The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 1, 1903, Page 1

e Genero 4 o | ; g S . VOLu» SAN FRANCIS cO, 15 XCOIII-NO. 122. GREAT MERGER OF SANTA FE AND ROCK ISLAND IS COMPLETED:; SOUTHERN PACIFIC AND NEW YORK CENTRAL MAY CONSOLIDA with great secrecy, and it was the intention of the parties in interest to withhold knowledge of the deal ffom the general public until all details had becn worked out. Simultancously comes a report that the Harriman inter- W. Seward Webb, of the New York Central, is now on a trip of inspection of the California Northwestern road. Harriman acquired this line ing into control of one of the Northern transcontinental companies, and thus affording an outlet for @ competing road to San Francisco Bay. — - —ee. g ests he New York Central are perfecting a merger of even prevent the possibility of greater importance. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1903, 124324 PRICE FIVE CENTS. IL dispaiches published in The Call this morning coniain news of two great railroad mergers in which California interests are vitally affected. Confirmation of The Call’s exclusiv GIVE 5 GOLD o e roor PRESIDENT'S o T TR TRAIN POLLS - 00T TO-DAY —_—— . All Is Ready for Start for the | West. Six Magnificent Cars | Will Convey the Party. Itinerary Embraces a Route Fourteen Thousand Miles Long. - MILLIONA LDEN RE RAIL ity of Younger Rockeffeller Amazes AR e from April 1 t . and three days. Dur th Peons. at time the Pr nt will trav 14,000 s, A Bu t p naturalidt of A Mexi Mar il . 18 York ) y. He wil ! ) x J et yosevelt untfl Rzt - at Louis, making the Park wit) e 1‘~ i ‘{ "‘1 in California e ! g ached the Prest never pireame ome hem Shcier: Gerilt = Foek 'f',' 4 @ prodigal hand with | coyitornia, wh 1 accompan - Lhis wife scattered | o) ;05 the State. goide resim of United s = itry o their journey | pREPARING FOR RECEPTION. w er arrived at Juaréz, o The Grand Army committee on Presi- the nearly 2 month ago and |.dents’ reception, a ed by Depart- | started on his frip th gh this country. ment Commander Hawley, to act in con- | be profided hivheelf with several sacks of | junction with the citizens' committee, ap- | gilver pe ese coins he distributed ' pointed by Mayor Schmitz, met at the - afiib fnd among the crowds of | Gr Hotel last evening and organized begrars 1 phons th ere ' gathered | by calling Henry C. Dibble to the chair between Kl Paso and | and electing John F. Sheehan secretary. | sacks were soon ex-| Announcement was made that the Council | w supply of s of Administration bad fixed May 13 and | et Chihuahus | 14 the time, and designated San Fran- City of Mexico was | cisco as the place for holding the next department encampment of the order, at | that city that Mr. and Mrs. | which time many details connected with becakpe fr mressed with the August | Sgliste § “¥nong the thous- | le. L e little side terest about the city unting to hundreds of the national encampment will be considered. On motion of E. S. Salomon it was re- | solved to invite President Roosevelt to | it the department encampment on May | pli~ants. 13 or 14. A committee, consisting of Henry give the mendicants 2| C. Dibble, E. 8. Salomon, George Stone, trip to this city and| Jesse B. Fuller and Hugh M. Burke, was next States gold of the de-| aro tha " e that he cannot attend 4nd 310, with a few e g e | reunion of the veterans in August. The wHich were to be given| oommittee appointed last night will meet persons. -These | ;0 o 0 000 next Friday at 2 p. m palatial private | aveling, and the ‘;vm: s of 85 highsy value . exceplionally 1 acks weré stored ar in avhich they wrre e Camp General Fremont No. 14, Service | Men of the Spanish War hgld a meeting | was bagur 3 B last ht to arrange a parace in honor of ‘ . < R ¢ :‘“'i‘:“’h:”"' their comrade, President Roosevelt. The :gxm-“n o m:"{;e p l:" attendance was the largest in the history o Jeft the " of Maxbo . until 3t of the local camp. It is estimated that wy 4 4000 ex-soldiers will parade in honor of jached here throngs of y o e o a B MT'::'::! :"d‘ ‘“’f the President, who is a comrade of Camp i i et o ohyake | Henry Clay. The roll has been signed by peoog % ka.:e“‘" ;‘:d: 4% comrades. It will be open for adai- e trip 10 & P mabinst SR o |0 FIFAtETes 4t 29 WMLy atcbet ekt ymber .of they stopped a{ THAy 8. sl investigations of nd made | sembers of the citizens’ committes are Sufferiog and destitution. They sven:| WOTKINE on the programme for the Presi. | 1o the bouses of the poor Indians amg | 9L Sojourn in San Francisco, A pub- | Sl e e i that | lic banquet to take place Wednesday evening, May 13 is recommended. A re. | view of schoot children on Van Ness ave. | nue will be on of the features of the President’s visit. The Union League Club has engaged dled upon their $s from 1s showers of bless- Mexicans. | §t Mitia, where o horde of beggars con- | bzates to prey upon the generosity of | #ting American tourists, nearly every|the American -dining-room of the Palace Bidicant was made Lappy with a pres. | Hole‘l for :heuprex:?em;ald:anque: on tne | { of gold colns. Never § R s Ty atws Buchate ok ,\;jco‘lluz there bee: «::‘:c:u;:z :’" Santa Rosa, Judge John F. Davis or ulation n this part or Amador, and Samuel M. Shortridge ot the republic. | San Francisco will probably speak at tne With this in view | appointed to carry the invitation to the m, the banks in the | president through the citizens’ committee. imber of sacks of gold | 3¢ is ught that the President will be | ¢ e sacks were fllled | g1ag to"give the Grand Army a half while the others were | our's time in May, as the indications | ger. | general ‘.