The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 27, 1902, Page 1

* VOLUME XCII-NO. 149. ' SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHAMBERLAIN RESOLVES 10 VialT BOERS Colonial Secretary Will Go to the Transvaal. - Decides Upon a Per-|| sonal Inspection of Conditions. London Press Comments Favorably on Precedent He Establishes. LONDON, Oct. 2.—It is officially an- nounced that Colonial Secretary berlain has decided to visit South Africa personally and examine on the spot the problem presented by the termination of the war and the settlement of affairs in the new colonies. King Edward has given his epproval of this plan, which, it is eald, has also the full approval of Pre- mier Balfour and the Cabinet. “hamberlain purposes to start for South Africa toward the end of November and to return in the early part of March. His visit will embrace Cape Natal, the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal. Secretary hopes to have an y of conferring while in South representatives of all the dif- nterests concerned and to consid- their views in his future policy. The Times this morning says that it un- that Mrs. Chamberlain, who s Endicott of Salem, Mass., will her husband to South Africa, | s son, Austen, who is Post- master General, will answer Colonial Of- fice questions in Parliament during his father’s absence. | The striking precedent to be established by Colonial Secretary Chamberlain in vis- iting a colony during his term of office is a subject of general and approving | comment this morning. | The Daily Telegraph believes that this | step will be the precursor of similar vis: its to Canada and Australia. Various ref- erences are made to the “new diplomacy™ | and the “new statesmanship,” as well as | tg, the political aspects of the absence of | the strongest Minister at astime when the | Government is passing through a critical phase of its existence. There also are some hints that Chamberlain will be glad to be absent during the awkward situa- tions sYising from the Government's edu- | cation bill. | the whole, however, the Colonial | Secretary’s decision is warmly welcomed and sensible. er as timely STAR FEATURE OF SHOW ENDS IN A TRAGIC DEATH Marksman Accidentally Kills a Man ‘While Shooting at Apple on His Head. | COLD SPRING HARBOR, N. Y., Oct. | 2.—The Coroner to-day held an inquest on | the body of J Volkman, a barber, | who was accidentally shot and killed last night on the stage of Thespian Ha'l h)" Charles Meinit, member of a traveling medicine show. One of the star features of the show was Meinit's feat of shm)flng“ an apple from the head of any person who | would vol become a target. | Velkman had offered to allow the apple to be placed on his head. Meinit began shooting at 2 ance of about twenty feet. The first two shots failed to hit either | the apple or the man, but the third strucic 1 Volkman in the forehead and he dropped | to the stage and d within an hnur.‘ Meinit was arrested held for a hear- | ing on & charge of manslaughter. | e | TURKISH TROOPS DEFEAT [ THE FORCES OF ZONTCHEFF | Noted Macedonian Leader Wounded During the Engagement, but ! Escapes. LONDON, Oct. 27.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Con- stantinople saysit is rumored that M. Zont- cheff, the Macedonian leader, was killed | during @ fight between insurgents and Turkish troops at a point between Revre- kop and Meinik, European Turkey. The insurgents had twenty-three men killed in the engagement CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 2. — The Porte has recelved news of the defeat of the revolutionary band under Zontcheff. Zontcheff himself was wounded, but escaped teer tc ———— RUSSIAN POLICE ARREST | AN ALLEGED . ANARCHIST | ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 26.—The police | Pave captured an accomplice in the re- ported plot against the Dowager Empress Marie Dagmar of Russia, which was re- cently unearthed at Copenhagen. Cham- | DEATH SUMMONS FAMOUS WOMAN Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Life Work Ends. | | | e | 3 & EW YORK. Oct. 2.—Eliza- beth ~ Cady ' Stanton, . the well-known woman ‘saf- fragist, died to-day at her home in West Ninety-fourth street, in this city. Old age was given as the cause of death. She was conscious almost to the last. About a week ago Mrs. Stanton began te fail rapidly. This became more notice- able last week, and then it was known to the family that her death was only a question of days or hours. The children of Mrs. Stanton with her when she died were Mrs. M. F Lawrence and Mrs. Stanton Blatch of New York; Henry and Robert L. Stanton of New York, lawyers; Theodore Stanton of Paris and G. Smith Stanton, a real estate broker of Wardencliffe, Long Island. The funeral will be held on Wednesday but’ the hour has not been set. The in- terment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. In the death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton the advocates of equal rights for women in the political affairs of the govern- ment have lost a champlon of rare cour- age, conspicuous intellectual ability and admirable character. Whole-hearted in her sympathy with those whom she felt were oppressed, generous of love and sympathy, possessed of moral energy in a remarkable degree, she succeeded in obtaining for herself by dint of tremend- ous industry and not a little self-sacrifice a place unique in the history of the wom- en of America. FATHER A JURIST. The famous woman was born at Johns- town, N. Y., November 12, 1815. She was the daughter of Judge Daniel Cady