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

- VOLUME XCIV—NO. 138, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS, AMERICA TRIUMPHS OUER CANADA IN ALASKA BOUNDARY CASE, TRIBUNAL CONCEDING JUSTICE OF THIS GODERNMENT'S CLAIM e ONDON, Oct. 16.—The Morning Advertiser announces that it regrets to learn, from a source which it regards as beyond question, that the decision of the Alaska boundary tribunal virtually concedes the American case. Canada with consternation. been thoroughly satisfied with Clifford Sifton’s preparation and presentation of the case. MINE-DWNER |“MINUTES” IS N K | AREWRITTEN DESERT FEUD 1N ADUANCE Sensational Crime Serve as Orders| in Southern for “Dummy” California. Directors. | — Former Foreman Lies More Revelations in| in Wait for His Shipyard Trust Victim, Hearing. Cempanion of the Man Slain Reaches for Reins and Escapes Lead. Clerks Acting as Cfficials Vote Transactions In- volving Millions. - =IEENE £y Oct. 15.—The entire time ¥'s hearing of the United States ding investigation before Referee to the taking of incorpora n and f the company in New Jer- rick Se . Horace Gould and 5 1 McLaren, young men connected | 2 s £ Corporation Trus: Company nii | v, who acted either as incor- « Sm " por or directors of tne shipbuilding k is | ¢ lled to the stand and | ris s to have laid in h as to the circum- from tow ch they served the pro- shots, kil moters of the Seward, who had sérved as a director, enterprise. or s ed for three hours, the in- ring connection ‘with the from the time Alexander and \im to serve as a director d when the permanent offi- cers were elected. His stay on the stand was prolonged because he would not ad- at he mere “dummy” act- der the orders of the counse! of the his was | d admitted that he did not know the location of the plants nor the char- | acter of the t of several of the | that ue was under the Bethlehem plant Homestead. Seward and e other temporary di acted upon the increase in the capital stock of the 7 to $45,000,000, voted for the issu- ance of securities to the amount of $71,- 000,000 and decided other matters of im- mpanies, a com PRESIDENT PAYS ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN oLl | | | | | | | | { g SEVEN LIVES A MURDERER'S over a long stand- ing 3 g the ownership of of OFFICIALS START FOR DESERT. es by & blood the wife wn ranch gleton a e for nomination to at the last Repub- mmons and Miller | rtners in the mining nterested in turquoise i charge of the prop- relation of James A er is heriff Ralphs, District Sprecher and Coroner Pitt for the desert to-night to investigate the shooting. —_———— ALLEGED KIDNAPERS FORCE NEGRO BOY TO EAT MUD Led Is Disguised as & Wild Girl | to Make a Colfax Attorney an will leave | Holiday. COLFAX, Wash.,Oct. 15.—Ben Michaels, George Dubery and Fred A. Rodgers were | arrested at the county fair for kidnaping | and are in the County Jafl to-night. They | had a negro boy 14 years of age disguised ] as a wild 1 and compelled him to eat| thud. Rufus Stone, the boy's father, came | from Spokane and charged the men with having kidnaped his son. They claimed | to have 2 wild girl captured in Cuba, | whose chief diet was mud, and ‘were do- ing a good business when arrested. Buccaneer Herman Captured. MANILA, Oct. i6.—Geofge Herman, the defaulting constabulary officer, who with a companion seized a steamship and fled, has been captured and taken to Bayauan. Fight hundred dollars was recovered from him. et . Taft Soon to Take Portfolio. MANILA, Oct. 16—Governor Taft has @esignated December 23 as the date of his departure for Washington to assume his futies as Secretary of War. portance. The trend of the examination to-day indicated an intention to attack th lidity of all those transactions. It is ciaimed that the original directors dummi ' and that while the law were closely fol- all meetings none of the direc- tors were ¥ riy holders of stock and none of their acts were of legal value. “DUMMY” DIRECTOR RECALLED. When the investigation was resumed to- Frederick Seward, formerly one of he directors of the United States Ship- lding Company and an employe of the Corporation Trust Company, was recalled to the stand. He became a director of the United States Shipbuilding Company in 192, at the request of Mr. Deming of Alexander & Green. The witness could not say why Deming wanted him to act. The witness sald he haé acted as an in- corporator for from fifty to seventy-five companies while he was employed by *the “orporation Trust Company. He had act- director in fourteen or fifteen more es. termeyer examined Seward at length as to the circumstances attending the is- sue to him of a temporary certificate of | stock upon which he qualified as a direc- tor. The purpose of the extended showing as to th s of the so-called “dummy” directorate formed in New Jersey when the shipbuilding company was first or- ganized has not yet been disclosed, but it is sald that the bondholders of the re- ceiver may attack the legality of the acts of the first board. These acts include the increase in the capital