The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1904, Page 1

west wind.g midnight, September 15: San Francisco and vicinity— Cloudy or foggy Thursday; fresh G. X. WILLSON, Loal Forecaster. Temporarily in Charge. | | mand.” lands.” Tivoli—“The Toreador.” Second Matinee To-Day. Central—“Only a Shop Girl.” in Com- of the Low= MOTOR BOAT 111 CROSS | THE OCEAN 1 I London Man Hopes| to Win $10,000 | Prize. | Will Attempt Voyage With | SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. McWADE BY THE America’s Canton Representative in Disgrace. OYSTER BAY, L. I, Sept. 14.—Rob- ert M. McWade, American Consul-Gen- eral at Canton, China, has been re- moved from office by President Roose- velt cently were investigated by Assistant Secretary Pierce, who went to the Orient to make an investigation of sev-. | eral-of the United States consulates in China and Japan. Secretary Pierce, in | Crait Being Built for an | American. Vessel Is to Be Sixty-Five Feet Long | and Carry a Crew of Two Men. TSR and New York | by the New York | “ompany. 14.—8. F. Bdge is de- | t M. Charley offers for the first motor | ntic, because in be sending one Edge, in an in- ly with my plans. had under con- -althy American a cruis t, and one of the e ct is that she shall " , to be d ered in\ New York own keel. I expect . in March, so that I good chance of win- was the size of the boat | Cdge replied five feet long and ssengers and a crew of seems a small crew, aght to be automatic thing ¢ ar e the engine is started the crew ought to have little to do. \ av ingtructed to do the | be we can ardless of price, and th at therefore will be wery lux- 1 have 300 horse-power | ty she will have more, | 1 be two engines on | orse-power aplece and | 40 horse-power. ! engine is for use in pace and coming big power could not i economically used. The engine may be used the boat is traveling | ve do not look to it for | | where SENSATION CINCINNATI WEDDING AT Rushes Into Church With Baby in| Arms and Orders Priest to Stop the Ceremony. CINCINNATI 14.—A sensa- | scene was enacted to-day at St. Church during the EKuhlman to Miss| The church was friends and rela- nd the ceremony completed when a ng young woman, carrying dashed through rs and ran wildly to-| Sept Catholic of F. ppenhof. man her arms, with her babe out- arms, shouting to the eremc The con- | cken in a mo- itement pre- he ushers at the wed- | the woman in her flight r and led her from the v e ceremony proceeded, though the excitement among those present did not te. The young | wom Kuhlman prom- | SN Y | FAILS TO FIND TRACE | [ OF THE CONEMAUGH Cruiser Tacoma Abandons the Search for the Missing Stéhm- ship. WASHINGTON, Sept 14.—The | Navy Department is informed that| the cruiser Tacoma, cOmmanded by Commander R. B. Nicholson, arrived et Rio de Janeiro yesterday, having | cruised from San Francisco down the west coast of South America and| around the Brazilian port in search | of the missing merchantman Cone- | maugh, which has not been heard | from since her departure from a Chilean port several months ago. The Tacoma failed to find any trace of the missing steamshin and has practically abandoned the search. | Manadioes <02 WILL TRANSPORT PACKAGES | WITH LIGHTNING SPEED | Chicago and Milwaukee to Have Two Miles a Minute Parcel Service Through Pneumatic Tube. CHICAGO, Sept. 14.—A pneumatic tube eighteen inches in diameter be- tween Chicago and ¥filwaukee, that wi port packages and mail be- two cities in forty minutes, the rate of more than two miles a and give a lightning express ' service to the towns along theroute, is proposed by a concern which has in- stalled pneumatic tube systems in some | of the largest Chicago business houses. The o of the line 1s placed at] $5,000,000. The distance is about eighty- four miles. ————— DEATH RESULTS FROM ACCIDENT. TO BALLOON By Premature Ascension Two Soldiers Are Killed and Six Are ¥Fatally Hurt. VIENNA, Sept. 14.