The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1904, Page 1

cisco for thirty midnight, May 17¢ Pair Tuesday; ‘west wind. v Local rxz ‘wraTEEE. Forecast made st San Fram- San FPrancisco and vieinity— brisk G. . WILLSON, hours ending north- Forecaster. Central—“Down Columbia—*“0ld Chutes—Vaudeville. Grand—“Empress Theodors,” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Tivoli—“A Runaway GirlL” by the Sea” Heidelbery ™ TWENTY PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1904 —PAGES 1 TO 10. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DEMOCRATS DEFEAT HEARST FORCES' CANDIDATE FOR THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF STATE CONVENTION earst, 2 candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. CORTELYOU VILL LEAVE CABINET Secretary to Manage the Campaign of | Roosevelt. Chairmanship of National Republican Committee the Prize. Chief of the Department of Commercs and Labor Is to Work in a New Field, L Epectel Dispatch to The Call TON, May 16.—President | 2s at last picked a man who nage his campaign next fall. rtelyou, Secretary of Com- abor, choice te 3 1 resign from the et when he is formally elected the Republican National the vacancy created at the same time. Who mmerce portfolio is yet Mr. Roosevelt picked manager of his campaign ard from Cornelius N. 3 had Bliss in mind for irmanship a week ago. ou h been in New A ime and conferred sent word to the Presi- a undertake the mpaign management t ed to ask his Cabinet officer s consented to con- rer of the na- He will giv his the Presidential and undertake the rais #n funds. Henry C. Payne e committee, will committee i reorgan s health will not permit him t office. Two men are asly red for his »f Towa, general lington and apolis, member mittee ra £ treast road, Sh now in Towa to| Mr. Biythe. Should Mr. | ¥ ne, Mr. New may be offered Although Secretary Cortel- managed a Presidential R resident evelt regards become | r with the Presiden- State during the every x As secretary to the late niey he had unusual miliarize himself with . sident Roose- | ves that Mr. Cortelyou | s - sual degree genius OFFICERS MUST LEAVE THE SAMOAN STATION Regret Expressed at Tutuila at News T the Warship Wheeling Js Transferred. May tegret was ex- | when the news was re- s — he Adams was | E. 8. Wheel- ship in Tutuila and there would be a ers who have been con- the island Captain Underwood, iy offic Government. the commandant, imself very popular. He shed a Samoan newspaper school. Assistant Pay- U. . N., has held the 'd treasurer for nearly 1 Ensign Lackey, U. chief custom officer st six months ree years for public holiday in raising of the flag Athletic sports were held | 2 g the day. A national salute was fired by the man of war at. midday and brass band played at inter- ng the sports. —_— Russians Plunder Gold Mines. LONDON, May 16.—A dispatch to Central News from Tokio nayei ams from Seoul announce that several hundred Russians recently at- tacked and plundered the British gold | mines at Eunsun, Korea. Many Brit- | ish and Japanese miners had their ‘goods taken and several were impris- oned. was a n of the ve e na the Tarpey Has Hopes! of a Final Victory. SANTA CRUZ, May 16.—The day's battle is over and the Hearst band wagon is in use as an ambulance to carry off the wounded. In what seemed to be an open, fair contest on the question at issue, the forces op- posed to instruction for Hearst won the victory, but Tarpey proposes i) re- new the engagement to-morrow and force the adoption of a resolution to instruct Gavin McNab is not boasting of the | triumph achieved in the election of | Frank H. Gould to the chairmanship of the convention, and is not inciined | to underestimate the strength of Tar- | pey in the next conflict. Tarpey to- | day was astounded when the strength | of the McNab column was disclosed and its discipline put to the test. Me- | Nab was also surprised at the vitality | and strength of the Hearst following, | hence both sides are reorganizing for another struggle. | RIFE WAXES BITTER. openly avows his purpose to | | Tarpe nt the resolution to instruct for arst. He will not accept the com- promise of a Hearst delegation unin- ucted. There is much more at stake than the simple adopting of a | resolution to govern the course of the fornia delegation to the Demo- National Convention. McNab | is placed in a position where he is bound to fight in order to maintain his | leadership of the Democratic party of the State Regarding the election of Gould on the alignment accepted by both fac- tions as an indorsement of the record | and pu of the organization, | McN: management of the San Francisco division enlisted the admir- ation of the interior delegates. For | style in the art of high bossing the re- | sourceful