The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 11, 1903, Page 1

{0 D€ l&RTr v the Library.+*** VOLUME XCIV=NO. 11. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SERVIAN ARMY REVOLTS AND COLOGNE, June | | .---A private telegram from Belgrade, Servia, states the army last night proclaimed Peter Karageorge- vitch to be King of Servia. The troops immediately surrounded the Konank and forced their way into the royal palace, where they assassinated King Alexander and Queen Draga. It is rumored that all of King Alexander’s Ministers also were murdered. Thisis gstAatfed”to have occurred between the hours of 12 and | o’clock this morning. Gram Worth Over a Million is Shipped by Eppinger & Co., and Banks Vainly Search for As FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL SEND TROOPS TO MORENGI TO 7SUBDUE RIOTING STRIKERS FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1903. SOLOIERS LAY KING ALEXANDER AND QUEEN DRAGA ——— sets + — SHIPMENTS FROM WAREHOUSES FOLLOWED TO DESTINATION HE table herewith furnished supplies the name of cvery | | vessel that has been engaged s carrying grain from Pa- cific Coast warehouses for Ep pinger & Co. to foreign ports during the grain year from June 1; 1902, to June 1, 1903. | This also absolutely traces all the grain from startito destina- tion forwarded by Eppinger & Co.: ARIZON WHO H GOVERNOR OF OF COLORADO #MORENCI, W A AND COMMANDEEK OF DEPART- AVE TAKEN STEPS TO RESTORE | MINERS ARE ON STRIKE. | who tool kers, nd are holding the More advices huca troops cannot Poss n less than thirty-six hours e sixty-five men each, e Territory tock, which , left at morning and expected -to this evening, but may ent includes Phoe- Yuma companies. d Nogales com- >t announced tement at Clifton, little less lawless out ich and a 1 - drowned ge the town being large- y destroyed, the text of the eircular no- the Arizona Copper Com- which caused the walkout of the We regret to have to intimate that - recent ved fhe work more any one day. As‘the work of a day, but by the workingman of his right to an eight hours underground men is valued not by bhour, a reduction of » of 20 per cent in wages. We do believe that such a reduction is de- by the workingmen. At the same tme we would point out that In this dis- | takes more than thirty tons of to make one ton of copper, whereas at ier great camps from ten to fouwr- ons only are. required to produce mount of eopper. « evident that ores in this dis- are by far the lowest in grade in West. The grade of such ores means vnly that their mining costs are al- highest in the Territory, but it 4 greatly increased costs for metallurgical treatment. ‘Wt believe our underground men can Qv mors work than they are doing and that they are willing to do so. On that under- same s 1 be | n | healthy legislation has apparently de- | ours per day 1s equivalent to the re- | ng to meet them half ave therefore decided to pay men hours' pay for work ¢ and after June 1, is advantage applies only to men loyed underground and does not af- arrangements whereby re affected by n we the price of cop- out n concl would point shipped to mpete against the Spanish la- than 75 cents per day. s will bear these things vill regard the of as proof of our strong de- maintein the pleasant and friend- lations which have heretofore Spanish ore. hours of work shall be from 8 2 noon, and from 1:30 p. m. to owing is the notice issued by the Detroit Copper Company: ation limits the hours of rground to eight hours, or 20 cent less than a standard day on h wages have been heretofore based. e Detroit Mining Company of Ari- however, reduce the pay of its s and underground hands.10 per | , instead of 20 per cent, thus sharing | the difference with them. “The very low grade of ores of the dis- | trict and high cost of treatment and nsportation force upon the company a y of the closest economy, while the ss and excellent ventilation of the s make the work In them more and less arduous than in any other large mines of the Territory.” A ! CALL FOR TROOPS HEEDED. mi | War Department Prt‘:mpt to Respond | | to Arizona’s Request. j) WASHINGTON, June 10.