—During mun.ryl ballooning exercises at St. Hulweiss- berg to-day, a sudden puff of wind lift- | alleviated number of soldiers| The ed & balloon with a of mmmm Eight of the -um:r";:n-. q‘-l were fatally injured. The eppeared. v | connected | DUTIES | ernor, his report to the President, strongly sustains the charges made against Mc- Wade. The order for McWade's dis- missal went forward to-day. WASHINGTON, Sept. the removal of Robert M. McWade as | Consul-General at Canton has been ex- pected for a long time. Before Third Secretary Pierce started last winter on his visit to the Chinese consulates so many charges had been lodged with the State Department, though not gen- erally in official form, that the removal of the Consul-General was certain, if only a small portion of them were es- tablished. The more serious of the allegations! Consul-General's name | | with the improper issuance of certifi- the cates to Chinese bound for the Philip- pines or the United States. There also was talk of excessive fees. McWade was one of the most widely known newspaper men in Washington and Philadelphia before his appoint- ment to the consular service. —_———— ARE GREAT, BUT POWERS ARE LIMITED Se‘crc(ary of State Board of Health Makes Complaint in Report to the Governor. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 14.—Dr. E. K. Foster, secretary of the State Board of Health, in his official report to the Gov- makes complaint that the law imposes important duties on the board, but bestows very little power. The re- port states after relating the section of law which outlines the duties of the State Board of Health that the act gives the board a broad field of inves- tigation and work, with but power to make its work effective, since it does not oblige local Boards of Health to answer questions made by the State Board: does not allow the en- forcement of proper measyres to pro- tect life and health; gives no means for eradicating causes of disease and epidemics or for dissemination inform- ation to the people, other than through the good nature of the public press. The report says, that the public will heedlessly neglect all sanitary precau- tiops, use water poliuted with wash- ings of barn yards and houses;.allow children sick with. contagious diseases to associate with the well; tolerate | scheol house with poor light and worse ventilation, and if an effort be made by the authorities to suppress ap epi- demic of contagious disease people are up in arms because of cost or trouble. But let glanders attack the horse or | Texas fever break out among the cat- | tle, and the whole community is alive to the danger. A direct pecuniary loss stares them in the face ——————————— McGEOGHEGAN SHIFTS THE BLAME TO TAAFFE Accused Ex-Treasurer of San Jose Makes a Dramatic Declaration of His Innocence. SAN JOSE, Sept. 14.—There was a dramatic scene in the trial of ex-City Treasurer Thomas J. McGeoghegan this forenoon when the defendant call- ed upon his God to witness that he had never taken a cent of the $9823 that is missing from the city treasury. He also tried to shift the responsibility onto the shouldexg/of Willlam F. Taaf- fe, a cousin, and who acted as a depu- ty for some time in the office. When asked if he had ever appropriated any of the money in the treasury MecGeogh- egan replied: “As God is my judge, 1 never touched a nickel out of that safe, and T never permitted any human be- ing to take a cent with my knowledge, I do not know of my own knowledge that any money was taken.” McGeogh- egan also testified that he had been il during part of January and Febru- ary and that Willlam F. Taaffe had had charge of the office. The office had become sadly muddled and he mentibned the matter to Taaffe one evening in the middle of February. At that time Taaffe was under the influ- ence of liqguor and he sald that he was golng away and if there should be any shortage of the cash he would get the money from San Francisco and make the amount good. J. J. Zingg, a locksmith, testified that he had made a key to the vault for William Taffe. Jack Carroll, a cousin of Taaffe's, was present when Taaffe paid for the key. ————— UNCLE SAM TO KEEP PORTS OPEN DESPITE ALL PROTESTS Rear Admiral Walker Announces In- tentions of Panama Canal Commis- sion—He Expects No Trouble. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Rear Ad- miral Walker, the head of the Panama Commistion, declared to-day on his arrival from Colon that the United States intended to keep open the two ports in the canal zone in spité of any protests which might be made by the Panama Govérnment. He added that be did not expect any trouble over the making of Ancon (on the Panama side of the isthmus), and Cristobol (near Colon) free ports of entry. —_————————— MORPHINE IS USED TO EASE BISMARCK'S PAIN Prince Herbert's Suffering Is Intense and Patient’s Extremeé Weakness Causes Greatest Anxiety. FRIEDRICHSRUHE, Sept. 14.