The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCI SCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 190a. (ZAR ATTENDS THE CEREMONY CHAMBERLAIN WINS LONDON Takes Part in Solemn Relig-|Champion of Fiscal Reform ious Rite Commemorative of| Is ven a Hearty Recep- the Baptism of the Savior| tion in the British Capital BLESSING THE WATE Es('t)RI-:s A GREAT TRIUMPH e ———— —— Diplomatic Corps and Ladies|American Colonies Brightest of Court Witness Serviee| Jewel Albion Ever Possessed, ¥From Windows of the Palace| Says the Former Secretary ST S ca i —_— & SBURG, Jan. 19.—~The| LONDON, Jan. 19.—The Guildhall to-d the waters. s solemn ceremony of In the orthodox iis rite is commemorative of t was pr d by a religious service within the palace, which was attended mperial family with the excep- be Czarina, whose condition such as to prevent her being pres- the court officials, nobility and tives of the foreign powers. ove to the palace in great outriders wearing tradi- of the mational col- de the chapel was ex- The thermometer zero and the atmos- Along the quay back by a troop of The bareheaded .4 through double lines and a sailor guard e chapel, with the aloft, preceded by the higher clergy vestments, with followed by the , the cham- t officials. Then crack regiments thus permit- ¥ of uniforms, empire, Next d id cuirasses mets; Hus: s with sable-tipped facings. ately pre- ed himself uniform, that y regiment, glittering on only decora- id his heimet in and well. A from the middle of s from the fortress 1 Paul, pu of bells the Czar the chapel been broken th: the shadowy vas dipped thrice ng Whe »osition blessed 1d the ladies brief e of the palace. ior McCormick cretary Eddy Attache § ter, M. Kurino, thousands he jce and r with which to sanctify armed across s eremonies were observed —_————— LOSS OF LIFE IS HEAVIE I'HAN AT FIRST REPORTED It Is Now Estimated That Sixty Per- sons were Drowned by Bursting of Reservoir at Bloemfontein. N, Orange River Colo: J 19.—It ow estimated that s rsons v drowned as a result of the bursting of a reservoir here Sunday, w 1 also destroyed 176 houses i thr Bbse was & Gk and in- terment to- twenty-three of the bodies a 4. The cere- by all the local The in - 2 R DO Falling Walls Injurc Brave Firemen. 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It took place | apel built out on a quay | r from the Winter Palace. | | was packed to suffocation to-day by !a throng gathered to hear Joseph | Chamberiain speak. Chamberlain, who | was accompanied by his wife, received a great ovation. He negan by declar- ing that the provincial centers of com- merce of the United Kingdom had been heard from in regard to his tariff pro- knives, belts, caps and | the | Chevalier Guard, | ctuated with | m | | posals, but the views of the citizens of | London were not yet known. He de- | sired to ascertain how the city men {felt on the subject of his scheme be- | fore the opening of Parliament, but he | regretted that owing to its non-politi- | cal rharacter the meeting would not have the opportunity of voting directly for or against him. '(‘humberlaln, in an eloquent perora- tion, pointed out that the struggle for {life and existence in the future would not be between the cities of kingdoms, but between mighty empires. The min- or states would come off badly. “Profiting by the experience gained | when the finest jewel the British em- pire ever possessed, the United States. left us for a separate existence,” he | continued, “a new empire has arisen, | greater than any in the world, but the | great work of keeping and making per- | manent this inheritance remains to be ! solved. In the great revolution whiak separated the United States from Great | Britain the greatest man that the revo- ! lution recognized, in my judgment, was Alexander Hamilton, the soldier-states- man. He left a precious legacy to his countrymen when he said to them: ‘Learn to think. Think continently.’ “I venture now tg give you a similar message. Learn to think imperially and remember that the future of this country lies in the future of the British race in our colonies and possessions " Although no vote of confidence was permitted, the extraordinary enthusi- asm of the Stock Exchange, which es- corted Mr. _hamberlain’s carriage to the Guildhall, the cheers which punctu- ed speech and the vociferous ap- at the close of his remarks must plause have a red the former Colonial Sec- retary that he had the full sympathy of his audience. Almost simultaneously with Cham- berlain’s exposition of his policy in | at Liverpool an equally enthusiastic, if smaller, meeting, which was held un- der the auspices of the Unionist Free Food League. The Duke of Devon- shire said he was coming more and more to believe that the.Government was right in advocating a pelicy of but with Premier Balfour al- lowing himself t6 be so dragged into the Chamberlain propaganda it would be impeossible