The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1904, Page 5

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1904 CITIZENS WILL BEAUTIFY THE BURNED AREA IN BALTIMORE E— S PA NORAMIC VIEW OF RESULT . ————— - * S OF TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION WHICH DESTROYED A LARGE AND VALUABLE SECTION OF CITY OF BALTIMORE. THE PICTURE SHOWS THE BOSTOFFICE AND CITY HALL a4 | - LAWMARER GIVES U 08 SEAT Shaf ha roth of Colorado, a Rep- resentative in Congress, Sur- prises Members of the House by resenting His Resignation il e breath led to put mployed to examin = ballots r. Shafroth’s statement was as fol- i I rise to a guestion of .ge in the contested f Robert W. Bonynge roth. It was stipulated by contestant and con- e ballots cast at that twenty-four contested »e brought before the ections of this House the first time in of its members. The bal- cast at the general 2 for State officers and in Congress, The ob- E at the original arrangement, form and condition of the ballots should be seen first by the committee. ballots were shipped to the Clerk he House of Representatives at the t expense of Congress, contestant contestee. INSPECTION OF BALLOTS. “At the first meeting of the commit- tee for the hearing of the case the bal- lots were presented for inspection. A sub-committee was appointed to ascer- B how illegal ballots were contained the; n. It was agreed that n order to facilitate their work their should be executive. The sub- ittee opened the ballots from three precincts, and, finding that it took one week to examine them, asked the House for authority to employ an expert, which was granted. Since that time the expert has been examining the ballots, and on Thursday last he made his report to the committee. The e | IS SENTENCED | 10 LIFE TERM Albert J. Beckman Is Found Guilty of Murdering Sweet- heart Who Rejected Him| Albert J.| 15 1 t shot and killed Helen Kelly bec: 3 hir from but re kman’s second win, This was B disagreed on the first trial. defense was anity. 3 t the par- in then orde: committee k’'s time should ha was to be ued before afternoon I com- mepeed examining the ballots and con- | tinded doing so through day and | Saturday. I do not believe that 2792 fllegal v ere cast (that being the majori returned), yet my exami- | natio fact that the as- surance ved as to the y of the | recincts was not true and that there | were illegal votes therein which taint- | ed the polls, and the polis so tainted gave me a greater plurality than my | ned majority. That fact was a bitter disappoint- | to me, but nevertheless true. The is that when a poll is tainted by ud and it is impossible to purge the [ 1 of the fraudulent votes the vote | e entire precinct, legal or illegal, be thrown out. The committee en me every opportunity to as- the iilegal vote so as to save | ] vote in those precinets. Until | v the ballots last Thursday I thought the illegal vote could be de- tected v and scratched from the legal | but I must confess that my in- | spection has convinced me that it is | impossible to do so in this case. DECLARATION OF FRAUD. The case being as I have stated and | number of precincts tainted con- | majorities for me greater than | ned majority, I must say that - a Judge upon the bench con- | sidering this case I would be compelled to find against myself, and as the vote | {in the contested precincts aggregates | than one-tenth of the vote in the Congressional district 1 would be com pelled to find that, according to law, Mr. Bonynge is entitled to the seat. | “I did my best to have an honest | election. My law partner, with my ap- | proval, organized & citizens' commit- | tee, composed of both Republicans and | Democrats who desired a fair man. | The headauarters of that committee, | as shown by the evidence in the case, | was the law offices of Rogers, Shafroth | & Gregg, Denver. I have always been in faver of pure politics, and wheg the test is applied to an election where I was voted for as one of the candi- dates upon the ticket I should not shirk my duiy or change my convic- | tions concerning honest elections. I | therefore say to the Committee on Elec- tions No. 2 and to the members of this House that they can seat Mr. Bonynge | at their earliest convenience. “As this is the last time I will have an opportunity of addressing the House I want to thank the Committee on Elec- tions No. 2, and particularly the chairman, Mr. Olmsted, the sub-com- mittee, Mr. Miller, Mr. Currie and Mr. Sullivan, for the fair and impartial manner in which they have proceeded to investigate this case. Every sug- gestion which I made as to the investi- gation was readily concurred in. I wish also to say that I appreciate the reputed declarations of Mr. Bonynge that I was not a party to or in any | can be done to save her. LUMBER SHIP COES ASHORE Manila, Blown From Harbor to Sea in Storm and Wrecked PORTLAND, schooner A r., Feb. alde, in charge L. B. Harris, laden with a lumber, went ashore on the rth Spit ance of Gre Harbor, total wreck e life crew res: ris had on board his 16- d daughter, who was making him. The Alcalde loaded th was h., w ianila and cargo of towed to in the rbhor violent stor up and incr 1 until the an to nchors. broke away, both 1 105 fathoms of cha v blown changed to drifting ar fog a out the to sout rs in the on the North Spit. § 00 feet of lumber worth $5000. The crew was brought to Westport this ternoo: An ination of the stranded se »on. who was life i b ay by Captain Har- ken' to his vessel by , disclosed the fact broken and Th of is as a wooden schooner Blakeley. A. Anderson of San Fran- cisco is her managing owner. She was valued at $20,000. WEDDING FASHIONABLE ' AFFAIR Granddaughter of Late English miral Becomes Wife of Vallejo Man. VALLEJO, Feb. 15.