The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1903, Page 21

4 4 e Lip 4 Pa a P ages 21 to 32 Tary.++++ - \'OL" ME XCIV=NO. 126. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY., OCTOBER 4, 1903—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES, : Call. Fastioz PRICE FIVE CENTS. USIZVESS MEN OF SAN FRANCISCO RESOLVE TO LEND ACTIVE SUPPORT TO HENRY J. CROCKER IN HIS FIGHT FOR MAYORALTY CONTRACTORS | INDICTED BY GRAND JURY Chicago Combine’sr Members Face | Prosecution. » ¥elony Charges Con- | front Sheet Motal | Firms. Are Accused of Pooling Bus- | iness at the Expense of the Public. [ ictments against | the s metal con- s were returned to-day by | The men ware charged | n illegal act In| . with “con- med y got into | 1 Assistant State’s Al-} i asked that they be| e into court and give § was granted and aplases issue for ors promised | Attorney’s of- | 14, which was ch the men are | er the law and is | se not to exceed $2000 | the penitentiary for eding five years, or by | The cases | rs will be placed | criminal court n the regular | ntra ""vt against whom true bills mes A. Miller of James | James H. Perkinson ut‘ William H. Keuster | m'& Keuster Company; Fred- de Conningh of Sykes Steel Roof- | T r F. Bremer of| ; Harry S. Farwell Company; BEdwin arland & Co.; John | C. McFarland & | r of Wagner Bros; y C. Knisely of el e k E y Company; John A Bros.; Richard W. | Bros.; Arthur W. Cooper & Co.; Charles Cornice and Corrugat- Volghtman of Voight- | MecTley and Mear- of the Mclley-Jennings ow 2. Willlams of | . W ton H. ractors was | ry, which ad- immediate- ses gave evi- e B. A. Ris-| a mengper | * Assocta- | ttinger of the a firm of gen-| i Edward C. Douglas, tor, the the de- t® ruin the | s not in the | conspir n contra that the contractors ts and compelled the pooled all public to pay the prices secretly agreed| upon, while individual members pretended o be bidding against one another. MASKED MEN STEAL SAFYE FROM A SALOON old Up Barkeeper and Carry Away Treasure, but Abandon It When Pursued. BILLINGS, Mont., Oct. 8.—Four masked men entered & salon here early this morn- ng and etole the safe, containing $1000. e robbers entered the saloon the leveled a revolver at the bartender, who was the only occupant of the place, whMe the others bound and gagged him. They loaded the safe, weighing several ndred pounds, into & buggy and drove the southern boundary of the city, they attempted to blow it ope: ! Before they succeeded in the safe a posse put in an ap- and frightened the robbers ———— ALL GOULD COMPANIES WILL BE CONSOLIDATED Ope Securities - Holding Corporation ‘Will Absorb Stock of Railroads Controlled by Family. YORK, Oct. 3.—The Commercial %. George J. Gould has in- of the largest stockholders NEW A for Fi d some of railroads controlled by him that within @ short-time a plar for the consolidation of all the Gould companies into one se- curities holding corporation will be sub- miitted to & vote of kholders. In- asmuch the Gou y and afliat- «d interests own and control all of |the system there is lit- tle doubt of pt indorsement of the plan proposed. The proposed consolida- tiop of the Gould interests does not con- template any additional issue of stocks. raftro%ds in Goula having ruined | RUSSO-AUSTRIAN DECISION TO ENFORCE REFORM POLICY g MAY PREVENT BALKAN WAR e PIPLOMATS WHO HAVE FOR- MULATED RUSSO-AUSTRIAN BALKANS PROGRAMME. — - Macedomans. Charged With Massacre of Turks. ALONICA, Oct. 8.—, Kobcharina, Iinhabited by Turks, 600 houses are reported to have been burned, most of the inhabi- tants being killed. It 1s reported that a Turkish convoy At the villege of | was recently attacked in the Florina re- glon and that eighty of the soldiers were killed ENNA, Oct. 3.—M. Sawinski, Foreign er Lamsdorff’s secretary, has is- | sved a statement regarding the result of | the conference in Austria between Count Lamsdorft and Count Goluchowski, the ro-Hungarion Foreign Minister, say- ing in part that it reached a determina- tion that the two powers shall continue the Balkan policy arranged last winter. The programme for reform in Macedonia then drawn up, however, has been es- sentlally extended and elaborated. The secretary characterized the state- | ment that Russia had demanded the free passage of her ships through the Dar- danelles as being quite incorrect and add- ed that the Ministers’ conference includ- ed the whole area of the Buropean Near East, with the exception of old Albania, and gave repeated evidence of entire aoc- cord in the views of Count Lamsdorft and Count Goluchowski. In consequence of the egreement the powers need not fear war between Turkey and Bulgaria, nor any great Jifficulty in the execution of the reforms. The Neue Freie Presse’s correspondent et Muerzsteg, Styria, near which place the Czar and Emperor Francis Joseph are hunting, telegraphs that the repatriation of the Macedonians who have fled to Bul- garia was discussed at the conference be- tween Counts Lamsdorff and Goluchow- ky, and that all the signatories to the treaty of Berlin will be apprised of the agreements reached by means of identical notes which will be published simultan- eously. