The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 18, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII—NO. 18. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DISCOVERY OF A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE KING EDWARD IS THE SENSATIONAL STORY FREELY CIRC SHIPS £ FRENCH AND GERMAN COMPEL VENEZUELA TO STOP BOMBARDMENT OF CARUPANO the Troubles of Castro. HINGTON nteresting June 17.— situation onnection ment of the port by Venezu- ts recently appeared in th press di out in the advices r ars that poth t the were present the commanders vessels sent word to wher anders of the Venezuelan gun- further bombardment o take p g at their own peril, an by’ this threat the firing was immediate stler information would serve ex the bombardment of that | por began with such gusto, came to maug TWO WARSHIPS SENT. The Cabinet to-day discussed the situa ¢ Venez far as it is reveaied satches, and in some commercial com- Complications Add to| the | the | the German | firing had proceeded | — o | i 1 TWO WARSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO HASTEN TO VEN- EZUELAN WATERS AND PROTECT AMERICAN INT ESTS DUR- ING THE PRESENT APPARENTLY SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION. bl panfes operating in -that country. It was decided that two warships should be sent at onee to La G ra. This action was taken, not upon definite advices, but in pureuance of the general policy of look- | ing after American intereéts in case of sturbances Later i dav orders were sent to | the Cincinnati and the Topeka, now at | §an Juan, P. B, which have been held in | readiness for this very service, to pro- | ceed at once to La Guavra, where they should arrive before the end of the week The orders of the Cincinnati and Topekz mentioned La Guayra especially as thelr destination UP THE ORINOCO. cable and mail advices recefved le quarter here and used for the From in a relia the discussion of the Cabinet at to-day’s | gession, it appears very probabla that the Topeka, because of her light draft, will proceed from La Guayra up the Orinoco River,where steamships of a big commer- cial compeny are practically in a state of blockade owing to the activity of the revolutionists in that quarter. The mall 31 say that Senor Farrira, President of the Venezuelan State of Guiana, was at his Cijudad Bolivar, and that the revolution- 1200 Mauser rifies, 2,000,000 advices of Ma captured ists secured rounds of ammunition, 2 quick-firing gun | and two breech-loading cannon. General Selas, the commandant of the Govern- ment forces, made his escape, boarded with his party two Government gunboats and two =hips of a trading company, sail- ed down the Orinoco and established a temporary capital at San Felix. A cablegram received in the same quarter, dated at Trinidad, on the 13th inst., says that on that day three Gov- ernment gunboats sailed from Trinidad, presumably to relieve the Government forces up the Orinoco. The advices also eay that General Matos, the leading spirit in the revolution, is marching on Caracas with a force of nearly 7000 men, capital, | Government Troops Fire on the Steamer Jotun, Carrying the Norwegian Flag, and Kill the Captain. f | and that all indications point te the over- | throw of the Castro administration in a short time. FIRE ON NORWEGIAN FLAG. ST. THOM D. W. L, June 17.—Ad- vices from Georgetown, British Guiana, under date of June 14, gay that the Nor- wegian steamer Jotun arrived at George- town that morning from Venezuela, and the chief officer reported that Venezuelan revolutionists “‘commandeered” the ves- vel June 6 at Barancas. The chief of the party, General Valentine Perez, took charge of the vessel. Revolutionary troops were then embarked on hoard the Jotun and she conveyed about 250 of them 10 Bolivar, landing at the latter place June 7. Then Captain Meling was allowed | to resume command of the ship and she was taken on the other side of the bay { where she loaded cattle. On her return voyage, when passing St. Felix, Venezue- |1an troops fired on the Jotun from two | vessels, killing Captain Meling and wound- ing a passenger named Nunez. The Gov- ernment vessels pursued the Jotun, but sise succeeded in escaping. ‘e 10 GUARD DUTCH INTERESTS. THE HAGUE, June 17.—The Dutch cruiser Koenigen Rentes has been or- dered to proceed from Willemstad, island of Curacao, to La Guayra, Venezuela, to protect the interests of The Netherlands there. BERLIN, June 17.—Although the For- | e:gn Office has recelved no news from the | German Charge d'Affaires at Caracas, | Herr von Pilgrim-Baltazzi, since his no- {tification of the bombardment of La Guayra, his silence is not regarded as sig- rificant. LETTER IN A BOTTLE TELLS OF SEA TRAGEDY Have Capsized in the Atlantic, MONTREAL, June 17.