— Prince Herbert Bis was to-day suffering 1 extreme . Bismarck is CONSUL GENERAL Charges made against him re-| 14.—Notice of | little | REMOUED PRESIDENT Dt L Sk | | | 1 e + AMERICAN CONSULAR OFFICER WHO HAS BE REMOVED BY | THE PRESIDENT. + N CLAINS HER SERVANTS HOBBED HER ‘Mrs. Oelrichs Invokes the Aid-of the i oSN | gl il Special Dispatch to The Call. | NEWPORT, Sept. 14.—Asserting that | she had been robbed by one of her | servants Mrs. Hermann Oélrichs hur- ried to the police station in- her auto- mobile early this morning to mdke a complaint. Several men with whom Mrs. Oelrichs trades and several clerks were summoned and all were closeted with Chief of Police Richards for half an hour. When the cpnference ended | the Chief said that as the affair was one in which no arrests will be made he could give out no information. Mrs. Oelrichs said she had been made the victim of a systematic scheme of robbery conducted by servants for sev- eral weeks. It was the practice of the servants, she asserted, when giving an order for household supplies, to order extra provisions, which were turned over to another employe. Mrs. Oelrichs thought others were engaged in the theft, but she made this charge the only one against two ser- vants. It is said that Mrs. Oelrichs made the discovery when looking over her bills for August. She summoned the servants whom she believed were concerned and then hastened from one tradesman to dnother in an effort to get at the precise details of the alleged robbery. She soon had all the infor- mation she required and returned to Rose Cliff and confronted the servants. Mrs. Oelrichs’ cook was ‘discharged to- day and left for New York. The gar- dener at Rose CIiff was also dismissed to-day. The extent of the alleged robbery was not learned, but Mrs. Oelrichs says that vegetables, fish and . meat have been wrongfully ordered by her servants. * ——— BODY OF MISSING WOMAN FOUND FLOATING IN TRUNK Corpse of Mrs. Inez Smith Recovered at Cleveland Proves She Was Murdered. | CLEVELAND, O, Sept. 14.—The bedy of a young. woman was ‘found to-day, crowded into a trunk, which | was picked up in the water under a coal dock on the lake front. The bady was identified as that of. Mrs. Inez Smith of Cleveland. The woman disap- peared on September 6. That she was murdered and her body placed in the trunk and thrown into the river /is certain, the police say. | Some time ago the woman applied for a divorce, alleging that her husband, Samuel Smith, had another wife liv- in, whom he married in 1892. ’ Before her marriage to Samuel Smith the dead woman's name was Inez Hall, and she lived in Zanesville, O. The Smiths had lived in Cleveland about five years, but recently had not been living- together. ————————— SALONICA MILITIA SENT TO SUPPRESS ALBANIANS Sixteen Batialions of Reserves Mobil- ized for Purpose of Putting Down Revolt' in European Turkey. SALONICA, European Turkey, Sept. 14.—Sixteen battalions of local militia bave been ordered to mobilize in the districts of Kilkish, Seres and Berat. These will be dispatched to Prizren to press insu t ians. Salomicn battation Jeft here Tor Prid: and are of their demands in full. " FILES 31 9 RECOVER HER LOSSES Shipyards Trust Lit- igation Is Re- opened. Widow of a Former Mayor ~of New York City Al- leges Fraud. ——— Claims to Have Been Led to Invest §260,000 Through False Prospectuses. NEW YORK, Sept. 14 —A summons and complaint and a note of issue have been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Nassau County at Mineola, L. L, in a suit brought by Mrs. Ida E. Wood, widow of Fer- nando Wood, former Mayor of New York City, to recover $225,000 damages. The suit is brought against the Com- monwealth Trust Company, . formerly the Trust Company of America; its directors, among whom are Stuyvesant Fish, George C. Boldt, Perry Belmont and George Gould, and the Mercantile Trust Company and John J. McCook. The suit is based on alleged fraud and deceit, which Mrs. Wood