The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1902, Page 3

MOLINEUX TRIAL ~ NEARING AN END Counsel for Defendant Closes His Argument to the Juyry. Declares That the Evidence Points to the Guilt of Cornish, —— NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—The fate of Ro- land B. Molineux will be determined to- morrow. When court adjourned this evening Justice Lambert announced that he would allow Assistant District Attor- ney Osborne but two hours and a half more to finish summing up, which means hat the court will deliver its charge and the case will go to the jury during the wfternoon. The courtroom was crowded to suffoca- tion when at the opening of to-day’s ses- sion former Governor Black arose to sum up for the defense. After a general de- fense of Molineux, Black passed to a scathing denunciation of Harry Cornish, to whose gullt, and not that of Molineux, | he declared, every circumstance in the case directly pointed. In opening his address former Governor Black said Molineux was a director of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, whers Cornish was employed. Molineux did not | like Cornish and he did not like Harp- ster. He had many friends in the club and perhaps many enemies. Cornish wrote what Molineux considered an im- | proper letter, and Molineux complained of it “Was that any reason for Molineux sending to Corni a quantity of poison sufficient to kill every man in the club?”’ asked Black. “Cornish insulted Molineux and Molineux behaved like a gentleman, regarding the difference of their stations. at proof of murder? Nothing clse under the sky has been produced here to ate any motive Molineux could have for wanting to kill Cornish. CORNISH IS DENOUNCED. *“The trouble between Cornish and Moli- ed for more than a year before | on package' appeared. All the| this case points away from ux and toward another man. I| ndicate who that man is before I | The evidence - points toward | just as surely as the needle | e north.” noon session Black traced | after Mrs. Adams’ red the case against Cor- er than the case against B the case,” “he said, and nothing except to Cornish, imony of the handwriting experts o Molineu Black closed at istant o'clock. District Attorney Osborne in for the prosecution ridiculed the of the counsel for the defense death of Mrs. Adams was the | berate design by Cornish, | at it would be absurd to | sputed by the defense,” Os- on, “that the three Cornish the poison package wrapping | the same handwriting. Well, corner Governor Black has | 1 trying to show that Cor- criminal. Cornish must have | the address from some parcel and have got the writer to write three rs for him and sign ‘H. Cornish’ to writer would own Cornish could hand him over w for conviction and electrocu- mable to suppose any- he sort.’ MOLINEUX HAD THE MOTIVE. { If Governor Black's assumptions are Osborne said, “Cornish, without necessity for doing so, handed over e authorities the only means of trac- crime to him and his assoclates— poison wrapper, the poison and the | Is that a fair reasoning?” | to the question of motive, Os- | t on to show that Molineux | t pted to injure Cornish even Molineux had left the club, and evidence of the enduring nature | neux’s fll will the Scheffler letter, | ten nearly a year after his resigna- om the Knickerbocker Athletic | the letter about Harpster, Cor- | sent to Stearns & Co. : s th "We d, went on, “that Molineux had the motive, and we find that he had or could have had the polson. He was ng in the manufacture of paint, and one of the uses of cya- e of mercury is for the manufacture »f ship’s paint.” At 6 o’clock Justice Lambert announced a suspension of the proceedings until to- morrow morn l PORT AU PRINCE, Nov. 10.—General Ju- meau, the leading supporter of M. Firmin, the exiled revolutiona eader, “accompanied by | persons who had_sought refuge in | late at Gonal has started for oard the Cuban steamer Faloma. Sometimes we are MAST. morning by flags at half‘mast for some prominent official who yesterday was apparently in fect health, When we inquire “the ailment by which he was stricken it is not un- common to be told “acute indiges- tion ” or “stomach trouble.” It is time people learned that in- digestion or any form of “stomach trouble” is not a thing to trifle with. The result may not be fatal, but there can be no condition of diseased stomach :ihic? (illoes not carry with it ical loss and. we.kl:xe{: Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery cures indigestion and | other forms of disease | affecting the stomach | and its allied organs of digestion and nutrition. It enables the perfect diges- tion and assimilation of fc *Thaoks to Dr. Plerce's Golden U Medical Discovery,” writes Mr, | Charles H, Germai, of Lehighton, 1t is the only medicipe that | has dove me any good. 1 tried every- thing I could think of %o cure indiges- tion, and found € was oniy throwing away money. Then I heard of Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Di and tried a ottle of it, and to my joy found it was doing . 1 used six bottles of it, and am now ured. It is the best medicine on earth.” This grand remedy does its work in e thorough manner; it gives the health that is all health; the strength that is solid, #substantial and lasting; | not flabby fat, not false stimulus, but | enuine, complete, renewed vitality and ife force. . Accept no substitute for ®Golden Med- ical DiScovery.” There is nothing “just 8s i” for diseases of the stomach, blood and lungs. ‘. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure con- stipation and its consequences, — . - : ) ) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1902. = INPROVED RIFLE 5 SMTISFACTORY Ordnance Bureau Chief Reports on Recent Trials, R, B Rod Bayonet Attachment Is Said to Be a Valuable Addition. e T WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—General Wil- liam Crozier, Chief of the Bureau of Ord- rance, in his annual report to the Sec- retary of War, says the improved mus- ket has been completed and tried with | very satisfactory results, the various/ charges not only improving the weapon, | but cheapening and accelerating the pro- | duction. The rod bayonet is a feature of | the new rifle. Its advantage is said to %e in the fact that it lightens the weight | of the gun and dispenses with the bayo- | net and bayonet scabbard now in use, and in the place of which intrenching tools may be carried by the soldier. The new plece welghs a little less than 9% pounds, is considerably lighter than the German | and the Mauser, yet has greater velocity and greater penetration. It is noted that ! cpinions differ as to the value of the rod | bayonet. The construction of 5000 of the new muskets has been authorized. General Crozier embraces in his report the conclusions of the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications on the recent tests of | the several systems for a new field gun to show why the oranance department model is superior. He says the bureau | is proceeding with the manufacture of the field material from designs which it has prepared concurrently with the develop- ment of knowledge by tests. Generally speaking, the new gun will have a caliber of three inches and wrll fire.a projectile welighing fifteen pounds with an initial velocity of 1700 feet per second. The breech mechanism will be of the Ord- nance Department type, with certain modifications for securing perfect safety. The piece have a record of from 45 to 48 inches. Defects developed at the tests on the proving grounds are to be | remedied. A new feature will be the bul- let-proof shields with which the pieces are to be provided. To Captain Charles | B. Wheeler is given credit for the design of the gun-carriage. Speaking of moun- tain guns and carriages, General_Crozier says none of those tested have been found perior to the type now in use. Attention is called to the desirability ot attaching electric motors to the disap- pearing gun-carriages. Efforts are mak- ing by the bureau to increase the rapidi of fire of sea coast guns py the introdu | tion of automatic appliances for opening and closing the breech and by the use of special devices for ramming projectiles and inserting powder charges. is made to the discussion that has been had relative to the use of the disappear- | pose ing gun-carriages and to the action of { lantic | 477 short. [TANY ADDITIONAL OFFICERS BADLY NEEDED BY THE NAVY Taylor Recommends the Appointment of Two Vice Admirals and an Increase of Midshipmen. 3 ASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—The most crying need of the navy, according to the annual report of Admiral H. V. Taylor, Chief of the Bureau of Navi- gation, is more officers to man our war- ships. He declares that the preparations now going on for the mobnilization of the fleet for the winter maneuvers in the ‘West Indies has met the department face to face with the critical condition due to lack of officers, which, he says, has reached such a point as to be dangerous to the eficlency of thé work. He says that the number of officers on board our ships s less than the number on ships of other nations, although as a matter of fact our ships require more officers than the ships of other navies because we are compelled to man our vessels with | green crews, haviy little or no knowl- ST edge of sea life. He'submits a table show- ing that the present needs of the naval service require 1500 officers, while the number on the navy lst, insluding mid- shipmen after graduation, is only 1023, or The table is bgsed on the low- est possible number of officers needed on our ships, 17, against an average number of officers for similar ships in foreign navies of 33 in England, 26 in France and 20 in Germany. He figures that the ves- sels now authorized by <Congress, but not completed, will require 498 additional offi- cers, to which is to be added 25 per cent for officers sick or on shore duty and 160 for casualties during the next four years, or a total for the vessels now building of 783, This number, added to the present shortage, 477, will give 1260. LEAVES A BIG DEFICIT. The graduates from the Naval Academy during the next four years will be leaving a total deficit July 1, 1906, of 905, not counting officers for auxiliaries who would be required in the event.of hostili- ties. In addition to the increase of mid- shipmen, provided.for py the last Con- gress, Admiral Taylor therefore recom- mends a further increase of one midship- man for each member and delegate ifi the House and each Senator, one from the District of Columbia and ten annually at large. He also recommends that the num- Ler of lieutenant commanders be in- creased, thirty lieutenants (senior grade), fifty lieutenants (junior grade) and 330 ensigns. A concentration of the naval forces in two big