The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1902, Page 17

Ottt rebasatbasdescats s add Sl ] B4+ FFFFFE4E4444444 444490 + P 2 + e " : FA0ES 1/ 10 20 ¢ :Paoes 17 10 28 + + P - — + C44444 4444444444444 444+440 Q4444444444444 3444004444 VOLUME XCII-NO. 15. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1902—FORTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PREPARE ; TO MOVE" | QUICKLY Reciprocity Senators| Are Encouraged | by Message. i Cuba Causes Several Conferences at | Capital. | Leaders Will Frame)| Substitute for the ~ House BiIll. Epecial Disp h to The Call. | CALINBUREAT G STREET, N. W., WASH TON, June 14. he Pres- ident's message has inspired reciprocity Benators with frésh courage, and they are prey to move T and move quick- Thurber’s an ¢ e in t e there when p for considera- of discussion at but the that A fast table. was Pres- to-day over and me n xecutive breakf: Po: we SUBSTITUTE. orial sup- re to pre up reported ex; sub- re a as m rted to Tuesday indors i a Committee rted to nded They count w ove RENT: REM o FFE H IAL. OVES DI ng of this evidence of adopt tion a course would defeat of all leg- opments lead to the considerable num- ter of Rep ne should adhere to th Getermina to vote with the Demo- | crats to support the House bill it would pass the Ho LOSS TO REFINERS. There wou ld be no chance for a confer- ence and bill would then go to the President, who it is expected would at- tach his signature and thus make a law | with the Morris amendment provisi , of course, affect the beet sug erests equally | with the trust, in proportio to the ex- tent of their refining industry and is not desired. “The beet sugar refiners say they ),000 annually, while gar refiners would lose $6,000,- at the cane sugar 1 have an advantage in n raw sugar. They violate the principle of would the cane t rs wo refine 14 s uction on te i: protection. None of the beet sugar Republicans | has gone so far as to gnnounce his non- | T esday’s argument, but e phase of the ques- e to the reciprocity ad- | to thelr claim will secure a Repub- | large for their pur- color vote sufficiently poses ELKINS EXPLAINS. d he 8 had introduced the of his ow intention and with- of his ociates. He | ulting ar e proposed reciprocity meas- p come effective the United Btates Government would be pledged to | W0 per vear to Cuban sugar | for a period of five years. He that if the Government proposes to take upon itself such a heavy burden it P ex Cuba now as to post- ter pericd. He said thar y of Cuba is inevitable and ", the annexati | Clarence FAVORS AIDING ALLEGES BRIBERY WORKING PEOPLE — IN CUBA Correspondent Says Wood Paid Gomez ' $25,000. General Takes Money to Keep Out of Politics. Followers Get Ready 1o Make Trouble on Island. Svecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW ORLEANS, June 14.—“Within a week there will be revealed at Washing- ton the most sensational transaction that | hag yet come to light in connection with the investigation now going on of .the expenditures of money made by Governor Wood in Cuba,” said Charles M. Dobson, a former staff correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press at Havana. “It will be disclosed that Wood paid $25,000 to Maximo Gomez, with the sanc- tion of the McKinley administration, to prevent any outbreaks of the populaceat the time of the last national election in the United States. CAN LOCATE CHECK. “I know just wher€ the check for this sum of money can be found—where to lay | my hands on it. There is no secret about | the payment of this bribe among the | friends of Wood or those inside of the se- crets of the administration of affairs un- der Wood. McKinley knew about it; . | Roosevelt knows about it. Wood didn’t GERMAN RULER WHO FAVORS BETTER PENSION SYSTEM FOR AGED WORKING PEOPLE. Emperor William Is Interested in Labor-. — iy ERLIN, ne 14.—Emperor William is considering the ex tension of the old-age pension islation. Conversing with a ent American .