The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIII—-NO. 4S8 SAN WALL STREET CAPITULATES 0 PRESIDEN Will Not Seek to - "°"* Defeat Trust Measure. White House Wins the Acquiescence of Morgan. Financial Kings Ready to Accept Conservative Action. B 6 —Presiden g= Morg E = mag- es know 1p have a e s pro- > f the en supervisi ation MO N SWINGS INTO LINE. RGA Tgan has one of his trusted to some of the Re ongress that he w v ss a bill which ACTION WILL NOT BE RADICAL. w i= (o road me: e New Yor ja = quite willing to strengthened as to g n in rates, especlally gan are it e receiver e giver of preferential rates s would enable them to shed rates and prevent & ppers holding them up for prefer- FEATURES OF PROPOSED BILL. will be reported from the sub- week and will it will pro- ciples of regulatiop. ed provision for will not expose the methods of firms to e a method for that pursue ists next easure. moGif toas provision for ainst prefer- and to pun- givers but the ision dealing rations that ie price-making ements or the securing of con- provision for Gov- estigation of trust methods, ——— Grand Jury Censures Trustees. SAN RAFAEL The Grand i last November iing. It cen- » for grant- a lic . sured the Town for permitting open after 11 which is & violation of the liquor ordinance of this ci men 1 place them under | CLAIMS SWINDLERS SEEK THE SHELTER OF ROYAL FAMILY Leader in the Movement to Prosecute Lon- don and Globe Finance Corporation Di= Makes Sensational Deciaration| 5 g 4 | { PROMOTER IMPLICATED IN LLEGED SWINDLES CONNECTED WITH THE FAILL OF 7 LONDON D GLOBE CORPORA- TION, WHO D IN THE ENGLISH COU S he prosecution was not undertaken by e Government, he declared, was that reasof: CASTRO’S COUP ROBS BLOCKADE OF ITS RIGOR Venezuela:—b;;:x;; Reopens Overland Trade With Colombia. Zmigaerage Epecial Dispatch to The Call. CARACAS, Jan. 16.—Mallet Prevost, who was sent to this country by & group of American capitalists to endeavor Venezuelan ., debt, to convert the arrived here yesterday. He wis’ ‘takéen from Curacao to Puerto Cabello on board a German man-of-war. He came overland from the latter place to Caracas. The Venezuelan Government yesterday | mor published a decree reopening overlal trade with Colombia by the rivers and Catatumbo and the port | of Villamizar. This will affo an outlet for an enormous quantity of Colombian products, which have been blockaded for more than two years, there was no other means of reaching the coast. This decree will benefit Venezuela as well as Colombia in a very high degree. Venez- uela will collect transit dués and will also be able to obtain food during the blockade. The decree will also have a tendency to soothe Colombias ire against this country. ! RAILROAD AGENTS DECIDE | TO AID THE ROCK ISLAND Resolution Will Be Passed Settling the Controversy on the Basis “of a Truce. CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—After an all-day session here to-day the passenger repre- sentatives of Western lines decided to do what they could under the rules to assist the Rock Island in the position the latter assumed relative to immigration business. It is probable that neither the Rock - and nor the Southern Pacific will c back into the immigration fold, but that a resolution will_be passed which will set- tlc the countroversy upon the basis of a truce. It was found impossible owing Lo R e e e ectors were sheltering themselves behind members of the royal family. M White hat he understood a Duke invested his money in believed that cer- mpany, and he angers-on” at court were using e name of the King.and others for the of hiding ‘their own nefarious speakers decl the Lond of t gigantic ared that the share- n and Globe were most ‘“‘terrible, swindles of the ims of rtle ‘wuspm age.” e he and Seefostont FRIENDS LOTH TO REGARD HIM AS A SUICIDE |Advance the Theory That “Winnie” Mercer Was Murdered. EAST. LIVERPOOL, Ohio, Jan. 16.—In- timate friends in this city of the late George Barclay Mercer, known to the | baséball wobrld as “Winnie” Mercer, and | his mother are firmly of the opinion that | Mercer was not a suicide, but was mur- | dered. After much discussion on the part of George Y. Tavis, manager of the team on which Mercer first played; George Carr of the Washingtons and other close | friends, a telegram was sent to-night to | the Chief of Police of San Francisco ask | ing him to make a close investigation, Friends declare that the letters given | out were mot written by Mercer, who i never signed himself ‘““Winnfe,” and that | the recent attempt to rob him of $3000 | shows that desperate men were after him. As for a shortage, they scout the idea, as | he had property and also friends by the | hundred who would have backed him for any amount. Former Student Now Instructor. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 16.