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

VOLUME XCIII—NO. - (k! ). SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, CORTELYOU TAKES PORTFOLIO OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE Senate Promptly Confirms His Nomination by the Pres- ident for New Cabinet Place. "r JENATE MUST TAKE VOTE IN GASE OF GRUM President Not to With- draw Nomination of Negro. —— v & be ta ae e w n o v ked with the Preside ect e showed not the slight- e ¥ objectionable r P He said that 1 s but f nominee and fair to ' P € r that the advice and cons £ the ate should be observed s 2s in all others of a similar r e. He that a vote be taken e Se to ascertain beyond al doubt whether a majority of Senate aproves the adverse action of ¢ ttee. ir egro friends of Dr. | « king every Republican po- i sence in sight to work on the b jority in the Senate. They are - t a greater mational ques- L nd are making vigorous o t party lines shall :' 8 when the final vote on r. Cram FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY FOLLOWS TRIVIAL QUARREL Newspaper Correspondent Killed and His Antagonist Is Badly Wounded. CARLSBAI S Feb. 16.—George H. Hutchins of the Hotel Schiitz one of the best known newspaper ithwest, was shot Merchant of Black Merchant was over., They matter Redmond Is Re-elected Leader, DUBLIN, Peb, 16.—At 2 meeting of the 1 Parliamenta arty to-day John Redmond was re-clected leader and a res. olution paseed to the effect that In view of the rumored intention of the Govern- ment to depart in the text of the new land bill from the terms adopted by the recent land conférence the party places 1 n rec as announcing that these | terms are the lowest the tenants Luuml aceept | of genius. ! ing and associatio i | | | | PR S T T NEW OFFICER IN THE CABI- | T AND ¢ OF HIS BU- AU CHI ASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The Senate to-day confirmed the nomination of George B. ( to telyou be Secretary ¢ Commerce and Labor under he act creating the new department. The referred to the Senate e went into executive ses- and the vote was polled on the floor. ted the nomination with a able recommendation. He asked for nmedi. action, and as there was no Cortelyou was confirmed American public life to-day are widely more favorably known George Bruce Cortelyou ars_he bas occupied a prominent mination was ter the § Secretary place in the interests of the people, and | he exemplary manner in which he has met emergency has won for him the cordial esteem not only of those with whom he has.been Intimate assoclated, personally and officially, but also of the body of the American people, to whom he is known merely by reputation. A PRINCE OF GENTLEMEN. Secretary Cortelyou is a man of attrac- tive personality, a scholar of abllity and admirable training, and a public official In politics he is a stanch Re- publican, but his present political posi- tion has been achie rather by merit than by political favor. high standard as secreta dent. tesy, Is invariably kind and obliging, and may be depended on always to say and do the right thing. He combines rare tact with brilliant executive ability, and his capacity for work amazes all with whom he comes in contact. Mr. Cortelyou was born in New York City on July 26, 1862. He is descended from a distinguished family, his ancestors belng among the leaders in the Colonial every v to the Presi- | and revolutionary history of the State of | | New York. From early childhood he was an earnest student, and -his home train- were of the best. After attending public and private schools he was graduated from the Hempstead Institution and three years later com- ! pleted his preliminary education at the State Normal School in Westfield, Mass. On leaving the Normal School he entered {he New England Conservatory of Music to continue the musical studies which he had begun in early life. Bubsequently he became a pupil of Dr. Louis Maas, for- merly conductor of the Boston Philhar- monic Society. It is not generally known, but is quite true, that Mr. Cortelyou js an accomplished musician, a _thorough student of the best composers and a mu- sical critic of rare ability. In order to equip himself>for an active " Continued on Page 2, Column. 5. He has set a | He fs the personification of cour- | — | | \ | COURT INGISTS - ON IPPEARANGE - OF VANDERBILT Young Millionaire Is Now in Danger of Arrest. ‘ al Dispatch to The Call YORK 17.