The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCHI-NO. 179, PRICE FIVE CENTS, POSTAL SCANDAL YIELDS NEW SENSATION IN ARREST OF BUREAU CHIEF AND TWO MANUFACTURERS TO WHOM HE GAUVE CONTRACTS FOR SUPPLIES NG ND FLOOD Loss in the Middle West Reaches | Miilions. List of the Killed Num- bers Nearly One Hundred. Tidal Wave Sweeping Up Lake Michigan Does Great Damage. he Call Devastation in the 1 flood ¢ % pers indications The ratl- ns and man and hall storms prevailed to- | ols and Indiana. No perty can be losses RS IOWA TOWN DEMOLISHED. Tornado Makes Wreckage of the Buildings in Botna. IN became appare: caused far great. t reported. A re- Botna, Bhelby way of Audibon, says of Botna was completely at many farm houses e were wrecked. At Botna and. the Great Western | ong the bulldings known to cked. No definite news of here has been received a fro ngs were blown Mrs. 8. B. Troop | ed in the wreck- h of Gray, in Audibon | ’ ) children were killed In the | use and five others | All were occupants of was reported to-day as tornado in South Des The home of Richard penter, was destroyed, and | from the kitchen wg overturned a three-year-old r was burned to death, pinioned | debris { STORM SWEEPS OEIO. { Telegraph and Telephone Service Is Badly Crippled. | COLUMBUS, O., May Z.—Reports of ¢ does in Northern Ohio were current here to-day. Information by telegraph and telephone shows that the storm swept from mnorth of Dayton portheast to the lake region. Great damage is reported by wind through the ofl fields, Halil stones ) diameter broke fundreds of but no more serious damage is reported st this time. Wires are reported hwest of a line from Dayton to down n Sandusky and communication is cut off. No loss of life has been reported. CLEVELAND, O., May 27.—High winds, blowing from thirty to forty miles an hour, attended by unusually heavy rain and bail, have blown fl’n telephone and 'NOMINATION OF ROOSEVELT WILL BE ONLY A FORMALITY UHNAUU |President Is Already Certain of Five Hundred Votes in ‘Next Year’s Convention. +[ LEADERS IN PENNSYLVANIA POL ITICS, WHOSE INFLUENCE WAS ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, C W., WASHINGTO May President Roosevelt's supporters claim that his nomination for re- election in 1904 is practically certain. They present the following figures in sup- port of thet belief: Counting in Ohio, President Roosevelt is now sure of 4% votes in the next Republican National Convention from the States already pledged to his candidacy—Alabama, Arkansas, 18; Connecticut, 14; Iowa," 26; . , 20; Massachusetts, Missouri, Minnesota, 32; New York, 78; Rhode Island, 8; Texas, 38; Utah, 6; Washing- ton, 10; Illinois ; Ohlo, 46; Pennsylva- nia, 68—total, 496. The following States are conceded as favorable to Mr. Roosevelt's nomination: California, 20; Michigan, 28; Maine, 12; Tennessee, 24; Kentucky, 26; Colorado, 10; Wyoming, 6; Wisconsin, 26; Idaho, 6; Ore- gon, 6; New Hampshire, 8; Maryland, 16; Vermont, 8; West Virginia, 14; Nebraska, 16; Montana, 6—total, 234. This makes a grand total in Roosevelt's column of 730, or 237 more than necessary to nominate. i dnsod PENNSYLVANIA IN LINE. Indorses President Roosevelt for Re- election in 1904. HARRISBURG, Pa., May 27.—The Re- publican State Convention to-day in- dorsed President Roosevelt for re-election and declared against any change in the present tariff schedules. The State ed- ministration was strongly indorsed and no mention was made in the platform of the Grady-Salus libel law enacted by the recent Legislature. Senator Quay de- clined to accept re-election as chalrman -3 ) of the State Central Committee, and his colleague, Senator Penrose, was chosen as his successor. | The plank in the platform indorsing President Roosevelt ‘- for a second term follows: “We commend and approve the admin- istration of President Roosevelt, who, with great ability, fidelity and vigor, has enforced the policies of his lamented pre- decessor, William McKinley, and of the Republican party. We favor his nomina- tion and election to the Presidency in 1904, and pledge the united support of the Re- publicans of Pennsylvania.” The platform also contains a plank fa- yoring “home rule for and the early ad- mission to statehood of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.” Of the question of tariff revision the plat- form say: “We affirm our unswerving loyalty to the Repuplican principle of a protective tariff and deprecate any suggestion of a general revision at the present time of the existing tariff law. We believe it to be the dictum of wisdom to let well enough alone and not to imperil business interests by any suggestions of present interference with revenue legislation. Permanency and stability of tariff rates are essential to continued business pros- perity.” Senator William P. Snyder of Chester County was nominated for Auditor Gen- eral, Willlam M. Matthews of Delaware County for State Treasurer and Judges Thomas A. Morrison of McKean County and J. J. Henderson of Crawford County for Superfor Court Judges. Judges Mor- rison and Henderson are at present mem- bers of the Superior Court by appoint- ment of the Governor and their nomina- tion is for the full term of ten years. L 0 e e i e el ) telegraph wires and done considerable other damage at various points in North- ern Ohlo to-day. There were reports of tornadoes, but nothing more serious than 2 heavy straight wind could be located. TOLEDO, O., May 2I.