The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 14, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIV=NO. 13 SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 193. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAGVEAGHS WORD aTIR A TEMPEST Peace Tribunal at The Hague Is Angered. American Counsel In- temperate in His Speech. Saves Himself From Recall by Voluntarily Return- ing Home — to The Call Oct. 13.—Information » The Hague, both by ersons wh ve just € t that for home elf from re- credi- were en- in the dis- indemnity nents which MacVeagh set and produced sides. It is de- ears M agh elected to st ‘ its work the i have developed protests nce as counsel. As as was given to the against MacVeagh a letter to the in which ccording to the report, rators were lawyers in- s they would know their ree was that he went far bey rights as counsel by accus- British Go rent of having fomented-a revolution against the Vene- Gov great offense tion at The ¥ ent. This statement gave the United States lega- which maintained that from The Hague ezuela and the am R. Depart- Bowen, United es ezuela, INDIANAPOLIS ELECTION BRINGS OUT HEAVY VOTE Unofficial Returns Indicate a Vic- tory for the Democratic Candi- Tnofficial re- v election ‘ndicate the W. Holtzman, Demo- r M over Cha r, the present Republican t of the ticket is do ¢ Holtzman Prohibition arality paign has b history of was the lowing 4 not unt of Mayor m to PATROL BOAT PETREL SEIZES AMERICAN TUG Vessel Is Overhauled While Drawing Nets on the Canadian Side of Lake Erie. 13.—This afternoon fishing tugs wers en- wing nets on the ERIE, Pa, while severs gaged Oct Erie de of Lake Erie they were pounced upon by the patrol boat Pertrel, which a few we 2o put several shots into the Silver Spray under similar cir- cumstances before she succesd ting away. To-day, however, the Petrel captured the Star, owned by Tabb & Constable of this city, both of whom were on board. ———— VESSEL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LOST Typhoon May Have Destroyed the Finsbury and Ended Sailors’ Lives. RIA, B. C., Oct. 13.—The steamer of Japan brings news from that it is feared there that the steamer Finsbury, reinsured at t, was lost in a typhoon which close of September, and ndered with all hands. The den with explosives, and k r Yokohama September 22. was of 1230 tons and commanded by n Jones. She carried twenty-two VICT Em; Yok % per o rage must steam s « mer —————— LONDONDERRY RECEIVES COVETED APPOINTMENT He Is Selected Lord President of the Council in Succession to Duke of Devonshire. LONDON, Oct. 12—Lord Londonderry has been appointed Lord President of the Councll, in succession to the Duke of Devonshire. It is understood that his Lordship will retain the portfolio of edu- catien and his new appointment will thus make little practical difference to his po- sition in the Cabinet, for | en d in get- | s was regarded as an | °t MISS WOOD SHE WILL + SAYS PREVENT PLATTS MARRIAGE| \NFRICA SENATOR THOMAS C. PLATT NEW YORK. | BRIDE-TO-BE OF UNITED STATES | OF Young Woman Pians Trouble for a Senator. Special Dispatch to The Call G ALL BUREAU, 1406 | TREET, N. W., WASHING- 'ON, Oct. 13—Miss Mae C. Woed, who is in New York to institute a breach of promise suit against Senator Thomas C. Platt, is sald to have declared upon her return from England a few weeks ago that the Platt-Janeway wedding should never take place. Miss Wood, it seems, has frequently remarked that the Sena- tor would never marry Mrs. Janeway and for the most part has treated the affair as a joke. Miss Wood has been in the postoffice de- partment in this city for three years and is now employed in the money order di- vision at a salary of $1400 a year. She is saild to have obtained her position through the influence of Senator Platt. | Before coming to Washington she was employed in the New York City postoffice. She also was employed at one time on a New York magazine. Before going to New York Miss Wood lived in Omaha and was employed in the legal department of the Burlington Rall- r She read law there and was admit- ted to the bar. Miss Wood is an accom- plished linguist and has traveled extens- ively abroad. Although Miss Wood is said to have »een much less attentive than many other employes to her duties in the Postoffice | Department, her salary has been raised and she I8 alleged to have violated many rules of the department with impunfty. On several occasions Platt is said to have called at the department to investigate grievances Miss Wood held against per- sons who were in authority over her. Letters which Senator Platt is sald to have written to Miss Wood have