— | E. 0. James, 02, of Mansfield, Ohio, has | been made an assistant instructor in the | department of English literature. James | graduated from the English department {1ast May and since that time has been | doing post-graduate work. Dr. Newson, associate professor of mining and metai- lurgy, has returned to the university after a four months’ tour ~ through England, Wales and the Continent, where he visited all the principal mining scheols. Dr. ewson regards the equipment, laborato- ries and methods of the American schoois in mining as superior to those of Europe. | @ il | the attitude of the Bouthern Pacific and | the Santa Fe to accede to the demands of | the Roek Island. which would have to be zranted before the latter company woul Jjoin the bureau. : '+ Gonzales. | | over the afdir it can be sald with poss’ i | | | the complaint against Hinds, FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, » TILLWANS W 5 1 WEw Surgeons Offer but ' Little Hope for | Pragers for His Re- covery Are Offered in Schools. s 1 | Assassin's Defense Will Be That He Thought Foe | Was Armed. COLUMRIA, S. C., Jan. 16.—Editor N. G. Gonzales, who was shot and seriously | wounded vesterday by Lieutenant Gover nor Tillman on the most (raveled street in the capital of South Carolina, was holding his .own at 9 o'clock iu-night ‘There had been no change since last night. The er! is yet to come. The best surgeons in this part of the State are | ading all they can to save his life, but hold out little hope. At the same time Genzales is making a plucky fight. he hes a onstitution, excellent habits aad a resolute will it is thougnt there is a ch e that he will pull through notwithstanding his critical condition and | the serious condition of his wound. one, not even members of his family, i allowed to see the patient. | This morning when the city schools as- sembled and prayvers were sald they in- cluded an appeal to God for the recovery At the Soutn Carolina Col- re offered up for the re- icken editor and even ! nate chamber, where Lieutenant | Ihan bad presided shortl before the shooting, the chaplain prz that the Almighty would save the of Gonzales. NO FEAR OF VIOLENCE. White tiere is a great deal of fegling strorg of Gonzales. | lege prayers w of the covery lite | "m_vehc-n that ' there i« Jabsolutely “mo [ thought of violence agafnst Tillman on | the part of Gonzales' fricnds. All sensa- | tional reports of threats against Tillman's life in the event that the stricken editor | should die are baseless, as it is the wish of Gonzales and his closest friends that | the affair should be left for the courts to settle. Gonzales' wound was dressed shortly before 10 o'clock this morning and later Dr. Guerry announced that the stricken man was holding his own and was as well as could be expected, but that the odds were against his recovery. His pulse was { 110; temperature, respiration, 25. U | rested well until after 1 o’clo and this fact gave some cncouragement to his | physicians, but a period of restlessness i followed at 2 olclock. At 6 o'clock in the evening the wound was agin dressed and was found to be in a satisfactory condi- tion. His condition, the surgeons an- | nounced, was critical. but was as good as they could expect. There had been no | change during the day and at 8 o'clock to-night the doctors said that his pulse | was 120 and temperature 100. They thought the first crisis would be reached | during the night. | TILLMAN MAKES STATEMENT. Lieutenant Governor James H. Tillman | conducted himself quietly and calmly during the day in the County Jail, where | he had a comfortable room on the second | |floor. He had some new furniture | brought to his place of confinement and | made himself comfortable. Visitors called upon him, but most of the day he spent in consultation with his lawyers, Con- | gressman George W. Croft, Judge Buch- anan and Coleman L. Blease. Two of his counsel gave to the press, with a request that it be published, the | following statement prepared by Till- man: “I can only say that when the truth of the unfortunate affair is known my friends, as well as the people, will know bow thoroughly I was justified in doing as I did. “The statements already published in the newspapers are untrue, and at the groper time this I will be ready to show. Begyond this T don't care to make any fur- ther statement. | “JAMES H. TILLMAD | It ig understood here that Colonel Till- | man'd line of defense will be that he | thought Gonzales was armed, that he saw | a weapon in the editor's coat pocket and that Gonzales had his hand in his coat | pocket. He is said to contend that he | | had every reason to believe that Gonzales was armed. Gonzales' friends say that he was not armed. ' Tillman will claim that when he raised the pistol the second time at Gonzales he did so expecting Gonzales to defehd him- self, and he lowered his,weapon because there was no response, and ot because of anything Gonzales said. Tillman, it is understood, will contend also that he had not met Gonzales before. This is denied by Gonzales’® friends, who say Gonzales and Tillman were in the same chamber at the State Capitol together. Mrs. Tillman and Mrs. George B. Till- man are expected here to-night. e ———— Arizona Fugitive Caught in Boston. BOSTON, Jan. 16.