The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1903, Page 1

@all, VOLUME XCIII—\ 0. 143. SAN FRANCISCO, WI-'DNESDAY'. APRIL 22, B FUIJH” COMBINE 15 BAOKEN UP Fact Is Adm1tted by One of the Parties. Di Reason for the Collapse. Wheat Growers and Shippers | Are Given a Great Surprise. . r & was £ g g one ¥ s f the State 10 rep- 1 &b n t e n a e new D gh ns & returr tions exis me years ag arties were in open . . The news p 1 g will there- E be interest to . e, whetk broker or « Is cerned in the in sctance in Cali- to make any pre- sult of the “Big It was Eppinger, by Guthrie & formulated fons of n trade as re must have & plan ac ms in force, for ! business men e “Big Four” would S ve proceeded so far without a dcfinite understanding and without some means to enforce such agreement as nas existed name of the ‘Big Four' was a new r creation,” said Jacob Eppin- )ere mever was any such body Nobody has taken the pains utradict many statements that have sblish and so what the people the newspapers they have to extent belleved to be true. Qur & have not changed materially in ix months One of the first signs that pointed the way to the dissolution of the great com- bine of “Big Four” ing of ships by the concerns individually that have been acting together hercto- fore BARLEY CAUSES TROUBLE. Last year when the subject of char- tering & vessel was brought to the at-| tention of any of the members of the “Blg Four” combination the answer was sagreement Is the was the charter- | NOTED MEN 10 SEGEDE FROM GLUB 0ld MetrOpohtan? Soon Will Have | a Rival. Secretaries Root and Hay Will Be Its Founders. The Feud Over Rejection of Corbin Still Rages in Washington. Special Dispatch t call WASHINGTON, April The troubles of the Metropolitan Club over the with- arawal of ral n's name are patriotic in char- ris—ws a rival to rs officials of the army ublic men who have the Metropolitan ib of the national a e dis- Hay, both Metropolitan Club, the treatment of Corbin and to other public men the club more on ihe eague of Chicago. political by iples and member- be affected by The leading have great without re , and botk in their effo: which wili alleged spite work such gainst Corbin of Hay and Root appe not stio r officials in Wash Department is not light of the lals are In- the names of former As- Afles and Armstrong | awn for the same r yut the same time that C The two as. | were es withdraw the ol e secretaries of ry d membe because of the claim that the club n home for, high officials of They fo! 21t compel eir names to t vernment to 1 post. “kickers” in the t ckball them for no c e they had won In official ife. signation General Metropolitan wil g, who of the = ment be s ral Bten, Wi 5 reported to I wal. mbers of the view with distur nces sed by the rawal of General Corbin’s name ard circulating a paper to secure the sig- ture of members in favor of elect- ng the adjutant general. It is doubtful tiuce can be effeeted in this way. DRIVER OF PBESID! TEAM DIES SUDDENLY Mayor of Salt Lake Invites Roose- velt to Participaté in a Buf- falo Hunt. CINNABAR, Mont., April 2l.—George Matell, the driver of the President’s team, died suddenly this morning as he was feeding the horses in the stable at Nor- His remains were brought into Fort | swstone this evening. SALT LAKE, Utah, April 21L.—Mayor Thompson to-day sent a formal invitation | to President Roosevelt to participate in a buffalo hunt on Antelope island, in Great | Lake, during his visit to this city. hunt will take an entire day and as President’s scheduled stop here is but ir hours a rearrangement of his plans would have to be made. The It 18 hoped this : can be done. Antelope Island is about | tw miles long and from three to five miles wide. It is made up of mountains and plains, and the small herd of buffalo on the island, owned by a private com- | | pany, is exceedingly wild. | | | { | e YA New York Banks to Consolidate. VEW YORK, April 21.