shown to many persons in Washington and are reported to contaln many expres- sions of endearment. On one occaslon it was rumored in the Postoffice Depart- ment that Miss Wood would marry Sen- ator Platt and the young woman is said | to have encouraged this report and even intimated that her trousseau was in preparation. = NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—The wedding of Senator Thomas C. Platt and Mrs, Lil- lan T. Janeway is planned to occur on Thursday next, at noon, in Marble Col- lege Church, Rev. David James Burreil officiating. Senator Platt announced that the wed- ding would be a simple affair, attended only by members of both families and a few intimate friends. When it was sug- gested to him that he was following a | Senatorial precedent the Senator smiled blandly and replied: “And we will duplicate the happiness of the Depews.” It was at first announced that the wed- ding was to take place on October 16, which falls on Friday. The Senator said that he had never intended to give such an impression. “I wouldn’t be married on Friday,” he added. *“You see, there was a mistake.” Mrs. Janeway, the bride-elect, is the widow of Dr. Theodore Janeway, a nephew of Dr. Edward G. Janeway of this city. She was Miss Lilllan Thomp- son and is a native of Maine. Mrs. Jane- way, who has one daughter, is one of the most attractive women in Washington. ———————— 0dd Case of Lese Majeste. BERLIN, Oct. 13.—An odd case of lese majeste is reported from Meiden, Ba- varia, against a priest who refused to ad- minister communion to a sick person un- til a portrait of the Empress was re- moved, gn the ground that the Empress’ dress, being low cut, was an evil spec- tacle for youth. The priest also ordered ' out the Emperor’s picture, alleging that both portraits belonged together. The State’s attorney caused the priest's in- dictment, been | L4 MEAT TRUGT FIXES PRICES ALL AROUND Robs Producer and Consumer of Millions. Special Dispatch to The Call. OMAHA, Oct. 13.—Farmers and stock- men of the West have been robbed of mil- | lions of dollars within the past six weeks by the meat trust, and consumers in the | East and South have been robbed of still | further millions by the same combination. | + | The big packers have, by thelr agreement to refrain from bidding on stock at the stockyards, beaten prices down almost ! to the breaking point, and at the same | time have raised the prices of dressed meats to Eastern consumers until the figures paid are far above what they were | one year ago, when the meat trust was | supposed to have been formed. The packing trust is paying to-day 40 | per cent less for pork than one year ago, while the retallers are paying the pack- | ers 15 per cent more for dressed pork than one year ago, making the increased | profits of the trust, through ‘“cinching” both the consumer and the producer, 5 per cent on pork. For beef steers the packers are paying 25 per cent less than last year, while the selling price is 10 per cent higher; in- creased profits to the trust, 35 per cent. These figures are from the actual mar- ket prices of Monday, the selling prices | being based on Omaha prices, although the manager of one of the packing-houses admitted that the prices to Eastern con- sumers were still higher than those of Omaha, the profits to packers being 5 per cent more in New York and Chicago than in Omaha. “Do you know that hogs have declined 50 cents this week?” was asked of an Omaha retail butcher. “That don’t interest us,” was his reply. ““The price of hogs has nothing to do with the prices the packers make us pay for dressed meats.” Conservative livestock men claim the stockmen of the Western States have lost more than $100,000,000 during the past three months by the manipulation of the markets by the packers, and that hun- dreds of cattlemen are on the verge of ruin. There being practically only .one bidder for live stock, the trust sets the price, and stockmen must sell at that price or see their stock depreciate daily. —e——————— Commend Major General Miles. GETTYSBURG, Pa., Oct. 13. — At the Army convention here to-day, General D. E. Sickles of New York presiding,’'a resolution commending Major General Miles as a brave soldier was passed on | an appeal from & decision of {he chair that it did aot belung to the affairs of the assoclation, RXPRCTS 10 ACT Japan Yields Her Manchurian Claims. Looks to This Nation fo Force Russia to Retire, \War Improanless the (Czar Attempts to Seize Korea. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Oct. 13.