The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 14, 1903, Page 17

*»e0 “he Pages 030 = 4 i @ ve-e e VOLUME XCIV—NO. 14. NIXON QUITS TRUST PIST UNDER FIRE Head of the Ship- yard Combine Resigns. Great Merger Is Fast Drifting Toward Breakers. Schwab Threatens to With- draw From Reorgani- zation Project. waiting litde g tegal Mr. Unbermsr of Gt rd V. w- to x in this n b s of crimial CAPITAL WAS LACKING. r wor in- ¢ £5.000,000 glowingly put forth tus as new working capital x ad $1.500.000. Ie d cost of muaterss 2 4 per cent advance; v workmen paper profits the vendo! 4 no part in the k: T n July 1. S A THREAT. SCHWAB MAKE FIVE-MASTED SCHOONER WRECKED DURING GALE Washington B. Thomas Goes Ashore on Stratton Island, but Crew Is Reported Safe. ORCHARD, Me., June from t that the new f Thomas, ( bound 13.—It was wreckage ve-mas gk d ap- m hington B. rmo fr breaking to piece dark, d together in the forward he crew were reported safe al- rt of the vessel, the stern havl away. The weather d no improvement ems likely that tugs to reach Stratton VIENNA PAPERS ANNOUNCE RUMOR OF POPE’S DEATH Leo XIII in Good Health and Physi- | cian Remains Away From the Vatican. HOME, June 13.—The rumors published n the Vienna papers that the Pope enly are entirely without His Holiness is in good nd Dr. Lapponi, his physician, | t visit the Vatican either to-day or| Leo to-day recelved Cardinal Vicar General of hie Holiness. | e | TEMBLOR HAS EFFECT | OW THE ARTESIAN WELLS | Water Acts Curiously in Many Lo- | calities of Santa Clara County. june 13.—Reports from aif- | varts of the artesian well section | #lley say that the earthquake of had caused some of the vel to flow and that some1 which had not been flowing are now giv- ing off plenty of water. AN JOSE lest cease MATOS ISSUES A MANIFESTO CONFESSING THE VENEZUELAN REVOLUTION IS TERMINATED e | Asks Guarantee of Safety for His Followers. ARACAS, June 15.—Genera! Matos published yesterday in Curacao a manifesto addressed to the Venezuelan people, con- | revolution is | fessing that the crushed and terminated, and saying ask President tro to guarantee the safety of himself and all followers so that they may be able to n to their homes and work for the ace and pr ity of Venezuela. The | much rest here. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, J 15.—The report that General Matos has is- sued a manifesto here announcing a col- laps firmed. NEGRO FAGT CHANGING T0 WHITE MAN Freak of Nature Gives Him New Color. e Call NEW YORK, June 13.—When a faint t of white appeared on the brown nd of Rufus Hurlburt, a negro tot ago, he gave it no ng glance. He and hi ysiclans have become mor ted since, for now it is seern Hurlburt is t clear white te of change in five that his present r be dark “His case, the most remarkable ing pigment of the « hard to re Dr to-d example of bi T know of. Conwell said What ces directly this remar is perhaps difficult io tell E case arkable, I think, be cause e is that faflure of the nutrition, he is not anaemic Hurlburt said to-day “If it were not that T could see it I wouid not know this h is taking place, kin is m except that per- to the 12ps sceptible hea i cold than it was. My left hand is, as vou see, almost entirely white Spots are developing on my right arm and within a year that will be the is mow white and the a few months will scalp 1 on my nose > that my nose My left hand will be white by next J for it is moving so regularly that Iec alculate the progress to nearly. 1 don’t regard this as a discase. I believe with the doctors that it is some freak of nature.” —————— RUINS OF LARGE CITY ARE FOUND IN MEXICO Archaeologist Discovers Large Pyra- mids and Fortifications in a Dense Forest. CITY OF MEXICO, June 13.—The rulus of a large city have been discovered in a remote part of the state of Puebla by rancisco Rodriguez, an archaeologist, who has just made a report of his find to the Government authorities here. The city contains large pyramids and extensive fortifications. It is situated in the midst of a dense forest, and a large amount of excavation will be necessary to learn its true extent and importance. A commission will be appointed by the Government to explore the ruins. ————— AN LINER NORWEGIAN uary a ALL GOES ASHORE AT CODROY | June 13.