The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 6, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCI—-NO. 157. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PREVENTS HONOR TO OFFICERS|.— France Asked by Pres-| ident Notto Confer the Cross. So Miles and Dewey Wiil Not Receive Decoration. Alleged International | | Humiliation of Commanders. h to The Call. G y 5—Pr the STREET, sid d to ent to confer the Honor upon Ad- miral Dewe Lieutenant General Miles This n c ed a sensation in air navy circl The s dir ned and th sident’s c s > further hu- mi ke the humil- tati atever may have bee sons 1g the action of the ¥ that France | w w of his tude, award WOULD CONFER CROSS. 1 Dewes e Gesired to commenm- ected au she believed it f courtesy for memb M. Cam- e two weeks to les, desired to confer the s inspecting the North iron on-the southern drill fused to be to the pro- ment and ite It is stated however ither officer will make a protes t seen how this could be done fact that the French ectly t dered the FURTHER EUMILIATION. re s v no justification d 2 d a friend oosevelt has at- of the army a now he inter- impossible y action. but d the nt is willing tion ngress and wered to deter- of the Govern- LEGISLATORS ASSEMBLE AT HAVANA r Gene CUB Wood Delivers Ad- Wishes Them Success Work. iban Senate s assembled lace. Governor dress, wishing the work the He informed wer would be ter the formal Their work n credentials and government of- i been selected President, Senators and members of of Representatives. in the Palacio Segun- epresentatives in the Com- le Li et building. INEABITANTS REVbLT dispatch from t of the Dally t among the inhabit- f Thaysos, in Euro- st the collection of r of the island, says dered the gendarmes tors, with the re- mber of men, women fear that the priest at Chen Ting ©€, will retard the restora- the Ch se is leading make strenuous © crime. An efict ndemnity he responsible Chinese punished. Le Foreign Mini assuring e rising in Chill win speedily AU i Lord Kelvin Gets Degree. EW HAVEN, Conn., May 5.—William hompson, first Lord Kelvin, this after. noon received from Yale the honorary de. gree of doctor of laws. The ceremony took place in Battell Chapel before a large audience French es not think it de- cross would be nd Lieu- ken to the | the French | with the statue to overnment, in great services ren- by Admiral Dewey disgrace upon | a BROKERS | FAIL FOR BIG SUMS 1 DR. W. SEWARD WEBB, THE NOTED FINANCIER OF NEW YORK | PLAYS A CONSPICUOUS PART I AND PRESIDENT OF 1HE RUTLAND RAILROAD COMPANY, WHO N THE WALL-STREET FLURRY. e | Trading in Webb-Meyer Stocks Is Followed EW YORK, May 5.—Three Stock Exchange firms—Of- fenbach & Moore, Henry Bros. & Co. and Lockwood, suspension in the order named at the opening of the market to- day. The amount of their joint liabilities is variously estimated at from $2,000,000. to $5,000,000, assets unknown, and in the opin- ion of good judges a goodly portion are of doubtful value. The day closed with the usual rumors of more failures, criminal - prosecution and the like. The solvency of several financial institutions of standing was brought into question, but for such rumors there ap- peared to be absolutely no foundation. | " The failures were directly due to last week’s serious decline.in a number of in- dustrial stocks. Two of this group—Rut- | 1ana Railroad preferred and St. Lawrence and Adirondack—are regularly listed on | the Stock Exchange. The others, includ- | ing Dominion Securitles, Hackensack Meadows, Nerth American Lumber and Pulp and Storage Power, are, or rather were, more or less extensively dealt in on the “curb.” VANDERBILTS TO RESCUE. Following ‘the announcment of the fail- ures many lots of stocks and a few blocks of bonds were bought and sold ‘‘under the rule” in the exchange for’ account of the insolvent concerns. All told 3525 shares of Rutland preferred were traded in during the day at from 86 to 96, closing at %, a net loss for the day of 5 points. The rally in Rutland from the low point followed the announcement that Vanderbilt inter- ests had agreed to take up a block of those shares for account of some of the embarrassed speculators. There was prac- tically no trading in the Webb-Meyer stocks. Wall street's conservative men were al- most unanimous in the opinion that the day’s happenings had done much to clar- ify the financial atmosphere. From $15,000,000 to $25,000,000 was loaned by the downtown banks and trust com- panies in the course of the day. The bulk of the money was loaned at from 10 to 15 per. cent. A report that the clearing-house,asso- clation had called a meeting to check the rising tendency of the money market was characterized as absurd by Manager Wil- liam Sherrer. 