- visitor about "the condition of latir the “United — States,” h Majesty sai? he was determinéd to m employers ~contribute 1o the support their work people when the latter were should not be s after having to. their has a fairly The old sh cld and invalided vears em- bhe proposes to bri - question to the | front at this time so that it may receivc or Nelson, who is emphatic in his | that there has been 10| situation In consequence ent's message, says he Is willing to assume his share of | the propc He a are po: - opposing to Cut men who ng f ¢ administration’s policy are | cere in their friendship to that and qui y rts that there is ng in the question involved to justify it issue resulting in a party MAN AND A WOMAN | ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED Ccroner Investigates a Strange Tragedy, but Fails to Substan- | tiate Murder Theory. YORK, June 14—The body of Foster, who had been missing | since Monday night, was found in Shin- necock Bay, Long,Island, to-day. The head and face were battered and there were marks violence which were re- garded as indicating that he was mur- dered and his body thrown into the bay. Later in the day the body of Miss Sarah Lawrence, in whose company Foster was last seen, was found in Shiunecock Bay, near where Foster's body! was found. Foster was married and he and his wife went from this city to Good Ground, L. I, for an outing. Miss Lawrence wus staying at a hotel there with her mother. Miss Lawrence left the hotel Monday night and walked toward Shinnecock Bay, where she is said to have met Foster. Several persons, are sa.. to have seen them eating at a hotel on the bay and that a young man friend of Miss Law- rence was with them. This young man left Good Ground the next day and has not been seen since. The coroner's ingiry into the case re- sulted in a verdict of accidental drown- ing. NEW CAFTAIN OF CAVALRY TO BE COURT-MARTIALED American Officer Alleged to Have Been Unnecessarily Severe on Filipinos. WASHINGTON, June 14.—By direction of the President a general court-martial has been appointed to meet at Manila on June 16 for the trial of Captain James A. Ryan, Fifteenth Cavalry, on the charge that he was unnecessarily severe and ar- bitrary in his dealings with the natives of the proyince where he was stationed in the Philippines. The court also will try “such other officers as may be brought before it.” This is the usual order in court-martial cases and may or may not have any significance. The detail for the Advocates a Better Pension System for Aged. | make the payment of his own volition. He was advised to do so by officials at Washington high in authority. The pay- ment of the money was considered one of those diplomatic éxpedidnts that high of- ficlals of every station have to resort to T YIS 'rHE.o DUCHESS MARLBOROUSH at times. “Just before the last McKinley election | tem in -operation, but the doies guarau- | the element in Cuba which recognized teed were not sufficient to maintain the | Gemez as their leader threatened to take eceivers without private aid. What the | tn-the woods unless tneir general was comprehensive old age pension sys- Emperor apparently intends is to secure «nough to keep the aged people beysnd | want. | Of course they: will have to contrsbute | a portion of thelr wages throughouf their ives, which the state will invest, supple- recognized by. the factions in. Cuban poli- ties as a candidate for the first President of the_island. “There wére two reasons why the ad- “ministration at Washington and General ‘Wood did not desire to have any trouble oot rsfoonfosngeconfoor s|f mented by a regular quota from their em- | at that time. One was that it would be ployvers. disastrous to the election then in progress The upper house of the Dlet to-day | in the States; the other was that the ad- |- passed without amendment the second | ministration didn’t want Gomez for first ading of the bill providing for the Ger- manizing of the Polish provinces of Prus- sia. The condition of King Albert of Sax- ony continues to be uncertain, but his Majesty dily growing weaker. The members of the Saxon Cabinet have no hope for the King's recovery. B e e S R Y ) court follows: Brigadier General B. 8. Theodore President. Palma was the man that was favored, and it was decided that nothing should thwart the well-laid plan to land Palma. 7 POSES AS A PATRIOT. “Gomez has posed as a patriot before the Cuban people, but it' was purposely | revealed to Wood by representatives of | Gomez that it would take moncy to in- | duce him to withdraw his candidacy. And | to make the matter of financial recom- pense for any amelioration Gomez might is s Bisbee, Colonels TO PLEASE AMERICAN HOSTS EDWARD WAIVES KISS-HANDS CEREMONY BRADIEw T ARTIN ey Wi Sixth Cavalr; William | E. Dougherty, Eighth Infantry, and J, . | Pring about more-emphatic, as.it yere, M. Lee, Thirtieth Infantry; Lieutenant|Gomez began to advise his followers, ne | groes for the most part from the eastern London Prepares for Colonels John F. Stretch, Twenty Tritahies: A B arhols P o - | provinces, to ‘take to the woods' in case | ¥ and George S. Anderson, Sixth Cavalry. | they Wwere unable to obtain freedom. | the Coronation Maj William L. Pitcher, Elghth In-|Freparations were actually begun by the | = Nk ¥; W..W. Witherspoon, Thirteenh | G0mez men to act In accordance with his Festivities. | Infantry; Willlam 0. Butler, Twenty-fittn | Instructions had not Gomez been treated Infantry; C. S. Bishop, Fifth Cavalry;|Vith and reckoned with.” 0. J. Broym, First Cayglry, and John B, [t =3 ONDON, June 14.