The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1902, Page 1

YOLUME XCII—-NO. 182. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1902 PRICE FIVE CENTS. RENEWAL OF RIOTOUS SCENES IN THE REICHSTAG RESULT IN SUSPENSION OF SI TTING A MEASURE WITHOUT PRECEDENT WOULD WAGE WAR ON THE COLOMBIANS Backers of Panama Route Become Desperate. Urge United‘gtates to Build Canal Without Treaty. Law, However, Limits Ac- tion Regarding Isthmian Waterway. Special Dispatch to The Call. BUREAU CALL 1406 G STREET, W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Persons in- terested in sclling Panama canal to the United paren of Colomb mony wit States for $40,000,000 have a. act and are now President, the State De- influential members of Con- course which would incvitably of Coiombia by thic ve been made by per- Colombia if she did not speed! a treaty. It was asserted that the nd build the canal under the Company’s rights as soon as the 000 was paid over and that if Colom- ted much longer this Govern- would ignore Bogota, take posses- of the isthmus and pay Colombia compensation as might seem best. enator Cullom, chairman of the Com- tee on Foreign Relations, after an in: terview with the President to-day, inti- hesi fo aig the €anal as soon as is paid to the new He thinks that the after buying the canal y with Colombia. SIGNIFICANT SENTIKEN’T This is the Pres but the t to be taken as indicating will significant as showing course, which“wou war has affected even such a ent Senator as Cullom. The Spooner canal bill shows that such ngs would be illegal. Sections 2 s ve about rean undoubted promi; is hereby authorized to republic of Colombia for f of the United States, upon he may deem reasonable, ntrol of a strip of land in f the republic of Colombia x miles in width, extend- 1 Sea to the Pa- he right to use and dis- rs thereof. The Presi- uch additional from the ic Cee pose of the dent m " d rights from Colombia as in ment will itate the general hereof. When the President ranged to secure satisfac- e rl(pc-\r y of the new Pan- shall have ob- control of the necessary from the republic of Colombia, is authorized to pay for the property he of the new Panama Canal Company $40,- 000,00, and to the republic of Colombia such sum as shall have been agreed upon.” LAW LIMITS ACTION. The law thus limits the United States, so far as the Panama route is concerned, first tc finding whether the French title is good and paying for It, and second to obtsining by treaty from Colombia con- trcl of a strip six miles wide. Failing In either of these things it 1§ lawful for the President to begin nego- tiations for the construction of a canal by the Nicaragua route. In the opinion of international lawyers | such a step as that advocated by the friends of Panama would be an act of war. The United States has already recog- nized the sovereignty of Colombia over the isthmus. This Government has sought to make a treaty with Colombia to ob- tain perpetual control, but has thus far falled. Colombia says she cannot alienate the territory. We insist that she can, and say that she is only holding off to exaci a large sum of money from us. For the United States to declare that she has rights enough by the purchase of the Panama rights and could seize part of the istbmus would undoubtedly mean war with Colombia. It would probably 0 cause such an uprising against the United States In all South Americar countries as would do us great injury as nation. 1t is pointed out that while the United States might be justified #n taking ex- traor@inary steps to build the canal if Panama was the only avallable route, no such limitation exists. Nicaragua is even more available than Panama, and Congress itseif appreciated the situation vhen it adopted the bill. with an alterna- t:ve proposition. Famous “John L.” Is Bankrupt. NEW YORK, Nov. 28—John L. Sulli- van, former champion + heavy-weight prize-fighter of the world, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States Dis- trict Court to-day. He said his liabilities were $2658 and his assets 360 worth of wearing apparel ~ a the dreadful things | United States could go | the United States will ha\‘e+ )| ild without waiting for a | adopt such a | RETURNS FROM EXILE AND LANDS IN PRISON ——— Former Speaker Kelley of the St Louis Boodle Council, Bowed Down by Son’s Death, Indifferent of the Future. | FORMER SPEAKER OF THE ST. WHO RETURNED FROM EUROPE YESTERDAY TO LEARN OF HIS SON'S DEATH AND TO BE ARRESTED. ~—it LOUIS HOUSE OF: DELEGATES, | FW YORK, Nov. 28.—Charles F. Kelley, former Speaker of the House of Delegates of St. Louis, arrived here to-day on the steamship Celtic. On the same ship were Willlam Rati- gan, a St. Louls contractor, and William J. Sullivan of St. Louis. Kelley’s name was not upon the passenger list, but ‘Sul- livan’s and Ratigan's were. At the dock when the Celtic arrived was Congress- man-elect James J. Butler of St. Louis. Kelley's face looked white and wrinkled. He was recognized as he walked down the gangplank by R. G. Carroll, corre- spondent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and when he was called by name he started back as though he had been struck. Congressman Butler tried to keep the correspondent away, but Kelley held out his hand and said: “For God’'s sake, let me alone for to- day. I have nothing to say. I have just received word that my son is dead and I am going back to St. Louls.” “Where have you been?" “Everywhere. The trip has been no rest for me. I will be glad to get back to 8t. Louis and to my wife, who is heart- broken over our boy's death. I-can't tell what is ahead for me there. I don’t care now that the boy is dead.” The party left here for Philadelphia. L R ARRESTED AT PHILADELPHIA. Kelley Taken Into Custody While | Leaving Train. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28.—After elud- ing arrest for several months, Charles F. Kelley, the former Speaker’\of the St. Louis House of Delegates, who. is wanted | in the West in connection with thie brib- | ery cases, was arrested in this city at 1:10 o'clock this afternoon. Kelley arrived in New York on the steamer Celtic this morning from Liverpool and had just stepped from the Western Express in the Bread-street station of the Pennsylvania | Toad here, when he was taken into cus- tody by a detective of this eity. He ad- mitted his identity and is now locked up in the Central police station. He will be given a hearing to-morrow morning by a magistrate and will be held to await requisition papers from the State of Mis- souri. The labels on Kelley's baggage in- dicoted that he had been in Naples, Paris, London, Berlin, Dublin and Klllarney AN G20 s DISTRIBUTOR OF BOODLE. Kelley the Man Who Handled the Sack at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 28.—Charles F. Kelley, former Speaker of the City Council, krown as the House of Delegates, was the most badly wanted of all the mem- bers of the coterie known as the “‘com- binc” Indicted on charges of bribery in connection with the passage of - the municipal lighting bill. Kelley was want- ed because he, it is charged, handled the $47500 bribe money which, according to evidence, had been distributed among the nineteen members of the combine. Where — did this money come from? That was the question the Grand Jury wanted an- swered, and, believing that Kelley could furnish the answer, he was indicted on September 8. He was at the Four Courts when the indictment was made against him. A deputy sheriff told him he was wanted. Kelley asked permission to run over to the Council chamber to attend to an important matter, saying: “If you need me before I get back, telephone me at the House of Delegates.” That was the last seen of him by any officer of the law until his arrest in Phila- delphia to-day. The statute of limitation covering the city lighting deal becomes effective to- day and unless indictments are returned before midnight against those who are supposed to have figured in the alleged brikery it will be too late. A reward of $300 from the-State stands fo: Kelley's arrest. FINDS FURTHER INDICTMENTS. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 28.—The October Grand Jury submitted its final report this even- ing and adjourned. The report is sensa- tional in the extreme, advocating a change in the election laws and severely criti- cizing the city officials who hdve been connected with the boodling cases. In- formations charging fraudulent voting were issued against four men and a num- ber of other indictments were returned against persons whose names were kept secret because they are not yet in cus- tody. The report in part says: “Citizens of St. Louis have learned with shame how they have been mercilessly robbed for years. We have for the past nifie months been regaled with the great- est exposure of corruption the world has ever known. We believe the people have been awakened and the public conscience has been quickened, and we feel gratified that the law is vigorously enforced and due and proper punishment is being meted out to these public plunderers. ““We have spent some time in, investi- gation of crimes against the ballot. While it is clear that many frauds have been perpetrated, the difficulty of procuring di- rect testimony is very great. Corrupt and incompetent men 'were appointed as judges and clerks of election in a number of the precincts which are controlled by the baser elements of our community and the bargains made by the ward and pre- cinct bosses were carried out by these pliant tools. The Nesbit election law has been abandoned.” Circuit Attorney Joseph W. Folk is con- gratujated upon the eminent service he has rendered in his bribery investigations. Big Consignment of Rails. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28.—One of the largest consignments of steel rails ever shipped West is tied up at Barstow, awaiting disposition by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. to which corporation the materfal is con- signed. The aggregate is 175 carloads. ST Wi IGAINST THE MIDLE WEST Commission Denies Plea to Grade Rates. Existing Differential Receives Official Sanction. Minor Points in Great Suit Are to Be Heard in February. The great battle that has been waged before the Interstate:Commerce Commis- sion, with St. Louis jobbers on one side and the entire jobbing interests of the Pacific Coast and transcontinental roads on the other, was won at Washington yesterday by this coast on the two points of most vital interest through a decision of the commission. It was decided that the principle of graded rates should not be established on business from the Mid- dle West to Pacific Coast territory, and that there should be no radical change in the present earload differentials. These are the leading points of disagreement in the contention before the commission. There are minor points of disagreement, which the commission will hear at St. Louis February 10, 1803. The commission decided that a differ- ential as between carloads and less than carloads, which is at once more than 50 cents per 100 pounds and ‘more than 50 per cent of the carload rate, is excessive. 