The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 1, 1904, Page 1

| oo Orpheum—Vi Tivoli—*“The Matinees at All ’ufin To-Day. VOLUME XCVI PRESIDENT IS ASKED 70 I\TERFERE Petition Requesting Aid for Congo Presented. | | { Document Bears Signatures| of Persons High in | English Peerage.. , | Memorialists Plead for Counsel and | Assistance of First Gitizen of the | American Republic. | Special Dispatch to The Call. | — | WASHINGTON, Sept. N.—Presflen'!j Roosevelt was again asked to-day to interfere in the administration of the | affairs of the government of Congo | State. C. D. Morel, accompanied by | Acting Secretary Loomis of the State | Department, called at the White House and presented the President with the petition circulated by the Conge Re- Association, “supported by the and Foreign Anti-Slavery So:- | nd the Aborigines Protection So- The petition is signed first by 1t Hon. Earl of Aberdeen. Sir Parker, Lord Bishop of Liver Barl Norbury and W. T. Stead have also signed it. 3 memorialists say that they are | ng the counsel and pleading for | stance of the first citizen of| rican republic, which has ever | interested itself powerfully in the cause | f civilization. It is a matter of honor | for all pations and individuals in any way responsible for the creation of the | Congo Btate to do all that is possible toward the removal of a system which | has grown up under the governing | [u “sv and uuenu. oonmltted under The memorialists, as a basis for their requests, recite an act of the House of | Commone, of May 20, 1903, requesuns the British Government to confer with | { other powers “to abate evils prevalent | that Stdte.” 2 n active campaign has been, insti- | to influence the Président to in- ere between the Belgian Gowvern- | ment and its paramount interest in af- fairs in Congo. Although the President talked with | pool, More gave no indication-of his | probable action. J i e ! ASKS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS INDEPENDENT STATE Strip of Territory Belonging to Brazil Mazkes Formal Application to the United States. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. — The American Government has been for- | mally requested to extend’its revoz‘nx-‘ tion to a new State on this hemisphere. | The request is made by “the Free State | of the Counani.” This is the small bit | of territory formerly wedged between | the borders of French Guiana anpd Brazil, claimed by both mnations, but| decided by an arbitrator te belong ta | Brazil. i | Upon receiving ‘the appeal from the | weuld-be independent State, Acting| Secretary of State Loornis made an in- | vestigation and secured reports from the French and Brazilian representa- tives here, which satisfied him lhfil‘ there was no warrant for interference with the Brazillan claim by this Gov- ernment. 10 BE SETTLED BY BARRETT Dispute “nh Panama Over| Canal Zone Jurisdiction Will Not Go to The Hague | —_— | WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—It is said | at the ¢ Departmient that the dis- pute v Panama as to jurisdiction over the canal zone on the isthmus will be satisfactorily settled by Min- ister Barrett at Panama. The re- port that Panama wishes to have the dizpute referred to the tribunal at The Hague for settlement is pronounced to be without foun- dation The department disclaims knowledge of any ultimatum to this effect .that Minister Barrett is sald to be bringing to the United States. — QUARREL OVER A FENCE TERMINATES IN SHOOTING Two Aged Men in Montana Engage in | Heated Dispute and One Is Shot. WOOD CREEK, Mont., Sept. 30.—A shooting sffray, in which twe men, | ezch more than 60 years of age, par-| ticipated, occurred at a ranch about ten miles from Wood Creek this morn- ing. A man named Charles ,Young was shot twice, once through the shoulder and once through the breast, by William Connor. The two men had had trouble over a line fence. Young's «ondition is serious, | of the wedding of Miss Jean Morton, | mony shall be non-religious in char- | been placed in position. 'rerused to answer a question unless ! Tobacco Company, pending a disposi- AT SIE REBELS Hamage of Miss Morton May Be Posl;poned. Religions Dmerences Sald to. Cause Break With | ~ Joseph Cudahy. - Bndo-toBo Obpcts to Blshop Aflet‘ Plans Were Made for Non-Sec- tarian Oeremopy. Special Dispatch to The Call. OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 30.—On the eve daughter of Joey Morton, to Joseph Cudahy, son of Michael Cudahy, the well-known packer, a report is current in Omaha that a hitch has arisen, which may cause a postponement of the event. The trouble arises from the opposing religions creeds of the two femilies, the Mortons’ being Prot- | estants, and the Cudahys Catholics. It is understood that an agreement has been entered into that the cere- cter and that after their marriage neither shall intrude his. or "her re- | ligion_on the other. It was expressly | stipulated, it is stated, that the chii- ,dren should not be brought up in the Catholic faith. ding Bishop Spaulding of Illinois has been inyited to petform the ceremony, and Miss Morton, according to the re- | port, has put her foot down and re- fused to permit it. Arrangements on a most elaborate scale have been made for the wedding. Four carloads of palms and flow have been taker to ‘Arbor Lodge, "fi famous Morton home at Nebraska City,. where the weddiflg is to take place. The beautiful house has been trans- formed into a veritable bed of roses, over eight thousand entering into the decorations. The house is to be darkened durlns he ceremony and afterward it will | burst forth in a blaze of light, over ten | thousand incandescent globes. having | Special trains | from Chicago and Omaha will take the | guests to Nebraska City to-night and | to-morrow morning. Secretary. of the | Navy Paul Morton," uncle of the bride, | * will arrive from Chicago at. about ] breakfast time. | JAIL CHANGES DOCTOR'S NIND Physician Deudes to Obe\ ~ Orders of - Court After Get-'| -tmg Taste of »P.rnson Cell ——— MERCED, Sept. 30.—Dr. W. A. Whit- | o lock, a prominent physician, was sent | to jail to-day for contempt of court.. Dr. Whitlock was a witness in an as- sault to murder case. On-the ground that it called for expert. testimony, he | irst assured of reasonable remunera- | tion. The court ordered the doctor to answer the question under penalty of. being sént to jail for contempt. He | persisted in his refusal, and was com- mitted to jail. :After two hours’ confinement the questions and was rgleased. —_——————— PLANS FOR COMBINING THREE TOBACCO COMPANIES CHECKED | TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 30.—Vice Chancellor Pitney, in an order made in Jersey City Wednesday and filed here to-day, restrained the proposed meet- ing at Jersey City to-day for the carry- ing out of the merger of the American " