The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1903, Page 1

ey ¢ A G District st night; light easterly wind. MocADIE, Porecaster. +* SA = FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SAYS HE IS PERSECUTED BY ENEMIES Zeigler IS Fighting Extradition to Missouri. B e i Multi - Millionaire Denies That He Bribed the Legislators. New York's Governor Hears Argu- ments on the Requisition Issned by the Western State. RS Y., De D 7.~The requi- ALBANY, N t of Mis- f Governor ckery G with Missou ts and contentins uri were not to b 1, “but I State and to statement as ZEIGLER ALLEGES MALICE. AMONG THE ACCUSERS. ge Harve a num the Mis principa enant Gov- com- ¢ f New York, who, Lee | & e, de himself to be the agent of Zeigler business Ar t Baldwin declared tk Zeigler off on the train, o= tens Missouri, and that later Zeigler told him that he had been to Missou and that his business there was successful was shown that the name of “W Zeigler peared on the register of the Southern Hotel on March 19 in what is claimed to be Kelly's writing, and that somebody was at the hotel | under that name At the close Governor Odell said he would give the Missourians two weeks in which to submit briefs, and Zelgier's counsel two weeks after that in which tc answer them ————— ARTHUR FISK WILL TAKE MONTAGUE'S PLACE President Roosevelt Sends Name of San Francisco's New Post- master to Senate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The Presi- dent to-day sent to the Senate the nom- ination of Arthur G master in San Francisco. Mr. Pisk said last night that until he 2wk charge of the office he would be ble to_announce any definite plans. He regards the position as an import- ant one, which will demand close study and at tion, and it is his purpose to have a tirely administration that will be en- satisfactory to the Government and the people at large. At the present time.” he said last ev g. “1 know mnothing about the office. 1 cannot say whether there will be any changes. Most of the clerks in the postoffice are under the rules of vil Service Department. I have n the matter little thought at this e, and until I assume my duties I annot say what T will do. I feel grate- ful for the honor and am delighted that my friends approve of my selection. It j& a position of great importance and 1 shall do my dut ——————— Bryan Received by Loubet. PARIS, Dec. 7.—William J. Bryan was received by President Loubet, the zudience having been by ¥mbassador Porter in compliance with Mr. Bryan’s request. Bryan will leave Paris to-morrow for Switzerland, instance of Fisk to be Post-| PRESIDENT STANDS BY NOMINEES Again Sends Names of . Wood and Crum fl fo Senate. ‘Clash of Opinion as to the | Present Status of Appointees. 1 Naval Officer Says He Was Followed by Detectives Employed by Former Governor of Cuba. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—President Roosevelt to-day sent to the Senate the nomination of General Leonard Wood to be a major general of the army and the nomination of 167 other army officers whose promotions depend | upon that of General Wood. Accom- | panying these nominations were those | of about twenty-five civillan appoin- tees, including that of Dr. W. H. Crum d) to be Collector of the Port of Charleston, S. C., and some others whom the President nominated in the last recess. These appointments are considered by the President and his advisers to be recess appointments, The question of their status has been thor- oughly discussed by the President | with the best lawyers connected | with the administration and ln! Congress. The conclusion has been | reached that between the time of the falling of President Pro Tem. Frye's| gavel signifying the conclusion of the | extraordinary session and the calling to order of the Senate in the regular ses- | sion of Congress an appreciable lapse | of time occurred. In this time the ap- pointments technically were made. | They are regarded by the administra- | tion as recess appointments and the appointees, therefore, will receive the pay and exercise all the authority of | the rank to which they are promoted. The commissions of the army officers have been made out on this under-| standing. All of them are rated back| to the time last summer when the ap- | pointments were originally made. | SENATORS TAKE OTHER "I'}J\V.i It is the general opinion of members | of the Senate, however, that the nomi- | (colo commission dated August 8 and ad- | | vanced pay will take effect from tnat{ time. i Notice has been given by the com- mittee to Senator Hanna and Senator | made the protests against | confirmation of General Wood to| major general, that they must have of their witnesses here before De- | cember 16, when, it is expected, the | investigation will be closed. It is be- lieved by opponents of General Wood that this order will have the effect of | curtailing the extent of the inquiry. It has not yet been decided whether it will be necessary to summon any more | witnesses from Cuba, though it is | known that several persons who have | been before the committee will be re- | called WOOD EMPLOYED SLEUTHS. The Senate Committee on Military Affairs to-day resumed its hearing in the Wood case, with Commander Lu- | cien Young of the navy on the stand.