fighting squadrons in the North Atlantic and Asiatic waters is recom- mended. For the present, the report says, two squadrons are all that the present number of our battleships will permit. To carry out this policy Admiral Taylor proposes to transfer the battleships in Reference | the remaining squadrons to one or the other of these heavy squadrons and com- the Pacific, European and South At- squadrons entirely of cruisers. Congress and the determination of the | These changes will be undertaken as soon matter by the War tests by an army board, which “recorded | dies are concluded. its opinion that the mechanical principles involved in the chief elements of movi ment of the Buffington-Crozier disap- pearing carriages were admirably adapted to their purposes.” General Crozier says the effort to supply the Ordnance Department with proper of- ficers under existing laws have failed and something else must be tried, and he adds that vacancies can be filled by hold- ing out some .inducement to the eligible | body of officers, which contains abundant | talent. FEAR CUBAN CONTROL IN THE ISLE OF PINES| Delegation of American Residents | Appeals to President Roosevelt for Relief. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—The question of the control of the Isle of Pines was brought to-day directly to the attention of President Roosevelt. A delegation of citizens of the United States residing in the Isle of Pines was introduced to the President by Senator Cullom, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela- tions. The President was informed that more than half of the island is owned by American citizens and that many had made large investments on the island un- der the belief that the United States would own As a result of the turning over of the | Isle of Pines to the republic of Cuba for | administrative purposes things are said by the delegation to be in a chaotic state ‘on the island. There is not a notary public or a judiclal officer on the island. The delegation is informed that the republic of Cuba claims the Isle of Pines and pro- poses to establish prisons, penal colonies and a leper hospital there. Such a course, if pursued, the delegation indicated to the President, would wipe out every dollar invested in the island. President Roosevelt promised to consid- er the subject, but indicated no line of procedure. Esfolgiialy Compromise on Cuban Tariffs. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—While the Cuban reciprocity treaty remains in Ha- vana President Palma has supplied to Senor Quesada, the Cuban Minister here, full instructions as to the representations to be made to the United States Govern- ment respecting it and these have already been made known to Secretary Hay. It s gathered that the main issue between the negotiators s the rate of rebate to be al- lowed upon Cuban sugar and tobacco en- tering the United States, and, as indicat- ed last week, it is probable that there will be a compromise between the 25 per cent which the United States Government is willing to allow and the 60 per cent which the Cubans demand. Fesund Porto Ricans Not Abused. WASHINGTON, - Nov. 10.—Secretary Hitchcock has received from - Governor Dole of Hawall a statement denying re- ports of ill-treatment of several Porto Ricans on Hawallan sugar plantations. The laborers went to Hawalii at the so- licitation of the Sugar Planters’ Assocla- tion and the complaint was made by Pe- dro J. Agostini, father of one of the work- men. - The Governor says, after an inves- tigation, that the desire of some of the laborers to return to Porto Rico results from homesickness, influenced by-imag- inative persons, and will subside with time, and that the conditions of the in- dustrious Porto Ricans is satisfactory and their health has improved. BT Wood Resumes His Work. WASHINGTON, - Nov. 10.—General | Wood returned to Washington to-day and at once resumed work on his report of the occupation and government of Cuba. He says he has been absent too long to speak with any actual or direct knowledge of present conditions in Cuba or. the pros- pects in the island. He has not yet seen Minister Quesada nor has he had oppor- tunity to discuss the situation ‘with offi- cials of the United States who are famil- ifar with recent developments, General Wood called at the White House and had a brief interview with the President. He said there was no signifi- cance connected with his visit. L S R | _WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Gount Quadt, | Charge d’Affaives of the German Embassy, to- day introduced to the President Prince Henry of Plesse. The call lasted but a few moments, the visitors merely desiring to vav their re-l | | spects, y L2t Department after | as the winter maneuvers in the West In- After the rearrange- ment the distribution of the ™ fighting force of the navy will be as follows: ~ North Atlantic station—Kearsarge, Ala- bama, Massachusetts, Indiana, Maine, Illinois, Iowa and Texas. This force should be in the future maintained at not less than cight battleships. Caribbean division of the North Atlan- tic station—Olympia, Montgomery, Mari- etta, Machias, Panther and Detroit. Asiatic station—Kentucky, Oregon, Wis- censin, Monadnock and Monterey. The battleships in this squadron are to be in- creased to the number of six as soon as vessels of this class are commissioned. Cruiser division of the Aslatic station— New