The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 7, 1904, Page 1

cisco for thirty midnight, April 7: TEE WEATEER. Forecast made st San Fran- San Prancisco and wicinity— Fair Thursday; light north wind changing to fresh westerly. A. G. McADIE, hours eading FRANCISCO. THURSDAY. APRIL PRICE FIVE CENTS. ELKIN LANDS A NOMINATION UNEXPECTEDLY - | REPUBLICAN SUPREME COURT VANTA | — Named for Supreme Court Justice by Pennsulvania | A delegates-at- tion and ination Robart Pit- Levi G. Mec- e nominated whose name ted to the con- t remarkable f Pennsyl- Harrisburg delegate and was con- omination of Governor r for the me bench, | Governor yesterday declined nats The party leaders then nominate Elkin, and after deilphia, Allegheny, Lancaster delegates cau- Elkin there was of his momination rt Jus. term HEARST s THE ISSUF Kansas Democrats Caucus on Eve of state Convention Permanent Chairman of the Will Be Republican Convention. WASHINGTON, April € Former 8 tary Re will be temporary 4 Speaker Cannon per- | p n of the Republican o vention at Chicago. ¥ o nce with the :-un-‘ usions of ding Republican politi- s 1 W ington, and it is un-| derstood the angements meet with the approval of those in other parts | f the country who have been con-| Jted | ————— | No Anti-Jewish Riots. | ST. PETERSBURG, April 6.—The | yress is officially authorized to deny | he report that an anti-Jewish dem- snstration has occurred at Gomel, and ilso 1o state that up to date no fur- her anti-Jewigh disturbances have securred at Odessa, Kieff, Kishinev or dsewhere. | of those clauses referring to the scale COMPANY AND CARMEN MORMON CHURCH FORMALLY RENEWS ITS ADHERENCE TO ANTI-POLYGAMY MANIFESTO CLASHING— | Ominous Outlook in Streef Railway | Troubles. | —_— Breaking In of “Students” | the Principal Matter of Dispute, | i 1| | Statemenis Are Issued by Both Sides and General Tie-Up of System | Is Imminent. | e | Case for the Employes. | President Cornelius of the Carmen’s Union notified the | members of his organization at noon yesterday that they must refuse hereafter to break in “stndents” on any line of the company. Last night the union | | issued a statement in which re- gret was expressed that the rail- { road company had not “as- | || sumed a more conciliatory atti- | | | tude,” but no intimation as to | the possibility of an immediate {1 strike was given in this state- | | ment. One of the high officials of the ynion, however, said that if the company attempted to | break in new men to-day, with the aid of instructors, trouble may ensue. . |Law’s Diolators Are Case for the Company. | | L’“,Zl:ni-zaifi,c,om' { _ The United Raitroads hxs de- nied the request of the Car- | men’s Union that the hiring of new men cease and refuses to enter into the mew agreement submitted by the employes rel- &4 e Special Dispatch to The Call SALT LAKE, April | max of a dramatic 6000 persons in the Salt Lake Taber 6.—As the cli- ative to_increased wages and | | pacle this afterncon the Church of future relations between com- o Christ of Latter Day Sa s 1 pany and men. The company, gy . Ty however, has submitted to the | |E°neral conference, formally renewed | union a form of agreement, re- | | adherence to the Woodruff manifesto newing the cxisting one in all | | against polygamy, declared that all| its provisions, cxcept as to wages, and incorporates in this document a new wage scale, of which the minimum is 25 cents an hour and the maximum 2714 cents an hour. The company announces that this scale will of contracting or sol- iages would be lia- nounced that church authorizin emnizing such m ble to excommunicatien. The pronunciamento, President Joseph Smith and any member the intreduced adopted by be enforced. It will also pro- " ! ceed this morning to break in | | Unanimously by a resolution introduced Sy by Apostle Francis M. Lyman, presi- dent of the quorum of twelve apostles, — e 3| Sed POlOWS A serious crisis in the trouble be- ”pf"“_':‘“““’i“";x < l:h;’fh“'" et twe he United Railroads and the > ’ riages have been entered inte contrary to the official declaration of President n’s Union may develop to-day, | and fears are entertained that if there | Woodruff of September 1890, com- is a clash a strike, involving in the | monly called the manifesto, which was near future other large labor unions of | issued by President Woodruff and ihis city: nity S aiiiared adopted by the church at its general Yesterday the United Railroads made | COnYerence October 6, 18%, which for- o miove. Shat ealtly dlkaxthll ThbE e bade any marriages \l-\la(i\--‘ of the officials are prepared for serious trou. | 1275 Uf the land, 1, Joseph F.. Smith, | Bhe. In Ui surty pari of 'y;“‘”a\‘ Prod. president of the “'h_ur: h of Jesus Christ e Hand and. General Manager | Of Latter Day Saints, hereby affirm Chapman of the company recelveq o | 204 declare that no such marriages call from President Cornelius and Sec. | Rave been solemnized with the sanc- retary Bowling of the union, who for- | Lo cbnsent, or, knowledge ~of . the | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and I hereby announce that any such marriages are prohibited; mally demanded that the company im- mediately cease hiring new men. The demand was promptly