Gavin gave his fellow Dem- | ocrats an object lesson. His person- | ality was not in any sense concealed. | He was on the floor of the convention | among the delegates of the several As- cr rposes sembly districts of the metropolis and surely made good his pledge to the | inland supporters of non-instruction that he would hold San Francisco in line. Only eight of the 168 of the city contingent fell down and the deser- tions were ascribed to booze rather | than boodle. PROPHETS ARE BUSY. The point discussed to-night is wheth- er McNab can hold an equal number of men in line to-morrow when Tarpey advances the resolution to instruct for Hearst. Rumors are flying thick and fast to the effect that Tarpey’'s follow- ing will be increased by the arrival of delegates who were absent to-day. Ugly hints are thrown out that Colonel Mazuma has arrived with timely rein- forcements. Leading Democrats, who hold that a great victory for true par- ty principles was more in the election | of Frank H. Gould, express apprehen- sion as to the outcome of to-morrow’s combat. The oratory in the convention to-day was several degrees below the grade of | brilliancy. Judge Raker of Modoc eas- | ily carried off the honors in the nom- | inating line. Many of the delegates | expected to hear from Ed Leake of| Yolo. Thomas Geary of Sonoma, Frank- | lin K. Lane and James H. Barry of | San Francisco, Isadore B. Dockweiler of | the Southern Pacific, | Los Angeles and E. C. Farnsworth of | ters at Los Angeles, and a prominent Visalia. Leake of Yolo would have! gone to the front in the style that made | him conspicuous as an anti-Hearst man | at the meeting of the Democratic State | Central Committee, but his voice is so | impaired that He can scarcely speak | above a whisper. The leaders of the Hearst forces ac- count for their defeat in to-day's en- gagement bv unexpected desertions in the Los Angeles and Alameda delega- tions. B3 Vigilant Factions Await a Hot Contest. $ ing that they will throw a larger vote | for instruction to-morrow than they | cast for Jeter to-day and hints are made that accessions of strength will come from the San Francisco delega tion. All indications point to a spirit- ed and somewhat ugly fight. eral of the anti-Hearst delegates are mind- ed to speak their sentiments in a di- rect manner. INFLUENCE OF RAILROAD. The most incongruous surprise of the — TA CRUZ, May 16.—The die has been cast and Hearst has lost at least the moral support of the Democracy of California. A majority of the delegates to the Democratic convention here in session—a majority sufficient- to leave no question as to the temper of the greater number of Democrats of California—voted to place in the chair to lead them in further deliberations Frank H. Gould of San Francisco. Mr. Gould was the opponent of former ieutenant Governor William T. Jeter, a resident of this city, who was selected by M. F. Tarpey and other directors of the Hearst forces to lead them in the fight for a delegation to the national convention instructed to vote first and last “The issue was a plain one, and with the defeat of Jeter came the defeat in California of the aspirations of Hearst. uld is settled beyond a dispute. It established beyond question the domination in California, so far as the Democracy is concerned, of the McNab-Lane organization. The work of to-day’s sessions practically ended with the elec- Another point in the selec- WM 7. TE. 75&; % 5 | E 1 | ‘ SOME OF ASS| CONVENTION AT ST. LOUIS THE MEN WHO COMMAND ATTENTION AMONG THE DEMOCRATS EMBLED AT SANTA CRUZ TO SELECT DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL l | [ - T | | | | | Third District—James Key Fourth District—Jasper Mc E FORECASTOF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL SESSI SANTA ORUZ, May 16.—Following is a forecast of the delegates from the several districts to the national convention: First District—Thomas Bair, Eureka: R. H. de Witt, Yreka. Second District—R. H. Beamer, Yolo: J. B. Sanford, Ukiah. John J. McDonald, Oakland. J. MceGee. Suisun nald, W. Fifth District—Joseph S. Tobin and Barney Murphy. Sixth District—T. C. Butler, Salinas; Henry Brickley, Fresno. Seventh District—Harvey McCarthy and Dr. Edeleman, Los Angeles. ighth District—R. F. Garner, San Bernardino: W. E. Shepherd, Ventura. —p ON Congressional I { | | | | ) + entire convention to date—and it has been a convention replete with sur- prises—came to-day when the hand of | - | enjoyed the journey to the convention the Southern Pacific Company loomed up in the fight in favor of Hearst, who has poured the vials of his wrath upon the heads of the directors of this cor- poration in the past. When San Diego County cast its votg solid for the pro-instructionists’ programme, a murmur of surprise swept through