The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 10, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1903. UGHT PANFALL | N THE INTERIOR Coast Counties Receive | First Sprinkling of t the Season. PRSESIN SRS rs and There Is tle Damage. ver ROSA, fell . 9.—The first rain of is morning, but it did more than one-third of an ports from all over the county rainfall, but newhere n in this city. There tity of grapes and the vines, and these sunshine follows. Oct. 8.—There was a here this forenoon, last- two hours. There is con- down, large quanti- remain unharvested and uantities of Tokay grapes These crops f rai for nearly rain of The precipi- of grain f L blow. Oct. 8.—Quite a shower of eil here to- Raisins ymmenced rts from Sau- Novato, ales and other ipitation. No 1 of the morning Pass Res Favoring a Summer Ses Pedagogues at State University. SIS The Solano County E ned at noon ’ was well attended ¥ i in the close of i the fol- mportant matter t that ty for e as many resolved Destroys & San Rafael Home. Oct The two-story )" rown on D street was es his morning lute- Brown escaped being e was discovered | the lower portion of ames when Brown was moke. Brown carried flames to a place emen rescued the aiad at $7000. The for 32500, but there was and M san Francisco News Letter never ceases resting, and to-day’s issue is a little f jte usual excellence. oeur contributes another of her crviews, this time with the Queen It 4s & tender, pathetic little » with rare eympathy On department has been extended & with good stories. In it is sive story of the Greek theater | Club is to bulld. nce department of the paper will and a delight to the under- Letter is stirring things up in Junius s te}ling some surprising duct _the literary, dramatic, tomobile departments. A feature s its department of sharp, b Nac NA ——e————— s Accept the Chinese. Oct Acting on advices of Mexico, the custom au- Sonora, to-day accept- nese merchants brought co in bond and afterward o the United States. The taken up by wire with the| Government by _ the. . United | ioner of Immigration and icisco attorneys for the 0 Official Chi ————— A Del Monte Proposition. y d Sunday at Del Monte is & The Southern Pacific has und-trip rate from San Franecisco, L =y to Monday, and including only op at Del Monte and two a wdation at the hotel, $22. Th &t 613 Market street. or Townsend streeis. of the Crops Are Under | g is under | I CONVICTS IN BATTLE WITH PRISON GUARD Jail Delivery Is Attempted at Salt Lake, in Which One Felon Three Wounded and Two Gain Freedom Is Shot to Death, T | \ | | { | { | i g7 il 3 DEAD. | Convict l:r;nk Dayton. WOUNDED. Guard Witkins, Guard Jacobs, Convict Abe Majors, Convict Ed Mullin, Convict Harry Waddell. ESCAPED. Convict Nick Haworth, Convict James Lynch. o ALT LAKE, Oct. 9.—As a result of a well organized and partly cessful attempt at a wholesale of prisoners at the Utah P delive State prison to-night one prisoner | was killed, one guard was shot and wounded, another was beaten almost into insensibility, three prisoners were wound. | ed and two others under death sentences escaped. The dead FRANK DAYTON, 3 term for attempted highway serving a twelve- rob- shot in con- three- he wounded: Guard Witkins, Guard Jacobs, badly beaten by s; Convict Ed Mullen, serving ear term for burgiary, shot in leg; Con- vict Abe Majors, serving a life term for the murder of Captain Brown of the Og- den police, shot in arm: Conviet Harry Waddell, serving seven-year term for bur- &l The escaped: Nick Haworth, sentenced to death for the murder of Night Watch- man Sandall in Layton, Utah; James h, sentenced to death for the murder of Colonel Prowse in a gambling-house in this city three years ago. None of the wounded it is believed are serfously hurt. A posse of prison guards with several blooghounds was promptly started on the trail of the two escaped convicts, but owing to darkness and the wild natire of the country in the jmme- diate vicinity of the prison no resuilts are looked for to-night. The outbreak occurred about 6:3 p. m., just as the prisoners were being placed in their cells for the night by Guards Wit- Jacobs. The affair went through with such vim and precision that it must have been carefully planned beforehand. Two of the prisoners overpowered Wit- kins and Jacobs, the former being shot and slightly wounded gnd the latter frightfully beaten. The convicts took the prison keys from the guards and released five other prisoners who had already been locked up. The seven prisoners then com- pelled Guard Witkins, notwithstanding his Injuries, to