The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 18, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 190 BYINGTON INVESTIGATING ACTS OF THE EPPINGERS Will Have Facts To-Morrow to Present to Grand Jury Regarding Disappearance From Warehouse of Grain That Was Pledged REGICIES WILL HAVE | to Banker Creditors for Vast Store of Glittering Coin 2 V% f/l’;O/;}’Jl i W7 - -+ MEMBERS OF THE GRAND JURY, TO WHOM WILL BE SUBMITTED FACTS OF EPPINGER FAILURE. 1 TTIRASCHE - TLTE wi he technmical pr States District Cou . 1 A large blood stain ma pinger, $166,400; Bernard Ettlinergr $166,- ' palace. & ain marked the diction of the co O e ook “aaya | 400; George W. Scott, $500; Oscar C.|spot where the officer died. ases against Herm esion of said American | Schulze, $300. Since the incorporation| It Was in a bare, whitewashed room in as her ed in the act posses: of the le thereof. ebtedness due plain- e been said Francisco and converted eof States District Court, is here given as | follows: | tional banks, incorporated un | Company | incorporated August 13, 1591, for the pur- Any matural person except a_ wage-earner or a person engaged chiefly in farming or the tillage of the sofl, any unincorporated com- pany ard any corporation engaged principally in manufacturing, trading, printing, publishing, mining or mercantile pursuits owing debtors the amount one thousand dollars or over, be judged an I luntary bankrupt upon ult or an impar trial and shall be sub- b to the provisio and entf to the ben- efits of this act Private bankers, but not na- er State or Ter- adjudged involuntary 2 torial law n be WAREHOUSE COMPANY. The legal fight in the United States court is all over the construction of the words ‘“‘mercantile pursuit and applicability to the Pacific Warehouse The warehouse company was pose of buying, selling, leasing and buitd- ing warehouses and docks and wharve: i selling and leasing real estate; selling and storing grain and ing, ing and lending money, and having the | have been that of a couple belonging to 1 s plaintiff | right to carry on a general warehouse | @ Prosperous American farcily. the same, and | ana ghinning business, and to do all | _The house of the King's adjutant, Lazar things Incident to such business. The Parouvics, which was the first attacked, capital stock was $500,000, divided into 5000 shares, of the par value of §100 each. The incorporators and the amount of stock for which they subscribed were as follows: Jacob Eppinger, $166,400; Herman Ep- | some changes have taken place in the holdings of stock. * | dlers who had surrounded the palace were their | chandise; chartering of ships; borrow- | " FREE HAND Czar’'s Act Clears Way for the Slayers of Alexander. g Military Government Is Now in No Danger of Inter- ference. —_—— Other Nations Follow the Lead of Russia in Recognizing the New King and His Adviser: O e e BELGRADE, June 17.—With the receipt of the Czar's telegram to King Peter, in the opinion of the hest informed persons, | natives and foreigners, all possibility of an internal rising against t_he provisional government of Servia has passed. The dispatch has so strengthened tho hands of the conspirators that there is no chance whatever of opposition to them. Nothing is now heard but talk of the ap- | proaching reception of the new King. Large crowds are constantly gathering before the windows of shops on the main street of Belgrade, where since the re- ceipt of the Czar's message a large pho- tograph of the chief military actors I"i the late drama has been displayed. The Skupshtina and Senate during the day adopted a modification of the consti- | tution of 1838. A press correspondent was to-day al- | lowed to inspect the palace in which King | Alexander and Queen Draga were mur- dered. The bedroom, which is furnished | in empire style, remains in the same con- | dition as wien the King and Queen fled | on the approach of the assassins. French | rovels lie on the King's table, and the Queen’s toilet articles, perfumes and cos- | | metics cover her dressing table. The cost- ly silk bed coverings are full of bullet | | holes, the conspiraters having shot wildly | in all directions. IN THE DEATH CHAMBER. A simple wardroom leading directly from the bedroom was the scene of the | { final act of the drama. The apartment is | | lofty but scarcely seven feet wide and | | fifteen feet long, and is furnished with only three wardrobes. The officers who | attended the correspondent showed the latter the bloodstained floor of the ward- room where the King and Queen fell and the broken