—Northwestern Ohio was visited by a violent storm this afternoon. The damage done in Toledo_ is estimated at $100,000, while reports from | all portions of Northwestern Ohio indi- cate that great damage was done through- out the country, especially south of To- ledo. i HIGH WATER IN KANSAS. Prairie Towns Report Destruction of Much Property. TOPEKA, Kans.,, May 27.—All of the principal Kansas streams are as high as at any time during the floods of a year ago. The Kansas River is overflowing its banks. The streetcar bridge at Topeka is in danger of belng swept away. Drift- wood in immense quantities is forming and cannot be dislodged fast enough. Manhattan, Salina, Emporia, Florence, Atchison, Junction City, Abilene and Hutchinson all report very high water, which has destroyed much valuable prop- erty. Iln Balina the flood conditions are about the same as reported last night. The water continues rising. Thousands of dollars’ worth of property | has been destroyed at Salina. The Union Pacific is having more trouble with its tracks than any of the other roads, being located in the flood district. Its trains are being run over the Rock Island tracks in’ Central Kansas. rescs SIS Five Hundred Persons Homeless, SIOUX CITY, Ia., May 27.—A second rise in the Floyd River has reached Sloux City and 50 persons have been driven from their homes along the river. ————— EUROPEAN SQUADRON IS ORDERED TO KIEL Alabama, Chicago, Machias and San Francisco Will Be Present at Maneuvers. ‘WASHINGTON, May 27.—The Navy De- partment announced this afternoon that the European squadron will visit Kiel. The battleship Alabama will sail for the other side June 15 and join the European squadron, consisting of the Chicago, Ma- chias and San Francisco, at Lisbon. Thence the squadron. will proceed north 1o Kiel. The action was taken in accord- ance with }’elen&yhlc instructions re- ceived to-day’ from Secretary Moody. TARRYTOWN'S MISTERY [5 DEEPENING Assassin’s Name Is Not Given by Coachman. —_— Gossip Drags Men of Prominence Into Affair. Wealthy Clubmen Will Tes- tify at the Murder Inquest. Special Dispatch to The Call. ARDSLEY-ON-THE-HUDSON, N, Y, May 27.—Far from abating in interest to members of the fashionable colony here, the peculiar complications which have grown out of the murder of John Heffer- man on Sund night are discussed with added zeal 1 every new development. It is now declared with seeming au- thority that the coachman for Max E. Sand, soon after he was shot twice and only a few hours before his death, as- serted on 1ive occasions that h ailant was a member of the Ardsley Club and a well-known figure in society circles, But | it was learned to-day that he did not name the man he accused, but indicated him by recalling his relation to another resident here. Two other men were brought into the affair to-day. One js a young man who does not live here, nor is his home in New York, but who was a guest of one of the families here on Sunday night. | Peculiarly enough he.is a friend of the member of the Ardufey GRib Whose name was first brought into the mysterious case. What motive the second young man might have for the shooting no one can explain, but the authorities, who know his name, add to the suspicious as- pect by becoming strangely reticent whenever his identity is broached. STRANGER FIGURES IN CASE. Another man, astranger to every one here, was mentioned in the case to-night. He was seen walking along a railroad track by a young man who was a few vards ahead of Hefferman and his sweet- heart, Sarah Campbell, and who was his way to visit a laundress in the em- ploy of Robert Hewitt. The stranger was walking toward the couple, and it was not five minutes after the young man who saw him had reached his destination that the shooting occurred. Much of the fog which envelopes the shooting will be cleared away, it is ex- pected, when the'inquest is continued by Coroner Russell on Friday. The hearing will be remarkable inasmuch as many of the men of wealth who were attracted from their homes by the shooting will take the stand and tell everything they know about the affair, Nearly a dozen of the membe:ss of the club will be called, together with many of the emploves, and it is belleved that when an adjournment fs taken many of the rumors which have Imparted a sen- sational aspect to the murder will have been explained. WOMAN TELLS TWO STORIES. What at first seemed to be another of the peculiar features was the disappear- ance to-day of Sarah Campbell, the sweetheart of the murdered man, from her place of employment in Tarrytown. But late In the day it was