The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1903, Page 1

(LA A en \‘n*“‘ o satt Call. Ve Vi Q STAr S > - p -_— ,-l}" _VOLUME XCIV—NO. 46. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 19038. PRICE FIVE CENTS, DYING PATIENT IN THE DATICAN PASSES A RESTLESS NIGHT AND THE COMING OF DAWN FINDS HIM GREATLY DEPRESSED PRESIDENT HOLLAND ALLEGES THAT THE CARMEN’S WAGES ARE EXCESSIVE ON THE UNITED RAILROAD’S LINES — LIGE Sn00T NTO A MOB UF STRIKERS Desperate Fxghtmg in Streets of ! Chicago. n an unfinis red them with rew their revolve f workmen, who hastily fled to t t building. The police through the windows and L ly all the workmen from the y The route to the depot was then though there were sev- the wagon reached the second fight occurred when were escorting a wagon load of f to the warehouse of the Ter- | r Company at Ogden ave- street. A mob of 3000 wagon and, although the tnumbered 100 to 1, they | k gon safely to the depot. The | eased by the time | to make the return a mile it pursued the € to them all sorts of epi- | % ther- with sticks and | v it, however, Injur:-ing any | The climax came at nd Ogden avenue, when | u fired at one of the mot shots went wide, but it in- flamed toe mob, and with shouts and | yells the ¥ed the police. The offi- | cers foug th fists and clubs and in less than minutes had put every | member of the mob to flight. Fully a| dozen men w broken neads were left | lying In the street. About twenty ar-| rests were made duriag the day. Both sides to the sirike remain stubborn l | ed. Asks Arbitrators to Cut Scale in Force. N the street carmen’s case in San Francisco yesterday the arbitration proceedngs did not last long, but vital points were brought to light and there were several spirited con- tests between opposing counsel. Attorney Moore opened the general case for the United Raflroads, and President Holland was the first witness. Before he was called, however, Moore made a pre- liminary statement that surprised the op- position. “The officers of the company that are to testify,” he sald, “have prepared their statements in advance, and I shall ask to have them read into the records.” Livernash was surprised, but he was on his feet at once with an objection, which, however, was overruled. President Holland's statement proved a o JENT OF HIS TE DUCED, AND COUN SEL UNITED RAILROADS, WHO FRANKLY STATED THAT CARMEN'S FOR THE CORPORATION. WAGES SHOULD BE RE- THOUSANDS OF VICTIMG OF TYPHOO Entire Districts De- vastated in Tonquin. Special Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, July 15.—Late reports of the typhoon in Tonquin on June 8 and 9 rep- resent it as having been far more se- rious than was at first reported. Hanol as devastated and Namdin completely leveled, Between 2000 and 5000 natives were kill- No Europeans lost their lives. The | loss of property was immense. Several French merchants were ruined. e e—— Chinese Are Flocking to Mexico. TUCSON, Ariz., July 15.—A Star spe- clal from Guaymas, Mexico, says an Eng- lish tramp steamer landed 1400 Chinese at that port vesterday. The steamer came direct from Chinese ports. .During the last thirty days, according to Guaymas advices . fully 3000 Chinese have landed there. The large immigration is due to favorable Mexican immigration laws, i surprise to everybody, to the carmen in particular, for he took the ground that the company is paying too much to its men. He went so far as to say that the company reluctantly adopted the present schedule just after the strike. If the board could grant the request he would like to have the arbitrators agree to lower wages. In the course of his testimony he sald he had learned that he could get men from New Jersey and St. Louls for the wages the men were earning here before the strike. - QUINN REAPPEARS. To pour oil on the troubled waters be- fore the session closed yesterday after- noon Conductor Quinn, who furnished all the fun earlier in the proceedings, was recalled by Attorney Moore and asked if he had lost much money en ‘‘the ponfes.” Quinn protested that he would not an- swer the auestion, but he had so little control of his tongue that before he could complete a sentence he would reply to every auestion he was asked. Attorney Moore In his opening argu- ment briefly said, in patt: In reference to the increase of the pay of the carmen, we simply say that the new sched- ule of wages was fixed in April, 1902, and that wages were then raised 1735 per cent. The raise was not Intended for that fixed time, but they were raised With a view of permanency. On the second question of the carmen, we say thut we will prove that the supply of car- men Is far in advance of the demand. On the third demand of the men in reference to the increased cost of living, we will prove that the cost of living is not greater than it was in April, 1802, NEW PROCEDURE. Our procedure in the case will be simflar to the means adopted by counsel of the carmen's union. Whenever practical we shall call wit- nesses. As to the officlals of the company, Continued on Page 2, Column 5. NOTE TELLS OF TRAGEDY INPENDING Mother Writes of Murder and Suicide. Police Seek Bodies of Woman and Her Two Children. Farewell Letter Gives Warn- ing That She Will End Their Lives. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, July 15.—In some ob- scure rooming-house the police belleve will be found to-morrow the body of Mrs. Mary Hughlett and those of her two children, Frank aged 14 years, and Grace, aged 12 years, the children dead by the mother's hand and she a suicide. The police to-night are trying to find them, but there are so many places where the double murder and suicide might be eommitted that their efforts have been unsuccessful The reason for the search and the fear that a terrible tragedy has been com- mitted is that a sister of the woman re- ceived at Santa Ana to-day a letter In which the writer stated that when it was received she and her two children would be dead, for she had decided to kill them and then end her own life, Mre. Hughlett until recently lived in Santa Ana and there her husband, a well known citizen, died less than a year ago. The death of her husband caused her to become so despondent that she would eat nothing for days at a time. She seemed to fear that she would be unable to care for her children properly and had been heard to express a desire to join her hus- band if she could take her children with her. Friends tried to cheer her without success, but by appealing to her for her children’s sake and urging her to do something for them, she appeared to again take heart. ‘WARNS HER RELATIVES. A few weeks ago she moved to Berke- ley, intending to open a boarding-house. hoping to secure the patronage of stu- dents of the State University. She spent some time there and not finding the place to her liking went to San Francisco, but later returned to Berkeley, where her fur- niture was unpacked, but the proposed boarding-house was never opened. The first intimation Mrs. Hughlett's relatives had of anything wrong was on Monday, when they received a postal card from her, in which she announced that they would hear from her only once more because she had decided to give up the struggle. She sald she would come to some place in the State more conven- fent for them and there do what she had long contemplated. She left Berkeley last Saturday night and came to this city, but where she stopped is not known. This morning Mrs. Jullus Goeffer of Santa Ana, sister of Mrs. Hughlett, received a letter from her dated Los Angeles, the postmark showing that it was malled last night after 8 o’clock. The letter was to the effect that after studying over the matter for months she had decided to end her life and being un- willlng that others should have the care of her children had declded to give them what she took herself. She wrote of what she had done with her personal effects, most of them having been shipped back to Santa Ana, her baggage being in this city, but she told where the baggage checks were and what should be done with her effects. She mentioned articles she wanted her friends to have, and after these gifts had been made the balance of her property and about $200 In cash was to become the property of her sister. The letter ends with the statement that by the time it was received by her sister she would be dead. There was nothing what- ever in the letter to indicate from what point in Los Angeles it had been written, but she mentioned the fact that she had engaged rooms. SEARCH FOR THE BODIES, It is therefore believed if she has car- ried her threat into execution the bodies will be found ju some rooming-house. There are hundreds of such houses in Los Angeles and, although the search through them has been in progress al night, not the slightest trace of the wom- an or children has been found. Her brother-in-law came to Los Angeles from Santa Ana’ to-night to assist in the search, but he could do nothing. He stated that the woman had un- doubtedly been rendered insane through grief over the death of her husband. Be- fore her marriage she was injured about the head in a runaway and a piece of her sknll had to be removed, but until the deatn of her husband there was noth- ing to indicate that she was of unsouna mind. The search will be continued to- morrow if necessary, but the police be- lieve the bodles will be found in the morning, unless the mother has chosen some secret place like the basement of a vacant house to commit the crimes which she threatened. L | g X3 EMINENT AMERICAN PRELATE WHO IS EXPECTED TO IMPRESS UPON THE SACRED COLLEGE STATES IS ENTITLED TO MORE CARDINALS. THE ‘FACT THAT THE UNITED LOW-RECORD PRICES FOR CECURITIES Demoralization in Wall Street Market. NEW YORK, July 15.