The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 16, 1902, Page 17

Pages R e e e o This Paper n to be taken from | ABRQBARAARES i as (< B/ Li s 5oy 4 2O : & + + e +4r0 VOLUME XCII-NO. 169, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDA , NOVEMBER 16, [ 2222 P - > + +* - + + 0444 333‘“‘“3’4“{**00‘50’ 20es 17 10 28 + - * - +* + FEE455352 55000000000 1902—FORTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. INCALCULABLE IS THE DISASTER VISITED UPON GUATEMALA, COFFEE PLANTATIONS WITHIN A RADIUS OF TWENTY MILES FROM THE VOLCANO OF SANTA MARIA BEING WHOLLY RUINED 4 H N official version of the ruin wrought in Guatemala by the volcano of Santa Maria shows that previous reports of the-awful calamity have not been exaggerated. ~ In a letter to the State Department Consul McNally says the recent eruptions came as a climaz to the earthquake on April 18, which destroyed the city of Quezaltenango: Rich coffee plantations within a radius of twenty miles from the volcano have all been totally destroyed and the devastation is de- | clared incalculable. To increase the misery of the afflicted people a financial panic has ensued, and exchange soared skyward, quotations having reached 900 per cent. premium. ITALIAN ANARCHIST FIRES THREE SHOTS AT THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, BUT AGED MONARCH ESCAPES INJURY Daring Attempt Is Made to Assassinate His Majesty While Proeceeding to the Cathedral to Honor Memory of Late Queen Marie Henriette. FERTAN \& s iR d A RT Nov. 15.—Leopold, King of the Belgl ad a narrow es- cape from assassination this mora- Three shots were fired at the as he was proc a: to the cath- to attend a te deum in memory of = Henriette. i the shots stood in s, on the Rue' ed the window SSELS B The man w nt of the B le Comte remont’s . carriage and grazed the grand marshal's face. The assailant was promptly arrested. He turned out to be an Italian anarchist | named Rubino. When was removed from the mob he was placed In a cab and infuriat etely strrounded i hicie with knives and sticks. MOB ASSAILS ANARCHIST. The police had great difficulty in forc- ing a way to the police station through the crowd, which shouted alternale!yl “Kill him” and “Long live the King."” The cab was badly hacked with knives. A search of the prisoner revealed a pack- &ge of ball cartridges. The royal cortege consisted of several carriages, besides that of the King, con- taining the Count and Countess of Flanders, Prince and Princess Albert of Flanders, the Princess Clementine and aids de camp and ladies of honor. The news of the attempt at assassina- tion spread rapidly throughout the city and the greatest excitement prevailed. The people thronged the streets, eagerly discussing the attempt o< the life of the King, and large crowds gathered in front | of the various bulletin boards. The news. papers issued frequent editions and these were eager!y bought. General abhorrence was expressed by the people at the ap- parently deliberate attempt to- assassin- ate the sovereign. King Leopold appeared to be quite un- moved. After luncheon at the palace his Majesty entered a motor car and proceeded to the railroad station, where he boarded a train bound for Geroenen- dael. CONFESSION OF PRISONER. That Rubino intended to assassinate King Leopold seemed fully established this evening by the prisoner's confession to the police. The latter at first denied all the reports to the effect that the re- volver contained ball cartridges, or that Rubino was connected with anarchism, but they finally 2dmitted that the pris- oner had confessed that he intended to shoot King Leopold and that he had anarchist belefs. The self-confessed would-be regicide is » small, bald-headed man with a heavy of people immedi- | black mustache. 3 / % arrest has already been made of a noted Belgian anarchist named. Chapelie. Many other arrests will probably follow. Sev- eral persons who were near to Rubino when he fired the revolver assert that he was accompanied by another man, who escaped among the-erowd: "It is thought probable that this individual was an ac- complice who carried off the revolver, which the police have not yet found. Rubino, London, continues to affect a profound indifference as to his fate, which cannot | be death, since capital punishment has been abolished in Belgium, Rubino is a bookkeeper. He was born = 1 i 5’(.‘ NG LEOYO. D ©.