The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1904, Page 1

matie Calife O-N—"w the Eighty Chutes—Vaudeville. Col: — “Mam’selle Napo- Pischer's—"Ki=mnet.” Grand—“Divorcons.” Mechanics’ Pavilion—Circus. o:gnn—'mwnu. Matinee " en's Flats.” World in SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1904 PRICE FIVE CENTS. REFERS TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY Wit of Grosvenor Enlivens House Debate. Ohioan Exchanges Repartee With De Armond. s WASHINGTON, April 5.—The pro- oeedi in the House to-day were speeches by De Armond venor, the former attacking icans for fallure to order to the revise the ding the jing Presi- e played the pass- law and the con- an canal. epublican mem- De Armond said men of cour- as an or- e afraid of your roc y a for President, he he White aos,” and in- t had done he people. eral debate on Armond, leaders of r an attempt to cover up Grosvenor d in any one of he administration of vernment and by remarked that the House knew B in the face of the House 1e charge y were covering up and pro- g to know that ~ mewhere, had commit- He declared, amid e the reference to t in the House the had gone through a series opposed to investi- e nquired De Armond manifest reason,” said Gr that the department has X roughly investigated. All - bare ad been shown i Washington, York and referring to the St . lin elsewhere. ¥ every- followed an to as Democratic vour libei- purpose of vour ¥ ment —_———— TWO BANKS ARE FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS Institutions at Akron, Ohio, and Mec- Leod, Okla., in the Hands of Receivers, Ohio, Apr The AKRON Bar Comm Al ror Savings K its doors The G. W ceivers of the appointed Seiber 1 htel re- ted tutior actior the iation was prec Akror compelling clearings in ca William ¥ bank. Tt has 000 and arin the <h ba its htel is president of the Kk of $200,- iting to about t of the rday $1,151,000 deposits An official stateme owed its resources to be th liabilities the game GUTHRIE, Okla., April 5 Bank at McLeod al of $10,000 am » The Citi- Okla., with a closed its doors to- day as a result of the failure of the Capitol National. M. R. Sturtevant tional Bank Cxaminer, reached here io0-day and took charge of the Capitol National. He instructed the officers of the bank to talk of its affairs and declines to make a state- ment until a thorough exami ion of the institution’s books has been made. Other local banks plan to assume the ligations. ——— MceGarry's Conviction Affirmed. LANSING, Mich., April 5.—The Su- preme Court to-day aflirmed the con- not are considering a defunct bank’'s ob- viction in the Circuit Court of Thomas ¥F. McGarry, a prominent Grand Rapids attorney, on 2 charge of bribery in cone feal. fon with the water asked, | | B | _,),,,,’g/s: GOS \ENOE AS A “HELTER-SKELTER CROWD” LEADERS THE NA NA INTATIV RIVAL PARTY FLOOR OF OF REPRE [ TTORNEY STARTLES THE JURY Dead Man Imaginary Witness in a Chi- cago Court, h to The Call CHICAGO, A scene was enacted in Judge Chytraus’ to-day when State's Barbour grave Cornelius Van Zand- Special Dispat April & dramatic Assistant feigned to summon court Attorney from the wick man has been on trial a week in that whose murder George Free- court. Pointing in a dramatic manner to the | empty chair the Assistant State’s Attorney told the jury that he had summoned -Van Zandwick from his grave to confront the man on trial for murder. With awe-stricken faces the jurors leaned forward and gazed at the chair, apparently as interested as if the dead had come to life and sat before them as a witness. Freeman turned ale and gazed lessly at his lawyers. The widow and two children af Van Zandwick broke into tears as the attorney put question after question to the vacant chair Not a sound could be heard in the courtroom as Barbour pictured the witness sitting there, bleeding and wounded. In a graphic manner the attorney demonstrated to the jury just how he believed Van Zandwick would act and what evidence he would give were he really on the witness stand. Repeated protests were made by the defendant’s counsel, but the court per- mitted the Assistant State’s Attorney to proceed. When as a climax Bar- bour carried the minds of the jurors to Oakwood Cemetery the “witness” was again returned to his grave and the jury was asked to sentence Free- man to death, Thegdefendant is accused of shoot- ing Van Zandwick, who was a porter |in Freeman's saloon in Harvey. | Burton Delays Action. : ST. LOUIS, April 5.