The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1904, Page 1

Tivo] 3 Matinees at All e Theaters To-Day. XCV—NO. 13L VOLU SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IEARST GIVES [P THE FIGHT Aspirant for Presi- dential Honors Retires. g s Telegram Contains State- ment of Preference for Journalism. Chicago Managers Furiously Deny That Effort to Secure Democratic Nom- ination Is Abandoned HARRIMANS NANE STIRS ILL'S TRE Railway Magnate Says Sharp Words | - in Chicago. Protest ol—l’;;,s—i(fint of thel Southern Pacific "Not S0 “Friendly.” {Decree of the Supreme Court in the Securities Case Now Being Com- plied With Promptly. to The Call | J. Hi, v magnate, arrived here this New York, and left to- s home in St. Paul. He will | st, and 1 8.—James i inspect both the Great Northern & o by his pe and Northern Pa roads. Excepting s the time spent at the Chicago Club for rs gc ar 1 text an out- g he was telephoning the ck to the Western Union for urts will pass upon the: awrence now says the message |said Hill, with some impatience. was & cipher and does not mean what i em proud of some of the facts regard- t seems tc W] Committeeman s Demo- lunch, Mr. Hill was at the Burlington | beadquarters ¥ conferring with | i1 t n system. He | £ extremely st Harriman conceal it anner, however, did as worried over urities case—either Supreme Court or n’s attempt to thwart | r dissolving it. | d faith and promptly we're | g with the decree of the FU-} Ceourt that the Northern Securi- be dissolved,” said ing this, so our coun- | a way both legally and | | Ing the Northern Securfties Company,” | he continued poration Now apart to do of “We put together a cor- with a capital of $400,000,000. | that are forced to take it | we are fortunate in being able so with an increase in the as- | the company of $40.000,000. The | of making and maintaining two and a half years 147, This is about three- | dredths of one per cent of the cap- zation. There is no room there for rake-off for promoters or offi- we $147,000. nner changed instantly. His said: RELIEVE HAS fashed o3 he AN ALLIANCE WITH CHINA ) S Sk propose to pass Canadians Do Not Understand Disal- AR of e mutives vance of Chinese Act Passed by the islature. Provincial I lisallowance the Legisla- he tently | by s His Secret Thomas Mec- at the Pajaro He ¥ dmin- ation. ——— Found Murdered in a Deserted Mill. 1 say. [ AKES POISON | AND ENDS LIFE A. A. Stuart, Formerly of| San Franciseo, Kills Him- self in Los Angeles Hotel | . LOS ANGELES, April 8.—A. Stuart, a civil engineer about 50 years old and a former employe of the Vul- |can Iron Works, San Francisco, was | found dead this afternoon in his room at the Westminster Hotel. He had" committed suicide by swallowing cya- | nide of potassium. 1 Stuart had been at the Westminster | since March 28. It is believed he took | he poison some time during Wednes- day night. His room was not entered | by the servants on Thursday and it | s not until this afternoon that an | employe of the hotei investigated the | absence of the guest and found Stuart’s body lying on the bed, divested of coat and ves On a stand was a paper containing a quantity A. | of cyanide of i FREENO, April 8—W re- Potassium and a glass from which a | ceived this morning from B de- Portion of the poison evidently had | serted shingle mill, one mile east of ' Peen drunk. | Ockenden, in the mountains of the Stuart's farewell message, presum: finding of the body of H. H. Tracy. A & for the Coroner, penned shortly | buliet hole in the skull suggests the |Pefore he took the fatal dose, lay on | theory of murder, jnasmuch as no the table. It is dated 11:35 p. m., April weapon was found in the mill. Wild|$ 1904, and reads: enimals had entered the cabin and dis- | _“In & few minutes I-will be a corpse. the body. Tracy had been dead : Pon’t take any trouble in this matter or four days. He was a mill —_——— Will Be Tried for Forgery. TACOMA, Wash., April 8.