The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 17, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. VANDALS WRECK ALARM SYSTEM Miscreants Did Work, Says Superintendent Babcock. PATRIOTS GLORY IN GELEBRATION Mexico’s Independence Day Observed With Enthusiazm. ALAMEDA CITIZENS URGE TRUSTEES TO GRANT FRANCHISES TO RAILROAD Mass Meeting Adopts Resolutions That Privileges That Will Insure to the City Facilities Enjoyed at Present Should Be Given to the Company Without Delay —_—— Investigation Fails to Dis-|Fervid Speech and Hymns of\ cover Any Breaks in the Nation Stir Vast | City Wires. Gatherings. With férvent sentiments of thankful- | ness for Mexico's libs and rousing words in praise of deeds well done by pa- triots and especially glowing for Hidalgo, and with expressions of loyalty to Diaz, Rafae! as Enriquez, the Mexican Con- ul General in San Francisco, stirred the sentiment of his compatriots resident in | s city last night | was, ock it that offic the work of course, the cele- third anniversary Mexico, the decl; st told to the pop- the night of Sep- | e independence of of whic paid officlal vis g of the Junta Patri- all and the Zaragoza ed at the Mechanics both places was large | re profuse with of Mexico and and Mex- e or were ripes” and Hymn were sung avilion and at Sar- the Declaration ico was accom- At the former performed the proud precious do r the same duty Jlave. The oration the Zaragoza and Senater E ar office in e Junta Patriotica. MAYOR SCHMITZ SPEAKS. There was address at the Pa- also rst stanza ren- Baez, the second rie Herrera, the Jimenez and the fourth by the ensemble being ch filled ev: g from Mas- entertainment was 1 an early hour this morning: VARIOUS COMMITTEES. wing were the officers in e celebration entertainment The f arg t the Da S chairman; F. R de la Torre Jr., | Levy, E. F. , A. B. Tread- iva, A va. | cass, Gregorio carra, E. Cas- | Hon n_ com ae e—A. la Torre J n; Hon. H. H. North, Hon. | H B T"'I’v\ 11, Hen. G. E. Channing, D" L. ‘ as M. Crawford, Edward Snook, | - GRADERS FIND Laborers Fight for What ‘ entertainment at Saratoga Hall were: | nittee on_arrangements—Cresencio San. | Proves to Be Bogus des, Teodors Money. B Martinez, Fernando Lo- | Castillo. de 1a n, Simen Lopez, Carlos Mersich, o Gillesple, Specie to The Call Teodoro Montero, president; ; F. Olave, secr sencio Sanchez. - DAY DULY OBSERVED. Mexican Colonies Throughout State Celebrate the Anniversary. SAN JOSE, Sept. 16.—The local Mexican celebrated the ninety-third anni- ry of the independence of Mexico y and this evening. The celebration, h opened at sunrise with a gun salute and ended with a dance this even- under the auspices of the Mexi- volent S y of this city. salute of twenty—one guns and the raising of the Mexican flag, with band playing, took place at sunrise. This af- terroon a reception by the Benevolent Soclety members was held at Turn Verein Hail | imnfense crowd gathered at Turn rein Hall this evening to join in the ration. An address of welcome was y Arthur Mayer, the president society The rest of the pro- | gramme was as follows: men Kiages t tion of Independence, Agaton Senorita Carillo; oration in arez; recitation, Miss l.uun (English), M. E Misses Henreg mrl: Gon- rera, Rafaela Herrera, Laura ura Chaboya and chorus of fifty grand ball after Chairman of commit- | P. Narvaez. 1 , D, The officers of the Mexican Benevolent known ed to this Society are: President, Arturo T. Mayer; vice-presidente, J. E. Montijo; secretario an D. Canelo; secretario de Castro; tescorero, Dolores | service officia | LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16.—Throughout | hard on the cases they have as yet | made no arrest roins which | Southern California the Spanish-speaking e bee onmuami population to-day celebrated the an- with those found were found to Diversary of the Declaration of Mexican be & al. It therefore lieved | Independence. In the country districts peck or more of counterfeit coins | barbecues, Mexican sports and races and that t - patriotic exercises marked the holiday | and in this city the Junta Patriotica de\ Juarez, a Mexican soclety that has been | . celebrated at Chutes Park and the Cura Hidalgo Club held ex- rcises in Sonoratown. —————— | ) Results of Salem Races. Marriage Licenses. SALEM, Or., Sept. 16—A summary of | OAKLAND, Sept. 16—The following | to-day’s races follows: licenses were issued by the Pacing, 2:17 class, Greater Salem Stake, | Clerk to-day: Harold