The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1903, Page 2

WARDEN SHOWS GUT WAISTGOAT Garment Exhibited by Wilkinsonat Wood'’s Trial. - IR S % Retiring Folsom Official Tes- tifies in the Sacra- mento Court. e SACRAMENTO, Nov. 30.—District 1 A. M. Seymour this morning | sh-d the evidence of the prosecution | the case of John H. Wood, charged | murder in connection with the as- ssinstion of Guard W. L. Cotter in | break at Folsom last July. This morning Juan Martinez, the ex- ict who was pardoned for his loyal upport of the prison officials, was . for further cross-examination by efense, but nothing new was elic- mas Wilkinson, who retires to- s Warden of Folsom Prison, was i by the prosecution, and in unted the incidents He could mnot | s one of the convicts d the prison officers. He aistcoast he wore on the ¢ the break and showed the says was made by the| { the convicts. ——————————— SAM TO LAND MARINES IN SAMOA | Officer .and Thirty Jackies Are | Be Stationed in Tutuile. NCLE As 17.—The United | REP P MURDERS CUSTOMER FOR PALTRY Because a ull Chicago Restaurant Man Pistol 1 Jury eak ).—Fred- nent v Students Against Fever. —Pres Har- eloped 4 he authoritie: hold among the his an in the fuel on ™ Q to station in Tutulia | NICKEL Man Could Not Settle in | d-Be Murderer Commits Suicide. THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL MINERS RETURN T0 THEIR WORK Northern Colorado Col- lieries Again in Operation. To-Morrow's Conference May Restore Peace in South- ern Districts. S — ! DENVER, Nov. 30,~Nearly two- | thirds of the 2000 misers in the North- {ern Colorado coal-fields resumed work »-day and it Is expected that within a | week the full force will be at work, making the regular production of 4000 tons daily in this @strict. Hopes are entertained that the conference to be {held on Wednesday at Trinidad be- {tween President John Mitchell and the officlals of District -15, United Mine Workers, will lead to a settlement of the strike in the southern flelds, | 'The members of the executive board |of the Western Federation of Miners | convened in executive session to-day at ‘lhn headquarters of the federation in lh.s city to discuss the situation. TELLURIDE, Colo., Nov. 30.—Justice f the Peace Warrington Robinson to- ay issued 2 lot of John Doe warrants Sheriff Rutan to be used as he sees fit. The Sheriff says that Governor | Peabody ordered the militla to Tellu- | ride on condition that “agitators, idlers {and drouble breeders be driven from {the camp,” and that he will use the | blanket warrants to accomplish this result. The union leaders regard the {action of the Justice as an invasion of ’lh(-lr rights. Thirty-elght men were. taken | custody, soldlers. accompanying: the | .x)v,-puty Sheriffs and assisting: in. mak- {ing the arrests. Twenty of the prison- {ers were diecharged by Justice Robin- son. Sixteen othe ere fined $15 each | assessed | One.man it of court.-The | | | of | s ! ‘n into m. December aid or in ore ), Utah, Nov. 30.—All the camps in the district Were | with official notices of the | A Workers of America this | re. declaring a strike in the Utah | el calling on all miners to » work. From now on a systematic | ade under the direction of the five days’ notice of eviction | served on the striking miners occupy- ing houses on leased company ground fred to-day, and guards armed with made a house-to-house call, de- z that the houses be vacated. bances are reported to have [ | SERIOUS MISHAP TO MRS. REGINALD VANDERBILT On a Step in & Theater She Falls and Is Badly In- jured. EWPORT, R. I, Nov. 30.—Mrs. | d Vandérbilt, while attending a cal theater to-night, met with a severe | . the result of which is awaited with | anxie company with her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbiit and sev- eral other friends Mrs. Vanderbilt went witness “The Princess.of K wsington.” During the play she started to leave the box and failing to notice a step | pitched headlong, striking on her hands | ‘ and chest. She was carried from the | theater in a fainting condition flnd' tak: up to Dr. Darran’s house and subsequently to the Geer cottace, where | her mother, Mrs. Frederick Neilson, is staying Two physicians were hastily eum»‘ moned and will remain witn her during | the night. ————— Strikes at Dakota Divorces. DES MOINLS, Iowa, Nov. 30.