Venetian shutter at the win- dow through which their bodies were thrown to the ground. A secret stairway leads through the floor to rooms in the southern evd of the | palace. By this stairway the hapless | couple might have attempted to escape, but they were unable to do so because the | opening to this stairway was covered by a heavy chest. Escape in any event would have been impossible, as the sol- | | | so determined upon the death of the King | and Queen that they even placed cannon | in front of the palace and were prepared | to “@estroy*“the building in the event of { fullure to find their prey. Zach of the three rooms between the vestibule and the bedchamber showed marks of the tragedy. Mirrors were shat. tered, pictures were shot through, furni- ture was broken, there were bullet holes | in the‘doors and in the ofl portraits of the King, which were in every room, and most of the latter were otherwise mu- tilated. Contrary to the general under- standing, but little effort has been made | to renovate the apartment except where | the carpenters were making two new | | doors to replace those that had been | blown to pleces at the time the con- | spirators forced their way into the rooms occupied by the King and Queen. ROOMS SIMPLY FURNISHED. The royal apartments were simply and | tastefully furnished, chiefly in Oriental tyle, and presented a homelike appear- ance. The interlor of the palace might | |1s even a greater wreck than the royal apartments in the palace. The entrance | was completely destroyed by dynamite. | | The adjutant then escaped unhurt, but he | was killed later in the vestibule of the the commander's quarters, adjoining | | the palace, that Queen Draga’s two broth- | ers were sitting on wooden chairs which | months ago. | of the murdered lawyer, appealed to the To sweeten, To refresh, ! There is only one Genuine Syrup of Figs; to get its bene- ficial effects Always byy the genuine — Manufactured by the Dispels colds and headaches when bilious or con- stipated; For men, women and children; Acts best, on the kidneys and liver stomach and bowels; FGOYRUP San Francisco, Cal. ¢ NewYork, Y. The genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale by all firstclass druggists. The full name of the company — California Fig Syrup Co.—is always printed on the front of every package. Price Fifty Cents per bottle. PLUCKY WOMAN DEFIES FEUDISTS [Witness Ewen's Wife Refuses to Leave Jackson. JACKSON, Ky., June 17.—The closing arguments were begun to-day in the trial of Curtis Jett and Thomas White, charged with the murder of Attorney Marcum, who was assassinated while standing in front of the courthouse here several Thomas Marcum, a brother jury to impose the death penalty upon the defendants. To-night Benjamin Gold- en spoke in defense of the prisoners. Com- monwealth's Attorney Byrd will make the closing argument for the prosecution to- morrow, after which the case will go to the jury. The preponderance of opinion seems to be that the jury will disagree. The principal witness, B. J. Ewen, to- day escaped with most of his family to Lexington. As he has nothing to leave behind him he is now considered out of the reckoning, but there are other wit- nesses for the prosecution who are con- sidered in danger. Major Embry Allen, who is now In com- mand of the troops here during the ab- sence of Colonel Roger Willlams, to-day ddvised Mrs. B. J. Ewen to leave Jackson. She has taken an active part in accumu- lating evidence against the burned her husband’'s hotel and who are directly connected with the powerful fac- tion in Breathitt County. Major Allen expressed the belief that her life was In danger, notwithstanding the fact that women and children have heretofore been spared by the assassins in Jackson. Mrs. men who | \ ROAD WILL BE RUNNING !KIDNAPED BOY IS KEPT IN INSIDE OF TWO YEARS| CAGE WITH WILD ANIMALS Senator Clark Intends to Rush Work | Negro Attache of a Circus Steals & on New Line Between Cali- | Child and Is Now Un- ente and Daggett. ! der Arrest. SALT LAKE, Utah, June 17.—Senator | EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, June 17.