—Arthur Bell, the noted mail-pouch robber. was turned over to the Sheriff to-day | to be tried in the State Court for forg- | ing names to checks he obtained from | mail sacks at Seattle. Bell says| Schrieber, his partner, who was also | arrested, is a young boy who was E bringing him a message from his wife. Schrieber claims he is not a party te eny¥ of the crooked transactions of Bell. as to cause. The cyanide of potassium is deadly and rapid. I regret the trou- 1ble I may cause to strangers, yet feel { 80 tired and discouraged that I cannot resist the temptation to rest, { r “A. A. STUART.” Stuart formerly lived with hls wite at the Atlanta Hotel, 452 Ellis street. He left here a few days ago on a busi- ness trip to Los Angeles. He had been sick for several years and was despondent at times. He was about 45 years of age and came here from New York, where he is said to have relatives residing | ceived at military | the troops, KAISER'S DIPLOMACY IS AT WORK TO SAUVE FROM LOSS OF PRESTIGE THE ENDANGERED TRIPLE ALLIANCE | i | { | | + ] | | RULERS OF THE EUROPEAN NATIONS IN THE.TRIPLE ALLIANCE - WH: HAS BECOME A TOPIC OF INTER BECAUSE OF - THE & s PORTED EFFORTS TO PREVENT ITS LOSS OF PRESTIGE. g KAISER'S RE- FACE SQUAD 0F TROOPS 0N RETURN ——— Telluride Miners Are Again Banished Frwmp. TELLURIDE, Colo., April delegation of deported Telluride union miners, who have been living at Ouray since their eviction from this camp, returned here to-night. Word of their departure from Ouray had been r®- headquarters and Adjutant General Bell, in command of immediately ordered out the entire military.force remaining in camp, consisting of about eighty men, and at the same time sent a request to Sheriff Rutan for assistance In quelling any trouble that might arise upon the arrival of the deported men. As the train drew into the station a cordon of troops was thrown around it and almost immediately 200 armed citizens appeared upon the scene and surrounded - the troops and train. Un- der the direction of the military offi- cers the unionists were separated from the other passengers on the train as they alighted, searched and lined up along the station platform. When all had left the train they were marched under escort of the troops and the citizen guard to the opera house, where they were given supper. At 9 o'clock they were returned to the train with the exception of eight of the party and taken aboard. Com- manded by General Bell, a detail of thirty soldiers also boarded the train, which almost immediately started for Ridgeway, the first station out from Telluride, The participation of Sherift Butan and citizens of Telluride In to- night’s affair brings them in direct violation of the injunction recently is- sued by District Judge Theron Stevens of Ouray. e Smith Found Guilty of Manslaughter. KINGMAN, Ariz;, April $.—In the Dis- triet Court here to-day Thomas W. Smith was found guilty of manslaugh- ter in connection with the killing of Willam Welbourn at Smith’s Camp last February. Smith, Welbourn and Lang were partners in mining claims and became involved in a quarrel, ‘which ended in Welbourn being beaten to death and Lang and Smith severely injured. 9.—The | | — RECOVERS THOLSANDS 0N NOTES Widow of Hunting- ton Wins Big Case n the East, atch to The Call. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Ap’r!l 8.—In the Supreme Court Judge Keogh to- day signed a judgment of foreclosure in the action of Mrs. Arabella D. Hunt- ington, widow of Collis P. Huntington, against Sylvester K. Kneeland to re- cover more than $200,000 loaned by Mr. Huntington to Mr. Kneeland on notes with property as security. A referee awarded Mrs. Huntington the full amount and'Judge Keogh de- cided in her favor. To-day the lawyers gave notice of an appeal, and Judge Keogh said he would grant a stay pro- viding a bond was filed to cover. the amount of interest due Mrs. Hunting- ton from the date of the entry of the Special DI | jJudgment until the day of argument before the appellate division of the Su- preme Court. . b The property ‘involved in the suit is situated in Westchester County, New York, and will be sold at auction at a time to be designated by Judge Keogh. Nl o KEPOIKAI THE JUDGE TO SUCCEED KALUA Successor to Deposed Jurist Was Member of Bench Under _ Kingdom. WASHINGTON, April 8.