claimed was practiced upon her by inducing her to purchase 200 of the first mort- gage bonds of the United States Ship Building Company through alleged false prospectuses. TWO SECTIONS LEFT OUT OF' BIG GRANT State Surveyor SACRAMENTO, report 1o thé thor, Woods, State Survéyor Gene that the grant ¢f 500,000 internal improvements has been com- pletely disposed of and that the only lands remaining to be disposed of are the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections and lands in lieu theréof, the swamp, overflowed and tide lands and the lzhds uncovered by the recession of waters of inland lakes. The report states that there 1s a considerable increase in the demand for State school land and this is espe- cially noticeable in the semi-arid lands, where either Government or private irrigation projects are con- | templated. % SMOKY TOWN S PORTLAND Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Sept. 14.—Smoke hung so dense over Portland to-day that objects two blocks distant were barely discernible. Forest fires are raging in a dozen places within twenty miles of the city and there is not a breath of wind. Rain is prayed for, but there are no indications that any will fall within the next few hours. Meanwhile the dis- comfort arising from the heavy atmos- phere increases, The fires around Holbrook, thirteen niiles away, are this evening burning almost unchecked. On the Kirk-Hoo- ver property $3000 worth of wood and flume was destroyed last night and to-day. Back of Vancouver, Washing- ton, twelve miles distant, a number of homes are menaced. Soldiers from Vancouver Barracks have been called out to watch the fires. Men and women have been working side by side to save their homes. Every tree and bush i3 dry as a bone and are quickly lighted by the allest spark. Near the Clackmas River a number of blazes are being fought by determined home owners. ML L e i SOUVENIR DOLLARS FOR. TWICE THEIR VALUE First Installment of Gold Coins for Lewis and Clark Exposition Re- ceived at Portland PORTLAND, Sept. 14.—The first $25,000 gold souvenir dollars for the Lewls and Clark Exposition has been received by the First National Bank of this city from the Government Mint | at Philadelphia. The coins are a trifle smaller than a dime. FEach is in- scribed on one side with the legend “Lewis and Clark Exposition,” while on the other side appears the words “United States—One Dollar.” The installment is the first issuance of the $250,000 gold coin appropria- tion allowed by the Government in accordance with the terms of the Lewis and Clark appropriation bill. Each coin will be sold for $2 and to the purchaser of five an additionat one will be presented. The exposition management is confident of a large sale of the unusual souvenirs. —_—— PEARY IS PREPARING FOR NEW EXPEDITION Will Again Make an to Find the North ¢ Pole. Attempt NEW_YORK, Sept. 14—Commander R. E. Peary, the Arctic explorer, : CERTAIN Platt and Odell Fail to Com- promise. SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. 14.—There was every reason to believe late to- night that the following ticket, chosen by the' Higgins supporters, would be nominated to-morrow by the Republi- can State Convention: Governor — Frank W. | Cattaraugus. Lieuténant Governor—M. Linn Bruce. Secretary of State—John F. O'Brien. Attorney General—Julius M. Mayer. State Treasurer—John. D. Wallen- meier. State Engineer and Surveyor—Henry A. Van Alstyne. Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals— Edgar M. Cullen. Assgociate Judge of the Court of Ap- veals—William E. Werner. Although there is no assurance that this ticket can be nominated without a roll eall the air was sutl full of ru- mors late to-night that a settlement may be recahéd and the umanimous’ nomination of Lieutenant Governor | Higgins accomplished on the first bal- | lot. At 11:30 o'clock Woodruff came from his headquarters after a protracted conference with friends and said: My naime will go before the conven- tion to-morrow.” Replying to an inquiry as to the number of votes he would have, Wood- ruff said: “I dom't know. That does not have ! pruch to do with the matter, anyway."” Neither side to-night is' willing to yield the slightest point to the advan- tage of the other. The friends of| ‘Woodruff