The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 10, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NO, 102, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BODY OF HANDSOME YOUNG WOMAN IS FOUND FLOATING IN BAY OFF ALAMEDA MOLE Japanese Tailor Who Made the Dress Worn by Supposed Suicide Says He Never Knew Her Name, but She Is Said to Be Mrs. Lucia Douglass. — T i ¢ B | | [ { BoRCr LEATHER PUASE wWIICr CONTAINED HEYS AND PINS ¢ ‘\_ DROWIRED WOIMAIS Pl vy A . ANND ARTICLES " B D lack and wearing S T a wed ring upon her fin- \ f'_:‘\ M7 ILRY LZARD TO a woman of about thirty & HER 1DEXN TIFICATION, id late last | N A » be Mrs. Lucia Doug- | ve of the Penn | | e Company of this ‘ into the bay at the 1 Mole at- an early e \ of not more | STIC P PSS o the opin- Fovrn rry was found float- | | i;‘fli{pzfip e mole by Arthur | | o e 610 Taylor avenue, | | i Alameda, 8 o'clock. The | | body was s removed to | | the bra: during the | | day but without | | the we lished. | | ' d t rema and rec- | | 2 woman for whom he | ! [ - = | | | WOMAN WHOSE DEAD BODY WAS TAKEN FROM THE WATER NEAR ALAMEDA YESTERDAY MORNING AND WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE MRS. LUCIA DOUGLASS. e failed to | ¥~ = . ie ordered the gar- | stones as the setting. One of the keys| The mark of Saito, the dressmaker, be- time of t | numbered 231,309 and was evidently | ing found upon the clothing of the dead had a husband liv- | the key to the woman's Toom, the other | woman, a detective sought Saito and es- he knew WOMAN WAS HANDSOME. The of hands: rty thereabot remains a . fairly wom. years ] She was five feet -tall and we 140 pounds. Her eyes were blue .and her hair of a dark brown of medium length. Her face was broad and the nose was especially promi- nent. Four of the upper teeth were filled th gold when ‘she smiled the or about to be observed. Her of black ser; her jacket being of the design known the Eton, vith a black velvet collar. She wore r of inferior make and No. ves purchased about two & months Philadelphia Shoe Store at 10 r purse containing a nickel, keys and two gold stickpins. One of these pins was a plain knot with o noon and it was f & diamond ch the center, the other | the body, sald it had not been in the wa- | to submersion. ;:;‘(};:::see:vtxfi v;:s}::.;; & forget-me-not with eight turquoise | ter for more than six or eight hours. during the week. o 3 e s B R i e e T RUMOR SAYS KILLICK WAS KILLED ON YARSHIP Haytien Admiral Is Reported to| Have Fallen During the Pan- ther’s Shelling. PORT AU PRINCE, Sept. 9.—Rumors are circulation here that Admiral Kil- lick, doctor and two saliors were killed on board the Crete-a-Pierrott when she | was sunk by the German gunboat Pan- ther, but the news lacks confirmatign. The Haytien steamer Mancol left here this evening for Cape Haytien loaded with rifies, cannon and ammunition, sent by the provisional government to General Nord, the Haytien Minister of War. e 0 Y e Battle Brings Permanent Peace. NEW YORK, Sept. .—The Consul Gen- eral of Venezuela has received the follow- 4ng undated cablegram from President | being an ordinary passkey. In the pock- | et was also found a pocket handkerchief, | plain hemstitched and with the letter “D" | in ‘one” corner. The hands were covered with undressed kid gloves, size 5%. ' A plain gold wedding ring and another of wire gold with blue stone setting were | found upon the fingers of the left hand. | EVIDENTLY A SUICIDE. When' Coroner Mehrmann was notified of the discovery of the body, he immedi- | ately began an investigation of the facts in connection with the case. It was first believed that there was foul play, but | the absence of any suspicious marks upon the body and the developments of the au- topsy held during the afternoon strength- ened the growing belief that the woman had committed suicide. general that the woman took the last boat for Alameda Monday night and on arriving at the mole deliberately went to the pier and sprang into the bay unob- served. When she did so is of course unknown, but Dr. ‘Tisdale, who examined Castro: “A fierce battle was fought to- day at.Finaquillo, in which the revolu- tionary army under Generals Luciano Mendoza and Riora was completely de- feated, thus Insuring national peace.” 5y THREE VOLCANOES ARE IN ACTIVE ERUPTION SEATTLE, Sept. 9.