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 3.—Prince Ferdi- nand, accompanied by his mother and children, arrived here to-day. His coming at this time is regarded as tending to show that war is not expected. Courier dispatches received at the Mace- donian revolutionary headquarters to-day repeat the reports of the massacre of all the Christians in the town of Razlog (Mehomia), by Turkish troops last Sun- day. The Bulgarian Government was not represented in Eastern Macedonia, hence no official information is obtainable, but the foreign office here says that several hundred Christians are believed to have been killed. According to Turkish reports, the revo- lutionists massacred the people, burned the town of Razlog and the Turkish pop- ulation and troops departed, leaving the place in the hands of insurgents, These reports the insurgents deny. BEIRUT, Syria, Oct. 3—Khalid Pasha, the new Vali of Belrut, has arrived here. \ (NJURY MAY | a wagon ran him END LIFE OF A NOVELIST Wagon Runs Down Richard Henry Savage. 'NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—Colonel Richard Henry Bavage, author, soldier and law- ver, author of “My Officlal Wife” and many other novels, was run over on Sixth avenue to-day and now lles in Roosevelt Hospital seriously injured. Colonel Savage was attempting to cross the avenue near Forty-second street when down, the wheels pass- ing over his body. A surgeon found that he had sustained fractures of three ribs on the right side of the body and of two on the left, besides several severe contu- sions of the head. He was hurried to the hospital, and to-night his condition was sald to be serious. Colonel Savage has had a varied career. He was born in Utica on June 12, 1845, and graduated from West Point in 1868. From 1571 to 1874 he served in the Egyptian army. In May, 1898, he was appointed se- nior major of the Second United States Volunteer Engineers and served during the war with Spain, personally holsting the first American flag in Havana. ———— GRAND JURY’S WORK ALMOST COMPLETED Postmaster General Discusses Inves- tigation of Department and Bris- tow’s Expected Report. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—'When the Grand Jury of the District of Columbia adjourns Monday the investigation of af- felrs in the Postofice Department may be considered as having been completed,” Postmaster General Payne sald this af- ternoon. “When will Fourth Assistant Postmas- ter General Bristow have his report ot the investigation completed?”’ was asked. “I presume it will be forthcoming very soon after the Grand Jury is through.” “Within the week?" . “I hardly think it will be ready in that time, but surely within ten days. Mr. Bristow has been working for four weeks on the preliminaries of his report. He has gone over the cases where indict- ments have been returned and as soon as the work of the Grand Jury is over he will be able to bring his report to com- pletion without much trouble.” This is the first official statement that has been made by the Postmaster Gen- eral concerning the completion of the in- vestigation and the report of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. port will not disclose the evidence on which Machen, Beavers and others have been indicted. That evidence will be held back for the trials of the indicted of- ficials. It is sald at the Postoffice De- partment that this is the only reason why an investigation by Congress would not be welcomed. They do ngt care to have Congress make public evidence which will be important at the trials, so that the defendants will have possession of the Government's case and know how to meet it. —_————— San Franciscan Weds in Pu'll. PARIS, Oct. 3.