—The stockhold- ers of the National Broadway Bank to- day voted to consolidate with the Mer- | cantile National Bank. The consolidation | will go into effect to-morrow. @ =il @ | made that no decision could be given un- | til after the meeting which took place | cach afternoon. The four firms were lnr exact accord in the matter of charters| and no pains were taken to conceal that | fact. The working understanding was further accentuated by the establishment and maintenance, with a working force, of an office outside of the houses of the four large concerns, where the *“Big Four” met for conference. This year the sub- ject of chartering is attended to by any one of the parties without any conference or hesitation. While no word could be gained from the insiders as to the cause or causes that have Jed them to final disagreement, a story is current that may indicate some of the truth at least. According to this | the rock upon which the “Big Tour | split was December barley. This was | quoted at 8 cents. The *“Big Four" | would not make prices. Some members ’wuuld not sell; others wanted to sell, and there was a disagreement and a ! break-up. | Paris. PORTE CALLS OUT SIXTEEN 1903. BATTALIONS OF RESERDES 71 AN e PERSECUTION + SENIDR VANDERBLT T0 WED IN LONGON LATE THIG MONTH Marriage Will Occur at Residence of Henry White. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, April 2L.—Unless t ent programme be changed, the | of William K. Vanderbilt to Mrs. Lewis | M. Rutherfurd, who was A Harri- man, will take place on Wec April | 29, at 6 Whitchall Gardens, , the residence of Henry White, of the Am whose wife was Marg the bride's sis- ter- Mr. Mrs. Ru furd's siste > family here who will go abroad for the ceremony. She expects to safl to-morrow on the Philadelphia, and, barring accidents, should arrive in London in time. Another merber of the bride’s family is her broth- James Low Harriman, who is in Paris, and who probably will give the bride away. Oliver Harriman Jr. id to-day that the family had been apprised of the en- gagement some time ago. Of other mem- bers of Mrs. Rutherfurd’'s family, her brothers, Joseph and Herbert H., are in Aiken, 8. C., and J. Borden Harriman is In this city. Mrs. Rutherfurd's husband, Sands, was killed by a fall while riding with the Meadowbrook hounds. Her two sons, 8. S. Sands and G. W. Sands, ar- rived here on the Kronprinz Wilhelm last week and went Iimmediately to Cam- bridge, Mass., to enter Harvard. Mrs. Rutherfurd has spent most of her time abroad of late years, chiefly in London or She and Mr. Vanderbilt are friends of many years' standing. YOUTSEY REPEATS STORY OF MURDER OF GOEBEL Says Governor Taylor Raised No Ob- jection to the Plan of Shooting. FRANKFORT, Ky., April 2..—Henry F Youtsey was to-day recalled for fur- | ther cross-examination in the trlal of James Howard. Responding to questions as to negotiations with Dr. Johnson to kill Goebel Youtsey said he went to see Senator Deboe and told him Johnson and others were willing to do it. Senator Deboe, aécording to witness, replied that enough Democrats were going to vote for Taylor to retain him in office, and it would not be necessary to kill Goebel. Deboe sald it must not be done. Wit- ness went back and told Johnson what Deboe sald. Johnson told him not to pay any attention to Deloe, but to go and see what Governor Taylor said aboul it. He went to see Taylor and told him what Johnson said, and Taylor raised no ob- Jection to the plan of shooting from Sec- retary of State Powers' office. Wharton Golder was recalled and examined as to Caleb Powers locking the door to his private office. Golden says Powers locked it. Youtsey had testified that he found it unlocked. Senator Mallory Is Re-elected. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 21.—Ste- phen H. Mallory was clected for an- other term in the United States Senate to-day by the two houses of the Legisla- ture in separate session. FROFES30R. TliRHAILOVSKY, FOR SERUDICE IN ALBANIA Turks Defeat the Insurgents Near Radovitz. Bulgarians in Uni- form Aid Ma- cedonians. ! LONICA, European Turkey, April | ~A Dband of about 500 insurgents, | part of them in Bulgarian uniform, | | | | | 1 was ‘defeated by a Turkish force near Radovitz on April 19. Thirty insurgents and nine Turks were killed. The Konich (Asia Minor) division of redifs, numbcring sixteen battalions, -has | called out for active service in Mace- d Albania. » new judges appointed under the re- form scheme of the powers are being ter the Albanians. Two of the judges were shot with revorvers in the streets of Scutari. One of them was killed. | rorized by | GENERAL RISING UNLIKELY. Turkey, However, Continues to Pour in Her Troops. | NEW YORK, April. 21.