—Passengers on the | last trip of the steamer Bertha from Alaska saw what mariners say is the | most unusual spectacle of Alaskan moun- | tain scenery. Volcanoes in three moun- tains—Redoubt, Illamma and Augustine— were all in active eruption. The peculiar characteristic was that they should be in action simultaneously. land, who was one of the passengers, says that & great volume of steam issued from all three and Redoubt was sending clouds of smoke miles high. The belief is now | Inspector Way- | corted him across the bay. Saito said he kmew the woman, but was unable to give her name, as he had never heard it. This statement he repeated to a Call re- porter last night. He made the dress in March. The woman came to his place of business, paid for the garment and car- ried it away with her in a telescope bas- ket. STATEMENT OF SAITO. The woman had dealt with Saito on and off for nearly three years. She was fre- quently accompanied to his work- shop by a female friend who lived at one time on Taylor street, and at another on Union street. : Saito seemed to be greatly distressed over the circum- stance and made certain remarks which tended to show that he was concealing something for fear a frank statement might get him into trouble. No one could be found at the Alameda mole yesterday who had seen a woman answering to the description of the de- ceased on Monday evening. o An autopsy was held yesterday after- FLOOD IN CHINA COSTS FIVE THOUSAND LIVES Awful Destruction Caused by the Overflowing of West River. VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 9.—Japanese papers received to-day contain telegrams stating that 5000 persons lost their lives by the overflowing of West River, in China. There was also heavy loss of property and life in Formosa by floods, followed by a tidal wave. The damage done in Japan has already been told in these dispatches. The Boxers are active in Chengtu, where Messrs. Bruce and Lewis, Ameri- can missionaries, have been murdered. The Boxers are not well armed, but are causing much trouble. FAVORS TAX ON TRUSTS Morgan’s Scheme to Regulate the Combines. Declares the Power Is Vested in Congress. Cites Legislation on Oleomargarine as a Precedent. Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—John T. Morgan, United States Senator from Alabama, is with great vigor advo- cating a scheme for the taxation of trusts by the Federal Government. He claims that they can be taxed in a perfectly con- stitutional way and regulated or driven out of business. He has written aletter on the subject, which has just been received here, in which he emphatically declares that a law to tax trusts is within the power of Congress and will suppress the evil. In his letter, which will undoubtedly attract a great deal of attention, Senator Morgan says: “I think it is admitted on all sides that the power of Congress to Ievy taxes ex- tends to every description of property that is not exempted by the character of its ownership. If it belongs to the State or to the Federal Government or is an instrumentality of such governments it is exempt from taxation, but all kinds of property not so exempted are subject to taxation by the act of Congress. If it is real estate the taxes must be apportioned among the States according to popula- tion. POWER OF CONGRESS. “There are only restrictions upon the power of Congress to tax any description of property that I need revert to. A cor- poration is an ‘artificial person,’ wise property is as liable to taxation as that of a natural person, and the capital stock and all assets of a corporation are tax- able as property. A great many instances i of such taxation in great variety of forms | under State and Federal laws can be | cited to show that corporations are liable to taxation in ways that would be in re- straint of constitutional rights and privi- leges if applied to natural persons. For example, their franchiser; being - tHelr right of legal existence, may be lawfully taxed, while human life is not taxable. Being creations of the law, corporations have no rights of exemption from taxa- tion that are not conferred by law. “The power of Congress to tax persons and corporations upon all descriptions of property being clear and without limit as to the form of taxation or amount of levy, the purpose of taxation should be the raising of the revenue to support the Government and to promote general wel- fare. These purposes are attributed to all tax laws, no matter what other motive may actually lead to theirenactment. This | | of is exemplified in taxation of the circu- iation of State banks, which are public corporations, created by sovereign powers of States and cannot be repealed by Con- gress, but their circulation is lawfully re- pressed by Federal taxation under the ruling of the Supreme Court. ENACTED BY REPUBLICANS. “This law was enacted by a Republican Corgress and approved by a Republican President. On the same principle the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine has been suppressed virtually and inten- tionally by an act of Congress approved by a Democratic President, and that tax law has been sustained by the Supreme Court. “In both of these tax laws the real pur- pvose was to control certain alleged evils that affected the general public welfare. In the case of banks and the private in- terests of producers of butter in the case of the tax on oleomargarine, and. these purposes were openly avowed in debates in Congress ‘upon the passage of these measures. So that the Supreme Court and both great political parties have af- firmed the power of Congress to tax cor- porations on the business they are en- gaged in and natural persons on thelr in- dustries when they affect the general wel- fare injuriously.” e — SEARCH THE CITIES FOR A MISSING MAN Friends of Son of the Late Editor Grady Alarmed by His Absence. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 9.—Henry W. Grady, the only son of the late Henry W. Grady, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, bas disappeared and his friends and rela- tives are much concerned. Young Grady was last seen at Norfolk, Va., on Friday last, when he left the hotel where he was stopping with his wife and child, to secure transportation to Atlanta. Since that time no trace of him has been found. Mrs. Grady, prostrated with grief, has re- turned to Atlanta. Bugene R. Black, brother-in-law of Grady, is now in New York in quest of him, having abandoned all hope of find- ing him in Norfolk. Mr. Grady had only & small amount of money when last seen. The missing man has for some years been connected in various capacities with the Constitution. His wife was Miss Grace Gould of St. Louis, Mo. —_—— An Island Disappears. PARIS, Sept. 9—The admiral com- manding the French naval division in the Atlantic has sent word of the sudden dis- appearance of the island of Bermeja, in the Gulf of Mexico. No reefs have been dlscuvgud on the spot formerly occupied by the island, but navigators are recom- mended to use extreme caution while sail- ing in that vicinity. The admiral says the volcanoes in Mexico, Yucatan and Guatemala are very active, FILIPINO “BLACK CHRIST” IMAGES ARE TO BE FORWARDED TO THE WEST POINT MUSEUM Eighth Infantry Captures Paraphernalia of an Oriental Shell Game by Which Sacrilegious Insurgents Col- lected $200,000 From Natives. ROBABLY most interestinz of all the relics 'of the Philip- pine war are-the two papier mache. images and ac- companying paraphernalia brought home by the Eighth United States Infantry for the West Point Miijtary Academy Museum and landed vesterday from the army transport Bu- ford. Deputy Surveyor of the Port Chauncey St. John took charge of the relics and they will remain in the custody the Appraiser pending instructions from Washington. The images represent the heads of the |- Christ and of the Virgin Mary. In each | case the traditional cast of feature hasi| been retained, but in one case, in the mat- ter of complexion, tradition has been lald aside. The Christ head is black. Accom- panying the heads are four hands, two of | them black; four straw-stuffed imitation | arms, a gold-trimmed purple velvet robe, a dress of Filipino cloth and a mass of gilded tin, including an elaborate halo. ORIENTAL SHELL GAME. At first sight they appear to be religious relics. They are, however, simply -figures manufactured and sacrilegiously used by the Filipino Junta. They constitute the layout of an Oriental shell game, ‘the op- eration of which enriched the treasury! of the Junta by more than $200,000 and did much to prolong the insurrection in, the outlying provinces. They were captured near Pagsangan; in Laguna province, by Captain M! B. Stew- art and Lieutenant J. F. James of the Eighth Infantry. The reason for their capture as well as the story of their origin and use is told by |- officers of the regiment. ‘When the Americans commenced their campaign against the insurgents their chief aim was to cut off the cash contri- butions to the insurgent cause, which were being levied with industrious reg- ularity throughout the provinces. When contributors could be located they were warned against giving further aid to the junta and threats of imprisonment and ! other punishment soon curtailed the in- surgents’ treasury receipts. At first the contributions had been ievied in the form of an open tax. When American interfer- ence stopped this the tax was levied in varlous secret ways. The American mili- tary authorities continued to keep a sharp ‘watch on possible contributors and before the “Black Christ” scheme was launched the flnancial grass in the insurgent camp was very short. ORIGINATOR A VENTRILOQUIST Jose Zaide, a Filipino, who, as valet to a wealthy Englishman, traveled all over the world, is the accredited originator of the “Black Christ” collection = agenoy. Zaide is said to have been a ventriloquist | of some abiiity and his gift in this line | was one of the most effective features of | the combination. At Zaide's suggestion. it was given out and industriously spread throughout the provinces of Laguna, Bzlanga and*Taya- bas that a black Messiah had come to free the Filipinos; that if they laid at his | shrine gifts of -money in large ' enough quantities he would drive from the land | not cnly the Americans, but all aliens, | READS USED 8Y ZAIDE— T HLS \ 2RI LB IO DECEPTION- | e — - — PARAPHERNALIA USED BY THE FILIPINO INSURGENTS AS A MEANS OF FORCING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE SUPERSTI- TIOUS NATIVES, CAPTURED BY UNITED STATES TROOPS. o+ % place a shrine was set up. The two heads, placed on sticks, were stuck in a dais cavered . with .robes of purple plush and native cloth and decorated with tin jew- elry and. other