—Acting Adju- | an General Hall has ordered the com- Colorado to send treops from Frot Grant and Fort Huachuca to Morenci, Ariz., at cnce, with a discreet officer In command, to protect life and property. He directs action of the troops to be governed by law In such cases. This order is in re- sponse to a telegram to the President from Acting Governor Stoddard of Ari- zona, who says that 3000 men, mostly for- eigners, are op strike at Morencl. The following is the dispatch sent by the Acting Governor, of Arizona to the President: Three thousand men, mostly forelgners, on strike at Morenci, Graham County, Arizona. Sheriff and captain of Arizona Rangers advise me that strikers are armed and in hands of powerful agitators, and there is immediate need of large force to quell riot which is im- pending. ber is small, scattered and undiscipiined. No probability of restoring order cxcept by pre: ence of United States troops. Needed there to- night. 1 respectfully request that troops be sent from Fort Grant and Fort Huachuca im- mediately » FLEVEN DEAD manding officer of the Department of the | that violence be avoided if possible, the ! Have ordered out militia, but num- | VESSEL. CALIFORNIA GRAIN FLEET. ] Ce-t-ll.l Value. For. Paul Isenburg.. . Corunna. . L Alby Comman Rodenbek., . Lord Cairns Marguerite ) Anne de Bretagme Galena....... . Henriette. s1 7! 1 Nno 63,301 92,250 60,505 87,220 75431 106:500 | ./Queenstown 58,307 74,306 Totals .....| 133 $948,604 ON GRAIN FLEET. | Austrasia. ... Cannebiere. A .|Cork ... | omosel 110782 R | [Falmouth . §2.6% 96460 | | I Mossel Bay 424471 60.150 i . Cape Town 7,520/ 106,030 G Totals ... | $457.947 PUGET SOUND GRAIN FLEET. 1902. | June 16. Braemer. . 33555 838,029 | Anma..... . 93,150 102,460 1 i . Invermore. .. X 75,705 AND A WOMAN 15 SUGPEGTED —_—— KALKASKA, Mich., June 10.—Prosecu- tor Smith announced to-day that Mrs. Mary McKnight, who has been under ar- rest here for scveral days, has confessed to the poisoning of her brother, John | Murphy, his wife and baby. e the three to murder Mrs. McKnight confessed ay, investigation shows, have died in fifteen 1 connection with the wo- fon, are now thought to be| suspiciou | E are sald to have shown symptoms | it are now believed to indicate strych- poisoning. The persons ar other persons besi to- the stances t past vears, under circum- at Ernest McKnight, the woman's hus-| band; James Ambrose, her first Lhusband, | who died at Elmira in 1888; Mrs. Mec-| Knight, the wife of James E. McKnight, | . who was the partner of Ambrose; baby Teeple, Mrs. McKnight's niece: Eliza | Chaker, another niece; Sarah Murphy, | Mrs. McKnight's sister, who died at Gray- | ling in February, 1893; a Mrs. Curry, who | died in Saginaw in 1893 while Mrs. Me- | Knight was at her mother's house, and | Dorothy Jensen, a child, who died in| Grayling while under Mrs, McKnight's care during the absence or her mother. There™ was no suspicfn against Mrs. McKnight in connection with the Mur- phys until she filed a mortgage on his | property after death. An investigation | was then begun. The body of John Mur- phy was exhumed and strychnine found | | in the stomach. Mrs. McKnight was put under arrest, with the result that she has confessed. | A partial confession was made Monday evening, In which Mrs. McKnight denied killing the baby. Late last night Prose- | cutor Smith again called at the woman's cell at her request and this time she made a complete confeseion.¥ In her first state- ment she admitted giving Mr. and Mrs. | Murphy capsules of strychnine and qui- nine mixed. Last night she said: 1 did not intend to harm any of them. I | Gid give the baby the strychal 1t woke | up ana cried while its mother was gone and | 1 mixed up a little strychnine in a glass with some water and gave a spoonful to the baby. I did not mean to harm the little thing at all. I confessed all to the Lord .this after- noon and 1 feel that he has forgiven me. When Gertrude came home and found the baby dead she got awfully nervous. She came to me and said, “Mary, can't you give me eomething to quiet me; something that you take yourself.” I sald I would and I really ald mot think it would hurt if I gave her one of the capsules. She had spasms right after that and I supposed that the strychnine killed her. Then John seemed to feel so badly about it that I often thouxht after | Gertle died that it would be better if he | were to g0, too. John was feelinz bad one night a cquple of weeks after Gertic dled. ! | He wanted something to qulet him. I had two orlthree of the capsules on my dresser and I told him to get one of them. I thought that it would soothe him and then I thought it' would be for the best if he were to ge away. He helped himsell. Then he went s | | | i /Grana Totals.... 