The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1903. EXPL OSIDES SLAUGHTER BUL GARIANS LODEE SAYS PAYNE MAY BE REMOVED Drastic Measures | to Be Used if | Necessary. Whitewash of Machen| Will Stir Ire of | President. AR Former Postmaster General Smith Is Requested to Explain. ble and the Pos asked 1c t the resi Machen hen shoui h action sh h Assistant, ¢ e of commission of some mtopis Dot ahen ‘be Pre Post to-day ad master Gen- t Postmaster Merritt Comptre Tracewell of | o alling attention to-a pub- | w with W. Tulloch, for ears ree years ago cashier | e Was postoffice w es ch as saying whole Postoffice the Wa mere bureau n the pro- hing and ation of opped . presumably as a - were of existing .condi-| . were threatened sumed t ris men and de of the fivet -as- 1 especia 1 of himself flice inspectors with the | ask ewe! ing of 1 de- the Wash- rt from his the papers his office two months to the conviction that there ties, he would | e expenses of the local led the attention of the | them and disallowed many ters eventually were straight- promise from the| the improper dis t be continued, he | that he should on the disburs- | sald He t th _was done,” he 1 or personal pres- | bear vpon me. If | brought it would ng. There were con sure was brought such pressure had beer have acco regularitie ch I took steps to check papers on file in my office will show.” Was the expert who investigated the | e accounts made an example of?" racewell was asked He was transferred from my office to the sixth auditor’s office, which amounted to a reduction,” was the reply. That was brought about for other rea- s. as well as his manner of investigat- he postoffice accounts. He was very and performed his work in a sat- | v manner, except that he was not tly tactful in approaching people making requegts for helpers,” Assistant Postmaster General he added, had complained that the manner was offensive. Com- of the expert's offensive marner come from the Attorney Gen- City Postmaster Merritt, an- other one of the officlals to whom Mr. Payne sent a letter of inquiry, was asked whether disbursements had been made in his office without a written record of the same being kept “N¢ he replied, cumbency.” He admitted that there had been some instances where clerks and others had been borne on the rolls of the city post- office and had been detailed to work in the Postoffice Department. ; _smw ... po “not, during my in- | the si | the rules of diplomatic precede | utes later than the time set for the begin- | the breakfast. 'FOREIGN DIPLOMATISTS : SPEAK GENEROUS PRAISE OF AMERICAN PROGRESS FROM SP. FAIR CER YESTERD. EMBASSADOR.OF FRANCE AT WASHINGTON , WHO TOOK A PRO! R A\l" THE \“\lSTER IN THE WORLD'S' T.. LOUTS; ‘May day’ at the -ex ried o 1! there were delays brought the concliion - of theé fexer about e hours' later than ly intended.. 2 cfast to'.The diplc reatly enjoyed » who participated of .the meal .President a foast to--the foreign' ‘whose presence indicalte of their. governments wishes toward Exposition.” b P x-President * Cleveland will 1 me to:morrow night,. going ai Princetpn, N:-J. Following_the n the Liberal Arts--buildling, to-mé of each State buildihg’ will be d £ feated. THese dédications.will-take ‘piace at about fhe same time, the exercises. e~ ing in the hands of the varigus State Tey who will be escorted (d-the officlals’ of ‘the the. e resentatives, sites by ex; various tion HONORS TO DIPLOMATS. The members of the diplomatic corp representatives of foreign go\'-'rnm_cms and other official guests assembled at the St. Louis Club at 10:30 a. m. to-day and were driven from there to the exposition grounds. The carriages during the drive were arranged in strict accordance with and once the line was formed the carriages, escorted by four troops of regular .ca: alry, were driven rapidly toward:the fair grounds, where the breakfast was' served The New York provisional regiment, fre- | splendent in new dress uniforms, was drawn up in Forest Park, and as the line | of carriages passed along