—The wedding of Dr. Sanger of San Francisco to Miss Marthe Roy de Montagny occurred here to-day in the Church of St. Augustine. The Pope sent his benediction The re-| EVENTY of Henry | S J. Crocker's personal friends in business cir- cles met at the Union League Clubrooms yester- day aftermoon to make ar- rangements for the organ- ization of the Crocker Busi- ness Mew's Club at Union- square Hall, on Post street, to-morrow evening. The greatest enthusiasm in the Republican cause was devel- oped. Leading men who have studied ‘the political situation and considered the significant. conditions of the campatgn predicted the election of My. Crocker by a large majority. . egzocy o, Enthusiastic Meeting at Union League Ciub Rooms. Lane Is Not Classed as a Formidable . Adversary. HERE was plain common sense talk at the Union League yesterday, where seventy or more of Henry J. Crocker'™ triends in business circles as- sembled to advance the work of organizing a Crocker campaign club. Great enthusiasm was displayed.® The ut- most confidence in the winning ability ot Mr. Crocker was expressed. When the meeting adjourned. three rousing cheers were given for the Republican ticket. The business men who participated in the meeting belong to the progressive, go- ahead class—men who entertain the sen- timent that the charter was created to advance the city and to minister to the wants of the people rather than to pro- vide easy berths and fat salaries for a horde of job-chasing politicians at the City Hall. Reference to ths wasts and extravagance of Schmita’s incompetent Board, of Publlc Works, was Zreely. made,| Lane's lack of business knowledge was commented upon, but no one suggested that his candidacy was formidable. The meeting at the clubrooms was called to order at 1:30 p. m. by Jullus Kahn. He announced that a few of Hen- ry J. Crocker's personal friends in busi- ness circles had come together to con- sider measures for the organization of a fromidable Crocker club and to arrange the preliminaries for an important meet- ing of business men on Monday evening, October 6, at- Union Square Hall, Former United States Senator. A. P. Willlams, president of the United Repub- lican League, was invited by Mr. Kahn to say a few words to the Republicans pfesent. Applause greeted the introduc- tion of the able business man and vet- eran statesman. Mr. Willlams cut out the fancy trimmings and gave his Republican hearers the straight goods. ELECTION IS PREDICTED. At the outset he predicted Mr.. Crock- er's election by 8000 majority. In sub- stance he sald: The Republicans of San Francisco have been able to securs for the first place on the municipal ticket an acceptable, n- telligent and able business man. It will be WUrfortunate for the city if you mer- chants fail to bring about his election. The opportunity to render the city and lasting service is yours, not neglect ft. great and you should If you Republican meréhants vote for him, stand by him and sustath him as he ought to be sustained he will be elected by 8000 majority, All that we ask is that Republicans fall into line for the. ticket. The only place for the Republican merchant who talks of voting for Lane in this election 1s the Home for the Feeble-minded. (Applause.) There 1s nothing misty or obscure in the present contest. Either Crocker or Schmitz Will be elected. I know something of the po- litfeal conditions of San Franciseo, I know that the great solid Democratic vote of San Francisco is south of Market street and there is where Schmitz will derive , his greatest strength. It often happens that you merchants -na business men do a great deal of a quiet way. You sometimes stand by and ul others, “‘What are you doing?”’ instead of put- ting your hands in your pockets and your shoul. der to the wheel. There is & great deal of legitimate expense connected with the prosecu- tion of an aotivg, vigorous campaign. Adver- tising, bonfires, “music, printing, etc., must be provided. I propose to talk to you straight. You cannot expect the candidates to furnish the legitim It {s your duty and obligation to provide the means. You owe it to the city. The people have just voted to ex- pend eighteen million dollars {n public im- provements. Do you want such men as Bchmitz's appolntees—such men as constitute the Board of Public Works—to expend . this money? You are deeply, Vitally Interested. There is no organization to force you to do your duty, but you must act to protect your- selves and the city. You have the means, the Intelligence and the strength. Now work s required of you. (Great applauee.) REPUBLICAN SUCCESS. Colonel George H. Pippy, president of the Union League Club, was the next speaker. He spoke in. glowing terms of the prospects of Republican success in this campaign. 