—Demoralization in the stock market to-day made it, up to the time of. the closing rally, one of the mc=t disastrous days since the mem- orable panic of May 9, 1%1. New low records for the year were made in the trading on a heavy volume of business. Some of the declines in high-grade invest- ment stocks for the day ran all the way from 4 to 7 points. In the early dealings there was a rush to sell. Prices dropped sharply and in some cases precipitately, with active stocks down 2 and 3 points each and with an extreme break of more than 50 points reported in St. Louls and San Francisco and Chicago and Eastern Illinois certificates. The decline was especially noteworthy, however, in such stocks as St. Paul, New York Central, Unlon Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Missourl Pacific, United States Steel and General Electric. 1n the last half hour covering by shorts and investments by bargain hunters were responsible for partial recoveries fn many issues and complete recoveries in a few, like St. Paul, which closed fractionally above Tuesday's final quotations. Traders were naturally disposed to view the selling of high-grade investment is- sues with considerable uneasiness, on the theory that it represented forced selling opponents who were compelled to part with their securitles to raise funds to pro- tect speculative accounts elsewhere in the mnrkei. Several important interests were sellers of stocks that had been carried on borrowedl money for a long period, the sales being induced by the attitude of the banks, which decided to call in leans to strengthen their position, preparatory Q:J the expected calls on their resources fo; crop movement purposes. A distinctly unfavorable impression was created by the announcement of an lssue of short time notes by the Union Pacific to the amount of $10,000,000; also smaller Joans by several other railroad companies. Following the borrowing by the Burling- ton, the action of the Union Pacific and other roads in going into the market for money naturally affords ground for un- easiness in special articles, particularly as the companies are forced to pay stiff Continued on Page 3, Column 2. RUMOR STIRS CAPITALS (F TIND NATIONS Reported Seizure of Islands by Our Ships. LONDON, July 15.—According to the Press Association a curfous rumor was current in the lobby of the House of Commons to-night to the effect ‘that some United States warships had seized about twenty small islands off the coast of Bor- neo, which, It is"understood, belong to Great Britain, and planted the American flag on them. It is probable a question on the subject will be asked in the House. WASHINGTON, Julr 15.—The reported seizure of islands off the coast of Borneo by American warships apparently was as great a surprise to the administration of- ficials in Washington as It was to mem- bers of Parliament in London. No infor- mation that such a step was contempla- ted has come from the admiral command- ing the American fleet in Philippine waters and no exploitation along the lines indicated has been directed by the offi- clals here so far as could be ascertained to-night. A very plausible explanation of the re- ported occurrence is that the command- ing officer in the Philippines simply had sent one or more of his vessels and hoisted the flag of the United States over ‘some islands near the coast of Borneo which were purchased by the United States from Spaln subsequent to the treaty of Paris and that the sovereignty of the United States over them had been proclaimed ~formally. These were the Cagayan Zulu group, comprising one large and fourteen smaller islands, and the larger island of Palawan. These islands were not comprehended within the boundaries of the Philippine archi- pelago when thé treaty of Parls was signed. The claim was made later, how- ever, that they rightfully belonged to Spain, and they were formally ceded to the United States by a subsequent action of' that Government and our Congress made an appropriation and pa:id the pur- chase price agreed on for them. e N Y Seven Years for Boodling. S8T. LOUIS, July 15.