The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 23, 1903, Page 1

® SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23, VYOLUME XCIV—NO. 145. 1903. PRICE FIVE LAND FRAUDS IN WESTERN STATES INUOLDE FIDE SENATORS AND AS MANY MEMBERS O F FIRE LAYS BUSINESS BLOCK IN ASHES IN THE MISSION TOWN OF SAN MIGUEL Men and Women Work Heroically to Stay the Advance Flames That Imperil Homes. of Ruining ! Dispatch to The Call. Oct. 22 the peopl after awoke sectio EL, sed ehortly s structure nd then the £ D. F. Ma HE HOMES. ot alley between next bullding There was & twelve-! Mzhoney’s and here the firemer the top of of water were sent blankets fou, blaze within iccessful an ss portion stands intact as a the herole work. The flames were creeping westward and burning out buildings conne g with the | resident portion of the town, and the fire | ers again fought with the energy of save their homes. Again they ing streams t the flaming de with wet to keep efforts were | the The f a block of the busi-| result of | | en to d district covers the principal | of the town. But two| hotel remain. The town disastrous fire a year | in the past month, so ess houses remain in As a consequence of nsurance rates were ‘ex- e losses to owners of . and the bufldings t be rebult. LOSSES IN THE FIRE. losses are D. F. Ma- »ck of merchandise, in- Mahoney store building, estate, value $3000, in- L. D. Murphy, loss 1 stock of drugs, total nee §1350; Charles Da- $1505, insurance $500; illinery store, loss $1000, clothing store, block siness stores and was visited by =2 ago and twice w that but few b the northern p 50 many, prin owned bv He surance joss $1800, § Besides the 3 and contents the public telephon was also con- ymed, but mn ation has again en established omen worked with tne volunteer fire brigade to save homes and busine Beveral narrow escapes from death or injury occurred, though o persons were scriously hurt. D. F. Mahoney was slightly burned while res- | of Yorkshire. |2 detachea SAar AMieUEA— P IISSION = - TOWN WHICH SUF- ED SEVERELY FROM A BIG PSSENGERS PERISH A TUNNEL pecial Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Oct. .—Many lives were lost in a railway accident this evening at Bowerby bridge, In the West Riding An express traln running from Leeds to Manchester was thrown from the track in the tunnel by striking locomotive which for some unexplained reason was in the tunnel and both tracks were obstructed by wreckage. Meanwhile an express train, from Man- chester for Leeds, entered the tunnel at high speed and almost instantly crashed into the obstruction, badly wrecking it- self. The tunpel is filled with a huge mass of shattered locomotives and coaches and the work of clearing it away is neces- sarily very slow. Three bodies have thus far been recovered. —— e REVIVE WHIPPING POST ON INDIAN RESERVATION Redskins Adminigter Twenty -Five Lashes to a Squaw for Eloping With a Buck. MISSOULA, Mont., Oct. 22.—The whip- ping post was revived on the Flathead Indian reservation yesterday, when the squaw of Charley Lumphroy was sen- tenced to a whipping for eloping with an- other buck, John Charley. The squaw was placed flat on her face, held by four bucks, and twenty-five lashes. were given by an Indian policeman. John Charley was sentenced to sixty days in jail. @ il @ cuing his account books from his store and an tnknown volunteer firemen fell from a roof and sustained slight injuries. The fire fighting facilities of the town have been lately improved and a large reservoir on a hill suppliéd a stream of water that was used to good effect. . 22 SHUTS DOWN 1T PLANTS N HONTAN BUTTE, Mont., Oct. the handing down of de District Judge Cla Mirnie Healy mine awarding 000, to F. Augustus Heinze and property of |the Amalgamated | | of the Amalgamated Company in indefinite period. stock and paying dividends to the trust. to-morrow night. in Montana. tona, Butte and Boston, | half a dozen counties. the city is thronged with idle miners, blocking street corners while they discuss the situation. The officials of the Amalgamated Com- pany are reticent in discussing the sit tion. Superintendent John Gillie sald: “The managers of the various com- panies met and discussed the situation and decided to close down, as there was no use trying to do business in Montana while the local courts were so manifestly adverse to the company.’ The following properties are affected by the shutdown: In Butte—Boston and Montana mines, | Anaconda mines, Syndicate group, Butte and Boston mines, Parrott group, Colo- rado Company mines, cific Railroad. At Anaconda—Washoe smelter, kilns, Anaconda foundry, brick yards. Smelter. At Belt—Belt Coal and Coke Company. At Valiey Company. quarries. Great Falls, 5000 men. A payroll of m than $50,000 a day is cut off in Butta, =~ | on bail - F THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIUVES Secret Service MEMBERS OF CANADIAN PARLIAMENT DENOUNCE THE LONDON GOVERNMENT Men Submit Reports. Serious Charges Against High Officials. Secretary Hitch- cock to Order Arrests. —,— Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. — Five United States Senators, as many members of the House of Representatives and a large num- ber of employes of the Land Of- fice are involved in the land frauds which have been unearthed by agents of the Interior Department and the secret service in Western States, according to the informa- tion received by Secretary Hitch- cock. The Secretary declines to discuss the frauds until he has had full reports of the agents, who have just completed their investi- gation. He does not deny the ex- | tremely serious allegations which | the report will contain against high officers of the Government. Secretary Hitchcock had personal charge of the work of running down the frauds. The | actual work was in charge of A. B. Pugh, attorney for the Interior Department, while the secret ser- vice men were under, the direction has o kX 22.—As a result of sions to-day by 3 the one of the richest properties in Butte and valued at $10,000,- then | granting an injunction against the Bos- ton and Montana Company, the principal Copper Company in Montana, all the propertics this | State were to-night ordered closed for an The injunction prevents the Boston and Montana. transferring its It is estimated by officlals of the com- pany to-night that at least 15,000 men will be made idle, and perhaps 20,000, before The sghutdown is the most complete and extensive ever known It is expected that the fires will be drawn from the Boston and Mon- Colorado and ‘Washoe smelters to-morrow. The Washoe smelters at Anaconda are the largest In the world and employ 3000 men. The ef- fects of this shoutdown will be felt in all parts of Montana, as there is hardly a | county that the Anaconda Company does not operate in, In one way or another. ‘Woodchoppers and lumbermen will be idle and coal miners will be out of work in There is much excitement in Butte and of W. J. Burns. Pugh and-Burns are now on their way to Washing- ton, and it is expected that the Secretary of the Interior will be- | gin criminal proceedings against those involved in the frauds within a few weeks. Whether the position and polit- ical infiuence of the Senators and Representatives ‘involved will be sufficient to protect them from prosecution remains to be seen. Some of them, it is alleged, actual- ly profited by the land frauds and are actively interested in the ring, which had ramifications in Cali- fornia, Oregon, Washington and other Western States. Secretary Hitchcock hopes not only to send the ringleaders in the | fraud to prison, but to restore to the Government millions of acres of valuable timber land which has been obtained by fraud. S T s B MILLIONAIRE AND HIS SON ARE PLACED UNDER ARREST Federal Grand Jury Indicts Them for Fencing Government Land and Intimidating Settlers. TOPEKA, Kans,, Oct. 22.—Deputy Unit- ed Btates Marshal Frank McGrath went to Riley County to-day, where he placed under arrest Millionaire C. H. Dewey and his son, Chauncey Dewey. They arranged for immedlate bonds until the hearing in the Federal Court at Topeka. The charge against the Deweys is fencing Govern- ment land and intimidating the settlers in Cheyenne County. The indictment was returned by ‘the Grand Jury in re- cent session in Leavenworth. Ineluded in the charge are James McBride, Wil- liam McBride and Willlam Ratcliffe, em- ployes of the Deweys on their western ranch. Among the principal witnesses for the Government will be the Berry boys, whose relatives were murdered some months ago on a ranch near the Dewey house. | —————————— NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN ENGAGES IN STREET FIGHT Attempts to Chastise Driver of a Sprinkling Cart Who Nearly Ran Over Him. CINCINNATI, Oct. 22.—Congressman Robert Baker of Brooklyn, Everitt Hicks Washoe group, Colorado smelter, Butte and Boston smel- ter, hillmen on Butte, Anaconda and Pa- lime At Great Falls—Boston and Montana At Bonner—Blackfoot Lumber Company. At Horr—Horr Coal and Coke Company. Diamondville — Diamondville Coal Company, curtailing production; Pleasant In Jefferson County—Lime and silica In Butte the company employs 6500 men; in the smelters at Anaconda, Butte and of New York and others have been hold- ing day meetings here for some time in the interest of Mayor Tom, L. Johnson's candidacy for Governor. Hicks was ad- dressing a meeting near the postoffice building this afternoon when Anthony Scholer, driver of a sprinkling cart, told the crowd to clear the way and when the crowd did not move he went ahead and came very near running over Congress- man Baker, who protested, and the driver used his whip on Baker and turn- ed on the water until the crowd was drenched. An incipient riot followed. The police arrested both Baker and Scholer, the latter having fought back. Baker was promptly released and Scholer held Correspondence Preceding Alaskan Arbitration Shows United States Appointments Were Protested. PROSPECTIE DEBATE O THE CANA Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The isthmian canal question will make its appearance | in Congress almost immediately after the extra session begins. While the President has confined his call to Cuban reciprocity, there is no limit on the power of Congress to consider any question that may be in- troduced. The Republican leaders will not dodge the canal issue, but will try to | prevent any action taking the canal ne- gotiations out of the President’s hands or instructing him as to his duty and power under the Spooner act. Senator Morgan has announced that he will introduce a resolution of inquiry as to the fate of the treaty negotiated with Colombia. last. January if the President fails to give that information in his mes- sage. The President will give the Infor- mation that the treaty was not ratified within the prescribed time of eight months from the date of signature. There will be no pretense that it is not dead, | but the President does not consider that he must at once accept the alternative and negotiate for the Nicaragua route. He has consulted several Republican leaders who were responsible for canal legislation, among them Senator Spooner, the author of the bill which passed, and | they have advised him that he should | take a reasonable time to consider whether the Panama canal is impossible before he turns to the Nicaragua route. Should Congress adopt a resolution in- terpreting. the phrase ‘reasonable time,” and instructing the President to negotiate for the Nicaragua route, he will do so, and be relieved to have Congress assume the responsibility. Senator Morgan and other advocates of the Nicaragua route will try to have Congress adopt such a resolution. There will be a vigorous debate, which will cover much ground, but will especially deal with the ‘“‘reasonable time” to elapse before the President is required to aban- don Panama and take up the Nicaragua route. This debate will be in the Senate, and, as the Republicans there were re- sponsible for the change from the Hep- burn bill to the Spooner bill, they are confident that: there will be no new In- structions given to the President. The House will not have to deal with the question at once, for there will be no committees until the Speaker names them, and even then, under the House rules, the Speaker can control the situa- tion and prevent any consideration of the canal question until such time as he shall elect to have it brought forward. PANAMA, Oct. 22.—News has reached the isthmus that Congress has agreed with the chief executive to adjourn on Novem- ber 14, notwithstanding the wish of many Congressmen to postpone adjournment until a decision on the canal matter can be reached in the American Congress. Opposition to other plans of President Marroquin becomes plainer every day. Newspapers published in Bogota on Octo- ber 18 contained the political platform of Joaquin Valez, a Presidential candidate. The principal features of this platform are the absolute rejection of any foreign control of the canal, a diminished army, a gold standard and the abolition of mo- nopolies. The next day the members of Con- gress, meeting privately to consider the candidates for the Presidency, by a big majority decided in favor of supporting | Velez, a few favoring General Reyes. Joaquin Velez has always been opposed % any treaty with the United States. ! dressed a long note to Prince Ching, head . CANADIAN SENATORS AND FAMOUS JURIST WHOM THEY ARE CRITICIZING. E— | | - AR RUNOE GALSES STI IV HONDLOLY HONOLULU, Oct. 22.—The steamer Nip- | pon Maru, which sailed from here to-day | for Yokohama, will' stop at Midway | Island for orders, through fear of capture, because of the circulation of a report here | that the Japanese Consulate in Honolulu | had received a cipher cablegram that war | with Russia had been declared. The pas- | sengers on the steamer were very much | alarmed. LONDON, Oct. 23.—The Tientsin corre- spondent of the Standard says that three American, Russian and British gunboats are preparing to go into winter quarters at Newchwang. Similar preparations on the part of the Japanese gunboats were stopped by telegraphic orders from Tokio. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Yoko- hama says the Government has issued an official denial of the statement published in the Minchi, a conservative newspaper, that a preliminary mobilization order has been issued by the Japanese army. There is wide belief in lccal circles, continues the correspondent, that this denial is merely technical. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Com- pany from Toklio, say: “It is believed that another conference of the older statesmen will be.convened, probably to-morrow, when decisions hav- ing important bearings on the future course of events are cxpected, although there is no fear of an Iilnmedfate rupture. In the meanwhile precautionary prepara- tions are progressing. “It is reported from Peking that M. Lessar, the Rusian Minister, , has ad- of the Chinese Foreign Office, saying that Japan's interference in the Manchurian question will compel Russia to adept final measures, and threatening China with se- vere punjshment if she sides with Japan. This action, while the negotiations are pending, has caused deep umbrage.” | posite the harbor of Port Arthur. | case of ST. PETERSBURG, Oct, 22.—A request to-day for a statement from the Foreign Office, indicating Russia’s position in con- nection with the Far Eastern question, elicited only the significant reading of a less reassuring dispatch from Toklo. YOKOHAMA, Oct. 22—It is currently Continued on Page 2, Column 1. TTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 22. — The Alaskan boundary correspond. ence was laid before the House to-day. It consists of messages between the London Colonial Office, Waskington and Ottawa. The cor- respondenck shows that Canada agreed to submit the question to jurists of repute and protested strongly when Root, Lodge & | | | | and Turner were appointed by the United States. The Colonial Office expressed its regrets and urged the acceptance of these gentle- men rather than the breaking off of nego- tiations. Chamberlain asked Canada's consent to this, but, apparently without waiting for that consent to be given, Sir Michael Herbert, for Great Britain, and Secretary Hay, for the United States, signed the treaty. There was rothing for Canada to do then bugprotest and agree. In the Senate to-d3 Sir Mackenzie —————————+ [ | | Bowell, leader of the opposition, asked for Information concerning the Alaska boun- dary award. Scott, for the Government, replied that the most important reason why the Cana- dian commissioners did not appreve of the award was that it was not a judicial decision. Lord - Alverstone had in the first instance agreed that the center of the Portland canal should form the boun- dary live. The four islands should have gone to either the one country or the other, depending upon the pesition of the line through the Portland channel; but Lord Alverstone deflected the line so as to throw two of the islands into the Unit- ed' States and two into Canada. Sir Mackenzie Bowell said that it was unfortunate that in every case when ne- gotiations have taken place between the United States and England, where Canada was affected, the United States’ diplomats had succeeded in securing islands whicn commanded most important points of the Dominion. There was the island right op- in difficuity, he said, that island would have to be secured by the British people, for, if fortified, it would command the entrance to that harbor. Unless that was done the United States could secure it, and with the guns they had at pres- ent, would be able to destroy the whole connection between east and west. It was the same with the island of San Juan, another secured by treaty negotia- tion. “Now,"” said Sir Mackenzie, “the United States will command Fort Simpson. In every case Canadian interests were sac- rificed.” Senator McMullen said that the decision would create as much dissatisfaction in Canada as there was in the Transvaal and in Ireland. s, SNl NO BLAME FOR AMERICA. Eastern .Canada Press Confines Attacks to Mother Country. ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, Oct. 22— Ths Conservative newspapers in Eastern Canada say that the Alaska boundary award will become a live issue in the general elections throughout the country. Some of the papers declare that Canu- dians are to blame for the decision un- favorable to Canada and they place the respopsibility upon the government at Ottawa for permitting the boundary question to be arbitrated, in view of what is termed the anti-Canadian make- up of the commission. Little fault is found with the United States for that country's share in the negotiations, sev- eral of the Halifax and St. John news- papers holding that the United States is in no way responsible for the present situation. While most Liberal journals also eriti- cize the British Government, the opposi- Its " Continued on Page 2, Column &