O. Myers, | purse sza»—-nm H won, Ollle M second, | Cincinnati, earthed to-day was but one of several caches of the old Trigannl gang and that me of the members of that gang or er persons juformed by them have re- his part of the State and are ‘money” made several years | ——e e 2 and Carrie Deasy, 2, San ;mlzm) Attorney third. Time, 2:14, 2:14%, | Franeisco; Earl A. Rice, 23, Bast Du- |0 0 5,11 class, purse $2000—Durt buque, Il, and Mpyrtle Purviance, 18, | mn"mn Sam ers second, l(lrl:l ::mzr:- Best time, 2:11%. Charles T. Ferris, 23, and Running, all ages, 20, both of Oakland; Lovelock, Nev. Nelile English, five furlongs—G. A. D. - . Rosebud second, Adno: third. Thomas Glover, 3, and Sadie L. Wise, &2, | 1301, Adnor came ubder the wire frst et both of Ban Francisco; Peter J. Fay, over | gm-ml::m ol interference was set back to Dlace. San Francisco, and Charlotte F. Reed, | Runnigs, four-year-oids and upward, six fur. 18, Oakiand; Morris C. Kyhle, 34 | jongs —Marengo won. Esperands second. s Haywards, and Jennle Curtis, 32, Fruit-| uz.nzmi Time, 1 Antone N. Thomas, 28, Byron, and | l sa Pinhero, 16, Ha; —_—te Colorado’s Heavy Snowfall. % | ELDORA, Colo., Bept. 16.—It has been snowing here since Sunday night and a number of mountain trails and gulel are almost impassable. In Berthoud p';': there is over two and a half feet of snow. The heavy fall at this time of the year is very uncommon. —_——— Falls Down Elevator Shaft. Tom Hing, a Chinese employed at the Palace Hotel at night in cleaning the in- terior of the establishment, fell through a small elevator shaft in the grillroom shortly after 1 o’clock this morning, strik- ing the basement floor and fracturing one of his ankles, By Thomas Fiteh, The Silver-tongued Orator, Begins in Next Sunday’s Call. ——————————— iment in | | | which the board is able to exact; LAMEDA, Sept. 16—Upward of 700 representative citizens crowd- ed Into old Library to hear the railroad franchise sit- uation discussed. It was the largest and most important public gath- ering of residents since the raflroad agl- tation began three months ago. Resolu- tions urging the City Trustees to grant to the Southern Pacific Company on the best terms such franchises as will insure a continuance of the ferry and train service which Alameda now enjoys and asserting confidence in the were adopted. It Is set forth in the pre- amble to the owes its present high rank as a resident place to its splendid double ferry system connecting with San Francisco and the future of the city depends upon the constant maintenance of these transporta- tion facilities; that Alameda must look to | the Southern Pacific Company to supply these facilities and that an assurance that such traveling conveniences will be permanent 1s the best guarantee that Ala- meda could obtain of progress and pros- perity. Resolved, That we, in mass meeting assembled, do hereb Here are the resolutions: the citizens of Alameda, urge insure a continuance of the Which we Row ehjoy and ‘on -the best terms and we urge upon them the importance of early action, as every day's Gelay only adds to the doubt and to_the Injury of the town Resolved, That the citizens of Alameda re- iterate thelt faith in the members of the municipal board, and urge them to a speedy settlement of this matter, assuring them of the support and of the defense, if needs be, of the great majority of residents, taxpayers and of the city in the legitimate ' oF their auty. DISASTROUS RESULTS. J. B. Vosburgh mcted as temporary chairman of the mass meeting. George H. Payne, nominated by C. C. Valberg, | was chosen permanent chairman; Willlam Baeher, vice president, and Frank E. Browning secretary. In his introductory remarks Chairman Payne sald: We are met here .to consider the all-im- portant matter of the rafiroad franchises. I do not belleve In speaking harshly of those They ind they believe Wwho are opposing the Southern Pacific. have a right to take the to be proper. They have a right to submit petitions and urge the City Trustees to do what they—the petitioners—believe would be the best for themselves and their home. We belfeve differently from some of them, whose announced course We fear would bring disas- trous results to the city, and we have a right to say so. That Is wWhat we are here for to- night. All who want to express themselves will be given an opportunity to do so. Major Charles L. Tilden, the first speak- er, sald in part: I believe that every man here has