insignia. _The natives were then Invited to come in,. see. the black Messiah.and hear his message.” A’ ‘live infant is - said to have heen. placed. in. the arms of .the. figure rep- resenting ‘the Virgin, and under the plush rabe. Zaide plied his ventriloquial art for all it was worth. LEARN OF BLACK MESSIAH. “The "knowledge of this new collection | bureau came. to the American authorities long before the capture near Pagsangan. The. story. of the ““Black Messiah,”” the occasional glimpses of the images and the mysterious. .voice that held . forth rich promises in return for cash, so wrought on the superstitious feelings of the people that - it was- with ' great - difficulty any definite information could be obtained. “'News that the “Messiah™ was near Pagsangan finally reached the headquar- ters of the Eighth Infantry. Captain Stewart was told ‘the location of the Shrine, ' and was informed that if he Would search the folds of the purple robe he would find 10,000 pesos hidden away. He visited the place, found the images, gathered up about 400 pesos and returned to headquarters. Upon making his report he was ordered to gather in the whole paraphernalia. With Lieutenant James and a detachment of men he returned, to | find that all signs of the shrine had dis- appeared. It was finally located in a| bario, or village, about four miles distant, | all carefully packed in the box that still | holds it. | EIGHTH INFANTRY GETS IT. The - military authorities at Manila turned it over to the Eighth Infantry, and at a meeting of the officers held on board the Buford it was decided to send | it to the museum at West Point. and could not be classed under the head of art. The local representatives of the Government, however, do not care to ad- mit anything that Washington might or- der returned to its pative land, and it Was in view of such a ruling that St. John) teok charge of the Eighth Infantry's graven images, that are said to have been the means of raising more than $200,000 for the insurgent treasury. NEWS OF SURRENDER OF BERTI CONFIRMED Insurgent General Deplores Fact - That He Cannot Accord More Generous Terms. PANAMA, Sept. 9—The surrender te the Colombian insurgents of the Govern- ment general, Morales Bertl, and the troops of his command at Agua Dulce, which had previously been reported and which was generally believed to have taken place, has now been confirmed. This news reached Panama through some former conservative prisoners of the in- surgents, who were liberated yesterday at San Carlos as a result of the landing there of an expedition from the Govern= ment gunboats. General Bertl, who had been besieged at Agua Dulce by the insurgents since July 28, only surrendered when his cause was hopeless. ' In the act of surrender the in- surgent General Herrera declares he rec~ ognizes the abnegation of General Berti and his men, whom he succeeded in domi- nating because of the superiority of his forces and the quantity of munitions of war at his disposal. He promises to hold Inviolate the lives and honor of his prison- | ers and he allows General Berti to retain his sword as a mark of honor in recogni- | tion of his heroic defense of Agua Dulee. The surrendered generals and officers, who have been paroled, also will not be compelled to surrender their arms. The insurgent general deplores the fact that he 's unable to accord more generous Zaide is still at liberty, and it is thought | Ifkely that by this time he has substitutes | on the road. The.news of the capture | and confiscation of the “shrine” and the | true story of its origin and purposes was spread among the matives, and the mili- | tary authorities believe that as a source | of revente the “Black Messiah” has lost its usefulness. When Deputy Surveyor of the Port St. | John learned that the “Black Messiah” was on board the Buford he gave orders that it be held until the authorities at terms to General Berti and his men and says the necessitites of war compel him to keep them as prisoners, but that be may exchange them. General Bertt makes it known that he capitulated to the enemy only when compelled to do so by lack of food of any kind for his men and the conviction that the Government could not send him timely heip. sz e i But the Sheriff Fires First. GUTHRIE, O. T, Sept. 9.—Sherift George Foster of Noble County to-day shot and killed James Sydon, an attache white or yellow, and give the Filipino his | native land for his own. i The Images brought home on the Buford were ¢onistructed and under the personal jmnnagement of Zaide taken with great At each Washington could be communicated with. 1t was landed under his personal super- vision and by"his direction turned over to the Appraiser. -It is not likely that any duty will be tollected on the parapherna- Ha. The outfit has little intrinsic worth | of the “Buckskin Bill” Wild West Show, [ which was in Perry to-day. Sydon is al- | leged to have attempted to rob a hotel l'and Foster was called to arrest him. Sy- don drew a gunm, buti the Sherif fred first.