The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 3, 1903, Page 1

Call. VOLUME. XCIV—-NO. 3. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VITRIOLIC | REPLY TO | TULLOCH OFFICIAL THE WHO POSTOF- FIeE AFFAIR. Former Assistant Post- master General Scores Accuser. , NGTON, J ' . the Wommn when' she was appe T persomsl triterest in ber & & Terge mun recali that she w this w Pos: lerk as-being en were demanded » Rieo and at’ military srger ceased to- be names from applications out servi we drew of the classified e and z tentiously se- those whose y- and character ‘wé this hurried work -of- appoint- ed dispatch .of ‘ apabi deemed best. _In r the soenes of a< made, Hut % &s mer of ‘course these ¢ ocint * and will #0 3 itve, NOT ON PLEASURE JUNKETS. made a visit to Porto, ico when ihe f postal service was fake d " I 414 not seek the never made & more. digagrecable one one where 1 rendered better service or made For doNar expendéd s were.reidered and accounting made ade m trip to the Pacific Slope, T belleve in yring- of 1898, in connection’ With condi- existing in postal affdirs at Portia racoms and Seatfle, inéident to. the handii Alasken malle and local corgestions, a strict accounting was made. . Possibly id not deem these trips necessary, but + if he had the slightest conception why made or what -was dofe upon them re two- personal references to me in b assertions that T desire to mention | the others I will pass over as uq,\ tian or for reply from those who | h&d later access to the official records, for | sc incidents occurred four or five years ago. plaints. were méde io mé by, clerks in ¢ Postoffice Department or to the Auditor of treasury that an employe: of the latter | Gllmer frequently entered their rooms | and & surly, offensive and pereinptory man- ner demanded records and. carried them Awuy’ without leaying any receipt, -or simply helped himself; and when a recelpt Was requested snubbed the clerk making the request. I was asked by our clerk to request, and did request, sh form over placed er our system. trip and rifice’ every I'owing to the | ana | swered. VATICAN 15 CLOSED 10 LOUBET ‘Pope Refuses to Re- ceive the French President. Will Not Meet Guest| of King Viector of Italy. Head of Republic Sends Ex-| pression of Regret at Decision. Special Dispatch to The Call. —Mgr. Lorenzelli, papal r has confidentially inform- e ubet that it will be im- ¥ Pope to receive him if he | v the guest of the King of Italy The Pope is fatigued on account of the X¢ Though he is not ill, his doc d all t strictly nec- essa The tponement of the is not connected with the i s but is due to the ; will ry will take placi Cardinal § Frascati ais confirms statement that the Pope has refused President Loubet if he visits King Victor Em- | M. Loubet has con- s a private expression of this-decision. —————— HAT SUPPLIES A CLEW TO TARRYTOWN SLAYEB Firm That Sold the Headgear Sends Important Information to the Detectives. TARRYTOW N. Y., June 2.—The ar- t of a man for the murder of John erman, Max E. San coachman, which was expected to-day, refusal of Sarah Campbell, the only living witness of the murder, to | AnsWer any more questions on the sub- ject. Detectives to-night they have natrowed the case down to oné man and that the man is now under surveillance.| It is still believed that Sarah Campbell knows more of the murder than she has told. Repeated ‘interviews with her h\ detectives have elicited nething new. About oneshalf of the people hereabouits neline to the belief that the suspect is cne of the Ardsley set—not necessarily member of thé -Ardsl Club, but one of men identified with the: Ards- €3 my: The othér half' be- Heve ct is @ man of the same s the principal actors in the t whea amed he will a jealous rival of the dead n fc e favor of Miss Campbell: The etectives have given the impression by heir: avtivity to-day that the case is ap- proaching crisit. - Village President Abercrombi said: “Most important discoveries have been 1 have received a tt from t othing Company. of Springfield, *h originally sold the hat found scgne of the murder, and