refused and President Holland took advantags of the occasion to remark that the com- )any intended to continue in the man- agement of its affairs as it deemed proper and meedful. This action was followed by the president of the com- pany handing to the representatives of the union the reply of the United Rail- rcads to the communication recentl sent to the latter by the carmens’ unio. | rlative to a new agreement for the twelve months, beginning May 1. In| jetter President Holland, repre- nting the executive committee of the refused to comply with the shall assume to sclemnize or enter into any such marriages he will be deemed in transgression against the church cording to the ruleé and regulations thereof and excommunicated. “JOSEPH F. SMITH, “President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.” The resolution introduced by Apostle President Smith, was as follows: “Resolved, That we, the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter 3 Day Saints, in general conference as- nds of the union for an advance | gompled, hereby approve and indorse s and for other conditions bear- | the statement and declaration of Presi- ydent Joseph F. Smith, just made to | this conference, concerning plural mar- | riages, and will support the courts of this in wa ing on the future relations between the cempany and its men plement to the original de- m i President Holland submitted | b e . to the union another form of agree. | h€ church in the enforcement thereof. ; In seconding the adoption of the reso- ment, which provides for a renewal of | " . lution he made an impassioned speech. the one existing, w > ! : A 15, with the exceptlons|,. , ecigent of the church, he de- | clared, had been accused of violatiug | a pledge made to the nation. of wages and for which he substitutes a new scale, as follows: For the first year, 5 cents per hour; « e overtime, 30 cents per hour. For thejD¢ continued. “a compact between the second year, 2% cents per hour; over- | church and the Government. There time, 31% cents per hour. For the third | C°Uld be such a pledge between the year. and thereafter, 271 cents- per|State and the nation, but there was no hour; overtime, 33 cents per hour. | such compact made at the constitu- Immediately after receiving these | tional convention. answers President Cornelius and Sec- | Church saying in its official capacity retary Bowling retired and later issued | that it approves the compact between a notification to the members of the|the State and the nation, and that it union that they must refuse to break | #PProves that portion of the constitu- in “students” on all lines of the com- | tion which forever prohibits polygamy pany. an order which they at once|and plural marriages. The adoption of agreed to comply with. Just what ac- | this resolution should forever silence tion General Manager Chapman will | those who accuse this church of break- take in this matter he refused to state ing faith.” definitely last night, but intimated that He sat down. Everybody present the company would find a means of | waited expectantly. Apostle. Lyman proceeding with the instruction of new | arose. men to-day. “As many as are in favpr of adopt- Meanwhile it had been learned that|ing this resolution will -signify it by the uplifted hand,” he said. A thicket of hands arose from the Continued on Page 2, Column 2. scene that thrilled | plural marriages are prohibited and an- | and if | any officer or member of the church | and will be liable to be dealt with ac- | Lyman, carrying out this manifesto nf; “There never was and never will be,"” | 1 approve of the | | l |1 e | | - 2 | HEAD OQF THE MORMON CHURCH AND TWO OF THE APOSTLES WHO PAR- TIC ) \IN. THE CONFERENCE IN THE SALT LAKE TABERNACLE, L WHE POLYGAMY WAS RENOUNCED UNQUALIFIEDLY: P BRAN SATS - PARKER MUST - BE REJECTED 'Regards the New York | Jurist as Corporation Candidate. i i Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LINCOLN, Nebr., April 6. —In the Commoner, issued to-night, William J. Bryan says, under the heading “Parker Not Available™: “He is, first of all, Mr. Hills candi- date, and that in itself would be suffi- | cient to raise a suspicion in regard to his position on public questions. | “Mr. Hill has made himself ~the | champion of Mr. Parker in New York, and it is'not likely ‘that he would do this without having an understanding with Mr. Parker as to his own position with the administration. It can be safe- ly taken for granted that, in case of Judge Parker’s nomination and elec- tion, Mr. Hill would be the controlling figure in the administration. ““There is no doubt that the corporate interests have an understanding with Judge Parker, for without such under- standing they would not think of sup- i porting him.” ————— PUEBLO INDIANS ARE OPPOSED TO TAXATION | 'Protest Is Made to President Against Decision of Territorial Supreme Court. SANTA FE, N. M., April 6.