| Commander Young was subpenaed by | the Committee on Military Affairs at | the request of Major Rathbone, who | has given the committee a list of ques- | tions which he desired to have ad- dressed to the witness. Some of the | questions were ignored by the commit- | tee, though much testimony was brought out in relation to the charge that General Wood, aftér assuming the | duties as governor general of Cuba, | employed detectives not connected with | the army to shadow certain army offi- | cers and report their actlons to Gen- | eral Wood. Commander Young testified that he | occupled the dual positions of captain | | of the port of Havana and commander | of the naval station at Havara. Un- | der the first position he was subordi- | nate to General Wood, but under the | 1atter in no way amenable to General | Wood's orders. The witness said he discovered deteetives shadowing him | and that upon investigation he learned | that General Tasker H. Bliss, General | Charles F. Humphrey and Major E. | | Ladd also were followed by detectives. | He agserted that he knew the detectives | were in the pay of General Wood. In reference to his recall from the post at Havama Commander Young said he was assured by General Wood that he was very sorry and unable to understand the order which had been | received from Washington. Commander | Young said that when he arrived in | Washington he learned that the recall | | had been at the suggestion of General Wood and that there is corrsspondence | on file at the War Department to prove this assertion. —————— Ship Wrecked and ‘Crew Lost. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 7.—The ves- sel which was wrecked on Feryland Head, near Cape Race. during a furious storm at midnight Friday last proves to have been the Danish schooner Sig- fried Peterson, from Alicante, Spain, for St. Johns. Her crew of five persons perished and their bodies were washed ashore to-day. The vessel was battered to pleces. nees will retain their old rank until the | nominations are confirmed, despite the fact that all of the officers affected | | wave been serving for nearly three months under the advanced rank and | pay to which they will be entitled when confirmed. On this theory, General Wood will cease to be a major general and will resume his rank of brigadier | general and hold until he is con- firmed in the higher rank. When he is | confirmed, however, he will receive a | ARMY OF COLOMBIANS STARTS FOR AN INUDASION OF PANAMA Report Reaches Colon That Three Thousand Soldiers Have Left Cartagena and Marines Will Land From Cruiser Dixie. (T UV o B “l» —n N N Wi O NEZEE A QDGR ) % BAR oo WARSHIP DOING PATROL DUTY, AMERICAN CONSUL GENERAL, AND PANAMA COMMANDER. 3 A 3 TLEDLADY WILL HONT WILD BOAR Constance Mackenzie on Shooting Trip in Mexico. Epecial Dispatch to Tne Call. HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 7.—Lady Con- stance Mackenzie of Scotland Is now at Santa Gertrudes, the 2,000,000-acre ranch of Mrs. King, cattle queen of the world. She arrived in the middle of the week, traveling entirely alone, and the object of her visit to that wild section is to enjoy some weeks of the exciting sport of chasing the javelin (Mexican wild hog). Half a dozen trunks accompanied her, packed with gaudy and fantastic hunting apparel. Her equipment of fire arms is varied and of the finest make. Upon her arrival at Alice she received a telephone message to proceed to Cor- pus Christi, there being no lady's at- tache at the ranch. At Corpus Christi she was joined by Mrs. King and other ladies and the party at once started out for the hunting ranch, where the opportunities to hunt the wild boar of | the chaparral are unlimited. Lady Constance is a fearless and ex- pert eguestrian ahd an excellent shot with rifle and small firearms. During her brief stop at Alice she indulged in target practice for a couple of hours. On the vast prairies of Santa Gertrudes are hundreds of lakes, where ducks and geese abound, and In the dense chaparral the javelin and coyote are in such numbers as to supply ample op- portunity for the most enthusiastic huntsman. B Bishop Ingle Is Dead. CUMBERLAND, Md., Dec. 7.—A cablegram from Hankow, China, an- nouncing death of Bishop James Ad- dison Ingle of the Protestant Episcopal church of fever, was recefved here to- day. Bishop Ingle was graduated in 1888 from the- University of Virginia, and in 1891 went to China. He was elected Bishop by the general conven- tion held in San Francisco in 1891. ——————— Russia Recognizes Panama. - ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 7.—United States Embassador MecCormick has been officially notified of Russia’s rec-|from ognition of the republic of Panama. 5 COLON, Dec. 7.