—Judge James A. Hc of the Distrdct Court held to-day that a decree granted un- der the Dakota divorce statutes, if- it be proved the non-resident litigant re- | sides there merely for the purpose of | obtaining a divorce, is null and void. cept in the:contempt case, i the demands of the miners |, | the War Department, asking that Gen- | speech, untrammeled criticism of the | military government and absolute inde- | | without consulting his superior officer, | testimony, he said that Gegeral Wood —_— - WASHINGTON, Nov. $%0. — Major General John E. Brooke, retired, for- mer Governor General of Cuba, to-day gave testimony hefore the Senate Com- | mittee .on Military Affairs which charged insubordination against Gen- | eral Leonard Wood. General Brooke | was before the committee more than. [ two hours, and occupled-the entire time in telling of General Wood's €onduct | at Santiago. The witness offered in support of his statements, many docu- ments taken from records in the War Department and several papers from his personal collection. At the close of his testimony a member. of the commit- tee said it was probable General Wood would have to return from the Phil-| ippines and testify. ! One of the charges made by General Brooke is that General Wood violated the order which required him, ‘in making improvements in Santiago, to submit estimates to the Governor Gen- eral. As evidence of this violation, General Brooke cilled attention to the | bullding of barracks at Santiago, near the Morro, without General Wood first | ghaving given notice to the Department j'of Havana. General Brooke said also that General Wood continuously sent communications to the War Depart- ment over the head of his commanding officer. The witness assured the com- { mittee that he cared nothing for the { ignoring of his authority, but'said that | Hlu» proceedings had been detrimental | { to military discipline. | PRESS ATTACKS ON BROOKE. | | | | tion of the committee, fn support of an | ! allegation that: General Wood had:nez- | lected to_work in_harmiony. with lhel Y. nment, . the matter of:} sneral “Wood’s attitude -toward - thei pers-in’. Santiago, * which r«-l made “attacks ‘upon - General| administration. General | ske read a umber. of these attacks, | and also his recommendation -to - the | | War Department that the: papers.be | EUppre they desisted. One ¢ xtracts from the Inde- | pendencia, published in Santiago, “huM was read, was a bitter denunciation of | neral Brooke, under the caption, | od Save Cuba.” The article was | »d on General Brooke's order for| centralization of affairs in the isl- | in which receipts from all cus- | were ordered sent to Ha- | vana. The article, among other things, said that, if carried into effect, the or- der would soon prohibit the people of Santiago. from breathing without per- mission from General Brooke: that it was a matter of life and death to the province of Santiago to get the order rescinded. A large number of tele- grams of indigration sent to President McKinley were appended to the article. WO0OD DEFENDS NEWSPAPERS. | the and, tom-houses General Brooke read a letter which | he had sent to the adjutant general of eral Wood be instructed to prohibit the publication of such articles during the period of military government. He also read General Weod's reply to the adju- tant general, which, the witness said, had been sent over the head of his su- perior officer, saying that freedom of pendence in all matters was a neces- sary part of the education of the Cu- | bans to fit them to conduct a liberal government. General Brooke told the committee that on January 4, 1899, General Wood, obtained permisgion to visit Washing- Xon even though he left in abeyance matters needing attention. Correspond- ence relating to the trip was laid be- fore the committee. In the course of Genergl Brooke's became unduly excited whén the Cu- bans held indignation meetings in San- tiago for the purpose of protesting against tne centralization order. The | witness laid Lefore the committee a copy of the telegram he received from General Wood; saying that the Cu- bans looked wupon the order as ap- General Brooke called. to” the - atten- 5 { merly & m ’mzc:;:i«‘sfix B e N 1903. Former Governor of Cuba Says He Was |gnored by Santmgo Commandaht Aotion ‘on Detition tor and That Wood Encouraged Newspaper Attacks Upon Him--- Old Cuban Junta Declares He Would.Not Believe Ex-Surgeon Under Oath Member of __.__.