—Locked W. A. Clark, president of the San Pedro | up in cages with monkeys and other ani- road, sald to-day that specifications have | mals, his face and hands discolored to practically been completed and that with- | disguise him and his clothing taken in three weeks contracts will be let for | away to make him as near to an animal the construction of the San Pedro road | as possible, was the experience of John between Callente and Daggett, Cal. Work | Layton, a 6-year-old boy, according to will be rushed and it is Senator Clark's | his story just told to the police. belief that the road will be completed It was a training to be a “wild boy™ and running inside of two years. | with a circus the little fellow was given, “‘We have 4000 tons of steel plled up at | ang for a week after he was kidnaped Daggett and 10,000 tons on the road,” sald | from his parents he underwent the tor- Senator Clark. “‘Besides this, 30,000 tons | tyres that have driven him almost in- have been bought and negotiations are | sane. pending for all needed material. Orders| The face and hands will be placed next week for flat carg and other construction material and the work of construction will be rushed to comple- tion. The headquarters of the road prob- | ably will be at Salt Lake, although large offices will be maintained at Los An- geles. The San Pedro has leased for ninety-nine years terminals at the new | joint depot to. be erected in Salt Lake.” e PHILADELPHIA, June 17.—Probably the | greatest labor demonstration ever witnessed in| DENVER, Colo, June 17.—The American this city took place to-day. Thousands of | Smelting and Refining Company announced to- striking textile workers marched from Inde- | day that the price of lead would be restored to pendence Hall to the City Hall, where a mass ] the orixinal quotation and that it would mow of the boy are stained and scratches and scars on his body bear evidence that the story of his - treatment is true. Sylvester Baker, negro attache of the show, is under rest and has been taken to Belleville to prevent a possible lynching. | et p——— CHRISTIANIA, Norway, June 17.—The a, with Captain Ammundsen’s Pole expedition on board, B meeting was held. The feature of the parade | be bought at the rate of $3 50 per 100 pounds. was the army of children employed in the tex- | Overproduction is given as the reason for the tile mills. decline. ADVERTISEMENTS. Cash treatment without cash Attorney Bayne, representing country | banks, conferred with the bank attorneys | for the city banks that are creditors of | bear marks of bullets. The proceedings in the palace to-day | Ewen’s bravery and courage have fre- quently been shown, and it was but the expected reply that she gave: of the assets p legal reas erests the public and criminal procéedir loans. AGAINST RECEIVER. divigual banks was brought by Bank and the Nationa American by the Bank of Monterey. nemed bank is trying to get possession of 2805035 pounds sacks and 2,156,094 pounds of barley acks, the loan of the bank on n amounting to $62,000. The Bank seeks to get possession of pounds of wheat contained in 21.- its loans to Eppinger being $23.00. This move of these banks was one of the interesting features of the pro- ceedings of yesteraay. The complaints in the two suits were identical in the na- ;re of the allegations contained in them. ne complaint of the American National k sgainst Receiver Wadsworth is in art as follows: vrior to , a copartnership, Wi the sum of $62 nt of said indel aintiff certain wheat stored cast Ware- the 34 day of June, 1903, indebted t0 secure the Paymi edged to this P Tn ihe warehouse of the Pacific ADVERTISE! Who is your nearest neigh- bor? Not he, who happens ta live next-door; but he, whose beart is open your way. Schilling’s Best and the dealing bring neighbors near. made a move yester- | eiver Wadsworth, who is | ere are in s nversion were filed yesterday against tlie | The first | wheat contained in} m of § 1 belle: intiff offered to pa 3 arges held or made by said defend- st said grain, and all thereof, and e same to defendant, and demanded said grain and all thereof from . but said defendant refused to n of all or any thereof to this this plaintift has, by an order duly n atier of sald bankrupt, n to bring this action t Court of the United States in and for the Northern District of California. he attorneys filing the two suits in conversion were Chickering & Gregory Van Ness & Redman. LIVESTOCK: AS ASSETS. scar C. Schulze of Dixon was given harge yesterday of the banks' llvestock | by the attorneys for the banks interested | in the Eppinger & Co. failure. Schulze | told the lawyers that Eppinger & Co. | possess many head of livestock of vari- ous descriptions and that the sheep and cattle are grazing contented! once owned by Eppinger & Co., but now held by the London, .Paris and American | Bank as security for money loaned to Ep- | pinger & Co. Schulze was given duthor- | ity to care for the livestock. He also had nother purpose in coming to