The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1903, Page 1

THEE TEER. Forecast e at San Fran- cisco for fhirty hours ending midnight Jovember 13, 1903: San Praacisco and vicinity— Cloudy, Whsettled weather Pri- aay; vpripably showers; fresh southwest wind. A. G. McADIE, Disirict Forecaster. *® tary.” Columbia—*The Storks.” Fischer's— Rubes and Roses.” Grand Opera-Eouse—“Ben Mur.” Orpheum—Vandeville. The Chutes—Vaudeville. | Tivoli—Grand Opera. e b ?&bf‘ L0 = ) v +* {E XCIV—NO. 166 SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1903 PRICE FIVE CENTS. [SSISSI |~ [HOUSE DEMOCRATS SEEKSLIFE | RECIPROCITY BILL WITH RIFLE Seattle Insurance: Man Shot in the | Back. Cowardly Attempt at Murder at Night on a Street. Mystery Shrouds the Crime, | "hich Followed Mention of a Divorce Suit. —— Measure Making the| Treaty Eifective Is Introduced. yduced a effective | to his committee. He d- | | the minerity 1 e Democrats - oo AND CALI X OF IMP( COMMITTEE o+ ghting C he adminis delay expec only imme to prolong e | Joins Long List of White House Cranks. —_—— ew York, Dal- »r of Ohi Mass of Il of Kansas. | Democrats | Special Dispatch to The Call | R - SELLS HIS RIGHT EAR TO A NEW YORK SURGEON | g CALA b1 e G SEREUL, N i r., WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—Clad like a n Finally Selects the Man | . countryman, George Harvey Stet- Draw Down $5000 | ette farmer of Garfield, Rensselaer Prive. New York, this ornir ht o hich tion, which, o toid mmittee the President for the purpose of enlisting On | his aid in the recovery of L. Welden's meeting | had been devised to him, but which had S A e st ln been kept from him by dishonest relatives < b t he bill to the | of his benefactor. He also sought to ob- D e A | tain redress for indignities to which he 3 raver of Massachusetts, rising to a|had been subjected by these relatives, in- cluding & . asked if a member bullet through the head and fif- { As a matter of fact, he was, for 8 e ikt | g had been selected by . nsidered derelict in his duty | rs in a dungeon e ot &, would go home to get in his win- | n says he tramped his way from . ter's wood, with the understanding that 1d to Albany and went thence by » would return when six or seven men | boat to New York, where he took a train he said, constituted Cg announce that something was to be done. | The Speaker suggested that the qu rdly amounted to a faint assault the dignity of a parliamentary in- for Washington. He spent the night in a mission, and this morning approached Po- liceman Boswell to inquire the way to the White House. A little questioning elucidated his va- gress, should German 2 trying to manage a res- | t uld not reveal his name. | v. Payne observed that he was about ’xanos and he was promptly taken into 5 e e | to request unanimous consent that tpe | CUSt0dy. After an examination by the s e operation will be pert gentleman from Massachusetts be ex.|D0ard of Police Surgeons Stetson was s cused for the remainder of the session. | ;"m']““"d RemponEitly 10 Sy avamn aat ospital for the insane pending commu- SAYS CUSHIONED CHAIRS { WTEXI; OF C:JBPAN MEASURE. | nication with his family. | That whenever the President of the United BTSRRI ARE NOT AIDS TO STUDY |states shall receive satisfactory evidence that BRITISH SEA CAPTAINS ge Y < . | the Republic of Cuba has made provision to resident Schurman of Cornell Uni- | give full effect to the articies of the convention TELL STORIES OF ATTACK | between the United States and the Republic of | Cuba, signed on the 11th day of December, 1942, { he is hereby authorized to issue his proclama- tion declaring that he has received such evi- dence, and thereupen, on the tenth day after xchange of ratifications of such convention be- | tween the United States and the Republic of Cuba and so long as the said convention shall remain in force, all articles of merchandise be- ing the product of the sofl or industry of the Republic of Cuba which are now Imported into the United States free of duty shall continue to be so admitted free of duty, and all other arti- cles of merchandise being the product of the soil or industry of the Republic of Cuba im- ported into the United States shall be admitted at a reduction of 20 per centum of the rates of dutles thereon, as provided by the tariff act of the United States approved July 24, 1897, or as may be provided by any tariff law of the United Oontinued on Page 2, Column 6, ty Advises Freshmen to Put ide Their Upholstery. Report That About Twenty - Five Spanish Vessels Fired Omn Their Steamers. FERROL, Spain, Nov. 12—Two British steamers arrived here to-day in a dam- aged condition and told a strange story | of being attacked by twenty-five Spanish vessels, the crews of which threw stones and fired at them and then took to flight. —_———— Weds Son of Former Italian Premier. FLORENCE, Italy, Nov. 12.