—A letter received here from Stillwell Parker of Steamship Harbor, N. §., states that on June 2 a bottle was picked up forty-five miles east written on a scrap of paper: “Steamer Huronlan turned over Sunday night in Atlantic. In small boat fourteen of us.” The Allan liner Huronlan, bound from Glasgow for St. John, N. B., sailed from the former port on February 7 and noth- ing up to this time has been heard of her. g oy Shocks Cause Great Terror. MEXICO CITY, June I7.—An earth- quake shock lasting twenty seconds was felt yesterday about noon at Chilpan- cingo. No damage was done, but great terror prevatled, { |callei a conference of the Republican i f | Wy i besoes | | Missing Steamship Huronian Said fo | of Halifax, containing the following note | PREPARE 70 BURY | THE BILL Senators Arrange to | Hold Reciprocity Obsequies. ; e —e—— i | Caucus Will Decide | to Abandon Cuba , Legislation. Z 1 | Growing Sentiment in Favor of Annex= ing the Isiand. Special Dispatch’to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. | W.. WASHINGTON, 17.—Arrange- | | ments for the obsequies of the Cubat: | reciprecity bill were virtually perfected | In accordance with the pro- | | gramme outlined this morning in Call, which told of the death of the bill, | the Republican members of the Commit- tee on Cuba met to-day and adopted the | Spooner substitute. This provides for a 20 per cent reduction in the duty on im- | ports from Cuba into the United State: {in return for an equivalent reduction by X(\ll:a ofi goods imported from the United | States. The reduced duty Is to remain in | force not longer than five years, and the | | President is requived to assure -himselt | that the reduction, so far as sugar and | tobacco are concerned, is to benefit the | producers in Cuba and not purchasers in | the United States. Senator Allison, as Committee on Order June to-day. | chairman | of Business, has ators for to-morrow night. This will 1t in the abandonment of the Snonner’ | substitute and of Cuban legislation gen- i\-ral]} The conference will be held behind c¢lose@ doors. There will be a count of | | noses, and any Senator who desires to | express an opinion may do so. BILL WILI, BE DROPPED. of the | apparent that less than forty-five votes—a majority in the | $enate—can be obtained for the Cuban bill | { it will be dropped. Then a resolution is { likely to be proposed declaring it to be | the sense of the conference that the Pre ident should handle the questioh of com- | mercial relaticns with Cuba diplomatical- |1y and negotiate a treaty to be considered | | at the next session of the Senate, Should this resolution be adopted, that will end the matter. There will be no party split and no public discussion the floor of the Senate. The result is very plainly a distinct re- puft for the administration. No explan: tion that the Cuban bill was merely measure supported by Roosevelt be President McKinley would have cated it can change the fact. Whether concessions to Cuba can be ac- | complished through a commercial treaty | is uncertain. Representatives of the beet sugar industry said to-day that a reci- procity treaty would be as objectionable as the reciprocity bill, if it provided for 20 per cent reduction in the tariff. They oppose a change in the existing tariff, but would favor a commercial treaty that would provide for a 20 per cent drawback, rebate or bounty, to be paid by the United States to Cuba and distributed by the CubapsGovernment to cane gro ers sugar producers of the. island. President Roosevelt, Vreside Palma, Secretary Root and General Wood agree that a rebate is impracticable and fuse to consider the propasition. ANNEXATION SENTIMENT. There is a strong sentiment in both branches of Congress in favor of the an- | nexation of the island. Senator Platt of | ew York sald to-day that he was posi- ! {ive that a bill to annex Cuba would pass both houses. He admitted that the initia- tive would have to come from the Cubans and believes that sentiment in favor of annexation would spread rapidly in Cuba. Sgnator Burrows, one of the ‘‘boxers,” was in a cheerful mood to-day. “¥e have nothing to gloat over,” said he. “We have not been making war on | the administration as charged, but we have been doing wWhat we believe our duty to the Republican party. We honestly believe that the legislation pro- posed for concessions to Cuba will ba hurtful to American interests and of It- | tle or no practical benefit to Cuban sugar .growers." ARE Senator Elking, contingent, sald: “Of course, we are going to take part in | the conterence. We are still Republicans, | although some people have intimated that | we are not. We have as deep an interest in keeping party faith as those who may differ with us on the Cuban question. Tt |1s not a party auestion nor is it hig enough to occasion a split In the Repuhb- lican party. 