march at their head, and with the assistance of ladders found near the workshop proceeded to scale the wall. Witkins was made to ascend first. As the first convict reached the top Guard Nay- lor, who was on the south wall, opened This was the signal for a general rm, and several guards who were in e office quickly seized thelr guns and to the scene. Guard Driggs reached the wall just as Dayton and Mul- len were descending on the outside. He ordered them to halt, but as they paid no attention to the command he fired, killing Dayton. A second shot struck Mullen in the leg as he coming down the lad- der, and he dropped to the ground, his body falling over the corpse of Dayton. The other five convicts had succeeded in stened reaching the ground outside the wall when they were fired upon by other guards. Abe Majors was shot in the arm and fell 10 the ground, crying with pain. Haworth was also shot and fell, but quickly arose and continued his flight. Waddell was shot in the leg. Lynch es- caped uninjured, it is belleved. After running about 100 vards from the wall Haworth dropped a rope made from blankets, which was found stalned with blood. At the foot of the wall were found several cartridges which the convicts dropped as they came over. Two of the prisoners were armed with revolvers. Where they secured the weapons is not known. s i COOK BOOK OFFER TO | ' CLOSE OCTOBER .30. The Call’s Cook Book prem- jum offer will close on October 30, 1903, and all readers of this paper who desire a copy of this household treasure should not fail to place their order im- mediately. This splendid premium will be offered to Call subscribers at the exceptionally low rate of fifty cents per copy. Out of town orders twenty cents ad- ditional to cover prepayment of transportation charges. 5 | the disabled steamer, | | i | | | { | | s * | VICT WITH CALIFORNIA | | ,CORD WOUND ) IN SALT | LAKE PRISON BREAK. gt ot £ | { | GENERAL ASSOCIATION i CLOSES ANNUAL S!SSION“ Delegates and Alternates Are Elected | to the National Council of Con- gregational Churches. | WOODLAND, Oct.'9.—Nearly ‘all of the.| final session of the General Assoclatfon of | California, Northern, was devoted to the | | consideration of important business mat- Rev. L. D. Rathbone of Santa Rosa chosen to h the next annual ser- on. A resolution was adopted providing for ppointment of a committee of five to formulate plans for active evan- gelistic work. The following committee was appointed: Rev. J. W. Speers, Rev. B. M. Palmer, Rev. George H. Dickay, Rev. E. S. Willlams and Rev. W. H. Cross. The report of the comity commit- tee showed that jointly with a like com- mitt representing the = Presbyterian church steps have been inaugurated to| vnite the two denominations and the pro- posed person now needs only the indorse- ment of the Presbyterian synod, to which the report will be submitted next week. It is proposed to reduce the number of | these churches in the State about one- third through consolidation. Where one or more churches, of each denomination exist in one community the weaker de- nomination will be absorbed by the stronger. The comity” committee will act only in tie event of a protest. Professor C. 8. Nash of Berkeley and Rev. H. M. Tenny, secretary of the American Board of Missions, were elected delegates to the national council of Congregational churches: alternates, Dr. George C. Ad- ams of San Francisco and Rev. George H. Dickay. Members of the interdenom- inational comity committee were elected as follows: Rev. J. K. McLean, one-year | term; Rev. R. H. Sink, two-year term; 8. | D. Ayres, three-year term. Dr. C. Baldwin of Palo Alto was elected to the | committee on Pomona College. i ———— WIFE OF WHITE RANCHER | ELOPES WITH A NEGRO Pl | Indignant Neighbors Threaten to! Lynch the Man if He Falls | Into Their Hands. LA GRANDE, Or., Oct. 9.—A very or- | dinary looking colored man called “Nig- | ger Tom" eloped with the wife of a wealthy white rancher of Summerville, near here, yesterday. The runaways are supposed to be in Portland. The woman took her three-year-old child -with her. Her name is Mvs. J. J. Murchison and the negro is said to have been formerly em- ployed in a Portland saloon. > The news of the disgraceful case reach- ed La Grande this morning and great in- dignation was occasioned by it. B Mrs. Murchison is a comely young ma- tron and has enjoyed every comfort that a prosperous husband could furnish. It now develops that the colored man met her first at a La Grande hotel, where he accidentally got access to a piano. He plays the instrument well and