stock and the ac- quirement of the constituent companies. The witness saild that he personally paid nothing for his share of stock and he did not know if any one else had paid for it. He understood, however, that the share of stock belonged to him. He in- dorsed the share of stock in blank and surrendered it to one of the employes of the Corporation Trust Company, receiving no payment. He did not know what be- came of it. In answer to Untermeyer Seward tes- tified that he understood a “dummy” di- rector to be a temporary director, and throughout the examination . the witness insisted on referring to himself as a tem porary director. There was a sharp wran- gle between counsel occasioned by the witness handing Guthrie his subpena in order to show that he was one of the complainant’s witnesses. Untermeyer pro- tested that Guthrie had no right to take the paper and Guthrie insisted that the record should show the character of the paper given to him. “MINUTES” ARE PROGRAMMED. The witness said that he had seen Dem- ing of Alexander & Greem several times e AR e LA s e dirise Sy Continued on Page 2, Column 3. Blackfoot Indian Tells of Ter- rible Crime. Special Dispatch to The Call. SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 15.—James Lit- tle Plume to-day confessed to the murder of seven Indians on the Blackfoot Indian reservation last Sunday morning, which was reported at the time as the deed of a number of drunken Indians. Among the seven was his own wife. He made his confession before a United States Com- missioner, and admitted that his intention was to kill fourteen more Indians. He said in part: “I had been drinking with Buffalo Hide and we were both drunk. I sent Buffalo Hide home, then I stole a rifie and wen* to the house of Wake-Up-Last. I asked for a drink 'of whisky. They said they did not have any and told me to go home. 1 went outside, closed the door, cocked the rifle and opened the door about two inches. I then shot Wake-Up-Last as he lay in bed. His wife jumped up and ran out of the house with her baby. I shot them both with one bullet. Then I went inside the house and shot the other two children. “Then I went to Susan Big Road’s house and shot and killed him and shot Alice. 1 supposed she was dead. I thought my wife would hear the noise, and went home. door behind her. I shot at her through the door and missed. Then I opened the door and shot her as she ran. A shell stuck in my gun so I could not use it, so I cut my wife's throat. “If my gun had not failed me I would have gone to other houses and killed four. teen other people, but I had nothing but my knife, so I cut myself twice in the erm and once on the throat\so I would not be suspected. I do not remember any more until I found a crowd around me after the sun was up. I-had no reason to do as I did except that I was drunk.” —_——————— New Cars for California Service. CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—Through sleeping car service between Chicago and Los An- geles and San Francisco and between Chicago and Galveston is to be estab- lished by the Wabash. New first-class Pullman cars have been provided for the California service, The first car for the Pacific Coast service will leave next Sat- urday and ong for Galveston the follow- ing day. & G AECOAD My wife ran out and shut the! TXCUIT Iy | QUHERI Yy ........ | | o+ — — e NOTED GENERAL AND MEMO- RIAL STATUE UNVEILED AT WASHINGTON YESTERDAY. Status of Civili War Hero Unveiled at Washingtor ASHINGTON, Oct. 15.— With impressive ecere- mories an equestrian statue of William Te- cumseh . Sherman was unveiled here to-day in the presence of official Washingfon, the President at its head, and thousands of veterans, members of societies of the Army of, the Tennessee, Cumberland, the Ohio and the Potomac. As the two large flags enveloping the. statue were drawn aside by Willlam Tecumseh Sherman Thorndyke, the 9-year-old grandson of the dead chieftain, the cannon of the Fourth Artillery boomed a salute and the | marine band struck up the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Success marked every detail of the ceremopies, which were in charge of Colonel T. . Symons, superintendent of public buildings and grounds. Before the unveiling of the statue the President and Lieutenant General Young, chief ‘of the general staff of the army, reviewed the troops participating in the dedication parade from the stand oppo- site the statue. The President delivered the address of the day, and a representative from each of the societies of the four armies fol- lowed in eulogies of General Sherman. Promptly at 2:30 o’clock the President, under the escort of a detachment of minute men, walked from the White House to the statue; which faces the south front of the treasury. The Presi- dent walked alone, preceded by Captain ‘W. 8. Cowles and Colonel T. W. Symons, his naval and military aids. Following the President were Secretary Hay, Post- master General Payne, Secretary Cor- telyou, Acting Secretary of War Oliver and Secretary Loeb. The - President was recelved at the reviewing stand by the members of the Sherman statue commission. - REVIEW OF THE TROOPS. ‘With the arrival of the President began the review of the troops. Lieutenant | | ON LONDON ~ EXCHANGE JORE 15 ON THE FRIENDS F PUT Secret Wedding of the New York Senator. |Announcement Is Made Four Days After the Event. Suggestion That Miss Wood's Threat Catised Haste Is Denied. — Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Oect. 15.