—The jury In the case of Julius Lehmann, former member ot the House of Delegates, charged with bribery in connection with the passage of the city lighting bill, returned a verdict this afternoon finding the defendant guilty. His punishment was fixed at sev. en years in the penitentiary, the longest term yet inflicted in any of the boodle cases. ONDON, July 16— A dispatch from Rome, timed 6:50 this morning, says the Pope passed a very restless night and his con- dition this morning is con- siderably worse. ROME, July 16, 3:25 a. m—The beginning of the second part of the night was somewhat restless, and Dr. Lapponi tried to assist the patient with stim- ulants and nourishment, The Pope slept from 12to 1 o'clock, but his sleep was too profound to be quite natural. Dr. Mazzoni Gives Out Hopeless JStatement. Jays Pontiff’s Age Precludes His Recovery. OME, July 16.—Dr. Mazzoni, in re- ply to the question, “Can the Pope recover?” gave to the press late last night the followingsigned statemen “ROME, July 15.—At the present mo- ment the disease of his/jHcliness has lost its character of absolute gravity which it had at its acute period. It might be considered to have entered the period of possible solution. This might occur in a man of strong fiber and young, but it is impossible to entertain such a hope In the case of a man in his ninety-fourth year. With him the physical energy ab- solutely indispensable for recovery Is lacking. Pope Leo’s organism is perfect and as such maintains itself after ninety- three ygars of never interrupted work, but his motor force is no longer sufficient for the complex functions essential to life. In other words, the ninety-three years of Pope Leo XIII bring him into that cate- gory of extraordinary longevity when life is destined to flicker out independent of the action of any pathological compliea- tions. The only service that science and affection can render is that of strugsling to have this precious existence preserved to us as long as possible. “GAETANO MAZZONL" RAVAGE WROUGHT BY ILLNESS. One of the doctors in attendance on the Pontiff gave yesterday a graphic word pioture of Pope Leo as he now appears. That smile that lighted up the Pontiff's face even in extreme age, has disap- peared, probably forever. The skin is drawn tightly over the bone framework of his face, leaving only the bright eyes staring dimly, from the deeply sunken sockets. A grayish pallor overspreads his countenance, but the noticeable ravage wrought by his present disease is the dropping of the lower jaw, which has made the Pove's features take om the fixed rigiaity of death Throughout yesterday the precinets of the Vatican were comparatively quiet and the immediate vicinity of the sick room showed none of the evidences of agita- tion and alarm so apparent on Tuesday. 1In marked contrast to previous days, the patient was kept in almost absolute se- clusion, only one person besides the phy- siclans gaining admission. This one was Mgr. Pifferi the Pope's confessor. Oth- ers, including Cardinals Satolli and Sera- fino Vannuttelli, came to the ante-cham- ber. but they did not press for admis- sion to the sick room, being aware of the doctors’ earnest wish to afford the august patient every opportunity of avold- ing mental efforf. v PATIENT IS RESTLESS. During the day the Pope took a slight amount of nourishment. Through the morning he was quite restless, shifting | uneasily on his bed and complaining of being unable to secure an easy position. Later he became drowsy and during the afternoon had some sleep. The assem- blage of the dogtors at half past 5 o'clock, two hours before the usual time, was not due to any alarming turn in the Pope's condition, but through the wish thorough- Iy to go over every detall of the situation. The moderate tone of the bulletin that followed the visit gave assurance that the patient’s condition was practically un- changed, while the expression that his strength had not decreased afforded a slight note of relief. Last evening his Holiness complained of a slight uneasiness in the chest, but that ke has not yet completely given up hope was indicated by his remark that he expected the oppression to pass off in a few days. During the day the Pope drank a few drops of the healing waters from the shrine at Lourdes, several bot- tles of which were sent to the Vatican by the French Bishop in whose see Lour- des is situated. A local paper gravely announces that from the moment Pope Leo swaliowed the water an improvement in his condition became apparent. DOCTORS NEARLY EXHAUSTED. The doctors are well nigh exbausted with their unceasing cares. Dr. Lapponi, in particular, spends h'- entire nights as well as days in t" e sick room. Just be- fore midnight his wife, wishing to see him. went to the Vatican. She was taken to & corridor near the sick room, where she saw her husband for a few minutes. An important case before the British con. sular court In Rome requires the pres. ence of Dr. Lapponi but this is impos. sible because of the Pope’s condition, and also because the Vatican affords extra territorial privileges to all within its pre- cincts. Continued on Page 2, Columa &