The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1904, Page 1

cisco for thirty San Francisco Fair Thursday; ‘winds. Forecast made at San Fran- midnight, May 5, 1904: A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. bhours ending and vicinity— fresh westerly N SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH CONFERENCE TRANSACTS LITTLE BUSINESS AT OPENING SESSION - ] [FE AWAY FROM OCEAN 100 LON Al,[,empMicide 0f San Francisco Girl. of Margaretta Antony, aged 19, who, ren return to her of the Cliff n sight yesterday as the nurses at the passed the continent nland life di- Then ocean the Mig t when all was hearing, it the surf nder of toss one over the of ships—ah, it was » insistent nging many days. 1 r wanted me to remain But how could 1 was so lonely my er'me, for 1 wanted anionship of the sea, mot of nted to be alone in my rocks, with the . ar f company. Last than ever, zed me. T resisted but resistance be- ded to find re- k the cocaine and found me ng [ am going » home and e O'NEILL AND RANKIN SUED FOR $100,000 Chicago Manager Says His Theater Is ? Damaged in That Amount by Default of Contract. BOST( May 4.—That . A McKee Rankiy sailed t out a contract to play 1d Theater at Chi- thereby damaged the repu- of that playhouse is alleged in 2 declaratior ed in the $100,000 s of W, 8 Cleveland against the ac- fof and actress. Cleveland alleges a rect 1oss of $10,000 On September 1903, it is al- the defendants contracted to Magdala,” “Macbeth,” “Eliz- and “The Jewess” at Chicago, engagement to run for thirty Miss O'Neill, Rankin and John B.| :Schoeffel are defendants in another 1it now on trial brought by Edward J. Ratclfife for alleged breach of con- tract. ELY 4.—Medical skill has | despondent | The | fade away and 1| more lonely than | the | roommate came BISHOP JOHN H VINCEWNT DISTINGUISHED _ ECCLESIASTICS GENERAL CONFERENCE. - -+ ordial Greeting Given Delegates by Gov- ernor-Pardee. 2 - i |C LOS ANGELES, May 4.—The ab- sence of many delegates at the opening session of the thirty-first General Con- ference “of the Methodist . Episcopal Church, dus’ to belated trains, disrupt- ed, to extent, the programme that had been mapped out, and the first 1 at 6 this ning with nothing accomplished, ex- ept the election” bf a conference secre- some s work" ended o'clock tary. This honor fell to Rev. James B. Hingeley of the Minnesota conference. It required three ballots to make a No progress was made at the morn- |ing session aside from the assignment of delegates to seats and the calling of the roll, which developed the lack of a quorum because many delegates | who came direct from the railroad sta ti to the pavilion left the hall after securing their seats in order to look up their quarters The afternoon session met at 3 o'clock and three hours were spent in balloting for secretary and in receiving and re- ferring tions bearing upon questions to be con- gidered by the conference. This evening at 8 o'clock the recep- tion of the General Conference by the | citizens and churchmen of Los An- geles was held at the pavilion. Ad- | dresses of welcome by representatives of the State, city and the church in Southern California and responses by { eminent leaders in Methodism made up the programme, which kept the tired and travel-worn delegates occupied un- | til a late hour. The conference opened at pavilion in this city at 8:30 o’clock thig morning. When Senior Bishop Stephen M. Merrill walked to the front of the stage and rapped for order he faced one of the most notable gatherings of | churchmen in the history antism in America. FRAGRANT WITH FLOWERS. Seated in the auditorium proper were 748 representatives of Methodism gath- ered from the four quarters of the earth, earnest in their zeal for the good of a common cause and eager to discuss the problems of and to legis- for the welfare of the church. Seated upon the stage were the Gover- nor of California, the Mayor of Los An- geles, representative citizens of South- ern California and leaders of Metho- y dism in this end of the continent, ready | to extend a welcome in behalf of the | State. the city and the church. In the Igallorms were expectant erowds of vis- i itors and citizens, drawn thither by the desire to hear. the famous speakers | whose names were in the list of ora- | tors. The great building was a bower of | beauty and fragrant with the bloom of { California flowers. Seldom has a hall of Protest- Continued on Page 4, Column 3. ATTENDING THE METHODIST | | to committees varfous resolu- | Hazard's | MEMBERS OF CABINET ‘Serious Hiteh in Pay- . ment of Fund for Canal. 