for the Unionists to maintain their alignment with the Government before the country if it was desired to differentiate between retaliation and protection. When he justified the Government's position before the House of Lords, the speaker continued, he believed there would be real inquiry into the trade condi- tries, tions of the United Kingdom, and he had not then thought that this inquiry would be limited to the production of a undigested mass of statistics | coupled with an academical treatise ! by the Premier. The meeting passed a declaring against a general protective system. e INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST or | Several Changes Are Made in the Pos- | tal Scrvice and More Patents Arc | Granted to Inventors. ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Postoffice | Oregon—Quinton, Gilliam County, Charles E. Brown, Postmaster Fourth class postmasters appointed California—John B. Brown Jr., Grape {1and, San Bernardino County, vice | Frances A. Meyers, resigned. Oregon— | Jennie McRae, Fox Valley, Linn Coun- ty, vice J. W. Gardner, resigned. Wash, | ington—3; Fla Cloverland, Asotin , vice B. R. Howard. re- Gien H. Eider, Stellaccom, gne ! Pierce County, vice F. Doyne, resigned; | | H. G. Mondcr, Tampico, Yakima Coun- ty, vice H. J. Knox, resigned. | "Army orders—Lieutenant Colonei William H. Comegys, deputy paymas er general, goes from the Department | of Colorado to San Francisco as chief paymaster of the Department of Cali- fornia upon the retirement from active service of Colonel Frank M. Coxe. First Lieutenant Wilson Pilcher, Ninth Cavalry, goes from San Fran- cisco to Fort Bavard, N. M., for treat: ment. First Lieutenant Henry de H. Waite (retired) is detailed to the University of California, Berkeley, as professor of military science and tactics. The following patents were issued to- day: Debble B. Allen, San Francisco. rehments for wash basing: Willlam Chico, harvester, thresher and sepa- n, rator; William G. Anderson. concentratoi; Walter J. Bell, assignor one-haif to L. F. Moss, Angeles, electro _mechanical switching : Coalinga, cable D clamp: Augustus S. Cooper. Oakland, piie Tabert Forbes. Downieville, {runk es V. Fowler, Los Angeles, appa- raising or lowering heavy bodies; Los Angeles, cooking device; Cucemonga, wardrobe, ; Klatt. assignor one-half to Emmington, Collinsvill detachable sall ng for mast hoope: rederick J. Lew- an Francisco, mattress; John B. Phil- strap; ( | ratus’ for | Joseph Henaudt, Villard C.. Jam t, Aubert ; George Berkeley, assignor ove-half to H. Murphy, San Francisco, stamp wmill; Louis Sachse, Los An- geies, gold saving apparatus; Milton H. Schoen- bery, San Francisco, attemperating device; Ciyde A. Speer and E. C. Bowman, An- ! geles, pneumatic bhammer: Matilda L. Trapp, Los Angeles. smelting furnace. Oregon—Douglass 8. Dufur, The Dalles, cas- riage return for typewriters. Washington—James Barry, assignor one-half to A._F. Johnson, Seattle, grain car door; Jos- eph W. Bechtol and J.'C. Manley, Tacoma, shaft hanger: James Estep, Tacoma, assignor one-half to R. L. Bloom, Lakeview, making butter; Sherman Fesenfeld. Hoquiam, umbrel- la; Royal J. Mullin, Seattle, automatic con- troller for feed pumps: Frank Stuart, Pitzville, wrench; William J. Winter, Christopher, saw sharpener. Jan. 1 ‘Postmaster Gen- saild there was nothing to Dbar postmasters or other Federal officeholders from serving as delegates to political conven- tions—pational, State or county. the Guildhall the Duke of Devonshire | and Lord George Hamilton addressed | taliation against protectionist coun- | < t resolution | GREEK GOLDSMITHS MISTAKEN _ |TFLLS STORY FOR PAUPERS AND GYPSIES : When Immigrant Inspec tors Suggest That They Might Become a Charge Upon the State They Produce Ten Thousand Dollars in Gold Coin e J | AAD " Two 5k ER2 k. | LEADS NATIONS OF THE EARTH Amer ca Is the Most Active ’ in Perfecting the System of International Arbitration | —_— { ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 19.—The an- nual address to the State Bar Asso- ciation and its to-night by former Secretary of State John W. Foster, whose subject was ‘What the United States Has Done | for International Arbitration.” He said: By its steady championship of a freer com merce and af most elevated principles of con duct in war, the United States has brought about an almest complete change in the pra tice of nations. There still demands to be in corporated into international law one of th principles announced by the founders of our Government and steadily advocated up to this day—the exempticn from seizure of private n the sea in time of war. President sevelt, reiterating the words of h! s predecessor in his last annual m again urged it upon the mations world, and the day is, I think, not far distant when it will be accepted by them. As our country from its carliest history led the nations of the earth in creating a more elevated and perfect system of international law, so also it has been the most active in ad- justing international controversies and preserv- ing peace by m aties of arbitration The most important a | in respect to the peace tional | controversies fre | every American may be justly | of warfare has not ceased upe !