San Fran- sco. The Dixon house of Eppinger & Co. is managed by Schulze. It has done a gen- eral merchandise business and also a banking business. The members of the firm of Eppinger & Co. of San Francisce were partners in the concern. Schulzé met the lawyers for the banks and told them that the Dixon house had no con- nection with the firm of Eppinger & Co. as a firm, although the members of Ep- pinger & Co. in San Francisco were, as individuals, members of the Dixon house that bears their name. The lawyers in- 15 | ci the business at Dixon. A long consuitation of attorneys re; senting the creditors of the Pacific Ware- house Company took place yesterday af- ternoon in the office of Naphtaly, Freid- enrich & Ackerman. The principal sub- ject of consideration was the issue that has been raised in the United States Dis- trict Court by Henry Ach, concerning thn jurisdiction of the court in bankruptcy procecdings against the warehouse com- pany. To-day & brief will be filed with Judge de Haven embodying the wisdom of the attorneys on the point. For gen- eral information the clause in the Federal bankruptcy law, under which Ach has demurred to the proceedings in the United ¥ on the land | structed Schulze to continue to carry on | Eppinger & Co. yesterday. The matter of interests in the interior was discussed at some length. if Judge de Haven shall find that the contention of Henry Ach in the United States District Court concerning jurisdic- | | tion is well grounded in the provisions | | | | i | { ¢ the Federal bankruptcy law the mat- ‘ter will undoubtedly be fought out in the State courts. The Government has sup- posedly left to the States all the power that it has not assumed. The possession of the warehouse grain book that the creditors have not been able to get so far | is =o vital in providing facts to work up- on in the settling up of the business of | the concern that the struggle for it will not-end easily unless the creditors shall be victorious. The bankruptcy proceed- ings must go on somewhere or leave the Eppingers in possession of the ware- houses, which is not supposable. BYINGTON HAS AGENTS. Last evening District Attorney Bying- ton said that he had agents gathering tes- timony to be used before the Grand Jury. This testimony is along the lines mapped out by the committee of three of the Grand Jury, Swhich reported last Tuesday that one creditor has held warehouse receipts or grain in the Eppinger warehouse since May and June, 1900, which call for 5725 tons of grain and there is in these ware- houses 1525 tons less than the amount due this one creditor; also that the warehouse receipts issued by the Pacific Warehouse Company since between July, 1902, and April, 1903, called for 20,451 tons of grain and there is in the warehouse but 3200 tons of good grain and 1000 tons of “off grain.” . From these facts the committee of three inferred fraud and recommended that the matter be turned over to the District Attorney. The membership of ' the local Grand | Jury is as follows: John F. Merrill, J. William Goetze, Al- phonse Hirsch, J. F. Kennedy, J. 8. Web- ster, Charles Fisher, W. J. Bryan, James B. Smith, Frank B. Peterson, Samuel Po- lack, E. J. Gallagher, Joseph I. Lawless, Daniel Sullivan, Adolph Unger, Wesley Heidt, Adam L. Vercevich, James W. Reilly, Henry Trevor and M. F. Hru- banik. R. H. Nason, a Woodland horseman, is out $500 by the failure of Eppinger & Co. He deposited that sum in the house of Eppinger & Co. of Dixon, in March. A check was given to him on Eppinger & Co. in San Francisco. He did not present the check for payment until Eppinger & Co. of San Francisco closed their doors. The San Francisco house acted as bank- showed the same callousness that has characterized the actions and demeanor of everybody in Belgrade since the trag- edy. The Servian officers, chatting and | smiling, led their guests to the different rooms, eagerly pointing out the bullet holes, dynamite marks and blood stains, | and displaying the greatest solicitude | that no trace of the slaughter should be overlooked. Queen Draga’s costly gowns and lin- gerie were overhauled by the rough hands of the soldiers when the correspondent was in her bedroom, and rude jests were wmade regarding the drawerful of toys which, it was suggested, were intended | or the “expected helr. | ENGLAND HOLDS ALOOF. In No Hurry to Recognize New Gov- | ernment of Servia. LONDON, June 17.