—Considering Ryan, Sixth Cavalry, with Major Miil- 1! that London's streets are al- | ward F. Wiltse, First Infantry, as judge ELKINS FOR e s tion with festoons, flags and NOTHING T0 ANNEXATION arches, though sadly be- OE’ SAYS WOOD. draggled by rain, it is small omctae Tater ainsst meniat o tho| | OF REPUBLIC | | ense i Rne B she " Bribery Story. S s ter of the stage. Before the dinner of Embassador and Mrs. Choate it had been the custom of those meeting their majesties at private houses to “kiss hands,” but his Majesty sent special word that he desired that this ceremony be not observed “when he set foot on American | soll, which Choate's house isssupposed to be. The omission created much comment among the English guests, but it was no small relief to the Americans. However, soclety had already had some warning of the King's desire, for at Epsom he had word passed around that he did not de- sire any public hand-kissing in the en- closure, which has been a sight for all Derby day crowds. One very fashionable woman, disregarding the informal injunc- tlon, grabbed his Majesty’'s hand and kissed it, much to the King's embarrass- ment. DIFFERS FROM KING. The relations between King Edward and the Premier, Lord Salisbury, do not seem to improve. According to general belief BOSTON, June 14—General Leonard Wood to-night said there was nothing to the New Orleans story to the effect that a sum of money was pald General Gomez in order that he might not oppose General Palma. WASHINGTON, June 14.—Regarding a story emanating from New Orleans to- day to the effect thatyGeneral Gomez re- ceived a $25,000 bribe from the adminis- tration to withdraw from the Cuban cam- paign, thereby. permitting the election of President Palma, it was stated to-night by an official close to President Roosevelt that he had never before heard of it. Secretary Hay said that not until his at- tention was called to the story had he recelved the slightest intimation of it from any source. Secretary Root thought the story was undoubtedly an exaggeration of General Wood's action in granting a pension to General Gomez. The statement that Gen- eral Wood had paid General Gomez money in the House of Commons the King wants to withd ' . s‘lm.mmgmff"':l; dthe Cuban campaign, —* | Lord Salisbury to dissolve Parliament gl o e was absurd on its UNITED STATES SENATOR after the coronation and ‘‘go to the coun- face, &' Gomer was_onle of Prenident STEPHEN B. ELKINS OF try,” otherwise have a general election, armest friends. WEST VIRGINTA, * and the Premier has refused point blank. — 4 4 ¢ ASHINGTON, June 14.—Senator Elking to-day introduced a joint resolution in the Senate pro- i W"ldlnz for the annexation of Cuba and its admission as a State of the Union. The resolution Congre; to the erection of the republic of Cuba as a State of the Union, led the State of Cuba, with a republican form of government, a constitution to be adopted by the people of sald republic by deputies in convention assembled with the con- sent of the existine Government.” A condition is specified that the constitution of the proposed State shall be submitted to Congress not later than January 1, 1004. There is a provision that the debts of Cuba shall not become a charge upon the general Government. There is also an alternative wrovi- sion, giving the President, if he prefers, power to proceed in a more direct way for Cuba’s admission as a State. This provision permits the ndmission under the terms of the resolution itself, “instead of proceeding to submit the resolution to Cuba as an overture on the part of the United States.” If this latter course is pursued a State is to be formed “out of the present republic of Cuba, with a republi- can form of government and with representatives in Congress, and be admitted into the Union by this act, on an equal footing with the existing States, as soon as the terms and conditions of such admission shall be agreed upon by the Governments of the republic of Cuba and the United States.” The rewoldtion provides for the appropriation of $100,000 to carry its provisions