§f the principles for which our country’ has contended from its earliest history should u versally prevail among men, the future. of na tions will be quite different from the past, —————— i BLAIR'S BODY BURIED BESIDE THAT OF FATHER { | | Attend Funeral of Former General i Counsel of World's Fair. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 19.—The funeral of | James L. Blair, former general counsel of the World’s Fair, who died last Sat- urday in Eustis, Fla., was held to-day from the residence of his brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Gra- |ham. None but relatives and close | friends 'of the family attended the ser- %\'i(-efl. Blair's remains were placed at | rest beside those of his father, General Frank P. Blair, in Bellefontaine Ceme- tery. The pallbearers were old friends of Blair, six of whom were associated with him in the St. Louis Bar Associa- | tion. | Before the casket was brought from the house there was a threat that the | funeral would not move unless a car- riage belonging to a prescribed livery firm and driven by a man not approved | by the union drivers of the other car- riages was taken out of line. A negro driver of one of the other carriages made the threat directly to the gentle- man who had engaged the carriage. Assurance was given that the carriage would not be kept in line and the mat- ter ended. —_——— TRAIN WRECKER I8 SENT TO PENITENTIARY FOR LIFE | | A Full Penalty of the Law Is Meted Out to Tramp Who Caused Railroad Disaster Near Fowler. LA JUNTA, Colo., Jan. 19.—John Devine was to-day convicted in the District Court of wrecking the Santa Fe passenger train near Fowler last summer, at which time Engineer John Walker was fatally injured. Judge Voorhies sentenced Devine to life imprisonment. Devine was a tramp and was found within 150 yards of where the wreck. occurred, apparently asleep, and claimed that he had’ been sleeping there for some hours, not being at all disturbed by the noise ofythe wreck. —_——— Gas heaters, formerly ?4.50, now $2.50, at San Francisco Gas and Electric Com- pany. 415 Post street. » guests was delivered | None but Relatives and Close Friends | o | “Senor, do not insult us. We are not paupers, nor are we gypsies. We are Greeks, and workers in gold, silver and copper. Behold the proof.” These words were spoken in excelient Spanish to Captain Anthony de ia | Torre Jr. of the United States Immi- grant Bureau yesterday on board the steamer Mera of the Kosmos line. The speaker was one of three swarthy men, who, accompanied by their wives, the latter dressed in brilliant colors, after the style of gypsies, came from Callav. { The immigrant inspectors believing them to be nomads were about to deny them the privilege of landing. It was feared that the newcomers were poor | and fnight become a charge upon the | State. | The Greek who snoke made a motion to his two companions and they re- | tired, reappearing shortly with two bags from which they emptied upon the | table ten thousand dollars in gold. | Then one of the women came forward and exhibited a necklace of English sovereigns representing a value of $500. ! Another showed a similar necklace and | another wore a richly chased silver ! belt. ¥arrings and bracelets of gold, i artistically finished, were also produced | to show that the immigrants were not | at all what they seemed. | They were allowed to land and took E up their quarters at the Hotel Gailhard | | | | on Pine street. The men are Esteban Maguel, Elias Maguel and Perez Ma- | guel. Each has a wife and the children number nine. They have been living in Brazil and other parts of South Amer- | ica and said that they came to Califor- nia for the benefit of their health. —_——— CHINESE HIGHBINDERS ARE ORDERED DEPORTED Two Notorious Gun Fighters Turned Over to Federal Authorities Are Finally Disposed Of. United States Court Commissioner FHeacock yesterday ordered deported De:. Seak Ngee and Lee Sing, high- ‘| binders, who had been turned over to tue Federal authorities by Chief of Police Wittman. They, with two oth- er Mongolian “gun fighters,” had been suspected of complicity in the shoot- inz that prevailed in Chinatown a few | weeks ago. It was found after their arrest that they were not in posses- sion of certificates of registration such as Chinese laborers are required to have. They claimed that they were nstives of San Francisco. The records of the Chinese bureau were produced, from which it ap- peared that the defendants had stated to the bureau officials on their arrival from China several years ago that they were natives of China. This was proved by the testimony