upper; most in his heart the welfare of Alameda. Think 'that this gathering 18 thoroughly repre- sentative of Alameda; that it is conservative nd that it does not belleve in running after Don Quixote windmills. ror many years in this State the raliroad abused its power STOWn up . fesling antagonistic Teeling, ~however, should Curbed. i we now have the power we shoulq use it rightly and not abuse 1 know that tukion and mixing of the aituation has some mMen_doing _busi George H. Mastick read the following sommunication from F. W, Van Hall to-night | muniecipal _legislators | resolutions that Alameda | that | | who was one of the signers of the call for the mass meeting: | pAn unfortunate accident prevents my attend- ing Yyour meeting this evening. am Crutches and. imagine 1 fecl ke ‘ous mis guided friends, “‘Scarcely a leg to stand on.’ At this time ‘and In this manner I am not inclined to give my views on the franchise, but 1 do not want to lose this opportunity to clare that I am positive that only a véry ited number of our eitizens desire 1o in- o-cailed | “Hemp'* gn to the com- munity and should not be toierated. 1 don't consider it my to our municipal board what they should or should not do; but I do consider it an op- portunity at this critical time to assure them | That T have the same confidence in. thelr ine | that d when [ cast my vote for their election. I believe they merit our support and | will not be Influenced by cowardly threats or doubtfu! pralse, ' and after they have given | Judgment winl dictat | ceptable to both et franchise fair and ae- | and railroads and end this unfortunate and unneceseary wrangle among ourselves, when we can be as one to | convince homeseskers that Alameda has now, | as she always has had, the best transporta: | tion faeflities, the best schools, and is the best | governed ‘and most healthful suburb of San | Franciseo. R. Brent Mitchell sald: We have come here not for the purpose of | indorse any sentiment that would lead to such | doings. We are here to evince our support to the Southern Pacific on the hest possible terms. Let us leave the disposition of the | franchises to the City Trustees, Other speakers were G. R. Renner, George H. Mastick, A. P. Lorentzen, A. G. Eell and B. K. Funke. E. W. Maslin facetiously suggested that | the Board of Trade be tendered a vote of thanks for its incendiary meeting Fri- | day night, which Maslin said brought out true conservative and law abiding Ala- medans as nothing else would. Alex R. Baum, G. H. Mastick and R. Brent Mitch- ell drafted the resolutions, which were adopted. Instrumental in arranging to-night's meeting were Dr. G. R. Reynoids, T. G. Danfells, Dr. E. M. Keys, F. W. Van Sicklen, J. B. Vosburgh, F. Boehmer, Jo- seph Knowland, Henry Michaels, C. C. Volberg, J. E. Baker and D. W, Martin. —————— CANADIAN PACIFIC MUST RETURN ).BJPCTBD CHINESE Justice Loranger of Montreal Ren- ders Decision of Importance to United States Government. MONTREAL, Sept. 16.—Justice Loran- ger decided to-day that the Canadian Pa- cific Railroad must return the Chinese who were refused entry into the United States and who applied for a writ of habeas corpus. They will be taken to Vancouver and thence to China. The foregoing decision is of great im- portance to the United States Govern- ment. Had the Chinese in question ob- tained their release on the habeas corpus proceedings instituted in Montreal the Treasury Department would have or- dered all ports on the Canadian boundary closed against the entry of Chinese, —————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—From San Fran- cisco—Miss M. Bennett, at the Kehsing- ton; E. K. Chapman, at the Hoffman; G. Graham, at the Sinclair; ‘wife, at the Kensington; H. Johnson and wife, at the Vendome; J. Rnpm,'.g ‘the !mellB. G. Husk, at Baer, at the From Berkeley—F. — neTo R | <+ PROMINENT CITIZENS OF ALA- MEDA WHO WERE AMONG THE SPEAKERS AT MASS MEETING. privilege to advise or suggest | tegrity and ability to guard our city's interest | this question full consideration their matured | tarring or feathering the City Trustees or to | of them and ask them to give the franchises | STATISTIGS SHOW ~ TARIFF BENEFITS Uses Figures in Urg- ing a Change. LONDON, Sept. 16.