—NoOne of Senator Platt’s political triumphs has afforded him such keen enjoyment as his coup in misleading his closest friends, who ex- pected him to marry Mrs. LiMian Jane- way to-day at noon, when, in fact, the couple had been married four days ago. The ceremony took place in Mrs. Jane- way's apartments in the Holland House, with only their own children and Mrs. Janeway's sister present. The Rev. Dr. David J. Burrell, who has been Platt's spiritual adviser since the latter's dif- ference with Dr. Parkhurst a few years ago, performed the ceremony. “Senator Platt was anxious to avold the | erush and confusion when the service was being performed,” is the substance of a statement issued by his secretary, who added that the arrangements for the wed- ding on Sunday Were made last week and that there was no other reason for se- crecy than the one named. The sugges- | tion that Miss May Wood's threatened suit hurried the wedding was treated | scornfully by Platt’'s intimate friends. This afterncon a crowd of several hun- dred persons was walting outside the church and in front of the Holland House, where she who was supposed to | be Mrs. Janeway, but who, in fact, was | Mrs. Platt, was busy in her apartments packing her trousseau, preparatory to taking a train for Lakewood later in iae | afternoon. She, too, enjoyed the joke | hugely. Sitting beside her husband in the | Large Firm Loses| as the Senator chuckled over the manner | parlor car of the train, she smiled gayly’ 7 R o One Million Pounds. LONDON, Oct. 16.—The Daily Chron- icle in fts financial article this morning | states, that the Stock Exchange settle- | ment proved disastrous for one of the | largest of the London stock brokerage firms, ¥whose losses are estimated at| £1,000,000. The failure of the house was prevented only by a sort of forced liquidation of its affairs, so huge and complicated that the city did not dare al- low the firm to fail openly. It is said| that the firm’s business will be closed and | that it will disappear. | It is reported also that several other important firms were compelled prac- tically to close or have been assisted by banks and financiers to the extent of many millions. The other papers say that relief is felt that the settlement passed off without failures. The Daily Telegraph describes it as one of the most distressing accounts that the Stock Exchange can recall. The differences to be met were enormous and the lifting of such a load from the mar- ket caused a buoyancy of prices at the close. According to the Standard all the stocks affected, which were of -a highly specu- lative character, have now pasesd into strong hands. —_————— NEGRO VICTIM OF MOB DIES FROM HIS INJURIES Governor of Texas Promises Protec- tion to Threatened Colored People J of Rusk County. AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 15.—Governor Lan- ham to-day advised General Webster Flanagan that he would use his best ef- forts toward upholding the law and giv- Ing vrotection to the negroes of Rusk County, who are being whipped to death and threatened with violence by bands of white men because they refuse to h the warning to leave the county. Another law-abiding and peaceable negro of that county, who was terribly tortured several nights ago, has dled from his injuries. —_———— Sultan’s. Forees Are Defeated. PARIS, Oct. 15.—The situation of the Sultan of Morocco is gradually becoming here the debas in which he had avoided the ordeal of a public ceremony. ““You needn’t feel at all ashamed to be fooled by a man as sly as the Semator,” Mrs. Platt said to several reporters, at which Platt gave another chuckle. Barly to-day Senator Platt emerged from his apartments in the Fifth Avenue | Hotel an hour earlier than is his custom, attired in a new frock coat, gray trous- | ers, creased to perfection; patent leather shoes, etc. His was the ideal bridegroom's attire, and his smiling face helped to carry out the impression of all concerned that this was the morning of his wed- ding day, when, in fact, he was dressed for ‘his honeymoon trip. ———————————— MARK TWAIN VITRIOLIC IN SCORING TAMMANY Says the Orgu;is_a_tian Stands for ‘Wholesale Robbery and Murder. NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—Samuel L. Clem- ens (Mark Twain) has written a letter to the Womdn's Municipal League on the subject of the coming election, in which ne sdys: “I should think that any humane and | honest person would rather be convicted of one rebbery and one murder than be- come the cold and deliberate confederate in wholesale robbery and wholesale mur- der by voting a Tammany ticket. “Certainly, if anything is proved up to the hilt, Tammany's financial history and health statistics of 1%l prove that Tam- many's special and remérseless trade is wholesale pillage and wholesale destruc- tion of health and life.” —_———— ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP MAGAZINE AT LEGATION Timely Discovery Prevents Disaster at British Headquarters in Peking. LONDON, Oct. 16.