of Dr. Rickards and Miss Lissak, respectively Chinese in- terpreter and stenographer of the bu- reau. 3 Detective Sergeant McMahon swore that the defendants were notorious highbinders. Lyman I. Mowry, an au- thority on the Chinese exclusion act, arsisted the prosecution in the inter- ests of justice. The third defendant was diseharged a week ago, he hav- ing proved that he was a native Arer- ican, The fourth will be tried onFri- day. | yl & i [ e 1 I PICTURESQUE WIFE OF A | GREEK GOLDSMITH AND HER CHILDREN. - 3 BECOMES BRIDE OF THE CRASH| OF A CLUBMAN Whitaker Wright, the Com-!Mrs. M. J. Plant, Widow of pany Promoter Charged With' Fraud, Goes on Witness Stand COURTROOM IS CROWDED —————— Vietims of Financial Disaster Anxious to Hear Explanation of Man Who Lost Their Money e LONDON, Jan. 19.—There was a considerable crush in court and a buzz of anticipation when Whitaker Wright, the company promoter, on trial on the charge of fraud, entered the witness box to-day. The former financier was composed and answered questions firmly. He first related the story of his life in America and then told of the foundation of the London and Globe Corporation, which, he de- clared, was prosperous until the end had started, when matters became disastrous. The witness added that he assisted the company out of his private pocket, advancing between $2,000,000 and $2,500,000. Previous to this he had prepared a settlement of $1,500,000 on his family, giving $500,000 to each of his children, but one day in 1899 countant informed him that he must have $1,500,000 or the company would be obliged to suspend. The witness said he supplied the money and consequently the settlement on his family was never carried out. Wright admitted that he only held 2500 shares of the London and Globe Corporation at the time of the crash and said he tried to induce the late Lord Dufferin to resign his director- ship because the newspapers attacked him over Lord Dufferin's shoulders. The witness had intimated to Lerd Dufferin that the position of chairman of a speculative company was not dignified, but Lord Dufferin replied that he was weil satisfied and that he wished to retain the position. ‘Wright was cross-examined con- States. felt justified in leaving, in view of what had been said in Parliament. He admitted that while managing di- rector of onc company he would sell to himself as managing director of another. Questioned on the subject of vari- ous items in the balance sheet of 1899, he asserted that the sheet was “Gtraight as a die.” He would never admit anything wrong therewith. S R T < S PROHIBITION OF CHINESE | 150 i LABOR IS IMPERATIVE | | Premier Deakin Foresees Grave Evils and Perils if Coolic Help Is Intro- duced Into the Transvaal. | MELBOURNE:.Australia,.Jan. 19.— | The Federal Premier, Albert Deakin, after a consultation with the Premier of New Zealand, R. J. Seddon, cabled to the authorities at Pretoria to the effect that Australia, after an | experience of years, is convinced that | the prohibition of Chinese labor is im- | perative in British communities ex- | pecting to enjoy responsible self-gov- | ernment. | Premier Deakin added that he was | reluctant to interfere outside of Aus- | tralia, but the Federal Minis: was tion of Chinese labor into the Trans- ivaal. He foresgw grave perils, racial, social, political and sanitary, as, spite of safeguards, it was impossible to prevent serious evils. Premier Seddon has cabled to Pre- toria in similar term: —— Introduces State Admission Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Senator Quay introduced a bill providing for the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one State. the company’'s ac- | has | | compelled ‘to express deep apprehen- | on as to the results of the introduec- | in | { | { | | { i f ‘ i ; vent an ublicity, of 1899, after the South African war | ik o | should become the greatest New York Millionaire, Is Quietly Wedded to R. Graves ST R GROOM IS WELL T Marriage Recalls Famous Will Contest Involving an Estate Valued at Twenty Millions e NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Robert Graves and Mrs. M. J. Plant, widow of Henry B. Plant, millionaire Scuthern railroad, steamship and land owner, have been married at the Plant residence on Fifth avenue. There were only a half dozen witnesses, all relatives of the bride and bridegroom. A small luncheon was served, and then Mr. and Mrs. Graves departed in a special car for a short trip. Every effort was made to pre- and some of the nearest relatives of both were in com- plete ignorance of the affair until they were notified by telephone or telegraph. The groom is well known in society and club life here. He is very rich, having inherited the fortune of his father, a pioneer wallpaper manufac- turer of the country. The story of Mrs. Plant’s fight in the courts for her dower rights in the will that she contested and won is well known. It