The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1904, Page 1

e creasing. THE WEATEER. Forecast made at San FPran- cisco for thirty hours ending midnight, February 4: San Francisco and vicinity— Probably rain Thursday, warm- fresh southeast winds in- A. G. District Forecaster. / il McADIE, Columbia—*"A ‘moon.” To-Day. Fischer's—“The Beauty Shop.” Grand—"Lost River.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Matines Tivoli—“When Johnny Comes Home.” Chinese Honey- PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOLUME XCV—NO. 66. SAN FRANCISCO; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904. BOLTON, DE RUYTER & CO., COMMISSION BROKERYS, CALL CREDITORS MEETING AND WILL SUSPEND SHOWS BED | OF RADIUM P S VAN SR Utah Cattleman Dis- | covers a Precious | Deposit. | Apalysis Said to Have Proven Immense Value of the Ledge. { e ‘ Work of Miners- Begins in Emery County Afier Investigation of Mineral-Bearing Rock y of radium bearing n the Beebe les north of Emery. » be a ridge of this cated sub- radium and The car- ck and times for ¢ r claims by fail- | he radium ore ¢ ago Beebe nd sent them i HONORED Pope Is Said to Have Offered Cardi- nal'’s Hat, s been confined leaked ou o the churci in part of this, it was hinted to-day, is a mild protest from the American Cath- cs againet the recent edict pf the tican against the presence of female es in church choirs. It is felt that a strict enforce: he edict would svork a great hardship he Archbishop carries with him to | arger offering of Peters pence, t any the Vatican has yad from this archdiocese. bt Mo, STORY OF A DROWNING IS DOUBTED BY MANY | Residents of Redding Believe That | Supposcd Victims Left Country to Defraud Their Creditors. DDI Feb, 3.—The dead body |} n man was found in the River iwo miles north of | dding this afternoon and the con- v jumped at that the of one of the four ported, accidentally river three miles north Redding on the night of December § last. People who knew all of the | four men examined the body at the Morgue, but were unable te identify t. As none of the four bodies have been recovered, some people hold to the theory that the missing men were not drowned, but left the country to ape paying their bills, all four be- ing in debt. —_———— Admiral Schley Is IIL WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. — Admiral Schley is confined to his home by an attack of grip, but expects to be out in a few days 1 CONDITION | alarming and I hope he will be out in | Brewer, | asked to come to Washington for con- | | sultation with the other physicians. He | is expected to arrive here early to- | night, | sub-committee of the National Com- | MAN i TABER - — PHOJo OF HANNA PRECARIOUS, Senator Has Sethack | but Family Still | Isflopetul. PR, WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Senator M {} A. Hanna had a setback late this aft- ernoon, which for a time considerably alarmed his family, who had been en- ed to hope he was getting to be elf agaln, but the congestive at- which they feared was averted to seme extent by prompt action, and to- | night the Senator, while not sg well early in the da d the Senator on two or three | in the past few years. He | was staken about 5:30 this afternoon | with a congestive chill, which has been | sh of blood | marked heretofore by a 1 [ of the to the head and coldness ex- | tremities. Members of the family were | on hand at its first outbreak, and by the prompt application of mustard{ plasters and hot water the attack was | prevented from becoming so serious as it was feared it might become, and later in the evening it was stated that the| Senator's condition was again almost at his normal state of the past”few weeks Dr. Rixey, the attending physician, called in Dr. Magruder, and when they eft Mr. Hanna's home at 9 o'clock the or was sleeping soundly and the sicians said they did not expect | return again until 8 o'clock to- | morning. When they left the lgp r's pulse was 86, his normal puls ing and the temperature 100, or | 1-10 above the normal. The doctors | said the# thought his temperature would t rmal again in the morning. A thorough examination was made of Mr. Hanna's heart, lungs and kidneys, and they were found to be all right. Dr. Rixey to-night said: Senator Hanna's condition is not’! a week or ten days. His fllness is due to physical and nervous exhaustion, caused by attacks of grip and over-| work.” At the request of Mrs. Hanna, Dr. | the New York physician who has attended the Senator and members | of his family at intermittent periods | for the past twenty-five years, has been | morrow morning. Elmer 8. Glover, the Senator's pri- vate secretary, postponed his trip to Chicago, which he intended to make to- to attend the meeéting of the mittee, to make arrangements for the ational Convention. Mr. Glover hopes to start to-morrow with Senator Scott. —_————— FOUND DEAD IN LOCOMOTIVE CAB Book in Pocket Contains the Name of Walter S. Holtie, 122 West Ells- worth Street, Denver. HAMILTON, Ohio, Feb. 3.