—At the Cabinet meeting to-day Attorney Gen- éral Knox announced that the Presi- dent would ;appoint. A. N. Kepoikai to succeed John W. Kalua as Judge of the Second Cireuit at Honolulu, who yes- terday was removed from office. Judge Kepoikal was treasurer of Hawail, but resigned yesterday. Formerly, under the kingdom, he was Judge of the same district to which he has now been ap- pointed. 3 % WASHINGTON, April 8.—The Presi- dent will nominate James R. Parsons Jr. as United States Consul General to the City of Mexico, vice A. D, Barlow, resigned. This ‘!& ersonal appoint- ment on the part e lsrel!deqt. Mr. Parsons is a distinguished educator. Meeting of Foreign Statesmen Sig- nificant. Special Dispatch to The Call. BERLIN, April 8—The meeting be- tween Signor Tittoni, the Italian Min- ister of Foreign Affairs, and Count Goluchowsky forms the subject of a great amount of comment in the Ber- lin press. According to a dispatch from its Rome correspondent to the Lokal An- -+ zeiger, the meeting is intended to “per- fect the new situation created by ths exchange of toasts at Naples.” This shows by inference that the Triple Alliance is not all it was sup- posed to be. In fact the alliance never recovered from the effect of the famous Zanardelli interview. Italy's attach- ment to Germany from that time on was notoriously more or less platonic. If the Kaiser has succeeded in chang- ing this condition of things he has given proof high diplematic skill. But jt is clearly felt here t6 be doubt- ful whether the renewed strength. of the Triple Alliance, consequent on the Naples visit, will survive the impres- sion which the visit of President Lou- bet-will cause. For these reasons the semi-official press is straining every nerve to cause the people to believe that the Kaiser's visit and the meeting of the Italian and Austrian Foreign Ministers means a new lease of life for the Triple Al- ; liance, —_—— “OLD BILL” VOSBURG, SAFE-CRACKER, DEAD Death Claims One of the Most Notorious Criminals in the Country. NEW YORK, April 8.—Willim. H Vosburg, better known in police circles as “Old Bill” Vosburg, is dead, aged 77 years., He belonged to the old-time Dan Noble gang, who, before the organiza- tion of the detective bureau, cracked | safes and robbed houses. They were concerned in the Lord Bond robbery in | 1886. Vosburg was one of the most suc- cessful criminals in the world. —_—— | BERLIN WILL HAVE A PAPAL NUNCIATURE | The Rev. Father Boniface Krug May Be Chosen for the New Post. ROME, April 8.—The Messagero confirms the report that a Papal nun- ciature will shortly be established in Berlin and adds that the Rev. Father Boniface Krug, formerly St. Vincent's Arch at Beatty and now abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassina, province of Casserta, Italy, will be ap- pointed Papal nuncio at the German capital. —_——— TWENTY-FOUR KILLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE Disastrous Temblor Causes Much Distress in Two Villages of Macedonia. VIENNA, April 8.—According to a dispatch to the Neue Frei Presse an earthquake Avpril 4 killed twenty-four persons, injured forty, destroyed 1500 houses and caused great distress in the vilayets of Kosova and Salonica, Macedonia. —_——————— FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN ARE BURNED TO DEATH Fire in a Pennsylvania Villiage Yes- terday Morning Has a Tragic Ending. WILKESBARRE, Pa., April 8.—Four young children of Mrs. William Burke were burned to death at Sebastopol, a suburb of Pittston, at 1 0'clock this morning.~ i —_—————— Ship Sails Without Cargo. NEW YORK, April 8.—An unusual .