—-The Allan Captain White, from Montreal for sgow, with a general cargo and cattle, went ashore at Codroy to-day. It is likely that she will be a total wreck. Her crew are throwing her cargo and cattle overboard. The steamer Norwegian, formerly the City of New York and previous to that the Delaware, is of 2253 tons net burden and was built in Glasgow In 1865. ,She is 315 feet 2 inches long, has 39 {cet beam and draws 18 feet of water. ST. JOHNS, N. liner Norwegian, inouncement of this news has aroused | the Venezuelan revolution is con- | “I do not say that the laboring man has suffered no wronge,” he continued, “but | s | the laboring man to-day cannot be too | | slow to strike. I read an fnterview of Marsh: feld published recently, and I agree with Mr. Field that the laboring | man ma too far, that he may lose all lor a lar rt of what he has gained in | the last quarter of a century. There never has been a time in the history abor movement when the | need of wise, conservative leaders has | been so acute as it is at present, and I | tave | changed color by the end of the summer. | day | | | B | | [ | f | \ | r { ; | — | LEADER WHO ADMITS THE REVOLUTION 18 THAT | CRUSHED. H SOUNDS NOTE ~OF WARNING T0 WORKMEN ‘Wheeler Says Wise Leaders Are | | Needed. ; | it Special Dispatch to The Call. J | eHICAGO, 1e 15.—*“The perils to | peace and prosperity that lurk in a too | great readiness to strike are being wit- nessed in Chicago to-day. The safety of | the industrial world les in arbifration— | arbitration that comes before, not after | the strike order has been issued. The ne- | cessity for conservative, wise leaders has never been so great as it is at the present time.” | These Tde W words were uttered by Benjamin president of the University of California, on his arrival at the Audi tor the hotbed and center of | the waiters’ strike. m Annex, believe that the time will bring forth the | men. These leaders will urge the neces- | sity of caution. They will tell of good | that will come out of going slow.” CIVIL PROCEEDINGS | AGAINST JAMES WATSON | | District of Columbia Seeks to Re- | cover for Alleged Defalca- tion of Funds. WASHINGTON, June 13.—The Govern- | ment of the District of Columbia through | its corporation counsel to-day instituted eivil proceedings against James M. Wat- son, now in jail for alleged defalcation of District funds estimated at $73,000. The | sujt is for the recovery of the moneys al- leged to have been taken by Watson, but the aggregate of the specific sums men- tioned in the civil suit is only $10,182. Wat- son’s automobdile and a bulletin sheet of which he Is joint proprietor were attached to-day. His counsel next week will move to quash the attachments on the ground that the case is neither one of debt nor obligations fraudulently incurred. Watson has not yet been able to furnish a satls- factory bail bond and is still in jail —_—— FORMER COLLEGE OFFICER SAID TO BE A PRINCE' President Hoffman, Recently at Iowa University, Connected by Re- | port With Royalty. i MARINETTE, Wis., June 13.—~The Mar- inette Star is authority for a story to the effect that President Hoffmian, who re- cently resigned from the faculty of the University of Jowa, is Crown Prince Ru- dolph of Austria, who was supposed to have killed himself fifteen years ago. Hoffman's resignation at the university was refjuested because he refused to re- veal his identity after admitting that he was going under an assumed name. 2 WIFE SH00TS ‘Tragedy on Street | the latter's oven door. | had expected further hostilitles, returned | DVER CORPSE OF HUSBAND of the State Capital. Youth Tries to Kill the Slayer of His Father. Quarrel About the Use of a Path Ends in Desper- ate Battle. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call, SACRAMENTO, June 18.—John Gould was shot and killed by W. F. Lockwood | at the noon hour to-day. Mrs. Gould | rushed to her prostrate husband's side and selzing the revolver from his death | grasp sought to take the life of his as- | sailant. She dropped the weapon when | another bullet from Lockwood's pistol | lodged in her hip and her blood was soon | mingling with that of her slain husband. The 13-year-old-son of the Goulds picked up the revolver from the street and aim- ing it at the slayer of his father, pulled the trigger. The accuracy of the little fellow’'s alm was not proved however, for the cylinder unntah}nd only exploded sh The Jad then’ expressed his feel- | ings by hurling curses at the man who had killed his father and wounded his mother, FIGHT WITH WEAPONS. The shooting occurred in the open street in Slaters addition to this city, where the | men, emnloyed by the Southern Pacific | Company, resided with their familie: The homes in that locality are not | palatial, and it has been the practice of the residents to make a short cut