The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIII—-NO. 81. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ' GREAT BRITAIN THREATENS TO OCCUPY ALL RED SEA PORTS T. PETERSBURG, Feb. 18.—A special dispatch to the Novoe Vremya, dated Constantinople, says that the British Government has notifed Tur- | key that, if the latter manifests the slightest intention of sending troops to Arabia, England will occupy all the ports on the Red Sea. AOOT GNES MY MEN | SURPRISE — e Unexpected Promo- tions and Re- tirements. Breckinridge and Lud- ington Go Out as Major Generals, Oppesition to the Staff Bill May Supply a Reason Luaingt *he. 2rad sencral the setirement of Hughes and thelr veuféto nt on date, In order to make way for Wade, was an afterthought ETORY BACK OF RETIREMENT. ge of plar not have re- ces until n of the ge: nsisted o tor gener as no 1 ice its duties would aff. This partic- I drawn by th s bill as it be- « e appears that w hile ge saved his £ ve the direc- important ermy be changes future will the promot :ant general on the retire Miles in August mext; the promotion gadier General €. S, ner to the de of major general on the retirement General George W. Davis in | and the promotion of Brig: eral Leonard Wood to be a major to fill the vacancy caused by the 1 of General Young in August. ominations are as follows: Sor dier Gen « —To be colonels: Lieutenant | Ce Winfleld 8. Edgeley, Seventh | L enant Ci olonel Major Wal- | er, Second Cavalry. | Captain Augustus Blockson, | st Lieutenant A. F. Ken- | Cavalry. ! Lieutenants: Julius 8. l Walter W. Merrill, BULG ARIAN HOMES ARE SEARCHED BY " TURKISH SOLDIER ] 5| Vo “BrEE R sTEIN, rraN Ermpxssapor ro CorsSranrINerLE . J | { 1 |1 ? | MHA , reAHISH GRAND, LZzZ7ER 7 ¥ OTTOMAN DIPLOMATS WHO ARE MACEDONTAN EMBROGLIO AND G THE KAISER'S DESIRE FOR PE REPRESENTING TURE N THE | TRMAN WHO HAS CONVEYED UL SETTLEMENT. | AC Germany Advises the Porte to Meet the Demands for Reforms in INSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 18— he, forming the Porte of the intention of the action of Bulgaria against Macedo- | signatory powers with regard to reforms | ~ ‘ nia is regarded as the outcome of the determination of Austria and Russia to maintain peace in the Balkans. The latest reports from Mace- | donia, however, say the situation 1s be- coming worse. Many arrests are being made and the police and military are con- | tinuing their search for ~arms in the | houses of Bulgarians throughout the | try. BERLIN, Feb. 18.—It .was semi-officially nnounced to-day that Germany had in- ucted her Embassador in Constantino- ple to endeavor to persuade the Porte to execute the Austro-Russian programme | of reforms proposed for Macedonia. | VIENNA, Feb. 18—1It is semi-officlally | stated that the mode of procedure in in- | EX-CONVICT APPOINTED TO STATE PRISON BOARD Former Mayor of Adrian, Michigan, Anxious to Work Out Ideas of Reform. LANSING, Mich.,, Feb. 18.—Thomas J. Navin of Detroit, who served a term in the State prison at Jackson from March, 1 to December, 1900, for forgery, Was to-day appointed by Governor Bliss to be a member of the Jackson Prison Board | and the appointment was confirmed in the State Senate by a vote of 16 to 12. When he was pardoned at the expira- tion of the term of years for which he B o o e e e e e e 2 S Y ) Ohlo; Reginald N. Kelly, California; Ed. | W25 sentenced, Navin came to Detroit and ward H. Pearce, California; Claude N, | PeSan the practice of law. He was Mayor Feamster, Texas; Cyrus R. Street, Call. ‘ of Adrian, Mich., when he got into trouble fornia; Clarence A. Eustaphieve, New |2Pd 0n coming to Detroit he again went i Yo Joseph A. Maubergne, New York: into politics, serving recently for a time Joseph M. Cummings, Missouri; Thomas \! as chairman of the Republican City Com- C. Musgrave, Texas; Converse R. Lewls, | Mittee. The fimst suggestion of his ap- pointment to the prison board aroused Louisiana. Navy—Assistant paymaster: Howara | MUCH opposition, in which the ministers D. Lamar, Indiana; Frederick H. Lem. | Of the Btate took an active part. Navin | has stated that his life in prison has left him with ideas of reform which he is anx- fous to work out as a member of the board. % For Alaskan Lighthouses. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The House | Committee on Iaterstate and Foreign | Commerce to-day favorably reported the North Carolina Wife’s Heart Is Court Exhibit. CHICAGO, Feb. —The trial of John Nordgren, charged with the poisoning wife, began to-day. One of the s to be submitted by the prosecu- the heart of Mrs. Nordgren, which A was safely stored in a large bottle and placed on a table near where the prisoner was sitting. The accused man was vis- ibiy ffected at the grewsome sight and it was with difficulty that be kept from breaking down entirely. Senate bill appropriating $350,000 for the | | Macedonia will be the presentation of @ note by each Embassador to the Porte. | The notes, if not identical in terms, will | be 80 in effect. They will state that thel pewers join in the Russo-Austrian pro- | posals. i In explanation of the somewhat sud- den change in the attitude of the Bul-| ian Government it is reported that has replied to the Bulgarian note protesting against Turkey’s mobilization, saying that Russia cannot intervene at Constantinople, more particularly as the Porte is only following Russia’s advice 1o prepare for every eventuality. This reply, it is asserted, was a decided shock to Bulgaria and considerably mod- ified her views as to a possible conflict. MOROS CONSECRATE AMERICAN A PRIEST Peculiar Ceremonies Attend Captain Pershing’s Negotiation of Peace. MANILA, Feb. 18.