| at his solicitation, to share the life of YA PLOT ENDS. I¥ ARRESTS Young Conspirators Try to Destroy Treasury. Sons of ITI‘OTl;i_Ii%.l.lt Men in League to Commit Robbery. Confessions Are Made of Numerous Offenses After Miscreants Are Lodged in a Prison Special Dispatch to The Call. INDIANAPOLIS, April 8.—A plot loi blow * open the vault of the Lake | | County treasury with dynamite and to get a large amount of money that had just been paid in as taxes was discov- | ered to-day. Four young men, two of | them sons of prominent citizens, are in jail charged with the plot and with several burglaries. Ray Knight, 20 years old, son of | Frank Knight, a surveyor, and George | Linton, 21 years old, son of the opera- tor of the largest furniture stores in | town, were arrested by Sheriff Daugh- J;erty and a posse of deputies on a| | charge of having committed several | robberies. The young men have confessed to the | Sheriff, and the plot to blow up the | County Treasurer's vault with dyna- mite, in which two young men of Rem- ington, Ind., were also involved, was disclosed. According to the confession Knight and Linton, in company with a third person, recently robbed a grocery store in Crown Point and obtained about | $50. They left town immediately. While {in Ha:nmond they met two young men | from Remington, named Hahn and Scone, who are wanted in that town on a charge of grand larceny. Ten days ago they returned to Crown Point and attempted to commit two small rob- | beries to get money with which to buy | dynamite. Sconme and Hahn were | caught, but the other young men es-[ caped. T0UNG BRIDE 18 MISSING Wife of Captain Tornstrom | of the Ship Ludlow Sud-| denly Drops Out of Sight PB e ¥ -3 Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, April 8.—Captain William Tornstrom, aged 63 years, is mourning the loss of his wife, Alma Tornstrom, aged 21 years, whom he married in San Francisco not quite one year ago. The skipper does not know whether she is drowned or has deserted him. To the latter opinion he inclines, for he says if she has drowned herself he can’t see why she should have cared to take her pret- tiest Easter gown, in addition to the one she was, wearing, even though she disappeared at 2 o'tlock in the morn- ing from aboard the good ship Lud- | low, of which her husband is master. While in San Francisco last summer he met pretty Alma Fried, who was learning to be a nurse at the City and County Hospital, but who was willing, the old seadog if he would only let her finish her course as a nurse. This the captain agreed to, so he and Alma were married and she journeyed south on board the Ludlow as his bride. Ar- riving here she entered the County Hospital in Los Angeles. According to statements made by friends of the captain she wag fond of little dinners at prominent Cafes in Los Angeles, where liquid refreshments were not eliminated and where her escort was not the master of the good ship Lud- low. Wednesday night at San Pedro, Cap- tain Tornstrom gave a dinner aboard the Ludlow in honor of his wife and to celebrate their departure on the morrow. About 2 o’clock in the morn- ing of Thursday, Captain Tornstrom tucked his wife under his arm and walked down to the wharf with their guests, bidding them good-night. At the invitation of the master of the schooner Willis L. Holden, which lay alongside the Ludlow, the captain and khis wife went aboard that vessel to “have one bumper at parting.” They ‘were all seated in the cabin, chatting gayly, when Mrs. Tornstrom asked to item of special news developed to-day |pe excused for a moment. The mo- when the French bark Cornil Bart ar- | ment lengthened into minutes and the rived here from San Francisco without | minutes into an hour. When search apmimlfietrelsht on board. The low | was made for her no trace of her could rates of ight and large -m&me of | be found. Neither can her fine clothes tonnage lying idle in San Francisco !pe found. A yeung medical student harbor ‘caused the Cornil Bart toleave | with whom she had been very friendly that port for New York without freight. | js also among the missing. The cap- nn“wfll load case oil at this port for | tain believes there is some significance m::gh-u in the two d!