@ SASSINATION YESTERDAY AT ITALIAN ANARCHIST, WHO FI o— | AGED RULER OF THE BELGIANS, WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED AS- THE HANDS OF A ‘DESPERATE RED THREE SHOTS AT MONARCH. He maintained perfect calm during his interrogation by the po- lice. He informed the police that he carhe from London, where he wert on a futile search for work. There Rubino obtained assistance from the Itallan Embassy and was temporarily engaged to watch anar- chists. He was dismissed, however, as the embassy officials discovered that he sym- pathized with the anarchists.” It was then that he bought a revolver aid cartridges and came to Brussels. DOES NOT REGRET ACT. Failing to find work Rubino said he “de- termined to act,” and went to the cathe- dral with the intention of shooting the King. But he did not fire at his Majesty for fear of hitting Intervening soldlers. Then Rubino proceeded to the Rue Roy- ale, where. he waited the cortege. The royal carriage containing the King pass- ed before Rubino was able to draw his revolver, hence the shots only hit the carriage following. In Rubino’s pockets were found -picture post cards bearing portraits of King Leo- pold, Prince Albert and Princess Eliza- beth. The prisoner said he procured the cards 50 as to be able to recognize the members of the royal family. He expressed the hope that others would be more successful than himself. He also sald that he did not regret his act and would fire at any monarch, “at the King of Italy as readily as at the King of the Belgians, because monarchs are tyrants who cause the mfs- ery of their peoples.” Finally Rubino de- clared he hated soclalists because they were friends of the police and asserted that he had no atcomplices. SEARCH FOR ACCOMPLICES. The police to-night are engaged inscour- ing the anarchist resorts here in a search for posgible accomplices of Rubino. One ( at Binardo, near Naples, In 1859. SEEK QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Two Imbecile Women Arrested Near the Royal Residence. LONDON, Nov. 15.—Sensational stories | were current at Sandringham to-day re- garding the arrest of suspicious individ- uals in the neighborhood of thg royal res- idence. Late last night it was asserted two men disguised as women were Inter- cepted by the police while on their way to the house. The facts are that two women, believed to be lunatics, whe wanted to present a petition to Queen Alexandra, were detained by the police. The two women detained for trying to approach Queen Alexandra lved in Brooklyn, N. Y. They recently returned from a visit to Ireland. They are Mrs, Arnie M. Ovington and Sadie Ovington, Ler daughter. The mother, when exam- ired by a magistrate, made a rambling statement to the effect that she was the victim of a conspiracy and that she was being pursued and therefore craved the Queen’s protection. She was taken to the county asylum. The daughter appar- ently is an imebeile. Murder in First Degree. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 15—The jury in the case of Melvin Miles, the negro charged with the murder of Mark Tru- jillo, a Mexican ranch employe, to-day brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at lite imprisonment. . On the night of Septem- ber 17 Trujillo was murdered and robbed in a downtown alley. Miles and another negro named Carl Norman were arrested and confessed to the police. Each claim- ed that the other struck the fatal blow. Norman, it is understood, will plead gullty and receive a life sentence who has a wife and child in| | coffee plantations on the west Consul McNally's Report of the Galamity. Total Destruction of . Property in Very - Wide Zone, - Eruptions Continue and a Business Panic Adds 1o Misery. A 5 Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL BUREAU, 1406 G| | STTREE T N-2W:| WASHINGTON, Nov. ‘ 15.—That the erup- ‘ tion of the volcano on San-| {ta Maria in Guatemala worked B 7 i incalculable disaster upon that country, as stated in The Call’s cable dispatches to-day, is | also shown in a letter received at | the State Department to-day | from United States Consul Mc- Nally, at Guatemala "City. De- spite the fact that President Ca- brerw said. to havi _gmsetl a ct of the devastation be- ‘coming known. to the world, he describes the deplorable situation at length. Writing under date of October . 