“...4 Mrs. Rockef-ller will long be | dinner. i ihe poo: peons of Mexizo e ithe f::::u Americ . nos,” N Albanians Surround Town. ¥ —_— BELGRADE, March 31.—A 5 ! 3 .—According to " McOoy and Root Are Matched. | advices from Mitrovitsa,a town in Euro. ICAGO, March 21— Articl, X pean Turkey on the river Ibar, bands of i & ten-POUPd g0 bhetween 3 ians have surrou the town and +.f and Joek Root 10 take place at demanding the removal of the Rus- ma'mngmhemw sian Consul. y i e | ! e il “‘ ‘ ”'r I i W i gt * >, —= 5 i qu 'J.J_ 2 T——— r\'u«o” - NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD OFFICTAL W10 IS MAKING A TRIP ON THE CALIFORNIA NORTHWEST- | ERN LINE IN A CIAL TRAIN AND OV THE PURPOSE OF WHCSE JOURNEY THERE IS A VAST | | DEAL OF CURIOSITY AND UNSATISFIED SPECULATION. | g i e y L o - OPEKA, Kans., March 31.—The N NTA ROSA, March W8 Cat comesponsent wuens - NOTthern Roads to| V00500, Sy wow: & vestigated the report that the | 8 tral Railroad, accompani v \ al Railroad, accompanied by ck Ieland Railroad has pur-| Be Barred From party of Eastern rallroad mag- | ; ; iates, will make a tour of inspec- California. ey e Lo S graphed to The Call yester From the | tion over the California Northwestern to nable, and coming it appears that while n absolute sale of the best information ob from inside there has not been sourc Santa Fe to the Rock Island, the long- talked-of merger has finally been effected and the tr ag! ments amount to practically & ecomplete consolidation of the intere: f the two road: Charles 8. Gleed, one of the direétors of the Fe, admitted private y statement for publication. Howell Jones, another member of the Santa Fe directorate, who lives in Topeka, has left for the East, ostensibly for Chi- cago, but he is believed to ¢ gone to New York on railroad business. That the two railroads have reached a traffic agreement by which competition for through passenger travel practically elin everal months. During the present summer each road will handle three limited trains to Cali- fornia each weelk, the Rock Island using part of the track of the other road west of Topeka Topeka is the headquarters of the Rock Island lines west of the Missouri River, but General Superintendent Hiram §. C: ble denies knowledge of the rumored mer- Santa Fe officials here also claim to be in Ignorance of any consolidation. make ar has HAS NOT BEEN INFORMED. SANTA BARBARA, March Che re- port that the Rock Isiand Railroad has purchased the entire holdings of the Santa Fe is given little credence here by those who are famfliar with the inside workings of both roads. Hiram S. Cable, superintendent of the western Island Rallroad, was district of the Ro interviewed to-day. “0Of course 1 am a good ways from the scene of operations just now,” said Cable, ut 1 can assure you that there is no truth whatever in the rumor, for I have heard nothing of it from headquarters and 1 would surely know if any such jmportant step had been taken or was even in contemplation.” ‘When asked if bhe had any idea how such a report had started and why the other railroad officials refused to speak concerning it Cable replied: “A pumbér of capitalists who control the Rock Island interests are also heavily interested in the Atchison and probably this fact is the foundation of the rumor that our road has bought out the latter. Santa | to friends to-night | that the merger was a fact, but would not | been | ated has been kuown for | ;Jignificalz':e of Dr. Seward Webb’s Visit, Why I am sure I don’t know the report ws but . prol the mar] was calculated to influenc AR LEEDS MAKES A DENIAL. NEW YORK, M March 31.