-The World this morning inald Van- derbiit, who lost $7000 in Canfield’s gam- | bling-he day v, will while celebrating his birth- on the witness stand in the criminal branch of ‘the Supreme Court Monday. He will give testimony in the case of David W. Bucklin, charged with | being a “‘common gambler. Young Vanderbilt is in contempt of | court nd must appear in the Criminal | Court building within the next few days and purge himself of the charge. The voung man, who is worth $7,000,000, was served ith' a subpena last week which required him to be In the criminal branch of the Bupreme Court at 10:30 a. m. to- day. He was not there. District At- torney Jerome, angered by his absence, at once ordered his assistant, Sandford, to have a body attachment issued against the young milllonaire and to send out de- tectives to serve it. It is said that Van- derbilt, fearing arrest, has signified his intention of testifying. COLD SPELL IN WYOMING. | Stock Is Suffering and Heavy Losses Are Predicted. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. | from nearly every section in Wyoming |are to the effect that the weather throughout the State is intensely cold. It has ceased snowing. Stock on the ranges, especially that which started the winter in rather poor condition, is suffering se- verely, and heavy losses are predicted. | The open country is covered with snow | t5 an unusual depth and cattle and sheep are slowly famishing, being too weak to paw the snow from the ground. In the southern half of the State, as a whole, this has been one of the hardest winters on stock in the history of the stock industry. One severe storm has fol- lowed another and stock of all kinds s now in poor condition. In some localities there is an abundance of hay and the losses will amount to practically nothing, but in other sections, where hay is scarce and the flocks and herds depend upon the open range, which is covered with snow, the losses ‘will be considerable unless, of course, a long spell of wArm weather be- gins soon. ) | TROOPS OF SULTAN ‘ SUFFER A REPULSE | MADRID, Feb. 16.—It is reported from Hez February 11, that the Sultan’s troops | have suffered a repulse with great slaugh- ter at the hands of the Haina Kabyle tribe, which is friendly to the Pretender. 16.—Reports | | Raliroad \mmrcr of cities the street railway is al- | which prevailed | and considerable | rising. Severe wind storms, attended by | reached a depth of four inches. The storm BLIZZARD'S GRIP 15 ON THE SOUTH Storm Causes Suf- fering and Loss of Life. Reports of Heavy Dam- age Come From Many States. Cold Wave of Unusual Se-| verity From the Rockies to the Seaboard. G S | WILLISTON, N. D., Feb. i 16.—Williston was the cold- | est spot in the United States ! to-day, the thermometer reg- istering 42 degrees below zero. ) - LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 16.—Rain, snow and sleet, cambined in many plac with high winds, are the prevailing condi- throughout the South to-night. trafic is delayed. while in tions most at a standstill. Reports from Ten- nessee, Arkansas, Misaissip) Northern Texas, Alabama, Georgia and all parts of Kentucky tell of damage done by the blizzard, of swollen streams and suffering on the part of man and beast, of traffic all kinds delayed, and, in ces, of loss of life. In Louisville the snowfall has been four inches and a strong wind has piled the snow in drifts. The street railway pany has with the greatest difficulty ke its cars in motion at irregular intervals during Several of the trolley lines were 1y abandoned to-night siow plows proving powerless to clear the tracks. 1 some in- com- the day. enti In Memphis the snow and sleet storm to-day- was, one of the worst In vears and interfered to some extent with the operations of the trolley s and the telegraph and telephone | wires. At Fort Worth and Dalias, Tex., snowfall was the heaviest In years and a general blizzard prevailed throughout the | uthwest.. Reports from Chattanooga, | Naghville and Knoxville, Tenn., state that | terrible weather prevails, sleet, snow and | wind crippling the trolley wires dnd elec- | tric light plants. | In Atlanta a heavy rain fell all day and tlere were high winds. The same condi- tions are reported from portions of Geors gia ard the Chattahoochie River is ris- ing rapidly. The rise in the Alabama River continues | damage expected, | while the streams in the southern part | of Kentucky are out of their banks. The Tennessee and Cumberland rivers are | [ | the | 4 loss of life, were reported Carolina and to-day from South Georgia. To-night there was a general drop in the tempera- | ture throughout the South and Southwest and intensely cold weather is feared. | | COLD WAVE IN CHICAGO. Mercury Is Close