—The Tribune | has the following from. Salonica: . This is | an anti-Bulgarian town, and if I were in- | fluenced by the spirit of the place I would represent the Turk as a god and the Bul- garian as a devil. Since I have crossed and ‘recrossed the Balkans and explored Macedonia with dragoman and horse I am in a position to know what is proba- | ble, if not what is fJue. There are four | dates, ranging from to-day to the end ot April, mentioned for a general rising. My belief is that there will not be a gen- eral revolt of Bulgarians. It is remarkable how the Turks lend - | credulous ecar to the ery of wolf. Ru- mors are recelved here that the Monastir district is boiling over with revolt and excitement and a few regiments are sent up as relnforcements. Then a cry for help comes from Roslog and troops are dispatched thither. Suddenly all these battalions are withdrawn and sent to Mit- rovitza. Turkish officers here tell me that they could wipe out the Macedonian bands in seventy-two hours if they were allowed carte blanche. They say they would g0 through the villages with fire and sword and the Macedonians would then know how to choose between two evils and would no longer support the prowling, predatory insurgent bands, which would disappear. The Turkish officers complain that they can do nothing against the mountain men so long as they are held in check, even though regular soldiers may be thick as flles. Meanwhile, the Sultan's ragged troops swarm into Macedonia. There are more than enough, ten times over, to police the country, but they are not here for that purpose, but because the Sultan's ministers are suspicious of the officials. The Macedonian Bulgarians are yearning for the emancipation of their country, but the .right men are not raising the cry for liberty, Reports of Bulgaflln atrocities are grossly exaggerated, as are also the ac- counts of Turkish atrocities. The par- tisans of each slde strive to outdo their rivals In making blood curdling accusa- tions and enlarging tales of horror, The Bashi-Bazouks were charged in the Garbintzi affair with the massacre of an entire Bulgarian village, while not over fifty persons were slaughtered and no more than one-quarter of the village | was destroyed. An army of 20,000 troops has been massed in Mitrovitza in the last fortnight —an ample force for the protection of the l Russian Consulate. GIANT LINER MAKES e ' i | ‘ | BULGARIAN REVOLUTIONARY AGITATOR AND SCENE IN MACEDONTA. j | E3 FAST TIME ON HER FIRST SEA VOYAGE: | | | | | Steamship Kaiser Wil- helm II Possesses Speed. 1 | NEW YORK, April 2L.—Completing (h!, quickest malden voyage from Cherbourg | to New York, but faifling to break any | of the trans-Atlantic records, the new | German steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II ot! the North German Lloyd Steamship Com- | pany from Bremen, Southampton and Cherbourg reacheq port to-night. The time of the vessel's passage from Cher- bourg mole to the Sandy Hook lightship was five days and twenty-three hours, a few minutes more than twelve hours be- hind the record for the passage between these two points. The Kaiser Wilhelm II is the latest ad- dition to the North German Lifyd Com- pany’s fleet. She sailed from Bremen cn April 15. The Kaiser Wilhelm IT is the largest express steamer in the world. Her prin- cipal dimensions are: Length over all, 706 feet 6 inches; beam, 72 feet; depth, 52 | feet 6 Inches; draught to load line, 29 feet 6 inches, and displacement, 26,500 tons. The estimated average speed of the vesel is from 23% to 24 knots an hour. Sne | is of 40,000-horse power and has a gross register of 20,000 tons. The steamer is capable of accommodating 775 first-class, 343 second-class and 770 third-class pas- sengers. The crew consists of 600 men. The Kalser Wilhelm is equipped for wire- less telegraphy. MINISTER PRINETTI IS INDUCED TO RETIRE Presents His Resignation as Member of Italian Cabinet and It Is ROME, April 21.—By tie advice of his doctors, and owing to the insistence of his - colleagues in the Cabinet, Signor Prinetti has been Induced to present his resig nl?nn as Foreign Minister, which King Victor Emmanuel has accepted. His luocnlor is likely to be Vice Admiral Land | p {navy rard. throughout he pres L in the p ident | dec joyed among the | tiality) | peror Willlam invited ACCIDENT DISABLES THE [OWA PRICE FIVE CENTS. CONFESSION LINKS HIM WITH GRIME Bursting of Steam Huise Admits That Pipe Does Great Damage. ‘Steering Gear of the Big Battleship Is Torn Away. | Disaster Qecurs During a| Cruise on the Gulf of Mexico. Special Dispatch to The Call PENSACOLA, Fla., April 21.