the troops were | reviewed by Governor Odell. Although the hour set for the com- mencement of the day’s exercises was 12 o’clock, it was long past that time when the diplomats and their escort arrived at the Liberal Arts building. Fifteen min- | ning of the programme the diplomats, the representatives and the distinguished | guests were only preparing to sit down to The assembly was called to order by Corwin H. Spencer, chairman of the expo- | sition committee on ceremonies. After the invocation by the Rev. Carl Swenson of St. Louis Mr. Spencer introduced as president of the day the Hon. John M. Thurston, who spoke as follows: LOVE AMONG NATIONS. “We are here to welcome the Embassa- dors, Ministers and representatives of friendly forelgn nations. We are gathered to commemorate an event of history, an cvent of more importance than most any event of history. This event gave to us a centinental habitation. ““To-day, after 100 years, we come to cel- ebrate a magnificent exposition. Tt is not an exposition of city or State, nor of the United States. It is an exposition of the world. Gentlemen, our visitors and friends in this temple of peace, dedicated to the progress of men, your presence is signif- ’vwrp chised, by beried * the: Réy. Samutel:J. “dikplay of fireworks Erancis of the =xposition was one of the (nnsplf‘uoux spcakers at to-day's ceremu- In part he sald: - The.diniversal Eiposition of 1904 exlend coidial ‘greeting to the distingulshed. represen- tatives of forelgn countries who fayor us by | thelr.presence on this assembling of envoys of organized governs ments, however: limited in thelr number .and whatever its object ‘may be, is characteristic ofa high civilization; but when. that convening is s general in its character as this, it indi- cates marked progress in the estabfishment of a Vetter understanding between interests and policies long antagonistic and at variance. And wheh the object of such a meeting 1s, as in this case, to establish and cement friendly relations between people Who differ.in form of government, in religion and in race, it means a distinct step toward the organization of a pariiament of man, an accomplishment worthy of the highest endeavor, because its consum- mation would result in a universal peace. The cycle of one hundred years whose close we have just passed, incomparable as it was in the discovery and the invention and the application of forces and methods in the phys- ical world and remarkable as it was for ad- vancement in every line of thought and re- . [tne exercises, | sion. GRANK THIE 70 RIE WiTH AOISEIEL Mounts a Step of the President’s Carriage. Means No Harm but Is‘x romptly Knoeked | . Into Gutter, B Immense Crowds at Topeka' . Give Welcome to Chief - sevelt made two addresscs in Topdka' ight, 4né at the Taying of the' corner- for the new Rallrodd Young, Men's4 Aqmdmmn l'mlldmg and the Auditgrium befors” the-.ln. on\f‘nl\nn uf lh? \m‘ng “\ssn(laflor\, +Both ad- l!an Aqemllflnn hu!ldlng the Prvsl- v\as nbm]uc(Pd R 1h! resnl‘nte -0f He ‘tifen j!lmptd “gn -one, of ‘lspa with the remar! | ‘secrét servicé mem in she carriage, by a well-aimed blow, sent *him, rolling, in the, “zutter.. He was afterwara uresled The fellow was, wis ged | and® Qd net con-, f»uz tried td enter he carriage out’or jere upsm of bravado. * The, Incld(nt. reati; 'nmused. the President. _ » . Flags .were mnla,ytu lhé storé fr-‘ml! \yre ‘dralped th red, white.‘and blug bntin, Mz\nv 5 template ahy;, asault-of < e, President. /| Italy Sends Out a Fleet of War- ships. Turkish Troops Make a Large Capture. | SHAPERER PRICE FIVE CENTS. e } ! | ———ee 3 ., SCENE IX ' EUROPEAN TURKEY ANB SPTATESMAN 'WHO OFDER- ED WARSHIPS TO SALONICA. Secretary Hay Wmt,es Regrets for. Alarm +He pfe!en o wl(h" a’ !fl\er lrow‘tl _President p]nced the mortar in voulllon_. The, opening prayes wa's made 'by Rev, H. H. G!