The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 6, 1903, Page 1

— VOLUME XCIV-—NO. 6. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CZAR FEARS THAT HARMONY WITH UNCLE SAM MAY END Embassador Cass ini Will Confer With President. Roman JSocialists to Hiss Nicholas. MENT OF RELA WHO ARE INTERESTING THEMSELVES A ETW IN A CONFERENCE HAVING UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA, FOR ITS PURPOSE WHICH WERE | of the demands is based on both Russlan | and Chine DIPLOMAT 3 WORDS TIA CONGER'S IRE Minister at Peking Sends Cable to Cassini. Demand for Explana- tion of a Recent Criticism, American Will Not Tolerate Impeachment of His Veracity. —— Special Dispsgeh to The Call. PEKING, June containing an exp! —Mail and newspapers ation of the demands | made upon China, as given by Count Cas- | sini, the Russian Embassador at Wash- ington, have reached here and the expla- nation causes astonishment, as it is held here that Count Cassini was ignorant | concerning the nature of the demands. Further astonishment is caused by his | amazing impeachment of the veracity and | | of Mr. here. judgment Minister Conger, the American Mr. Conger's knowledge | | texts, which were in his pos- | on and which have already been sent to Washing | Count C: explanation is accepted | here as u ¢ evidence of Russian h nobody concedes that | itenment of Count Cassini | eds of the Russian officials | St. Petersbutg is possibie. duplicity, the full enli on the real d in China Count ( is not arded here as | being qualified to judge in Cht at present. Mr. Conger has telegraphed, | demanding that Count Cassini explain. - INDIANS DECLARE WAR AGAINST SALMON PACKERS Destroy Nets Put in Position to| Aweit the Opening of the Salmon Season. TACOMA, June 5.—The Chilkat Indians have declared war against the salmon nets staked by the Alaska Packers” As- gociation and the Pacific Packing and Navigation Company in the Lynn canal. st week the Indlans cut up and de- stroyed several big nets which had been put into position by the companies named to await the open scason for salmon fish- ing. interfering with their own nets, which are used for catehing eulachon, which are running at the present time. These fish | are largely depended upon by the Indians ) ¥ 3 OF, THE JEWISH PEOPLE. = < 7R & 5 G ASHINGTON EW YORK; June 5.—The Chris- N OME, June 5.—There was a stormy nl. the tian Herald, in response to a scene in the Chamber of Deputies cablegram sent to the Czar ask- 1‘ to-d: Signor Morgari, Soclalist, | = ing for an official report of the | asked the Government whether the | occurrences at Kishenev, has | Czar was coming to Rome. When ¢d a reply from the Director of the | he was informed that he was, Signor = an Policz Department. The reply | Morgari said that the Socialists would S | hiss him, owing to the cruelty displayed ST. PETERSBURG, June 4, 1803.—To ' by Russians toward the Jews. Christian Herald, New York: Rus-| A majority of the members loudly pro- A protest by | sia’s agricultural and laboring population | tested against Signor Morgarl’s remarks. Ye . e of anti Rusel t ndermin the long P al feeling Ketwee: t £5§% calm die ' entire situation will doubt the direction of preventing There b an confirmabic inet will Manchurian s immediately take Secretary Hay called the White House after the Preside dined and talked with him for tw minutes the Manchurian sit 1 and the v agitation w ave bee hjects for them there was nothing significant In the call of the Becretary of State, for he had not amet the President th aflway station. But the b of Yhe call precluded a thorough discussion of either topic. nt Cassini has delayed his departure from Washington to see the President, 4 many persons here are inclined to be- e he may deliver to the President a essage from the Czar himself. he agitation over the Bessarabla dis- | turbances is additionally serious, because is made a cloak by influences which desire to disturb the cordiality between the United States and Russia. In the dip- | Jomatic corps here there is a well-defined | propaganda against Russo-American re- | lations turally this propaganda does | not regret or fall to take advantage of | the ant} sian feeling evoked by recent | events. Count Cassini has been made the object of covert criticism by these influences, As | is the case at nearly every capital, the Russian and British embassies here are feund on opposite sides of most questions of world