it con- ai: information of great v 1o b it would be shortsightedness to m ke that letter public pnow. It may lead . to important discoveries and in-the interests of our pard deve ve taken advantage p we m until’ we h officials that Gilmer be instructed Department * by Jledving re- ds taken by him from the Wispl document - would ed A subject the respenstblé clerk to cen- d, a charge of dishonesty. What purpos mer had in carrying these records from -the departinent 1 do_not: pretemd to say. This incident had no connection .with Gllmer's work as Auditor. DECAPITATION OF TULLOCH. "hé other .reference relates to- Tulloch's dis- not, in from’ the pesition of cashier in-the gton postoffibe. The fist. distinet recol- I have of Tulloch was shortly after.the ¥ aster Merritt and the ap- of a new_cashier A number of Tu)- me ede for his reinstatement 1 had steadily declined to make any concession ote or-tws me called and advised me as a mattei of protection {o have him reinstated. I was d that Tulloth had been -collecting evider improprieties in the postoffice and If he were not reinstated he would expose them: that I would be made to suffer and Mc- § administration would be.scandalized er o have stated to one of these Im- friends that I how an honest and consclentious employe of the Government would want to remain in a pasi- portunate tion where wrong was being d - | 4 & was being done, much: less | ¢ poyove in the promise:of better things. réinstated under such conditions, and that as he had been a sworn officer.of the Government ad not to my knowlédge reported these al- leged irregularities, I would not and could not in conscience recommiend him for any po- sition ~This is' the mafter to which, you now call my attention and was then at the instance of Tulloch’ published - in newspapers in Wash- ington and elsewhere andithen fully an- The men. agaiust whom allegations were directed had refused -to pay the price of the proposed secrecy. If there is any specific information that I can give you or any serviee that T can render | you in any way-in collecting facts bearing upon any transaction within the bureau over which 1:presided until about three years ago I shall be glad to serve you. Thanking you for Courtesy and with best wishes, yours respectfully, PERRY 8. HEATH. FIFTY THOUSAND HOMELESS CITIZENS MUST BE CARED FOR IN FLOOD DISTRICTS situation meet June 22 atolli | wag not made | a gentiemar and to protect clerks.| dx called’ upin me singly and asked | After | could mot ~concejve | | { | | N | —— MAD HORSES LEAP FROM PRECIPIGE California Girls in| a Thrilling Run- away. Narrowly Escape Being' Killed Near Fort | Hamilton: Projecting Sewer Ledge Pre- vents a Plunge of One Hundred Feet. i Special Dispatch to The Cxll. NEW YORK;, June 2.-Two Califorriia { OFFENDS WITH HER NEW IDEA — Wi i girls, Miss Belle Robertson- and .Miss | 7 o - Alice Chase, were hurled from a‘100-foot : | - FORMER HEAD OF THE BRIT- | cliff in a runaway to-day and. escaped | | ~ ISH WOMENS TEMPERANCE | deéath. » | . ASSOCIATION. Miss Robertson. and -Miss Chase, who, H | are” visiting their uncle, ‘Colonel Green- =i < [ ough, ‘'eommanding the garrison at Fort Colonel Greenough gave them the use of the post. surrey and- two horses - which Hamilton, desired: to. visit Bay Ridge amL{l Cause of Lady Henry Som- erset’s Loss of a were owned hy the government and uset | 2 by’ officers at-the fort.” Michael Cannen,{ Presndency. a private of the Fifth Artillery, drove — e the horses. J ONDON; - June ~2—Lady Henry The young women were on their way Somerget, - who, -has, 1 danger- back to Cofonel Greenough's quarters L“,‘SH 1 s Sndergons Hi opM | when, “in_ Fort -Hamilton “avenue, the | tom will be" unable to attend | horses . ‘suddenly ' started on. a ,gallop | the. conw § id's: Women's: toward the fort.” Canmen ‘put all his | Christian ok VAL 1 | strength into the tug he gave at the reins; | Switzeriam ! but the horses ‘were beyxond: eontrol and{ | increased their speed at every yard. They HEAD OF THE -MUN SCENE IN 'I'HL i NICIPAL (‘O\’LRN\H-L\T IN KANSAS CITY, | CLUB, WHQ HAVE DECIDED TO DECLINE PROFFERS ru- I*I 0O0D-INVADED ’\”B%Ol RI'CITY. MO, AN[} SECRETARY OF THE COMMERCIAL AID:FROM OUTSIDE POIN D A STREET ansas City Refuses; Aid From Outs:dc ANBAS CITY, June 2.