—A rumor is in cir- culation here to the efrect that 3000 soldiers have left Cartagena to invade the isthmus. No details are known and the rumor cannot be confirmed to- night. It probably had its source in Port Limon, Costa Rica, where it was brought by steamer from Cartagena. The only possible means of approach- ing Panama is by narrow and difficult mountain ' passes through the Indian country. The United States cruiser Atlanta is now off the Indian coast. The United States auxiliary cruiser Dixie will to- morrow land ‘a company of marines, who, will go into camp at Empire Sta- tion, near Culebra Cut. The battleship Maine is coaling near Bocas del Toro. GUNBOATS RECONNOITERING. Following instructions reccived on December 7, from the Navy Devart- ment in Washington, United States gunboats on both sides of the isthmus have started or are starting on re- connoitering expeditions along the coasts, principally in the direction of Colombia, for the purpose of ascertain- ing the condition of the trails and roads between Colombia and the frontiers and the facilities of the country for sustaining expeditions marching upon Panama, to generally determine the United States’ best course in case of a Colombiart invasion of the isthmus and to learn the attitude of the various In- dian tribes inhabiting both coasts. The United States cruiser Atlanta has gone to San Blas for this purpose and probably will continue to the gulf of Darien. Another vessel wili be sent to San Miguel and a third to David, also on the Pacific, but toward Cesta Rica, to ascertain the conditions: at Chirlqui, make a show of force, if it is thought necessary, and study the pos- sibility of Colombia’s landing a small schooner expedition at Chiriqui from southern points. The Panama authorities are aiding those efforts. They have sent out sev- eral parties on both sides of the isth- mus to seek information and watch possible movements on the part of the Colombians. ’ SHIPS THE CANAL TREATY. Consul General Gudger this morning delivered the boxes containing the canal treaty to the purser of thae City of Washington, taking a receipt for them. The two Keys to the separate boxes, in the inner one of which is the treaty, will go to the United States in ! custody of Major Edie of the medical department of the United States army, who has been here for a fortnight look- ing into sanitation conditions. The Royal Mail steamship agent here vesterday received a telegram from Port Limon, Costa Rica, informing him that the Government of the Depart- ment of Bolivar, Colombia, has re- opened the ports of Savanilla and Car- tagena to vessels to and from Colon. The steamer Valdivia sailed for Carta- gena vesterday, hoping to enter that port. ¥ 2 AL WARSHIPS ON THE ALERT | Significant Actiyity Follows Rumor of Colombia’s Warlike Move. . WASHINGTON, ' Dec. . 7.—The dis. patch of the cruiser Atlanta to the Guif | of Dar importance and interest in co ion with the rumor qfn e of Colom- Pana- bian sol ' the wvarious points along the seacoast GOVERNOR'S WARNING OF Tl WAR Wells ofi]fi Makes, Grim Prediction to Strikers. | |Fears Citizens Will Arm to Drive Agitators From State. Colorado Miners Ambush and Fire Upon a Small Party of Non-Union Men Near Primro. SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 7.—In a conference to-day between Governor Wells and members of the miners’ union, headed by State Orzanizer Charles Demolli, the Governor pre- dicted civil war in Utah if the strike were not speedily ended. Speaking to the representatives of the strikers, Governor Wells said: “I honestly believe, gentlemen, that it there is much further effort to se- cure recognition of the union and to prolong the strike the sentiment in he State is such that it will be only | question of time when men from all | sections of the State will shoulder their rifles and go down there and run the agitators out of the State. I think you are wrong in pursuing this matter further at the present time.” | The Governor warned them against any lawlessness and, turning to De- molli with a smile, said: “We will give you a free passport out of the State and I am sure the | DISTURBED BYTRAGEDY 1Y PALACE Austrian Court Tries 1in Vain to Hide Scandal. s Special Dispatch to The Call, VIENNA, Dec. 7.4-All of the power and influence of the powerful Austrian court has been put into motion to sup- press the scandal and hide the tragedy in Windisch-Graetz Palace at Prague. From every source near the throne or controlled by it pour denials that the young, beautiful and wealthy Princess Elizabeth of Windisch-Graetz, grand- daughter at once of the Emperor of Austria and of the King of the Bel- gians, shot a fascinating actress whom she surprised in the apartments of her husband, Prince Otto. N Despite these inspired denials, which | have been telegraphed to every capital in Eurove and.are being widely circu- lated by the aristocracy and.the police | of every. city, from St. Petersburg to London, from Stockhcim to Rome, press correspondents emphatically reaffirm every statement concerning the affair. The Princess, who dearly loved her husband and gladly relinguished her imperial rights for him, learned of her lovely rival's presence. The exact source of her information is not known, of course, and may never be But it is mot improbable that » man whom the actress had rejected carried it to her. Maddened by jealousy, infurlated by the betrayal and yet ashamed of it, the Princess made her way to her hus- band’'s