1 peR o i Epecial Dispatch to The Call PANAMA, May 4.—The United Stat Canal Commission to-day took formal | possession of the canal route and of | the property of the Panama Canal | Company. From to-day the canal | works will be under the direction of | Major Mark Brooke of the Engineer | Corps of the United States army, who | represented the canal commission at the ceremony of the transfer. Imme- | diately after the transfer the United | States flag was hoisted over the lega- tion and over the canal offices in the | Cathedral Plaza | WASHINGTON, May 4.—Although | the property and franchises of the Pan- | ama Canal Company were transferred to the United States in Paris and all iarrunz»mrnvs had been made by the | Attorney General for making J. Pier- [rflnv Morgan fiscal agent of this Gov- ‘nrnmfn! in immediately paying $40,000,- | 000, a serious hitch has arisen and Sec- | retary of the Treasury Shaw declines to comply with the arrangement of the Department of* Justice. A letter from the Attorney General to the President, giving an account of the {rrangement he had made, was made public_at the White House to- | day. In this letter the Attorney Gen- eral said that he had designated Mor- Igan & Co. as agents of this coun- {try to make the payments and that $40,000,000 would be deposited with them “at once” upon the delivery by the canal company of all property includ- ed in the purchase. This, the Secretary of the Treasury says, cannot be done. Under the law Morgan & Co. cannot be fiscal agents, but only disbursing agents of the Government like any other disburs- ing agent, who dispenses funds in ac- cordance with law and is discharged from obligation on the production of vouchers. It will position & Co. ernment be necessary according to the taken by Shaw, for Morgan to deposit with the Gov- H security to the amount of $40,- | 000,000. This is something which has not been expected by either the At- | torney General or Morgan & Co. As the matter now stands, the United States is in possession of the canal property, but it has not paid the money, and some modification must be made of the arrangement into which the At- torney General's representatives gnd Morgan entered before thé money will be handed over to Morgan & Co. Secretary Shaw left for New York to-night to consult with the house of Morgan & Co. ki s Waldeck-Rousseau Seriously 111 PARIS, May 4.—Ex-Premier Wal- deck-Rousseau, who in March went to the Riviera after a three months’ dan- gerous illness and who was reported to be on the road to recovery, is in a serious condition. He will undergo an operation to-morrow. ———— Passing of Prominent Physician. PHIDALEPHIA, May 4.—Dr. Wil- liam Barton Hopkins, well known in DISAGREE DISGRACED SECRETARY ENDS LIFE A. C. Clark Commits Suicide at State Hospital. Members of Commission on| Lunacy Find Shortage in Accounts. 1 Learning That His Crime Was About | to Be Exposed Embezzler Fires | Bullet Into His Brain. | | Special Dispatch to The Call. | SAN BERNARDINO, May 4—A. C. Clark, secretary to Superintendent | Campbell at the Southern California Hospital for the Insane, committed sui- | cide this afternoon in the office in the| hospital building. There were peorple /in the hallway and in the reception room about 2:30 o'clock when a shot was fired and rushing into the office where Clark had long been such a familiar figure they found him lying cn the floor with a gaping wound in | his temple. By his side was a 88-caliber | | revolver, with which he had shot him- |self. A few minutes before the fatal | shot was fired Clark was seated at the | desk chatting and smoking. Soon afterward he was left alone and the | next instant he had fired the shot, | | which instantly killed him. ! | Dr. Campbell, superintendent of the | hespital, is unable to advance any rea- | son for Clark’s act. Clark had been secretary to Dr. Campbell for seven | years. He owned a cottage just outside | | the asylum grounds and there he had | resided with his wife and three chil- | dren apparently happy. He was 47| years of age and a large man physical- | Iy weighitg 200 pounds. He Lad always teken an amive partin politics and. is | known to most of the prominent State | politicians. | CONNECTED WITH SCANDAL. Clark was a prominent Elk, having served as secretary of the Redlands 'Lndge for three successive terms. For some time it has been rumored that Clark was to lose his position at the hospital and some attribute that as the cause for his suicide. He was connect- | ed with the scandal which shook the asylum several months ago and which is thought to have preyed upon the mind of his associate, Dr. A. Stanley Dolan, who committed suicide in River- side last April. SACRAMENTO, May 4.