to Zero Mark and | Snow Delays Railroad Travel. CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—Seven inches of snow on the level, accompanied by a gale | reaching a velocity of more miles an hour, ushered in which this morning sent | close to the zero mark. The traction and | steam railway service, telegraph and tel- ephone wires are suffering from the heavy | fall of snow. The loss of life was less than anticipated, but one person so far as known having succumbed. An unidenti- fied man was frozen in a snowdrift down- town. Train service between Chicago and | Omaha has been seriously affected. The Overland Limited on the Chicago and Northwestern, due yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, did not arrive until this evening. The one due this morning is scheduled to | arrive to-morrow morning. —_— SUFFERING AMONG THE POOR. Western -Counties of XKansas Are Unable to Secure Fuel. TOPEKA, Kans., Feb., 16.—The severe cold weather of the past two days has | made the coal famine much more serfous. | The efforts put forth by the Legislature | have not resulted in any rellef, and some of the western counties have not coal enough to-night to last twenty-four hours. In a few cases the supply is even less, and there is»great suffering among the poorer classes. It Is asserted that the practice of the railroads in confiscating coal consigned to shippers is responsible | in a large measure for the prevalling dis- tress. Even In tfle districts where coal is mined it is a hard matter for consum- ers to procure it, 50 great is the demand. — g SNOW IN NEW YORK CITY. Very Heavy Fall Causes Trouble on the Horse-Car Lines. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—After a day of sleet and drizzling rain snow began to fall in this city at 5 o'clock. The fall was heavy and fast and at 11 o'clock had than a the mercury | did not cause material delay on the ele- vated roads, but the surface lines had some difficulty In keeping up to their schedule time. On the downtown horse- car lines there was much trouble. 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CZAR IS STRIVING TO PREVENT WAR ON BALKAN PENINSULA Pledges Himself to Bring About Reforms If the e. Macedonians Will Keep the Peac E3 | Macedonian question is occupying the at- tention of diplomacy here to a degree which has not been noted since the days | of the Chinese trouble “The Emperor has promised to use his influence and the situation is serlous this time.’ Such was the exclamation made by well-known diplomatist. The presence here of M. Bachmetieff, the Russian diplomatic agent at Safla, has excited particular attention for several reasons., First, he was received in a long audience by the Emperor; second, he had several interviews with Count Lams- a | dorft. and, last but not least, he is known to be at variance upon the Macedonian question with M. Zinovieff, the Russian Embassador at Constantinople. M. Bach- metieft is the representative of the ex- treme pan-Slavist and anti-Turkish views | and woulldl have intervention at the polnt“ of the bayonet if necessary. The Russian Government stands by its Bmbassador and the Emperor has given his word that the Macedonian reforms shall be practically carried out. This was given on the special condition that there shall be no irregularities of conduct among the populations of the Balkan provinces, such as might be likely to lead to blood- shed and thus excite the fanaticlsm of the Turks. I have the best reasons for knowing that such a promise has been given on the part of Bulgaria to this country, and that the Servians made a similar promise to Austria. But, above all things, Russia, having taken the lead, desires most particularly that whatever is to be done in Macedonia should be done in a peaceable form. The strain which the Manchurian occu- pation has caused on the finances of this country 1s fresh and painful upon the memory of all the Industrial classes and will hang over them for a long time to come. Russia knows better than all other countries the danger of raising the East- ern question, and her Government seeks no policy of armed intervention, as has been suggested by pan-Slavic papers. Sae expects to carry her point without re- sorting to extreme measures. — e Italy’s Attitude Described. ROME, Feb. 16.—The Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs informed the Cham- per of Deputies to-day, in reply to an interpellation, that Italy’s policy in the " A 0 il N \ L b= 1 ol 7 e TURKEY'S GREAT WARCHIEF AND THE CZAR'S POWERFUL ALL [ | . B : = periled by the Mov- jal Cable to The Call and New York s"l’l“-r‘n]dv Copyright, 19 by the New York | in Ice Herald Publishing Company. g 3 : PF}TF.R.