insist that there is no ground for hgping that any means likely to | be adopted can avoid an open conflict | upon’ the floor of the, convention to- | morrow. Governor'Odell was asked to- night whether any concessions were likely. = “*Not/from our side,” he said. Woodruff said practically the same thing, and Senator Platt- expressed himself as equally determined, and at an early hour retired for the night. To-day's session of the convention ‘was without significance, so far as the Higgins-Woodruft controversy is cop- cerned, involving only the preliminary organization of the convention .There was no test of the strength of the two sidee. The conference which resulted in the completion of the Higgins ticket was attended by about twenty-five men, but none of the Woodruff or Platt men were present. ‘The selection of M. Linn FEruce was something of a surprise, after the. naming of Julius M. Mayet last evening for Attorney General, as it gives New York County two places on the State ticket. . ‘At -midnight there was no change in the situation. Senator Platt and Wood- ruff had retired for the night and Gov- ernor Odell said there would be no fur- ther conference to-night. EAER e TS TO OPPOSE MORMONISM. Organization of New American Party Pftected at Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 14. Permanent organization of the New American party, whose avowed pur- pose is to oppose the alleged interfer- ence of the Mormon church in poli- tics, was mass meeting n the Grand Theater to-night. The meeting was largely attended by men | of all political beliefs. A State cen- | tral committee of five. members was appointed -and was authorized to -ap- point other committees to conduct the cam: in the State and to call a mass convention for the purpose of nominating a mem| of Congress and a complete State ticket. No nomi- ;:}lqm for Presidential, electors will Higgins of HIGGINS APPEARS TO HEAD NEW YORK TICKET BERLINSKY EXPECTS 10 DISWANTLE Asks What Ordeal of Disarmament Will Be. FOR NQMINATION OF N RIVALS CAN I FOR GOVERNOR l | NBEW. YORK. * DAUGHTER OF SEXATOR \ DANGER Miss Kittie Bard Is Rescued From Drowning, —_— Epecial Djspatch to The Cail VENTURA, Sep % 14 —Miss Kittie Bard, daughter of Senator Bard, had a narrow escape from drowning to-day at Hueneme. This is the second time this summer the young lady has all but lost her life. Miss Bard was bathing in the surf and being a strong swimmer ventured too far out. The undertow and current were too much for her and, struggle as she would, she could make no head- way inshore. She finally became ex- hausted and gave up the struggle. Her friends saw her danger and be- gan calling for help. James Demp- sey, a young man present, hastened to her in a boat and reached her just in time. She was brought ashore and re- vived. It is only a few weeks since Miss Kittle had a similar narrow es- cape from drowning in the surf at Santa Barbara while bathing. —_—— KILLS SMALL BOY~ WHO HAD BEEN TEASING HIM Aged Bohemian in Chicago Fires Rifle Into Crowd of Youngsters Narrowly Escapes Lyncl CHICAGO, Sept. 14.—To put toWMight a crowd of boys and girls who had been annoying him, Albert Marek, an aged Bohemian, leveled a small rifle at them and pulled the trigger. At the report of the rifle David Durham, 10 years old, fell with a bullet wound in his right temple. His death occurred soon afterward. The shooting occurred in front of the home of Marek, who is 64. years old. Afterward he had to barricade himself in_ his home until the arrival of the police to escape the wrath of neighbors. ———— DYNAMITE BOMB CAUSES . PANIC IN BARCELONA BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 14.