—The bill of ex- | ceptions in the case gf United States witness | Senator Burton of Kansas was not {filed in the United States District { Court to-day by the defense. Counsel for the defense carefully went over the | bill to-day and inspected it and it is probable that it will formally be in court to-morrow. If a new trial is not granted Senator Burton upon the fil- ing of the bill of exceptions he will e sentenced. AUDACIOUS | SCHEME OF ~ RIDNAPERS ‘Confession of a Plot 10 Steal Son of Special Dispatch to The Call CHICAGO, April 5.—That an auda- cious scheme to kidnap John D. Rockefeller Jr. and hold him for a ransom of $10,000,000 was part of the plans of the “automatic trio” was ad- mitted by Peter Neidemeier in County Jail. According to the bandit’s | confession he and Vandine intended to attend the billionaire’s Sunday-school class and carry the teacher away to | Philadelphia. | | “The idea occurred to me when I | was in New York,” said Niedemeier. “I stood outside the church and thought how piece of business would bring us millions of dollars in- stead of the paltry hundreds that we were making by saloon ‘stick-ups.’ Of course, it would have taken time, but then a man can afford to wait a it would be to do a have to get money, too. “We were going to New York with | good ‘fronts’ and going to join Rocke- feller's Sunday-school class. I ain't | much on religion and never was, but I would. have made a good scholar [ with all that money in sight. When [ we got a good chance we were going iw grab the teacher and put him in a | cab. | “I had a house picked out down | near the docks on the river, where we | would have kept Rockefeller until |some of his folks handed out that 3310.000‘000. which would have been i pretty quick.” | —_——— | ROCK ISLAND EXECUTES HEAVY MORTGAGE DEED | Instrument Involving $163,000,000 anad Running Thirty Years Is Filed in Nebraska. ? OMAHA, Nebr., April 5.—A mort- | 8age deed of $163,000,000 was to-day imod in the office of .the Register of | Deeds of Douglas County. The instru- | ment is executed by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rallway Company | to the Central Trust Company of New York and covers all the lines and nearly 4000 miles of track in six dif- ferent States. The mortgage is known as the “first and refunding gold bonds mortgage” and runs for a period of thirty years from April 1, 1904, —— Rioters to Be Arrested. HAVANA, April 5—Warrants were issued to-day for the arrest of former Congressman Loinas Castillo, Pedro Sotolonango, editor of El Liberal, and D. Martin Valdez, police inspector, charged with inciting the public to riot in yesterday’s disorder in the House of Representatives. the | with Rockefeller that | while for $10,000,000, and we would | | branches of that company, including | SANTA FE STRIKE MAY NOW BEGIN Secret Orders Sent to Los Angeles Machinists. for Emergencies in the South, Hundred Deputies Are Wanfed at fan Bernardino Shops. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, April 5.—If the ex- pected happens the strike which has been threatened on the entire Santa Fe | morning at 8 o'clock. There have been | so many alarms of this character since | the trouble between the machinists and railroad officials began that some of the latter are disposed to doubt the reports which have been received by the men to-night and to assert that there will be no strike. Others equally conserv- ative are taking the other view of it and through their efforts the railroad | company to-night made preparations to meet almost any emergency. The report that the men would be ordered to walk out at the hour men- | tioned was received from Chicago and | by the men themselves. It was trans- | mitted secretly, and it is their admitted | expectation that matters will reach a | climax to-morrow. They decline | state what their plans are, but there | is among those of them who are mem- | bers of the Machinists' Union a stolid reserve and they will got deny, that they will strike. = If they ‘get the wdrd from the East they will quietly walk out. ; “I'll tell you this,” said a machinist | at the Santa Fe roundhouse to-night, | “if there