—A dispatch to the Times from Peking says that a mysteri- ous outrage was attempted at the Britigh legation on Tuesday night, on the occa- sion of the ball given by the military of- ficers. An erfort apparently was made to blow up th: magazine where'the explo- sives and ammunition for the defense of the legation are stored. Concurrently the breech block and sights of a 4.7 inch gun were stolen. These have since been found in the native city. ‘Wires were lald to connect with an elec- tric battery, but the connection had not ‘War's forces | been made. om-—mu-'nw.nn been a serious explosion. 3 The Morning Advertiser, which appears to be thoroughly satisfied with the reliability of its statement, says the news will be received in It gives a map and a detailed explanation showing how the decision will affect Canada, and adds that those who have followed the arguments have PGKPOETS N THE GUIE OF WATERS 'Rob British Guests at Banquet in Boston. Honourable Artillery Company Members the Vietims. Thefts Occur Under Noses of a Large Corps of Detectives. —_—— Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Oct. 15.—Professional pick- pockets in the guise of waiters and wine pourers are believed to have galned ad- mission to the banquet hall at Hotel Som- erset last evening and to have preyed upon members of the Honourable Artil- lery Company of Londom and the An- cient and Henorable Artillery Company of Boston. Gerald 8. Phillips of the London organization was the heaviest loser, some one getting away with his purse, containing 3200, a letter of credit | for £350 and his return passage ticket. | The logs was not discovered until the close of the festivities and consternation among the diners was visible everywhere, Phillips remembered that one of the walt- | ers brushed against him in a rather sus- | picious manner once during the progress | of the banquet. Phillips sail to-day: “The police are laying a trap with which they expect very soon to appre- hend the culprit. Mine was not the only loss. Though I suffered the heaviest, I understand that there was much flch- | ing."” | - Numerous accusations were afloat to-day | against waiters who served at the ban- ;quu It was said that one eolonel had | his elaborate menu taken by a waiter | and that another colonel remonstrated | with the light-fingered gentleman. While | he was reprimanding the waiter his own menu was taken. F The police are maintaining secrecy over the affair, although they have declared véngeance upon the crooks who did the stealing. Last night detectives were act- ually in the dining hall and all through | the hotel, while uniformed policemen sur- | rounded the motel entrances. Another Londoner lost a purse contain- ing $200 when the corps were in Montreal. | —_—e————— STRIKE MAY TIE UP | NEW YORK “L” ROADS | Motormen Will Quit Work Unless Their Demands Are Com- plied With. NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—By an almost unanimous vote to-night the motormen on the elevated roads decided in favor of strike action If their demands are not complied with. At the same time 263 ex-firemen, em- ployed in various capacities on the road, but who retain their membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, also | decided in favor of a strike. The vote of the motormen was 40 in favor of a strike and 2 against. An ef- fort to obtain a hearing from August Belmont, president of the Interborough | Company. will be made to-morrow morn- ing. The men object to the order issued by the officials of the Interborough Company requiring a physical examination of each and every motorman. Prior to the change in the- control of the elevated roads all of the men underwent a physical exami- nation and they object to a re-examina~ tion, claiming that it is for the purpose of retiring a large number of men. ——— SPREADING RAILS CAUSE WRECK OF FREIGHT TRAIN Cars Fall Down a Twenty-Foot Em~ bankment and Four Persons Are Killed. SALINA, Kafs., Oct. 15.—Mfssour! Pa- cific freight train Ne. 32 was wrecked to- day near Langley, a small station in Ells- worth County. At first it was supposed no one was killed, but when the wreck- age was cleared up four bodies were dis- covered. The dead men are supposed to be harvest hands returning from Western Kansas, Papers found on the bodies of two of the men show that they came from Johnson County, Missourl. Jem- kins and Slosson are the names on the papers. The others could not be identi- fied. Two unknown strangers were also badly hurt. The roadbed had been weakened by the continuous rains, and as the heavily load- ed train rounded a curve, the ralls spread and eleven cars were piled -in a heap at the bottom of a twenty-foot eme~ bankment