The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 9, 1902, Page 17

{ B4434434544540000444 A, Pages R e e e R e T S + GLisisss .(‘. ++40 [ TRRE 22 E Pages S et asad st ol s S 2l ad S R e aas s e ad | 2 + b + + + + + L ] VOLUME XCII-NO. 1 - 62, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1902—FORTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RICHARDSON o THE GHIEF CONSPIRATOR Evidence Connects Him With the Frauds. Mason, His Tool, Falls in a Fit in Court. e Detective Becomes Member of Band and Exposes In- surance Swindle. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 8—The prelim- fnary hearing of T. C. Richardson and William Mason, accused of practicing | gigantic frauds upon the New York Life| | Insurance Company to the extent of sev- | eral hundred thousand dollars, was begun here to-day, but will not be completed be- | fore Tuesday next. Richardson, the com- pany’s egent and the supposed leading conspirator, is bearing up well and makes & show of bravado, but Mason, his stool- IS AT LAS BY THE America and Great BOND-HAY TREATY T SIGNED DIPLOMATS Britain Agree on Reciprocity Between United States and Newfoundland. pigeon, who was used to pass the medi- | | cal examinations where policies were sued to consumptives and as a beneficiar: under aliases, has collapsed completely &nd is a physical wreck. He fell in a fit &s the court was opened and had to be ged to the bar of justice by two | officers. In the courtroom he presented a | complete picture of abject despair. | WILL SEEK TO ESCAPE. | the cross-examination it is ap- Richardson will endeavor to | by proving that he merely acted | pany’s agent h, but was imposed his confederates. One member gang, J. T. Gray, turned out| e a detective who had worked with | to learn the detafls of | of the eir nd expose them. It was when Mason learned Gray's true char- ter t »d. The Mexi- ies have asked that both held for extradition to an- holders, Chihuahua. beneficiaries | the examining physi- | e cashigr of a Dallas bank | $80% was made on the r his demise. Mason me of Willis Merritt, | = a half brother of the | CONSPIRE AGAINST DETECTIVE. | Twe so doctors d one from Dal- did Cashier Adams All the evidence was g, and the iden- inGer their various | irgratiated him- fidence of the members into their two El Paso | nguinett, whom | T a policy of $100,000, s of the gang and | n, according to in engincering sserts that a ed by Richard- him nd to-day e issued charging | whe by wer secution has retained four emi- | » prosecute ‘the prison- dants two. As a con- sequence legal fight is stubborn. The case grows more sensational and the ex- | posures of fraud more startling as the hearing progresses LIVES LOST IN FIP.; IN NEWSPAPER OFFICE Two Men Are Dead and Two Boys Suffer From Partial Suffo- cation. | NEW YORK, Nov. 8—Two men lost| their lives and two boys had narrow es- | capes during a fire which communicated from the subway to the malling and press rooms in the cellar of the New | York Times bullding to-day. The dead | ere | JOHN DALY. WILLIAM McCORMACK. The boys, who were partially suffocated | #nd are now in the hospital, are John | Powers and Myer Fishbone. The men and beys were overcome by smoke in a small room used for malling purposes in the front of the cellar, close to where the fire started. The fire originated in ‘the explosion of a gasoline lamp. It was extinguished in fifteen ‘minutés. The damage Is estimated at $5000. e NICHOLAS SHOWS SIGNS OF ALARMING MELANCHOLY Condition of the Czar of All the Rus- sians Excites the Greatest, Anxiety. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 8—According to information received at the Danish court Emperor Nicholas of Russia is greatly depressed in mind and is melancholy. His condition has created anxiety here. The Czarewich, who will leave St. Pe- tersburg in a few ddys for Copenhagen, does not want to go to Yalta, where the Czar iz, and will return to St. Petersburg, ®s bis mother wishes. and issued the| | ol | v ¢ | INGTON, WHO, WITH SECRETA! RECIPROCITY BETWEEN UNITE SIR MICHAEL H. HERBERT, THE BRITISH EMBASSADOR AT WASH- o RY HAY, SIGNED TREATY FOR D STATES AND NEWFOUNDLAND. ASHINGTON, Sccretary Hay for the United States and Sir Michael Herbert, repre- senting the British Gov- ernment and the Govern- ment of Newfoundland, to-day at the State Department signed what is known as the Bond-Hay treaty, providing for | reciprocity between the United States | and Newfoundland covering fish products | and bait. The treaty will be submitted to the Senate immediately upon its reas- sembling, and meanwhile, following thc rule in such cases, the State Department refrains from making public the details of the instrument. The treaty is the outcome of negbtia- tions begun over twelve years ago by Sir Robert Bond, Colonial Premier of .New- foundland. Sir Robert came to Washing- ton and conducted negotiations with Sec- retary Blaine, but before the treaty ad- vanced to the formative stage It was abandoned, it is believed, largely because Nov. 8.