—While Captain Pershing was at Bayan, the Moro strong- hold in the Lanao district of the island of Mindanao, the Moros consecrated hin, a dato, which is a priestly office. After the consecration the Moro leaders and Captain Pershing subscribed to peace over a copy of the Koran. When the United States flag was raised over the Bayan forts Captain Pershing’s batteries saluted it by firing shrapnel shells, hav- ing no saluting cartridges. The execu- tion done by the shrapnel impressed the Moros wonderfully. Colonel Scott's force of scouts and constabulary has returned from its ex- pedition through the provinces of Rizal and Balucan. The colonel found the country quiet and saw no signs of the ladrones, who re believed to have buried thelr rifies and fled to the hills. e Theater Wolves Make Escape. BRAZIL, Ind, Feb. 18.—Wolves be- longing to a theatrical company escaped last night while being taken to the sta- tion for shipment. Chicken-houses were invaded by the wolves and many fowls devoured, To-day school children were establishment of lighthouse and fog sig- nal stations in Alaskan waters and pro- viding for a life-saving station at Cape Tlattery, on the coast of Washington. afraid to venture from their home. The keeper of the wolves, aided by a posse of citizens, has tried to capture the ani~ mals, but so far without success | Callao are at Hongkong. | ditions prevailing there.. | chit province. EVANS FEARS RENEWL OF BOXER AHDS Rear Admiral Asks for Additional Gunboats. | American Vessels to| Patrol China’s In- land Waters, Foreigners Along the Yang- tse-Kiang River Expect Trouble. Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Feb, 19.—At the re- | auest of Rear Admiral ., comman- der in chief of the Asiatic station, two gunboats of the United States navy will be assigned to service on the Yang-tse- Kiang River and another at Canton. These craft will have as thelr special duty the protection of missionary interests in the interior of China, where conditions are reported to be unsettled, and where, it is feared, there may be revivals of the Boxer outrages of 1000. At the Navy Department it is said that which have been re- ceived Tant especial apprehension on the f another outbreak; neverthe- less it is significant that Admiral Xlvans no off eparts score | I'should request these gunbeats for service | runs | | on the Yang-tse-Kigng, which through certain of the provinces reported o be in: anditlon. . that the missionaries are somewhat ap- prehensive of trouble, although it is not thought that dny outbreak will reach the proportions of that of 1900. The gunboats El Cano, Villalabos and Tt is not cer- tain which if any of these will be as- signed to the duty mentloned. Admiral Evans last fall transferred his flag to the Helena and went up the Yang- tse-Kiang as far as Ichang; therefore he is personally well informed as to the con- Several persons as to Chinese conditions well informed | have visited the State Department recent- ly and expressed an opinion that there is no such grave danger of another upris- ing as has been predicted. It is notice- able, however, that the Navy Department is placing itself in a position to render effective aid to foreign interests if they are endangered. - BOXERS ACTIVE IN CHILIL Provincial Official Applies to the Viceroy for Troops. VICTORIA, B. C.. Feb. 18.—According to a Tientsin dispatch to the Ashai, thou- sands of Boxers, showing a threatening attitude, have assembled at Yutiencheng, The prefect took meas- ures for the arrest of the ringleaders, and the entire body made resistance. The pre- fect has applied to the Viceroy, asking that troops be sent to suppress the Box- ers. The Chenkiang rebels are reported to have suffered a reverse. A dispatch from Peking to Japanese papers says the Gov- ernor at Chenkiang reports that the rebel forces were defeated at You Chow Fu and completely routed. @ civiviifeieieibiiiiieeii @ WILL MAKE GIFT OF TEN MILLIONS Marshall Field Offers a Great Museum to Chicago. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—Marshall Field has made a proposition to the South Park Commissioners to erect a $10,000,000 mu- seum on the lake front park to take the place of the Field Columbian Museum in Jackson Park. The plans took definite form to-day when a representative of Fleld appeared befors the Park Board and assured it that the merchant prince was ready to glve Chicago such a monument. A meeting will be held to-morrow In the Unfon League Club, when the details of the proposed bullding will be fully dis- cussed. The first move will be to draft a bill to be presented to the Legislature authorizing the issuance of bonds to pay for the work of filling In the basin east of the Illinois Central tracks. The con- sent of property owners will have to be obtained. When this has been done con- struction of the proposed museum will be rendered possible. Burglars Despoil Cathedral. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 18.—Burglars entered the Cathedral of St. Isaac last “night and stole three diamonds valued at $50,000, which they took from the frame of a picture of the Savior. | I DECIDES THE BEEF TRUST To BE AN ILLEGAL COMBINE | | | [ | { — | 54 | | | ( | UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE GRANTED A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION LAWFUL OPERATIONS OF THE BEEF PACKERS' COMBINATI & PETER S. GROSCUP, WHO RESTRAINING THE HAS P 1 Federal | Temporary Injunction Against the { Allied Packers. Judge United States Circuit Court, the demurrer of the packers being overruled and a temporary injunction granted. The attorneys for the packers made no announcement of their future intentions. They have until March 4 to discuss the question with their principals. If they deny the facts upon which Judge Grosscup based his decision the case might go before a master in chancery, who would hear the evidence, and the case would be again argued before Judge Grosscup. An appeal may be taken In order to hasten final adjudication. It is belleved likely that the packers will not let the matter go by default, thus niaking the injunction permanent. Judge Grosscup, in his decision, says: “Whether the combination be unlawful or not depends on whether it is in re- straint of trade. The general meaning of that term is no longer open to inquiry. It has been passed upon carefully by the Supreme Court in the freight assocla- tion case amd In the traffic case. It is clear from them that restraint of trade is not dependent upon any consideratfon of reasonableness or unreasonableness in the combination averred; nor is it to be tested by the prices that result from the combination. Indeed, combination that leads directly to lower prices to the con- sumer may, within the doctrine of these cases, even as against the consumer, be restraint of trade; and combination that leads directly to higher prices may, as against the producer, be restraint &f trade. The statute, thus interpreted, has no concern with prices, but looks solely to competition and to the glving of com- petition full play by making illegal any effort at restriction upon competition. ‘Whatever comb!nation has the direct and necessary effect of restricting competi- tion is within the meaning of the Sher- man act, as now interpreted, restraint of trade. “Thus defined, there can be no doubt that the agreement of the defendants to refrain from bidding against each other in the purchase of cattle is combination in restraint of trade. So also their agree- ments to bid up prices to stimulate ship- ments, intending to cease from bidding when the shipments have arrived. The same result follows when we turn to the combination of defendants to fix prices upon and restrict the quantities of meats Groscup Grants HICAGO. Feb. 18.—The so-called | shipped to their agents or their custom- “beef trust’” case was disposed of | ers. | to-day by Judge Gresscup in the | less than restrictions upon competition, | Such agreements can be nothing | and, therefore, combination in restraint of trade; and thus viewed the petition, as | an entirety, makes out a case under the | Sherman act. |* “The demurrer is overruled and the mo- tion for preliminary injunction granted.” The defendants against whom .the in- Junction is issued are: | ahy Packing Company; Hammond Pack- | ing Company, Armour & Co., Armour Packing Company, G. H. Hammond & Co., Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Company, Nelson, Morris & Co. (partnership), J. | Ogden Armour, P. A. Valentine, Calvin M. Favorite, Arthur Meeker, Thomas J. | Connors, 8. Lagdon, Michael Cudahy, Ed- F. Boscherdt, Gustavus F. Swift, Lewis F. Swift, Lawrence A. Carton, D. Edwin Hartwell, Jesse P. Lyman, Frank B. Vo- gel, Louis Pfaelzer, Willlam J. Russell, Albert H. Veeder, Henry Veeder, Edward | C. Swift, Ferdinand Sulzberger and W. H. Noyes. i JUDGE FILES OPINION Van Sickle's Decision Against J. Aspinwall Hodge Is Put Upon TRecord. Sickle to-day flled a written opinion of United States Bteel Corporation case de- cided a short time ago. The opinion f{s in the case of the suit brought by J. Aspinwall Hodge, who sought to restrain the corporation from converting $200,000,000 of preferred stock Into bonds. The deci- sion was In the corporation’s favor. The