31 - Consul McNally says: “As a climax ‘to the terrible | earthquake of the 18th of April, which practically compassed the ruin of Quezaltenango, the vol- cano of Santa Maria, almost ad- joining that city, erupted on the 26th of October, throwing out quantities of ashes and causing untold damage. Plantations Covered. “The volcano is_still active and ashes are falling thirty miles dis- tant from the crater. Valuable coast, noted for their large and | prime production, are to-day covered with from three to ten feet of mud. The tops of coffee | trees are scarcely noticeable. | Losses to owners of plantations are at this time incalculable, but, it is conceded as a conservative estimate that the coffee loss will reach between 350,000 and 400,- 000 quintals of 100 pounds each, while the ruin of plantations, with buildings, cattle and -other accessories, will aggregate $5,+ 000,000 gold. “Most of the ruined planta- tions were owned by Germans, and the absolute loss of property has impoverished many who were before the 26th wealthy. Ruin in a Wide Area. “Many owners had borrowed money on the present crop, while others had mortgaged their plan- tations to = foreign banking houses, which carried a measure of the misfortune to Europe. “The reported loss of life is meager, and it is thought the people escaped from the vicinity of the volcano at the first sign of trouble from that source. “The consular agent at Que- zaltenango telegraphs that all the plantations within a radius ot twenty miles from the volcano are totally destroyed. ! 3 “Intense excitement’ prevails nt ‘the | REPRESENTATIVE BABCOCK REFUSES TO CARRY ON THE CONTEST FOR SPEAKERSHIP Declares in Favor of Cannon and Says President Will Call Extra Session of Next Congress. L3 CHATRMAN OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, WHO ANNOUNCES AN EXTRA SESSION TARIFF QUESTION. STATESMAN WHO WILL SUCCEED HENDER- §ON AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. OF CONGRESS TO CONSIDER | o ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. ‘W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Rep- resentative Babcock of Wisconsin, chairman of the Republican Con- gressional Campaign Committee and here- | tofore considered one of the leading cai didates for Speaker, has assured the Wi consin delegation that President Roose- velt will call an extra session of the Fif- ty-eighth Congress immediately after ad- journment of the present (Fifty-seventh) Congress for the purpose of enacting tar- iff legislation. It is obviously impossible to pass any administration measure of that kind during this coming short ses- sion. Babcock is quoted as saying the Presi- dent has abandoned his idea of estaBlish- ing a tarifft commission, and believes it will be to the best interests of the country to allow Congress to readjust the tariff to the new conditions. Any tariff legisla- tion which may, be attempted will precipi- tate a long battle.. The tariff was an is- sue of importance in the recent elections and therefore, it is claimed; should be worked - out -by the Representatives who were elected on the tariff issue. ~In addition to tariff regislation the ad- ministration is anxious to secure at as early a date as possible legislation' on trusts, and while treaties are now being brought into:play with' the hope of set- tling the Cuban and canal questions, it is by no means beyond the reaims of probability that these clatms will come back to Congress for renewed legislative action. i ,The indorsement of Representative Can- non by the Wisconsin delegation is sup- posed to be the direct outgrowth of Rep- resentative Babcock's interview in Chi- cago with Speaker Henderson, and nearly every politician in Washington to-night expresses the belief that Cannon now has the Speaker's gavel as good as in hand. R ey CAUSE OF HIS WITHDRAWAL. Babcack . Fears That His Motives ., Might Be Misunderstood. Continued On Page 18, Column 1. MILWAUKEE, Nov. 15.—The Wiscon- ok sin Republican Congresstonal - delegation at a conference this afternoon offered their support to Congressman Babcock for Speaker of the Fifty-fourth Congress. Babcock, however, declined to be a can- didate and favors Congressman Cannon of Iliinois. . In his address to the delegation Bab- cock said: “‘After considering the subject from all stardpoints I have concluded not to en- ter the list of candidates for the Speaker- siaip. Among thié other considéerations which have influenced me to this end there is one which I may not, with jus- tice to myself, omit to mention. You are all aware that five times I have, by the partiality of my colleagues, been made a member of the Congressional Committee, by the members of which I havebeen chosen chairman. As chairman of that commit- tee I have been charged with the dutles of leadership in contests to maintain a | Republican ascendency in the House of Representatives. I have never allowed myself to forget that all the political power and influence incident to this po- sition were placed In my hanhds in trust for the benefit of the party; in no sense properly ‘to be used in furtier my per- sonal ambition. Remembering - this, I have been reluctant, notwithstanding the flatiering offers of support for the Speak- ership which have come ‘to me, to allow | ruyself to be numbered among the candi- dates for that office, lest some might at- tribute a portion of my. support to the pelitical leadership which, for the time, I have held. It is not enough for me to know that such an imputation would be | unjust. It is enough for me to know that | it might, to many, seem just.” ~ Money for a Davis Monument, ™ | NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15.