apartments, drove from the door, at pistol's point, the valet on guard there, entered, found the actress and shot her with a revolver which Prince Otto had himself given to his wife. In her semi-hysterical frenzy the Princess would have shot the actress again had not her husband seized and disarmed her. e e o e s e R o ] ma. This is about 150 miles east of Colon, and the cruise in those waters will enable her commander to keep in close touch with developments in the Colombian situation originating in the vicinity of Cartagena, from which place, it Is rumored, the soldiers are to.march on the isthmus. Naval officials decline to say whether the dispatch of the Atlanta to the Guif of Darien is the result of any intima- tions of warlike operations on the part of Colombia. They content themselves with expressing the opinion that it will be impossible for Colombian troops to march overland to Colon or Panama becduse of the impassability of the country to be tratersed. Nevertheless the departure of the vessel is regarded as significant, as indicating the inten- tion of the officials of the United States to_be on the alert. To the Colombians in Washington the reports from Colon produced a mysti- fying effect. They will not say whether they believe the rumors or not. 3 “Perhaps it is so: I do mot know,” said one of them to-night, as he shrug- ged his shoulders. - The Colombians believe there are 2000 or more soldiers at Cartagena and at people would like to see you go back | to Colorado.”! | Demolli, hdwever, has returned totle scene of the strike in Carbon County. TRINIDAD, Colo., Dee. 7.—The Sher- | iff, with a posse and bloodhounds, left | at 9 o'clock to-right on a special en- gine for Primro in response to a mes- sage that & party of flve non-union | miners, going from Berwind to Primro, | was ambushed on the traii this morning. One of the non-union party | was shot in the foot, but made his way to Primro and gave the alarm. He did not know whether the rest of the non-union party had been | killed or wounded, but they had not arrived at Primro at 9 o’clock to-night. The non-union party was being es- corted by Frank Jennings, brother of the superintendent of the Berwind mine. Word reached here at midnight that a fight occurred at Seguando, a Colo- rado Fuel and Iron camp, between 9 | and 10 o'clock to-night, between | about thirty striking Italian miners { on one side and seven of the com- | pany's guards on the other. Three of | | the strikers were shot and two of them may dfe. The fight oecurred at the coke oven at the edge of the camp. The miners went to the ovens, | but were ordered to stop by the guards. Almost immediately the shooting began, each side claiming that the other fired first. HASTINGS, Colo., Dee. 7.—Eleven women, wives of striking coal miners, attacked Marshal Milt Hightower and George Waybright, when they were tearing down some shanties on the Victor Fuel Company's property in the Italian quatter of the town to-day. Marie Vanelli struck Hightower on the head with a butcher’s cleaver, nearly sever.ng one of his ears. Other wom- | en g ve Waybright a severe beating. | The women were arrested and taken | to Trinidad for trial. —_———— JUDGMENT OF NEBRASKA COURT IS REVERSED ) BB | United States Tribunal Renders an | Important Decision in the Mat- ter of a Usury Sauit. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—In an opin- ion by Justice White the Supreme Court of the United States to-day re- versed the decision of the Supreme | Court of Nebraska in the case of the Schuyler National Bank of Schuyler, Nebr., versus George Thrush and oth- ers. The case involved a question of the exaction of usury by the bank. Thrush and his wife were debtors to the president of the bank in the sum of $5000 and they gave a note for that amount, with interest at the rate of 12 | per cent. This rate of interest was usurious under the Nebraska State law, and Thrush asked for a computation of the interest, which showed that, counting the payment of interest as the payment of principal, as provided for by the statute, the note had been re- duced to $200. The State court held this plea to be valid, on the ground that usury was governed by the State and not by Fed- eral law, inasmuch as the note was made payable to an officer of the bank and not to the bank itself. Justice White’s opinion reversed the findins, | and was favorable to the contention of the bank that the case came within the purview of the Federal law and that | the interest payments could not be computed as payments of principal. Justice Brewer and Justice Brown dis- sented. —_————————— HARPISTS MUST QUALIFY TO ENTER THE UNION NEW YORK, Dec. 7—Mmes. Weill | and Tagliava, the harpists in the Met- repolitan Opera-house orchestra, whose mnon-union status last week threatened a suspension of this grand opera season, appeared before the ex- amining committee of the Musicians’ Union here to-day, played selections on the harp to demonstrate their compe- tency, and denosited $100 each with the secretary of the union as initiation fee. The executive committee of the union will hear the examining committee’s re- port next Wednesday to decide wheth- €r the grand opera harpists are quali- fied to join the union. available for such a purpose as that stated in the dispatch. from Colon, should the Government desire to use them. Treaty Goes to the Senate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The Pana- ma canal treaty was sent to the Senate to-day, but as there was no cxecutive session after its receipt it was not re- ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 3 WARRATS FOR SEVEX ARE ISSUED Grand Rapids Scan- dal Involves More Citizens. Conspiracy and Perjury the Charges Against~the Suspects. Are Alleged to Have Accepted Large Bribes From Ex-City Aftor- ney Salsbury. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. 7.— Chanter two of the Lake Michigan water scandal was opened to the public to-night. Judge Haggerty of the Po- lice Court has signed warrants for the arrest of seven more prominent men implicated in the scandal by the con- fession of ex-City Attorney Lant K. | Salsbury and by his testimony at the Police Court examination thus far held An eighth warrant will be issued early to-morrow. The list of the men for whom warrants were issued fol- lows: Charged with conspiracy—J. Clark Sproat, former manager of the defunct Grand Rapids Democrat; Charles S. | Burch, manager of the Grand Rapids | Evening Press; | manager of the Grand Rapids Herald; Eugene D. Conger, J. R. Thomson, former reporter of the Grand Rapids Evening Press; Isaac F. Lamoraux, former City Clerk. Charged with attempting suborna- tion of perjury—William F. McKnight, | attorney, who was Democratic candi- | date for Attorney General in 1902 Charged with perjury—Ex-State Sen- |ator George E. Nicols, Ionia, Mich., at- torney at law. WILL MAKE ARREST TO-DAY. The warrants were issued on the complaint of Prosecutor Brown, based on the testimony of ex-City Attorney Lant K. Salsbury. It is the intention of the prosecption to make the arrests sometime to-mor- row, if the persons whose names are mentioned do not appear voluntarily |in_the morning. The warrants for conspiracy in the famous water deal charge Charles S. Burch of the Evening press, J. Clark Sproat_of the oid Morning Democrat, E. D. Conger of the Herald, J. Russell Thomson, former, reporter of the Even- ing Press, and Isaac F. Lamoraux, former City Clerk, with having accept- ed money from Salsbury for assisting him during the summer of 1900 in an attempt to procure a contract with the city to supply its inhabitants with water from Lake Michigan. Salsbury swears that he gave Burch $5000, Sproat $17,500, Conger $10,000, Thomson $500 and ‘Lamoraux $1500 of a $100,000 boodle fund placed in his hands by H. A. Tay- | lor, a New York capitalist, to procure a contract with the city. SUBORNATION OF PERJURY. William F. McKnight is charged with having attempted to suborn F. H. Gar- man, one of the people’s witnesses, to swear falsely in the trial of S ury in November, 1901, when the latter was convicted in the Superior Court of ac- cepting a bribe in connection with the water deal. It is charged that on Oe- tober 26 McKnight conspired with Sals- Nichols and Thomas F. McGarry Garman in the Living- stone Hotel $1250. The warrant against Nichols charges | him with perjury, alleged to have been committed on November 29, 1901, when he was a witness in the Salsbury case. At that time he was questioned rela- tive to the alleged attempt to bribe F. H. Garman and swore in denial of the entire story of Garman. He was him- self arrested on a charge of bribery and was acquitted after a trial in the Otta- wa County Circuit Court at Grand Haven. ———— BOARD VISITS SCENE OF FAIR'S DEATH French Witnesses Submit Note Declar- ing Their Testimony to Be Unprejudiced. PARIS, Dec. 7.—The commission which is taking testimony in the Fair will case to-day visited the sceme of the automobile accident that resulted in the death of Mr. and Mrs. Fair in August, 1902, where it took the testi- mony of the porter who received the bodies. Mas and Moranne, who have testifled in the Fair case here and in the United States, have submitted a note in the criminal prosecution in connection with the case, maintaining that even if their depositions were favorable to Mrs. Fair this does not constitute prejudice, as the merits of the case are still under investigation. The note concludes with a protest against their summary ar- rest “on the complaint of rich Ameri- cans.” ——————— SOMALILAND GOVERNOR FETES THE AMERICANS Banquet Closes With Speech Concern- ing Methods of Reaching Ethiopian Trade. MARSEILLES, Dec. 7.—Letters re- ceived here from members of the American expedition to Abyssinia de- scribe their reception by the French Gevernor of Somaliland, M. Delbarry, on the arrival of the party at Jibutil. Following the brilliant fetes, the Governor gave a reception at the pal- ace and drank to President Roosevelt's health. Consul Skinner, leader of the expedition, responded, closing his speech with the statement that he would recommend Jibutil as the only feasible highway to Abyssinia and as a depot for American trade. The Gov- ernor expects a development of Jibutil as the result of the opening of American trade with Ethiopia.