The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1903, Page 1

R T @all, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOLUME XCIII-NO. 172. SES RALOR N ATTEMPT T SUIIDE Washingto; Selig- | man Wearies of || Living. | Financial Reverses in Wall Street the Cause. i New York Banker, Standing | Before Mirror, Slashes | His Throat. { tch to The Call 0. —Standing in front | a m s tment Hotel s . gman, banker | roke 2 member of the well wn Selig family, to-night cut his | with r Then he walked threw himself face | He was found in nerland, a for- w b a close | several years. the corridor of | phy cians had was taken to d cut himself m the base ng four inches he had tried to ued illness and fre of informa- in his office He worked brother. row no light on gnant when asked She said Seligman’s In past known was well She about in bulld. She he first ng of Sel became hy was under the is ex- FAIR ESTATE CONTEST IS AGAIN CALLED UP Attorneys for Respondents Deny That They Have the Original Agreement of Settlement. he 1 Mrs r. The 1 agreement | MANILA NEWSPAPER MEN [ ACQUITTED OF SEDITION | Supreme Court of Islands Confirms Their Conviction on Charge of Criminal Libel. | LA, May 2).—The Supreme Court 8 and O'Brien, re- | nd editor of Free- | ty of sedition. Dorr and stéd on the charge of printed an article from an periodical, to which the edi- tor of Freedom agreed and added remarks | own censuring the United States | The charges made were that | s the Filipino officeholders and that the commission had high positions Filipinos who y orrupt. on of Dorr and O'Brien on charge of libeling ‘Benito Le Garga, native member of the Philippine Com- | ssion, was yesterday confirmed by the preme Court at Manila, ——————— Strike in St. Louis Machine Shops. LOUILS, May 20.—More than 2000 | and members of kindred incluging metal polishers, hrass | workers and laborers employed in shops | Louis, all members of the 8t. Louis Metal Trades Association, which is allied | International Association of Ma- went on strike to-day. The ma- demand an increase of 19 per t in wages and the brass workers ask for 162-3 per cent increase. —— e —— Troops to Guard Courtroom. ow: BORO, Ky., May 2.—Governor Beckham announced to-day that he would send a detachment of militia to Jackson on Baturday to be present at the hearing next week of Curtiss Jett, charged with the murder of Lawyer J. B. Marcum. t gu chinists com- | | 'MRS. JACK GARDNER IN FEAR OF DEATH Eccentric Leader of Boston Society Be- lieves She Is Marked for Assassination. — MILLIONAIRE BOSTON WOMAN WHO HAS APPLIED TO THE POLICE | FOR PROTECTION, FEARING THAT SHE THE BULLET OF A MURDERER WILL FALL VICTIM TO | e EFFT %2 % OSTON, May 20.—Fearing as- Within the last few weeks many Ital- sassinatios, Mrs. John L. |ians have been seen about the “palace Gardner—better known as| museum.” On Saturday last a bullet was Mre. “Jack"—has twice with- | fired from the outside through the win- | in a week applied to the po- |dow of a room where Mrs, Gardner spends lice department for protection. | most of her time. Fortunately, the room | Mrs. Gardner is the acknowledged lead- | was unoccupied, but the bullet disfigured s er of Bosten society and in some W is considered eccentric, music and art be- ing her particular hobbies. Within two vears she has had built for her in the Fenway district a replica of a Venetian stocked with rare and of all This she hs treasures from all This collection she t of a museum to which is admitted twice a art ages ba s made th Among the art tre Madonna by Botticelli, which a prominent pesition in the Royal Gallery in Florence. A number of s ago 1 len, and Mrs, “Jack” aft ard ed it at a fabulous pric Count- atten have been made by Ital- n agents to get it back. This picture, it c | all night is believed, Is responsible for Mrs. Gard- ner's present predicament 3 e e OEFENT FOR BOTH WIFE AND HLSHAND IN DORGE COURT Honors Easy Between Mrs. Rich and Her Spouse. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, May 20.—Honors ure easy, #0 far as court proceedings are concerned, in the family row of the Richs. Nancy Rich, who was actress Anne Summerville “Adonis” company, and who lost her suit for separation from her hus- William L. Rich, yesterday, to-day before Justice Scott of the Supreme of Dixey's won in her husband’s counter suit for absolute divorce. The jury was out an hour before agreeing there was not suf- ficient evidence to show that Mrs. Rich had with Frank Strat- ton, a very co-respondent. The diamond broker and his wife are still living in the same house on East Seventy- first street, but in different parts of fit. They don’t speak The most amused-looking person in the courtroom early in the day was Edward Chapman, the comedian, Mrs. Rich's former husband and the father of Edna Chapman. He said he had to come down- town anyway and thought he’d drop in just for a minute to see how his former wife looked. When the case was resumed to-day counsel for the husband called a few more servants anc'guides to testify that they had seen Mrs. Rich and Stratton to- gether in the Adirondack woods and on Lake Placid, but they added nothing ma- terial to the evidence and there were no more kissing and hugging stories. Both Mrs. Rich and Stratton testified in their own defense and denied that they had ever kissed