The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1902, Page 1

- CThe VOLUME XCII-NO. 83, SAN FRANOISCO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AWAITING APPROACH OF ENEMY Mimic Naval War Is Causing Great Activity. Ships of Higginson| Watching for the | Rivals. ! Men at Sea and on| Land Participate in Maneuvers. ‘ ON BOARD THE BATTLESHIP KEARSARGE, FLAGSHIP OF REAR| ADMIRAL HIGGINSON, COMMANDER- IN-CHIEF OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, OFF STRAITS MOUTH, ROCKPORT, Mass.,, Aug. 2L—Rear Ad- miral Higginson, commanding the North | nadron ile anchored at arbor at Rockport yesterday information that an enemy’s w received fleet had been sighted off the New Eng- d coast. The telegram was received on at 11:40 a. m. Immediately was bustle and activity and r maneuvers scheduled for he summer of 1902 were un- s were given in rapid suc- followed by the blare of nd the setting of signal flags. | t moment the flagship Kearsarge other vessels of the defending | ve been in readiness for the ap- 1 of the opposing vessels under the ler John F. Pills- orders to move came yester- | 2 starting out of lhe1 e of the harbor of refuge | ff Portland. The Brooklyn | and Olympia were close behind, steaming in a more easterly course. The Scorpion took her course about southeast, while the Montgomery and Leyden also went to | the southeast. The torpedo fleet scattered s off shere. rsarge, Massachusetts, Ala- er took a general sta- five miles off the Bathers point s about midway be- tween Portland and Provincetown. FIRES ARE KEPT UP. Up to midnight the movements of the ships were not very important. The bat- tleships passed back and forth until just | before midnight, when the commander-in- chief signaled orders to come to anchor about a r north of Thatchers Island. Orders were given to keep fires in the bollers so that a start could be made at a moment’s notice. No lights were per- | mitted. Twice during the first half of the night torpedo boats lightly and noiselessly steamed in and out through the fleet, but, receiving no signal from the flagship, they quickly departed to their stations. Sleep was not induiged in to any extent. The | was the bridge up to midnight. 1 o’clock this morning he again made appearance on deck. A few of the me in but reported nothing | Aboard the flagship the Thursday morning duties were 9:30 general quarters was regular observed. sounded and for an hour practice work was indulged in About 16 o'clock the Gloucester steamed oft n an easterly direction and at about same the time the torpedo boat No. 6 came in from sea The cruiser Montgomery had a slight accident to her machine: sterday, but the damage was repaired without diffi- | culty. ALL POINTS WATCHED. ROCKPORT, Aug. 2..—The telegraph and telephone were busy to-day with the transmission of reports from various sig- nal stations. There is not a point from Porfland to Provincetown where ex- tended sea observations can be obtained | but what is manned by watchmen from | the vessels of Admiral Higginson. Each has been heard from time to time and those in charge of the central naval sta- tion here are satisfied that the signal sys- | tem is as nearly perfect as it can be. | Not only are the important points oc- | cupied by men from the warships, but | in some cases marines and signal men | are with them, and they have the co-| operation of the lighthouse-keepers and of the various life-saving crews. All re- ports up to noon to-day were the same, that nothing had been seen of the As far as possible those in charge of the central station here are maintaning con- ditions of actual warfare. Ensign Berry | and Midshipman Fitzpatrick receive fe- ports, handle ships and direct affairs. To- day Captain H. T. Holmes of the Kear- sarge was at the station for the purpose of getting an accurate land view of the vessels as they moved about at sea. EVIDENCE OF SPIES. There is evidence to-day that Com- mander Pilisbury has stationed spies at the main points included in the operation for the defense of the ccast. The first in- timation of anything of this sort came from Provincetown, where, it was sus- pected, an officer had been landed.” Inves- tigation led to the belief that at other places and even at this station such .spies had been sent. This prompted to even closer secrecy, if possible, than had been maintajned before and to order that sharp watch be kept for suspicious persons. At midnight thirty-six hours had passed of the possible 120 for the naval conflict between the attacking squadron, in charge of Commander Pillsbury, and the defending squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Higginson. The coming of an- other day was recorded, but the antiei- pated meeting between the hostile fleets had not come to pass. After a day which had been on the whole devoid of many sepsations, the night, thick and cloudy as it was, with the moon obscured, devel- oped so many confusing situations and so FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF COLORADO MINES Osgood Faction Continues to Hold the Ad- vantage Over John W. Gates in the Bitter Contest. S\ ENVER, Aug. 2L.