during a two days’ visit to this city theierring wite grew fond of the dusky musician. He fol- lowed her to her home town and for more than a month was In the habit of meet- ing her at his will. The elopement has caused great excitement in Union county and there is strong talk of a lynching bee if the negro is brought back there, ters. . the ALASKAN LINER BREAKS LOW-PRESSURE CYCLINDER Steamer Cottage City Meets With Serious Accident While Crossing Frederick Sound. SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s Alaskan liner Cot- tage City has met with an accident to her machinery and is now proceeding to the Sound in tow of the steamship To- peka. At the local offices of the com- pany a message was received this after- noon from Captain Wallace of the Cot- tage City stating that late yesterday aft- ernoon while crossing Frederick Sound she had broken her low pressure cylinder and was unable to proceed under her own ste: When the accident occurred she was immediately anchored and ‘Wallace went to Juneau, w-;mcgum‘e formed the company of the mishap. A to meet tug will be sent north at once ~ { building adequate to meet | growing demands and suitable to repre- | mental GIE TRXATION THEIR ATTENTION Delegates to the State Grange Favor the Wisconsin Law. S Appoint Committee to For- mulate a New Scheme of Assessment. b ST Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Oct. 9.—The sessions of the State Grange to-day were devoted to the hearing and adoption of reports. A num- ber of degrees have been conferred at this session. Last evening Past Master | Daniel Flint of Sacramento conferred the fitth degree on a class of twenty-three candidates and C. W. Emery of Oakland cenferred the sixth degree on a class of | thirty-three. The committees on agriculture, legisla- tion and Grange publications reported this morning. The reports were adopted. A report of the committee on resolu- tlons was referred to the committee on legislation. Chairman Tuohy of Tulare reported for the committee on taxation. It was a com- prehensive report. The report was re- ferred to a committee of five to be ap- pointed by the worthy master. The com- | mittee will include Chairman Tuohy of the present committee and Past Master Willam Johnston of Sacramento. The committee will formulate a new scheme of State taxation along the line of the Wisconsin law, which State levies its State tax on the incomes of corporations. The committee will, report at the next meeting of the State Grange. The following resolutions, indorsing a national parcels post, were introduced by 8. T. Coulter and adopted: Whereus, The experlence of other nations has demonstrated the practicabllity and utility of a parcels pcst, therefore be it Resolved, By the California State Grange that the legislation committee of the National Grange be and it is hersby petitioned to re- new and persist in its efforts to procure such legislation by Congress as will secure to the people of the United States the inestimabie DBlessings of such mal facilities. Be it further Resolved, That the Congressmen and Sena- from California be requestsd to use their uence in furtherance of the' same. Resolved, That & copy of these resolutions be sent to every Congressman and Senator of California At the afternoon session a number of reports were taken up and passed. A to | resolution, Introduced by Professor D. T. Fowler, declaring the present agricultural building and laboratory of the University of California insufficient, was passed. The Regents of the university will be urged to plan for the erection of an agricultural the rapidly sent the agricultural interests of the State. Another resolution, declaring that the manufacture and sale of impure wines in the United States has become detri- to the interests @f the -country and that stringent national legislation is required, was passed. The Grange went on record as demanding a Federal law to protect the wine industry and the master of the Grange was instructed to Jay the matter before the master of the National Grange and urge the :members of Con- gress to paes such ‘a law, The officers elected yesterday were installed this even- ing. An exemplification of degree work | was given by Lincoln Grange. A resolution placing the State Grange on recerd as indorsing woman's suffrage was adopted. ‘Watsonville was selected as the place of holding next year's State Grange, which will meet there the first Tuesday in Octo- ber. —_—ee———— FATHER ACCIDENTALLY KILLS YOUNG DAUGHTER Child Receives Contents of Both Bar- rels of a Gun Her Parent Was Handling. VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 9.