—On the heels of Bal- four's academic expression of his persona! views of the fiscal problem, contained in the pamphlet on “Insular Free Trade,’ advance sheets of which were issued last | night, came the long promised and much demanded Government statistics dealing with that subject. They were issued to- | day by the Board of Trade in the shape of a blwe book of nearly 500 pages of be- wildering tables of figures showing the various aspects of British and foreign trade and the industrial conditions. No | deductions were drawn, though the pub- lication teems with interesting notes upon what are regarded as points of fact. The references to foreign trade were chiefly confined to France, Germany and the | United States. One of the most important phases dealt with In thej blue book are imports and ex- | ports. The tables show that exports from declined from $145,000,000 in 1890 to $97,500,- 1000 in 1902, while the imports rose from $585,000,000 to $635,000,000. The total exports | to all foreign countries declined in the same period $90,000,000, though when the | | colontes are included the decline nmounxs to only $5,000,000. The proportion of the United Kingdom tected countries, In the markets of the the proportion was 42 per cent to the pro-| tected countries and 58 per cent to the others. A valuable bit of information is given on the quoted excess of imports over ex- ports, which has so often been held a sign of British trade decline. The blue book says that while the excess yearly averages about $800,000,000, the income re- celvable from foreign investments, caleu- lated at $312,500,000, added to the earnings of the British merchant fleet engaged in foreign trade, calculated at $430,000,000, “is probably more than sufficlent to account for the average excess of imports.” ———————— STEAMSHIP STOKERS MUTINY. Captain With Drawn Revolver Com- pels Them to Work. NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 16.—The Old Do- minfon liner Princess Anne, Captain Tap- ley, from New York for Norfolk, with a passenger list of 100, steamed slowly into this harbor to-night with her cargo badly listed, ten hours behind time. ‘When the gale struck the steamer at 1 o'clock this morning the passengers were panic-stricken. They rushed half-clothed, weeping, praying and screaming from thelr staterooms in an effort to reach the decks and to obtain seats in the boats. Every door and window was closely fas- tened, the hatches battened and orders issued that no one save the crew be al- lowed upon the decks already waist deep in a seething mass of water. According to the report of the passen- gers the force of stokers refused to work. Captain Tapley drew a revolver and, the mutiny the ship was In only sixteen of water and drifting nearer The report of the mutiny cannot | evidenced by | terprise. The British Government | | | { Surveyors at Work Parallel- | tile sections of the | ington-Hellman ELEGTRIG LINES INTHE INTERIOR Syndicate of Hunting- ton-Hellman May Open Competition. ing the Steam Roads of Harriman. — i A gigantic project, involving the invest- ment of many millions of dollars, promis- | ing much in the way of development of the varied interests of Central and North- | ern California and in which it is strongly | suspected that Henry E. Huntington and | his raflroad associates have a hand, is| now under way and may be made public at any time. It is a plan to connect the numerous | cities and towns north of San Francisco by electric rallroads, covering the upper | portion of the State in a manner s@nilar to that In Southern California, and ope- rating these roads in connection with a steamer line on the bay by which passen- ger and freight traffic can be extended to | this city. It has been learned that several survey- ing parties have been working at different “points above San Francisco for a number of months under the direction of Captain Ross and his son of Los<Angeles. These parties have carefully surveyed the Sac- ramento Valley and portions of the fer- ate, traversed by the California Northwestern road. PARALLEL STEAM ROADS. In many cases the p: been made to parailel the present steam roads, a fact which has suggested that ! the plan is to operaie if necessary through the very same territory from which the Southern Pacific Company is | deriving the major part of its local reve- nue, Captain Ross has spent many weeks in San Francisco during the past year, devoting his attentfon to the work of his surveyors and particulurly to the men working between Sacramento and Stock- ton and this city. His pl are said to | include a scheme for a bay terminus somewhere near Vallejo Junction, to | which pgint freight destined for this city | can be transferred