the convention and gave the first hint that some influence had been operating to swerve what was believed to be this delegation's fealty to the Gould candidacy for the chairmanship from course. The shrewd politicians that have been handling the fight to down the programme for instruction forth- with began to make an investigation. The conditions that had brought about this change in the San Diegans was hard to uncover. Finally, however, a telegram bearing the signature of no less a personage than Thomas McCaffery, an official of with headquar- politician, was in the hands of Samuel Schiller, a leader of the delegation from San Diego. This telegram in pos- itive tones demanded that the San Diego delegation vote solidly in the in- terests of Hearst and his candidate for chairman. This left no doubt as to the power that was behind the author of the telegram. That it had its full of- fect™became evident to-day when San Diego acted contrary to the expecta- tions of -these that have watched the r,4 To-night the Hearst men are claim- | organization of her delegates. £ its intended | And this may also account for the number of passes upon which delegates from the southern part of the State city and upon which they will return to their homes to explain to those that sent them here why it was that they bolted the anti-instruction forces in a body. The feeling is so intense over the contest that is inevitable to-morrow when an effort will be made by the Hearst forces to put through an in- struction resolution that the great ma- Jjority of the delegates who stood layally | by Gould to-day in his fight for chair- man will call upon Gavin McNab and demand that he do not recede one iota from the position he has taken. They fear that in the interests of harmony McNab will yield too much to the oppo- sition. They have been loyal to him in his fight, fhey say, and now they in- sist that he lead them through until the last gun is fired, even though it split the party wide open on the ques- tion of the virtues of Hearst. ————— SANTA CRUZ, May 17.—At o'clock this morning the sub-commit- tee on platform and resolutions re- jected the instructions for Hearst by a vote of 3 to 2. The fight will be made on the floor of the convention. LT W Convention News Continued on Page4. L rers, < 2 Kings Will Meet at Kiel. BERLIN, May 16.—King Edward has announced his intention to visit Emperor William during the regatta week at ‘Khl. which begins June 22, FIND Wo00DS ARE GUILTY Men Who Were Accused of Conspiring to Defraud the Government Are Convicted Father and Son Are Well- Known Oregonians and Probably Will Be Fined PORTLAND, Or.,, May 16.—After be- ing out about an hour this evening the Grand Jury in tHe United States Dis- trict Court brought in a verdict of guilty in the case of T. A. Wood and | Hosea Wood, who were on trial for conspiracy to defraud the United Stateg Government of pensions. The jury recommended clemency, and it is prob- able that the prisoners will be let off with fines. T. A. Wood is an attorney in this city and for years was prominent in the agitation that preceded the pen- sioning of the soldiers of the First Ore- gon Volunteers, who aided in suppress- ing the Indians in Oregon and Wash- ington in an early day. Hosea Wood is the son of T. A. Wood and his part- ner, and aided his father in his alleged illegal practice, STARTS PANIC [N A CHURCH, | Crank Makes a Menacing Movement Toward Indiana Governor During a Speech | | Police Surgeons of Capital Will Examine Him to De- | termine as to His Sanity CHICAGO, May 16.—Quinn Chapel was thrown into a panic to-night dur- ing an address by Governor Durbin of Indiana, when a crank rushed down | the middle aisle with his hand extended | threateningly toward the Governor and exclaiming, “I will kill any man who | disputes the word of Father Abraham.” The venerable bishops of church, min- isters and laymen rushed upon the man before he could reach the platform. Others placed themselves as guards be- tween Indiana’'s executive and the struggling lunatic. Fifteen hundred people in attendance at the quadrennial conference were ter- ror-stricken when they saw the man running toward the Governor. He waited quietly until order had been restored and then proceeded with his speech. | The man was ejected from the build- ing. It is believed he is insane. No ne knew him. The crank’s appearance was first noted when he cried out: “I will kill any one who disputes the word of Abraham, the father of our nation. I am in the world to see that it is not done. Bishop Grant, chairman of the Gen- eral Conference Commission, presided and introduced the speaker. The peo- ple gave the Governor an ovation when he arose to deliver his address. He said in part: “It is, in my opinion, high time for the