—The resig- nation of - Gates, Mitchell, Blair and Lambert as direct- ors of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, as announced by Joha W, Gates at mid- night, were sent to the headquarters of ths company shortly before the time for the antual meeting, but no action was taken by the board, as ithere wag no meeting thereof. It is the opinion of at- torneys that under the law of Colorado the four men named are now out, as it is not necessary for any further action to be taken on the resignations. The move- ment was made in order for Gates and his friends to occupy a better strategic position in the great fight which is now under way to secure possession of the management of the company. Gates and his party left for Colorado Springs this afternoon. The Osgood management remains intact until an election i= held, and if the stock bock is to_be prepared before the election, as announced by Chairman Qsgood, sev- eral months at least may elapse. In the meantime Osgood and his supporters will spare no efforts to secure possession of as many of the proxies as possible that are now held by Gates. A big battle In the courts is expected and the best legal tal- ent will be invoked by both sides. It is announced by officers of the fuel an iron company that the fight will in n> way interfere with the large building perations now in progress at Pueblo, and | that all operations of the company will be carried forward as usual. Gates is confident of victory, and will proceed to New York to ~present his % | NOTED. FINANCIER WHO I8 FIGHTING FOR CONTROL OF | A COLORADO COMPANY. L & < claims to holders of stock on the Atlan- tic seaboard. It is conceded that finally the majority of stock will win, and it is also conceded that a compromise is an impossibility. on of the ex parte injunction y Judge Mullins, which caused an indefinite adjournment of the annual meeting of shareholders, may be argued or. Monday next, five days being allowed the defendants under the law: to file thelr answers to-the petition. of George F. Bartlett, on which the injunction was granted. - = g < L e e e e e B SRR ST SR Y many extraordinary reports that the Hiz- ginson squadron nad just cause for grave Somehow the fecling grew that it would no: be such a difficult at- tainment after all for the three auxiliary cruisers of the white squadron to slip in and ‘anchor at some harbor, protected’'as they would be by the darkness which pre- vailed. DANGER OF WITHDRAWAL. Perhaps the greatest -danger which uneasiness. | came to Admiral Higginson was that of ylelding to the temptation to withdraw the Kearsarge and leave only the Albany and the Massachusetts and go in search of the enemy, reported on apparently re- liable authority to have been sighted at either this point or that point along the coast. Such reports were, in fact, made. The reason that the admiral steadfastly refused to leave his anchorage in the har- bor here was that he dared not leave Rockport exposed io the enemy, which, taking advantage of a needless passage of the defending battleships to another port, might easily creep in and drop an- chor in the very heart of the operations of the blue squadron. It was these con- siderations that forced Admiral Higgin- son to the conclusion that on' none: but the surest authority would he leave the Rockport station o join other members of his squadron in the work of putting the enemy out of action. The complications which developed to- day, in the shape of news that Command- er Pllisbury had secretly landed some of his officers ashore to spy upon the move- ments of the blue squadron served only to increase .the perplexity of Admiral Higginson’s position, and this reported shore system of spying was ope of the things which led the admiral to establish the new signal station off Straits Mouth Point and also to remove his ships, as he did early in the evening, to a point just inside Thatchers Island. McKinney Eludes Pursuers, BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 21.—Outlaw Jim McKinney has eluded his pursuers. The Sheriff's officers have come home and re- ported their faflure. After McKinney left Randsburg trace of him was lost. MOTHER CONFESSES THAT ™~ SHE STRANGLED HER BABE Admits the Untruth of Her Story That'the Infant Was Killed by a Tramp. WILBUR, Wash., Aug. 21.—The sequel to the strafige story told by Mrs. Jasper Hyatt yesterday; in which she related how her babe ‘had been killed during a strug- gle betwéen the mother “and a tramp, came to-day, when the woman broke down and confessed infanticide. She can give no.motive for the crime, yet dis- plays no great emotion over the loss of her infant. A Sheriff Gardner and Deputy Willlam Gardner to-day made a_ thorough search near the house where Mrs. Hyatt claimed she was attacked yesterday, but could find of trace of the alleged assailant. Sus- | pecting_the woman, the Sheriff and his deputy went to the house and arrested both Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt. Under severe questioning the woman began to weep and finally ‘admitted that she had strangled the child. She could give no reason, ex- cept that she suffered from peculiar spells at times and was not responsible for her actions. After strangling the baby yes- terday she gave the alarm and made up an. almost perfect account of an attack by a tramp which she related to the Cor: oner's jury in a stralghtforward manner, She says her- husband was guiltless in the affajr. . okt e Rancher Kills Six Bears, MARYSVILLE, Aug. 21.