The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIII— 86. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1903, E— PRICE FIVE CENTS. FEDERAL OFFICERS NOTIFY FOREIGN GOUERNMENTS artinent time tate and thus made is ugh ha dly enforced, i was found on December 8, sinc € was requested last week to n w.fk\ HINGTON,D. C., Feb. 22.- —Governor Pardee, Sacramento, Cal.: Replying to inquiry I have to say that no case of plague has been discovered in San | Fr : ce December 11, nearly two months and a half ago, and then only one case. Official reports show that the national, State and city authorities are rmony under the leadership of the Federal officers; that searching inspections are being made daily in Chinatown, and proper ncluding radical measures for the destryction of rats. Bacteriological examinations of captured rats are being made which time bacteriolagical examinations have been made of three hundred and twenty-four dead rats otify the governments.of Mexico and Ecuador of the satisfactory londitions now preta THAT PLAGUE DOES NOT EXIST IN SAN FRANCISCO 1 g, and which | at San Francisco, and doubtless this has been done, and the above facts have been soreover cainmunicated to the International Union of WALTER WYMAN, Surgcon General U. S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. that the United States euthoritics belicve the health conditions in San Francisco are now satisfactory, and they have proceeded to s of countries, which, under a misapprehension, had established quarantine against ships s ornie can r justitied by res: gard with gonsiderable satisfaction, and I believe GEORGE C. PARDEE, Got that the poli L) L) L) . ..‘ .. ... 3—7To the Assembly of the State of Califernia: I hawe the honor herewith to transmit for your information a copy of a dispatch ved from Surgeon General Wyman of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service of the United States Government. 1If will ob- com- from be- - of Calif — GERMANS GIVE BACK VENEZUELAN GUNBOAT CAPTURED AS PRIZ Republic’s Flag Is Again Hoisted Over Restaura- dor, Castro’s Warship General Rolando Camps Not Far From Caracas With a Decrepit Army Sl e bl A e s e a tau h i was then hand OF THE RE ¥ ARMY ADVAD was again forced did He to de the pro- whole matter is he question of the al e German war- blockade and regarding there appears to be a hitch. Embassador made a call on ¥ and explained that he had informed by his Government that ad been issued by the Admiralty bruary 14 giving directions for the EAISER'S LATEST REQUEST. Asks Bowen for a Draft Amount of First e Covering Payment. 23.—Having fatled ULTAN YIELDS TOTHE DEMAND OF THE POHERS The Call VASHINGTON, Feb MR, ROOSEVELT'S MISTAKE CAUSES MUCH HILARIY tch to The Call SHINGTON, Feb, moot of Utah loor to-day ‘and Dau cur = Forelgn Affairs, and Rus- L 1S 25 —Tewfik 22 —Senator-elect was on the Senate hters of the Ameri- ion who filled the galleries us to see the Mormon. Rep- tative Alexander of Buffalo escorted ation of fifteen ladies, all dele- House to introduce t. As the New York an entered the President's of- fice with the ladles filing after him Pres- ident Rooseveit gurprised them by quickly stepping’ forward with the remark: “Senator Smoot—believe me, I am glad see you. Ppesent me to your famil te . r general Congressman Alexander was so sur- sta s4, 1o which place absent of- prised by this greeting and the burst of ficers have been recalled and future laughter from the ladies that he forgot lcaves of absence stopped. the names of his friends and stood in angements have just been completeq | CONfusion while the ladies introduced 000 first-class and 150,000 see themselves. ;:“y‘re:r“’ez:‘_‘g"i“’“"“"‘ w a Last of Supply Bills Passes. indication that t i N a“‘\A~ HINGTON, Feb. 23.—The House to. passed the general deficiency appro- taken in view of cont are not considered remote. gencles which | priation bill, the last of the regular sup- Iply bills. It carries $13,69875L E he ships taken by the Ital- | HIGH COUR ITS TRU O - Far-Reaching De- cision in a Lot- tery Case. ‘Congress Supreme in Regulation of Commerce. a1y » May Go to Any Length to, ! Control Interstate Business. PSR | Specia! Dispatch to The Call ! caLL BUR 1406 ' G N. W WASHI TON. Feb. important and eaching ti n enacted by the prese ion rendered 1 the famou case. While this { test before the cou d States to interdict lottery tickets by ex- other ways from Stz most extraordinary length prohibiting commerce whether this commerce & more in the present v tickets are subjects & those who choose to sell that carriage of such tick- independent carriers from one to another is therefore interstate commerce; that under its power to regu- | late commerce among the several States | Congress—subject to the limitations im- | posed by the constitution upon the exer- cise of the powers granted—has plenary authority over such commerce and may prohibit the carriage of such tickets from State to State; and that legislation to that end and of that character is not in- consistent with any limitation or restric- tion imposed upon the exercise of the powers granted to Congress.” Those who joined with Justice Harlan in sustaining the law were Justices Brown, White, McKenna