3 DR. WEBB’S ACTIVITY. Dr. W. Seward Webb, president of the Rutland Railroad Company, arrived to- day from Shelburne Falls, Vt. He went into conference during the morning with Hurd & Co.—announced their | T by a Crash in Wall Street. A. L. Meyer, Henry L. Sprague, an attor- | ney, and Benjamin P. Moore of Offen- | bach & Moore. Announcement is made that Dr. Webb has resigned from the International Pow- er directory. President Hoadley said that | the resignation will doubtless be accepted. Mr. Prall of the Stock Exchange firm of Webb & Prall made this statement on the authority, he said, of Dr. Webb: “All the Rutland Railroad’s preferred stocks sold by Dr. Webb last une, certificates of which are still in his name and amount to 12,500 shares, will be paid for in cash at 108 by J. W. Davis & Co. of 100 Broad- | way.” | THE FAILING FIRMS. | The firm of Offenbach & Moore was or- | ganized last November. It consisted of | Robert Offenbach, who was the Stock Ex- change member, and Benjamin P. Moore. The firm was one of the heaviest dealers in curb securities’ in Wall street. | The firm of Lockwood, Hurd & Co. was formed on October 4, 1897, its members be- | ing H. D. Lockwood, Frank H. Hurd ana | Frank H. Kelly. Mr. Lockwood was the | exchange member. The firm of Henry Brothers & Co. was formed on February 1, 1900, its members being Howard H. Henry, Ambrose D. Henry and Willam E. Gordon. Howard H. Henry was the exchange member. . POWERS TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW GOVERNMENT CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W.. WASHINGTON, May 5.—The flight of the President of San Domingo to the French legation in his capital will prob- ably result in the recognition by the Unit- ed States and other powers of Vice Pres- ident Vasquez, leader of the revolution- ary forces, as head of the de facto gov- ernment. News of the success of the revolution came to the State Department in a mes- sage from Minister Powell, who is sta- tioned at Santo Domingo. Powell report- ed that after three engagements, the in- surgents obtained possession of the cap- ital. Vice President Vasquez was in com- mand of the attacking forces. President Jiminez was called upon to resign, but he refused to do so, and fled to the French ' legation for protection. Powell added that the situation is still very grave. It is hot believed here that any compli- cations will arise from the action ~f the French Minister in permitting the Presi- dent to take refuge in his legation. Of course, if the revolutionary forces attack the legation and drag the President from its walls, France will undoubtedly require reparation. SOLDIER ALLEGES MASSACRE Private Walker Sends Story of Awful Slaughter. Declares a Thousand Prisoners Were Killed. Says Filipinos Had to Djg Their Own ; Uraves. \ Special Dispatch to The Call. LYNN, Mass, May 5—One thousand Filipino prisoners shot in platoons .over the graves they themselves had been forced to dig. A priest Who acted in the dual capacity of father-confessor and general hanged by the meck uhtil dead, the hanging taking place before the slaughter of the prisoners and within their sight. Such are some of the charges made by J. Pennett Walker, a private in Company I, Sixteenth Infantry, now at Sorsogon, in the Philippines, in letters to his father; the Rev. W. H. Walker, D, D., of this city. . Dr. Walker has more than a dozen of these letters. He refuses to make them public, however, as he says: ‘The story is too fearful. My boy has written to me as a son to his father, and in the face of the inquiry now going on I fear it might bring him into trouble with his superiors. He writes of a e he went on with men under Lieutenant Burr. A hike is an ex- pedition in search of rebels. He writes that the detachment went to Vrosin, eighteen miles from Sorscgon, and tobk possession of a bamboo church there. The insurgents were routed, twelvé. were killed and two captured. The two prisoners told of the location of the insurgent army and agreed to act as guides. The entire com- mand was ordered out, the insurgents were taken by surprise, 300 of them killed and 1000 taken - prisoners, including a priest, who was their general and father- confessor. DIG THEIR OWN. GRAVES. “This band proved to be a secret or- ganization known as the Katipunan. The priest assured them that