— g of the opposition of the Canadian Gov- ernment to the arrangement. It was then decided that Newfoundland's efforts to obtain reciprocal arrangements with the United States should be held in abeyance pending the effort of Canada to make a treaty with the United States. But such efforts have proved unfruitful, and sev- eral weeks ago Sir Robert Bond came to Washington and opened negotiations with Acting Secretary of State Adee and later centinued them with Secretary Hay, with the result that the British Government directed Sir Michael to sign the conven- tion, and the treaty will be sent to Par- liament and to the Senate for ratifica- tion. It is understood that the treaty pro- vides for the favorable entry into ports of the United States for certain New- foundland. fish products. In return the United States gains the privilege of ob- taining bait on the Grand Banks, and it is believed a favorable concession is made to certain American machinery and to flcur in Newfoundland ports. @ i oo el oo ® MARCONI WILL HAVE STATION AT THIS PORT Plan for a Great System to Points in the Pacific Is Out- lined. NEW YORK, Nov. 8—The Marconi Company is row enabled to' outline its plan for Pacific and Alaska service, which in its scope will excel any of the | others already established. All" of thel tmportant points of the coast wiil be con- nected with a base at San Francisco. | For this purpose complete installation is) necessary and.a station like that at Glace | Bay on the Atlantic will be erected. ' Options have already been secured on { 1and sites. With the great central station at San Francisco it is the intentjon.to establish | communication with the Hawalian Isl- ands where the company has a station. It is also in the general plan-to take in Guam and other points necessary to GREAT LEDGE OF ORE FOUND IN COLORADO Long Search for Precious Metal Re- sults in Discovery at Silver Cliff. PUEBLO, Colo.,, Nov. 8—For twenty years people have been trying to find the source of the oré at Silver Clift and at last it has been turned up, only half a mile from the town. The strike made a fow days ago by Haskell and Jackson, two veteran assayers, seems to be the most important in Southern Colorado for many - vears, They are now literally quarrying out the ore and shipping it by the carload. - Immense sums have becn spent in vain efforts to find the ore which was known to be there, the search including the Geyser prospect'shaft, which is 2600 feet deep. The ore has been found just below the surface on Government land. It runs reach the Philippines. Propositions have been received by Marconi Alaska and the United States ‘also from Siberia with this line. to connect — gl Teachers Will Join Federation. CHICAGO, Nov. 8—The Chicago Teach- ers’ Federation at a special meeting to- day voted to affiliate with the Federation of Labor. One of the reasons assigned for the taking of such a radical step is that the support of the votérs reachéd by the federation would be of great benefit to the teachers in their fight for better wages and an improvement in the condi- ons surrounding the schoolroom- 1 $44 per ton and picked .specimens yleld geventy-five ounces gold and much silver. There 1s great excitement in all that re- gion and everything has been staked for miles. It is anticipated that Silver Cliff, once the second town in the State, will boom again. —_— " Thompson Accepts Mission. LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. §.—D. E. Thomp- son of Lincoln has accepted the appoint- ment of United States Minister to Brazil, The place was offered by the President about .a month ago. Thompson was cau- cus candidate for United States Senator from Nebraska two years ago, but with- drew in favor of Senator Deitrich. | and police threw themselves on the Douk- . was crowded with people and the excite- DOUKHOBORS ARE FORCIBLY ENTRAINED Dominion Officials - Put Fanatics on Cars Twenty Escape and Will Freeze in Blizzard. “Army of Religious Zealots to Be Driven Home by Mounted Police = Special Dispatch to The Call. MINNEDOSA, Man., Nov. 8.—After one of the most exciting incidents in the his- tory of the Northwest, the Doukhobor fanatics have been forcibly entrained and are now guarded by a large detach- ment of mounted police, who are kept busy preventing the Russians from throw- ing themselves from the car windows. A military special of ten coaches will soon leave here with the army and un- load it at Yorkton early to-morrow, when the mounted police will drive the Douk- hobors to their northern villages, ending the most remarkable pilgrimage in Can- adian history, The Doukhobors arrived here last night en route to Winnipeg. This morning they attempted to resume the journey with the mercury standing 10 below zero. Govern- ment officials held them with difficulty in the by-road until the military train ar- rived this evening with 500 mounted police. The fanatics were addressed by the of- ficlals and told they would have to go home. : GO TO SEEK MESSIAH. They cried, “No, we go to seek Jesus."