—The following may | be accepted as an authentic statement | of Japan's position in the present crisis | in the Far East. | Nothing that Russia may do in Man- | churia will be made a casus belll by | | Japan. Russia is under pledge to the United States to begin the cvacuation of Manchuria. Now that it is evident that | she has no intention of fulfilling her promise, any aggressive action by Japan | might supply Russia with a pretext for | her failure to keep her agreement. Japan has no intention of doing anything which would relieve Russia from the embarrass- ment of her position toward the United States Government. War between Japan and Russia, if it comes, will have its cause in Russian designs upon the Korean Peninsula. Any movement by Russia in this direction will be resisted to tF, uttermost by Japan. There is nothii in the divelopments of the past few days, within Japanese knowledge, to indicate that this crisis is imminent. The Chefu correspondent of the Daily Mail reports the continued noticeable ex- | odus of Chinese and Japanese residents from Manchuria, where the Russlans are displaying marked military activity. A dispatch from Peking to the same paper says that in well-informed Japanese quar- ters it is asserted that Japan will not calmly accept the present situation. Rus- sia has suggested that the malntenance of the legation guards in Peking is no longer necessary. The Times correspondent at Tokio tele- | graphs that the Japanese residents of | Wiju, Korea, alarmed at the movements | of the husslan soldiers, have sent away | their wives and children. e REPAIRS TO BE HURRIED. Cruiser New Orleans Will Be Over- hauled at Yokohama. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, — Because of necessary repairs, the cruiser New Orleans has arrived at Yokohama for overhauling. The work will be done by a Japanese firm, and, in view of the situ- ation in the far East, every effort will be made to repair the vessel without docking her. The American fleet, in the event of a war between Japan and Rus- sta, will be a close observer of the con- fiict. At the Cabinet meeting to-day BSecre- tary Hay spoke of information he had received as to the situation in the far East, and it was his opinion that there was no indication of hostilitles between Japan and Russia. He intimated that negotiations were in progress between the two countries which seemed likely to result favorably for peace. ORDERED TO THE ORIENT. Ttaliati Warship Now on This Coast Will Go to Chinese Waters. ROME, Oct. 13.—Instructions have been cabled to the commander of the protected cruiser Poughlia, which is on her way from Callao to San Francisco to join the Italian far Eastern squadron, which now consists of the armored cruiser Vettor Pisani and the protected cruisers Cala- bria and Pfemonte. The commander of the squadron has received instructions to protect Italian interests in China in the event of a Russo-Japanese war. Since the canceling of the Czar's visit to Rome, considerable interest is taken here in the relations of Russia and Japan. The sympathy of the majority of Italians appears to be on the side of the latter. ———— SITUATION LESS GRAVE. Berlin Foreign Office Receives Reas- suring Advices. BERLIN, Oct. 13.—The Foreign Office here now looks upon the situation in the Far East as being less grave. Both Japan and Russia appear willing to arbitrate a modus vivendi concerning Korea, which country, and not Manchuria, is the ex- treme point of difference. Russla, it is serted, would consider it a casus belll were Japan to land troops at Masanpho. The Foreign Office says no secret agree- meeting of Medal of Honor United States|ment exists between Russla and Germany relative to East Asia and that the only agreement concerning East Asia which Germany has is that of 1900 with Great Britain. The correspondence respecting this agreement has been fully published. RSN LG T e Continued on Page 2, Column 5, MILLER IS FIRST POSTAL OFFICIAL TO FA L | o+ CE A TRIA —_— | by to-morrow 3100 of , FORMER POSTOFFICE AND ONE OF THE GOVERN- MENT'S ATTORNEYS. .x. John J. Ryan the Gov- | ernment’s Star Witness. i Lol o INCINNATI, Oct. 13.