across | s. | Gould’s lot through an opening in his fence. Mrs. Lockwood availed herself of this privilege t night and Gould forbade her the Ause of the path, at the same time, so sghe alleges, using offensive Igbguuge toward her. She told her 1 .he_ yalted for e e Afie meeting and when Jehn: Norton,/ a'ufléhl?r. rushed out to separate the' mién Gould had Lockwood on the ground with one hand clutching his throat and making an effort with the other to use upon him a freight handler's sharp hook. Both men took to their houses. In a minuté Gould appeared around a corner and began shooting at Lockwood through Lockwood, who the fire and Gould dropped in the street with a bullet hole through his heart. His wife rushed out of the house, and loos- ing the revolyer from her husband's death grip, leveled it at Lockwood. BOY'S WEAPON EMPTY. In another instant she too had fallen with a bullet in her hin. Then the little son of the Goulds appeared and selzing | the revol aimed it at Lockwood. The cartridges had all been exploded, how- | ever, and the weapon was useless. _The lad bemoaned wnis fact and contented himseif by hurling imprecations at Lock- | wood up“to the moment when the latter | was taken to prison. The opinion of the witnesses seems to be that Lockwood acted in self-defense. The men had not been on good terms for Jonz time. Lockwood said he did mot mean to shoot Mrs. Gould and In fact aid | not know that she had been struck by” his | bullet. The several shots which Gould | had fired at Lockwood falled of effect. | Mrs. Gould, who is well advanced in| years, will recover if complications do | not set in. | = LR S ! CONFESSES DISHONESTY AND COMMITS SUICIDE | | Ceylon Remittance Man Kills Hfim- | self in Chicago Safety De- posit Vault. CHICAGO, June 12.—Having confessed | to an embezzlement that probably will amount to $4000, Ernest Naorajal, a native | of Ceylon, shot and kfiled himself in the | safety deposit vaults of the Prairie State | Bank, where he had taken his employer | to reimburse him as best he could with | the small savings he had there. Naorajal was cashier for Edward Reub, a commission merchant. of age and came to Chicago from Ceylon six years ago. The cashier frequently received remit- tances from Xuropes in addition to a lib- eral salary, and had told fellow employes | that he was the scion of a royal family | in Ceylon. He was well educated and | claimed to be a. graduate of English and East Indian universities. Naorajal asserted that all the money, together with that received from abroad, bhad been lost in gambling. —_———— RAINY SEASON INCREASES CHOLERA IN PHILIPPINES Many of the Cases Occur in- Manila and Spread Down Coast Is Rapid. _ASHINGTON, June 13.—Official ad- v to the marine hospital service in this city represent a sharp increase of cholera cases in the Philippine Islands smee the beginning of the ralny season. Many of the eases have occurred in Ma- pila, but a rapld spread down the coast of Luzon also Is reported. About half of the Manila cases have oceutred among the crews of the launches and other small craft that never leave the harbor. Not a single case could be traced Lo the importation by sea. He was 28 years |/ MAIMED CORPSE OF DRAGA GIVES EVIDENCE OF AWFUL ATROCITY OF HER SLAYERS ———— = LATITPOR. PLIT TS T 7= oF FORLEIGHN AT - - . o i | GEORGEVITCH tion by the Skup | Russia against any interference by the f : RINCE PETER KARA- il be wil made King of Servia with- ut serious opposition. His elec- r hina 1s certamn. tsc has declared openly} owers with the Servians’ settle- went of their “ famu i '1 : o2V T J 5 50[5{/&'0;4’5/{/ LT AY. /'f;/fs'ozzza,v NS 7% S Y P, g _ AT - cl e Lalnas L3 — = -+ SOVEREIGN AND TWO DIPLOMATS WHO MAY HAYE A VOICE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SERVIAN AFFAIR. IT IS HINTED THAT THE NEW KING CHO AT BELGRADE WILL BE COMPELLED TO PUNISH THE COWARDLY ASSASSINS OF ALEXANDER AND DRAGA. | TSI ASRE B RS el et e b 3 PSR A Ll S | Murderous Officers Leav e imprint of Bootheels Upon Dying Queen and Vandals Wreck Rich Furnishings of Palace. V YORK, June 13.