—Henry J. Widenmann, a member of a success- ful pioneer family, and Miss Ellen I. Gedge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Gedge e Admiral John Gedge of the Eng- were married here’ this Rev. R. L. MacFarland of Mission of the Holy Spi It was a pretty and fashionable affair. At the banauet which followed there were representatives of four genera- tions of the bride’s family present. Among the bride's many presents was a handsome traveling bag from her uncle, George Osbourne, the actor. it > manner connected with any frauds or irregularities. “T also_desire to tRank the members of this House for the uniform courtesy A Ad- € the | and evidences of respect which I have received. During the eight years of my service in Congress 1 have formed friendships here upon both sides of the amber which I shall cherish through life. I fully appreciate the high char- acter of the men who compose this body, but it is_only when I am about to leave that I fully realize the dis- tinguished honor it is to serve as a member of the legislative body. Wish- ingyou all a happy and prosperous future, I will say good-by."” After Mr. Olmsted had made his statement, following Mr. Shafroth, Mr. Talbot, member of the same committee, announced his concurrence in all that the chairman had said, particularly in that relating to the upright manner in | which Mr. Shafroth had acted through- out. Mr. Hogg (Rep.) of Colorado said that the action taken by Mr. Shafroth would not be a surprise to those who knew the man. No one knew him, he added, who did not know him to be an absolutely honest man. ie | rent of buildings which it owned in the S | burned district. tonnage and was built in 1882 at Port | and granddaughter of the | NEW PLAN NOW BEING LAID OUT ‘A Few Streets to Be | Effaced, Others e Widened. ALTIMORE, Feb. 15.—At a meeting | of the Citizens’ Committee tdday it was the overwhelming sense of the members that the city should be re-| | built on broad and generous lines and | all main streets widened. The plans as mapped out provide that the streets | east and west shall be opened from | Jo: lis to Liberty street and be perfectly straight, while those running north south shall extend from | Pratt street to Franklin street. Pratt, i Baltimor Fayette and Lexington | streets are to be wider German | | s be obl d and there is | of filling the upper harbor with d The committee will probably re | | ommend the widening of St. Paul, { Lombard, Light and Pratt streets. | | Should it be decided best to leave Ger- man street open it will be recommend- ed by the committee that it be opened | through to Gay street and that Hop- kins place run through Baltimore and Fayette streets to P avenue, a| change also being made in Liberty street. | On esults of the fire has been | |a »pling of the work of the | Johns Hopkins Hospital, the income of | which was largely derived from the ! Sixty-eight warehouses, widely scat- tered, belonging to the hospital have been destroyed, and the hospital has | | lost the income from them for possibly two vears. The hospital property de- stroyed aggregates nearly $1,300,000 in value. The business situation was given a most cheerful aspect to-day by a re- sumption of operations by the Clear- | ing-House Association, the first since | February 6, and was materially strengthened by the fact that banks | showed up in splendid condition, the | clearings being three times the normal | amount. P LUMBER WAR 10 BE SETTLED Pacific Coast Steamship Com- pany and Steam Schooner Owners to Effect Compromise SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—The lumber war between the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and the steam schooner own- ers, which has been nearing an acute stage for several weeks, will be settled, according to parties concerned. A con- ference between representatives of both interests is being held in San Francisco. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company, unless the comptomise is prevented, will withdraw from the lumber carry- ing trade and the steam schooner own- ers will withdraw their fight for the passenger business between Eureka and San Francisco and Los Angeles, —— . Engine and Coach Jump Track. SANTA ROSA, Feb. 15.