for Manila according to the fol- lowing schedule: Kilpatrick, April 10: | Sherman, April 16; Crook, April 20; Logan, 1 May 1. wym: the transports already at Manila or on their way there from San Francisco it is calculated that all the troops that have been in the Philippines since 1833 will be back in the United States or on thelr way home by June 1 next. One reason for hurrying these troops home is the preva- Ience of cholera in the Philippines. Beats His Dying Victim. “ PRESCOTT, Ariz., April 2—J. W. Ward, ' a traveling sign painter, aged about 35 | years, who drifted into Prescott a few weeks ago, was shot and-killed last night by Simon Alderete, a Mexican. Both were drunk and a fight on the street. When ‘Ward fell mortally wounded his a: it beat him on the head and face with his six-ghooter until bystanders interfered. l | | Arco system is not based on those early experi- | T0 FATHER'S AID J o.s‘ie Devine Engages At- torneys to Defend Her Parent. Tells Them of the Homicidal Mania Which Has Af- fected Him. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 2. ‘With the arrival to-day of Miss Josie Devine, who came fre Edgwood to at- tend her father’s case, fresh light was thrown upon the circumstances surround- ing the cause for the shooting of John J. O’Cennor on Monday last by his old-time friend and companion, Thomas Yevine. The young woman, despite her parent’s protests. at once retained attorneys to take charge of the defense. The old man will be represented by Chapman & Clift of this city and W. H. Jordan of Sanl Francisco. There was a short conferencel of the lawyers with Miss Devine to-day, | and some of the facts concerning the im- prisoned murderer’s hallucinations were given publicity. i Miss Devine explained to counsel that| her father has been afflicted with period- ical spells of insanity of a homicidal ten- | dency. Mis mania, however, had not al- | ways been directed against the man’ he killed, but was manifested in a desire to do away with otherss The family had tried to check the tendency, she said, and each recurring spring, when the out- | breaks occurred, woyld do their utmost to ease their father’s mind. They had not desired to send him to an asylum, believing that he would not get beyond their control. . | Furthermore, it was learned, thatyDe- vine's dementia could be traced t6 an hereditary cause, one nephew now being | confined in an insane hospital, and fur- ther back could be traced a iaint of mental disturbance in the family. The shocking nature of the killing and its attendant circumstances has pros- trated Mrs. Devine. She was unable to | leave her home, but at a later day may | ccme to Oakland. Devine was taken before Justice James G. Quinn this afternoon for arraignment on a charge of murder, but that formali- | ty was continued until 10 o’clock to-mor- row morning, when the date for the pre- liminary examination will be fixed. Corcner’s Jury Charges Murder. A Coroner's jury to-night charged Thomas Devine with the murder of John J. O’Connor after hearing the testimony | of a half-dozen witnesses who were about the scene of Monday’'s tragedy at Shell Mound. The jurymen were Fred A. Lew- is, foreman; A. F. Smith, Charles Achard, John E. Daly, C.J. Twomey, G. Church, John J. Coughlin, Louis F. Le Protti, Harold Lancaster and Howard Prentice. Justice of the Peace James G. Quinnm, acting Coroner, conducted the inquest. Devine was not present. He refused to attend after Invitation by Deputy Coroner Quellen. Attorney M. C. Chapman, in De- vine’s behalf, was in attendance for a short time. PROFESSOR SLABY BREPLIES TO MARCONI Says Present System of Attuned Telegraphy Has Little in Common ‘With Early Beginnings. BERLIN, April 2.—Professor A. Slaby, the electrician, has issued a written reply to William Marconi's statement that he, Slaby, learned from him what he knows about wireless telegraphy. The professor says: 1 never omitted to mention and at every op- portunity have acknowledged that I partiei- pated In the experiments carried on in May, 1807, by the English Telégraph Department, undér the direction of Sir William Preece, with the Marconi apparatus of that day. But the present system of attuned telegraphy, as Mar- coni knows, has hardly anything in common with those primitive beginnings. The Slaby- | ments. On the contrary, as Marconi well knows, it is founded on discoveries that I pub- lished in December, 1900, to which Marconi re- ferred in his address before the Soclety of Fine Arts in these words: “T trust that it will not be thought that T de- | sire to minimize in any way the importance of Professor Slaby’s work."" The very conspicuous change in Marconi's | views, as contained in his letter published In | New York, is something I regret very sreaily. | REFORM FORCES NA: CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE. George D. Worswick the Anti-Mac- kenzie Nominee for Mayor of San Jose. SAN JOSE, April 2.