—Marquis Carlo Mi Rudini, son of the former Ital- fan Premier, and Miss Dora Labouchere, daughter of Henry Labouchere, proprietor and editor of the London Truth, were | married here to-day, ik o X 12—In an address | of Cornell fresh- nt J. G. Schurman day of universities as follows: Eleven two hours for meals, two t hour for recrea- ing eight for sleep. also gave it as his dent could do harder ure much better results ry wooden chair than on cushioned chairs and propped up by plllows. He earnestly ad- vised new students to put aside their up- holstery for plain, hard wood, — when sitting him an inter | ish in every way during WILL BUILD 10N CITY I CALFORNA Dowie Says He Is Coming to This State. |Large Tract of Land Is Offered to Him for a Site. —ie— “Elijah” Orders His Fol- || lowers to Patronize His Bank Exclusively. M Special Dispateh to The Call. WAUKEGAN, Iil, Nov. 12—John Alex- ander Dowie said to-day that he had re- ceived an offer of 30,000 acres of land for nothing if he would build a Zion City in Californja. He said he would do it, Dowie spoke Roosevelt and said that many important matters of state were put aside to give w. Dowie up” his host at a praise service which began last night and ended this morning. He read reports about Zion’s financial condition then imed: “hel and ex- lar we owe. ls not that correc! he asked, turning to Banker Barnard, who replied, “Yes.” “I believe it,” sheuted Dowie. “Do you believe it?” he yelled to his followers, who all replied: “Yes."” “Well, then, if you belleve it, and I know you do, you've got to do one thing. On account of these lying reports many @ vou have been keeping your money out of the Zion Bank. Now—every one of you row morning, the first thing you do’ when you get up, dig /iwn 5fo your breeches and get that meney and march up to the Zion Bank and leave it there. If you | won't do that, you can clear out, every one of you. That is the place for all of and it m put there. vour money, anyway—it d God that you put it Zion Bank. find any of you out yo vou'll out at once.” ———— ur monty, in the ar ;GERMANY IS INDEPENDENT OF BRITAIN'S ASSISTANCE Press Declares That Friendly Aid From English Government Should Not Be Expected. w York Herald. ew York Her- BERL extraordinary bitterness now shown at the British refusal to through their territory, regsonable. The staid Vossiche Zeitung to-night acrimonious vs ny does nc to land her troops at Port Friendly and spontaneous assistan ment no man in tt Who knows the Cape Gov- untry expects. what difficulties England is preparing for us in our colonial terri- tory? A Swakopmund dis ays that 300 men with five guns of Colonel Fiedler Keetma Windhoek to Warmbac by 115 of the Witb: division of voluntee: to Warmbad from Ukamas. The posi- tion of the enemy is own. —_————— MAN WHO PERSONATED GOELET TO BE ARRESTED Brother of the Duchess of Roxburghe Swears to Complaint Against James Abeel. NEW YORK, Nov Formal com- plaint charging forgery was made to-day against James Abeel by Robert Goelet, the Duchess of Roxburghe's brother, whom Abeel is said to have impersonated in proposing marriage to Miss Eleanor Anderson, telegraph operator at the Grand Hotel in this city. Since the pub- the command march from Rehoboth and has been joined rols and another he approaches licity given to the proposed wedding of | the pretended Goelet and the denial of@ was going to quit business, and informed | Goelet that he knew Miss Anderson, Abeel has disappeared. Goelet went to the District Attorney’s office to-day and entered complaint against Abeel, charging him with forging the name of J. B. Van Every, vice president of the Western Union, to a letter of in- troduction, by means of which Abeel be- cume acquainted with Miss Anderson. e s GRAND JURY WILL PROBE ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUDS Circuit Judge in Hawaii Acts Upon Charges Preferred by Home Rule Party. HONOLULU, Nov. 12—Judge George D. Gear cf the Circuit Court, at the request of the Home Rule party, has instructed the Territorial Grand Jury to hold an in- vestigation into the reports of election frauds, which, it is alleged, took the form of repeating, voting in the names of dead or absentee persons and perjury. Fifty witnesses will be called, among them being the election officers and the leaders of the political parties. ——————— Death of Professor Friedlander. BERLIN, Nov. 12.—Professor Fried- hn::.rd:vt the Liebnitz Berlin gymnasium is Bl = of his visit with President | " | Why, we have $5 assets for every dol- ar me; every one ofyou—to-mor- | be made | AMERICANS IN COLOMBIA IN GRAVE DANGER AS RAGE OF THE POPULACE GROWS — PROMIN. CY., AND THE HALF OF TH o . WHO HAS ENERGET sOVERNM MA, WHO MAY B ALLY CONDUCTED E E D TO THE PRESIDEN- . NEGOTIATIONS ON BE- ’ ONE WID SMILES COST THREE LIVE Provoke a Series of Duels and Murders. Special Dispatch to The Call. PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Nov. 12— Three men lost their lives because a wom- ar smiled upon one of them and he smiled at the woman In Geary, a small mountain | hamlet in the western section of West | Virginia. Mrs. Sarah Respess, a widow, | kept a boarding-house in the village. Hay- | wood Keayton and Charles Jones were among the boarders.” The woman !s hand- some. Last Saturday