—After having been chased across the country by Arizona of- ficials, who wanted him on a charge of embezzlement, Justice T. Hinds was ar- rested here to-day. High Sheriff Joseph J. Roberts of Prescott, A. T., immediate- My served -requisition papers upon Gov- ernor Bates ' from the Governor of Ari- zona, charging Hinds with being a fugi- tive from justice. Transactions in a min- ing enterprise are said to be the basis of i naud of New York, was seriously, if not Iand pulled the lever. | elevator shot upward with Miss Kelly 1903. OPE MAKES QUICK | " 'SELECTION OF NEW | PRICE FIVE CENTS. - VICE CHANCELLOR Appoints Cardinal Vannutelli to the High)| Station and That Prelate Is Now Looked Upon as the Probable Future Pontiff 1 —— : NOTED PRELATE WHO HAS BEEN l OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AN PROBABLE SUCCESSOR OF POPE LEO XIIL APPOINTED VICE CHANCELLOR D IS NOW LOOKED UPON AS THE | OME, Jan. 16.—Cardinal Sera- | fino Vannutelli has been ap- pointed Vice-Chancellor of the | ccession Catholic church in to Cardinal Parocchi, who died yesterday haste with which the Pope .filled the vacant office is much commented upon. Cardinal is now regarded as the proba- | r of Pope Le Vannutelli ble succe: Jofoofeefoniosiemierioriooirrioiot € COIN INTENDED FOR THE BOERS | GOES ASTRAY s e Leader of Irish Brigade South Africa Makes Revelation. in PAWTUCKET, R. L, Jan.’ 16.—Before the members of several Irish societies, at a reception given in his hongr to-night, Colonel John F. Blake, leader of the Irish brigade in the Boer war, made what he said was his first statement as to the financial assistance given to Irishmen in the field by societies in this country. The statement came as a surprise. He said that the Clan-Na-Gael claimed to have appropriated $15,006 with which to bring home the Irish brigade from South Af- rica, and that people now are inquiring about the expenditure of that money. He disclaimed having received any money | from the organization, and had knowledse | of only two sums of money sent to the | Transvaal. Blake sald he understood that 34000 was first sent to bring home a detachment of the Chicago Ambulance Corps, but this was not a fact. The Boer Government | pald the passage of the detachment from | Delagod Bay to New York and supplied each man with an additional $20. Shortly after the detachment left Delagoa Bay the $4000 was received by United States| Consul Hollis at Delagoa Bay, but as the detachment sailed before the funds ar- rived, Hollis returned the money to the person who sent it and got his receipt. —_—— YOUNG WOMAN CRUSHED BY RUNAWAY ELEVATOR Miss Anita Kelly Meets With a Seri- ous Accident in Santa Barbara Hotel. SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 16.—Miss Anita P. Kelly, a sister of Mrs. Charles Giver- fatally, injured in an elevator accident at the Potter Hotel to-night. \ Miss Kelly in some manner fell while entering the carriage and either struck the operating handle starting the eleva- tor, or else the employe became frightened At any rate the hanging half way out. It stopped on the floor above and crushed her in a most painful manner. She was taken to the Cottage Hospital, where it was thought one of her legs will have to be amputated before morning. I chancel tions in hip is one of the highest posi- e papacy. The Pope to-day received in private audi- ence Francis MeNutt and Mrs. McNutt of Washington, who presented the Pon- AT with a jubilee gift of four magnificent columns of alabaster from Tivoll. These have been erected in the throne-room, to hold candelabra on either side of the ITIZENS LOOT ENGINE TENDER OE ITS COAL Crowd of Angry Illinoisans Holds Up Passenger Train. Special Dispatch to The Call NEWMAN, IIL, Jan gry .citizens held up a passenger train known as the Decatur accommodation last evening and took every bit of coal out of the engine tender. This outburst was' due, perhaps, to a report which came 16.—A crowd of an- a to Newman that there was coal on the siding ~ at Montezuma, Ind., billed for Newman which the company refused to haul. The train carried United, States mail and was delayed several hours on account of the rald. It has since been learned that the re- port was untrue, and as soon as the coal was delivered to the road it was hauled to Newman. PORTUGAL COMPLAINS OF LOSING CITIZENS San Joaquin County Clerk Notified to Watch for Fraudulent Natu- ralization. STOCKTON, Jan. 16.