Orleans, Yorktown, Wilmington, | Helena, Vicksburg, Princeton, Annapolis, Don Juan de Austria and Isla de Cuba. The Rainbow and a large gunboat divi- sion will, as heretofore, be attached to the squadron for service among the isl- ands and the rivers. Pacific station—New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Marblehead and Ranger. European station—Brooklyn, San Francisco and Albany. South Atlantic station—Newark, Atlan- ta and-Nashville. TORPEDO-BOAT FLOTILLAS. It is also proposed to form additional torpedo-boat flotillas, with a destroyer as the leading vessel, after the plan of the present group now in the West Indies, under the command of Lieutenant Chand- ler. The proposed concentration of the naval forces, Admiral Taylor says, makes it de- sirable to have an officer of high rank {in command of each of the great heavy fleets, and he recommends for these two commands that Congress authorize tha creation of two vice admirals, or, as an alternative, that it sanction the appoint- ment of two acting vice admirals. Admiral Taylor also ‘recommends fur- ther Congressional action for the estab- lishment of a general staff to control and administer the affairs of the fleet, to be responsible for the personnel and to di- rect generally, under the Secretary of the Navy, all military affairs of the fleet, and be responsible to him for its gondi- tion. No recommendations are made concern- ing the National Naval Reserve. The ad- miral says the subject is still occupyi: the attention of the bureau and that the general board has been frequently con- sulted, but at present the bureau is not prepared to make recommendations. Much space is devoted in the report to the necessity for gunnery training. Prizes are recommended for excellence in target practice. Attention is called in detall to the operations of the fleets, and the work of our naval officers and men in the waters of the Philippines and of the West Indies is highly commended. To the close blockade established by the navy in-the island of Samar, he says, the defeat of Lukban, the insurgent leader, is largely attributable. Progressive instructions and maneuvers similar to those which are to take place this winter in the Caribbean are to be made a feature of the work. of the Asiatic squadron. - Chicago, Sale of Railroad Property Stopped. DENVER, Colo., Nov. 10.—The sales of the Denver and Rio Grande and Colorado Southern Rallroad property in Arapahoe, Park and Rio Grande counties, which were advertised to be held to-day for non-payment of taxes, were prevented by injunctions issued by Judge Hallett in the United States Circuit Court. . The effect of the applications for injunctions is to throw the controversy between the rail- roads and the State authorities into the Federal Court. Simflar applications for irzunctions’ will " follow, directed to all counties. ‘offering - the railroads for sale. St P T Crown Prince of Siam Visits Colorado COLORADO SPRINGS, ‘Nov. 10.—The Crown Prince of Siam and party arrived to-day and.took in' the sights of the Pike’s Peak region, visiting Palmer Park, the Garden.of the Gods and Manitou. To-morrow. North and South Cheyenne Canyons and other points of interest will be visited. The Prince stood the altitude of 8000 feet well,and is in good health. A S Suicide of an Aged Veteran, WELLESVILLE, Utah, Nov. 10.—Will- fam Richards, aged 82,«f Wellsville com- mitted suicide this afternoon by hanging. He was a veteran of the Crimean war and participated in the siege of Sebastopol, where he was severely wounded. ) — - REAR ADMIRAL H. V. TAYLOR, CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF NAVIGA- TION, WHO HAS MADE AN INTERESTING ANNUAL EEPO).}T CALL- ING AATTENFION.TO NECESSITY OF MORE OFFICERS FOR NAVY. ARGONI PLA INLAND SYSTEM “Wireless Telegraph Line Across Dominion of Canada. Promoters Declare That the. Saving of Tolls Will Be Enormous. g Speclal Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 10.—The Mar- coni Wireless Telegraph Company Is about to establish a system of wireless telegraphy across the Dominion of Can- ada, connecting Victoria with Cape Bre- tcn, where Signor Marconi has his sta- tion, which is now in practieal communi~ cation with that at Cornwall. News to this effect was given by J. N. Green shields K. C., who is in Victoria in con- | rection with his mining interests. Before Greenshields left Montreal he was solicitor for the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company. He filed the papers for the incorperation of the company, and the work of erecting stations at suitable points across the Dominion will be coin- menced shortly. Greenshields in an interview said that not only would the company operate a system of wireless telegraphy across the ocean, but also a land line across the continent, from Cape Breton to Victoria. The company would complete its station at Cape Breton within two weeks. Suit- able stations would then be erected at se- lected points across the country, and all | the principal cities and towns of Canada be included in the system. The principal stations will be at Hall~ fax, St. John, Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Sault Ste. Marie, Port Arthur, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Revelstoks, Kamloops, Vancou- ver and Victcria. { The saving of tolls will be great when the new system is in vogue, for preis messages will be sent for one-half the present price and there will be a reduc tion of 60 per cent on commercial mes- sages. Greenfields says there is no longer any doubt regarding the success of the Marconi system, and the official an- nouncement to this effect may be expect~ ed at any time. GERMANY’S NEW CRUISERS ARE ASSIGNED TO DUTY | They Will Be Stationed on the Pacific Coast of North and South America. BERLIN, Nov. 10.