—Blue £ky was Visible above Kansas | City " this afterrioon: -at .4 d'clock! The rains:lave-end- \ - first time | flood. are-past. ¥ have falién | . The waters of the Kaw | eight “inches to-day ~-and to-night . are lnlf"vllhl)’ declining at-the rate -of about | & half 4nch ‘an hour. In: the Missouri ‘!hfl high stage of thirty-five feet is still | maintained, but this is due to the. rise |- | which has been coming down the Mis- gouri proper, and .has been’able to offset. | the fall in the Kaw. It.is the water of the latter stream, ‘however, that has caused 41l the destruction in ‘this city and in Kansas €ity,. Kans.,' and ‘with it at a normal - stage business here will shortly resume usual conditfons.. This city has by a narrow mn.rgln es- ‘caped a serjous- q}mrmgp in food; has | faced -the peril of fire; to_avert its consequences, and’ has suf- fered millions of "dollars of -damage 'to | property and sustained a loss in life that | in "all probability never.will be accurate- ly measured. And now it is commencing To-night the situation. shows-fmprove- ment on almost every side. The waters are falling, the water works. will résume operations, the gas has been turned into the mains once more—and while there is no.superabundance of food,- there is no immediate danger. of a serious shortage. CITY WANTS. NO. ASSISTANCE. There is a feeling among ‘business men that Kansas City’ should show the coun- try at large that it is not disabled by the fleod and that normal conditions will pre- vail as soon as the rivers recede. A com- mittee appoifited by the Commercial Club of Kansas City, Mo., early.to-day, to as- certain the conditions of the present food supply, made its report this evening. This report was so imperative that Mayor Reed, after-consultation with the reflef World- 4 the sun was seen-fof the | in a week and-it1s [ believed . that the great. dangers of the utterly helpless | . . HF crest of the flood is traveling castivard and - southweard along * the. Mis- | Sowri and " Mississippi val- | “leys, and’ Eastéri. Missouri points hawe been: warned: to prepare for a disastrons ini- undation. - - Already . great damage har been -doné in Southern Illinois. It is cx- _'pcclrd that ' the Father 'of . Waters will’ break-all for- ‘mer high=water records. ‘Kansas City-and-Topeka the wwaters are receding, and the residents- of . the flood. dis- trict.are now: turning their | attention te caring for ‘the homeless. Estimates based ipon conservative - reports place the mumiber of persons rendered destitute, tempo- rarily &t least, in. Kansas, Missouri.and Iowa, at 50,- o00o.. Edch: community is doing -heroic work in pro- - viding for -the ‘comfort of ‘ these wifartumates. ———— commiittee, wired the following reyly to offers of ald:. “It now seemis that we will be able fo secure enough food suppiies. Our pack- Ing-houses are now beginning to get meat by boats and otherwise from their plants, ‘Our business men and citizens generafly have subseribed . very liberally and - we confidently: hope to be able' to fully meet thé situation.’. The people of Kansas City] will always’ gratel'ully remember tha * Continued on'?__l‘t 2, col_nmn‘l‘ E -" Passenger Train Dis- appears in Flood District. " ANSAB CITY, Jape 2.-Chi- cago, Burlington and - Quincy passénger train’ No:. 3 from Chicago to Kansas City, -due tere ‘at 4. o’clock -on Sunday - afternoon, - “Has - ‘been * 'lost track of. It is net deemed -possible Hor is the thought entertained by the rail- road officials that the train has rum into the " flaod.. ‘Neverthele: General Ageént Harmon was.notified. yesterday from the. Chicago offices of the extraordinary oc- currence and Superinténdent Mulhern was urged to ‘exercise every possible effort to locate the missing train and relieve its passengers at all cost. - A'tug was chartered and a voyage mads down the Missouri River to Birmingham. Nothing was to be séeh of the train.