1,325,740 $1,022,745 leaders. 182310 #316,104 BECTED AT ROOSEIELT Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 10.—The (Democratic) has the following from Washington: From a Government official who has been intimately assoclated with the President and the Postoffice Depart- ment for nearly .wo years past, the World has secured a statement revealing the inner history of an amazing network of postal irregularities which are gradual- ly being disclose? to public view. The facts thus far established are: 1-That there existed In the postal branch of the Government a clique of offi- clals who were using their official posi- tions for personal profit by levying black- mail upon all contractors for supplies. 2—That this cliqgue was maintained and supported in its thieving operations by men powerful in the nagional Republican organization—by at leas one United States Senator, several members of Con- | gress and by prominent Republican lead- | ers in various parts of the United States. 3—That responsible heads of depart- ments in the postal service were cogni- zant of the evils which are now being ex- posed, and that they tolerated them at the direct instance of prominent Republican Il World 4—70at a clique of dishonest officials, some of whom have been removed and others of whom will surely follow, paid for their protection by expanding for the benefit of their protectors the usual free delivery service at an expense to the Gov- crnment of many millions of dollars. 5—That the rural free delivery system | has been maintained mainly for the pur- pose of providing patronage for Repub- lican leaders, there being on the rolls of the bureau the names of 15200 men who recelve $600 a year each from the public funds for performing a class of unskilled labor. The possibilities of vast political power and graft in the rural free deliv- ery, in view of what has already been dis- closed, may be judged by the appropria- tions for this branch of the postal ser- vice. In 1897 the amount was $40,000; 1893, $50,000; 1599, $150,000; 1900, $450,000: 1801, $1,750,000; 1902, $3,993,740; 1903 $7,000,000, with a deficlency appropriation of $500,000 added; 1904, $12,000,000. The estimated cost of the service when it is completed as now planned will be $24,000,000 a year. 6—That while the creation of this bureau found its inspiration in the de- ‘mand of farmers for increased mail facili- tics, it was later transformed into a com- pact and perfectly organized factional machine representing nearly 100,000 votes, and was intended to be used as a club by members of the National Republican Committee and their aids, who were secretly working against President Roose- velt. * Fish 1 L N e e ) to bed and bye and bye called me. came, too, and:he began to have The whole of the confession was given voluntarily and Mrs. McKnight signed it after Prosecutor Smith had written it. Receiver Is Appointed for the Suspended Grain Firm. HE first steps toward an ad- justment eof the affairs of Ep- pinger & Co. and the Pacific Coast Warehouse Company were taken yesterday by the attorneys selected by the com- mittee chosen by the creditors of the ruined institutions. Petitfons for the appointment of a receiver and for the purpose of having the ruined busines houses declared bankrupts were filed in the United States District Court late yes- terday afternoon by three creditors—the Anglo-Californian Bank, WellQ-Far‘u & Co.’s Bank and the London and San Fran- cisco Bank (Ltd.). Judge de Haven, at the request of the petitioners, appointed Henry Wadsworth, cashier of Wells- Fargo & Co., receiv#r for both concerns. The necessary l1€gal papers were drawn up by Attorneys Freldenrich, Lilienthal and Sntro in behalf of the creditors, and they filed them with the United States District Clerk. Subsequently they inter- viewed Judge de Haven in his chambers, and after a short consultation the Judge took his seat upon the pench and Mr. | Freidenrich read and explained the peti- tions. The