‘CEK of St Lou]s In hln address Ereuldenl Roouevelt ex- presaed his pleuui‘e at belng in “the geo- graphical center of the “United States.” He. congratulated Yhe ‘delegates to the Young Men’s .Christian ‘Assoclation Cop- “| Vention that fhey hua <ome_to Kandas for their xreaf meeunx and snud he” hoped their meeting would be the most’ profllable éver held.. The President * Churlcterlzed the Rnl,l~ Toad Young Men’'s Christian Association as one of the most potent agencles for good in’the country, in that it tended to make - better men of the railroad em- ployes,-on whom S0 much depended: The cerémonies occupled twenty min- utes. Then the Président and his party were escorted to their carriages and driven rapidly. to the Copeland Hotel. Fourteen carriages were in the proces- Gompanies of the Kansas National Guard acted as guards. DINES WITH GOVERNOR. The President was taken to the resi- dence of Governor Bailey, where he was entertained .at dirfner. As the party search, will be surpassed and distanced by the new century upon which we have entered if the material potentialities and the intellectual faculties of mankind can be utilized and trained toward a common end and that emd the uplifting of the human race and the pro- motion of its happiness. The International Exposition whose dedica- tion you honor by your presence was concelved in an effort to commemorats & great achteve- ment which has proven a potent factor in - creasing our wealth and sustaining our insti- tutions and perpetuating our independence. The interest manifested by the governments and the people whom you represent in pledges of participation has been encouraging and passed a number of old soldiers who were drawn up on the east entrance of the building saluted the President. The President returned the salute. Those present at the Governor's din- ner were as follows: The President, Sec- retary Root, Assistant Secretary Barnett, Surgeon General Rixey, Dr. Butler, Judge ‘W. Shook of the Federal bench, Chief Justice Johnson of the Kansas Supreme bench. Morton Albaugh, Senator J. R. Burton, Senator Chester I. Long, N. H. Loomis of the. Union Pacific, M. A. Lowe of the Rock Island, H. J. Bone, secretary to *the Governor; William Allen White, G. W. Howe of the Atchlson Globe. Continued on. Page 3, Cols. 3 and 4.| _Continued on-Page 4, Column 4. _ ¥ .| anese Minister, but had verified them. Oiger : _Chin tnnsp!ssmn td St. ’Petersburg EY nof e in whlch hé expresses resrel that. the Lnlted States® should hate. been . led into even & temporal‘ mllcnncemlon or doubt = to Russia’s positidh in Manehuria..” He're;: | turns the thanks of this Government for a° frank hnd satistactory: declaration of Russfan *principles. Ac cable this morfing,’ which portrayed the Rus- sian Governmen{s feeling of mortifica- tlon that the United Stdtes should have thought her capable of duplicity in ‘re- gard to Manchuria, attracted attention at the State Department, as well as In diplomatic circles. English diplomats are trying to make it appear that everything cabled from Pe- king more than a week ago was true and that Russia has backed down. This view is not taken at the State Department. Mr. Conger, Minister at Peking, first cabled the alleged Russian demands to the State Department, and when asked if he was sure of his facts he is said to have stated that he obtained them first from the Jap- It appears now that he was hasty and ill advised in his eable to the State De- partment. The disclaimer which the Rus- sian Government handed Embassador Mc- Cormick at St. Petersburg has been ca- bled to Mr. Conger, but no answer has been received. Japan refuses to believe that Russia means what she says. Even to-day she was seeking to induce the United States to take a new position in regard to Ko- rea, asserting that Russia is about to take action toward that country. which will be hostile to all other nations having inter- ests In the Far East. o Lake Placid Home Burns. 7;. from St. Pelersbur: nu’bl(she( ¢ 5 IONSTANTINOPLE; May I. More bonibs were | threwn ‘at intervals in \a— vestérday. " Afrests hA\C l)cen made by - avholesale. .