1t also disapproved of “the, hard- ware sthigdule, | timeny. .concerning . ibat point, atil-will toke testimony concerning the rates to intermediate points. A special dispatch to The Call from Washington gives the following general view of the decision rendered yesterday: FOUND NOT UNJUST. ““With water competition compelling all- rail freight rates from New York to San Francisco and other Pacific Coast ter- minals, a showing that the distance is less and that graded rates were formerly in force, is not sufficient to warrant an order requiring lower rates from St. Louis, Chicago and other interior points than from New York on traffic carried by rail to Pacific Coast destinatlons. Dif- ferences between carload and less than carload rates from St. Louis, Chicago and other points in the Middle West to the Pacific Coast territory, which are the subject of complaint herein and which average about 50 cents per 100 pounds, are not, taking the rate adjustment as a whole and giving due consideration to the controlling forc: of water competi- tion. between the eastern seaboard and the Paclfic Coast, the difference in the cost of service by rall, the interests of parties and the preservation of reason- able competition between the Middle ‘West and the Pacific Coast jobbers and other material circumstances, shown to be unjust.” The commission also found that, while the existing tariff established by the overland roads cannot be condemned as a whole upon the grounds urged by the complainants, some of its details are in violation-of law. The substance of the decision concerning these mooted points is given as follows: ““The commodity tariff applying on traf- fic from the Middle West to the Pacific Coast territory names rates upon more than 400 commodities in carloads, only leaving the movement of these commod!- tles in less than carloads to be governed by a greatly higher class rate, provided for such shipments and producing a’ dif- ferential as between carload and less than carload quantities, which even under the peculiar circumstances of this traffic is, in many cases, excessive where there is any general movement in less than carloads or other commercial reason for corresponding . less than carload rate. The tariff is also to some extent unlawful in that it specifies a number of varjed commodity rates, especially for the hard- ware schedule, and unduly prevents in some instances shipment of articles of the same class in mixed carloads at carload rates.” COAST IS ROUSED. When the St. Louis men made their first move there was great excitement among the busines men of the Pacific Coast. They at once prepared to meet the convention by organizing the Pacific Coast Manufacturers’ and Jobbers’ Asso- clation, which Includes Washington, Ore- gon and California. They em- played as attorney . E. S Pills- bury -of this city. Men prominent among the merchants by reason of their wide knowledge of trdffic and merchan- dizing conditions came forward to assist Attorney Pillsbury. Prominent among these were Willlam R. Wheeler ana Harry D. Loveland of this city. The In- terstate Commerce Commission took evi- dence at St. Louls and also in the lead- ing citles of the Pacific Coast and then | heard arguments at Washington. ce then many months have elapsed, while the Commissioners have been giving the tention, ] A Tne decision, on the - main issues will - { oring great ‘joy to the jobbers on the grave Issues involved their earnest at- Minority Members, Enraged by Govern- ment Coup d’Etat, Storm Tribune. TARIFF SCHEDULES FOR THE EMPIRE. IMPERIAL CHANCELLOBO! mfl‘._-‘&lo 18 - WILLING TO “AC- | CEPT A COMPROMISE ON THE AMENDED AND MUCH DE TED 3 ERLIN, Nov. 28.—The stormy scenes which were enacted yesterday were renewed in ke mand that Herr Bachem shouid complete his_sentence. The ‘speaker was 'twice called to order, but after some minutes the Reichstag to-day, and at _of disorder Vice President Buesing suc- one point in the proceedings the uproar reached ‘such a pitch that Vice President Buesing, who was in the chair, had to resort to a sus- pension of the sitting, a measure without precedent in the Reichstag. g The house was discussing the motion of Baron von Kardorff, representing the ma- jority parties, to vote the second reading of the tariff bill as a whole without a paragraph discussion, as contemplated by the rules. The minority thus would be unable to delay the final vote for any length of time, and were furlously - in- dignant at what they called a parliament- ary coup d’etat and the complete suppres- sion of the rights of the minority. After a quiet afternoon Dr. Bachem of, the Center party:took the