—A dynamite bomb . was exploded last night before the gate of St. Joseph's Orphanage. It injured nobody, but caused a panic among the inmates Russian Commander Awaits Instructions as to the Lena’s Case. Only 250 Tons of Coal in Cruiser's Bunkers, Though Claims Were Made of Ample Supply. P SIS S Captain Berlinsky and Consul Ko- sakevitch have evidently come to the conclusion that there is no hope of the auxiliary cruiser Lena’s leaving the port of San Francisco until the war is over in the Orient. They sent a communication to Collector of the Port F. S. Stratton yesterday asking what would be required by the United States Government as to dismantling of the ship should that be the conclu- sion, they put it, of the present nego- tations. The Russian officials evince much concern as to the fate in store for the Lena in the disarmament process. They are anxious about what the re- quirements will be and indicate that they have given up the effort to have the vessel refitted with boilers in this neutral port and allowed to proceed again to the scene of conflict. It is believed that the communica- tion addressed to Collector Stratton was authorized in instructions from St. Petersburg. The Collector at once forwarded it to Wa: and will make no answer until he is advised by his superiors. Russian Consul Kosakevitch went to Vallejo dyealzrd:y afternoon to in- lock at is taken ment yard. The letter to Collector Stratton was lengthy and made request for a specific statement of all the details connected with dismantling of a ship according to the requirements of the United States in such cases. Questions were put as to whether the vessel's guns would be taken from their positions on the Lena's decks, whether the ship itself would be in any way disabled, whether the engines would be discon- nected and parts removed, whether the ammunition would be removed; in short, precisely what would be done to place the war vessel on a dismantled basis, in event that course should be adopted. ] The communication bore chiefly on this subject of dismantlement. Collec- tor Stratton refused to discuss the let- ter, saying it would be referred to the proper authorities at Washington in the due course of business connected with the Lena incident. WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS. It is understood in official circies that the Russian captain is unwillin~ at this time to consent to dismantlement owing to the non-receipt of specific in- structions from St. Petersburg, for which request by cable has been sent | Pending such advices the local repre- sentatives have been apparently in- structed to ascertain what is involved in the probable dismantling of the Lena. On this subject the United States Government officials, speaking from general knowledge of the law, say that the Lena would, if dismantled, be re- lieved of all of the gus, ammunition or | other war material, that her engines | would be so treated as to be rendered unserviceable, and that she would be literaily placed out of commission until the ned of the war. That this will ultimately occur, the highest Government officials who have to deal directly with the situation ex- press not the least doubt. In those cirel the expression, unofficial of course at this time, {8 unanimous that the Lena will be dismantled as soon as the course of Governmental inquiry has been completed. The departments of State, of the Treasury and of Commerece and Labor at Washington have been advised that the re-examination of the Lena, which has been ordered, is under way. It was pointed out yesterday that the Lena might with hasty repairs get away in thirty days and by the use of an enormous quantity of coal run from | six to eight knots an hour and per- | haps reach a home port by frequenat replenishing of her coal supply. This is not “seaworthy,” as contemplated by the law. BUNKERS ARE ALMOST EMPTY. Captain Berlinsky's reported state- ment that he was well supplied with coal is discredited. It is known in United States Government circles that the Lena has in her bunkers only 250 tons of.coal. It is estimated that this would serve the ship for not more than two days’ ru 1 With this Mnowledge gained amother question arises in officialdom, and that bears upon the matter of a supply of fuel. Under the code of nations the Lena would be entitled, were the Rus- sians permitted to repair, to take | enough coal to carry her to the nearest home port. That this would demand certain official requests on the part of | Captain Berlinsky goes without saying. l(‘:hh therefore wonder why It was ed that the Lena did have an coal supply. "fl'm. upon the length of time that must elapse before final decision shall be made-iw the case, the inspectors | will require about three days to make further examination of the engines and bollers. To the lmqfi'n“hdmluue tests must be applied for and definite condition.