—The bat- hip Towa, which left here on Sunday omplete her target practice on the Gulf, was towed in at 10 o’clock to-night totally disabled. A steam pipe had urst tern away her steering gear. reported that several men were by steam. The ac scalded jent occurred at 5:30 o’clock this afterncon. Three Government tugs were imimediately sent to the ship's relfef. The damage is great and it-will requ perhaps more than ten days to make re- The vessel is now lying at The Iowa was ordered to sea on Monday to complete her target practice, which was interrupted by the explosion of a twelve-inch gun. She had almost finished the target practice when this second acel- dent took place. No lives were lost. The report that sev- eral men were scalded by steam cannot be further confirmed. Detailed informa- tlon is unobtainable, as there is no con- h the na yard, which is ten nection miles away. S PLEASING TO THE GERMANS. Disasters to Our Ships Cause Re- joicing in Fatherland. Special to The Call and New York Herald yright, 19 the New York Herald Publishing Company. BERLIN, April 21.—Although a “tem- pest in ' teapot.” the resentment arouse: Germany, in the public and by the latest alleged Ameri- n discourtesy to the Emperor in order- 2g the American squadron to greet Pres- Loubet after the first of 1s inc 1aily rejection the invitation to Kiel, sing | No Goubt the whole matter is pruperly understood in official circles. Ne he- ! Jess popular indignation r s itself | by bitter philippics against ica, both | in the metropolitan and provincial press. The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten, in a leader this evening, waxes furfous and ares that Germany and the Emperor are being made the laughing stock of the whole world and that the sending of the American squadron Kie another plece of evidence that the German e Las lost the respect it forme: nations. It pictures the indignation resulting from American par- prevailing among all political par- and declares that to is em- ties from right to left, all German people are offended. Votwithstanding the efforts of official journals to show there no ill-feeling and that all is moving says this journal, h statements only in- spire amusement. Even though we may wish to maintain a calm attitude the American squadron question must leave a bitter taste.” The Berliner Tageblatt indulges in a still more bitter tirade. Its correspondent in New York reports that the Kearsarge, 1the Alabama and the Illinois are not to be gent to FEuropean waters -because they are unserviceable and the Tageblatt sar- castically comments as follows: ““This refers to the squadron which Em- to Kiel. If the ground on which the squadron is not sent is correctly,” cver is correctly statedw.this is another | remarkable illustration of the boastful- ness with which Americans recently cam- pared their fleet with European navies. 1t was to have served as an ocular dem- | onstration how comparatively powerful | the American protected ships are in ra- dius of action. have maneuvered In Portuguese waters and sailed back to America without tak- ing coal.” Other leading journals, the Vossische Zeitung and the National Zeitung, com- | ment in a similar strain. The incident reveals how easily the German press allows itself to be led into giving vent to anti-American sentiment, although laboring under a misapprehen- s‘on and still apparently unable to real- jze that the American Mediterranean squadron and that now in the Gulf of Mexico are not the same. Government officlals understand the sit- uation, but are apparently unable to re- | strain the innuendoes of the press. POLICE UNABLE TO SERVE WARRANT ON COMMANDANT Captain Dunlap Remains on Govern- ment Reserve and Thus Avoids Being Arrested. SAN JUAN, P. R., April 21.—The police have not been Andrew Dunlap, U. 8. N., commandant of the naval station here, against whom | a warrant has been Issued for bringing | in liquors without paying duty, because the naval station Is a Government re- serve and Captain Dunlap remains in it. It is expected that Captain Dunlap will present himself to-morrow. Commander Montz, U. 8. N., and Rob- ert Clles, against whom warrants were issued on the same charge, have been ar- and have pleaded not guilty. A preliminary hearing will be held before Justice & patlve. He Sheltered McKinney. Bakersfield Officers Have Fears of a Lynching. Thousands Attend Funerals of the Deputies Killed in the Fight. the | This squadron was to| able to arrest Captain | Specia Call. BAKERSFIELD, April 21.