—At the | congress of the Pueblo Indians of the Territory held here tc-day the recent decision of the Territorial Supreme Court declaring the Pueblos citizens and their lands subject to taxation was | discussed at length. Sixty-four dele- | gates were present, representing 175 pueblos, all the pueblos being repre- sented except Jemez and Zuni. A unan- imous protest against the decision was sent to President Roosevelt, the Secre- tary of the Interior and the TIhdian | Commission. L 3 = body of the house, the galleries, the choir loft and the platform. “‘Contrary minded by the same sign."” Not a hand was lifted. ; “The motion is unanimously carried in the affirmative,” announced Apostls Lyman Mg WAR BETWEEN BULCARIA AND TURKEY NEARS Diplomatic - Relations May Be Severed) Within a Few Days. e e—— Special Dispatch to The Call. VIENNA, April 6.—The Sofia corre- spondent of the Tageblatt wires that diplomatic relations between = Turkey and Bulgiria are liable to be broken off. " Premier Petroff,"he says, after a conference with Prince Ferdinand yesterday telegraphed to Natcho- vitch, Bulgarian envoy at Constanti- nople, to leave the Turkish capital to- day if the Turco-Bulgarian agreement were not signed. Bulgiria, fearing a Turkish invasion, has decided to increase her guards on the fronti The revolutionary ele- ments also are completing théir: plans | for an uprising should the opportunity oceur. —————— BROADWAY FIRE IMPERILS WORKMEN IN SUBWAY Flames Break Out Near St. Paul’s and Smoke Blocks Egress From the Tunnel. NEW YORK, April 6.—For a half hour traffic on lower Broadway near St. Paul's Chapel was blocked to-day by a fire in the new subway, the vol- umes of smoke that poured through the few openings to the streei driving, pe- destrians away and making dlflk'ult] the work . of .the firemen, who were 1 called out in large force because of the location of the fire. R The fire broke out near the corner : of Fuiton street and Broadway, where, | beside St. Paul's Church, is the prin- cipal entrance to this section of the subway, workmen entering the tunpel at that point, so that the smoke shut off théir usual means of ‘egress, and for a time fifty or more laborers were FUGITIVE ROBBER IS CAPTURED! Noted Felon Wanted‘ in Many Cities Now in Jail. —_— Falls Into the Hands of! the Police Authorities at Tacoma. Makes a Daring Break for Liberty . by Jumping Off & fixty-Foot Em- bankment, but Is Refaken. -— | TACOMA, April 6.—Albert E. Bell, alias James E. Butler, wanted by the governments of the United States, France and England for the crime of mail robbery and in Kansas for de- frauding the Kansas City National Bank of $100,000, was arrested here to- day, made a daring break for liberty by jumping off a sixty-foot embank- ment, and was gecaptured and finally landed safely in jail. When searched a number of letters, all addressed to Portland (Or.) mer- chants from points along the Seattle and International Railroad in this State and British Columbia, were found in his possession, all containing checks or money orders. When closely questioned Bell stated that he and his companion had stolen a mail pouch from a truck in front of the Seattle depot last Sunday morning, and had secured $1700 in checks and money or- ders, $700 of which they had convert- ed into cash. It is alleged that Bell is the same man who was captured at Denver on October 3, 1903, and who made a sen- sational escape from the detectives as the train was coming to a stop in the depot at- Philadelphia, whither he was being . taken. Under various aliases, the best known being Hammond and Crosby, he has operated from one end of the country to the other. It is al- leged that when apprehended in Den- ver he had been guilty of robberies inJ excess of $500,000. The police had received telegraphic information that Bell was in this city and, after locating him, placed him and a companion named Schreber under ar- rest. Both men submitted peaceably. but when just in front of the jail Bell | broke away and jumped over the em- bankment, landing in the railroad yards below. In the confusion Schreber | was released and walked off, but was recaptured. The police boarded a street car and hurried to the foot of the incline to head off Bell and, after a hunt among the hundreds of cars, the officers, assisted by about fifty other men, finally caught him and took him to prison. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 6.—Albcrt} E. Bell is not accused of any crime in Kansas City, but he served a term in the Jefferson City penitentiary for a daring mail pouch robbery in the Union station here. Bell is accused of mail pouch robberies in various Eastern cities. He gained notoriety last Octo- ber by a sensational escape from two deputy United States Marshals who were taking him from Denver, where he had been arrested, to Philadelphia, for trial for an alleged robbery. When the party had nearly reached their destination Bell jumped from a rapidly moving train. Nothing had been heard of him until fo-day. . ———————— ATTEMPT TO DYNAMITE THE KING OF SPAIN Bomb Is Thrown as Young Alfonso Is Leaving the Exhibition at Barcelona. MADRID, April 7.—An offi cial telegram from Barcelona | states that as King Alfonso was leaving the exhibition a “petard” exploded, injuring two peasants. One arrest was made. KING VISITS HOTBED OF REPUBLICANISM Alfonso of Spain and Ministers Mau- rav and Linarez Arrive at 2 Catalina. BARCELONA, April 6.