—The ' World has the following | from. Belgrade, Servia: | The murderous rag of | the slayers of Queen | Draga was horrible. Not content with | shooting her down and pie and slashing her body with their swords, | officers stampeddupon her bleeding body | with their boots. Louise Webber. who | prepared the Queen’s body for burial in an arbor in the garden, says the marks”of their boot heels were plainly | stamped tpon the breast of the dead | Queen. Both eyes were started from their sockets. e Queen Draga’s sisters were permit- ted to take their last look at her body. | It was shrouded in white silk. When | the youngest saw the evidence of many wounds and the mar®s of boots on the dead woman's face. she fainted and had to be carried away unconscious. The scenc of destruction in the roval | apartments was eloguent of atrocity. In the ante-chamber of the King's apart- ments, in the first room and in the bed- chamber itself, the heavy Turkish car- pets were soaked with the blood of the King and the Queen. The carpets were carried into the garden, where the soldiers tried to wash away the stains by throwing buckets ~of water upon them. Blood flowed over the floor, pene- | trating woodwork. All of the water in Servia cannot wash away those stains. FURNITURE IS WRECKED. Even the heavy brass bedstead was broken and bent and the beautiful fur- niture was smashed as if by vandals. Two doors were blown open by dvna- mite, which partly destroved the hails and covered everything with brick dust. Magnificent mirrors reaching the ceil- ing and inclosed in sculptuged frames were smashed to atoms. g - Special Dispatch to the Call. The Queen’s luxurious toilet }table was smashed and laces.and ribbons. sil ver and gold trodden | and porcelain articles foot by the officers, with st wore. and the stains erywhere. The explo- sions h-ole window panes and tattered | hangings. which were torn from their | places | When'the King's body was laid out | for burial, some one thought of plac- ing his sword by his side. « At least he | met death bravely and for that he de- served some consideration. There was | a long search before it could be found. | It was covered with his blood and that of the Queen, for he had not used it in the fight. It was hurriedly wiped clean | and placed by his side and buried with nder LAST RITES OVER DEAD. The King was dressed in the uniform of a general by the soldiers. The bodies of the King and Queen were placed in coffins on a billiard table in a ground floor room. Accompanied by police and two officers, the coffins were .taken to St. Mark’s cemetery and put in a vault near the coffin of Anka Obrenovitch. The officers now deny that the bodies of the King and Queen. were thrown from windows into the courtvard. but some persons who say they were eve- witnesscs steadfastly declare that the bodies were flung out. and a medical | were closely gu | fore Tuesday, tary patrols which paraded the thorough- fares. The palace was guarded by don of infantry and all the M residences in the vielnity of the palace d by detachments of 1 feeling of cheerfulness and, ‘according to re- a troops. A genel pervaded the city ports, the country also. The city con- tinued to be heflagged. Former Minister Tudorovics has suc- cumbed to his wounds. Minister of Commerce Genshics, in an interview, said he considered that if there was any republican tendency in the Cabi- net it was insurgent. The election of a ruler, he - believed, could not occur be- it was almost certain Prince Pcter Karageorgevitch would be clected. Prince Mirko of Montenegro had no chance whatever. Geneghics was reticent as to the event at the palace early on Thursday morning. He did not consider it exvedient to pub- lish an official accounf of what had tran- spired until matters had settled down. The Minister added that since his accession late King Alexander committed constant errors and lost hishold on the public by his marriage with Queen Draga and the com- edy played in connection with the prepa- rations for the birth of an alleged heir. The coup d'etat was fixed for June 11, because on that day Queen Draga wished to proclaim her brother Nikodem err to the throme. Genshics _concluded with indorsing Prince Peter as an honorable man and an earnest well-wisher for Servia. Cavalry and infantry continued to examination disclosed conditions show- {ing that this barbaric act must have been committed QUIET UGHOUT SERVIA. ‘Interest Now Centers in the Conven- ing of the Skuptschina. EELGRADE, June 13.—At midnight last night tranquillity prevailed here. The streets were practically deserted after 9 a'elock, with the exception of small mili- patrol the streets to-day. The people re- mained ¢alm. The chlef interest centered in the approaching session of the Skupt- schina. The election of Prince Peter as King of Servia is regarded as certain, al- thouhg Prince Mirko of Montenegro may have some votes. Here and there a re- publican tendency is noticeable. Notices have been placarded on the Continued on Page 18, Column 4