is a strike there will be no | violence., If we strike we will go s far as anybody to protect the com- | pany’s property. It all depends upon | what our officers in the Kast decide. | We have submitted our case and the | decision will soon be known.” Anticipating they know not just what, the local Santa Fe officials this evening enlisted the services of Charles Elton, who yesterday resigned the office of Chief of Police. He admitted that | he had been engaged, but would not | discuss the matter further than to say | that he was fully prepared for any | emergency. He has twenty picked men |at his command and has instructed | them to report to him to-merrow morn- |ing. He says they are to be used only in an emergency. At San Bernardine to-night a request | was made upon the authorities for the | appointment of 100 additional deputies. The shops of the company are there, and that point will be the center of ope- rations in the event of trouble. General Manager Wells of the Santa Fe lines in Southern California denied | to-night that any trouble was expect- ed. He stated that the company's po- | sition with reference to the demands of the men is known and there would be no deviation from it. He intimated that preparations have been made to | meet any possible contingency If the strike is declared it will affect mainly the machinists and with them the roundhouse employes and helpers, but the employes of the operating de- partment will not take part in the trouble. ———— PORTO RICANS WANT TO NEGOTIATE A LOAN Representatives Confer With Cabinet Officials and Ask Federal Aid. 2 WASHINGTON, April 5.—A delega- | tion of representative Porto Ricans, in- cluding P. Willoughby, treasurer of | the island; R. H. Post, auditor, and | Manuel Domemick. 4 member of the | Insular ~ House of Representatives, | have arrived in Washington for the | purpose of placing a loan of $3,000,000. It is not expected the money can be obtained here, but the members of the delegation desire to acquaint them- selves with the best method of proce- i dure, and especially desire to . secure some sort of recognition of their loan by the National Government which would give their bonds a good stand- ing in the market. They have seen Secretary Taft and Seccretary Shaw, and expect to confer with Colonel Ed- wards, chief of the Insular Bureau. — WILL FIX STANDING OF PANAMA BONDS Introduced Provides That Se- curities May Be Used as Basis of Circulation. WASHINGTON, April 5.—The Senate | Committee on Finance to-day author- ized Senator Aldrich to report an amendment to the bill for the govern- ment of the Panama canal zone, giving to the canal construction bonds all the rights and privileges of the outstand- ing 2 per cent Government bonds, The effect is to allow national banks to use the bonds as‘a basis of circula- tlon. i Bill Railroad Company Prepares, {Former Police Chief Engaged and| Railroad system will bégin to-morrow | to | ELECTIONS IN | | | Il I I | \ | B e |Chicago Uoters Fa- vor Municipal Ownership. CHICAGO, April 5.—In the municipal election to-day the Republicans elected eighteen Aldermen, the Democrats six- teen, and one independent Republican, who repudiated the “machine” in the Sixth Ward, was chosen a member of the Councili “The iast - Council was composed of thirty-six Republicans, thirty-two Democrats, one independent Democrat and one Socialist. The next Council will be formed of thirty-six Republicans, thirty-one Democrats, two independents (one of whom is.a Democrat and the other a Republican) and one Socialist. The chief interest in the election, however, centered in the vote on pro- posed municipal ownership of the street railways. In this connection what is known as the Mueller law, passed by | the last State Legislature, was submit- ted to the people. The law authorizes| cities in Illinois to construct, own, ope- rate and lease street railways and to| provide the means therefér. On this proposition the vote stood 152,434 for the proposition and 30,014 against; on | the proposition that the city should at | once take over the street railways into | its control the vote stood 120,744 for, | 50,892 against. | For the temporary licensing of street | railways until such time as the city is| prepared to take them over the vote| was 120,181 for and 48,056 against. On/| the question of whether or not the| members of the Board. of Education | should be elected by direct vote of the people instead of by executive appoint- ment and a confirmation by the City Council, as in the present usage, the vote was 115,553 for and 58,432 against. ROSE MILWAUKEE. Democratic Mayor Re-Elected , by a Large Plurality. MILWAUKEE, April 5.