—The an- nouncement that A. C. Clark, secre- tary to the medical superintendent of | the Southern California Hospital for | the Insane, had committed suicide, was | contained in a dispatch received at the { Capitol late this afterncon from C. L. | Pardee and Charles Waymire of the commission in lunacy, asking for in- | structions as to their future actions. | Secretary Pardee of the lunacy com- mission, accompanied by Waymire, left Sacramento yesterdav for the purpose of continuing an investigation he had begun some time ago into the affairs of Clark. Pardee had discovered gross irregularities in Clark's ac¢counts and it was the intention that he and Way- mire should appear at a meeting of the hoard of managers, next Monday and in the presence of Clark accuse him of having embezzled about $3000 in money belonging to the State. EMBEZZLED STATE FUNDS, At the Southern California Hospital, as at the other State hospitals for the insane, relatives of patients who are able to pay for their maintenance are charged $15 per month. This money is collected by the secretary and turned over to the medical superintendent of the hospital, who in turn renders an account each month to the lunacy com- mission. Soon after Pardee was ap- pointed secretary of the commission he set to work to ascertain what sum of money was due the State from this source. He found that there was $31,- 000 due from all the hospitals combined and that, while the Southern California Hospital harbored only 800 of the total 5000 patients under the State’'s care, there was due that institution $15,000 from pay patients, or almost half the aggregate indebtedness. Pardee visited the hospital and, se- curing data, returned to Sacramento and wrote to the relatives of the South- ern California pay patients, inquiring as to, the amounts they had paid in and as to the date on which they were paid and reqhesting them to send him their receipts. He learned from these receipts that some had paid much more than they had been credited with on Clark’s books. Of the forty persons who responded the accounts only of two corresponded with the books of Secretary Clark. Pardee estimated that Clark’s shortage was $3000. It was 'ascertained that he had juggled his accounts in such a way that one party would receive credit for money paid-in by another and that in some in- stances he had waited two years be- fore he reported payrhents made to him. Clark had been secretary of the hospital for seven years. It is believed here that Superintendent M. B. Camp- bell will be responsible to the State for Clark’'s defalcation, 2s the law does not medical circles as an author, died to-{impose any responsibility upon the sec- aay of cholera morbus. getary, whose duties are regarded as TOGO SUCCEEDS IN “BOTTLING’ PORT ARTHUR, BUT AT SACRIFICE OF MANY GALLANT VOLUNTEERS RUSSIAN TROOPS ON THEIR WEARISOME MARCH TOWARD THE FRONTIER OF KOREA. ART SET IS REBUKED BY BISHOP PSSO Social Leaders of Washington De- - nounced. - Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, May 4.—Bishop Sat- terlee of the Episcopal church tossed a bombshell into the midst of the smart set of Washington to-day when he de- nounced their doings in unmeasured terms. Washington soclety consists not only of the old residential class and diplomatic and official circles, but is largely recruited from the wealthy leisure class of the United States, who come in increasing numbers each year and make their homes-here during the sesgion of Congress until the beginning of summer. Bishop-Satteriee said: “Dangers "have arisen that in the nineteenth century Washington was free from. A simplicity pervaded.the soclal atmosphere; men were classed for what they were, not for what they possessed. : “In the twentieth century the tone of life'in Washington has become less natwral; social conditions have changed, and for the worse; new resi- dents of the wealthy and leisure class, who hold no responsibility for the wel- fare of the community, create a sense of careless irresponsibility in our citl- zens. “These have false ideals and make social pleasure the business of life. Their influence percolates to all classes and lays the foundation of character. “The democratic simplicity of the nineteenth century is a thing of the past. In its stead weé have the ‘smart set,’ the ‘rough set’ and the ‘fast set,’ atiracting abnormal attention and ex- ercising enormous influence and giving an international capital tone to Wash- ington which is unhealthful and dan- gerous.” -, AR - merely clerical to the medical superin- tendent. It is said that Clark had been living beyond his means for a long time. | the entrance of Port Arthur harbor. It Harbor Channel Is Said| to Be Effectually | Blocked. [ l | | | —_— LONDON, May 5.