—____4. > —l‘“ OFFICER NOTED ARMY CUBA, WHO HAS GIVEN STRONG TESTIMO! CERTAIN CHARGES AGAINST GENERAL LEONARD WOOD. ND FORMER GOVERNOR G NERAL OF Y IN SUPPORT OF proaching a calamity and that discon- tent and profound business depression existed. Finally, General Wood prayed that the custoins receipts be left under local control. The witness declared that the attitude of General Wood was responsible to a great extent in adding to the disquiet of the Cubans. RUBENS GIVES TESTIMONY. Horatio S. Rubens of New York, for- er of the Cuban junta, y tending to corroborate gave testim | the statements made to the committee by Major Runcie in reference to the knowledge General Wood is said to have had of the Runcie magazine arti- cle criticising unfavorably the admin- istration of Major General Brooke as Governor General of Cuba. One of the most important state- ments made by Rubens was that Gen eral Woaed visited him after the pub- lication of the Runcie article and that their conversation showed that General Wood had previous knowledge of it. Rubéns. said General Wood admitted that he told Runcie that the article put him (Wood) in an awkward posi- tion. Rubens also told the committee than when the break occurred between Run- cie and General Wood he brought them together and tried to patch up their differences in a mhnner that would ex- onerate Runcie of the onus attached to his name by the report made to the ‘War Department by General Wood. The witness also said that when Runcie wrote to General Wood begging Wood to set him right before the country, Runcie showed- him the letter. He told the contents of the letter to the com- mittee and it supplied the missing link in the correspcndence that has pre- viously been filed with the Rathbone charges. | Government. | Gen —p In answer to questions from the committee Rubens explained the man- ner in which he chanced to go to Cuba in connectiéon with the military, what his services had been and of a differ- ence with General Wood, through which he severed his connection with the He said he then became counsel in the postoffice cases. He was asked concerning General Wood's intimacy with Captain Bellairs and other newspaper men and also if it | were true that General Wood had made a show of jealousy of his superior offi- cers. IMPUGNS WOOD'S VERACITY. The witness detailed the relationship between General Wood and newspaper men, saying it was understood that he attempted to ‘use the newspaper men to exploit his own deeds. Regarding erals Ludlow and Wilson Rubens said General Wood was quoted as say- ing that he had to get rid of them. ‘While this was hearsay evidence it was admitted, as the witness told the com- mittee how it could obtain evidence to prove the truth of the statéments. At the conclusion of Rubens’ testi- mony a member of the committee asked him his opinion of General Wood's veracity. He asked that the question be made more explicit, and then was asked if he would be willing to accept the word of General Wood in any matter in which the general had a personal intereést. Rubens answered he was sorry to say that he could not accept General Wood's statement under such circumstances. Before Rubéns was called the state- ment was made by Major Rathbone that the rale that witnesses should not bring before the committee any matters that involved hearsay evidence, and that they could not swear to, had the Revision to Be An- nounced Soon. ———— Connection of Panama and Humbert Episode Ex- cites Interest. P PARIS, Nov. 30.—The general bellef prevalls in well-informed circles that the commission appointed to pronounce upon the admissibllity of the request of Alfred Dreyfus for . judicial re- visjori-of his case will submit its con- clusions to the Minister of Justice within & week, and. some persons say before the end of the present week. M. Mercler,.a director of the Ministry of Justice and a member of the com= mittee, says the commission has not yet assembled, - and that he has —no knowledge of the contents of -the docu- { ments to be examined. “The committée,” Mercier adds, “pro= | poses to take all the time necessary io "deal with such an imporiant question, but “its conclusions will not be final. They. may or may not be accepted by | i the Minister of Justice.” i/ In‘this connection it is recalled that the: . first consultation = committee | charged to. examine the petition pre-l | sented: by Mme. Dreytus in the name of her husband, then . a prisoner aU Devlls leland, declded against a re-| vision, but the Minister of Justice aver~ ruled thie” which is considered a pre- cedent for:like action in the present| { developmient - by Minister: Valle. ‘who | some time ago.went so_far-as to-say| that the poliey of:the Goverament had already ‘béen nfade up and was favor- able to: Dreyfus, whatever the conclu- sions of-the commission, although the | officfals ~expect them to support the| Dreyfus petition. The commission will pass upon two points—the uses made of the pretend- ed bordereau annotated by Emperor William of Germany and the alleged false testimony of Czernuski during the court-martial at Rennes. Public sentiment has been aroused to a high pitch by this latest phase ol‘ the Dreyfus affair, which was rele-; gated to second and third places, re-| spectively, by the Panama affair and the Humbert inquiry. Some of the sen- | sational papers connect the Humberts | with Dreyfus, asserting that they used their influence