attorney informed the court that Attorney Ach, who repesented the debtors, had no objection to a receiver being ap- pointed or to the bankruptey proceediNgs. | He further stated that the property of the corporation consisted of a warehouse at Port Costa, and that the debtors owned an undivided one-half interest in the warehouse, and that the debtors held in its custody for the accommodation of various people some 4500 tons of wheat and that a recefver should take charge of this wheat. for the appointment of Henry Wadsworth as receiver in both cases. He stated the application was made on behalf of all the creditors. He suggested that a bond of $100,000 be fixed for the receiver in the matter of the Pacific Coast Warehouse Company and that a bond of $50,000 be fixed for the receiver of Eppinger & Co. FILE FOUR PETITIONS. Judge de Haven issued tho necessary orders and set June I as a day for the hearing of the bankruptcy proceedings. In the matter of Jacob Eppinger, Herman Eppinger and Bernhard Ettlinger, part- ners under the firm name of Eppinger & Co., the petition to Judge de Haven is in part as follows: “That your petitioners are creditors of caid partnership of Eppinger & Co, hav- ing probable claims amounting in the ag- gregate in eXcess of seécurities held by them, to the sum of $500; that the nature and amount of your petitioner's claims ] are as follows: “The claim of the Anglo-Californian Bank (Ltd.) amounts to $65,000 and is upon five promissory notes executed and de- 1vered to it by said Eppinger & Co., three whereof bear date October 3, 1902, each payable on demand, the first for the sum of $24,000, the second for the sum of $7600, and the third for the sum of $3000. The fourth of said promissory notesis dated April 3, 1902, for the sum of $13,200, and 1he fifth of said promissory notes is dated April 29, 192, for ‘the sum of $11,20. Each of said promissory notes was secured by pledge of certain grain evidenced by ware- house receipts issued by the Pacific Coast ‘Warehouse Company, 2 corporation, and petitioners aver that.the grain in. said warehouse held by sald petitioner as se- curity for said promissory notes does not exceed in value $50,000. ° “The claim of petitioner Wells, F: & Co. amounts to the sum of $18,317 :‘-‘fi. nature of sald claim is as follows: $5417 45 thereof is upon open account for moneys had and received by said Jacob Eppinger from said petitioner within one year last PoitHe balauée of sald Indebtedness, to Mr. Freidenrich then asked | i — i ST TWO COURT OFFICIALS WHO WILL “PROBE INTO EPPIN- GER FAILURE. | & | wit, $42,00, is upon promissory notes exe-| cuted and delivered by said Eppinger & | | Co. to sald petitioner, at the dates and in the amount following, to wit: September 19, 1902, $7500; September 25, 1902, $7300; No- vember 12, 1902, $3200; November I8, 1802, $2800; February 2, 1903, $12,000; February 3, 1903, $12,008; May 27, 1902, $200; December 1901, $9100. i | *“Each of said promissory notes was se- | cured by pledge of certain grain evi- | denced by warehouse receipts issued by | the Pacific Coast Warehouse Company, a | corporation, and petitioners aver that the | grain held by said petitioners as security | for said promisory notes does not exceed | in value $30,000. “The claim of the London and San Francisco Bank (Ltd.) amounts to the sum of $84,800, and is upon certain promis- sory notes made and delivered to sald bank by said Eppinger & Co., at the dates and for the amounts as follows, to wit: October 1, 1902, §6500; October 25, 1902, $14,500; February v‘&m $5000; Feb- ruary 27, 1903, $17,500; Mz 4, 1903, $17,000; April 11, 1963, $11,000. 5 VALUE OF THE RECEIPTS. “Each of sald notes is payable one day after date. Sald promissory notes were secured by pledge of certain grain evi- denced by warehouse receipts issued by | the Pacific Coast Warehouse Company, a | corporation, and petitioner h;lds other se- | curities for the payment of" said notes. That the value of all said securities does | not exceed the sum of $50,000. After reciting that the members of the firm did not on the 8th day of this month admit In writing the inability of sald partnership to pay its debts and its will- ingness to be adjudged a bankrupt on that ground, the petitioners pray that each member of the firm be