—A well dressed man, in whose pockets was found a book containing the name of ‘Walter S. Holtle, 122 West Ellsworth street, Denver, was found dead in the cab of an engine at the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad round- house to-night. An empty carbolic acid bottle was found beside him. ‘When the man was first seen at the roundhouse a short time before he was discovered dead by one of the em- ployes he said he had the toothache end was sick. J ifornia street to-day. USPENSION of the well-known firm of eral commission brokers, was practically announced yesterday after: noon when notice was sent out for a meeting of the creditors at 490 Cal- The firm was about emerging from the stress of losses incident to the failure of Sharp & Bryan of New-York, when it | was discovered that one of the clerks had, without the knowledge or con- sent of Bolton, De Ruyter & Co., extended unusual credits to local cus- tomers. lItis conjectured that the amount involved in the failure will approximate $250,000. Bolton, De Ruyter & Co., gen- S0P STAGE AND MURDER PASSENGERS Amount Involved in Failure Is Said to Be|! 4l REDEIS Allack $250,000 and Subordinate Is Blamed. Bolton, De Ruyter & Co., gen- | eral commission brokers in grain, | | | the firm's suspension was found- ed on a fact, and he replied that a meeting of creditors had been called. BEGINNING OF TROUBLE. “The embarrassment of Bol- ton, De Ruyter & Co. began,” said Mn Van Ness, “when the failure of Sharp & Bryan of New York occurred. That failure hap- pened last September and bore heavily on Bolton, De Ruyter & was not at present attainable, saymg . WILL EXPLAIN TO-DAY. “All the transactions will ‘be explained to the creditors to-day. I cannot say how many creditors there are, but the number is quite large. The losses will fall chiefly on individuals residing in the city. In truth, the firm could have gone ahead with the brokerage business, as there is no shrinkage | \ STREETS 0F HAYTI GermanAdmiralCalls a Halt on the Soldiery. . \ WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Mail advices from authentic sources which reached several persons in.Washington to-day indicate that a terrifying state of af- fairs has existed recently in Hayti. One letter from Port au Prince gives the fol- lowing account of happenings at that place: “Affairs here are in a state of wild and dreadful disorder. While the Presi- dent, General Nord, was in Gonaives, a city in the northern part of the repub- lic, a conspiracy was discovered to in- augurate a revolution, not 8o’ much against General Nord himself as for the purpose of getting control of this city and forcing the President to agree to certain measures respecting the libera- tion and pardoning of a number of Haytiens implicated in the bank scan- dal. When the time arrived to carry the plot into execution many withdrew therefrom. One of the number, General Maximo Nomplaizer, was, however, de- termined to carry it through. 5 “Learning of the conspiracy, the mili- tary governor of the city, with a num- ber of soldiers, broke into the house where Nomplaizer and a few of his friends were gathered. Orders were given to shoot all those within on the spot. Those who were killed were Nom- plaizer, his son, one or two other per- sons and a servant. The owner of the house escaped by jumping from a sec- ond story window, and in so doing broke his leg, but managed to crawl to the house of a German, who gavé him shelter. The military authorities ar- rested and imprisoned his wife. “Hearing this the man informed the authorities that if they would release his wife he would return to his house. He kept his word, returning to the house, where the authorities found him in bed after a physician had set his leg. ‘Without any ceremony they killed him as he lay there by firing thirteen bullets into his hody. “The foreign residents then became alarmed, and the German admiral in- formed Ahe authorities if their action did not cease he would land and take posession of the elm stopped further proceedings. 4 1 4 <o . CUSTOMARY SCENE IN THE STOCK EXCHANGE AND PRINCIPAL ACTORS IN THE FAILURE OF A PROM- INENT LOCAL BROKERAGE FIRM, OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF WHICH WILL BE MADE TO-DAY AT A MEETING OF CREDITORS. 4 ES provisions, stocks and bonds, Hayward building, 490 Califor- nia street, yesterday afternoon sent out notice calling for a meet- ing of creditors to-day. The sus- pension of the firm, which is quite prominent, is practically an- nounced. There is as yet only conjecture as to the amount in- volved in the failure, but there is |an impression that the sum will approximate $250,000. The losses will fall chiefly on local custom- ers. It was surmised last evening ‘that some of the banks would be heavy losers, but inquiry elicits the statement that no bank is concerned to any considerable extent. Some years ago the Crocker - Woolworth ~ National Bank was very close to the house ! of Bolton, De Ruyter & Co., but the connection during recent months has mnot been close enough to create comment. Last evening John E. de Ruy- ter courteously declined to speak of the firm’s embarrassment or to foreshadow announcements. referred The Call to Thomas C. Van Ness, attorney. Later 5n Mr. Van Ness was seen at.his resi- dence and asked if the report of He|’ Co., who were correspondents in California. That was the begin- ning of the trouble in San Fran- cisco, yet it was not the immedi- ate cause of the decision to call a meeting of creditors. The stress caused by the New York disas- ter was really overcome by the San Francisco correspondents, but the members of the local firm exhausted their resources in or- der t¢ meet unexpected losses and protect their creditors. Let me explain that causes other than the failure of Sharp & Bryan contributed to the embarrass- ment of Bolton, De Ruyter & Co. Day before yesterday