and money in his be- half in order that the Ministry might | not be ‘subjected to the ‘danger of be- ing shaken up. In consequence of the agitation fol- lowing the action taken in the l’)l'(‘y-l fus affair, the Government has allowed the publication of the declaration made at the last meeting of the Council by M. Valle, the Minister of Justice. The | Minister communicated to his col- leagues the contents of the dossier, | and the result of the examination made | by War Minister Andre and himself, adding: “You understand that I will not con- | sult you or solicit advice. I have sim-| ply determined to inform you of my decision, which I have the right to take | as Minister of Justice, and which I| take on my own responsibility.” Deputy Congy (Republican-Social- ist) to-day announced his intention to interpellate the Minister of War, upon his return to Paris, in regard to his action in the Dreyfus case, but the Ministry replied that it had no inten- tion of arguing the interpellation un- | tit the commission had rendered its report. e e A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Biind, Bleding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund money if et Taila o ctire you i 8 10 14 days. Shes @ irivimimirieieinieleieiieeiel i @ effect of hampering him in bringing out the force of his charges. Senator Proc- tor announced that the rvle was im- properly understood and that as chair- man he wanted to assure the witnesses that they should not be unduly hin- dered by judicial red tape. The resuit was that the testimony of Rubens was | Count Hector Kwi | the more detailed than any that has here- tofore been given. | Trust Oo‘m’pa;gy to Begin Its Investigation at Opce. Will Attempt to Recover Funds It Lost in'the Merger. NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Formal an- nouncement of the intention of the Commonwealth Trust Company (for- merly the Trust Compang of the Re- public) to start an investigation into the connection of the company with the formation.and flotation of. the United States Shipbuilding Company and to take such action justified by the results of the investigation as will tend to clear the name of the company was made to-day by President Scharzitt of the: Commonwealth Company. At the requeat of ‘fhree directors of the Cor monwealth Company who bers of the directorate gina company & resolution . the executive coramittee dizee hat an Investigation he st It is not stated what for he 8 sequent action will Sake. the purpose Is first to sh that the cors vas second, to rewup the losses sustained by th On peti pPany mpa { ceiver -by ge Holt | States Circuit Court. talized at $3 business continued. The atterney for the ‘creditors stated that the attitude of the creditors was entirely friendly to the Townsend- Downey Company and that it would be given every opportunity to reor; and get upon its feet again. T PSR e SNOWSTORM IN ENGLAND AND ON THE CONTINENT The firm is Creditors wish 500,000. ganize Lives Are Lost on French Coast and Vessels Seek Shelter in the Harbors. LONDON, Nov. 30.—Continual rains have been succeeded by snowstorms, which to-day were general throughout Great Britain and many parts of the Continent. The fall in London was slight, but in some of the country dis- tricts outdoor work is suspended and traffic is carried on with difficulty. Sixteen degrees of frost was recorded in the south of Scotland last night. Vessels are seeking refuge in the har- bors along the British coast. The snowstorms are so severe in Bel- gium that telegraph and telephone communication with Germany is inter- rupted. A score of lives have been lost among crews of the vessels composing the French fishing fleet during the storms of the last few da —_—— Reparation to Countess Kwilecki. BERLIN, Nov. 30.—Financiers have agreed to advance funds te Countess | Isabella Vosierska Kwilecki, who was acquitted on the charge of presenting a false heir to the estate at Wrobelo. i, a member of Reichstag, who, with his father, Count Misjislaw Kwilecki, contested as next of Lin the legitimacy of the Count- ess’ son, not only consented, but even petsonally guaranteed the loan, doing this as a partial reparation for his share in the recent prosecution of the Counte: ——— British Army Balloon Stations. LONDON, Nov. 30.—The War Office has decided to establisk “alloon sta- tions on the Mediterranean. Sections of the balloon corps have been ordered to proceed to Malta and Gibraltar early in December. Hitherto there have been no permanent balloon establishments in the British armv outside of Alde camp in England. —_— e SAN JOf 30. — Wil who shot and killed Simon Bojc was _arral e charge of mur: plaint was sw Bojorgues. 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