declared a bankrupt. In their petition to have a receiver ap- | _pointed for Eppinger & Co. the creditors ask “that a receiver be appointed’ forth- with with authority “to demand of sald ‘debtors the delivery to him of all the mercantile books and papers belonging to sald partnership of Eppinger & Co., and that sald rcceiver be directed to hold all such books and papers until the fur- ther order of court.” In the matter of the Pacific Coast, Warehouse Company. a_ corporation, the | petitioners, after stating that the Anglo- Californian Bank, Wells. ‘Fargo & Co. and the London and San Francisco JLtd., are body corporates. duly created under the laws of the *United States, set forth, as.foll - Continued on Page 3, Column 4. - Davn elopments | sion of the wheat credited to t | that a foray was about to be made. Show a Tremendous Shortage. VO moves were made by the dissatisfied creditors of the de- funct firm of Eppinger & Co. yesterday—one through the courts . to reassure certain banking institutions that their claims against the firm might stand some chance of protection in the event of assets being eventually devel- oped out of the business entanglement and the other a move by force of arms to secure some of the product stored in the warehouse at Crockett. The first proceed- ing had been previously announced and prearranged by the cren tors as a: whole, but the other and more exciting action was unexpected, and when it became an affair of general knowledge caused no end of t:lk and speculation as to what it would lead to. Two enterprising banking firms, holding as they clalm receipts for wheat in the Crockett warehouse, which, they claim, has already passed into their hands by virtue of orders received from Eppinger & Co. before their creditors brought them to the brink of bankruptcy, conceived the idea. yesterday of taking forcible posses- Early In the day people loitering about the wharves at Port Costa observed a strange looking barge making its way oward the Crockett warehouses in tow of a small tug. Later it was developed that the craft was manped by an armed force and the news spread through the town That the hurried conclusion was correct was later demonstrated when the harge slowly swung up to the dock and its passengers, bearing arms, proceeded in quick time to- ward the place where the wheat now in dispute is stored. But if the invaders of the receiver's. jurisdiction had hoped to successfully complete their maneuver without opposition they were doom- ed to disappointment, for hardly had they got within shouting dis- tance of the warehouse before they were repulsed by another armed party, which seemingly had been quietly mustered in anticipation of such an at- tack. It was about this time that the fact was learned that the landing party was composed of forces from two banking firms, thg American National and the Bank of Monterey, both creditors of Ep- pinger & Co. Realizing that their outnumbered forces were too weak to effectually storm the warehouse a all was sounded and in ten minutes’ time the barge was again free from the wharf and floating out In the stream. For a time it was supposed that the men on the barge had given up their undertaking and would return in tow to the city, but later in the after- noon another move was made on the warehouse ands with more success. The Jdefending forces were routed and before they could reinforce and reorganize them- selves the crews of the barges, under pro- tection of numerous rifles, had succeeded in transferring large quantities of grain to the barge and with a wild yvell of vic- tory the men aboard flnally cast their' lines loose and. were soon again in the stream with the nose of their unwieldy craft pointed toward San Francisco. During the existence of the warehouse certificates held now by California banks as security for loans to the bankrupt concern of Eppinger & Co. the firm men- tioned exported grain from the Paeific Coast valued at $1,620.000 in round figures. Of this great bulk of grain $980.604 worth was taken from the warchouses of Cali- fornia. $457.947 from the warehouses of Oregon and $2161% from warehouses on Puget Sound. This all happened between June 1, 1902, and June 1, 1%03. technically, altheugh the latest shipment from Cali- Continued on Page 3, Columz §,