explained that she had gone to New York City, where she again told what she knew of the events which led up to the shooting. Before she left, however, she gave de- talls of her conversation with the coach- man after he had been wounded which are in direct variance wjth her sworn testimony before Coroner*Russell on Tues- day night. Then she said that when she asked the coachman if he knew who it was that shot him he responded in the negative. To-day, after much persuasion, she sald: “When I asked John if he knew who shot him he said it was the son-in-law of a wealthy man who lived not far away.” Edwin Gould is among those to be ex- amined at the inquest on Friday. —_—— RUSSIAN LIEUTENANT CONFESSES BASE PLOT Admits Having Planned to Shoot Venerable Procurator of the Holy Synod. BERLIN, May 27.—The Lokal Anzelger to-day prints a dispatch from St. Peters- burg announcing that the arrest of two artillery officers, Lieutenants Grigoreft and Molostvov, had caused a painful sen- sation in military circles. The arrests were the result of the seizuré of corre- spondence of the most compromising rev- olutionary character. Grigoreff-told the examining Judge that he had decided to shoot the procurator of the holy synod, Podjedonoszef, the day of the burial of M. Sipiaguine, the Minister of the Inte- rior, who was shot and killed in April, 1902, but when he saw the feeble old man he changed his mind. Lieutenant Molostvov also admitted that he had Intended to kill a high personage, The examinations of the prisoners have been conducted with rigor in order to un- cover suspected plots. on T ment: office Department, removed. INSANE AN oLAYS NEICHBOR Shoots Victim From Ambush and Runs Into the Brush. REDDING, ‘!a,v 27.—John Heyhal, a ploneer resident of Shasta County, shot and killed W. B. Morgan, a well known mining man, in Twin Valley, thirty miles east of Redding, this morning and then disappeared. Heyhal has thus far evad- ed the officers who are searching for him, but he is known to be hiding in the thick brush and undergrowth near where the shooting occurred. When the news reached Redding this morning it was said that after the killing of Morgan, Heyhal had shot and wounded John Whitmore, a prominent school- teacher of Shasta County. It was sub- sequently learned that Heyhal shot at ‘Whitmore last Sunday. Morgan was doing some repair work this morning to a mining dffch near the Hunberger & Smith sawmill, seven miles from Whitmore, when Heyhal ap- peared upon the scene and without a word of warning fired two shots from a rifle at him. oth bullets took effect in Morgan’s body and he died almost in- stantly. Heyhal then shouldered his rifle and sprang into the dense brush growing along the roadside and disappeared. The shooting on Sunday was also a premedi- tated affair. Whitmore was working near his home, when two shots were fired at him from ambush. One bullet took ef- fect in his right shoulder. It was at first thought that a hunter had sent a couple of stray balls in Whitmore's direction, but that theory was exploded to-day by a farmer who stated that last Sunday he saw Heyhal, who was armed with a rifle, in the vicinity of Whitmore's home. Coroner Bassett and a representative of the District Attorney's omfice left this evening for the scene of the shooting. Morgan was a well known mining man and owned mining claims on Cow Creek. He formerly worked at the Mohawk Chief mine for the Chambers Company. He Jeaves a wife and several children, Mor- gal mother is Mrs. Thompson of Kes- wick. Heyhal is thought to be insane. ————————— Eighteen Dead at St. Elmo. ST. ELMO, Mo., May 27.—The" deaths resulting from yesterday’'s tornado here are placed at elghteen, with one ‘man missing: Daniel C. Barker, a retired farmer, dled during the night of apo- plexy caused by fright; Ed Wiseman, a farmer, s missing, and C. Danlels and Mrs. John McMahon are ously in- Jured. RESULTS OF INQUIRY TO DATE. HESE are the results to date of the investigation of the greatest scandal in the history of the Postoffice Depart- A. W. Machen, Superintendent of the Free Delivery Di- | | | vision, suspended, removed and arrested on a charge of bribery. | | Daniel V. Miller, Assistant Attorney for the Postoffice De- | | partment, removed and arrested on a charge of bribery. | Joseph M. Johns, an Indiana attorney, arrested on a charge | | of conspiracy with Millerin bribery. i D. B. Groff, a Washington business man, arrested on a charge of conspiracy with Machen in bribery. Samuel A. Groff, a Washington policeman, arrested on a | | charge of conspiracy with Machen in bribery. | James N. Tyner, Assistant Attorney General for the Post- George A. C. Christiancy, Assistant Attorney for the Post- | | office Department, suspended pending investigation. George W. Beavers, Superintendent of the Salaries and Allowances, resigned while under investigation. Division of TROORS LINE 0P N COURTAON Guard Men Suspected of‘ Assdassination of Marcum. JACKSON, Ky., May 27.