and Margaret Livingston. From her mother she inherited much of the spirit and vi- vacity which distinguished her during her long career of public speaking and | the vast amount of literary work accom- plished in the effort to promote the move- | ment for woman suffrage. Johnstown was a Scotch settlement when Mrs. Stanton was born, and in her vouth she had opportunities to acquaint herself with the severe feudal ideas re- garding women. She spent much of the time in her father’s law office, where she often heard the complaints made by un- happy wives. It was during those early years that she resolved to make an ef- | fort to relieve women from the disabili- A digpatch from Copenhagen dated Oc- | szid the Dowager Empress of Russia, who is a daughter of King Chris- tian of Denmark, was tie object of the | strictest surveillance by the police owing | to what they considered to be an 'aulhen.i tic report that several Italian anarchists | were on their way to Denmark in order | tober 4 to make an attempt to assassinate her. | ALMERIC HUGH PAGET IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT)| [— | LONDON, Oct. 2.—Almeric Hugh| Pa, who married Miss Pauline Whit- | ney of New York, was accidentally shot | by a friend while shooting in the country. | After the accident Paget was sent to | London, where it was found necessary to | teke out one of his eves. It is believed | that the sight of the other eye will not be affected. ties under which they were then living. ‘BARRED FROM COLLEGE. After her graduation from an academy in Johnstown she sought admission to Union College, but the faculty declined to accept her because of her sex. She then went to a seminary in Troy, N..Y., for a | couple of years, and during the next sev- en years studied at home, devoting much of her time to the law under her father's direction. During this interval she- had become proficient in the classics and was a mathematician of no mean ability. In 1840 Miss Cady married Henry B. Stanton, who had already achieved prom- inence in the anti-slavery agitation, Stan- ton was a delegate to the world’s anti- slavery convention in London in June, 1840, and to that city the couple went on their wedding trip. During the sessfon there was much severe comment on “woman’s inferiority,” and the refusal of i| the convention to admit Mrs. Mott and FAMOUS WOMAN SUFFRAGIST WHO DIED AFTER A LONG AND CONSPICUOUS CAREER. =3 other American women as delegates op- erated in determining Mrs. Stanton to de- vote her life and energles to the moral, social and polifical elevation of women. OPENING OF CRUSADE. For six years following her return to this country Mrs. Stanton lived in Bos- ton,” during which time she made a study of the social and political position of women. The result was that in addition to the rights claimed by Mrs. Mott—to more remunerative work, to hold prop- erty after marriage and to independent judgment in religion—Mrs. Stanton de- manded the removal of woman’s ecivil disabilities by making their _political status the same as that of men. In 1846 Mrs. Stanton removed to Seneca Falls, and with Mrs.-Mott and others is- sued the call for the first women’s rights convention. It was held at Seneca Falls in July, 1843. At the session Mrs. Stan- ton's demand for the ballot created amazement and at first gained little sym- pathy. She persisted, however, and spoke ] eloquently in defense of her course, with the result that her resolutions were adopted. The young woman's father was alarmed at her radical views and hurried her home. He argued and pleaded with her, but her convictions were too firmly grounded to be undermined even by pa- rental suasion. MEETS MISS ANTHONY. In 1850 Mrs. Stanton found an enthusias- tic associate in Miss Susan B. Anthony. The former managed the reform crusade and the latter did the writing of circulars and pamphlets. For half a century the two women worked vigorously in the cause of suffrage. It has been remarked that at times their utterances were im- prudent and their methods impolitic, but the motives behind their work never lacked the highest regard for woman's moral and social afivancement. Mrs. Stanton was a lecturer of notable ability, and on many occasions addressed State Legislatures in defense of her theo- ries on intemperance, divorce, slavery and suffrage. In 1866, belleving women to be eligible to public office, she offered herself as a candidate for Congress from the Eighth New York District. She received twenty-four votes. With Miss Anthony and Parker Pillsbury she edited The Rev- olution. Since 18%0 she had resided in New York with her children. In 1895 her eightieth birthday was celebrated under the auspices of the National Council of ‘Women by 3000 delegates from all wom- en’s societies at the Metropolitan Opera- house. She wrote books entitled ‘““The History of Woman Suffrage” (with Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage), “Eighty Years and More” and “The ‘Woman's Bible.” —_— MISS ANTHONY GRIEVES. Eminent Suffragist Speaks Feelingly of Her Celebrated Associate. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct. 26.—The news of the death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton fell with crushing weight upon Susan B. Anthony, who had planned to go to New York on November 12 to assist the ven- erable advocate of woman’s suffrage in the celebration of her eighty-seventh birthday. Miss Anthony saig to-night: “Through the early days, when the world was against us, we stood together. Mrs. Stanton was always a. courageouj woman, a leader of thought and new movement. She was a most finished Continued on Page 2, Column 2. BALLS POLL 5 STUDID BY LEADERS Party Mana,gers( Rely Upon Its Accuracy. Regard Figures on Re- publican: Majority as Conservative, “Stand by the President” Will Be the Shibboleth Until Election Day. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Taking a cue from The Call’s and the Herald's careful poll of the Congressional contest, the Democrats will ndw renew their energies in close and doubtful districts, as indi- cated in the figures published this; morn- inz. Owing to the accuracy with which The Call and Herald have given forecasts of previous elections, the ¢anvass has been awaited by politicians on both sides with great interest this year, and its resuits are lcoked on with great respect. The Democrats profess to find as much hope in the poll as do. the Republicans, whose only coniplaint 4s that it is a bit too conservative from their standpoint. Chairman Griggs said. to-night: “The forecast is cerfainly very conser- vative from a Democratic standpoint. We shall not only get all the votes conceded by the Call-Herald, but enough more to give us more than a working majority in the next House.” The Republicans take the ground that the poll is conservative and gives their | majority too small, because, as they say, many of the districts were canvassed be- for the good effects of the President's settlement of the coal strike became evi- dent. THIS WEEK’S BATTLE CRY. “Stand by’ the Prestdent,” is the mes- sage that has gsne oxt from _Republican heddquarters as the battle cry for the last week of the campaign. The Demo- crats have abandoned every position they have taken since the campaign opened, even from every platform declaration they have made, and conducted a guer- rilla campaign until the Republican man- agers have concluded to make the last week a general rally to the support of the President, taking advantage of his popularity and also striving to awaken voters to the necessity for a Republican Congress to carry forward the Presi- Cent’s recommendation for legislation to curb the trusts without destroying pros- perity. It has been definitely determined to place this recommendation for trust leg- islation ahead of every other in the Pre: dent’s next message to Congress. He will go no further than he did in his first message, but he will emphasize the im- portance of such legislation. Republi- can leaders in Congress are in harmony with the President and the speech of At- torney General Knox in Pittsburg ten days ago has suggested the way. The Attorney General is satisfied that Con- gress has power under the present con- stitutional grants to amend and extend the Sherman anti-trust law and so ef- fectively regulate national and foreign commerce as to prevent the stifling of competition, the regulating of output and price and the restraining of national and international trade. In that Pittsburg speech Attorney Gen- | eral Knox but amplified the President's position on the trust question and Repub- lican leaders in Congress are ready to take up the work. HAS DRAFTED NO BILL. The Attorney General has not drafted an anti-trust bill and will not. The Presi- dent and his Cabinet have no intention of following the example of Cleveland or the British Cabinet by sending a bill to Congress stamped as an administra- tion measure to be put through with the party whip. But Attorney General Knox has given careful study to the Sherman law and to the constitutional power of Congress and has mapped out in his own mind the form of legislation that would be effective and is ready to discuss the subject with Republican leaders in Con- gress, giving them the benefit of his study and opinion. The campaign has demonstrated to the Congressional committee that the Presi- dent’'s position on the trust question is the position of the great majority of the people. No other question has been so much discussed.- Everybody except a few trust promoters seem to be desirous of strengthening the Sherman law. With this as the paramount issue of the President Republicans will make the bat- tle cry this week, “Stand by the Presi- dent.”” They already feel the effect of President Roosevelt’s courage and diplo- macy in settling the coal strike and pro- pose to take advantage of his strong per- scnality and his popularity in their efforts to awaken Republicans from their gp- parent lethargy in the last week of the campaign. MANAGERS DISCUSS POLL. Consensus of Opimion Is That Elec- tion Will Verify Figures Given. NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—In both Demo- cratic and Republican campaign head- quarters The Call's and the Herald's fore- cast of the approaching election was dis- cussed and analyzed with great care to- day. The fact that party managers in op- Continued on Page 2, Column 6. GUNBOAT BOGOTA STEAMS INTO PANAMA UNSCATHED Enters the Harbor Without Encountering the Revolutionist Warships. ANAMA, Oct. 26.