—County Clerk Eu- | gene. D. Graham has received a letter from Governor Pardee calling attention to a representation made by the Secretary of State, upon complaint of the legation of Portugal, alleging that citizens of Por- tugal were using fraudulent and fllegal means to secure naturalization papers. The complaint alleges that people who have not yet come over from the old country are illegally securing naturaliza- tion papers in the United States. The ob- ject seems to be to avold military service in their native land. It is also claimed that Syrians and Armenians are resort- ing to the same practice. Graham referred the letter to Superior Judges W. B. Nutfer and Frank H. Smith. Accompanying the letter of the Governor were copies of the complaint of the Por- tuguese legation made to the Secretary of State and the letter of Secretary of State John H { —_— Famous Bas Relief Reporteq Stolen. | ROME. Jan. 16.—It has been ‘reported | here that the famous bas relief, “The De,| scent from the Cross,” by Luca Della | Robbia, has been stolen from the church | of San Severo, Florence. The bas relief | is valued at $100,000. I UNNTDED HE S FIlE ISSALANTS Philippine Bolomen Catch American Tartar. Lives of Eleven Na-' tives Pay for an Attack, Constabulary Inspector Flet- cher Fights Thirty Islanders. i A. Jan. 16 ary Inspee- her, wh e alone in T province of Alba 2w, Lint ol day, was attacked birty Bolomd Fletcher killed fiv assallants, b was himself we el organized a o bolorfen, over o more Deat en ‘ pon one the nati five American soldler T ad Bonangonon, Luz o Sy »f last year. CARTIVE 7BOASTEb ALIVE. American Army Officer in Samar Victim of Awful Cruslty. MANILA, Jan. 16.—With trial Ma E 1a- B tion of the ward en prisoners ard who was by the rgent was ¢ eral LuBkan, in he saw an Ar death. The Sp driven into the man's body ! slowly turned over until dead. The bo was then left to be devoure by hogs He did mot know the man's name, ! thought he was one of several officers or men who were migsing in Samar 1900, Other witnesses reviewed the Balangiga and Gandara and Catubig massacres. The defense produced a letter written & the insurgent leader Gueverra, in whicp. he admitted that the Balangiga massacre was contrary to the laws of warfare Captain Abraham P. Buffington of the First Infantry testified that Brigadier General Jacob H. Smith had offered pro- tection to the natives and urged them to come inside the American lines. Lieu- enant Pratt testified that General Smith, in his had be waged women aivectell thas the wer ied men, not agains and ARCTIC EXPLORING SHIP NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED Another Expedition to Be Exclu- sively French Will Leave for Spitzbergen Next May. PARIS, Jan. 16.—Dr. Jean Charcot has announced the plans for an Arctic expe- dition under the patronage of the Acad emy of Science and the Ministry of Pub- lic Instruction. A ship for the voyage is now under construction at St. Malo. She will be specially equipped to resist ice. The party will leave France on May 15 for Spitzbergen and thence will start for Franz Josef Land. The expedition will be exclus French. Lieutenant De Ger- lach, who commanded the Belgian Ant- arctic steamer Belgica, will probably be a member of party, which will com- prise several scientists Dr. Charee France has hitherta left Arctic expl tion to eig he hopes to revive French atten the subject. _—— MEMBERS OF REICHSRATH SLEEP IN THE LOBBIES Obstruction Tactics Are Being Con- tinued With Occasional Out- breaks of Disorder. VIENNA, Jan. 17.—The Reichsrath which began tinued until 6 o'clock Fré session of the Thursday mo s It was resumed at 19 o'clock Friday morn- ing. The session has bgem continuous and the Relchsrath was “still ing 3 o'clock this morning. There have been long obstruction speech: in the Czech language, Wwith occasional outbreaks of disorder. The Czech minority is main- taining a quorum in relays. Most of the members are sieeping in the lobbies or playing cards. It is intended, in an en- deavor to break down obstruction, to ex- tend the session until Sunday. - HEBREW MANUSCRIPT BIBLE IS DISCOVERED IN SYRIA Is Written in Samaritan Characters and Shows Important Differ- ences From Existing Text. LONDON, Jan n a dispatch from Cairo the correspondent of the Daily Mail reports the discovery in Syria of ono of the oldest Hebrew manuscript Bibles It consists of the five books of the penta- teuch written in Samaritan characters gazelle parchment in the s Moslem era. It shows important diff ences from the existing lext. Telephone Companies Consolidate. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 16.—It is under- stocd that the P: States Telephons mpany has absorbed the Columbia Tel- ephone Compa which has its head- quarters in this fhe Columbia Tel- ephone Company has a capital stock of 500,000, though only $100,00 is' paid up. It has about 1200 subseribers in this eity and a number of long distance lines in OUre- RoB