the knowl- edge suddenly came to the firm that a clerk or a subordinate con- nected with the firm had, with- out the cbnsent or authority of the house, extended large credits to local customers, and it was disclosed by investigation that se- rious losses would surely be the result of this unauthorized ac- commodation.” - Mr. Van Ness was asked if the amount involved in the failure would reach $200,000 or $300,- o0o0o. In reply he remarked that 'definite information on that point — in the value of securities, but when I saw the real condition of affairs and estimated the losses | arising from the acts of a subur- dinate I advised a suspension of proceedings until the creditors | could be consulted.” “You ask the question,” re- marked Mr. Van Ness, “if any of the local banks will be subjected to heavy loss. In my judgment the suspension of Bolton, De Ruyter & Co. will not 'entail serious loss to any bank in San Francisco. There is no reason why any other firm should fail. True, a feeling of distrust or lack | of confidence may develop inhe- rent weakness in other firms. Robert C. Bolton, the senior member of the firm, very.nearly exhausted his resources in meet- ing the” losses incident to the| New York failure. It should be understood that the embarrass- ment of the house is not due to speculative = enterprises, as the firm did a commission business, handling investments in grain, stock and provisions for custom- ers.. I cannot give you the name Continued on Page 2, Column 1. | turn |@umbered them. | mowed down their victims and all but |a detachment Coach on Moun- fain Road. Kill the Driver and Five Travelers and Carry 0ff Express. Garrison Officers at Ortez Send De- tachment of Mexican Troops in Pursuit of Savages. Special Dispatch to The Call. GUAYMAS, Mexico, Feb. 3.—Pas- sengers arriving this morning from Ortiz, on the Sonora Railroad, brought the first news of a terrible crime com- mitted by Yaqui Indians. The stage which runs between Ortiz and Las Cruces was held up by the savages and all on board, numbering six per- sons, were killed, among them Salva- dor Flores and his nephew, Francisco Flores. The Flores belong to families prom- inent ip Sonora. They were en route to the Guadaloupe mine near Las Cru- ces, as were also three Mexican min- ers traveling on the same stage. As the coach was rolling over a moun- tainous section of the road, the Yaqui rebels appeared froftn A¥uind a smiall butte. There were fifteen in the par- ty, according to the recollection of | Francisco Flores, who did not expire until after he was picked up by a party of vaqueros, who were traveling in the opposite direction. The In- dians opened fire on the driver with- out even calling on him to throw up his hands, and he was dead on his box before he could reach for his gun. All three miners were armed and re- turned the firc, which only incited the Yaquis to further murder. The elder Flores begged the miners not to re- the fire, believing the” Yaquis might spare them if they did not re- sist. They realized that resistance was useless, as the Indians far out- The Indians soon the yvounger Flores were instantly killed. He wgs left for dead, but #ur- vived long enough after being found to tell the story of the terrible affair. The Indians carried off the express which was on the stage and exchanged their worn out horses for those draw- ing the stage. When the crime was discovered the officers in charge of the garrison at Ortiz were notified ana of mounted troops started in pursuit of the Indians. The attack has occasioned great alarm among the mining camps in the vicin- ity of Las Cruces and travelers are not venturing on the roads without escorts unless severa] are traveling together and all are well armed. KAISER'S VOICE IN PHONOCRAPH ?Record to Be Kept at Harvard University, National Museum and Congressional Library BERLIN, Feb. 3.—A phonographic record of Emperor Willlam's voice on metal matrices will be the first de- posits made In the phonetic archives that are to be kept at Harvard Uni- versity and in the Congressional Li- brary and the National Museum at Washington. The Emperor, upon the application of Ir. Edward W. Serip- ture, the psychologist of Yale Univer- sity, through the United States Em- bassador here, has given two examples of voice for permanent preserva- tion. Dr. Seripture, describing the meaning of his request, said: “The phonetic archives are to include records from such persons as will pre- sumably have permanent historical in- terest for America. The Importance of the undertaking can be estimated by considering what would have been the present value of voige records of De- mosthen#s, Shakespeare or Emperor William the Great. An advisory com- mittee of eminent Americans has pre- pared a list of ten living Americans of the first historical interest, whose voices will be preserved. I wish to record his Majesty's voice as the first European record deposited in the ar- chives.” The Emperor received Dr. Seripture after the morning church service on Sunday. During the making of the record the Emperor was alone with the phonograph. He spoke twice into the apparatus. The first cylinder, made especially for the Harvard University, contained observations on k the Great. The other was a short dis- quisition on “Fortitude in Pain.” The Emperor’s manner was kind and he showed interest in the matter. ' These archives of voices are said to be the first instituted for historical purposes,