—The reform element | held a convention at Turn Verein Hall | this evening and selected George D. Wors- wick as its standard-bearer in the Mayor- alty fight. About 600 citizens were pres- ent. The Republican Good Government League and the Jeffersonian Democracy, a reform Democratic organization, were prominent in the gathering. George D. Worswick and D. McDougall were placed in nomination for Mayor. Wors- wick got 25 votes to McDougall's 99 and was declared the nominee. H. D. Mathews, a real estate man, was nominated for Counciiman at large, beat- ing W. A. Campbell for the place. Pat- rick Murray, a blacksmith, was named | for Councilman in the First Ward and Al Hubbard, a lumberman, for Council- man in the Fourth Ward. The offices of City Clerk ard City Treasurer were not | filled and this was left to the executive | committee, as was also the preparation of a platform. JULIAN CONDOL ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF FRAUD Former Insurance Man Accused of Having Bunkoed a San Franciscan. SAN JOSE, April 2.—Julian Condol, un- til recently Western representative of the | Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, | was arrested here this evening by Officer Humburg on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses from John Held of San Francisco. Up to January 13 Condol had an office in Stockton, but, irregulari- ties being found in his accounts, he was forced to resign. Two months ago he| went to San Francisco and set a rapid | pace in certain society circles. He still | represented himself as manager of the Metropolitan Company. A few days ago he obtained $20 from Held, who is a guest at the St. Nicholas Hotel, as the first payment on a life pol ‘iey. When found he was bunkoed, he charged Condol with defraud- ing him. Condol will be taken to San Francisco to-morrow. . b o BT PRIVATE IS FEARFUL TO- TELL THE STORY MANILA, April 2—At to-day’'s session of the trial by court-martial of Major Littieton W. T. Waller 3f the marine corps on the charge of killing natives of the island of Samar without trial Private McGee of the marine corps testified that tweive men were shot, eleven on one day and one on the next day. When called upon to clear up certain points of testi- mony M refused to answer on tne ground that it might incriminate him. The court will await the arrival here of General Jacob H. Smith, in command on the Island of Samar, before hearing any more witnesses. e AT AR Accident or Murder? ASTORIA, April 2.—Carl Miller, one of the proprietors of the Standard Music | Hall at this place, about 4 o’clock this afternoon in his place | of business. He was found dead in a! chair In the hall. It is claimed by the barkeeper that Miller struck'at a woman in the place, and, being intoxicated, missed her and fell to the floor, striking his head against the hard beards. Another story is | she could produce document | ture of several Chinese at SUIT DISMISSED Mrs. Dunshee Reso.ves Not to Prosecute Mrs. Davenport. Latter Claims She Is Victim of Plot to Drive Her From the State. Special Dispatch to The Call SANTA BARBARA, April 2—It now remains for the District Attorney to say whether Mrs. Davenport shall be brought to trial next Tuesday on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, preferred by Mrs. Dunshee a few days ago. Mrs. Dunshee has expressed the wish that the case be dropped. She coes not wish to prosecute Mrs. Davenport. The flag of truce was set to the breese this morning when Mrs. Dunshee called upon Mrs. Davenport at her lodgings on upper Anacapa street. Concerning the interview which took place at that time the latter said that Mrs. _ex~ pressed the deepest regret that the difff- culty had ever arisen; that while she g first felt that she had paid more for t! instruction in physical culture than she could afford, sne would never have al- lowed the affair to get into court had she not been urged to do so by Rev. F. 8. Forbes. She said that she had called upon District Attorney Squier and re- quested him to dismiss the action, and finally she had asked Mrs. Davenport's forgiveness, -which was freely and promptly given. Mrs. Dunshee was seen at her residence on Bath street this afternoon. She ad- mitted that it was her desire to drop the case and that the decision now rested e~ tirely with the District Attorney. “If he will consent to dismiss it,” she said, “the matter will be dropped at once.” A story that is almost startling in its nature is told by Mrs. Davenport in ex- planation of the causes leading up to her arrest a_few days ago. She declared that it was the purpose of Mrs. Phebe Hearst to drive her out of California, and that evidence to prove it. She claimed that Mrs. Hearst recently signified her willingness to ex- pend several thousands of dollars in order to make good her threat and that evi- dence of Mrs. Hearst's oppesition was | found in every city that she visited on the coast. When asked what motive could prompt Mrs. Hearst to take this attitude toward her Mme. Davenport explained that when she was in San Francisco some time ago she took occasion to severely | criticize Mrs. Kincaid, the v;‘egl!