-npel.r_tncu FRIENDS OF SMOOT TRIUMPH, Utah Senator Has His Own Way at a Gon_ve@n. Mormons Work Actively in the Interests of the Legislator. Parly Leaders Head OF a Resolution Asking Favor for Apostle in National Legislature, i Special Dispatch to The Call. SALT LAKE CITY, April $.—The co= horts of Senator Reed Smoot wom handily at the Republican convention to-day and named all six of the dele~ gates to the national convention at Chi~ cago. The victory was made less sig- nificant by the fact that the opposition made no vigorous effort. After quitting just before the pri- maries in Salt Lake convinced them they would be beaten, the anti-Smoot men attempted to secure a compro- mise in the interest of harmony. This was in a fair way to success for a while, but the Smoot men refused to be deprived of any part of the prize. They squelched the antis so thorough- |1y that on the counting of noses the minority constituted only about 10 per cent. In this contest Senator Smoot had the active aid of former Congressman George Sutherland, while the opposi- tion was led by the friends of Senator Thomas Kearns. Sutherland is desir- ous of succeeding Kearns in the Senate next year. He is a Gentile and was consequently able to bring some Gen- tile strepgth to thé Mormons whe are back of Smoot. The delegation selected to-day con- sists of the following: George Suther- land, Salt Lake, Gentile, lawyer, for- mer representative in Congress; State Senator C. E. Loose, Provo, Gentile, mining partner and political lleutenant of Smoot; James H. Anderson, Sait Lake, Mormon elder and at times po- litical messenger of the church, peliti- cian, county commissioner, political lieutenant of Smoot; Willard F. Snyder, Marysville, Gentile, mining man; H. Bullen, Jr., Logan, Mormon employe State Agricultural College; L. W. Shurtliff, Ogden, Mormon. president of stake and prominent in church. Sny- der and Bullen are not closely identified with either side. Shurtliff is a Smoot man, but is regarded merely as an emissary of the church. The Kearns men as a compromisg tried to stampede the convention for Senators Kearns and Smoot and Con- gressman Howell as three of the dele- gates and to get Governor Wells on the slate. This attempt failed. The combination put through its slate without a-break and without enough showing on the other side to be more than noticed. The real test of strength between the Smoot, Sutherland and Kearns forces will be at the conven- tion to nominate State officers. This has not been set. A resolution asking the Senate to favor Smoot was pre- pared, but was headed off by the party leaders, who made the convention dodge the subject entirely. —_—————————— KING CHRISTIAN PASSES HIS EIGHTY-SIXTH BIRTHDAY Denmark’s Grand Old Man Receives Many Felicitations From For- Rulers. COPENHAGEN, April 8. — King Christian to-day celebrated his eighty- sixth birthday in excellent health. United States Minister Swenson con- veyed to the King a greeting and feliz citations from President Roosevelt. Congratulatory telegrams were re- ceived from all the sovereigns. Enor- mous crowds throngéd the vicinity of the palace, cheering the old monarch, who, with the King and Queen of Eng- land, appeared on the balcony of the palace. Telegrams of congratulations were also received from Danes in the United States and there was general festivities throughout Denmark. —_—————————— FATAL ACCIDENT T PINTSCH GAS PLANT Four Men Are Killed by an Explo« sion in Washington Factory. ‘WASHINGTON, April 8.—Four men were killed in an explosion to-day at the Pintsch Gas Compressing Com~ pany’s plant. The dead: JOSEPH CUMBERLAND, STEPHEN HENSON, A NEGRO. CHARLES W. GRIGSBY. BULGARIA SETTLES HER DISPUTE WITH TURKE® Message From Constantinople An- nounces That a Treaty Has Been ‘Signed. SOFIA, April 8.—A telegram re- ceived here from Constantinople an- nounces that a Turko-Bulgarian treaty was signed to-day. No detalls were given. .