—Mayor David S. Rose, Democrat, carried the city in the municipal election, having a plurality-of 5912 over G. D. Goff, Re- publican. V. L. Berger. Social Demo- crat, ran more than 2000 votes behind Goff. The vote for Mayor is.as fol- lows: Rose, 23,515; Goff, 17,603; Berger, 15,333. 3 The Democrats also control the Com- mon Council, elected twenty-six mem- bers, the Republicans eleven and the Social Democrats nine. Five hundred thousand dollars was voted for a municipal lighting plant. Returns from municipal elections in the State of Wisconsin outside of Mil- waukee from which returns had been recelved up to. midnight showed Re- publican and Democratic victories to be about evenly. divided in the con- tests. There were few local fights of general interest. For Supnreme Court Justice Louis K. Luz of Superior and James C. Kerwin of Neenah are:run- ving as non-partisan edndidates. The former is the candidate of the so-called stalwart faction of the Republican party and the latter is the administra- tion candidate. Incomplete returns in- dicate 7000 majority for Luz. BRI Tl A KANSAS CITY'S LANDSLIDE. One Police Judge the Only Democrat to Be Elected. KANSAS €ITY, April 5.—Unofficial returns from one-third of the city as- sure the election of the whole Repub- lican city ticket, headed by Jay H. Neff for Mayor, by pluralities ranging from CITIES OF THE EAST | marble room to-day was one that Gen- | the former Secretary of War, could not i sible 1000 to, , except that Police Judge Bra date, is probably re-elected by a small piurality. The new Council will have a Republican majority. The city gov- ernment has been in the hands ot y, Democratic and Labor candi- | MANY | | | 11 | | i Jormcr; Zhrrrre. E B MILWAUKEE" ED, AND FOR GOVE S' MAYOR, RE-ELECT POSSIBLE NOMINE! RNOR OF NEW YORK. 1 Porter Is Mentione for Governor of New York. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, April 5.—Among the interesting rumors passed around among administration Senators in the Vil CEBERIOR e SO . il d eral Horace Porter, Embassador to France, would be urged for Repub- lican candidate fcr Governor of New York: It was said that if Mr. Root, be induced to stand for the Governor- 8hip, General Porter might be brought forward as an alternative proposition. It is now regarded as practically cer tain that Mr. Root will be either per- manent or temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention at Chicago, and he is known to have said that after that he wished to retire from politics completely and devote his at- tention to the practice of law. Friends of the President here are very much gratified to find such strong sentiment among New York Republicans in favor of Mr. Root for the Governship, but they fear that, however great the pres- sure, he may feel compelled to decline to run. In this event the first alterna- tive heard of in Washington is General Porter, and it is believed that the sug- gestion meets the approval of the sup- perters of the administration. « Should General Porter become a can- | didate he .would, of course, resign his | position as Embassador to France. AR CLEVELAND IS FOR PARKER. | Regards the Jurist as a Safe and Con- servative Democrat. NEW YORK, April In a dispatch to the World from Princeton, N. J., former President Cleveland is quoted as finding in the movement looking to the nomination of Judge ‘Alton B. Parker for the Presidency the “greatest pos- | relief. and satisfaction.” Mr. | Cleveland is further reported to have | said: i “I do not see how.any one professing | to be a real, intelligent Democrat can | hesitate to accept Mr. Parker, if he | should be nominated, as a fit repre- | sentative. of safe and (:onser\'a!ive‘i i i i i Democratic . principles, entitled to hearty wd)nreserved Democratic sup- PORE” - P According to the World's correspond- ent Mr. Cleveland said regarding lhe] platform of his party this year: “There are certain Democratic doc-! trines believed in by the conservatiye -element of the party which wili control at St. Louis. These doctrines should, in no event, be evaded. Such of these the | as appear to furnish at this time the Democrats for four years, and two | most valuable campaign issues should Continued on Page 3, Column 4. |should be be given the most prominence and announced in such a wav as (OLLEGE PROESSOR ~ASSALLTED Lies Unconscious as Result of the Attack. William Sherwood, Chemis- try Instructor, Sand- bagged. Two Thugs Stop Him While He Is Returning From the Postoffice at Midnight. Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, April 6. Professor William Sherwood of the chemistry department of the Univer- sity of California was the victim of a mysterious and brutal assault at mid- night last night. He is now lying at the home of D. W. Albee in an uncon- scious condition and it is feared his skull is fractured. The professor's assailants made no demand for his valuables before at- tacking him and were frightened away | by the approach of other people im- mediately after the assault. While their motive was probably robbery, it was not shown by any words they ut- tered nor by any act after the attack. Professor Sherwood was returning from the Postoffice, to which he had gone to mail some letters. Near the corner of Fulton street and Durant avenue two men approached him, walking some feet apart. He passed between them, and as he did so one of them struck him from behind with a sandbag, and the other, drawing a revolver, told him not to yell. Professor Sherwood, half stunned, | staggered away from the men. At that moment Assemblyman W. H. Waste and his wife and D. W. Albee came along. At sight of them the thugs ran, dis- appearing in the darkness. Sherwood fell to the walk. Before he lost con- sciousriess he gave brief details of the attack. The injured man was carried to Mr. Albegs home and Dr. Stella Lehr was called. She found a cut in the scalp and took six stitches in it. Officers are scouring the city in hopes of capturing Professor Sherwood's as- sailants. SRS BANDIT WITH SHOTGUN. Holds Up and Robs O. R. Ludwig on Outskirts of Point Richmond. POINT RICHMOND, April 5~A man with a shotgun held up O. R. Ludwig on the outskirts of Point Richmond this evening and after taking every- thing he had, made his escape, shot- gun and all. The thief only got a few dollars and a watch. Ludwig drove into Point Richmond and gave the alarm and a posse was formed. It scoured the country with- out finding the trgil of the man. He was smooth shaven, round faced, about 30 years of age, and wore a dark suit of clothes. —_—————— GOVERNMENT STARTS SUIT AGAINST NEELY Action Is Begun to Pecover Part Amount Involved in Alleged Defalcation. NEW YORK, April 5.—The suit of the United States against Charles F. Neely, former director of finance for the postoffices of Cuba, was commenced to-day before Judge Lacombe and a jury in the United States Circuit Court The suit is brought by the Government nominally to have a court determine of jexactly the amount of the alleged Neely defalcation in Cuba, but in reality the United States seeks to hold the $20,000 in cash which it has attached, nd which was deposited as bail by Neely, and about $15,000 of other property be- onging to him which is also under Fed- eral attachment. According to Special Attorney Jones, the amount of the al- leged defalcation will amount to $150,000. AL Sy o G to exclude all doubt as to.their mean- ing and all appearance of compromise.” O A SRR Hearst Victory in Ohio. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 5.—The Democratic State Central Committee met here to-day and decided to hold the State convention at Columbus on May 24 and .25. R. L. Starr, a sup- porter of W. R. Hearst for President, was chosen temporary chairman. Friends of Hearst were jubilant over the result. ——— Hepburn Is Renominated. CRESTON, Iowa, April 5.—The Re- publican Congressional Convention of the Eighth Iowa District to-day re- nominated Congressman William P. Hepburn. The resolutions are of the “stand pat” variety, as opposed to the “Jowa idea.” — . ¥olk Not After High Honors. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 5.—Jo- seph W. Folk stated to-night that he would not accept the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States if it were offered to him.