—The special Grand Jury this afternoon began its in- | vestigation of the assassination of City | Marshal James Cockrill here last July. As in the Marcum case, the assassin was | stationed in the courthouse, shooting Cockrill with a Winchester rifle from the courtroom window as Cockrill stood In the street. It was immediately after this that men | In sympathy with the Cockrill brothers had to flee the country for safety. Among them was Captain John Patrick, who in a letter to Judge Redwine soon after-| ward said that he and others saw the assassins and would come back and tes- tify If troops were ‘sent to protect them. The knowledge that he possessed put a price on his life. Judge Redwine declined | to ask for troops, and had an attachment issued for Patrick, who, to escape going back to what he considered certain death, has since lived in seclusion. It 'is said that _he will appear to-morrow to tes- tify and, with others, will name the as- sassins. The assassination of Dr. Cox, uncle of | the Cockrill boys, will be taken up next. It seems certain now that to avoid a | mistrial the trial of Curtls Jett and Thomas White, accused of. the assassi- nation of J. B. Marcum, will not be en- | tered into until next weék, when the reg- ular term begins. The speclal term ends on Saturday. Separate trials will likely be asked for. In the courtroom to-day, when the cases ‘were called and by agreement continued until to-morrow, Jett and Whita were guarded by. twenty soldiers. The pris- oners were not froned. Judge Redwine issued an order for every one who en- tered the courtroom to be searched for weapons. He also gave Colonel Williams authority to make arrests in town for disorderly conduct or any misdemeanor, which makes martial law in Jackson prac- tically absolute. —_——— Marcel Renault Dies. POITIERS, France, May 27.—Marcel Renault, the well known racer and mak- er of automobiles, who was injured by the overturning of his machine during the first stage of the Paris-Madrid race, died suddenly after midnight at Couve Verac. Renault never recovered full con- sclousness from the time he was found beside the roadway. 3 - DISGRACED POSTAL OFFICIAL, AND MAN IN CHARGE OF | THE INQUIRY. | ASHINGTON, May 27.—By far the most sensational de- velopment of the postoffice in- vestigation ‘up to this time occurred to-day when Au- gustus W. Machen, the general superin- tendent of the free delivery service, was arrested on a warrant issued upon the information of postoffice inspectors, ng him with having receiyed “rake- from contracts made with the local fi-m of Groff Bros. for a patent postal box fastener. The warrant specifically charges him with having received $18,- 981 78 since August 8, 1900. It is alleged at the department, however, that this amount does not represent -all that Machen obtained from his contracts, it being charged that he profited by them for several years prior to the date of the first contract mentioned in the warrant. Following ‘the arrest of Machen, Diller B. Groff, one of the partners in the firm of Groff Bros. who is accused of hav- ing bribed Machen for the purpose of procuring the purchase by the Govern- ment of their letter box fasteners, called at police headquarters to-night, saying that he had heard that a warrant was out for his arrest. He was served with the warrant and was released on $10,000 bonds, pendifis a hearing before the United States Commissioner to-morrow. Samuel A. Groff, the other member of the firm, was taken into custody later and was released on receipt of bail in the sum of $5000. MACHEN DENIES CHARGES. Immediately after Machen was taken | Into custody the Postmaster General is- sued an ‘order removing him from office. He had been practically under guspension for a fortnight, pending investigation into his bureau. The discovery of Machen's alleged inter- ests In the contracts was made quite ac- cidentally by the inspectors three weeks ago and since then their energies had been directed toward making out a case. Last night, after the authorities had be- come convinced that they were in pos- session of the necessary evidénce, Machen was notified to appear at the department this morning. He did so; and was sub- jected to a ‘‘sweating process” by the in- spectors and General Bristow for three hours, but no admissions that he had profited by the contracts could be wrung frogn him. He declined to answer many questions, on the ground that they re- lated to his private business, but insisted to the end that he had not received a cent improperly. Nevertheless, he was arrested on the warrant which had been prepared and was taken before a United States com- missioner, where his attorney immedi- ately demanded a full hearing. Assistant District Attorney Taggert, hpwever, was not ready to proceed with the case, and the hearing was set for June 5. Machen gave $20,000 bonds, fur- nished by a Philadelphia bonding com- pany, for his appearance, declining to ac- cept the proffer of friends to go on his bonds. FORTY PER CENT RAKE-OFF. The department officials declare that Continued on Page 2, Column 8