\“B('RG. Feb. 16. —Rulr' garia’s stringent action in the mat it et . e G ter of the Macedonian committees has been received with general sat-| TACOMA, Wash., Feh. 16.—The tow isfaction, as showing deference to [ of Grand ks in the Klondike distric the strongly expressed wishes of this|is endangered by a sher or on | country In the interests of peace. The| Eldorado Creek, which has become a after to erty most serfous menace the Government has expended $30.000 pre trylng to control its overflow. Many miners along Eldorado and Bonanza creeks are being driven out of thei cabins. The situation is very serious and the Yukon government deavoring to get the gusher trol. The tremendous flood of water became trozen as it ran down the creek hottoms is v usly en \der con forming a moving glacier, which has nearly surrounded Grand Forks. Several bufldings on the outskirts are nearly buried. Miners on both FEldorado and Bonanza have been driven from home by the water from the gusher, which in some instances set, their cabins afloat. Tour thousand cords of wood, piled up on El- dorado Creek is being moved up the hill- slde to_prevent its being covered up by the glacier. Bt i e el Balkan question was to prevent a modi- fication of the status quo for the benefit of any power. —_—— SULTAN WARNS BULGARIA. cent note to Bulgaria, Turkey declines to accept the Bulgarian Government's dec- olutionary bands in Macedonia and have been sent to the Turkish authori- tles to prevent the disturbances. This note is regarded as being intended to justify Turkey's military activity. Bulgaria Must Restore Order. LONDON, Feb. 16.—The correspondent of the Times at Constantinople telegraphs that Russia sternly refuses to admit the Bulgarian Government’s plea of inability to restrain the Buigarian bands in the country about Monstair, Macedonia. i All Europe May Take a Hand. VIENNA, Feb. 16.—It is rumored that in the event of Turkey failing to execute the demanded reforms in Macedonia, Rus- sia and Austria will convoke & European congress to deal with the situation. B Signs Coaling Station Agreement. HAVANA, Feb. 16.—President Palma to- day signed the naval coaling station agreement. | SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 16.—In her re-| laration as to the non-existence of rev-| warns Bulgaria that explicit instructions | | the age of 15, — 'bIRL'S TRANGE a PULLE TO MEDICAL MEN 'Klondike Residents Im- Young Woman Strange- ly Sleeps and Dreams. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb six weeks Miss Winnie Chapman of Dixie, A small town ter northeast of here, rious condition for annot account and in apma »us exhibi- know n's peculiar trouble, which sgan about ns and would sea the forms of those long dead and on awakening would tell her relatives of events, n when they had tried to keep them from her. While in this condition recently Lulu Storey . a girl friend of Miss Chapman, When Miss Chapman awakened she detailed. the circumstances minutely, spite of strenuous denials that MissStor had died. Many other psychic demon- strations are given. Things reached & crisis yesterday when Miss Chapman de- ¢lared she was about to die, and, obedient in to her own suggestion, turned cold verful * restorati revived her after some hours. She is st 111 In this perplexing condition. — | VETERAN FIRE CHIEF ANSWERS LAST CALL Dennis J. Swenie Succumbs to At- tack of Kidney Disease at His 1Zome in Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—Dennis J. Swenie, Chicago’'s veteran fireman and former chief of the Fire Department, died 1 4 kidney disease to-day at the family resi- dence here. fly were at came. All the members of the fam- the bedside when the end Swenfe came to Chicago in 1349 at and immediateiy enlisted in the volunteer fire department. For tie first three years he ran with the old “Niagara,” and in October, 1573, was ap pointed first assistant fire marshal under Matthias Benner. When that vateran r tired in November, 1579, Sweni: was ap- | pointed chief of the department »y Mayo Harrison. When the Chicago fire swep: over the city Swenie and his comy were sent to the west side of the river to keep back the flames. For is | hours he was without sieep. During the height of the fire he had occasion to pas his home. It was in ashes and he had neither time nor means to learn th whereabouts of his family and :hat they had escaped was not known to him until ! twe days later. He is survived by & wid- ow and six children