Court been indiscreet boyish ond repair the bronze statue of a Chi- | nese god. | On Monday Mrs. “Jack” applied to the | police for protection. She was told that | r compl t must be entered in writd| before action could be taken. Last | it a crowd of brick-throwing rowdies | pt Mrs. Gardner in an agony of fear | long. This afternoon she sub- | mitted a written complaint to the police, in which she demanded a police guard | about her palace. Until such a guard is established by the city she will main- | ta squad of private detectives at her | own exper Mys. ¢ by dner says that her life is sought Italian cranks who, moved by cted patriotism_are angered be- | she does not restore the B()lllcelli: adonna to the Itallan Government. | | misd cause e I B 0 o 2 e e JOCAEY CLUB BARS J. 700 SLOM FROM AL FRENCH TS Accuses Former Jockey of Reprehensible Methods. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, May 20.—The French Jockey Club has decided to exclude J. Tod Sloan from all of its paddocks and training grounds, alleging that he knowingly abet- ted reprehepsible conduct by the trainer of Rose de Mal, which won the Prix de Diane at Chantilly on May 27, after rumors of the mare's ill-health had con- siderably lengthened her price in the bet- ting. Rose de Mai was nominally trairned by Jean Brethes, who seems to have covered others, including Sloan, with his identity, Sloan galloped Rose de Mai for Brethes on the Jockey Club's private course at Chantilly on the morning of the race, without the permission of the club. Bre- thes has been fined 2000 francs. Sloan’s penalty is something of a novel- ty. The stewards only recently assumed power to exclude offenders. It is sald | there will be further developments on May 24, when the French Derby is run. The Temps says Sloan's exclusion was less for breach of the rules in galloping Rosc de Mai than for ‘“spreading turf rumors.” The action of the stewards follows nu- merous incidents connected with Rose de Mafi's victory in the race for the Prix de Diane at Chantilly last Sunday. This race is one of the classic events of the French turf, being equivalent to the Eng- lish Oaks, and is worth $10,000. Count de Saint Phalles’ Rose de Mai was second faverite at 4 to 1, but reports on the morning of the race that she coughed anc that it was probable she would not start sent the price to 12 to 1. Later it | Republican Interest has HANNA MEN OPPOSE THE PROGRAMME May Give War to Roosevelt Wing in Ohio. Object to Indorsing the President for Re- election. Foraker Will Attempt to Compel This Action by Convention. Special Dispatch to The Call, CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, May 20.—Shall the convention of Hanna's own State pass a resolution indorsing Theo- dore Roosevelt for President in 1904, thus entirely eliminating Senator Hanna from the race? is the question which s now agitating Ohio Republicans and threatens to start a feud in the party which will not be bound by State lines. The Ohio Republicans will hold their convention about the middle of June when Myron T. Herrick, Senator Hanna's can- didate for Governor, if any, the convention should take on the | subjeét of the Federal administration of Mr. Rooseveit. Friends of the President want a resolution passed declaring for Mr. Roosevelt as the candidate next year. zen added to this desire by the fact that Hanna has been undisputed manager of the party in Ohlo for eight s and has been mentioned nearly every day for six months by those who want to retire Mr. Roosevelt, as a likely candidate fof the Presidency. The Senator has given no encourage- ment to the use of his name and has re- peatedly said that he would not allow his name to gc before the next natlonal convention. Senator Hanna has not expressed him- self on the-subjectzof an indorsement of ve | President Réosevelt, but his friends have been combating the idea. They say that the convention should not go further than indorsing the administration of Mr. Roosevelt. They argue thit this vear's convention should leave to that of next year the task of picking a candldate for the party. Next year Mr. Roosevelt may be out of the running. Indeed, some of them have gone o far as to say that if a resolution calling for the nomination of | Mr. Roosevelt were presented it would be opposed by the entire Hanna strength in the convention. This has given Senator Foraker, whose relations with Senator Hanna are not po- litically friendly, an opportunity to jump in on the Roosevelt side and he comes out in an interview in which he advocates such a resolution in conventfon. Foraker is banking on the sentiment for Mr. Roosevelt, even in Ohio, being so sweep- ing as to be irresistible. On the other hand, some of Hanna's followers say that this is a good time to test the Roosevelt strength and ascertain if 1t 1s genuine or fictitious. there may be a show of hands. ——————— HORSETHIEF IS DROWNED; Therefore HIS COMRADE CAPTURED | Montana Ranchers Quietly Mak- ing Preparations to Lynch Their Prisoner. BUTTE, Mont.,, May 20.