1 have no means of knowing what will be the outcome of the treaty ov a use | advo- and re- STILL. REPUBLICANS. chief of the “boxer” | me as if it was Intended as a bridge to let some people pass over safely from the | gangercus position they now oceupy in trying to force the Cuban bill through Congress in spite of the fact that very few pecple are sincerely in favor of it.” Indian Commissioner Coming Here. WASHINGTON, June 17.—Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones left here for San Francisco to-night, where bids for sup- plies for the Indian service will be opened next Tuesday. The bids to be opened at |Friends Say Cere- ' proposition in the conference. It looks to | San Francisco will aggregate in the neigh- borhood of half a million dollars, | |DEATH OF TUBBS =2 BRINGS TO LIGHT SECRET MARRIAGE mony Was Per- | formed Here. | HE death of Herman A. Tubbs, Oakland capitalist and viee president of the Tubbs Cordage Company of San ¥Francisco, has disclosed a romance in the 1ife | of the voung man in the form | of a secret marriage with Mrs. A, Jeffrys, | fermerly Miss Meader, of East Oakiand. | The nuptial ceremony, according to the | few intimate friends of the deceased Oak- | lander, took place in San Francisco some time ago, the wedding being solemnized ccording to the civil law by a Superior Judge of this eity. The reason for the secreey is not made known by those who were in Mr. Tubbs' | confidence. 1t is said that he had desfred his intimates not to disclose the fact be- cause of family concerns. Whatever the cause, it Is a certainty that most careful injunction was placed upon those who | were acquainted with the matter to close- | ly guard the secret. Among those wha had knowledge of the marriage is Attor- | ney Charles H. Lovell of Oakland, who | was a very intimate friend of Mr. Tubbs. | “All T can say at this time,” eald Mr. | Lovell, “'is that there is no question ahout Mr. Tubbs' marriage. I know that this is a‘fact, but further than that 1 cannot say. Anything about the circumstances, time and place of the marriage must come from Mrs. Tubbs. I am not her ai- torney and there has been no discussion with her so far as business matters are | concerned. Mr. Tubbs was my close friehd, and, with others who were in daily association with him, T knew of his mar- uge uss the reasons for the secrecy. | Mrs. Tubbs was a widow when shs married Mr. Tubbs. In her girlhood she lived in Oakland and has a sister who was Mrs. Robert Flemming, wife of the guperintendent of construction of the tele- phone company in that city. Mrs. Flem- | ming is now at Nome. She was one of the chief. operatives of the telenhonel company when she married Flemming. o TUBBS' BODY IN OAKLAND. Funeral Will Be Held From the Family Residence. OAKLAND June 17.—The body of Her- man A. Tubbs arrived in Oakland to-day in charge of E. M. Hall Jr., Supreme Jus- tice F. W. Henshaw, J. Cal Ewing and Telton Taylor. The funeral services will be held at the Tubbs residence, 266 Bast Twelfth stteet, which has been the family home for forty years, at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. There will be eight honorary pallbearers, four of whom will be from the Tubbs Cordage Company offices. The other four | are G. Russell Lukens, Ed Griffiths, J. Cal Ewing and Felton Taylor. intimate :nds of the deceased. The casket-bear- exs will be selected from the workmen in | | | Mrs. Jeffrys Was the GRS S o BATL LS WELL-KNOWN BUSINESS MAN WHO MET" WITH A TRAGIC DEATH. . Name of Woman Again a Widow. e g the cordage company’s employ. Inter- ment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. The news of Tubbs' untimely death wasz a shock not only to the members of his family, but to a host of his friends in Oakland. He had spent most of his life in this city, having been born here 34 years ago at the Tubbs home in East Oakland, wheré the family settled nearly half a century age. He was educated in the Oakland public schools and here grew to manhood. His future had in large measure been cut out for him, because of his father's connection with the Tubbs Cordage Company, an extensive manufac- turing institution of San Francisco and one of its ploneer Industries. It was founded by the late Hiram Tubbs, the young man's father, and A. L. Tubbs, an uncle. A cousin of the decedent, Alfred Tubbe, is now the president of the con- cern. LEAVES VALUABLE ESTATE. Before the late Hiram Tubbs' death he deeded to his wife and children all of his estate, worth several million dollars. Herman Tubbs received an interest in the Tubbs Cordage Company, stocks and bonds and two valuable pieces of property in East Oakland.