—At to-day's session of the Daughters of the Confed- eracy Mrs. S. T. McCullough, president of the Jefferson Davis Monument Associa- tion, reported there was on hand for the building-of the monument $45,8%, of which $23,000 had been ralsed by the Daughters in the last three years. COMST FLOUR COMBINATION NOW CERTAIN Thomas Admits the Promotion of Scheme. Mills on Pacific Slope That Will Enter Agreement. New Yorkers, Canadians and Transportation Lines Are Interested. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Willlam Thomas of San Francisco returned to New York to-day after an absence of several days in Boston and Washington. He is at the Manhattan Hotel. In conversation with a Call representative Thomas freely admit- ted that negotiations were in progreas here for the consolidation of the flour | milling industries of the Pacific Coast, as exclusively stated in The Call last week. “The facts as printed in The Call about a week ago are substantially correct,” he sald, “although I desire to make further | explanation. This proposed consolidation was not the sole object of my visit to {Mew York. I had business in Boston and ‘Washington also, but while in New York I have been in negotiation with capital- ists, and the miiling consolidation propo- sition was most favorably received. It would be too much at this time to say that the consolidation will certainly be effected. CANADIANS ALSO INTERESTED. “I do not care to send too encouraging a report to the coast, but the propesition is regarded as excellent. The men with whom I am negotlating are of the highest financial standing in New York.. Soms Canadians are also interested in the prop- ositien. Willard R. Greene of New York will look after our interests here. The underwriters could finish their work in a | week’s time and the consolidation could | be financed readily but for a slump in the stock market, which unfortunately ceme at an inopportune time for us: I believe the market will be relieved In a few days, but at present, in the low price of stocks and the nervous condition of the money market, no proposition involv- |ing a big outlay of capital could be fin- | anced. Four per cent bonds could not be negotiated. 4 “The preferred stock of the proposed combine is placed at $12,000,000 and the common stock at $10,000,000. The mills upon whichi I secured options at the in- stance of New York parties, and which options stand in my name, are the fol- lowing: Sperry Flouring Company, Stock- ton Milling Company, Port Costa Milling Company, Portland Flour Mills, Pacinc Coast Eevator Company (with 110 eleva- tors and warehouses), Puget Sound Ware- house™>Company (also with 110 ware- houses), Allen Milling Company, Har- rington Milling Company, Centennial Milling Company, Sprague Rolling Mills, Ritzville Milling Company, Washington Grain and Milling Company and the Seat- tle Grain Company, the latter having an elevator and forty-five warehouses. CAPACITY OF THE MILLS. “These mills have a total capacity of 22,000 barrels per day besides a total an- nual output, of 240,00 tons of bran and middlings. They will produce 80 per cent ot domestic flour and practically all of the Orfental. “The McDonald Graln and Milling Com- pany of Los Angeles is not included. I do not know whether they are in a deal | with Chicago partles or not, as reported. “Propositions were not first made by the Centennial and Portland Company to { me, but vice versa, and they gave the proposition enthusiastic support. The project was once abandoned owing to the | high prices demanded by individual mill- ers for their property, but negotiations were resumed in September, when they again became more reasonable. “Eastern capitalists are naturally de- lighted with an investment paying 10 per cent. These mills pay $1,150,000 net per | annam Dbefore consolidation. After con- solidation the income would be doubled. “The Orient presents a most inviting field for this industry. Both the Chinese and Japanese are becoming flour eaters, ana the Japanese army has issued an ors der substituting flour rations for rice. “The Northwestern milling interests cannot compete with us. It costs % cents to ship a barrel of flour from Das kota to the Pacific Coast. In twelve years’ time four or five carloads have teen thus shipped, and 4n five years no shipments have been made to the Orient, accorling to the Portland Flour Mills, | The Southern Pacific has not, I believe, | Continued on Page 18, Columa & | o~