The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 24, 1904, Page 1

cispo for thirty ks midnight, May 94: aay, TEE WEATKER. Foreoast made at San Fran- San Francisco and vicinity— Cloudy. unsettled weather Tues- possibly light showers; brisk westerly winds, with fog 1o the afternoon and night. A. G. McADIE, | District Forecaster. ours ending + Alcazar—“A Possible Case.” “ Calr en, We Were Twenty-Qme.” Central—"“A Great Temptation.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Columbia—*“Ivan the Terrible.” & a ) Grand—*“Fedora.” Ve ) Orpheum—Vaundeville. Tivoli—“A Bunaway Girl.” o+ =/ + SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 10 UPUILD 0UR MARINE, Coneressional Com mission Begins Its | Session. e Chairman Gallinger Points| Out America’s Great Lack | | 0of Merchantmen, More Than Ninety Per Cent of Coun- try’s Foreign Commerce Carried in Alien Vessels, NEW YORK, May 23.—The Merchant | Marine mmission, authorized by the | Firty-etgh gress to consider and for the develop- | erican merchant ma- session here to- | r of New Hamp- | e commission members es here exc h yards by f ded those ) to 60 per inued eships and Why? n a business ssible. But | petition | slutely a d the admiral r les continued is worth while to| 1 Y marine, and the! and most_direct way to get | be for the Government to step equalize the cost of building | hen it should pay a boyaty powners for the additional ning the ships under Ameri- nt and ca This should operate for a fixed period, so that capital might be | invited in.” | —_———— | NEW REPUBLIC TO HAVE A COIN OF ITS OWN San Francisco Mint Will Provide Panama With Silver | Currency. WASHINGTON, May 23.—Down in Panama, where American dollars, Mex- jean dollars, South American dollars! and any kind of gold have always proved thoroughly acceptable to the natives, there will soon appear a num- ber of official coins of the republic which owes its being to the isthmian | canal. { The Panama Congress has provided for the coinage of subsidiary currency to the amount of about $1,500,000. The | Colombian silver, now current on the | isthmus, will be melted down and re- coined at the San Francisco Mint. The new coins will correspond to the “copants” now used in the Philippines, GREAT ASSEMBLAGE OF CALIFORNIAS SOLID MEN FORMS RIDER IMPROUEMENT ASSOCIATION FOR FINAL BATTLE AGAINST DEVASTATING DELUGES -~ 'Two River Captains in Sensational Encounter. NCOUVER, s arriving by quielam from Port tell of an exciting gun place last Friday betwe ght which took °n rival steam- boat captains on ceena River. It was the first trip of the season for the two boats, the Mou Royal and the Hazel which ply on that stream Many bets were made as to which would reach the upper river first. he Hazelton, Captain Bonsor, had the ad- vantage at the start and several times ved the other v 1 pretty nearly » b But by a bit of luck the 1 turned the tables on her zigzagging ti the Hazelton to keep of the Hazelton got v his vessel o the broad- foot would would of the Mount the latter’s been flooc me Ro; lliding with his Wood a lar a epithets. ding the passed, e, Final- up the rdment the Haze got under y. The Mount Royal is badly damaged. Her owners making complaint to the Government —————— DUNKARDS TAKE NAME OF GERM BAPTISTS One of the First Acts of the Confer- ence at Carthage Is to Adopt New Title. CARTHAG Mo., May 23.—The Dunkards, or the German Baptists of the United States, met here to-day in annual conference, with more than 100 delegates present. One of the first the conference was the both men g acts of | adoption of a motion to change the | name of the organization. Hereafter they are to be known only as German Baptists, and not as Dunkards. ———— FEAR DROWNING IS OF WEALTHY TE FISHERMEN Finding of Overturned Boat on Lake Oromocto Causes Search for Amateur Nimrods. ST. JOHN, N. B., May 23.—A mes- sage received here from the south | branch of Oromocto Lake states that John H. Thomson, a wealthy vessel owner; E. P. Stavart, inspector of the Bank of New Brunswick, and R. P. Foster, manager of the Royal Bank of Canada, all of this city, probably have been drowned while fishing. Their boat, overturned, was found to-day. ————— NORTH DEFENDS FIGURES oFr 'I'HE‘(‘ENS BUREAU Director, in Letter, Incidentally Estimates Population of United States at 89,041,436, WASHINGTON, May 23.—In a Jetter defending, the estimate of population recently issued by the Census Bureau, Director North incidentally gives an estimate of ‘the population of the United States under the census to be taken in 1810, placing the figures at 89,041,436 accused | N WH MET IN THE PALACE HOTEL YESTERDAY MORNIN T AMONG THE MANY ABLE SPEAKERS THAT TOOK PART IN THE DIS- | & ND THREE WELL i Haif a thousand solid men of busi- | industry, science and commerce, | nting all parts of the great Sac- ramento and San Joaquin valleys, met vesterday in the Maple room at the | Palace Hotel and organized a move- | ment of the first importance to the | vast interior of California, and of hard- | 1y less moment to the entire State. It )| Was the first session of the “River | ‘onvention,” called by the commercial lies of Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno 1 other interior cities, in conne n | with the California Promotion Commit- s d for interests so vast or | debated so ably questions of such wide- reaching import. | The fact that 750,000 