—A special to the Miner from Twin Falls, Idaho, say: a posse in pursuit of two horsethieves who had stolen four horses from the Canal Construction Company of Nelson Bennett & Co., at Milner, last Sunday night, came up to the bandits at the junction of the Snake and Salmon rivers to-day after fol- lowing them for thirty-five miles. The horsethieves were forced into the river and one of the robbers in attempting to swim the stream with his horse was drowned. The second thief was captured by the posse and is now at Milner. Threats of lynching are frequent and a report says that the ranchers &re quietly making preparations to hang him. — e NEW BISHOP OF BUFFALO IS STRONGLY OPPOSED Vatican Is Flooded With Protests Against the Appointment of Rev. Charles H. Colton. ROME, May 20.—The Vatican and the Congregation of the Propoganda are both being besfeged with protests against the appointment of the Rev. Charles H. Col- ton as Bishop of Buffalo. These protests are useless, as his nomization has been approved by the Pcpe and the brief ap- pointing him to the bishopric has already been Issued. A meeting of the Congrega- tion of the Propaganda has been called for May % to decide regarding the divis- jon of the State of Oregon into two dio- ceses. L e e Y ) developed that Rose de Mai was heavily becked at long odds and she won in fine style, whereupon M. Marghioloman, a well known horse owner, voiced the pub- le feeling, with the result that M. Char- ron, who superintended the filly’s train- ing, challenged him to fight a duel. Their seconds to-night anonunced that there was no cause for a auel. This an- ncuncement was simultaneous with the notice that Sloan had been warned off the turf. probably will re- | | ceive a unanimous nomination. There has | been much talk in Ohio as to what action, PRESBYTERIAN DELEGATES OUTLINE MOM ENTOUS WORK General Assembly of the Church Begins Its Important Labors in Los Angeles. YR E Presbyterian General Assembly, a convention of in- ternational religious moment, will begin its most impor- tant work at Los Angeles to-day. The election of a new moderator and the consideration of amendments to the com- fession of faith will engage the prominent churchmen. d——————— b - MYSTERIOUS WOMAN THREATEN FAMILY WITH OREAD AGID Southern Mayor’s Wife Hears of Vitriol by Telephone. : Special Dispatch to The Call. | LOS ANGELES, May 2.—Because of | the recent deratement of certain officials of the Police Department who were re- duced to the ranks and assigned to duty ‘as patrolmen, an unknown woman has | threatened: to throw: vitriol over the wife | of Mayor Snyder and his little son. The | threats have caused much alarm and sev- | eral detectives have been trying to find the woman, but inasmuch as her threat was transmitted over the telephone their | task 1s almost an impossible one. They say, however, they have a clew. The recent changes in the Police De- partment_have given rise to much feel- | ing and the derated officers have appealed | | to the courts to compel the Board of Po- | licé Commissioners to reinstate them. Un- | der the recent amendments to the char- | | ter civil service was provided and there | between the Civil Service and other was a clash | Commissioners | boards. Yesterday while the Police Commission- | | ers were considering the cases of the de- | | rated officers a woman telephoned to May- or Snyder's home and to Mrs. Snyder made the threat. Mayor Snyder gave out | the following statement about the matter to-day: | “My wife answered the telephone and the woman who had called up my resi- dence was parucwo know if she was | talking with Mrs. Snyder. When assured that there was no mistake she told her she wanted her to see to it that all these | police officers who were derated should be | put back in their former positions. My wife replied that she had nothing to do with it and that she must see me or those who had official charge of the business. ““Then the wonma declared that she had | better make it her business, for if the men ‘were not reinstated the eyes of my little boy would %e put out, and, she add- ed. ‘We have the vitriol to do it.’ " Mayor Snyder asserted that it was far- thest from his thoughts to charge any of the derated officers with any connecmm\k with the threat.. In fact, he belleves that the threat may have come from some per- son who desired to injure their chances. ————— HUNDREDS OF CANADIANS ARE RENDERED HOMELESS Fire Destroys Several Large Fac- tories and Many Dwellings in City of St. Hyacinthe. ST. HYACINTHE, Quebec, May 20.—A | fire to-day in the shoe factory of Cote Bros. destroyed that and a half dozen other industries and 250 houses, leaving nearly a quarter of the eity’s population homeless to-night. The loss is placed at $400,000. Nobody knows how the fire start- ed. When it was first noticed it had se- cured a firm grip on the Cote factory. The wind was blowing a gale at the time and the buildings in the immediate vicin- ity were of such a character as to fall easy prev to the flames. The burned district is practically the same as that destroyed in 1876. The river Yamaska flows through the town in the shape of a letter V. St. Antoine street runs along the top of the V, and prac- tically everything south of that street was burned. v governing | have upon the religious world the | of the Presbyter gates from the West. 1 | . 4 = . PROMINENT PRESBYTERIANS WHO ARE TO BE NOTABLY IDENTI- FIED WITH THE SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHICH BEGINS ITS IMPORTANT WORK IN LOS ANGELES TO-DAY. - ® OS ANGELES, May 20.