—Terrifled by conscience and the fear of vengeance either at the hands of the outraged people or the strong arm of the lows at San Que Ing gave ston. Deputy Sheriff Gus Tower, who knew him for many rs and was associated with him in better days, has been work- ing to extort a confesslon ever since the His efforts were partially success- f the pr at last acknowledged having harbored nney his room for two dayss and that he purchased the guns and ammunition with which the of- ficers were murdered, claiming that it was their intention to leave as soom as McKinney was sufficlently recuperated from trip and enter upon the life of desperadoes and robbers. > The prisoner still persists in his denial of taking part in the shooting, but the ev- idence is overwhelmingly against him. The only missing link in the chain is that no one has been found who saw him eome from the ouse after the battle, but there were about 1000 people around the place within two minutes after the shoot- ing and it would have been an easy mat- tér for him to have slipped out during the excitemen: and escaped | law on the gal- Al Hulse this even ade a partial confes- way a and hi to the crowd. HIDES IN HIS CELL. The Sheriff is day confident that has elapsed the trembling bave confessed all. He isa com- plete wreck both mentally and physical He trembles like a leaf at every sound. When he hears footsteps approaching his cell he hides under his cot and covers himsel the bed clothes. In the dark madman and sees aveng- rom all sides. ce his arrest Hulse has claimed he 1 prove an alibl by John Caldwell, the before an- other wretch companion of Jake McKinney, now in jail, Potter, a schoolmate and companfon of the McKinneys, now a street car mo- tor wel the n in Bakersfleld, and Dave Scott, known man about town. two have come >tt says he actually saw Hulse t nce about th -quarters of an hour be- nd again twenty minutes after the ting. He knows nothing about the in- *ning period. Whefl Scott saw Hulse second time he was coming from the of the shooting. Seott he knew lots more the proper time, but u Neither of to his resecue, but that he woul¢ declined to explain what it was. -ll at The funeral of ( Marshal Packard took place this morning at 10 o’clock from his late residence on Eighteenth street The Eagles, 400 strong, turned out to honor their late president. The Elks, the entire body of officials and 2000 people were in attendance and followed the cession to the grave. been seen before in Bakersfield store, saloon and business hov entire city was closed. Crape every door and thousands streets as the procession services were conducted by ty pro- Nothing like it had Every the e in hung lined passed the Rev Ed- ward Morgan of the Episcopal Church. FUNERAL OF TIBBET. The second funeral followed in the aft- Sherift | ernoon, when the body of Deputy Willlam E. Tibbet was borne to the grave. A similar scene was enacted again. Thousands were out lining the streets as the procession passed. The Eagles, | the Native Sons and the Ancient Order of United Workmen with its ladles’ aux- | illary, the degree of honor, were all in }line with thousands who went to the grave. The services were held at the | Methodist Episcopal Church, the Rew. George Foster officiating. | To-night all is outwardly calm, but it is feared that it is “the calm before the storm,” and that the crisis may occur to- :nxgm If the morning comes without an | attempt at violence the officers believe | the worst danger of further trouble is over. Every precaution is being taken | at the jail, where extra guards are on duty all the time. Sheriff W. W. Collins \of Tulare, his brother, C. C. Collins, | Sherift of Inyo, and several deputies from | Arizona are in the city and are keeping | a close lookout. It is thought that they | are here at the request of Sheriff Kelly | to help in any emergency that may arise. PRETENDER MAY ATTACK THE PORT OF TETUAN Residents of the Place Demand the | Protection of the Spanish Government. MADRID, April 21.—A dispatch from | Ceuta, Morocco, reports the port of Te- tuan, Morocco, as being in a very critical position. The pretender is being urged to attack Tetuan, the capfure of which is considered easy. The European and Jewish residents of the place are unable to leave, except by sea. and have re- quested that a steamer be sent to fetch them, as In consequence of the insuffi- clent garrison the town will soon be in the hands of the insurgents. The Span- lludn have demanded the protection of the Spanish Government