she told her boarders she Keayton he would have to leave the| house. Keayton learned that Jones would remain, and he became wild with jeal- ousy. A duel was agreed upon, and the men armed themselves and met in the street a few minutes later. Keayton fired | first, sending the contents of a double- | barreled shotgun into Jones’ body. Although seriously wounded, Jones suc- ceeded in getting back to the house, where he crawled to a window, and as Keayton passed shot him with a revolver, killing him. John Mallory, a miner, who Jones said forced his attentions upon the Respess woman, was killed by Jones on the day before his battle with Keayton, and on the day after the big fight Jones and a man named Griffin shot and killed F. B. Sizeman for smiling at the woman. Jones and his accomplice escaped to the moun- tains. —_————— Triumph of a Dirigible Balloon. PARIS, Nov. 12.—One of the greatest triumphs of dirigible ballooning was achieved to-day by the Lebaudy broth- ers, whose airship in one hour and thirfy- five minutes covered the forty-six miles separating Moisson and the Champs de Mars, Paris, 4 & { ed excitement. General Torres and | | his officers were threateried with zrr»s!; as traitors, but the threat was not put| into effect. The populace, greatly excited, | soon crow the streets, crying ‘ann} | Mob Hurls Stones at a United States | | Consul. \ OLON . 12. —The royal | mail steamer O co ?H'.'l\‘:\l‘ t morning, bri g news of General Torres and the Colom- | bian troops he t from here | ter the proclamation of the republic of Panama. The s rs behaved well on the voyage. On the arrival of General Torres and his | Cs of troops at tagena the néws the s on the isthmus quickly spread and with the Americans!” United States Con- sul Ingersoll, fearing violence, remained shut up in the consulate, The Barranquilla authorities had in- tended sending 30 Colombian troops by the: Orinoco to Cartegena, but: learned that the vessel had :debarked General | | Torres and his men and decided to keep | the troops at Barranquilla. The excite- ment at Barranquilla increased with lhe‘ spreading of the news of the secession of | the isthmus, which was supplemented by exaggerated accounts of the alleged part played by the United States therein. Panama's declaration of Independence was read from a newspaper by the Pre-| fect to a crowd assembled in the plaza, | and was greeted by furious outcries and shouts of “Death to the Panamans!” and | “Death to the Americans!” | The Prefect followed the reading 'itl’fi> a speech, in which he declared that the Colombian Government would never per- mit the secession of the isthmus and | would win back the lost territory at any cost. The crowd in the plaza indulged in | many extravagant threats impossible of | execution. United States Vice Consul Lovelace was sitting on a balcony of his house at Bar- ranquilla to-night when several stones were thrown at him. rHe retired indoors and was not further molested by the Co- lombians. The people of Barranquilla have been swept off their balance by the suddenness and seriousness of the news. Revolution- ary talk began immediately and threats were made against the Congressmen re- sponsible for the non-ratification of the Hay-Herran canal treaty. Fears are entertained for the safety of Americans in Colombia and of the possibi- bility of the anger of the populace being __ Continued on Page 2, Columa 1, I | quarters | were up except a WAL M N RAMPAGE I CAPITAL Attacks Members of the Spanish Legation. tch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—Willlam L. Catheart of New York, formerly a naval officer, th morning forfeited $I5 col- lateral by his non-appearance in the Po- lice Court to answer to charges of assault and profanity. The complaint was lodged against Cathcart by Edgar Blair, a local architect, but th ired persons Senor Don Louis Pastor, secretary of t Spanish Legation, and Senor Don Manuel Walls Merino, second secretary. The Spanish Ministry af Last summer c house was Cathear arrived from New York to sulting engineer to the Nav in some constru room at his old : intoxicated. N Special Di occuples hed apartme san chasing he threats to kill & His actions aroused the household and an attempt was made to get him quietly to his room, whereupon he made tempt to k Senor Pastor, breaking a glass door with his hands in an effort to reach him. When Senor Walls Merino remonstrated Cathcart attacked him. At this time was standing at the top of a flight of stairs, and In protecting him- self the Spanish diplomat struck Cathcart so that he fell downstairs, dislocating his elbow. Cathcart had to be carried from the house bodi William L. Cathcart was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1873 and was grad- uated in June, 1877, receiving his commis- sion as assis engineer in the same year. He reached the grade of passed assistant engineer in 1584, resigning with this grade in 1581, During the Spanish- American War he again entered the naval service as chief engineer, receiving an honorable discharge at the close of the war.