\Ian) Bulgarxane ‘have-, . been by c\plo ions in tlve 'streets. lonica iR details of the troables in édlomm | | have bcen received here... "lhe embassies -have mged thc Pn‘rte ) takq exery possible meas- e puhm security. ity C\A:l)emt- A $tite 'of siege-has been pro- _clalme(l at "Salpnica and e\tranr- xmhtarv p.ecaut)onc have rdered e\er\\\here in. tiie S -ou-tmget smn]ar to; those perpe- be trattd here \e'bter(la\ ‘may gom.mxtte(l at. (omtantmople e];e.\\here I'he action m the Mac- attackson *foreig : property -was -évidently .with the’ view of pro-| voking the intervention of the powers. “It'is- fear_ed the-ovitrages may ‘lead” to massacres. of Mace- domans and Bulgduans by Mus- ‘sulmans-who are in a $tate of dan- gerous. excitement. Tirkish troops have captured a Bulgarian band 300 strong, near Nevrokop, European Turkey. The treasure of the Ottoman bank is safe. it ik ein M4 OME, May 1.—Owing tc the alarm- ing news from Salonica an Itaiian squadron has been ordered to pro- ceed to that port. Vice Admiral Morin, Minister of Marine, announced in the Chamber of Deputies to-day that Italy will act conjointly with the other powers regarding Macedonia. L | FEAR RAILWAY WOULD DESECRATE GRAVEYARDS American and Japanese Engineers bn Canton-Hankow Railway At- tacked by Mob. HONGKONG, May 1—It is learned that the attack by a mob upon five Amer- ican and five Japanese engineers em- ployed in work.in connection with the Canton-Hankow Rallway was due to the tear of the®superstitious Chinese that the line of railway would desecrate grave- yards, a belief that has often caused trouble in rallway building in this coun- try. The attack was made in the Ching- yuen district. The information here is that the en- gineers escaped with the assistance of UTICA, N. Y., May 1—A special from Carthage says that the.Stevens house at Lake Placid has burned, entailing a loss of §200,000 s friendly elders, but they lost their instru- ments and everything else they had with them. Forelgn gunboats have been dis- patched to “the scene, whlch is up. the North River, Killed| Few | amlupdted that] édoman “Committee 4n Jdirecting | SALONICA Terror JSpreads Through the Country. Sultan Declares City Is z'n State i SUUTH[HN' PACIFIC - MEN QUIT PLAGES - ONTEXAS CENTRAL tRock Island Controls and Road Will Be Reorganized. et Special Dispatch 'to The Call. | HOUSTON, Texas, May 1.—All claIs of the Houston and Texas who are identifled with the Southern Pa- eific, have tendered their re: mations with the former company. The list includes | the following: Vice President Markham, Passenger Traffic Manager Morse, Freight Traffic Manager Jones, General Freight Agent Dunlap, General Passenger Agent Rob- bins, Assistant General Passenger Agent Anderson and Assistant General Freight Agents Beard, Christensen and Reece. ‘The resignations will be effective between this and the 15th inst. This information was secured from the head officials to-night. A stockholders’ meeting of the Central will be held within | a few days and a reorganization effected. | It develops that the Rock Island has ac quired a controlling interest in-the Cen- tral, but it is to be operated indepenc ently. The Houston and Texas Central is the best paying railway property in Texas. It has a total mileage of more than 600 miles. Traffic Director Stubbs was in Houston Wednesday and immediately following his | departure the resignations were flled. Manager Jeff Miller, who is not identified with the Southern Pacific, is to continue in his present capacity with the Centrai. He will be the only one of the old corps to remain. The headquarters of the Cen- tral will be maintained in this eity. SOUTH AFRICAN BOERS TO SETTLE IN MEXICO Land for Refugees Chosen in a Min- ing Region Near Santa Rosalia. EL PASO, Texas, May 1L—A dispatch from Chihuahua, Mexico, to-day states that the Beer leadérs have closed a deal for 83,000 acres of choice land in that State, near Santa Rosalia, on which they will locate one of their colonies of refu- gees from South Africa. The land is close to a famous mining region and s Sus- ceptible of wonderful developmeat. , fic|