into effect. Senator Elkins, speaking of the resolution introduced for the annexation of Cuba, said that Texas was admitted under precisely the same terms as this resolution provided for Cuba. He said he pre- ferred the admission of Cuba in preference to granting $6,000,000 a year on her account out of the revenues without knowing where it would go. By providing for the admission of Cuba, there would be no difference in the Republican party on the subject of tarifi relations with the island. —_— e W # . s 3 * ready bedecked for the corona- | seats, who at first were charging exorbi- tant prices, are now lowering them by leaps and bounds. A general slump is setting in. The best West End situations are now at a minimum of 2 guineas in- stead of 3 guineas. Two windows at Tem- ple Bar were sold this evening for 75 guineas. Two hundred guineas was the price originally asked. St. Mar- garet’s Church, Westminster, will get 5000 guineas for its grounds. \A secret emergency door is bejng built in, Westminster Abbey. The location Is known only to their Majesties and a few other persons, so that in case of panic during the coronation service they can get immediate egress. OVERLOOEKS A DUKE. A curious story is being circulated re- garding the Duke of Somerset and the King at the last court. When his Ma- jesty made the rounds of the select circle he passed close to the Duke of Somerset, who made a careful obeisance. ' Either T 3 b | AMERICAN WOMEN WHO FIGURE IN ANTE-CORONATJON FUNC- TIONS. THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH WAS FORMERLY CON- SUELO VANDERBILT AND THE COUNTESS OF CRAVEN DAUGHTER OF MRS. BRADLEY-MARTIN. ke — 1S A He apparently sees no reason why the Government should not reap the fruits of the recent victory for the next few years. The King, on the other hand, and he is supposed in this to be much influenced by Lord Rosebery, believes in the ancient custom that the death of the sovereign involves a dissolution of Parliament. King Edward is the first sovereign whose suc- cession .ha! not been followed by a me- chanical dissolution. The King 1s under- stood to take the standpoint that this is not his Parliament, it having been elected before his accession, and apart from any political prejudices, he wishes to feel that the House of Commons has been elected by the people under his rule, according to | all precedent. So strongly has this report gained ground that the party organiza- tions are already taking steps to select candidates for the various seats, though the highest officials seem to bave ao definite idea as to how the struggle be- tween the aged Premier and thé new sov- ereign will eventually end. PLAY WATCHING GAME. The Liberals are playing a watching geme. If the Government decides to dis- solve Parliament it will be met with the bitter opposition of the Liberals, who will then openly declare that the royal pre- rcgative has been abused. In this contention they will have general support, for apart from the merits of the case scarcely any members of what is | comparatively a new Parliament desire to so soon go through the expenses and worry of another general election. Speculators in the street coronation the King did not see him or he was pre- occupied. However it was, his Majesty, without acknowledging the obeisance, beckoned to some one else almost directly behind the Duke and asked him to come to the private royal supper. The persom addressed happened to befnobody as re- gards rank, and the Duke of Somerset, who is the fifteenth Duke of that name, the title dating from 1546, was very wroth. He went home and wrote a let- ter, saying he regretted his sovereign saw fit to disregard him so publicly. The King's secretary answered the letter, say- ing it was all a mistake and would net occur again. Society gossip adds that the Duke and Duchess of Somerset say it cef™ tainly will not reoccur, as they have m@ intention of again attending court. ke s AMERICANS VERY POPULAR. Visitors in London Are Overwheimed by Invitations. LONDON, June 4.—Seldom has London seen such profusion of American enter- The greatest international and social event of the season was the dinner of Joseph H. Choate, the United States Embassador, and Mrs. Choate to Kmng Edward and Queen Alexandra .on Wednesday, and since the arrival of the United States special embassador to the coronation, Whitelaw Reid, all officialdom hac been leaving cards at the residence of Amer- ica's special envoy. Mrs. Crocker and her step@¥Ughters, Continued on tainments as occurred this week. Page Eighteem.