—The first trial under about two dozen indictments agamst postoffice officlals was begun here to- day. The defendants are Danlel Voorhies M'ller of Terre Haute, Ind., formerly Assistant At- torney General for the Postoffice Depart- ment in Washington, and his friend, Joseph M. Johns, an attorney at Rock- ville, Ind. The Government alleges a conspiracy between these defendants for the purpose of obtaining money from John J. Ryan, a turf commfssiorer, with offices in Cincinnati and St.. Louis, for protecting him in the use of the mails to further his schemes. Miller claims absolute ignorance of any transaction that may have occurred be- tween Ryan and Johns. Johns claims that he made an ordinary contract with Ryan, as attorney, to assist In securing a decision from the postal department after presentation of the case. Both de- fendants emphatically deny any under- standing between themselves or with Ryan, or any conspiracy. BIG ARRAY OF COUNSEL. Eminent counsel are engaged on both sides. Miller and Johns are old friends, having lived in adjoining counties in In- diana for years, where both have been prominent politically, professionally and otherwise. While District Attorney Sher- man McPherson and his assistants, Mou- liner and Darby, have been working on the case for some time, they were as- sisted to-day by Charles H. Robb, As- sistant Attorney General for the Post- office Department in Washington: D. C. Cockran, chief of postoffice inspectors; Inspectors Vickery and Fulton, who ar- rested Miller and Johns, and others. The defendants have been indicted joint- ly on six counts. The Government has called a dozen witnesses and the defense three times that many, so that it {s ex- pected that the arguments wiil not be reached until the latter part of the week. The witnesses to-day were Richard H. ‘Webster, a clerk in the legal department of the Postoffice Department at Wash- ington; J. N. Morrow, a telegraph oper- ator at Rockville, Ind., and John J. Ryan, the latter being on the stand when court adjourned. As Ryan’s direct examina- tion has not been completed it is believed that most of the time will be taken up with his testimony regaraing his tran- sactions with postal officials in Washing- ton and later with Johns as the alleged middleman at meetings in Terre Haute, Cincinnati and St. Louls. JOHN J. RYAN’S TESTIMONY. Ryan was o the stand from 3 o'clock until court adjourned. He gave a history and an explanation of his co-operative investment company, telling how he ad- vertised in the papers and received an- swers with money by mall. Last Novem- ber he was called upon by postoffice in- spectors and soon afterward received no- tice from D. V. Miller, as assistant at- torney for the Postoffice Department, that his turf commissioner operations were fraudulent. Later he had a hearing be- fore Attorneys Christiancy and Miller on November 11, in Washington, where the whole question was finally referred to Miller. At this meeting Ryan promised to re- organize his co-operative investment com- OFFICIAL REPUBLICS IRE WEARY (F PEACE All Central Amer- ica to Engage in War. PANAMA, Oct. 13.—According to news received here from Central America, President Zelaya of Nicaragua and Presi- dent Estrado Cabrera of Guatemala are preparing to declare war against Salva- dor and Honduras. Ten thousand Guat- emalan soldiers, with a powerful force of artillery, are reported to be marching toward the Salvadoran frontier. At Santa Ana, thirty-five miles northwest of San Salvador, a Salvadoran army is being organized under General Regalado. Many war elements have been transported from the port of Acajutla to La Union, which is near the Nicaraguan frontier. Nicaraguan emigrants are receiving arms from General Regalado, which have been transported to Amapala. It is reported that Salvador and Hon- duras will back the liberal movement in Nicaragua, headed by Dr. Francisco Baca, against President Zelaya. _——— Miss Lily Neumann to Wed. HONOLULU, Oct. 7.—News has been re- ceived here from London of the engage- ment of Miss Lily Neumann, daughter of the late Paul Neumann, and Robert Mac- donald Bird. The groom is a relative of Sir Claude Macdonald. @il @ where, Ryan said, he registered under the name of Rose. Ryan described in detail how they mingled about the hotel in Terre Haute and finally retired to his room, where Johns opened ths conversa- tion about hfs troubles with the Post- office Department. Ryan was proceeding to repeat the conversation that took place when the two were alone in a room in Terre Haute when he was interrupted by an objection from Rulison to the witness testifying as to what Johns had said con- pany so that his operations as turf com- missioner would come within the require- ments of the postal laws. He continued, however, to have trouble and soon after his return from Washington he received a letter from Joseph M. Johns, in which the latter sald he could be of service to him. ‘GOES UNDER ASSUMED NAME. “ After considerable correspondence by mail and wire they met in Terre Hgute, cerning Miller's statements. Ryan was testifying that Johns claimed to be close to Miller and able to advise Ryan as to what Miller had said could or would be done in the pending case. Rulison ob- jected to connecting Miller in a con- spiracy before any conspiracy had been established. After both sides had arsued the ques- tion the court took the objection under sdvisement until to-morrow | leather pou | contains a Bible, while on the face of the | use of the host. LON'S HOST WILL MOVE ON GOTHAM Dowieites to Start Upon Crusade To-Day. Nine Special Trains to Carry “Elijah’s” Cohorts. Great Army Gathers for On- slaught Upon New York Citadels of Sin. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Oct. 13.—Dowieite hosts | gathered at Zion City to-day in obedience to the call of John Alexander Dowie and the *“Restoration Army” will be on their way to “redeem New York and its environment.” Dowie denied himself to-day to all except mem- bers of his personal staff, while various heads of departments busied themselves with crusaders from points outside the city. Followers of Dowie came on all trains from the South and from North- western States and even from Manitoba and Western Canadian places as far as Victoria and Vancouver, B. C. Registered at Zion are Dowleites from the Puget Sound country and California. Zion's streets presented a lively and picturesque appearance to-day. Zlon guards, uniformed and girded for the | tray, passed from corner to cormer, ad- | dressing each other on the subject of their | coming onslaught upon the breastworks Gotham. Each guard wears a h at his beit and the pouch of sin in receptacle is the inscription, “The Word of God.” All residents of Zion who go to New York to-morrow on one of the nine spe- elal trains have received their final trav- eling instructions from Deacon Peters, master of transportation. To-day a spe- cial train of bagsage cars arrived for the Early in the day heavier articles of baggage, such as trunks, were placed therein. Also early on hand to-day was a dining car, in which Dowie and his personal aids will find their viands en route to and | from New York. One of the arrangements for the com- fort and peace of mind of mothers was suggested by Overseer Jane Dowie. It is a nursery In which young children may be left during the absence of their mothers. Deaconesses with experience as nurses will have charge of the creche and from to-morrow until November 2, when the host will evacuate New York, the nur- sery maids will have charge of the in- fants. Not one of Dowie’s trains will stop in Chicago. They will be shifted around the city to the Grand Trunk, Michigan Cen- tral, Wabash and other railroads which are hauling the children of Zion eastward. All Dowie followers in Chicago who in- tend to make the trip will be compelled to start from Zien City. One train will carry a great surpliced choir of 600 voices, while on another will be-the uniformed guard, 500 in all. The first train will leave Zion City at 9:30 o’clock to-morrow and go by the Pennsyl- venia. The last train will leave at 3 o'clock and reach New York at 9 o'clock on Thursday morning. Dowie will be on this train and he will travel more sump- tuously than the other members of the party. More than 100 cars will be re- quired to transport the host. CZAR ABANDONS IDEA OF PAYING VISIT TO ROME Italy Regards His Action as a Reflec- tion on Her Ability to Safe- guard Him. BERLIN, Oct. 13. — The Rome corre- spondent of the Cologne Gazette says that it is now certain that the proposed visit of the Czar to Rome has not only been postponed, but that it has been com- pletely abandoned. PISA, Italy, Oct. 13.—Prince Dolgorouky, grand marshal of the Russian court. who arrived here yesterday, presented the Czar's autograph letter to King Vie- tor Emmanuel, wherein the former ex- presses his regret at being obliged to defer his visit to Rome. The news of the postponement of the Czar’'s visit has created a bad impression, as it is regarded as a reflection on Italy s ability to safeguard him agalnst social- istic demonstrations. In spite of the re- port of M. Lapoukine, the Russian polica agent, who, after three days’ investiza- tion, predicted manifestations, the Itallan police assert that they are fully able to accord to the Czar protection, and they point out that this is also the view of the Russian Embassador at Rome, who re- ported to St. Petersburg that tha Czar has nothing to fear. MURDERER ELLSWORTH GOES TO PRISON FOR LIFE Court Shows Mercy to Man Who Killed His Father, Mother and a Boarder. CHICAGO, Oct. 13.—Earl Ellsworth, who recently confessed to having murdered his father and mother and a boarder at his home, in Woodstock, to-day walved a change of venue for which he had ap- plied, and threw himself on the mercy of the court. He was given a life seatence ‘o the penitentiary,