tribune, and describing the dilatory tactics of the op- position said that the Freissinnige Verein- igung and the Moderaté Radicals were do- ing hodcarriers’ services for the Social- ists, adding: “If you only knew what has recently been said about this alliance—"" “NAME YOUR MAN.” Herr Bachem left the sentence unfin- ished, and the Socialisis shouted,” “Out with it. Name your man.” The Socialists—Stadthagen, Ulrich, Bau- dert and other members of the party— rushed up the steps of the speaker's desk shouting and gesticulating viojently. Herr Gathein, Radical, standing at the top of the steps of the tribune, tried to keep the Socialists back. He was hurled down the stairs, and his voice and the vigorous ringing of the, president’s bell were drowned in the tumult. The Social- ist member Reisshaus renewed the de- ceeded in quieting the uproar, saying: “No member can be compelled to say what he does not want to say.” TUMULT IS RENEWED. Thereupon the tumult was renewed and the members of the Socialist party again stormed the president’s tribune, wildly shouting. Some among them addressed Herr Bachem, “You rascal. You dog.” Vice President Buesing, finding himself pcowerless in the face of the howling scene, suspended. the session for half an hcur. Upon the resumption of the sitting at 7 o'clock Vice President Buesing expressed his_profound regret_ at the ‘“outrageous sceles of disorder which had occurred ia the Reichstag for the first time in its history.” . He admonished the members to exercise control over themselves and asked them to vacate the space in front of the president's chair, including the stribune steps, which were thickly crowd- ed. Herr Bachem then attempted to re- new his speech, but the Socialists raised such gn uproar that he had to discon- tinue. Herr . Singer : then took the floor and sald that Herr Bachem had insulted most deeply the Socialist party. He had struck, continued the speaker, from ambush, and he should name the man to whom he had alluded. Herr Bachem replied that after such comment he would decline to do so. The Hcuse then adjourned, on motion of the Conservatives. GRAVITY OF PROPOSAL. The Liberal papers to-day, discussing yesterday's proceedings in the Reichst; emphasize the gravity of Baron von Kar- dorft's proposal to pass the tariff bill without any discussion of the detalls. Even the moderate National Zeitung, the official organ of the National Liberal party, characterizes it as “a parliamen- tary coup d’etat,” and expresses amazé- ment and indignation fo find the names of the National Liberal leaders, Dassermann, Paasche and Zettler, attached to Baron von Kardorff's motion. The Tageblatt and Vossische Zeitung characterizes the proposition as a revo- lution. The Tageblatt calls yesterday “black Thursday.” Baron von Kardorft’s motion provides that the House shall vote the bill “en bloe,” but it embraces certain reductions upon the Government's figures for agri- cultural implements and machinery, av- eraging from 15 to 25 per cent. It is un- derstood that the Government has con- sented to the compromise, including an increase of malting barley to 4 marks, as was demanded by the Center party, and the abolition of the municipal oc- trois. The Government also agreed to de- vote the surplus revenues proceeding from the new tariff to the insurance fund for widows and orphans. MAY DELAY THE VOTE. Imperial Chancellor von Bulow and Home Secretary von Posadowski have at various times pronounced such changes in the tariff bill as unacceptable to the Gov- ernment. The indications are that afier the adoption of Baron Kardorfl's motion some days will elapse before the final vote on the second reading of the tariff bill is reached. The Soclalists and Radicals will attempt to graft many amendments vnder the compromise scheme, just an outline of which may keep the House vot- ing for weeks. The compromise on the tariff bill, said to have been agreed upon November 25 at a conference held between Chancellor von Bulow and the leaders of the ma- jority party in the Reichstag, is, accord- ing to the Germania, generally accepted as correct, and is as follows: The minimum duty on malting barley is raised to $§1; the minimum duty on cat- tle and meat is abandoned under condi- tions to be hereafter announced and cer- tain duties on manufactures are reduced. The mbtion of the members of the Cen- ter party applying the surplus derived from the duties on foodstuffs to the In- urance fund for widows and orphans and the abolition of the urban octrol dutles were agreed (0. Apart frém thess tho most noteworthy point is that the in- creases in duties decided on by the tariff committee shall be the basis of the next general tariff. —_——— SCORES KAISER'S ACTION. Socialist Organ Criticises the Speech of German Ruler. BERLIN, Nov.28.