will be remembered that Plant, desiring that his enormous for- tune, estimated at mere than $20,000,000, in the world, provided that the entire estate should remain undivided until the voungest unborn son of his grandson (the latter then only four years old) should reach his majority. An annuity of $30,000 each was set aside for the widow and only son, Morton F. Plant. Plant drew up this provision of his will under the direction of shrewd law- yers, but a legal flaw was found and the instrument was broken. The ground upon which the will was set aside was that Plant's seven years’' residence in Connecticut did not establish a bona fide citizenshin in that State, the laws KNOWN cerning his departuré for the United | 108 Cienen s I o tailing of prop- He sald that at the time he | 0, W PIo0 P erty. He was declared to have been a resident of New York, where the laws forbid entailing, and the property was divided under the statutes of this State. —————— SURGEONS PERFORM A WONDERFUL OPERATION Succe: Who Accidentally Broke His Neck While Diving From a Pier. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Cured of a broken neck, James Dunn, 17 years | old. has been discharged from a hos- pital, where he had spent five motion- | gid in a plaster cast and less months with heavy weights at his head and feet which held his body immoyable. The operation and cure have at- tracted great attention among sur- geons. Durnn was injured by diving from a pier while bathing. Three ver- : tebrac were crushed and chipped. He was keot alive with great difficulty during the operation. The splintered bone was removed and the fractures set. Then the whole of the upper body neck and head were placed in a plaster cast. Dunn was laid upon a table and heavy weights attached to his head and feet. He was told that to move meant death or pérmanent helpless- ness for him and he became the most patient person imaginable. The bones knitted perfectly and when the cast was removed the boy was found to be i as sound as ever. —_——————— M May Be a Captive. TANGI Torocco, Jan. 19.—An unconfirmed report is current that General Sir Harry MacLean, in com- mand of the bodyguard of the Sultan of Morocco, has been captured by the rebels near Fez. SENATORS END LONG DEBATE All Resolutions Relating to Postal Department Frands Are Referred to Committee RBERSNr PANAMA AGAIN DISCUSSED PTG Quarles Speaks in Support of Course Followed by the Washington Administration SMEE R T WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The Senate required less than a minute to-day to dispose of the motion to refer to the Committee on Postoffices the various resolutions looking to an investigation of the Postoffice Department. The question had been previously debated for hours at a time, but to-day no Sen- ator manifested any disposition to dis- cuss it further and it was adopted with- out a negative vote. After the passage of half a dozen bills | the Senate returned to consideration of the Panama question. Quarles spoke for almost two hours in support of the course of the administration and was followed by Patterson, who criticized the President’s policy. Patterson was subjected fo many interruptions and had n6t concluded when the Senate ad- journed. In response to a question from Ful- ton, Quarles said it necessarily followed that the obligations of the treaty of 1846 remain unimpaired, but were trans- ferred from Colombia to Panama. The treaty attached to the land, he said, and we were bound to Panama to pro- tect that ccuntry even against Colom- bia, which was now a foreign power. e Rt CONSIDERING PURE FOOD BILL. Bell of California Supports Measure in the House. WASHINGTON, Jan, 19. — The House to-day considered the Hepburn pure food bill. When the House was ready to adjourn, on motion of Hep- burn, a recess was taken until 11:55 o'clock to-morrow. This course will retain the bill before the House with- out interruption for consideration to- morrow. Just before the recess an amendment coming from the Demo- eratic side was adopted, inserting the word “willfully” relative to the sale of | prohibited adulterated goods by the retailers, which would make it incum- bent on the Government to prove knowledge on the part of the retailers that such goods were contrary to law. Bell (Democrat) of California was one of the speakers who favored the measure. An argument which met enthusiastic applause from the minority side, in fa- | vor of reciprocity with Canada, was made by Sullivan (Democrat) of | Massachusetts. He declared that such a treaty would defeat the Chamberlain free idea between Great Britain and | her colonles. | ———e—————— | BIG PROFITS MADE ON | THE GROFF FASTENER | WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The trial | of August W. Machen and the others |indicted with him for conspiracy to defraud the Government proceeded rapidly to-day. 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