—King Alfon- so arrived here to-day for a fortnight's visit to Catalina. The King, who was accompanied by Premier Mauray and Minister Linarez and a number of his suite had a respectful reception, which has not been marred thus far by any untoward event. _The visit of the King to Barcelona, the hotbed of republicanism, has been causing the greatest disquietude in offi- cial quarters, since it was feared the penned in and in dire peril. ‘How- ever, one block farther down, the street, at the cormer of Dey street, it had been found necessary to open the street and build a massive wooden platform in place of the usual paving. After a few minutes’ work .an. opening was ‘made and the laborers were helped out to safetv. 1% 2 ! TR 3 B Republicans and Socialists would seize on the opportunity to vent on the King thels hatred of Premier Maurav, whose strong methods of dealing with the strike rioters have made him accord- ingly unpopular. Large numbers of anarchists and other suspicious char. acters arrived during the past week and as a precautionary measure were arrested. SENATOR GOES TO JAIL FOR SIX MONTHS | EPH BUR' THE CON- VICTED UNITED STATES SEN- ATOR FROM KANSAS R ] Burton of Kansas Is Sen- | tenced to a Fine and Imprisonment, KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 6.—United States Senator Joseph R. Burton of Kansas, recently convicted of receiving fees illegally from the Rialto Grain and Securities Company, as their attorney, was to-day given a sentence of six months in jail and was fined $2500 by ‘Judgfi Adams in the United States Dis- ! trict Court here. | Judge Adams, summoning Semator | Burton to stand up, spoke of the mo- | tions that had been filed for a new trial and for arrest of judgment. .The court, after briefly reviewing the mo- tions, overruled them both. The court then said to the defendant: “Have you anything to | why sentence should neot be | upon you?” | Trembling and evidently suppressing | his emotions with a strong effgrt, Sen- ator Burton stood leaning with both | hands on a chair back, as he said: | “Your Honor will please allow me to ! respectfully decline to say anything.” | The courtroom was almost -empty, | with the exception of a few persoms | interested it~ the previous case, who | had remained out of curiosity, and the silence was almost oppressive as Judge | Adams, in low, modulated tones, be- | gan delivering the sentence. The court | said: | “After a fair and impartial trial by a jury of exceptional intelligence you | have been found suilty of the offenses charged in the indictment against you. { “A motion for a new trial in your behalf has afforded me an opportunity to carefully review and consider the evidence. As a result of this I am satisfied that the jury reached the just and true result. The evidence abun- { dantly warranted their verdict, and I find no reason, either in the law gov- erning the case or in the proceedings attending the trial, for disturbing it. | “Your conviction necessarily resuits in vour vunishment. Its importance, |in my opinion, is not confined to its | effect upon you. “Your exalted station in life and the character of your offense give un- | usual significance to your conviction. | It demonstrates that the law of the land is equal to any emergency, and | that it can be administered regardless | of the personality or station of the ac- | cused. It also demonstrates. to all the people that public office cannot be prostituted to self-serving purposes | and that public office is not a sure or | safe passport to private thrift. “The humiliation attending your con- viction and the statutory disqualifica- tions resulting therefrom, which for- ever incapacitate you from holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the Government of the United States, are in themselves heavy punishment for your offenses, and leave but little in the way of severity which could be added. “It is neither my pleasure nor pur- pose to impose any unnecessary pun- ishment. I think the majesty of the law will be sufficiently vindicated and the public welfare sufficiently safe- guarded by imposing a single sentence, warranted. as it is, on any one of the six counts of indictments on which you | were convicted. “This sentence will be that you be confined in the Iron County Jail for a period of six months, and that you pay |a.fine of two thousand, five hundred dollars.” At the conclusion of the sentence, Senator Burton, who had not taken his jeyes from the court and who had scarcely moved as he supported him- self by the chairback, turned and sat down, with his head bowed and his eyes on the floor. Attorney Krum immediately filed a bill of exceptions in the case and of- | fered a bond for $10,000, which was ac- cepted. The case will now be appealed to the United States District Court of Appeals. Senator Burton, who is senior Senator from Kansas, was convicted after an 1 exhaustive trial, in which various let- ters from him to the Rialto Grain and Securities Company, the checks which he received in payment for his services in behalf of the concern before the Postoffice Department and the testi- mony of numerous agents of the Gov- ernment were introduced. Senator Bur- ton's defense was that he was acting merely in the capacity of an attormey and did not employ his Senatorial im- fluence in the work. say as to passed