and Holmes. Chiet Justice Fuller and Justices Brewer, | Shiras and Peckham united in a dissent-, ing opinion, delivered by the Chief Jus- | tice. HISTORY OF THE CASE. The Champion case has been before the Supreme Court of the United States for | more than a year and has been argued | three times. It came before the court on | appeal from the northern district of | Texas.. Champion had sent lottery matter from Texas to California by Wells-Fargo express and was arrested for violating the anti-lottery act of March 2, 1595. The Government has contenden that the United States had full authority to pre- vent traffic in any article from one State to another and that it could not be taken as an Infringement of the constitution if Cengress took such action. These points were strongly made in the Government's argument: First—That lottery tickets and shares are articles of commerce within the meaning of pargraph 3, sectlon §, article 1 of the' constitution. Second—That as express companies, when engaged in interstate traffic, are known as Instrumentalities of commerce, such express companies can be forbidden from transporting lottery matter from State to State. Third—That even If lottery tickets be not articles of commerce, yet, it Congress BLOW it reaches a much broader prin- | kets, beef, sugar, oil or any ct, made by a firm, corpora- | or individual t nion, whicl an, was t 1 of lottery tickets from one State to another was a form of interstate com- merce and as such was in the control of Congress. GIST OF THE OPINION. up, Justice Harlan said: [WAR SECRETARY BRODRICK _ | IS ASSAILED IN COMMONS “#» ¢ Is Nz Nzl N2 N |1 §5 | Forw. N. ST Joeirvy - BRODRICH ONDON, Feb. The criticism of the British War Office culminated in the House of Commons to-day L in a motion for a vote of cen- sure against War Secretary Brodrick The motion was in the shape of an amendment to the address In reply to the gr¢sech from the throne, regretting t™ fact that the “‘organization of the army | was not suited to the needs of the empire and that no proportionate gain in strength or efficiency had resulted from the recent increase of military expenditure.” The motion was identical with an amendment moved by Sir Henry Camp- bell-Bannerman, the Liberal leader, when Mr. Brodrick introduced his army reform scheme in 1901. To-day, however, the vote of censure was proposed by Mr. Beckett, an influential Conservative, who was sup- were of the opinion that their importation into this country or their purchase and sale between citizens of various States was Injurious to interstate commerce, the power to regulate such legitimate inter- state commerce includes power to sup- press. SETTLES THE TRUST QUESTION. This victory for the Government, in the orinion of officials, practically settles the trust question. The contention that a corstitutional amendment is necessary be- fore the Government could interfere with the sending of the product of the trust from one State to another is set aside by the highest tribunal in the land and it gives Congress absolute right to enact any legislation which it may ses fit with trust-made goods from one State to an- other. ‘Would Join Uncle Sam’s Navy. VIENNA, Feb. 23.—Former Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, brother of the Crown Princess of Saxony, has telegraphed teo his parents at Salzberg that he intends to become an officer in the United States navy. ————— D. 0. Mills Is Better. NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—The condition of D. O. Mills was improved to-day, accord- ing to statements made at his residence. He has a cold and expects to be out in a few days and transportation from State to State| volting Unionists. In introducing the mo- tion Beckett declared that Brodrick had deplorably neglected the greatest oppor- tunity ever given to a Minister and had produced a scheme which was not only vnsound in principle, but was ruinous in ctice and enormo y costly. : Major See Conservative; Sir Charles Dilke, Advanced Radical, and others hav- ing spoken in denunciation of the War Office, declaring the country was ‘“tired of its policy of mess and muddle,” Brod- rick replied. He sald he welcomed a dai- rect attack, and defended his policy heat- edly, if not convincingly. He ridiculed the suggestion that Great Britain could depend on her citizen army, which he de- scribed as & “‘mob of volunteers,” and pleaded to be given time to carry out his army corps scheme, as the result of which BANEKER LOSES HIS LIFE IN | | SOUTH DAKOTA TRAIN WRECK | Thirteen Others m\ued in Accident | on Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at Athol. % HURON, §. D., Feb. 23.—One man was | | killed and thirteen other persons more | or less seriously injured in an accident | on the Chicago and Northwestern Rail- | | road near Athol to-day. The dead: | | FRED A. BOPP, vice prestdent of a| bank at Hawkeye, Iowa. The injured: P. B. Cribs, member Stata | Legislature from Brown County, head | cut and back injured, unconscious for | several hours; T. H. Larabee, Chicago, | jhips and shoulder injured; P. Kelley, | | Aberdeen, injured internally; Hilda Mur- | ray, DeKalb, IIL, left leg and side in- | jured: Lillie Bitstad, Callendar, Ia., head cut and side bruised; Charles Crow, Aber- deen, Ia., head cut, back sprained. R e TR e | WAR 'ARTMENT OFFERS TO 'Y RIOT CARTRIDGES Are Specially Prepared so as to Be Effective Only at Short Range. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The War De- partment has sent notices to Govegnors of each State that it is prepared to sup- ply them upon demand and according to their legal allowances with “riot car- tridges.”” This is a new form of ammuni- tlon prepared by the experts of the ord- SECRETARY AND STATESMEN WHO ARE | ] OPPOSING HIM. | | BRITISH WAR memory is above Its supposed full strength in every branch except the infan- ported %y a considerable section of re- ‘“the army for the first time in lving try.” .!"l’.iiil‘iif*H'i“l'l*'”“i'iiiH)i!“ii”{Hli\lHll”li“!”l"f!il”'ill|l. | nance bureau to enable officers of the law and soldiers to_repel rioters with the least possible loss of life to the “innmo- cent bystander.” The shell is like that of the regular shell used in the army rifle, with the im- portant exception that instead of the long nickel-plated steel-clad bullet two balls are placed in the mouth. The de- of greater range than buckshot, yet not | dangerous to persons at a distance. The cartridge 18 charged with about thirty- four zrains of smokeless powder. The balls are made of a mixture of lead and tin in" the proportion of 16 to 1, and are slightly coated with paraffine. The diam- eter of the ball is .38 of an inch and the weight is 42 grains. The service primer for smokeless powder is used. The cartridges have sufficient accuracy for effective work at 200 yards. R AT, VIOLENT ERUPTIQN OF THE COLIMA VOLCANO CITY .OF MEXICO, Feb. 2.—The Co- lima volcano, in the state of Jalisco, was in violent eruption at 1:3 o'clock Satur- day afterncon. ~There was a terrific noise. Subterranean rumblings were heard. A vast volume of smoke followed and one hour later volcanic sand fell within a radius of ten miles. The chief engineer of the Central Railroad received confirmation of this report from engineers working close to the volcana. Surgeon Wyma 44 n Healthy. Plot of Enemies i Is Finally Ex- posed. Jealous Rivals Try to Work Injury. it have g been working for months pa to in- jure the mame and commercial standing of the metropolis have been sig- | nally defeated. The malicious et | lated by them concerning the health of [ the city have been exposed by the Fed- eral authorities. Dr. Walter Wyman, sur- geon general of the United States Public | Healtl and Fospital service, has | gtven San Frapcisco a clean bill of health | and the State Deprtment at Washing- ton has notified the governments of Mex- ico and Ecuador and the International Umion of American Republics, that the sanitary condi of the city is entirely ! ctory. growing trade and commercial im- ¢ San Francisco aroused the, of several coast ports and a combined attack was made on the metrop- It em that the and that eeping the S0 steady and persistent us rivals of San Fran- ks that final- r ma- als of Ecua~ ar there were k jea ir cowardly frightened and ne against the port of § COWARDLY PLOTTERS. | The lies spread with the usual rapidity eign countries goods shipped no heed was y those who were San Fran- The former rancisco Board of | Health o jed that the plague existed in metropols, but his denial was not deemed worthy of any considera- tion by theose who to drive away om San Francisco the trade they could not win by honest competition. They next sought to give greater and wider publicity to their falsehoods by appealing to the War Department to discontinue | the transport service from San Francisco to the Philippines on the alleged ground that the bubonic plague had secured a | toothold in the city and that the lives of the country’s defenders would be en- | dangered if were allowed to enter San Francisco. ASK FOR INVESTIGATION. The merchants of San Francisco them | joined in a petition to the Federal au- | thorities gsking that a thorough investi- | gation be fade into the sanitary condi~ tion of their city. They were willing to do anything and everything asked of them If only granted a thorough, com- plete and expert investigation by the sur- | geons of the Government. They knew | that the offictals employed by Uncle Sam | sign was apparently to secure something | would go to the bottom of the matter and | that the investigation conducted under | the direction of the.Federal Government would be complete and that the verdict of the Investigators would never be ques- tiond. The investigation prayed for by the resi- dents of the maligned metropolis of the State has been made and the verdict is a victory for truth and decency. Surgeon Wyman, whose standing and ability is recognized throughout the world, says that the dread plague does not exist in San Francisco and he has requested the State Department at Washington to place San Francisco in her true position before the foreign governments. FALSEHOOD IS EXPOSED. The following telegram sent by Sur- geon Wyman to Governor Pardee has thrown consternation into the ranks of the conspirators who sought to ruin San Francisco because they were unable to successfully compete with her enterpris- ing merchants: Contigued on Page 4, Column 3 |