—T. J. Farnan, | It is expected that the Cedric will be whose summer range is the desolate re- glon along Kellogg Creek, believes his sheep are now safe. During the past two weeks many have been missed, and, as | “TEXARKANA, Atk Aug. 21.=A man the raids continued, Farnan and “Jim” Faher, a sheepherder, concluded to stand | and prophet, who has been posing as an guard at night. The result was a pitched | angel of Christ, who, he declared, would battle with bears, resulting in the death appear In a few days, was taken out of of six of the brutes. But it was not won | town last night by whitecappers, flogged, Faher slipped and | his hair cut short, and then given thirty without a struggle. fell, and but for the quick action by Far- BROTHER |SUBJECT OF TRUSTS CAUSES A WRANGLE Trans-Mississippi Congress Is Asked by Eustis to Expunge Thurber’s Re- marks From the Record. HINTS AT MURDER Foul Play Suspected in Remington’s Death. New Sensations Brew as to Newport Suicide. Talk of a Suit for Slander Against Van Alen. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Aug. 21.—It 1s reported to-night from an authoritative | source that Edward P. Remington is not satisfled that his brother Robert died by' his own hand. When it became known that he was entertaining a suspicion of foul play, which originated before he left Newport with the body, a Call corre- spondent called on Mr. Remington and requested a statement. He replied that he would neither deny nor confirm reports | reiative to his brother's death except that the autopsy performed to-day revealed that the bullet in the mouth caused death. ‘When asked if the bullet found imbed- ded in the dead man’s brain fitted the re- wolver found by his side he declared that he had nothing further to say. Asked if developments in the case could be expect- ed, he said time alone would tell. MYSTERIOUS ACTIONS. Mr. Remington and his attorney, Seth T, McCormick, as well as the physicians who performed the autopsy, were togeth- er in secret conference until late to- night, and their action is surrounded by much mystery. They positively refuse to give out any further information. From long conferences held with prom- inent lawyers and physicians it is be- lieved here that Edward P. Remington will soon bring suit for slander against James J. Van Alen, An autopsy was held here to-day on the head of Robert Remington, who committed suicide at' Newport on Monday. It was performed by Drs. Nutt, McCormick and Weddigen at the undertaking rooms where the body | rested. None of the physicians would say a word concerning the affair, and Seth T. McCormick, counsel for Reming- ton, advised him to say rothing when he was about to answer ag.iestion. FUNERAL I§ HELD. ‘The remains of the suicide arrived here from Newport last night, and on the box containing the casket was still to be seen | the big wreath of white roses tied with white satin ribbon sent by Miss Van Alen. They were much faded. This aft- ernoon the funeral was held from the home of the deceased’'s aunt, Mrs. Eliza- beth C. Reading, on fashionable West Fourth street. The remains were interred in the family plat in Wildwood Cemetery. Two sisters of the deceased arrived to- day in time for the funeral. They are completely in the dark regarding any mo- | tive for their brother's suicide and are | prostrated with grief. On his arrival here last night Reming- ton was met at the train by his counsel, Seth T. McCormick. They hurried to a room in the Park Hotel, avoiding report- ers, and were closeted there for several hours. Again to-day they met, spending several hours together in private. Asked at the close of the meeting if any suits were to be instituted, McCormick said: “I have nothing to say along that line.” DECLARE IT A SUICIDE. Newport’s Chief of Police Says Mur- der Theory Is Groundless. NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 21.—The report that Edward P. Remington believes that his brother, Robert Remington, was mur- dered in this city was received with in- credulity here to -night. Chief of Police Richards, when inter- viewed by an Associated Press represen- tative, said it was absolutely impossible that Mr. Remington could have been murdered. He said he thoroughly inves- tigated the affair soon after it happened with a view to finding whether there might be any possibility of murder hav- ing been committed, and that there could be no doubt that the man came to his death by his own hand. He said that while the body was lying here awaiting the' arrival of the brother he examined the revolver with which the shooting was done. He found that it was an old French revolver and that it had not been bought in this city. DELEGATES AT THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS WHO AROUSED 1 CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION Y ESTERDAY, OWING TO EUSTIS OB- JECTIONS TO THURBER'S SPEECH ON THE MEAT TRUST. ) T. PAUL, Aug. 21.