—The Imperial Ma- rine Ministry has decided to assign sev- eral cruisers to duty on the Pacific Coast of North and South America when vessels now being compléted become awvailable. The Western American Squadron will be permanently established not for any spe- cific purpose, but in accordance with gen- eral navy dispositions. Like the Eastern American squadron, it will not have a base. Vessels will simply be semt to va- rlous ports according to the requirements of the moment. The creation of perma- nent stations in American waters as well as elsewhere in the world is in conse- quence of the expanding navy. The ma- rine .authorities recognize more clearly than ever the conveniepce which it would be if Germany owned land bases, but they perceive that there is no prospect of securing any such territorial privileges in the Western Hemisphere and will nat- urally, therefore, in time of peace rely 4 | on refitting in American ports and docks. | notorfety. MINING FRAOD 5 INEAFTHED Kansas City Promoter Is Indicted by .the Grand Jury, He Is Accused of Using the - Mail to Further the Swindle, PR KANSAS CITY, Nov. 10.—Theodore Stenger of this city, a well-known pro- moter, was to-day indicted by the Grand Jury on a charge of promoting a mining fraud. The case was worked up by a lo- cal pestoffice Inspector, who presented | evidence to the jury tending to show that Stenger, who had advertised for sale shares in a copper mining company Iim Arizona, represented that the companry owned three mines, whereas, it is alleged, it controlled but ome. Stenger has lived in Kansas City for the past twenty years. The indictment mentions three counts, each being a separate letter Stenger wrote to persons with whom he had deal- ings and who purchased stock. His com~ pany was called the Pittsburg Copper {ining and' Reducing Company and was capitalized at $2,500,000. The prospectus of the company set out that it was en- gaged in mining operations in Yuma and Mojave counties, in Arizona, and that it owned the Green Signal, Wavestak and Argentine and Azure claims. The Grand Jury found in its indictment that only the Green Signal claim was actually owned by the corporation. Stenger, the finding of the jury says, sold stock to persons and induced them to purchase stock and turn money over to him, which the indictment alleges he converted to ! his own use. Stenger went to Denver from Kansas City in the early '90’s. He was the chief promoter of the Elk Mountain Railroad and organizer of the Senator Mining and Milling Company, and his connection with the latter company brought him into A mining paper attacked Stenger’'s method and he assaulted the editor, Edward G. Reinert. UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY MAKES A GOOD SHOWING !Two Millicn Dollars Is Appro- priated From Last Year’s Profits for Improvements. NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—The annual re- port of the Union Pacific Railway was made public to-day. The total income was $26.521,655, against 320,010,279 last year; the surplus over fixed charges was $i4.- 532,175," as compared with $12,568,000 last vear, and the surplus after the payment of all dividends was 3631591, as com~ pared with $4,554,081 last year. The report says that a fallure of the corn crop in one section tapped by the Union Pacific lines was nearly offset by an extra yield of other crops on other parts of the system, and an enormous in- crease in shipments of industrial products made a gross increase in all shipments. There was appropriated from the year's income $2,000,000 for betterments, improve- ments and new equipment, an increase of $500,000. The capital stock was increased $2,016,257 and the fun debt decreased $894,300. R, 72K o NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—Rumors that J. Plare pont Morgan was jll were freely circulated to- day. Inquiries brought forth a denial of the reports and later in the day Mr. Morgan ape peared at kbis office. y \ Any Sty le Made to Order for $13.50 Now’s the time to buy a winter suit, while we are having a special run on made- to-measure garments for $13.50—made in any style. On the left is pictured the Derby sack—you can have a suit in this style for $13.50. On the right is an illustra- tion of a two-button square cut sack, which is $13.50. As you know, it’s a favorite style this winter. The other styles you can have at the same price are: Single-breasted round cor- ner sack suits. Single-breasted square cut sack suits. Three-button double breast- ed sack suits. Cutaway frock suits. To realize the value of the garments you must see the materials. They are all wool, fast colored suitings, in swell winter patterns. We are pleased to give anybody sam- ples desiring them. Remember, any style gar- ment made to your measure from serges, cheviots, tweeds, cassimeres or worsteds for $13.50. Out-of-town customers can order by our self- measuring system. - Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for blank and samples. SNWO0D 5 (0. 718 Market Strect and ‘Cor. Powell and Eddy Sts,