‘ Seibroff, their leader, harangued his | followers, instructing thém not to resist. Two hundred farmers who gathered at the train to see them, and 500 other citi- zens surrounded them and offered assist- ance. s 3 Fifty of the fanatics got out and made a rush on the.road to go East. Surround- ed by the crowd shey resisted deSperate- 1y, and the policé grappled with theiead- ers and carricd them bodily to the cars. Sefbroff had to be taken to the cars in a wagon. When' the skating rink, where the 450 Doukhobors were detained, vom- ited forth the fanatics an indescribable scene followed. Farmers, townspeople hobors and dragged or carried them to the station. The latter encircled each other with their arms and seemed linked together:as by bands of steel. While they struggled they gave volce to their weird chant. Some struggled so hard that their cloth- ing was literally torn from their backs. For over an hour the road to the station ment was intense. STRUGGLE BLINDLY. The Doukhobors refused to strike, but struggled blindly for freedo Their captors, with blood Warmed by the struggle, shouted and cursed as the bloodless battle became more exciting and when the cars were reached a struggle ensued, Stalwart police’ handed up the kicking Russians, whu were thrust into dark, cold coaches like cattle, and the foreigners threw themselves against the windows and doors, barred to prevent their escape. During the enforced en- training of the men a small blizzard sprang up and the weather became in- tensely cold. The Doukhgbors have been living on wheat and raw oatmeal. To-night small quantities of bread was thrown to them. Many are physical wrecks, Only about twenty out of the 450 es- caped and they are on the prairie in a temperature that means death to them. The action taken to-night was on in- structions of the. Federal Government, which said . the pilgrims must be sent home if they had to be carried. At a late hobr the Doukhobors are locked in the coaches, struggling vainly for freedom to look for the Messiah. They sing and pray incessantly, asking divine assistance to turn’ the hearts of their captors and release them. CONGRESS OF COLOMBIA MAY SOON RECONVENE Collapse of the Revolution Makes It Possible for Legislators to Assemble. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—It is expected at the Colombian legation that the Col- ombian Congress Wwill be reconvened in December or January. Advices which have been received here at the'legation indicate as much. The President of the Colombian Government: announced some time ago that he woula convene Congress as soon as conditions would permit. At that time the revolution was in progress but it is regarded at the legation that the Government has obtained full control of the situation and this further encourages the belief that Congress may be called together within a few weeks, § Secretary Hay and Minister Concha have held two or three conferences during the past week relative to the canal treaty and it is said that the prospects for the early conclusion of the agreement aimed to glve to us proper authority to con- struct a canal’in Colombia territory are bright. . Pretender to. Throne Flees. TANGIER, Morocco, Nov. 8.—On' the approach of the Sultan’s troops to Lesa, where a pretender has risen and claimed the throne of Morocco as 'the Sultan’s elder brother, the pretender fled' and his followers dispersed. i EMPEROR WILLIAM LANDS ON BRITISH SOIL DURING GALE Proceeds at Once to Review the First Royal Dragoons, of Which His Majesty Is Honorary Colonel. £ EMPEROR WILLIAM OF GERMANY, WHO ARRIVED IN GREAT BRIT- AIN YESTERDAY, AND AFTER REVIEWING THE FIRST ROYAL DRAGOONS BECAME THE GUEST OF KING EDWARD, HIS UNCLE. <+ ONDON, Nov. 8—The German impetial yacht Hohenzollern, with ,Emperor Willlam on board, accompanied by the es- corting German cruisers and a flotilla of British torpedo- boats, reached Port Victoria at 8 o’clock this morning. The arrival of the German Emperor was made the occasion of an imposing naval display. All the warships Sheerness were dressed, their crews manned the decks and the usual salutes welcomed the imperial visitor. ‘The Emperor wore the undress uniform of a British admiral. The German Em- bassador, Count Wolff-Metternich, soon joined his Majesty, who subsequently re- ceived the British court officials sent