—A special consisting of an engime and a caboose was wrecked on the Carquinez branch ot the Southern Pacific last night near Kenwood. Nobody was hurt. The spe- cial had brought a carload of Japanese After the resolution changing the oc- tto a ranch in the Los Guilicos Valley, cupant of the seat from the First Colo- rado District had been acted on Messrs. Hitt (Illinois), Adams (Pennsylvania) and Densmore (Arkansas) were ap- pointed conferees on the glplomauc and consular appropriation bill. - At 12:40 p- m. the House adjourned. and was returning when on rounding a curve the engine left the track and was overturned. Traflic is delayed and the wrecking crew is still at work. The engine was from South Vallejo and was not equipped with pony trucks, which accounts for the accideat, GUARD BATTLES WITH FIREBLC Man in Act of Setting Blaze to the Portland Flour Mills Special Dis; > The Call. PORTLAND, Feb. 15.—A fight be- tween the night watchman and an un- known masked man, who attempted to burn down the Portland Flouring Mills, and in which seven shots were fired, occurred last night. That the guardian s not murdered by to the fact that s a large watch- the ba of which is made . A shot from the ver of the thug struck the center of the timepiec it to splinters, mak- ing a heavy lentation in the metal. The attempt to burn the mills was the latest of a series of incendiary operations and came near ending in a fatality, for when Watchman Ber- bethea discovered the firebug he at once called to him to halt. At that time the incendiary was bending ov a pile of kindling. The firebug made no re: but seeing he was discovered s to run. Berbethea then opened Then the fusillade began, for the man turned and returned the fire. whizzed past Berbethea’s head. The last shot was the one that struck th large clock, then the firebug turned ax made good his escape. Owing to the attempt to burn down | the mill property, which is one of the | | most valuable upon the Pacific Coast, | officials of the company stated this morning that a double array of armed | guards will be placed about the prem- ises. Pl L PERSONAL. Dr. G. H. Morrill of St. Louis is at the Palace. Governor Sparks of the Palace. Dr. Francis E. Williams of Tonopah is at the CGrand. T. J. Field, a banker of Monterey, is at the Palace. Mayor R. F. Johnson of Monterey is staying at the Palace. Prison Director Don Ray of Galt is registered at the Lick. ‘W. G. Purnell, a merchant of Sacra- mento, is at the Grand. State Senator Thomas Flint Jr. San Juan is at the Palace. T. B. Rickey, a prominent mining man of Nevada, is registered at the Palace. Allen Waters, a prominent insur- ance man of Cincinnati, and wife are registered at the Palace. Alfred Lindley, superintendent of Nevada is at of the Klamath Lake Railroad, is down| from Laird and staying at the Palace. Josiah Barnett, a member of the banking firm of W. S. McCornick & Co. of Salt Lake City, is staying at the Palace. George F. Richardson, superinten- dent of transportation of the South- ern Pacific Company, leaves to-day for New Orleans on a business trip. The position of manager of the Citi- zens' Alliance of San Francisco, which had been offered to Mr. John P. Irish, has been declined by that gentleman and another selection will be made by the organization. TRACK PATROLLER IS KILLED BY AN ENGINE Southern Pacific. Employe Is Run Down by Special Train at Dos Palos. LOS BANOS, Feb. 15.—An extra en- gine running light with a caboose, south bound, struck and instantly killed Ed McDermott, a track patroller, at the north edge of Dos Palos at 8:50 o’clock this evening. McDermott was on his velocipede, and owing to the storm was not seen by the engineer until the acci- dent occurred. The same engine struck a patrolman’s velocipede just south of Volta, but the man escaped injury by Jumping The shotz | RAIN WELCOME, County Promises to Develop Into a Great Downpour ot T Special Dispatch to The Call. | SAN JOSE, Feb. 15.—A number of showers occurred early this evening and a light rain now falling promises to continue during the night. A south wind to-day leads to the belief another storm is setting in. While there is not need of rain at present, everybody welcomes it. Up to noon to-day 4.95 inches had fallen for the season, against 10.13 inches for last ason. | The Santa Clara ollege ather bu- reau predicts a heavy storm and abun- dant rain to follow if adverse | does not intervene. REDDING, Feb. 15.—A severe rain- storm, extending as far north as Duns- muir, *d the Sacramento River to rise rapidly. The stream is fifteen feet above normal and this evening is rise ing at the rate of a foot an hour. It is feared a portion or all of the county » | bridge over the stream at this point will be carried away, as the structure is in the midst of repairs and is necess rily weakened. A landslide 200 long on the i County is having a series of severe | storms this season. In one recently the rainfall amounted to 5.20 inches. Another rain began in this city Sun- ay, being only a slight drizzle during the day. Early Monday morning the rain began falling heavily and at 7 o'clock the rain gauge measured 1.05 inches. Since that time inches have fallen. The record for this year is .52 inch Two railroad disasters are recorded from the recent storm. The morning train south bound on the California { Northwestern was delayed by a hug: landslide on the Ukiah-Cloverdale di- vision. Many loosened from a hill at Hogans Cut, near Echo, and covered the railroad tracks for a considerable distance. A delay of more than four hours was caused by the slide and many pas- sengers were discommoded. On the Southern Pacific’s branch from this city an engine and caboose were thrown from the tracks and overturned in the soft mud by the rails slip- ping from beneath the heavy en- gine Sunday afternoon. The ca- boose has been replaced on the rails, but the engine has so far resisted the efforts of a large number of men and a steam derrick and still Hes helpless where it fell. The track, which was torn up for a considerable distance by the derailing of the engine and ca- bcose, has been reconstructed and !;’ains are again running on schedule time. over five inches of rain fell. and streams are brimful of water and rush to the sea. roads, as there are many low places where the water stands for a consider- able depth during heavy downpours. ‘WILLITS, Febgl5.