—Hazel, the pretty eight-year-pld daughter of James Carthew, former Mayor of Cumberland, Vancouver Island, was shot and acci- dentaily killed this morning by her father. Carthew was out on his own land shoot- ing grouse and was accompanied by his two children, a girl and a boy. He was about to fire and turned to the boy to warn him 4o keep out of the way. At that moment the gun, which chanced to be on a line with the little girl, was ac- cidentally discharged. The contents of both barrels struck the child, who was but a few feet away, in the face and breast, tearing the fl to ribbons. A hole was literally blown into her heart. Carthefv picked up the child, but before he could reach the house, which was close at hand, she was dead, The father and mother of the child are almost crazed. The Carthew family are ploneers In the town and the wealthiest people in it. —— Change in Time. Commencing Sunday, October 11, there will be no connection north of Davis for Colusa Junction, Willows and way stations with Southern Pacific {rain leaving San Francisco at 3:30 p. m. daily. B et w AU NN RS ‘Will Experiment on Grape Vines. SAN JOSE, Oct. 9.—A governmental ex- perimental station is about to be estab- lished on the farm of B. Distel, near Mountain View, this county. Ten acres of land will be converted into an experi- mental vineyard for the purpose of test- ing all kinds of resistant stock and all ! varfeties of wine grapes with a view to ascertaining what particular resistant is specially adapted to the soil and cHmate of Santa Clara Valley. Some sixty-four varfeties of resistants will be experi- mented with and thousands of seedlings will be grown. GATES SAYS SCHWAB SIGNED FOR MORGAN ““One of the Unfortunate Underwriters’’ De- ‘clares There Is No Question About Con-| tract to Sell Their Holdings of Stock First! Lo P > SRR L 2 & N/ Y N v/ b . £ . TWO FINANCIERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SHIPBUILDING | TRUST STOCK AGE NT, THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXIST- ‘ ENCE OF WHICH CAME LIKE A BOMBSHELL TO WALL STREET. | 2 - 3 HICAGO, Oct. 9.—John W. Gates, whose name has been mentioned in recent developments as to the underwriting of the United States Shipbuilding Company, was in- terviewed to-day by the representative of the Assoclated Press. Referring to the contract that he says exists between his house and the house of J. P. Morgan & Co., Gates sald: There is no question about the eontract with Harris, Gates & Co. to sell the Morgan and Sehwahb shipbuilding stock ahead of all others The contract was signed by Charles M. Schwab for J. P. Morgan & Co. and C. M. Schwab: by Danlel Leroy Di for the Trusi Company Gf | the ‘Republic, and by Lewis Nixon for the United States Shipbuilding Company. Morgan's name was not signed®to the agree- ment. 1 presume that Mr. Dresser furnished the copy. I saw it personaily, but had nothing to do with making it I wae one of the unfortunate underwriters. Under the terms of the contract the Morgan ard Schwab stock was to be sold first and It Was further provided that the rest of the stock should be locked up in a vault and kept until the Morgan and Schwab stock was soid out. They simply made a place to market the stock ahead of another—if it has been possible to Mmarket it—but there was no market for the tock. Mr. Morgan acted. as 1 understand st in this whole transaction for the United States Bteel Syndicate, using the steel syndicate's | money. 1 do not think Mr. Morgan will deny that there was such a deal. He claims that they were not the managers of the underwrit- ing syndicate, which is correct; he does not ¢ they were directly or indirectly interested jt. 1 see it is reported that I was short of shipbullding stock. I never sold short a of stock or bond. T would be glad to do S0 to-day at a conslderable sacrifice. I con- sider the whole thing “much ado about moth- | ing.”" 1 S oS AGREEMENT MADE PUBLIC. Morgan Interested but Firm’s Name Is Not Signed. NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—The Evening Post to-day prints a copy of the agreement in* the United States Shipbuilding under- writing, mentioned on the witness stand by Daniel L. Dresser on Wednesday. Dresser, Lewis Nixon, Charles M. Schwab and Harris, Gates & Co. were parties to the agreement, but the name of J. P. Morgan & Co. was not signed to it. According to the agreement, the Trust Company of the Republic, Leroy Dresser and Lewis Nixon were to acquire from the Shipbuilding Company 200,000 shares of its preferred stock and 