- One of these is the ‘Washington Hall block, Sixth avenue and East Twelfth street, dlagonally opposite to the Tubbs home, and property near the F. M. Smith residence at the head of Eighth avenue. Young Tubbs also owned a beautiful suburban villa at Sausalito which over- looks the road where the fatal accident occurred. In business ‘walks of life Tubbs was identified with several prominent Oakland institutions. He was a director of the Union Savings Bank and was until Jan- uary 1 a director of thke Mountain View Cemetery Assoclation. Because of his in- ULATED IN LONDON ILLNESS ' DECLARED A BLIND Merely an Excuse to | Withdraw From | Public. | 1 Principals in the Al- leged Scheme Not Arrested. Scotland Yard Silent on Sensational Rumors. LONDON, June 17.—A sensational story is current in London to-night of the dis- covery of a plot to assassinate King Ed- ard. This story has created much dis- cussion in newspaper and other circles. but it is lacking in anything like official confirmation. According to the current report, King Edward's sudden illness at Aldershot was not due to cold, but was merelv an ex- cuse for withdrawing his Majesty from public functions, owing to the discovery by Scotland Yard of a plot against his life. | The principals in this plot have not yet been aryested. It is cited in confirmation of this story that King Edward's recov- ery when he was ensconced at Windsor | Castle was as complete and speedy as his attack had been sudden. On the other hand, it must be pointed out that if his Majesty's iliness was merely | diplomatic, the officials carefully took a great deal of trouble in keeping up the fiction. Sir Francis Laking, physician in ordinary to the King, was summoned by telegraph to Aldershot; his prescriptions were hurriedly filled, and everything about the King's apartments indicated the gen- uine nature of the King's iliness. Fur- thermore; King Edward’s journey from Aldershot to Windsor in his motor car and his subsequent drive to-day in Windsor Park do not seem to. indicate any fear of { @ further attack upon his person. INSPECTOBS ON DUTY. { At Scotland Yard to-night the utmost reticence was maintained concerning these rumors. It was noticeable, however, that the chief inspectors, who usually return home at night, were all on duty there, and while they refuse to ses newspaper repre- | sentatéves until to-morrow morning, they decline to either deny or confirm the ru- | mor. At a meeting of the Irish members of - the House of Commons this afterncon | resolutions to the effect that the Irish Nationalists, as a protest again: the misgovernment of thefr country,” re- solved to take no part in the coronation | ceremonies and that the Irish party be summoned to meet in Dublin on the day of King Edward's coronation to take into consideration the condition of Ireland, were unanimously adopted. REPORTED MUCH BETTER. This merning it was officially an~ nounced that King Edward was much bet- He passed a good night and his pro- gress toward complete recovery interrupted utionary measures ordered by his physicians are said to be due to the necessity of husbanding his strength in view of the fatigues of the coronation week. The King was keenly disappointed at being unable to attend the Ascot Heath race meeting to-day, which he intended to open with all the state | ceremonial of the early days of Queenm Victoria. He hopes, however, to be pres- ent Thursday, Geold Cup day. Durfng the afternoon the King drove out from Windsor Castle in a closed car- riage. He appeared to be In good health, ter. e was un- The pree: Lemly on Retired List. WASHINGTON, June 17.—The War De- partment to-day issued the formal order placing Captain Samuel C. Lemly, judge advocate of the navy, on the retired list. The question whether Captain Lemly re- tires with the rank and pay of captain, which he holds as chief law officer of the Navy Department, or with the rank and pay of lleutenant commander, his lineal standing. is left open, and in the natural course of events will come up Before the Comptroller of the Treasury. For tha pregent Captain Lemly will continue his capacity as judge advocate general of the navy. @ O terests In San Francisco, Tubbs resigned the latter post and was succeeded by Dr. George C. Pardee. As a leader of the Reliance Athletic Club, Tubbs gave it more than lberal financial support and in no smali measure was responsible for its revival and the position it now occuples. The Reliance | Gun Club, one of the auxillaries of the parent institution, was largely patronized | by the deceased. | Tubbs was a member of Brooklyn Lodge No. 225, F. and A. M., and was also an active member of Oakland Lodge No. 171, Benevelent and Protective Order of Elks. - A Tubbs’ Death Accidental. SAUSALITO, June 17.—An inquest was held to-day by Town Recorder Prior into the accident which terminated in ths tragic death of Herman A. Tubbs, the | millionaire property owner of Sausalito. The evidence sustained the report pub- lished vesterday of the runaway of de- ceased's Morses, which Tesulted in Mrs. Tubbs, Miss Coughlin and deceased being thrown violently out of the road eart which the latter was driving. The Re- cordeér found that death was due to acci- dental causes