acres of rich | jlands in the valleys are under water | { from the freshets of the spring, that! nearly 100,000 acres of actual farms, the | | finest in California, have been buried | beneath the floods by the breaks in the | Sacramento levees, and that the dam- age to the agricultural interests of the | State already is estimated at more than $5,000,000, constituted the imme- | | diate cause of the convention. Its aim | was fo discuss ways and means to meet | this situation, not by temporary make- | shift vears, but by a comprehensive plan of | river improvement that will, for good | and all, open ample outlet for the | mountain floods, reclaim the vast areas now annually inundated and secure | against future deluge all these rich | deltas. The convention is largely edu- | ! cational, and the keynote of all its de- | liberations is the need of organizing | public sentiment throughout the State | to back so great an undertaking. With this end in view, the platform adopted last evening on report of the committee on resolutions embraces the | most vital work of the gathering. But the papers read, the informal speeches delivered and the debates keenly fought out were all noteworthy. THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. The platform adopted is in part a plan for the education of the public, | inary work for river improvements of the widest scope. In accordance with its provisions the convention will to- day appoint a committee of twenty- five empowered to establish a commis- sion of engineers. It will be the duty of this commission to submit to the next Legislature a plan for such per- manent changes in the drainage sys- tem ‘of the great valleys as will pre- vent the damaging floods that are now destroying so much of the State's wealth. | these , effective for this year or a few | but it also outlines a scheme of prelim- | Here is the platform in full: The disastrous floods which occurned during the winter just passed have called attention in an emphatic degree to the importance of the river systems of the State of California, Plans Comprehensive and Permanent Works to Co trol Waters of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin. not only as navgable sireams, but as water- ways for the dralnage of the valleys through which they flow. The lands lying adjacent to rivers are the most fertile in the world and are capable of supporting a large and prosperous population. Many millions of dol- lurs have been invested in the these lands and they form no inconsiderable portion of the assessment roll of the State. he National Government in the past has concelged it to be its duty to do no more than to provide for the maintenance of the naviga- have The improvement of these rivers is a sub- Ject that should engage the attention of the been done by private enterprise, best engineering skill of the world. .We be- lieve the State of California is fully awake to the importance of adopting any plan which, ter discussion, may seem the best adapted to accomplish the desired result. Other States of the Union having water systems have been compelied to meet the question. and the time has now arrived in California when the sub- ject should receive our earnest attention and any plan adopted our united support. We suggest that any plan that is adopted should enlist the aid of the Federal and State Governments and of the property-owners di- rectly benefited by the proposed work. Ac- cordingly, we recommend to the convention that_the subject of comprehensive improvement of the waterways of California so as to in- crease their facilities for navigation and also to protect the adjacent lands from overflow be submitted to a commission to be composed of five engineers to be appointed as follows: One by the ®ommissioner of Public Works of the State, one to be a United States engineer having charge of river work in California and threé other eminent engineers residing out .of the State of California who have given par- ticular attention to river improvement, to be | selected by the executive committee herein- after designated. £ald engineers shall be re- quested to report such plan in time to prepars bills to be presented at the next session of the Legislature for such portions of the we - as they may be able to Teport on at that time. We suggest that all plans and suggestions for the improvement of rivers and reclamation of lands be referred to said commission of engineers, and that each member of this con- vention shall pledge his good faith to use all honorable means to secure the adoption and execution of such plans when adopted. Inasmuch as the Work to be performed by the non-resident. engineers will be of vast benefit to the whole people of the State we respectfully request the Governor of the State, the Commissioner of Public Works and the auditing board thereof to make out of the funds their disposal the. necessary appropriations { for the payment of the services and cxpenses of the said encineers. We recommend that for the purpose of car- rying on the work of this convention afeer its adjournment @ general committee be nominated by the delegates to this convention from the following named districts respect- ively: North of Sacramento, 4; Sacramento City, 2: south of Sacramento, i; Mokelumne River District, 2; San Joaquin River, 3; Stock- ton, 2; old tiver, 1; middle river, 1: San Francisco and