250,000 shares of its common stock, and of this 25,000 shares of each of the common and pre- by | ferred were to be delivered to J. P. Morgan & Co. and 75,000 of each to Charles M. Schwab, “such stocks having been issued to sald Dresser and Nixon in part payment for the sale and transfer to saild United States Shipbuilding Com- pany of 300,000 shares of the capital stock of the Bethlehem Steel Company.” Of the remaining 100,000 shares of pre- ferred and 150,000 shares of Shipbuilding stock it was set forth in the agreement ADVERTISEMENTS. New store open for inspection to-night. EVERYBODY - WELCOME ~ KOHLER & CHASE that the Trust Company of the Republic and Lewis Nixon were to retain 35,000 shares of preferred and 135,000 shares of common for *“a term not less than one year.” The agreement sets forth further that one of the considerations and induce- ments by which Nixon and Dresser de- livered the stock of the Bethlehem Steel Company and the funds to pay for the same was that 25,000 shares of the pre- ferred stock and 25,000 shares of the com- mon stock be delivered to J. P. Morgan SAN FRANCISCO 15 10 BE HOT Next Grand Encamp- ment of Odd Fellows to Be Held Here. Local Canton Wins First Prize in the Competi- | tive Drill: e e Special Dispatch to The Call. PASO ROBLES, Oct. 9.—The Grand En- campment concluded its business this morning. San Francisco was chosen as | the next meeting place of the encamp- | ment. The session is to be held one week earlier than usual and at the same time as the Sovereign Grand Lodge session, | which is to be held in that city. | The competitive prize driil was held this | afternoon. The judges were George Fil- mer, major, First Regiment Infantry; J. A. Margo, captain, Fifth Infantry, and W. M. Humphries, first leutenant, United States army, detailed from the were also awarded to Canton Oakland, | Canton San Jose and Canton Orion. The Rebekah Drill Corps, Captain Allis Parker, was awarded a medal J. B. Ward, secretary of the lccal com- | mittee, was presented with a goid fob and | Jewel by the visiting cantons. The impressive ceremony of the Degree of Chivalry was conferred by General | Brower and staff upon Mrs. Priscilla Mun- ro, Mrs. Ella Caiu, Mrs. Clara Gunsauls, Presidio. The prizes were awarded this | evening as follows | Canton San Francisco No. 5, Captain | Ritter, fitst prize, $200; second, Canton | Vallejo No. 16, Captain Chappel, prize | $150; third, Canton Watsonville, Captain | George Jessen, prize $100; fourth, Canton ‘rSflnra Cruz, Major Pope, prize $i5. Prizes | | Mrs. M. A. Hawley, Mrs Klets, Mrs. Dora L. Gardner, Miss Gren- | inger, Mrs. Destickney, Mrs. Chap- pel, Miss Carrie Matilda Inch, Miss Laura Birlein, Miss Theodora Clow, Mrs. H. D. Ric n, Major George Nafsmith, Captain W rteret, | 3. B. Ward ana P. Weil. | A grand ball followed the ceremonies. | The guests will leave to-morrow morning | at 9 o'cloek by special train —_——————— i Jury Finds Burling Was Insane. i SANTA ROSA, Oct.- 9.—Coroner Black- | burn impaneled a jury at Glen Ellen Thursday and made official inquiry into death of Willlam Burling at that The verdict rendered was that de- his death from a gun- inflicted, while tempo- the { place. | ceased | shot tszrnck was to be managed by Harris, | Gates & Co. It is set forth that the Trust Company of the Republic guaran- | teea that no part of the company’s stock, | except 15.000 shares of each kind, to, be | distributed among the various venders of | property acquired by the Shipbuilding | Company, should be sold until after the 25,000 shares of the preferred stock and the 25,000 shares of the common stock to be delivered to J. P. Morgan & Co.. and 000 shares of the preferred stock and 75,000 shares of the common stock to be delivered to Charles M. Schwab, shotld have been marketed, sold and disposed of. According to the agreement as printed, Harrls, Gates & Co. guaranteed to dis- pose first of the Morgan stock and ther: the Schwab stock at 365 for the preferred and $25 for the common, or lower prices if agreed upon, but it was further pro- vided that of each 100,000 shares sold J. P. The Best Novel in Ycars BREWSTER’ MILLIONS B Richard BUY IT TO-DAY { & Co. Morgan was to receive one-fourth of the 1t is then/provided that the sale of the | proceeds and Charles M. Schwab three- Morgan & Co. stock and the Schwab | fourths. ADVERTISEMENTS. y Greaves POLITICAL CARDS. For Mayor HENRY J. CROCKER Republican Nominee For Tax Collecior ADVERTISEMENTS. EVERY WOMAN is interested and should know about the wonderful MARVEL $585 The Vi Toection o Sastim flm-ia-. Tt Geaness