politics. | o mnatural ease, living the common life with inhabitants of widely developed reial instinct, hence there is con- antagonism, the- material differ- in raclal and religious *character coming to the verge of frenzy at the lcast ble occasion The strained relations existing be- tween the Russians and Jews of Bessara- bia were made worse by the fact of find- in an’outlying village a murdered n boy. This murder was attrib- the population to the Jewish rit- uted by habtts: rder were not given credit by the asants, who attributed other murders Christians in the towns .of Kieff and v likewise to the Jews. ster day in the market place of Kishenev the workers while holiday- making saw the Jewish proprietor of a machine strike a Christian woman, who fell to the ground, letting go her infant This incident was the immediate e @f gan outburst. The workers be- breaking the windows and pulling stores as a sign of pro- n gan down Jewish The police, who always léave much to be desired in provincial towns, failed test to make efficacious intervention, thousands of the mass of onleokers and hot! makers approving the riot and hindering the policemen's,actions. After the demonstrators came plunderers, the outbreak lasting from § o'clock in the afternoon to 10 in the evening, and the leaving of nine Jewish bodies on the plain. Night brought the disturbances to | an end. “What goes far to prove the momentous character of the outbreak in letting loose the popular passions, with the strength forces, is that on Monday morning the Jews, wishing. to Intimidate and inflict punishment upon the Christian workers, began assembling in the market place in groups, armed with sticks and other weapons. The Jews,. more numerous, had the best of it in the | first encounters and a Christian was seen to fall, receiving a bullet wound. This called forth the popular passion in all its abject form and abomination, the Rus- sian peasants were driven to frenzy, and, excited by race and religious hatred and under the influence of alcohol, being Official denials of the ritual | many | beinig the | | worse | | son on Easter Sunda than the Americans who negroes “Unfortunately the Governor of Bessa- rabia did not ma his appearance in per- and on Monday he gave over the command to military men, | which he had no right to do, as he, in con- sequence, lald the police aside, and on the other hand left the military forces with- | | out actual guidance. Troops can take towns by assault, but cannot carry out police duties without special instruction. “In the end the town having been di- vided into districts with a special military command in each, the disturbances ceased on Monday evening. By this time the Minister ‘of the Interlor had ordered by wire the proclamation of martial law and (an unprecedented fact) had sent the di- rector of the Police Department to investi- gate as to the responsibility of the local officials. “In consequence the Governor, the Chiet | of Police and some other officials were dismissed outright, rioters are in prison dnd hard work in the Siberfan mines awalts them. The Minis- ter of the Interior has issued a circular to Governors all over Russla, authorizing them to make immediate use of firearms in cases of anti-Jewish disturbances. The Russian Government is the first to disap- prove of such horrid acts of violence, but it cannot in compliance with the requests of a radical and revolutionary press give the Jews new rights of citizenship, as this would be sure to drive the Russlan popu- lation to new excesses against the Jews, who are hated by the peasants with such extraordinary. force. LOPOUKHINE, “Director of Police Department.” —_———— Hayward Is Slightly Improved. SAN MATEO, June 5.—A slight im- provement was noted in the condition of Alvinza Hayward to-night, but the phy. clans attending him do not hold out any hopes for his recovery. —_—— Pope Leo Recovers Health. ROME,June 5.—The Pope was enjoying his usual health to-day. He showed no trace of his recent indisposition and re- sumed his audiences. lynch | many hundreds of | for food, and they commence preparing their winter supply of dried fish during the run of the eulachon during June and July. The Indians declare the salmon nets must not be put out until it is time for the salmon run. The cannery men fear trouble with the Indians, but it is| belleved they will cause no damage after being allowed to catch their own summer supply of fish. —_————— HUNTINGTON TO SPREAD HIS ELECTRIC SYSTEM Trolley King Adds Another Ten-Mil- lion-Dollar Railway Corpora- tion to His List. LOS ANGELES, June 5.