—This place is ex- periencing one of the worst storms in years. pany is under light and power. tion of the storm letting up soon, and should it continue over night railroad traffic is liable to be suspended. SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 15.—Rain began falling here at midnight apd conditions indicate a heavy downfall. STOCKTON, Feb. 15.—Rain began falling here at 4 o'clock this afternoon and continued throughout the night, the fall up to midnight being .58, mak- ing 2.52 for the month and 6.79 for. the season. All parts of the county are now well supplied with moisture and crops are in excellent condition. FRESNO, Feb. 16.—Rain began fall- ing here about 10:30 last night and has kept up steadily ever since, promising the finest downpour of the season. Oc- water, 1 BUT NOT NEEDED Light Drizzle in Santa Clara| wind | feet | 15.—Sonoma | about two | tons of earth became | The present rain bids fair to eclipse | the record of the previous storm, when | Creeks | have attained a great velocity in the | If the rain continues | it would do greater damage to rafl- | Creeks are overflowing their | banks and the electric lighting com- | shutting off | There is no indlca- | WARSHIP SAILS T0 CUANTANAMO The Auxiliary Cruiser Prairie Leaves Colon With a Battal- ion of Marines on Board AN S COLON, Feb. 15.—The United | States auxiliary cruiser Prairie with a battalion of marines on board, un- der command of Major Lucas, left here to-night for Guantanamo. It is said that from that port she will go to Santo Domingo. The withdrawal of these marines om the isthmus before the ratifica- tion of the treaty between Panama and the United States is regarded as an indication of the belief on the part of the American authorities that there no probability of immediate between Colombia and Pan- Neverthless the warships of the States are continuing their patrol of the entire Pana- hostilitie ama. United AN DOMINGO, Monday, Feb. 8.— | The United States cruisers Minneap- | olis and Columbia arrived here this | motning and a vessel of the Clyde line is expected. The senior Americ: | naval officer has no instructions | protect American ships while unload- ing here. The Minneapolis and the auxillary cruiser Yankee are to leave here this ternoon. No action has yet been taken by the American warships to- ward obtaining satisfaction for the re- cent killing of a machinist of tha | Yankee and the firing on the Ameri- dn flag by the insurgents. — ‘O CONTINUANCE ID THE CUNNINGHAM CASE | R | Prosecution mot Locate Two Prin- cipal Witnesses in Trial of Ba- kersfield Oil Man. BAKERSFIELD, Feb. 15.—Late this afternoon Judge Bennett refused the | continuance asked by the prosecution in the case of W. P. Cunningham, the oil man and former Sheriff of Santa | Fe, N. M., who is charged with the leged theft of $800 worth of drilling chinery from the Valley View Oil Com-~ pany. The motion was based on the failure to locate the main prosecuting wit- nesses, C. 8. Vezie and Joe Flory, thg men who hauled the machinery from Kern River to Sunset, doing so, accord- ing to their statements, at Cunning- ham’s orders in the belief that he had acquired title to it. Vezie himself was tried for the alleged theft and acquit- ted, his defense being that stated above. The work of getting a jury was in progress when court adjourned. —_————————— TRIAL OF COLONEL GRIFFITHS IS BEGUN Case of Los Angeles Millionaire Charged With Shooting His Wife to Be Hard Fought. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15.—The trial of Colonel Griffith J. Griffiths, the welk: known Los Angeles capitalist a%d res puted millionaire, on a charge of @s- sault and attempted murder for having shot his wife in the eye with a re- volver in their room at the Hotel Arca- dia, Santa Monica, on the 3d of last September, was called this morning in Judge Smith’s division of the Superior | Court. The case gives every promise | of being a hard-fought one on both i sides. Colonel Griffiths is defended by | the law firm of Rogers & Brown, and | District Attorney Fredericks is being | assisted in the prosecution by ex-Gov- | ernor Gage and Attorney Isadore Dock- weiler. The work of impaneling a jury is now in progress. C 2 + casional sprinkles have occurred for several days, but not till to-night did the fall begin in earnest. The rain of two weeks ago started the grass in the foothills and guaranteed feed for the cattle, which were on the verge of star- vation. Up to this hour, 12:30 & m., nearly half an inch has fallem