- Men have .been started -on horgéback to Lib- -erty ‘with orders to Keepas close as pos- sible to the track and. to carefully investi- 1| gate what is known as'a great washout two milés east of Birmingham. The pos- sibility that ‘the train’ has run into a washout is remote: to a degree because many persons- are constantly along the railroad routes and they would have seen some parts of the wreckage. The water is thirty. feet deep, however, [ i DEPUTIES ORDERED TO SHOOT. No Mercy Will Be Shown Thieves Operating at Topeka. TOPEKA, Kans.; Juné 2—The flood sit- uation-in Topeka to- nlght can be briefly summarlzed thus: Known dead, 4. :River has fallen- three feet and is now receding at the rate of two inches an hour. Distress wm be’; great among retumu Governor Balley issued a proclamation calling for help for flood sufferers of the State. Fifty depu!y merifls armed with Win- chesters have goné to North Topeka to pratect property, with. orders to shgot |noten ‘whenever they are mugh( steal- ng. 3 Govemnr Bn.uex s proclamation . ca.mn; ‘.nrl were goon within sight of the lUP Temperarice [ @aged in the post hospifal. F headquarters | from: here to the other parts of the State. Topeka and vicinity. went block after block at lieadlong rate [ of a steep embankmient, aloiig the edgé of | witich the shore-road driveway. runs. There is no fencé fa prevent any ‘ong falling down - the side ta thé rocks belaw | at that point and Cannon bgcame de!-f perate. . The girls ‘had pluckily reached | bivars fhouc e el it el Homiutic | ieft rein while the ‘artiderymap pulled 4({ the right. “They tried to saw.tlie horses” heads, but the hard-mouthed ariimals y.ald] | ue attention -to: their efforts, : One hundred feet beluw tiem, were the | Focks arid, waters of the- narrows, bui brofecting “from: the Tillside, -at thé ex- | |act paliit.at which . they Went. over the | edge and some. forty. feet below; is a cov= | ered- seweér thiree feet wide. that extends 100 feet into the bay: ] Upon this the: cartfage fell bottom ups it developed that Lady Henry Somerset was supersededin the presi- | déncy. of the National British Women's Association’ bécause she ac vocited municipgl owne of - public houses STRIKE OF THE TEXTILE WORKERS. IS SPREADING Industry Is Tied Up Tighter Than It Has Been Since the Suspension Was Inaugurated. PHILADELPHIA, June ' %—The strike ‘of -the textile workers of Philadelphia for a fifty“five . hour: week' spredd to-day 'to the ‘Sperry Mills, tving up. the ‘flxule in- dustry tightér than® jt has- been since | the . great nsion lfl(ng'”'H(ell. Ful the already large army with: the young.women -‘and .thé -soldler [ It was-giv itive board heneath. Otre of thg ‘horses, freed fromi{ uf the textile workers to-night that ‘ten the . brokan' harness,’ crashied: to - deathi | adgitionial firms had.agreed to give their upon’ the rocks. at -the foet - of declivity, | employes the y r-week. - This and :the other; impaled ‘upon. a. picket| makes fifty-eigz irms’ that had conéeded fence, kicked madly. at. the wagon ‘WHiCh | the demands: - It ‘is estimated that up- new. served ‘as . protection .far - {he. “man | -wards .0f 2,600 persons. are now Working and-the: women frow lis-battering hoofs: | ynder the o demiisided by the Notwithstanding' theif. thrilling experi- | unions. of th rum- branches- of the éncé the young women and the soldleriextile industries sffected by the strike. were rescuéd. with ho. injuriés’ except a few cuts and bruises, which were ban- Policeman Riley, with flesh terp from his right leg and his uniform in rags from trying to stop the runaway, limped to the edge of the bluff and looked down. When | ———— RICH MAN’'S DAUGHTER WEDS DESPITE PROTEST Miss Emma Shea of Santa Rosa Mar~ ries Although Parents Were Not : Wiking. he saw. what had occurred .he clambered | o\ oo A T 2 - dawn, holding by. bushes. and tree stumps: | < S 1 4. ROSA: June 2. —Miss - Emmnia He was.jolned by a.half dozen. soldiers | Shea.’ daughter ‘of Mr: -4nd: Mrs. Cortieliua ard they soon cut the kicking horse freé Shea of- this was married to-day- in and ‘let: bim’ fdil .td'the