—With | there will be no need of discussion as to a mi this morning at the Woman's Club house began the session of what is probably the most important religious gathering which ever assembled on the Coast. The Epworth League and Christian Endeavor societies, both of which have held national meetings in Cal ifornia, have brought to the State a great- er number of people, but for the influence which the meetings now in progress will | essions in an General Assembly Los Angeles are vastly more important. From all over the civilized world, and ‘(rum parts not civilized, delegates have crossed oceans and continents to attend this meeting. Accompanying the leading divines of the Presbyterian church have come hundreds of laymen with their fam- ilies to take advantage of the opportu- nity which is afforded by the meeting of the General Assembly here to see a por- | tion at least of far famed California. The delegates and those who come with them have been arriving for several days. and there are now in Los Angeles sev- eral thousand visitors, who after the as- sembly adjourns will scatter through the State to the many points of interest and then, after a season generously long by grace of the time limits on their tickets, they will journey homeward. CONTEST FOR HONORS. The real work of this representative gathering will begin to-morrow at 11 o’clock with the constitution of the Gen- eral Assembly in Immanuel Presbyterian Church, and for a week and a day there will be sessions either of the general body or some of those dependent upon it at almost every hour of every day. Prob- ably the most important matter which must at once be settled Is the selection of a new moderator to succeed the Rev. Henry Van Dyke, D. D, LL. D., of Princeton, N. J. At present the indica- tions point strongly to the election of Dr. Robert Coyle of Colorado, who has the almost unanimous support of the dele- Dr. Page of Kansas is another candidate and there are nu- merous dark horses who, were this a po- litical convention, might be accused of exposing themselves to the lightning and hoping it will strike them. Pending the election the ministers are doing politics like old campaigners, but | the contest is friendly and once the elec- tion has been decided the delegates will proceed to consider the more important questions which will come before the General Assembly. Without doubt the most important matter which will come up for final adjustment is that of the various amendments which are to be made (o the confession of faith. There will not be a repetition of the discussion over this question which was at the last session of the General Assembly so in- tense as to be at times almost acrimoni- ous. The last General Assembly practically settled the matter and at this session | jonary conference held | the merits and demerits of the proposed changes. Presbyteries throughout the world have voted on the matter and it is reported that 227 out of the 235 have voted in favor of having the changes made. It Pacific | therefore remains for the General Assem- the | bly to ratify that vote. OBJECTION TO SMOOT. A number of other matters of im- portance will be considered, among them that of changing the method of admitting ministers into the presbyteries, but it is considered probable that this, too, w be referred to the local presbyteries and will be left for their decision between now and the meeting of the next Gemeral Assembly. Resolutions protesting against the seat- ing of Senator Smoot will be presented to the General Assembly and it seems to be the sentiment that they will be passed unanimc Dr. McMillan is expected the resolutions before the as- Immanuel Church was filled this even- ing with commissioners and local church people, the occasion being the chief meeting in the Interest of foreign mis- | sions that will be held during the Gen- eral Assembly. The Rev. Dr. Marshall presided and addresses were made by the Rev. Dr. Henry Jessup of Syria and the Rev. Calvin W. Mateer of China. At the morning meeting of the board of foreign missions the time to noon was filled with reports of synodical and pres- byterian committees. An open confer- ence was held and many of the leading Presbyterian workers gave experfences of thelr work in the missionary flelds, in- cluding the Rev. Dwight E. Potter and the Rev. John F. Patterson, D. D. The Rev. Charies C. Fisher of Southern Cah- fornia was appointéd secretary of the meeting. This afternoon several promi- nent speakers took part and the Rev John F. Patterson, D. D.. presided as chatrman. CHANGE IN ARTICLES. The new interpretation which 'will be put upon the confession of faith will ma- terially change the attitude of hundreds of thousands of Presbyterians who ac- cept its teachings. Perhaps the most im- portant peint changed is that in which the Presbyterian church has belleved for centuries, namely. that certain ones are selected from the foundation to be damned, while others are as surely chosen to be saved. The much discussed article follows. With regard to its seem- ing ambiguity it should be remembered that it was prepared more than two cen- turies ago: God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own wili freely and unchangeably ordain what- soever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the crea- tures, nor is the liberty or contingency Continued on Page 2, Column 3.