vicinity, 5. And the said dele- £ates %o nominated shall be appointed by the R ] That said general committee select f; number &.president and a committee fl;gl Illt; members who, With the president, shall form an executive committee. s recommended (hat this convention form into a a member thereof and that said associat! Shall also sdmit to membership such. gtpes persons of the State of California @s are in reclamation of | lity of these streams, but we note with | 0 hat the Government scems of late to ted a m liberal policy, and in | es has mi provision for the per- : of work wi nefit a large of people where thy could not n- and that payable the in movement per_annum, | sympathy , with the dues be fixed at $1 | advdnce, Resolved, That the thanks of this convention | be tendered to the chairman, Rufus P. Jen- | nings, and the secretary, Morris Brooke, for | their services. ROBERT DEVLIN. Chairman. | LEE A. PHILLIPS. i R VELCH. JOHN W. FERRIS. R. E. WILHOIT. E. A. FOR SAMUEL | P. J. VAN LOBI | The convention was called to or- | der at 10 o'clock yesterday morning by Morris Brooke, secretary of the | Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. Temporary organization was immedi- ately accomplished by the selection of Rufus P. Jennings as temporary chair- man and Morris Brooke as secretary. l\gr. Jennings, on taking the chalr, said: It is highly gratifying to me to be made chairman of this convention, the objects of which must appeal to every man_who ha, the welfare of California at heart, We shouls keep in view the enlightenment of the people concerping the proposition confronting them and its importance to the entire State of Cali- fornia as well as to the sections more ap- parently affected. In the deliberations of this convention the omission of detafls and of controversial subjects is obviously desirable. Such matters propérly are within the scope of committees. We have befors us a great problem, one that must be dealt with on broad lines and with a_ clear realization that in bringing the problem to a solution we must | bear in mind that the good of one Is the good of all.; Therefore there must be a_unity of | purpose in the entire proceedings. The neces- sity for action is imperative. The past year's damage by floods in lands tributary to the San Joaquin and the Sacramento rivers fs fresh in the minds of all. The damage that will be dome in the future unless some pian of relfef is devised no man can tell. This great undertaking, when accomplished, will make our great State still greater, our people still richer, our products still more diversified and prove still more conclusively to the world that Californians are equa} to any emergency. (Applause.) Arthur R. Briggs next moved the appointment of a committee on per- | manent organization and order of busi- ness. It was also moved by P. J. Van Loben Sels that a committee of three be appointed on credentials. Both mo- tions carried. PARDEE'S WELCOME. \ Governor George C. Pardee then ad- dressed the convention. He said: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: Speaking for myself it seems that this con- ventlon is one of the greatest importance. not only for the great valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin but for the whale State of California. It is a gathering of people who are interested, directly most of you, the rest of you indirectly, In the reclamafion of a body of Iand richer than .any other that lies under the sun. It has been subject to great dangers, has been the goal toward which many men have turned their highest ambitions, their hopes, their expectations and upon which they have expended many imn- dreds of thousands of dollars and with pa tial success they have been reclaimed. The floods of the last winter have ted that individual effort as put forth upon this Continued on Page 2, Column 2. 2T, 7R TN JSELS - | | l | | | over she revolutionists by the Govern- | ment Fears Withdrawal of Younghusband REBEL AR IN URUGUAY 1 ROLTED Bighty Killed and| Two Hundred Wounded. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 23.— President Ordonez announces a victory | | | | | | | troops under General Nuniz. Eighty of the revolutionists were killed and 200 wounded. —_—— ENGLISH CABINET WORRIES ‘[ OVER TIBETAN SITUATION ‘Will Be Blow to British Prestige. Blames Curzon. LONDON, May 23.—It is learned that the gravity of the Tibetan situa- | tion is spoiling the Cabinet’s enjoy- ment of its Whitsuntide holiday. It s believed by those in closest with the condition of affairs in Tibet that Colonel Younghusband will be forced to retire from his position near Gyangtse soon. This, it is pointed out, will prove a blow to British pres- tige in Tibet, for it is possible that such retirement will arouse the fron- tier tribes and force the campaign for a conquest of the whole Himalyan hinterland. The task would prove an incalculably . difficult one. Viceroy Curzon Is now blamed for supposing that the Tibetans were a spiritless na- tion. It is evident that they have the fighting spirit common to all moun- taineers. DETECTIVES MAKE VAIN SEARCH FOR DR. FLOWER Sleuths Unable to Locate Physician Who Is Enjoying Freedom Un- der Heavy Bonds. NEW YORK, May 23.