—The Bogota, which was fitted as a gun- boat at San Franclsco for the Colombian Government, arrived here at 10 o’clock this morning. She was not attacked by any of the rebel war vessels on her way to this port. The United States cruiser Ranger left this evening for San Francisco. She will call at Corinto on her voyage northward. The Bogota did not come into the harbor at once. She anchored outside un- til the captain of the port called upon Captain Marmaduke, the American com- mander of the war vessel. Captain Mar- maduke was in the Confederate navy during the United States: Civil War. After the captain of the port left the ship Captain Marmaduke brought the Bo- gota into the harbor and made an official call upon General Perdomo and Governor Salazar. [IRIRET NiF] The Bogota did not stop at any Central Ammerican ports. She was expected to call at Punta Arenas and take in tow. the gunbeat Poas, recently bought by the Celombian Government. The Botoga now has four guns, but there are others here which will be mount- | - i COLOMBIAN . GUNBOAT AND TWO OFFICERS WHO ARE ABOARD OF HER. g — - among the Government officials. Many have visited the ship several times. The Ministry of War in Bogota is in B b e e e e e A ——— SRS ister of War, has been ill for several days. Impcrtant news from Bogota is expect- ed by the steamship Quito, ‘'which will arrive here from Beuna Ventura to-mor- row. SOLDIERS DYING OF FEVER. Bodies Lic Uncared For on a Pier at Savanilla. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct. 26.—The German steamer Hercynia reached here to-day from Colon, Colombia. Her of- sricers. report that considerable fighting is going on in the interior of that country, the revolutionists taking advantage of the withdrawal - of Government troops for service on the isthmus. At Savanilla the Government soldiers are dying at an alarming rate from fever. ‘While the Hercynia was moored at Sava- nilla. there were on the pler the bodies of several soldiers who had died there, and the remains had not been removed. Dis- ease is rife on that side of the coast. The ship's officers had to check their own cargo at Savanilla and do other work themselves, to perform which Colombians generally are employed, it being impos- sible.to get local help. ed on her. There has been much excite- charge of Senor Cacas, Minister of Pub- ahe situation on the isthmus remains ment and enthusiasm during the day lic Instruction. General Fernandez, Min- the same. CUBN YODRETER FR POINT LOM Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—Twenty children from Santlago will arrive here this week on the steamer Orizaba, consigned to the guiding care of Mrs. Katherine A. Ting- ley, high priestess of the Universal Brotherhood, at Point Loma, Cal. All the churches in Cuba have been aroused by this so-called proselyting and the papers of the island are crying out against the brotherhood as an exposition of Buddhism. The Theosophists say there is movre of Tingleyism in the cult which the young Cubans will learn than there is of simon-pure East Indian philosophy. There was started by Mrs. Tingley a scheme for the care of Cuban orphans when the Spanish-American war was at its height. There are now at Point Loma several hundred little ones, some white and others brown. All are called lotus buds and over them watches the ‘“‘purple mother,” as Mrs. Tingley calls herself. The children are taught principally to look happy. A favorite diversion is for the lotus buds to assemble on the front piazza and smile serenely, and, while un- der the direction of their purple mother they send out “loving thoughts to all the world.” The children will grow up with an abid- ing faith in Buddha and in the purple mother. LD BERESFOR'S JOVGE T0 BRITH LIVERPOOL, Oct 26.—Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford arrived here to- day from New York on the Cunard line steamer Umbria. In the United States Lord Beresford studied the construction of American battleships and also investi- gated shipping matters. He was inter- viewed on his trip to America and said he had had a' splendid reception in the United States and that he could vouch for the genuineness of the kind sentiment entertained in America for Great Britain. He said his investigations on the other side had convinced him that Great Britain had nothing to frear from the In- ternational Mercantile Marine Company. On the contrary, he believed this combine would benefit England, commercially and otherwise. “The United ‘States,” said the Admiral, “Is_certainly ahead of us in engineering and administration, and we need to adapt ourselves more to mogern ideas.” Continuing, Lord Beresford said he did not take a pessimistic view of the situa- tion and did not agree that Great Britain was going down -hill. “If Great Britain and the United States,” said the Admiral, “were joined in the interests of ‘universal peace, and if the rest of the world wanted to fight those countries, then'let the rest of the world look out.” . - | October 27, PESIENT BEACHES MOTHER MILE-PIST Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—President Roosevelt was born in New York City on 1558. He will celebrate the forty-fourth anniversary of his birth in an entirely informal manner to-morrow, taking luncheon and dinner with such members of his family as are in this city and with a few intimate friends, who are yet to be notified that they will be his guests. Unfortunately Mrs. Roosevelt will be absent from the family table, but she will remember the President with a birth« day gift, as has been her custom always. It has been a time-honored custom of the Roosevelt family to exchange pres- ents at Christmas and to give a little token of remembrance on birthdays. Alice Roosevelt will give her father a gift of her own handiwork, while the other chil- Gren, after consulting Mrs. Roosevelt, have selected various presents, which they will hand to the President at break- fast to-morrow morning. Mr. Roosevelt will spend the day in public business, as usual, the birthday celebration being incidental and quietly observed only in the domestic circle. Mr. Roosevelt's career as a public man began twenty-one years ago.