—Henry E. Huntington and associates are making | extensive preparations to spread their electric railwa em all over S8outhern California. To-day a ten million dollar corporation was added to the trolley king's list to extend the Huntington-Hell- man lines, and a third company is to be formed to expend ten millions more. The new company is the Los Angeles Inter- urban and is backed by the same merPas the Pacific Electric. More than 400 miles | of railroad are to be built within the next two years. ———— SIX DAYS FINDING SONS LOST IN THE BLIZZARD Two Children of Montana Sheep- herder Freeze to Death in’ Storm. GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 5.—Word has been received from Lethbridge of the loss in the recent blizzard of the two small sons of J. Derrick, a Lethbridge. sheepherder. The father was six days finding the bodies of the lads and they had been dead eight days before he could get them into town to bury them. A third child, aged 5, had a narrow escape. Derrick was living with his children in a tent when the blizzard broke. —_———— FORMER SENATOR DRINKS A POISON BY MISTAKE Babcock of Montana Takes Formalde- hyde, Thinking 1t to Be Dis- tilled Water. BILLINGS, Mont., June 5.—Ex-Senator B. L. Babcock, one of the wealthiest and best known Republican politicians in this section, lies in a serious condition at his home on Twenty-seventh street. He swal- lowed several mouthfuls of formaldehyde under the impression that it was distilled water. [ — Clergymen Resign Their Parishes, PORTLAND, Or., June 5.—It is under- stood that a number of priests of the proposed new Catholic diocese of Baker City, Or., have resigned their parishes as a protest against what they consider the premature division of the archdiocese of Oregon City. The priests in the new djo- cese assert that the creation of the djo- cesc at this tinfe will work a hardship on their parishes on account of the smal] population and the large territory em. braced in the see. The Indians claim that the nets are GIVDE EVIDENCE THAT PARRY IS GUILTY OF MALFEASANCE Witnesses Testify Fire Commissioner Took Money for Colt, but Mayor Whitewashes Him. Co /33 10, vewss ol f S W\ CHENO e 7o BT TWO WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED THAT FIRE COMMISSIONER RECEIVED $25 IN — PAYMENT FOR A COLT | — F the appointment by Mayor Eu- Schmitz of many officials who have disgraced and who are still casting discrédit on the mu- nicipdlity may be attributed to' misfortune BELONGING TO THE DEPARTMENT; CITY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND HIS APPOINTEE WHO WAS WHITE- WASHED ON FLIMSY PRETEXT AT AN INFORMAL INVESTIGATION. l & kst t e i OTWITHSTANDING the fact sh———— — that The Call proved conclu- 2 e ! gene E sively. by the testimony - of | N the face- of evidence | | two / reputable witnesses = at | furnished at an investi- the Ihvestigation held yes- | _ terday by Mayor Schmitz into the gation held by Mayor || latest scandal of the presént municipal administration, the Mayor saw fit to ad- | was no ground for hold- | wrong- | judge that there ing Parry responsible for doing. The testimony of W. S. Scott that he paid the $25 to Parry for the colt and that of Walter W. Chenoweth, who swore he saw Parry recelve the money, was en- tirely lost sight of by the Mayor, who de- cided that Parry was blameless because any of his simple denial that he-had 'taken | any money and because Scott testified that he had said, “‘Here is the $25 for the colt” when he handed the coin to Parry, while Chenoweth testified that the words used by Scott were, ‘“Here is the money for the colt.” Now, Mr. Mayor, a word with you. You are expected to see that full jus- tice is done and that the laws are carried out. You have in the em- ploy of the city under the direct supervision of Fire Commissioner Parry, a man, Superintendent Con- nolly of the department stables, who swore on the witness stand that Mr. Scott presented the order for the colt on the afternoon of April 14. In so testifying Connolly committed perjury and should be arrested for it. The records of Wells, Fargo & Co. show that the colt was shipped on the 11:30 o'clock train and that Mr. Scott went with it. Connolly swore to a lie, and yet you took his evidence into consideration in your efforts to impeach the