to attend him and the other members of the German embassy. After breakfast Emperor William land- ed, the crew of' the Hohenzollern man- ning the ship and cheering lustily, and the British warships firing another salute as the Emperor boarded a train for Dover on his way to Shorncliffe camp to review the First Royal Dragoons, of which regiment he is honorary colonel in chief. MANY DETECTIVES ON DUTY. Unusual precautions were taken by the railroad officials. All traffic was stopped along the route for over half an hour be- fore the imperial speclal train was due. | Larde British and German detective staffs -were on duty, and the junctions and approaches to the stations were closely watched and ‘cleared of spectators during the passage of the train. “It was raining heavily when Emperor ‘William left- the train at Dover, whence, mounted on one of his own chargers, he rode to Shorncliffe camp, accompanied by:Lord Roberts and a brilliant staff. Prior te starting for the camp Emperor William . received three addresses from representatives of local bodles, to all.of whom: he replied simply: ] thank you very much for coming to see me.” His Majesty arrived . at the review ground at the head of the cavalcade with Lord Roberts at his side and reviewed some 600 men of his regiment. The in- spection lasted only ten minutes, the Em- peror passing down the line while tor- rents of rain wqre falling and in the teeth of a gale of wind. ‘His: Majesty,» however, keenly scrutiniz- od the officers, men and horses. He then —e esty for the kindness I am receiving is to order the regiment to give three cheers for thelr sovereign.” “Three cheers for his Majesty, King Edward!” cried the Emperor, who led the salvo of hurrahs. Emperor William and the officers then repaired to the messroom of the regiment, where his Majesty had luncheon. Sub- sequently he was driven In a closed car- riage to Shorncliffe station and took a train for Sandringham. Among the house party there are the Prince of Wales, Pre- mier Balfour, Colonial Secretary Cham- berlain and Mrs. Chamberlain, War Sec- retary Brodrick, /Embassador = Lascelles and Sir Frederick Treves, surgeon to King Edward. ‘With the exception of the Shormeliffe review the reception of Emperor William was everywhere remarkably lacking in formality, he having especially requested that guards of honor and similar atten- ticns be dispensed with. PRESENTS DECORATIONS. After the review the Emperor presented decorations to Lord Basing, the officer in command, and to other officers of the regiment. After the luncheon Lord Basing toasted Emperor William and referred to the in- tense gratification felt by the regiment at the Emperor's speech on the review ground and to the munificent presents his Majesty had sent during the war for the support of the wives and children of the men serving in South Africa. Lord Basing concluded with declaring that the fact that Emperor William was colonel in chief made the regiment the most pop- ular in"the army and calling on those present to drink a bumper to the health of his Imperial Majesty, “with three times three.” In reply the Emperor said: “Gentlemen, let me again assure you how great a pleasure this day has given me. I am extremely honored and very happy to hear that the sum I devcted to the wives and children of the dragoons who departed for the war has done so much good. marking this day in the history of the regiment is by adding another sum there- to in the hope that it may do an equal amount of good.” Emperor Willlam conecluded with calling for three cheers for the regiment. Emperor Willlam reached Wolferton at 3 p. m. He was received at the station by King Edward and their Majesties drove I think the best way of proceeded to the saluting base. "After the | o Sandrington. march past the dragoons formed a hollow square and Emperor Willlam briefly ad- dressed the regiment, as follows: “It gives me great pleasure for the first time since the death of your late Queen, my beloved grandmother, to have the honor of being able to inspect you. I.congratulate -the regiment on its ap- pearance and on the way in which it con- ducted itself in South Africa. I congrat- uiate you on, your return home and on the arduous duties you have fulfilled with honor to your country and to the grati- fication of your King. I am pleased to be able to inspect . you to-day, and I &hink the best way of thanking his Maj- The meeting of the King and Emperor ‘Willlam at Wolferdon was as informal as could well be imagined. The public, as i®had been elsewhere, had been rigid- ly excluded from the station. A few min- utes before the arrival of Emperor Wil- liam's- special = King Edward, aceom- panied by a single equerry, drove up to the station with a palr and brougham. His Majesty wore a top hat and a frock