—The opinion gains ground here that the Japanese have at last effectually blocked Port Arthur. No official Japanese reports have been! received, but the Tokio correspondents are very positive regarding the mat- ter and describe the determination with | which the enterprise was undertaken. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent declares that the entrance to Port Ar-| thur'is absolutely sealed and adds that the Japanese fleet, in effecting its pur- pose, steamed into the entrance at full speed and that the naval officers who made the two previous attempts beg- ged permission to carry out the next| attempt by daylight, that being easier, and. their request was granted. | “So determined were they to suc- ceed,” adds the correspondent, “that| they decided, if necessary, to lose half | their men. - The number of casualties | sustained by the Japanese has not yet been announced.” In favor of the supposition of Japan- ese success in. blocking Port Arthur', it is pointed out that the previous at-| tempts had left the channel so narrow | that a couple of. vessels sunk in the} fairway would probably suffice to seal up -the entrance, while there is a no ticeable evasion and half-heartedne; in the Russian denials of the enemy’ success. o TOKIO, May 4.—The Japanese au- thorities have received a report of the attempt made Monday night to block is without details, but these are ex- pected. shortly. It is reported, how- ever, that the attempt was suceessful. The report of the suceessful blocking | of the entrance to Port Arthur harbor, coming .upon the heels of the news of the victory on the Yalu, stirred Tokio to another popular demonstration, and to-night thousands of men carrying lanterns swinging high from bamboo poles paraded through the city. Half a dozen bands of music led the vari- ous processions. 1 The offices of the War and Navy de- partments and of the general staff | were the scenes of the greatest enthusi- | asm. Two of the imperial Princesses visited the Navy Department and the | assembled crowd welcomed them with | cheers. Then the throng demanded Admiral Tto, chief of the general staff | and the hero of the fight on the Yaiu during the Chino-Japanese war. He | this_place appeared in response to the calls of the populace and salyted. It had been expected that tidings of the Port Arthur 'ment would come from Vice Admiral Togo* some Continued on Page 2, Column 2. ‘ 2 — % OUATLAWS X D) POSSE AN BATTLE £ - Kerring Brothers Put Up a Hard Pt Spectal Dispatch to The Cal NAPER, Nebr.,, May 4-—In a battle lasting all day yesterday the Sheriffs of four Northern Nebraska countis captured the three Kerring brothers, desperadoes and alleged bank robbers, after wounding two of the Kerrings. One of the posse was badly wounded. The Kerrings had taken refuge in a fortified stone house on the edge of the Sioux reservation, and from this point of vantage held off the officers with Winchesters. For the past two years numersus | bank robberfes and other thefts have occurred in Northern Nebraska. All efforts to capture the thieves were ur availing. Two weeks ago the bank : was ‘dynamited and every cent of cash taken. Suspicion pointed to the Kerrings. Posses were formed, which included the Sheriffs from four counties, and search was made for the suspected men. It was discovered that the Kerrings had left their own homes and had taken refuge in a stone house, which they had built for the purpose. Yes- terday morning at daylight the place was surrounded and a demand for sur- render made to one of the Kerrings, who was on guard. He answered with a shot from his Winchester and his brothers, from within the house, joined in the shooting, which became general. One of the deputies was seriously wounded early in the fight and after- ward two officers were slightly wounded. After dark last night the deputies ceased firing for several hours, when the Kerrings, supposing they had with- drawn, made a dash and attempted to escape. In the fight which followed two of them were badly wounded and the third surrendered. All three were brought to this place ir irons and are in jall. Threats oy lynching are made.