if by any chance a Yankee bullet did hit and kill them they would come to life agaivin ¢ifree days. The priest was called out to tell the insur- gents that they had been duped. He re- fused to do so, although he was flogged, and as an example was strung up to a tree and allowed to remain there a week that all could see he did not come to life. “The Katysuman were so superstitious and such fanatics that the thought of lib- erating them could not be entertained. | To keep them prisoners would necessitate the placing of the soldiers on short ra- tions, if not starving them. There was nothing to do but to kill them. This was done by squads. Every morning three squads of twenty mpen each were sent out under guard. They were taken a mile or so inland and then furnished picks and shovels and started to work. “When they had dug a trench five feet deep they were told to stand up in jt. The picks and shovels were taken away. In this fashion the entire thousand were put out of the way of harm.” MOROS MAKE A DASH. MANILA, May 5.—Eighty-four Moro prisoners under guard made an attempt to escape to-day. & At a preconcerted signal they got be- tween the soldiers forming the guard and a company at dinner. The latter, realiz- ing what had happened, fired on and pur. sued the Moros, killing thirty-five of them and capturing nine. The other fugitives escaped. The one ehance of saving the life of Captain Moore of the Twenty-seventh In- fantry, who was wounded during the re- cent fighting with the Moros in the isl- and of Mindanao, is by trepanning a por- tion of his skull resting upon the brain. The body of Second Lieutenant Thomas A. Vicars of the Twenty-first Infantry has been temporarily buried at Malabang. Hopes are still entertained of saving the lives of the other wounded American officers. A soldier has died of cholera on board the United States transport Warren, In quarantine here. Her crew and passen- gers have been landed by the United States ship Meriveles. The Warren will be fumi- gated and undergo another five days’ quarantine. STRIKES VICTIM’S STOMACH. WASHINGTON, May 5—The Senate Philippine Committee to-day heard Dan- jel Evans, formerly a private in the Twelfth Infantry, who testified to seeing the water cure administered to two in- surgents in northern Luzon to compel them to give information concerning concealed arms. The information was ob- tained. He said he saw Private Frank XKoehler strike.a water cure victim in the stomach forty times. Aside from the wa- ter cure the prisoners were treated hu-. manely by the United States soldiers. The commiftee decided to summon Koehler, and adjourned until to-morrow. The Secretary of War to-day forwarded to the Senate Philippine Committee a list of over 350 officers and enlisted men whe had been tried in the Philippines by court-martial for offenses against the na- tives, and also a long list of cases of na- tives tried by military courts. In vindication of the administration’s policy in the Philippines, Lodge of Mas- sachusetts, chairman of the Philippine Committee, addressed the Senate to-day. Lodge denied the allegation that the Goy- ernment bill was for the exploitation of the islands. ¢ Royal Yacht Is Stranded. ATHENS, May 5—While the royal yacht Amphitfite, with the royal family of Greece on board, was on its way to Chalkis to-night it stranded in Europis channel. Vessels have gone to the scene to assist in refloating the Amphitrite, ) ARCHBISHOP CORRIGAN, THE NOTED PRELATE, IS 3 SUMMONED BY DEATH _— 9= NOTED PRELATE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH WHO DIED AT THE ARCHIEPISCOPAL RESIDENCE IN NEW YORK LAST NIGHT IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS TWO BROTHERS AND A DOZEN PRIESTS, IN- CLUDING HIS TWO SECRETARIES. / - Takes an Unexpected Turn for the Worse and in Less Than a Quarter of an Hour Passes Peacefully Away. EW YORK, May bishop Michael 5.