4 C. B. Rode impressed upon the the necessity of active work south of Market street and along the water front. He sald: “I live among the Igboring men and I know they are tired of Mr. Schmits.” E. D. Peixotto promised to bring all the energies he possessed m the support of Henry J. Crocker and the entire. Republl- can ticket. Marshall Hale asked to be excused nom making a speech gs speech making was not in his line. He was confldent that Mr. Crocker would be elected Mayor. The confidence was based on the knowledge WALKING DELEGATE PARKS ! BEATEN BY BUCHANAN IN IRON WORKERS' CONVENTION STRENUOUS TIMES FOR GOMGTOGK Reformer Badly In- jured in Making Arrest. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 3.—Anthony. Comstock left this city this evening for his-home in New Jersey with one broken rib and serfous bruises on his thigh. He sald that Dr. J. J. S. Doherty of 9 Syl- van avenue, once a political power here, was responsible for his painful physical condition, but he was pleased that Dr. Doherty did not escape from his clutches, because it was while he wa® trying to arrest the physiclan that the strenuous adventure befell the agent of the Soclety for the Prevention of Crime. Comastock said that he had corresponded with Dr. Doherty under the name of “D. Btanton, Asbury Park, N. J.,” and had sent for a pamphlet that, it is alleged, ‘was advertised by the physiclan.: Coples of the correspondence and of the pam- phlet were in the bag which Comstock carried. Comstock sald he wanted the goods advertised in the pamphlet and Dr. Doherty went for them. Comstock in- formed Dr. Doherty that he was an offi- cer and that he had come to arrest him. Doherty went upstairs and gained the landing first and Comstock grabbed him by the heels, making a low flylng tackle. Both men fell, but the physiclan was the first on his feet. Whether he struck Comstock or not cannot be ascertained, because no one who was disinterested was present, but in the succeeding scuf- fle Comstock was badly hurt and in a fall down the stairway he sustained a fractured rib and injury to the !hlth‘ln- sides numerous other bruisés. Comstock ran to the door, where he m & special officer waiting. He called the officer and together they arrested Dr. Doherty. HIS FIRST ENCYCLICAL Urges co-Op.nfion of the Bishops in Re-Establishing Empire of Christ on Earth. . ROME, Oct. 3—The first encyclical of Pope Plus X was published ‘to-day. His Holiness declares that he accepted the pontificate with reluctance, believing that he was unworthy to succeed so great a predecessor. The encyclical m the co- operation of the Bishops in re-establishing the empire of Christ on earth 'and enjoins them to maintain intact the dogma of the sanctity 6f the marriage tle. The encyclical concludes by claiming lberty and independence for the church. R i\ Ll “fi L3 NEW PRESIDENT OF THE IRONWORKERS AND HIS DE- FEATED RIVAL. o+ g Trouble Will Follow Return of Delegates to New York. K victory over Samuel Parks and his following this afternoon, when he was re-elected president of the Interna- tional Assoclation of Bridge and Struc- tural Iron Workers over Hugh F. Don- nelly of Albany, N. Y., by a vote of 43 to 40. After the election, and while Parks and his delegates from New. York were hurrying from the hAll to catch their train for the East, the regular order of busi- ness was suspended while the convention unanimously passed a resolution pledging full support to Local No. 2, the New York,| walking delegate’s union, ¢hd he departed amid a storm of applause. Parks claims & majority of the executive board. To- ronto, Canada, was chosen as the place of the next convention. - Buchanan was elected on the first bal- lot, and when the result was announced he was cheered lustily. Samuel Parks, sinking closer into his chair, heard the result without comment, except to say, “I lose.” A personal encounter had been predicted it he should lose, but after the applause for the successful candidate had ended Parks and his followers made no move for a counter demonstration. In- stead Parks quietly counseled those about to “hurry the rest through.” - The other officers elected were: Wil- llam McCain, Kansas City, Buchanan ad- herent, first vice president; J. W. Johns- ton, New York City, secretary-treasurer. The only real contest, aside from that of president, was for secretary-treasurer, the Buchanan crowd naming James L. Melton of Pittsburg. Johnston, the in- ‘cumbent who is a Parks man, was elected Dby a vote of 48 to 38. The executive board as selected follows: H. F. Burke, Philadelphia: J. Coakley, Pittsburg; John Pollock, Newark, N. J., and J. J. Barry, St. Louls. Before his departure Parks said: “We will go back to New York and take up the fight where we left off, with the full support of the International As- soclation and.with the consciousness that we are right and we will win the greatest battle ever waged against organized mo- nopoly and greed. In a general way, I am-satisfled, for I will control a majority of the executive board elected to-day.” Strike for Washhouses. SPRINGFIEED, I, Oct. 3—Eleven hundred miners in the Springfleld district have struck because the operators have ANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 3.