colored people of this country to cease looking upon themselves as a problem. Such conception of the race | problem is simply a sum of problems | confronting every black man, as they | do every white man, and which every | man must solve for himself. | “Brooding over wrongs, however real; revolting against conditions, however | harsh: crying out against discrimina- | tion, however apparent — this in itself | will not accomplish anything for the | colored people of the country. If there is a race question in this country, there | is just cne way in which each indi-| vidual colored man may contribute to | its certain solution, and that is by re- solving that he shall fight bravely on- ward toward a higher ideal of lving and thinking.” | ———— R ——— ' Trading Stamp Act Invalid. | SEATTLE, May 18.—Federal Judge Hanford in a decision rendered to-day holds than an ordinance passed by the | city of Seattle fixing a license of $600 | a year for the sale of trading stamps | is invalid. The court is of the opin- jon that such a tax is exorbitant, in restraint of legitimate trade and that the arrest of a person for violating its provisions is in conflict with article 14 @f the constitution. | which motor cars | grade and turned turtle, |a full confession AUTOMOBILE RICES DOV NOUNTAIN Residents of Los An- geles Injured in Disaster. —— Woman Hurled From a Car When It Upsets on the Grade. Brake Fails to Work and the Ponderous Machine Dashes to Destruction at San Marcos Pass. b TR Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA BARBARA, May 16.—A seri- ous automobile accident, in which sev- eral prominent Los Angeles people were badly injured, occurred on the San Marcos Pass, a mountain grade on are not allowed. News of the catastrophe reached Santa Barbara this afterncop and ereated no little excitement here. Owing to a broken brake a heavy machine, owned by Andrew Jung of Los Angeles and carrying Jung, his wife and Charles Miller, his chauffeur, dashed down the steepest part of the dangerously injuring Mrs. Jung and pinning Jung under the car. Miller escaped without serious hurt The Jung party in one car, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Viges in another and Frank Hugdson and wife in a third, were tour- ing from Los Angeles to Niles. Al- though it is against tke law for motors to cross the San Marcos Pass on ac- count of the danger to traffic, the three machines took this route and Hudson made the descent in safety at the foot of the grade for Jung. His failure to arrive caused the others great alarm and they were about to return when Miller ran up and droppell in a faint before he could ex- plain what had happened. After reviving, Miller stated that shortly after leaving the Cold Springs Hotel the brake broke and the machine dashed down the grade at a terrific pace. After making several perilous turns Miller ran the car into the bank, where it turned completely over. Mrs. Jung was thrown to the ground with frightful force, sustaining a deep scalp wound and a cut in the cheek, Jung being pinned under the machine. When the rescue party arrived on the scene Mrs. Jung was still uncon- scious. At the sight of the wreck Mil- ler fainted again and it was some time before he revived. After great trouble Jung was taken out and the entire par- ty was conveyed to Kelley's bee ranch, a short distance away. and Viges and waite PSR - ST BRITISH OFFICERS FALL IN DESPERATE BATTLE Thirteen Are Killed During a Severe Fngagement With Southern Nigeria Rebels. COLOGNE, May 16.—The Berlin correspondent of the Cologne Gazette telegraphs that private dispatches from the Cameroons say the Cross River rebels have been completely crushed after an obstinate fight by a British force in the territory of South- ern Nigeria. The British I s were heav. Thirteen officers and non- commissioned officers were killed. Murderer Makes Confession. BAKERSFIELD, May 16.—A spe- cial to the Californian from Tehachapi says Leon Claranario this afternoon made to Constable John Kett and others in which he states that he committed the murder of Aruju, alone and unassisted. Mrs. Aruju was | present at the time they quarreled and she afterward assisted him in disposing of the body. The fugitive tells the full story of his flight from Tehachapi to Cameron on Wednesday after the crime was committed, from there to Mojave, where he remained three days. He was unable to get work and went from there te Los Angeles, concealed himself there for a while and then went to San Diego, where he was arrested. BB IR B A New Comnsul Appointed. WASHINGTON. May 16.—President Roosevelt has appointed as Consul at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, J. B. Peter- son of Brooklyn. Peterson. who is & negro, is one of the proprietors of the New York Age.