—The Herald will say to-morrow: In Wall street and { in a half-dozen Western cities the report that the Santa Fe Railway is vitally in- terested in the Rock Island-Frisco dea! was revived almost simultaneously to- day. One report said that the Santa Fe had besu purchased by the Rock Island. | Another suggested: a - holding company | gimflar to the Northern Secprities to take | over the Rock fsland, the S8anta Fe and | the Frisco. The third was a story of an | interchange of directors and was to the | effect that the Rock Island had forced | terms upon the Santa Fe by purchasing | Santa Fe stock. Those reports were sub- | mitted to the foemost interests in %oth the Rock Island and the Santa Ke and received unqualified deniale. A member | of the inner circle in the Santa Fe said: “¥very version of the story that the Santa Fe is connected with the Rock and in any subservient or proprietary way or jointly as owner of the E'risco is without foundation. We are on perfect- ly friendly rélations with the Rock Island, but we are independent and shail remain so.” President Leedd of the Rock lsland sald: “You may deny the stories, each and every one, with perfect safety, any- way you choose, and as emphatically as yvou ‘wish. 1 cannot discuss the Frisco deal at this time, but the Santa Fe is not interested in it and we have not pur- chased the Santa Fe.” No war will be declared between the Rock Island and Santa Fe as a result of the Frisco purchase and It Is more than likely that an offensive and defensive al- liance for mutual benefit will be made. GIGANTIC SYSTEM PROJECTED. The regularly recurring reports cop t(er,ggg Willits to-morrow. The trip wiil be made in a handsomely appointed train, con- sisting of five Pullmans. Arrangements have been completed for handling the train, which will come on the tracks of the California Northwestern at Schell- ville, in the southeastern portion of this county. At this point.the tracks cross the Southern Pacific_line, and the East- erners will travel to that point over the Southern Pacific. This adds another strong link to the chain of evidence tending to show that the road has passed out of the control of President A. W. Toster and his as- sociates. Parties conversant with the in- side particulars declare they see in this move a consolidation of the interests of | the New York Central with the South- ern Pacific. It ie alleged that an agree- ment has been reached, whereby the offi- cials of the Eastern road are working in conjunction with President Harriman of the Southern Pacific. The idea of the latter is to get the California Northwest- | ern road out of the hands of parties fa- vorable to its absorption by some of tae large transcontinental roads running into Portland or other northcrn cities. President Foster and Superintendent F. K. Zook recently made a number of trips over the road and Inspected it in view of the proposed trip of the Eastern railroad men, and everything is in excellent con- dition for the journey, to-morrow. - The train is expected to pass through this city between 9 and 10 o'cfack. It is prob- able that the only stops will be in Ukiah, and Wiilits, the northern terminus of the road. How long the party will remain there, inspecting the timber and other industries, is unknown. On their return the entire party will'be taken to San Rafael, where they wiil President Foster for a short time. MARCEL PREVOST ACCEPTS CHALLENGE TO JIGHT DUEL Parisian Novelist Will Meet Brother of the Young Woman Who Shot at Him. PARIS, March 31.—The brother of Em- ma Louret, who yesterday fired two shots from a revolver at Marcel Prevost, the well known novelist, as he was en- ~OMees of Men of Letters, to- ds to M. Prevost. The the two men will swerds td-morrow fght g, pngl with mélu_, il be guests of | TE e T g i e news from Topeka. Kans., published on morning, to the effect that the consolidation of Rock Island and Santa Fe interests had been completed, has been received from private sources whose authenticity cannot be questioned. J. he negotiations have been con- ALBANIANS D TURKS N BATILE Sultan’s TroopsRe- ' pulse Attack on | Mitrovitsa. | S s Insurgents Lose Heav- | ilyinFight Lasting : Two Hours. | Porte Dispatches an Army Division to Scene of the Strife. March 3L—It is rity that after two bting Tuzk troops re- ie Alba attack_on Mitro Alba lost heavily. Tu key has sent a division of troops from | the \’l,a\"l of Adin, Asia Minor, to Al ‘h'd)li;l. The Ru: o FEmbassador at Con- | stantinople has instructed to protest to the Porte against the insubordination ! of the Albanians. . The Russfan Consul at Uskub, Euro- | pean » report of the danger revolutippary | agitation in the vilayet of Kossove. He ading “ihe belief th is g the movement The Russion Consul also confirmed the report that a plot to destroy the Turk sts at Istib, recently Macedonia. discovered. graph lines ish milita with dynamite and says the railroad and have been cut and that Bu an officers ning the insurgent bands. by ti supp! was | are 3 habitants support t are > insurgents, money and provisions and transport ar The Consul, howeve: movement is artif proved by the ma | and adds that tees are doing Mohammed: | annihilation of the Christ object of securing the ir great powers. compelied d not res £ the revolutionar t to incitgthe in a general ans with the ntion of the rity po: thei s to 1gage A R gL T | i MASSACRE OF ALBANIANS. | | Bashi-Bazouks Murder the Inhab itants of a Village. March 31.