written opinion, which covers thirty-nine pages, is important in defining the relationship of directors and stock- holders to corporations. The opinion holds that the directors have the right to vote at stockholders’ meetings to the extent of their stockholdings. The opinion fur- ther states that it is a well established rule that directors of corporations cannot legally enter into contracts where they will_be specially benefited without the knowledge or consent of stockholders. This knowledge and consent existed in that when the bylaws of a corporation, adopted in pursuance of authority con- Jjority vote by the stockholders’ meeting be binding on a corporation, every stockholder is bound by the results of such meeting. <« Swift & Co., Cud- | ward A. Cudahy, Patrick Cudahy, Albert | IN STEEL TRUST CASE TRENTON, N. J, Feb. 18.—Justice Van | the Court of Errors and Appeals in the | the case at hand. The opinion also says | ferred by thé State, provide that a ma- | THUSS ROB CARLOAD OF PASSENGERS 'Electric Train Held Up by Two Un- masked Men. Crime Is Committed on the Outskirts of Los Angeles. Thirty-Two Terrified People Part With Their Coin and Jewelry. daring m to have highwayn aded Los An , reached a unmasked men ad of passen- s-Pasadena electri one-half gers, t o women, we: )lvers to surre: cash and t of between $500 and he amount performed their work tively. The car was for ten minut The men then left it and dis in the darkness. The hol e boldest that has | ever occurrec ar Los Angeles and | was carried out in a way that ma the is at the bus 1d han | two outlaws as The car left Fourth and Spring stre ick for Pasadens i Los Angeles, at 9 @ | Nearing Avenue Th e and Pasadena | avenue, just to the south of the arrogp. [ the motorman observed two men mak signals for the car to stop. As he brought |it to_a standstill the two men climbed on the »ne at either end of the car. They presented revolvers at heads of Conductor Dayhoff and Motor- man Corwin and drove them the car. ROBBERS BECOME ABUSIVE. | With revolvers in their hands, the rob- steps the inside bers stood In the doors and in foul and obscene language ordered everybody > | “dig up the coin and jewelry without any | monkey business.” ‘ The robber at the rear door stepped | upon a box, and from this commanding | position covered the startled passengers | with his revolver. The other one passed | down the aisle, taking pocketbooks, coin | and watches and thrust them carelessly While taking t into his coat pocket 2 bandit | property of the passengers the | kept up a »w of abuse. John W. Gay, agent of the Raymend- | Whitcomb excursio narrowly escaped being shot b: te robbers. He resisted being searched In a mild sort of way, pushing the robber back. Instantly | the man shoved his revolver toward Gay's | face. The latter struck the weapon up- ward just as the trigger w led and | the bullet sed through the roof of the car. Fortunately the cylinder of the rob- ber's pistol fell out and rolled v seat. To this ¢ urrence Gay owes Mis li s the fellow passed on to the next passenger and left the work of guarding the victims to his partner. An- other passenger showed some mclination to resist. THUGS MAKE THEIR ESCAPE. | et your heads out of the way there,” | ordered the man at the rear door. With that he turned his revolver upon the ob- streperous passenger, who quickly gave up his valuables. The women passengers were terrorized: many of them scream- ing; others weeping. No distinetion of sex | was made, however. All were treated alike and the women gave over their cash and watches without a show of reluct- ance. While the robbers were searching the passengers the conductor and motorman were forced to keep their hands above their heads. They neglected, however, to search Conductor Dayhoff and are con: quently $50 poorer because of the negleet. When they had finished the daring job the men leaped from the car and disap- peared In the darkness. The point at which the robbery occurred is an open spot. and pecullarly favorable for that | sort of work. The bandits had but three | or four blocks to walk to reach the Dow- | ney-avenue car line, which would have brought them back to the city in ten min- utes. Both highwaymen are described young, smooth shaven and dressed like laborers. They wore slouch bats, black, the other white. Both were below the average height, one being about 5 feet 6 inches and the other two inches shorter The one who did the searching is de- scribed as a mere youth, not more than 20 years old. The other was about 2% years of age. The latter made no attempt at disguise. but the younger one had a white handkerchief tied across his ehin It was a poor disguise, however, and ail the passengers say they can identify him. The police are searching the city and vi- cinity for the daring highwaymen. as one To Tax Net Output of Mines. PBOISE, Tdaho, Feb. 13.—Governar Mor- rison to-day signed a bill providing for the taxation of the net output of mines