testimony of Scott. Now, Mr. Parry, The Call charges you with malfeasance in office and reiterates its charge that you took money for a colt belonging to the city and made no return of the ‘We are prepared to go tice to prove our charge and we dare you to meet us there. It was a flimsy pretext at best for the Mayor upon which to base his assump- tion that Parry had done no wrong. Scott swore that he paid the money to Parry, Chenoweth swore that he saw the money paid over, and in the face of that clear- cut evidence the Mayor found in favor of his appointee, because there was a slight discrepancy regarding the testimony as to the exact language used by Scott in paying the money to Parry. The issue is clear. It is the word of Mr. Scott and Schwiitz yesterday by W. S. | Scott that he “had paid $25 to Fire Commissioner Parry for a colt belonging to the city and by W. W. Chenoweth that he had wit- nessed the payment of the money the Mayor declared that -there was no ground for taking any action. His Honor drew his conclusion on .the flimsy pretext . that Scott ‘and Chenoweth did not agree r¢garding the ex- act language used by Scott when he paid the money. The Call reiterates _its charge that Parry took money for the colt and failed to make return to the city. | 3 —p | the word of Mr. Chenoweth against the | word of Mr. Parry. | In the face of the Mayor's ruling, The Call reiterates its charge that Fire Com- missioner Parry did accept $25 in cash from W. S. Scott for a olt belonging to the Fire Department and that he made no return to the city for the transaction. With equal emphasis The Call asserts that W. W. Chenoweth saw the money paid over to Parry by Scott. If this charge is considered libélous by Mr. Par- Iy his recourse lies with the courts, which will certainly not declde a matter of such grave importance on a manifestly | immaterial point that there was a slight divergence of evidence regarding the lan- guage used when the money was paid over to Parry by Scott. CHARTER IS VIOLATED. The Mayor dismissed the charge of malfeasance against Commissioner Parry in the face of his own statement made at the meeting of the Fire Commission last Continued on Page 2, Column 3. | of” Mayor Schmitz | or inadvertence. | Mayor Schmitz is entitled to the sympa- thy of the public. - But, on the other hand, if machine politics, ylelding to gang pressure, to the argument of the harpies who prey upon the tody politic, is re- sponsible for the maladministration of many of the most important branches of the city government since the induction into his high office, then even charity would hesitate to ex- tend to him that sympathy his present predicament would seem to demand. Since his induction into office, and that was not far in the past, Mayor Schmitz has been called upon to expel one of his appointees from his position; another he has been compelled, under the pressure of politics, to exonerate of a grave charge in the face of positive proof.that he is gullty of an offense against the:peopis and a violation of his cath of office, and others he himself has been called upon to denounce in public and private for the betrayal” of the confidence he placed In them and for repudiating his offices after he had ylelded to their demands and Mft- ed them from obscurity into positions of prominence. CIVIL SERVICE DEFEATED. The high purpose to which civil service was dedicated by the people at the polls found po place In the limited conscience of the men, hungry for power, in whose hands he placed the machinery to destroy it. Civil service has been assauited at every turn during Mayor Schmitz’s ad- ministration, and one man, J. R. T. Mer- shon, whom he appointed supposedly to protect this safeguard of governmental decency, shamelessly opened a campaign to destroy that which he was supposed to protect. Now this man rests in the hands of the criminal courts, a splendid exam- ple of the foresight and judgment of Mayor Schmitz, who, by vesting author- ity in him, made his offense possible. In the case of Mershon, at least, Mayor Schmitz can make no plea of misfortune He had full time in which to examine the merits of the host of applicants for this position. Out of the many who applied, and among them were many known for their probity, Mer. shon, a creature of politics, was accepted and the stamp of his corrupt hand has been left indelibly upon the pages of San Francisco's history. Continued on Page 2, Column &