—Frank Buchanan of Chicago won a final MINNESOTA - TOWN RAZED BY TORNADD Seven Are Killed and Many Are Injured. Forty-Two Homes Leva ,eled in Path of Storm. 8t. Charles Reduced to Mass of Wreckage by Furious Wind. ST. PAUL, Minn.,, Oct. 3.—The little town of St. Charles, in Winona County, was almost completely wiped out by & tornado this afternoon. Seven people were killed and, twenty-eight were injured, many of them seriously. The dead: JOHN EBENS SR. WILLIAM EBENS, his son. WILLIAM ADAMS. OSCAR CRITTENDON. GEORGE JESSON. EDWARD MURPHY. EDWARD PETERS of Dover, Minn. The injured: Jacob Helm, farmer, crushed, fatally hurt; — Blankenberg. seriously hurt; — Pike, farmer's boy, fatally injured; P. N. Rockaway, skull crushed, will dle; daughter of Paul John- son, farmer, fatally crushed; Jacob Mur- phy, crushed about body, will die; D. J. Chandler, head cut; Ezra Stevens, foot crushed; Agent Walte of the Chicago Great ‘'Western, bruised by falling tim- bers; L. Sheridan, back sprained; Judge Edward Gould, legs broken; C. W. Bab- cock of Chicago, leg fractured, feet crushed and face lacerated; — Schless- inger, farmer, badly bruised; Willlam Stevens, bruised; Mrs. Dr. Rollins, should- er dislocated, ankle sprained; Baby Rol- lins, face cut; family of six, names not given, all slightly injured. The entire main street of the town was lterally wiped out, hardly a business place being left standing. Forty-two resi- dences also were destroyed and the total property damage is estimated at $100,000. Among the bulldings demolished were the Central School building, the Chicago and Great Western depot, the Catholle Church and Parrott's wagon works. This being Saturday people from the surrounding farms had gathered in large numbers in the main street to do their customary shopping. At 2:30 the storm cloud was seen ap- proaching from the southwest and there was an_immediate scramble for places of safety. The tornado struck the town from the southwest quarter and made & clean sweep through it, following almost entirely the line of the main street and devastating buildings on either side. Then the residences farther back were struck and many of them blown -completely away. It seems almost miraculous that there was mot a greater loss of life. Four of those killed were in John Eben's sa- loon when it collapsed and they were buried beneath the wreckage. Two others were in a dry goods store, which was blown away, and they were killed by the falling walls. Edward Peters of Dover was killed in the wreck of the hotel. The telephone exchange was demolished and two of the girls were seriously injured. Their names are not obtainable to-night. Blankenberg was the propristor of a large grain elevator and he was caught in the wreck when this was destroyed. He was seriously injured. e FARMS DEVASTATED. Two Killed, Three Fatally Hurt at Independences. LACROSSE, Wis., Oct. 3—Two persons were Kkilled, three fatally injured and a score of others badly hurt in a tornado which swept Independence, Wis., and the surrounding country this afternoon. Many farm buildings in the storm’s path were torn down. At Eagle Valley north of here, the Reformed Church was destroyed and houses on the prairie surrounding were demolished. Several small bulldings were overturned at Lacrosse, but no fa- talities were reported, @ iimiininiieiei i @ failed to comply with the law providing that the operators shall erect washhouses near thé mines. It is believed the strike will not last long. e -~ Strike Impends at Steel Works. PITTSBURG, Oct. 3.—Unless the dif- ferences at the new Philadelphia plant of the American Sheet Steel Company are adjusted by Monday, a general strike at all the union works of that company is threatened by the Amalgamated Associa- tion iof Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. It is alleged that the American Sheet Steel Company has violated the agreement at this works, in limit'ng the output. —_——— w&u Reduced at Iron Works. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3—Contrary to expectations the Pencoid Iron Works did not shut down to-day. A notice was posted in the steel mill, however, that on Ogtober 5 wages would be reduced from 10 to 20 per cent