—The Vorwaerts, com~ menting on Emperor Willlam’s speech on the day of the funeral of Herr Krupp at Essen, says: “While prosecution is still pending against us and the truth is not judicially yet ascertained, the Emperor anticipates the court’s findings by promouncing our gullt out of hand. It is allowed that the crown at the initiatory stage of a pend- ing case utter a verdict and thereby place the Judges in the painful dilemma of either contradicting his Majesty or sub- jecting themselves to the suspicion that their judgment was influenced by him. Justice stands above everybody, even above the Emperor, and the freedom of the courts is the life and nerve of every state. “The monarchy is constitutionally ir- responsible. An adequate answer to the Emperor's speech is prevented through the lese majeste paragraphs.” The Vorwaerts in two columns reaffirms the truth of its original charges against the late Herr Krupp, and alleges that the evidence rests on the testimony of per- scns quite above party asoclation, per- sonal interest or political hate. ESSEN, Prussia, Nov. 28.—The late Herr Krupp’s will leaves the factory to his eld- est daughter, Bertha, to be administered by his widow until the daughter attains her majority. ‘Besides the 3$750,000 given for the bemefit of the ~mployes, Frau Krupp, in behalt of Fraulein Bertha, has given $250,000 to be devoted to the im~ provement of Essen. D e e s coast. Had either of these questions been decided the other way, the result would, in the opinion of .competent observers, have been disastrous to the entire Pacific Coast. ‘Willfam R. Wk{ecler says that the es- tablishment of. graded rates would in a short time entirely destroy or neutralize the advantages that the Pacific' Coast now enjoys by reason of its: geographical position. The ra‘es primarily made from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Coast points were established with a view to meeting ocean competition, thus enabling the rafl carriers to take the business formerly handled by the sea carriers. To ignore this fact and to'grade rates, es- tablished on such basis from theé Middie West jobbing points, would be an injustice to the Pacific Coast jobber, inasmuch as it would expose him to an unnatural com- petition. There was no reason, he fur- ther says, why the Middle West jobber should be placed in a position to buy a product on the Atlantic seaboard, trans- port the same to his place of business and reship it to Pacific Coast terminals. The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe rallroads were defendants with the Pa- cific Coast jobbers in the suit and the méetings of the commission were the oc- casion of a striking assemblage of men |'of mark in the legal profession and in transportatio s Death Comes at Extreme Age. NEWTON, Kans., Nov. 28.—Mrs. Kate Vance, a colored woman of this city, died here to-night at the age of 123 years. TROOPS OF THE SULTAN TORTURE THE PEASANTS Reports. of Shocking Atrocities Arq Received From Many Mace- donian Villages. *LONDON, Nov. 28.—Mail advices re- celved here from Constantinople under date of November 24 say: In spite of all the denials the Porte is adopting barbar- ous methods in crushing the Macedonian peasants. The winter has set in and the danger from revolutionary bands is over, yet the Turkish authorities seem to think the time has come to act. In the face of promises of free pardon to'.those who returned to their homes Christian villagers have been shockingly tertured to make them betray alleged concealed depots of arms or give informa- tion regarding the working of the Mace- donfan committees. The bastinado has been- frequently employed until the vic- tims werg crippled for life, their feet be- ing beaten to a pulp by the Turkish sol- diers. -Peasants were also hung by thelr heels to the ceiling and boilng hot eggs were put in their armpits. Even priests were not spared, and the troops openly plunder the peasants, who are being driv- en to despair. o e B TUniversity Honors Dr. Lorenz. CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—The honorary de- grée of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon Dr. Lorenz, the noted Vienna phy- sician, by Northwestern Universi - to- day. The ceremony, which was held in the new arts and sciences building, was witnessed by the trustees, faculty and several hundred invited guests. LADRONES IN SAMAR MURDER AN INSPECTOR Sultan of Bacolod Changes His Mind About Americans and Calls Them Hogs. MANILA, Nov. 25.—Constabulary In- spector Hendrix, who had been stationed in Samar Island, was killed last Tuesday by a band of ladrones. The reports re- garding his death are meager and Indi- cate that Hendrix was attacked by a su- perior force of ladrones. His detachment of constabulary was routed, and Hendrix, with one soldier, was surrounded and Kkilled. The Sultan of Bacelod, after professing friendship for America, has written a let- ter to Captaln Pershing at Camp Vi- cars, in which he calls Americans “hosgs, hogs who eat hogs,” and challenges them to fight. It is probable that Captain Per- shing will be ordered to take a column to Bacolod. The military men, however, doubt whether the Sultan will really fight. p Raeay AN Railroad Men to Be Pensioned. OMAHA, Nov. 23.—Rules and regula- "tions for a pension system, which will go into effect January 1, 1908, have been com- pleted by officials of the Union Pacific Rallway, by which its old employes will be retired on pensions. The details of the system will not be made public until later, but it is officlally stated that the detalls of perfecting the system have been worked out and the regulations printed. It is also stated that it will invoive the annual distribution of over $300,000.