to beats and brought here at a more reasonable rate than the producers can expect to obtain from the steam roads. | Although Captain Ross' known to a number of men in this city and the interior he has discreetiy képt as a secret one of the most important things in connection with his scheme, namely, who is behind it in a financial way. It is well known In Los Angeles that Captain Ross enjoys to a great ex- tent the confidence of Henry E. Hunting- ton, and this, together with the fact that the latter gentleman alrea owns or holds large interests in a number of elec- tric roads in Northern California and is deeply interested in the more modern method of transportation, as as been the work he has done in the south, gives rise to the suspicion that the multi-millionaire is backing Ross’ en- Such belng the case it is nat- ural that these who have been watching Ross would imagine that Banker Hell- man is also in the scheme. EVIDENTLY NO TRUCE. | I. W. Hellman Jr., speaking for his father yesterday, said that he was not | aware that the former had any interest in the Northern California undertaking. He, however, admitted that he had known for some months that Captain Ross was planning a number of electric raillways | north of San Franeisco, with a steamer connection on the bay. by which freight can be landed in this city. He had heard that Ross had In view as his bay terminal a point of land near Vallejo Junction. Several months ago, when the Hunt- syndicate was warring with the Southern Pacific Company in | Southern California over their respective the United Kingdom to the United States exports, as between protected and unpro-| { world has been reversed since 1850. Then | | it was 5 per cent to the protected coun- | tries and 44 per cent to the others. In 190"\ nephew of the late William E. Gladstone, | | make connection with the lines in which lines, Henry E. Huntington came to this city and, calling on President Harriman of the Southern Pacific Company, in- formed that gentleman that if he per- sisted in interfering with the electric road stem in Southern California the Hunt- lngtnn Heliman syndicate would invade Northern Californiz with a similar s tem of roads and fight the Southern Pa- cific to a finish. Later it was reported that Harriman and Huntington had patched up their dif- ferences in the south, but there are many who are inclined to believe that if a treaty of peace was really signed Hunt- ington did not include in it a promise to stay out of Northern California if condi- tions warranted the introduction of elec- tric roads for freight traffic there. With the construction of a few hundred miles of electric road Huntington could soon he has already secured an interest and possibly controls, and in a very short time effect a gigantic system that would prove a most formidable competitor to the steam roads through the valley see- tions of the State. —_—e—————— IS NEPHEW OF LATE WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE | | Hon. Spencer Lyttelton, Former sac-l retary to Dead Premier of Great Britain, Visits City. | Hon. Spencer Lyttelton of London, whose secretary he was for twenty-three | vears, with the exception of a short p!rlod when he was assistant secretary to Earl Granville, arrived from England yes- | terday, en route to New Zealand, and is | registered at the Palace Hotel. The gen- tleman passed through San Francisco | twenty years ago with Arthur Balfour, the present Premier of Great Britain, and is therefore not unacquainted with the | country, and during an interivew last evening he sald he was greatly surprised | with the remarkable growth of the mz—» ern section of the United States. Mr. Lyttelton declined to discuss British | politics in any way, remarking that he | is traveling now as a private citizen and is not deeply Interested in the political sit- uation in his own country. Referring to | the late Willlam E. Gladstone, he said that the memoirs, on which John Morley is at present at work, will soon be ready for issuance, and he added: | “Mr. Morley's task has been a hard one, a fact which can be readily appre- clated when one considers that he had to | review sixty vears of the active political | life of the dead Premfer and read over sixty thousand letters.” Mr. Lytteiton, besides the secretaryships which he held for so many years, served in numerous other official capacities, be- ing for a long time a member of the executive committee of the Royal College of Music. He is a great admirer of art generally and has also gained considerable distinction as an athlete. For his service | swer. 9 -_— FIRE THREATENS MARIN PROPERTY North Shore Employes Sent to Fight the Flames, Sdn Rafael Men Have a Thrilling Experience in Dash Through Blaze. ———e Special Dispatch to The Cail. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 16.—A flerce for- est fire Is reported raging near Whites Hill, about six miles from San Rafael. | Latest reports say flames are threatening to destroy valuable property on the Mal- liass tract and if It spreads is liable to de- stroy property on the North Shore Rail- road. Property owners have employes fighting the progress of the conflagration | and this evening the raflroad compary brought fifty men from the northern see- tion to look out for their interests. The flames are extending along the county road and have burned portions of | the fer . Con le Louis Hughes and Thomas Da\ a druggist of this city, bad a narrow escape from being seriously burned while passing the fire-infested re- gion. Hughes and Day left early in the afternoon for a ranch several miles north of here. On their return they noticed the smoke ahead, but thought it did not ex- tend to the e road and if so they could pass easily When deseribing tb grade on this side of Whites Hill they perceived the flames in front of them and discovered they w. hemmed in. The flames were leaping out into the road. Placing the buggy robe up as a shield, | they made a dash through the fire. When just in the flercest part their team balked. : Hughes finally succeeded in getting the animals started again and reaching a place of safe The team was scorched, but the two men were not badly burned. @ il O WOMAN SPENDS NIGHT IN JAIL Speeial Dispateh to The Caui. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16.—Another al- leged widow of Charles Hill, allas Salem Charles, that mysterfous old man who died here about a year ago leaving $142.000 in a box in a security deposit company’s vaults, has come to grief. Mrs. Laura Hill" who came out of Alaska not long ago proclaiming herself to be the genuine widow of “Charles Hill,"” was arrested to-night on a felony charge and locked in the City Jail in de- fault of $2500 bail. The complaint azaqut Mrs. Hill was sworn to by Leon F. attorney for the Salem Charies claimants, and alleges an attempt to bribe a wi ness. Before the week is out there will be two more felony charges for Mrs. Hill to an- One will be for perjury, the other for manufacturing bogus documents. Re- garding the perjury charge Moss sald it will arise from alleged misrepresentations made by Mrs. Hill in the deposition which | she made to the District Attorney yester- ay. Back of the charge on which Mrs. Hill was arrested last night is another woman. Attorney Moss says that Mrs. Hill of- fered this woman $1000 to testify for her. Again and again the woman refused the importunities of the alleged Hill widow, it is claimed, until finally her solicitations for perjured testimony became so.obnox- fous that the woman, whose name is with- held, told the District Attorney all about it. About eight years ago, the _alleged widow says, she met Charles HIll at Forty-mile Station, Alaska. Shortly aft- erward a civil contract of marriage made them one, Mrs. Hill was the only woman in that part of the Klondike at the time, and was seeking gold like the men. One day in '% Mrs. Hill went boating. She was going to take a matter of two days' jaunt on the river. She dropped her scarf near the station, out, unmindful of the loss, paddied on. 'An Indian found the scarf floating on the river and, with the sagacity of his race, concluded that she was drowned. So he told Hill about it and Hill, accepting the mute evidence of his wife's death, departed for the States to become the Charles Hill, or “Salem Charles,” of will contest fame. ADVERTISEMENTS. Note the result of Mrs. Plnkham’stdmemdmetficme. e e e S scribing my s; ldvicc.w Y({u y:phed and I followed all your directions carefully, and to- | day I am a well woman. ““ The use of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vi ble Compound entirely ex- pelled the tumor and stre my whole system. I can now. trouble of any kind to give it a faithful trial.”— (Signed) Mgzs. E. F. Haves, 252 Dndley St., (Roxbury) Boeston. Mass. — $5000 forfait 'l‘i-l"lfl-b proving genuineness l(onhlnl g pll could l“ su Lk the place of the Pl-:lnm’-vwc}-po.ld brought to Mrs. Hayes.