coat. ' He stepped up, to the platform as the Emperor's train stopped and bared his head as his royal visitor alighted. Their majfesties shook hands and em- braced and quickly drove off to Sandring- bam. fEvsion OF TARIF 5 SOUGHT Bold Candidacy of Babcock for the - Speakership. Dalzell’s Friends Try to Divide Vote of - the West. Representative Cannon Has the Best Chance of Success. Special Dispatch to The Cail. CALL BUREAU, 1408 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—Although diametrically opposed to each other on the question of tariff revision, the friends of Representative Dalzell are encouraging the Babcock candidacy in the Speakership contest for the purpose of dividing the vote of the West, which is now mclined to go to Cannon of Illinois, who is still | the leading candidate. Representative Babcock was in the city to-day; but refused to make any formal announcement that he was a candidate for Speaker. His friends, however, regard him as such and are pushing the fight in his interest, with tariff revision as the basis of their campaign. That he is firm- ly and unequivocaily for changes in the present schedule was emphasized by this statement, which he made to-day: | “It the Democrats had won the House |it would have signified that the people wanted no tariff revision for the next two ‘year!, as it would have been impossible IKO accomplish anything in that direction with a Democratic House and a Republi- can Senate.” “Then you expect the next Congress to undertake tariff revision?” “That is what the people expect of us,” replied Babcock, “and they expect the work to be done on Republican princi- ples.” As the contest is now shaping Dalz~'l will get the solid support of Pennsylva- mia and a large part of the New York delegation, provided Representatives Payne and Sherman are not candidates. His friends say that he will also carry a part of the Ohio delegation. Cannon wi.l have his own State, a part of Ohfo, In- diana and a part of Iowa. The remainder of the middle West and, far West, it is expected, will be divided between Cannon and Babcock. It is the general impression in Washing- ton that Babcock's candidacy is gaining strength. His record of five successive victories in electing a Republican House is strongly urged in his favor. Littlefleld is returning from the Pa- cific Coast and will at once begin an ac- tive canvass. He expects some suppert from California and Oregon, where he has been a prominent feature of the cam- paign just closed. RAILROADS WILLING TO AVERT A STRIKE Demands of the Trainmen in Chicago Are Likely to Be Satisfac- torily Adjusted. | CHICAGO, Nov. 8.—The Brotherhood of Ratiway Trainmen has vcted in faver of a strike in case the railroads in the Chi- cago district shall refuse an increase(of more than 2% cents per hour in wages. Although the brotherhood has voted for a strike, its members are not likely to quit work. Hefore the vote was taken | some of the railrcad managers had an- nounced that a greater increase in wages would be allowed the men than that first offered. It is probable that as soon as the result of the vote shall be announced an- other conference will be held. At this conference it is expected that an increase of 4 cents an hour will be offered and that this offer will be accepted. In a statement issued to-night Frank T. Hawley, grand master of the Switchmen's Union of North America, which is not affillated with the Brotherhood of Ralil- way Tralnmen, states that the members of his organization have voted to accept the increase of 3% cents an hour for fore- men and 2% cents for helpers. He stated further that the members of his union will not be drawn into ary strike which the Brotherhood may inaugurate. The Switchmen’'s Union of North America clalms a membership of 1180 men in Chi- cago and this membership alone would give the railroads a fair working force in the event of a strike of the brother- hood men. Grand Master Hawley, in his statement, charges that the brotherhood is encroaching on the fleld of his union in assuming to include the switchmen in the demands for a further increase of ‘wages. ——— FIGHT IS DISASTROUS FOR REVOLUTIONISTS Bolivians . Defeat Their Enemies in Acre, but Lose Two Officers. BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 8.—The Bolivian Consul here has received a telegram from La Paz giving some detalls of the recent fight between the Bolivians and revolu- tionists in Acre. The dispatch says that Colonel Rojas defeated the revolutionists near Empresa and captured their arms and ammunition. Thirty were killed and elght wounded. The Bolivians lost two, officers and four privates. Raymond A. de Toledo, the new Argen- tine Consul to New York, embarked to- day on the steamer Thames for South- ampton, whenee he will go to the United States.