-mvn in- structor, and a warm nd of Mrs. Hearst. The latter did nat take to these strictures and requested Mrs. Davenport to desist. This she refused to do, taking every possible occasion to “haul Mrs. Kincaid over the coals” in her public_lectures and in the homes to which she had been invited. Mrs. Hearst's influence was felt at once, says Mrs. Dav- enport, for she left San Francisco with- out making a dollar. Mrs. Davenport declares that friends of Mrs. Hearst prevailed upon Rev. Mr. Forbes to do his utmost against her while in this city, making representations to him which were not true. In view of this she does not feel as bitterly toward Mr. Forbes as she otherwise would, for she feels that he has been im upon. ‘However, she is outspoken in the opinion that Mr. Forbes would have been much better off had he attended strictly to his own important affairs. P —— CALIFORNIA TRAPSHOTS MAKE CLEAN SCORES Vaughn and Smith Still in Line for Live Bird Championship—0tto Feudner Misses. KANSAS CITY, April 2—With 493 en- tries and 456 competitors the Grand Amer- jcan Pigeon. Shooting handicap opened at Blue River Park this morning. At the end of the day 143 wlbngd.sho';; had -u: ht score of eight birds. ere ;teme‘lxghl rounds eazh day until the lst of withdrawals makes it possible to shoot more. If there are two or more men with a straight score after the twenty-fifth round the high guns will shoot off after the round to decide the race. At the close of to-day every one of the six Grand American Handicap winners of the past who are participating this year had lost one or more birds, making it al- most certain that a new man will be champion this year. M. O. Feudner of San Francisco falled to make a score. J. A. R. Elliott, Fred Gilbert and W. R. Crosby, the three thlg{-tvo- men, killed all their birds. the three women only Mrs. S. J. Johnstone of Min- neapolis had a straight score. Lil- lian Smith of California missed three birds and Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bili's star, missed two. Among those who had clean scores to-day were J, Ed Vaughn of Bakersfield and S. R. Smith of Riverside ALONG THE COAST SACRAMENTO, April 2.—8even cars of & westbound freight train were deralled near Blue Canyon this afternoon. Nobody was hurt, RENO, Nev., April 2.—George S. a lawyer from Lincoln County, was Tound dead in his bed at the Clarendon Hotel this morsi= ing. STOCKTON, April 2.—Deteetive Walker ar- rested Robert E. Ford this evening. H Ford is wanted at Florence City, 8. gery. MONTEREY, April 2.—Judge J. K. Alex- ander of Salinas was _yestes appointed guardian of Jullus Frujak, the insane man re- cently captured in the mountains near Point Sur. 1.0S ANGELES, April 2—R. C. Guim. al- leged to be a deserter from the United States army, stationed in Arizona, was captuved, this morning at his father's house on Twenty-fourth street. = LOS ANGELES, April 2.—United States Marshal Osborne has been notified of the cap- San Diego who are supposed to have crossed the line from Mexico. BAKERSFIELD, April 2.—Ah Tong, the son of a Chinese butcher of this city. has beem arrested on suspicion of being gullty of hurder of Chuey Yun Get, who was ..,.3 ghot to death in his cabin on Jewetts lane. SAN DIEGO, April 2.—The gunboat Wheele ing arrived from the south this afterncom. From here she will proceed to Honolulw, whence she will go to Samoa to relieve the Aberdeen, which vessel will proceed to New York, BAKERSFIELD, April 2.—James Peel. an employe of the Southern Pacific C the gravel pits near Pampa, was robbed about 12 o'clock last night waiting-room in Kern City. He was senseless by his assailant, ¢ AUBURN, April 2.—John Riley and o: Morehead, two young men mining at are under n near Forest Hill, wemtomh-d by earth last evening. thirty feet of earth and it will be several days before® they can be extricated. LOS ANGELES, April 2. aged 18 years. who Bad béem emp in the . Santa Fe road shops died at the Sisters’ Hospital in this city the effects of an injury received Surbeck was run down by an afternoon. gine. SALINAS, April 2.—Preliminary steps taken at a_mass meeting last night to & Monterey County Improvement Club_to ¥ ploit the resources of this county. The club has elected Mayor T. Renison R. Merritt temporary secre- LOS ANGELES, April 2.—Justice to-day sentenced Aldine Edelman, a g president, and M. tary. o died or was killed the to the decision preme Court. MONTEREY, April 2.—] administratrix of the est Wyckoff, has taken pursuent dered by the Suj that he was striking at the woman and that some one fnn him a seve; W, sending him against an iron railing and to the flocr, causing his death. 3 filed T of J\l* ‘Dorn sranting the defendant vs. Pajaro Valley trial. The suit in secident Tn whieh