—The announces that a revolution- ary band of thirty men and the In- ‘huhilams of the village of Abalitcho, near one Istib, have been massacred by Bashi-Ba souks. The band, it is added sur rounded in the village, ar was | brought up and after ten hours’ fighting the village completely razed and burned and all the inhabitants, without distinction, massacred. The Turkish | losses are reported to have been en | greater than those of the other side. The bridge of the Turkish Oriental Rail- | road between Adrianople and Mustapha | Pasha was blown up by an infernal ma- chine early to-day. The Orient express lm‘oss?d the bridge a half hour earller, | outrage intended to wreck the train. | Dr. Daneft, the former Premier, has | succeeded in forming a new Cabinet, which includes all the members of the late Ministry, with the exception of Gen- eral Paprikoff, who was Minister of War. | Paprikoft is succeeded by Colonel Savoff. | il et URGES SULTAN TO ACT. Russia Asks that Albanian Lawless- ness Be Suppressed. LONDON, March 3L — To-da dis- | patches from St. Petersburg, Vienna and | Belgrade uniformly confirm the recent ad- vices that the situation in the Balkans is growing wors Russian consular reports from Uskub and Monastir,” which place the chief blame for the troubles upon the Macedonian committees, which are rep- resented as terrorizing and coercing the inhabitants, prepare expectation for that military suppression by Turkey which Austria and Russia have declared they will not raise a finger to prevent. Russia has instructed her Embassador at Constantinople to urge the Porte to repress Albanian lawlesspess, but the coercion of the Albanians will be a most dangervus enterprise, even If it be possi- ble. lruuvm POLICE PREVENT LYNCHING OLA CANDIDATE Fernando Zimeraio, Who Is Aspiring to the Presidency, Receives Rough Treatment. LIMA, Peru, March 31.—A dispatch from Cazco announces that the police thece with difficulty prevented the lynching of Fernando Zimerafo, the candidate of the Liberal Alliance for the Presidency, who now canvassing the south of the re- Dublic. : Macedonian | | ana it is believed the perpetrators of the | s 'NEGRO CRUM . IS INDUCTED | iRO APPOINTED COLLEC- TOR OF TH PORT OF CHARLIEST( €, } y i Becomes Collector of Charleston Port De- ! spite Senate. i HARLESTON, 8. C., March 3L— I W. D. Crum (colored) to day took char; the tom-house as Coliector of the Port, having tak- en the oath of office last nigh There was an immediate tender of res'g- nation by the inspector of customs, a white man. | Thenr been some t here of an order against Crum exercising the es of the office on the ground that the President may not fill vacancies ex- t with the adv nd consent of the | Senate, where the Senate has had an o bortunity to pass upon the nominations. : The question has bee b ght to the no tice of the Mayor, and he is said to have eferred it to the corporation counsel for consideration. CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES WILL VISIT WEST AFRICA ROME, March cting on Informa- tion received from representatives of R: “atholicism in British West Afrie nis iring an extended pla | evangelization of that protect | rate. It is proposed to dispatch an exper | encea stafr | | | ma of missionaries to organize religious'and educational work in the ter- rifory already cleared by the British troo The natives are mainly Moham medans. They number 2, ud lived t.m_nm in a state of horrible savagery until the British columns overthrew the barbarous reigning chiefs and suppressed the inter- slave tribal wars, raidings and canni- | balism. According to information received by the Vatican missionaries who have hither to been unable to advance beyond a cer- | tain point on account of the feroc the inhabitants are now enjoying the sup port of the British officials. The terri- terial authorities realize that while the sword must go first, the purposes of civ- ilization can be permanently served only by religion and education. irsadli-entaties ROCKEFELLER ASSISTS A PASADENA CHURCH PASADENA, March 31.—John D. Rocke- feller sent a persoma! check for $1000 to the Rev. C. H. Hobart, pastor of the First Baptist Cbhurch. Rev. Mr. Hobart received it to-day, accompanied by the following note: “Dear Mr. Hobart: Inclose herewith draft for $1000 toward your new church edifice building, with best wishes for the success of the enterprise. Yours tru “JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. Rockefeller left here a week ago after spending two weeks in this city. He call- ed at the Baptist church once and talked over the church plans for a new bullding with the pastof. No donation was soiic- ited. The Y. M. C. A. and the Pasadena Hospital wrote letters to the oil magnate while here requesting contributions and have thus far received no reply. RS el 3 Christian Endeavorers’ Secretary. BOSTON, March 3L—After having de- voted six months to the duty of selecting a general secretary to succeed J. Willls Bear, the committee of sixteen trustecs of the United Society of Christian En- deavor, appointed ffor tife purpose;, have chosen for the office © Ogden Vogt of Eeloft, Wis.