—Seattle was to-night selected as the city in which ‘will be held the next session of the Trans-Missis- sippi Congress in 1903. New Orleans was the only other candidate for the homor of entertaining the congress. : The congress took up the special order fixed late yesterday, and -William Henry Eustis of Minneapolis opened the-discus- sion in support of his motion to/ expunge from the records’ the address of .F. B. Thurber of New York, who had declared that there was no such thing as-a, meat trust. Eustis charged that the so-called trust was seeking to use this commercial congress for its own ends.. He did not think the money of this organization should be spent to circulate the specious arguments of any trust. : A. C.-Lewis of Oklahoma thought.the address should be printed for the sake of completeness of records, but that stuch publication did not commit. the congress to the ideas of Thurber. He argued for courtesy to the speakers of the congress and insisted that the opinions of the con- gress should be voiced through the reso- Medical Examiner Ecroyd, who viewed the body and who deemed an autopsy un- necessary, stated to-night that there was nothing to indicate that the man died other than by suicide. The only mys- tery about the whole affair, he said, was that he could find traces of only two shots, while three barrels of the revolver were empty. —_— ‘World’s Largest Steamship Launched BELFAST, Ireland, Aug. 21.—The White Star Line steamer: Cedric, of 21,000 tons, the largest liner afloat, was successfully launched at Harland & Wolff's yards here to-day. She is 700 feet long, has 75 feet beam and a depth of 4% feet. Her carrylng capacity is 18,400 tons and she has accommodations for 3000 passengers. ready for service in the autumn, PSPy Whitecappers Oust a “Prophet.” named Perkins, an alleged divine healor minutes to leave town. A notice left on nan would have been killed by the angry | Perkins' door read: ‘‘Same fate to sym- beasts. pathizers.” lutions and that none should fear the ad- dresses delivered. ‘W. H. Torbett of Dubuque and Rufus A. Hoyt of Minnesota supported the reso- lution to expunge. : Thurber replied to Eustis, explaining that he was here as one interested: in the objects of this congress. He said that he was personally interested in cat- tle raising and his paper was intended to give his honest views on the meat in- dustry. He argued for free speech, in- sisting that the opinion of the congress should be expressed by the resolutions and that no member's opinion ought to be suppressed. E. R. Moses of Kansas City argued for free speech and free thought, asserting that such a proposition as that now be- fore the congress had never before been presented In the entire history of the or- ganization. 4 Tom Richardson of New Orleans drew the distinction that' the speeches are part of the proceedings of the congress, but were not the opinions of the con- gress. s ‘Walter Gresham of Texas opposed the resolution. T Eustis sald that {n the Interest of har- mony and because this d:scllsg(on had exploded any harm that might bave re- 3 sulted from the address in question, he would withdraw his motion to expunge. Professor N. E. Hansen of Brookings, S. D., presented some “Notes on Ameri- can and Russian Forestry KING EDWARD CRUISES ALONG THE WEST COAST Sovereign of Great Britain and Queen Alexandra Sail on the Royal Yacht. COWES, Aug. 2L.—The royal yacht Vie- toria and Albert, with' King Edward and Queen Alexandra on board, left Cowes this afternoon on a cruise along the west coast of England. . The Utoana came in sight at 6:30 o’clock and had reached within a few yards of the mark when she was caught by a strong tide'and drifted three-quarters of a mile back. -At-9 o'clock she ‘was still trying to make the mark. The Valhalla, owned by the Earl of Crawford, gave up the race and at 9 o'clocx the other con- testants had not-been sighted. ~ PORTLAND, Aug. 21.—The royal yacht anchored in Weymouth Bay this evening amid thunderous salutés from the war- ships. The pler, the esplanade and the gardens " at Malcolm-Regis were illum- inated. FIVE BODIES FOUND IN RUINS AFTER FIRE Number of Known Dead in the Dela- ware Blaze Is Now Sixteen. WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. 21.—Five bodies were found in the ruins of the Jes- sup & Moore Paper Company's digesting room ‘to-day and to-night, bringing the number of known dead up to sixteen. The bodies found were those of Willlam Ruth, E. H. Mousley, Bernard Sweeney, Wil- Ham Scott and Joseph Henry. Joel Hut- ten, who was a fireman in the digesting- room and was in the bullding when the explosion occurred, is the only employe now missing. The injured in the hospital will recover. 3 —_— Natives Tell of Murders. SHANGHAI, Aug. 21.—The rumors that an Australian missionary named Bruce and an English missionary named Lewis have been murdered at Chenchou, in Hu- nan Province, continue persistently to be heard. They come from native sources. A missionary named Stewart of Chang- te-Fu, Hunan Province, has started on a Journey to inquire into the reports. He will be gone a week. ALLEGED FIREBUG IS IN JAIL San Rafael Police Ar= rest an OIld Resident. Charge George Mills With Acts of In- cendiarism. Su.