bottom, where | Sacramento to Ered J. Bertolani; ' The his ‘mate ay." Both wére killed, elopement. . the. paferits. The fingers of Cannon’s right hand were sing the match. Dbroken. - Miss .Chase ‘was cuf- above ‘qne | the “daughter- of :onéof eye and Miss: Robertson - was. ‘severely | Sonoma County’s : Wedlthiest - men; - her bruised, but nbt oné of them is danger- | fathér beéing rdted close. to a miilionalre. ously hurt She ‘had. beén wedded. before; her- first B S AR husband hiv beéni- Vernon. ;Turkey. Chinese Rebels Capture Towns. | Atter a rimionial experience. of: short HONGKONG, June 2—The French con- | duration she was granted a divorée.. She sul reports that the’insirgents: in. Yun- | nan Province have captured the towns of Cheringehau - and Homichau.. Communi- cation ‘between Yunnan Fu and Tonquin is-cut. @ iivisieiiieieie e @ for outside ail was .decided upon at a mass meeting to-day, when- fhe ‘Governor was' requested . to issue the call. It was deécided to make this-a. xeneral appeal for the people throughout the flooded dis- tricts. of “the State, as ‘well as tlose fn. Topeka. --The ‘plan_ is- to. make ‘TopeKa and fo distribute the aid A meeting _of the representative ‘citi- Zens of North Topeka who "are .on the south side was held to-day fo drrange for a systematic protection of their’ prop- erty in North Topeka. Immediately after the - meeting a large number -of “armed men. left . in ‘boats: for “the merth _side, where they will guard property and their orders are to shoot. The river is three feet below high water ‘mark. The water has.receded on Kansas avenue to the platform of thé Rock Isi- and depot—a distance of 250 feet. The situation in the flood. stricken dis- tricts is better than it has yet been, for the reason that fewer residents are ma- rooned -in houses, in trees and on the is lands.: None are now clinging to trees. Those who had to take refuge in trees were “either rescued or dropped into the water.. To-night not to- exceed. 400 per- sons.are in North Topeka.. The work of taking. them out began early .to-day and it is believed that by to-morrow few will ‘be left in the flooded town. There. is no- way of arriving at the amount of damage done by the flood in It may reach $2,000,- 000. Crops in the Kansas bottoms are de- stroyed. This makes an epormous loss to farmers. . Governor Bailey to-night will communl. cate with the Federal- authorities and /| hopes_he will \have no trouble in obfain- ine the use of whatever tents are needed. f honeymodn will was allpwed .t6 resuine her maiden, name undér ‘a separafe application.” The. groom was In busimess here untiF recently:. The be “spent - tn_Honolulis; from which place- the coupls will go to the Philippines and elsewhere: - They - will be absent for about a year: e S O i NEGROES AT. PASADENA - ARE- IN.- ANGRY l_(oon Mulattoc Who Shaot Conductor Is Not Examined. - for Fear’ cl % 3 Lynching, p - PASADENA, June 2.—-The féeling be- | tween the negrncs and white has become very-bitte since the shooting of. Conduc- tor Carlton Sunday night by Archie Hill, a mulatto, because staténient that Hill gave him % Ina(ead of 5 cents, To-ddy. petitions were “circulated and signed asking restaurant-Keepers not to permit negroes to enter their places. The negroes are taking this very seriously and trouble is -feared. Cariton is ‘still in a precaridus condition. The assassir is in jail in Los Angeles and would have been brought -here to-day for’ arraignment but for the sentiment that miglit mean lynch- ing. - —————— NEW BANK COMMISSION. IS 'SOON TO BE NAMED Governor Pnrdu Probahly Will An- nounce His Appointments After the . Yosemite Trip. . SACRAMENTO, June ofe his de- parture for, Yésemite Valley a few days ago ‘Governor Pardee announced that he ‘hdéd made his selection of the persons who will constitute -the new Bank Cdm- migsion. He had received numerous ap- plications for the coveted positions and thére was no -dearth of material from which to choose. The-Governor did’' net mention the names of the successful ones and probably will not do so until he re- turns from Yosemite next Monday.