—Arch- Augustine aged 62 years. The death of the Archbishop came as a great surprise and shock to those In the archiepiscopal residence. It was more so to the general publie, for the last bulletin of the day was that so cer- tain were the physicans of an improve- ment of the patient that there would be no more bulletins to-night. Up to 10:30 there was no evidence of collapse; in fact, the Archbishop at 10:40 talked with his secretary. About 11 o'clock, however, the trained nurses who had ciarge at the bedside no- ticed a change. Acting on, instructions, the physicians were-telephoned for. At the same timé the Archbishop’s two brothers were summoned to the room, as well as a number of priests. It was quickly seen by the physicians that the end was at band, and in less than a quar- ter of an hour the prelate was dead. LAST MOMENTS PEACEFUL. His last moments were peaceful and without evidence of suffering. Besides the two brothers of the Archbishop there were present in the room a dozen priests, among them Father Lavelle, rector of the cathedral; a Mexican bishop; Rev. Dr. Starrante, Italian secretary to the Arch- bishop, and Father Curley, his English sceretary. About a quarter to 11 o’clock the nurses noticed that the Archbishop was breath- ing with more difficulty than usual. They tried to aid him with restoratives, but he did not respond to these. His breathing became still more difficult, and it was evi- dent he was in great pain. A heart stiin- ulant was administered, but this failed to relieve the patient, and the nurses no- tified Father Curley that the prelate’'s condition was evidently serious and that . Dr. Keyes should be summoned. Under Father Curley’s direction the | atives of the Archbishop to the room. Corrigan died at 11:05 to-night, | servants called all the priests and the rel- There were also present the trained nurses, two Sisters of St. Vincent's Hos- | pital, who have been in attendance in the sick room, and three female ‘servants of the household. All reached the room just in time to see | the prelate breathe his last. Bvery one | stood silently by the bedside watching the end, and at the very last all knelt to say | the final prayers as they saw that the end had come. DIES CLASPING CRUCIFIX. The crucifix had been placed in the| hands of the Archbishop as he lay breath- | ing with difficulty, and he dled clasping it. His rosary hung from his wrist. Over his head was a statue of the Savior and on| one side a picture of the Madonna. Dr. Keyes, who was unable to reach the house until ten minutes.before midnight, sald that death had doubtless been caused by degeneration of the heart, and weak- ness resulting from the Archbishop's fll- ness. The illness really dates from the end of | February this year, when, in going through the Kelly Memorial Chapel, he fell between some beams: and to keep himself from falling to the floor below he | had to hold himself up by the armpits. | The strain was very great, and before he recovered from the effects of the accident he was attacked with penumonia. It was | thought that he was out of danger, but his condition last night was bad and he was unable to rally. CAREER OF THE ARCHBISHOP. Michael Augustine Corrigan Kno as a Profound Scholar. Michael Augustine Corrigan, Third Archbishop of New York, and the first one of American birth, was born at Newark, N. J., August 17, 1839. His parents, Thomas and Mary English Corrigan, were natives of Leinster, Ire- land. They were, people of some means and determined to give their son, who early showed much aptitude In that di- rection, a liberal education. In dque time he Wwas entered as:a student at St Mary’'s College, - Wilmington, then under the charge -of Vicar General Reilly of that city, and there he remained for two vears. He then went to Mount St. Mary's College, at Emmettsburg, Md., where he graduated in 1850. Having previously determined to enter the priesthoed, which decision was large- ly due to his sister, a very pious young woman, with whom he made a tour of Europe during his’ junior years at St Mary’s, he went to Rome and became one of the twelve students with whom the American . College in that city was opened. He had always led his classes in the colleges which he had before attended and he did the same in Rome, making such rapid progress in his studles as to win a number of medals in competition, not only with students of his own college but with those of the Propaganda and the Irish and Greek colleges. He finished his course and after passing rigorous examinations obtained the de- sree of D. D. in 1854 ' A year previously, however, September 19, 1863, he was or- dained in the Church of St. John Lat- gran, by Cardinal Patrici, thus becoming a priest before he had completed his theological course, a privilege which was granted to.him In consideration of his re- markable progress and high standing ‘while a student. Returning to the United States in 1864 Father Corrigan was appointed by Arch- bishop Bayley of New Jersey to the pro- fessorship of dogmatic theology and sacred scripture, and the directorship of Seton Hall College at South Orange, N. 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