ébect Is Taken at Scene of Latest Blaze. i 1m) Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 2l.—San Rafael's incendiary, who during the past year has started a score of fires, causing enormous damage to property and the loss of at least onme life, is believed to be a pris- oner. The suspect is George Mills, an old resident, who has been under sur- veillance. Mills was arrested near the scene of an incendiary blaze to-night, and the police are confident in their asser- tion that he is the culprit who has haf- fled the best efforts of the local authori- ties and a number of San Francisco de- tectives for more than a year past. For several months Sheriff Taylor and all of the municipel constabulary have been trying to entrap the firebug and for ‘weeks past they have been shadowing va- rious men under suspicion. All livery sta- bles and public buildings have been | watched. Last night a fire was started in the barn of Scott & Co., but the build- ing, being under the watchful eye of the police, was not destroyed, the damage amounting to less than $200. To-night a fire supposed to be incendiary was dis- covered in the rear of the fruit market of G. Lirati & Co. on B street. A num- ber of empty fruit boxes had been sat- urated with some kind of inflammable | substance and set on fire. The flames were discovered when only four boxes had ig- nited and were readily extinguished. The remaining boxes were then examined and found to be saturated with oil. Just as the fire was discovered George Mills was seen near the scene and was | acting peculiarly. Mills has been under surveillance for many weeks. He was immediately put under arrest and to- morrow he will be subjected to a severe “sweating” by the police. Mills has lived in San Rafael for many years, and, although at present in poor { cireumstances, he is said to have been at one time well-to-do. Constable Agnew, ‘who arrested Mills to-night, said: “We certainly believe we have at last got oar man. We have been trying long | enough and have had detectives from | San Francisco working on clews for some time, but apparently to no avail. We fin- ally decided we would keep out a big force, watch all stores, barns and hotels 2nd eventually land the firebug. We also shadowed various men and even women. To-night we found Mills acting queerly when -he was discovered near the fire end placed him under arrest. He will have many questions to answer to-mor- row.” THREE NEGROES KILLED AND RIOT IS FEARED Prominent Citizen of Mississippi Re- ceives a Serious Wound in a Gun Fight. | TUPELO, Miss., Aug. 2L—A telegram | was received here early to-day by Sher- | iff Long from Deputy Sheriff Sam Young, at Shannon, asking that the Sheriff come immediately to that place. A report was current here that three negroes had been kiltéd and that James Randolph, ene of the best known ecitizens of the counmty, who had assisted in the arrest of other negroes, had been shot. This repoct caused much excitement and fears were entertained that further trouble might follow. Later In the day it was ascer- tained that Randolph had been shot seri- ously. The trouble grew out of the stealing of some corn out of the field of the Messrs. Eubarks, four miles west of Shannen, by a negro named Davenport, who was caught in the act and made to pour the corn out of his sack. The following night Messrs. Eubanks went to the fleld to look out for thieves and on returning were fired on by about forty negroes, who were lined alongside the road. None of the shots took effect. Randolph, Rogers and Bar- nett were deputized to arrest those im- plicated In the shooting, and followed three negroes into Chickasaw County. The negroes barricaded themselves in a barn, armed with shotguns. When they refused to open the door or come out the door was broken in and Randolph struck a match, when the negroes immediately opened fire on him, hitting him in the head and shoulder. The negroes ran out and one of them was struck by the shots fired In the darkness. It is reported by the persons who came here this after- noon from the vicinity that three negroes have been killed. Deputies brought to jall to-night eight negroes. 2ol ¥ i b Japanese Attack Whites. MARYSVILLE, Aug. 21.—A riot of Jap- anese ranch employes occurred this after- noon on T. B. Hutchins' place, fifteen miles above Marysville. It arose over a Japanese slapping a white boy. The father responded by knocking down the lad’s assailant and was himself felled with a heavy fruitbox in the hands of another Japanese. The yard boss and several white men rushed to the rescue, but were met by hammers, boxes and rocks thrown by more than a score of brown men and forced to retire, pursued by the infuriated Orientals. One Japan- ese succeeded fn apvroaching the yard boss near enough to hit him on the head with % hammer, rendering him uncon- scious. Others were badly hurt. The Japanese then sullenly retired, and later scattered. Two have Ig arrested.