—In accordance with his promise, Premier Balfour in the House of Commons to-day amplified the information regarding the attitude of the} British Government toward Servia. He said the diplomatic relations with Ser- | via, which ended with the death of King Alexander, had not been renewed. The Government had considered whether, be- | cause of the crimes which had disgraced the Servian capital, it should withdraw the British Minister. However, it had been- thought better that Sir George Burham remain at his post and protect British interests. He would not be ac- credited to the new Government until further information was received regard- ing the circumstances under which it had come into power. Lkl SRR CZAR FRIENDLY TO PETER. Russia Will Not Support Demand That Assassins Be Punished. ST. PETERSBURG, June 17.—The | | | “T will stay here until our interests are properly protected and our contracts ful- filled. If they want to kill me they will find me here for at least a month.” As the case draws to a close alarm among citizens because of the probability | of the troops being withdrawn is mani- fest. —_——————— RECEIVES DOUBLE TIDINGS OF ILL ON WEDDING DAY BUTTE, Mont., June 17.—While John Boyd, a local mining man, was dressing to-day for his wedding, which was to have occurred this afternoon, he received a cablegram from England saying that his mother was dead, and, a minute or so later a special dellvery letter was brought him saying that his father, in another part c¢f England, had murdered Boyd's sister. ' The unfortunate groom-to-be fell into a fit at the double tidings of ill and the wedding was postponed. R e e e e e e . should demand the punishment of the as- sassins of King Alexander and Queen Draga. ——— FEARS FOR MILAN’S SAFETY. Sultan of Turkey Warns the Mother of the Young Prince. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 17.—The Sul- tan has warned Mme. Christinics, mother of Milan, son of the late King Milan of Servia, to carefully guard her son. She is advised to keep her son in the house and not allow him to appear on the streets. It is presumed that this advice was the outcome of fears that an at- tempt may be made to murder young Milan, although it is not believed that there will ever be any prospect of his Czar's congratulation to King Peter was considered a public expression of the un- qualified favor with which the proclama- tion of King Peter was recelved in of- ficial circles here. It is regarded as ex- tremely unlikely in view of the attitude of the Servian people that Russia will support the suggestion that the powers sl @ ers for the Dixon house. Oscar C. Schulze said last evening that the Dixon house was prepared to pay all obliga- tions on demand. He also said that he had papers prepared for the dissolution of the partnership that had existed at Dixon. succeeding to the throne of Servia. Congratulations From King Victor. ROME, June 17.—King Victor Emman- uel has telegraphed his congratulations to his brother-in-law, King Peter of Ser- via, also expressing his wishes for the tranquillity and prosperity of the country under the new regime. & —_— Austrian Emperor Scores Slayers. VIENNA, June 17.—Cordially worded telegrams have been exchanged between ‘Emperor Francis-Joseph and King Peter, but the Emperor in the midst of his con- gratulations to the new ruler seized the occasion to denounce the assassinations. Furniture, carpets, curtains This is the proposition: You want to fur- nish a home. You havent enough ready cash to pay in full when the goods are delivered, aence you're compelled to buy “on time.” Yet you dislike trading in an out-and-out install- ment store. How are you going to get the easy - payment accommodation and still buy your goods in one of the big first-class stores? We offer you the way. We loan you the money, charging simply the regular banking rate of interest—six per cent. You go then to one of the big, first- class furniture stores where the stock is big and fresh, and where satisfaction is certain; and when you have made your selections pay your bill in good, hard cash. The installment stores charge you ten per cent above their cash prices for time. All you pay us is six per cent. The actual saving to you is FOUR PER CENT. For instance: If your purchases amount to $100.00 we will charge you $106.00—which is a six per cent advance; then you pay us $20.c0 cash and the balance in monthly payments amounting to $8.60 each month. If your pur- chases amount to $75.00 we will charge you $79.50; you make us a cash payment on this of $15.00 and pay the balance at the easy rate of $6.45 per month. Investigate this—it will pay you. Gould, Sullivan Co. Suite 1403-05 “Call” Building, mi'scca # Third Streets.