—It was an- nounced to-night that detectives from the District Attorney’s office have been searching in vain for Dr. R. C. Flower. Dr. Flower is under bonds to appear in the Court of General Ses- sions to-morrow to stand trial on flve indictments charging grand larceny in connection with the failure of the Ari- zona Eastern and Montana Ore De- velopment Mining Company. For some time he has been out on $23,000 bail, furnished by Mrs. Cornelius { no reason as to why touch | Storrs, widow of the late Deputy Con- troller. —_——— WILL EXCHANGE VOWS AT ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH Wedding of Miss Ivy Langham to French Diplomat to Occur at ‘Washington To-Day. WASHINGTON, May 23.—At the imperial German embassy official an- nouncement is made that the wedding of Miss Ivy Langham, sister of the Baroness Speck von Sternburg, the German Embassador, to Lieutenant Commander Vicomte de Faramond de Lafajole, naval attache of the French embassy. will occur at St. Matthew’s Church at 11 o'clock Tuesday morn- in, May PRESIDET 1S DELAYED BY STRIKE Takes a Circuitous Route on Rall Journey. —-— Private Car Not Permitted to Cross on New Haven Road’s Ferry. Trip From Washington fo Groten, Mass., Is Made by a Round- about Course. Special Dispat NEW YORK, May strike of firemen and transfer boats of the New York, New Haven and Hartford lines, Presiden Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt and tary Loeb were obliged to-night to take a cross-country route and suffer considerable delay and inconvenience in going from Washington to Groton, Mass., where the sident’s sons are attending school. The President’s car left Washington at 5 o'clock, over the Pennsylvania road, and the party was to have come direct to Jersey City, transfer there to one of t New Haven boats and con~ tinue the journey over the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway Whether Pennsylvania Company oilers on he | disliked to subject the President to pos- conditions serious sible delays or feared under present something mc | might occur to retard him, it changed the route and at Trenton his car was switched off the main line and sent over the Belvidere division. At Belvi- dere it was again switched to the Dela- ware and Hudson tracks, and at May- brook, N. Y., it was again transfesred to the New England road and wen* over the Pgughkeepsie bridge. Officials of the compdny would give the President's route was changed. It was rumored early in the evening that the company had been informed by strikers that the boat would not be permitted to make the trip and that it would be better wisdom to take the President by some other route. At a meeting of representatives the teamsters’ and freight handlers’ uniens late to-night it was decided that unless the officials of the New York, New Haven and Hartford system con- sent to meet a gommittee from the strikers early to-morrow the teamsters go out in sympathy with the freight handlers. The freight clerks and the marine firemen were also represented at the meeting to-da About thirty delegateg acted 000 employes. President Curran says that the delegates from the other unions pledged their support to him for a sympathetic strike at the moment he should ask for it. He con- tinued: “A sympathetic strike will be adopted only as a last resort. -If the railroad company wants a fight we will give it. for with the men we can call out we can tie up all the ight transporta- tion in New York and stop the move- ment of food suppln raw materal and goods of every sort. But we do not want to do that it can be helped.” —_————— PLUCKY COWBO WOOING BRINGS HIM HAPPINESS Rollinson Fights for Bride and Finally Wins Home and Forgiveness. OMAHA, May —Three years ago Jessie Evarts and “Jack” Rollinson attended school in Buffalo, N. Y. Now they are man and wife, after passing through a long string of startling sit- uations. A year ago young Rollinson, who is but 21 years of age, left home for Hartville, Wyo., where he be- came a cowpuncher. While there he learned that Mrs. C. D. Fletcher of the mining camp was mother of the Jessie Evarts he had known at school, Jessie had not seen her mother since she was a small child. She had been living with her grandfather, named Gage, until a few months ago. She was sent to Wyoming to visit her mother. The cultured Eastern girl not oniy won the heart of Rollinson, but those of other cowboys. One night at a dance strenuous objection was en- tered because Rollinson danced too frequently with Miss Jessie. Rollin- son was given fifteen minutes to leave town. He did not go and a fight en- sued, in which, luckily, no one was killed. The grandfather, who had fol- lowed his granddaughter West, ob- jected to the suit of the young man because he did not know him, so early one morning Rollinson and Jessie eluded the grandfather and flew to Gering, Neb., where they were mar- ried. Gage is immensely wealthy and de- clared he would disinherit his 19- year-old granddaughtér, but he re- lented and the young couple will re- turn to Wyoming after an Eastern visit and live in the West on a fine ranch donated by Jessie's grand- father. “Jac S — QUAY GIVES UP HOPE AND RETURNS TO BEAVER Senator Stands Journey, but Is Grad- ually Growing Weaker—Sauer- kraut Cause of Illness. PHILADELPHIA, May 23.—Senator Quay has returned to his old home at Beaver, thoroughly convinced that his case is hopeless. He stood the journey well, but is rapidly growing weaker to- night. The Senator's sickness is dwe to an overinduigence in his favorite dish of sauerkraut.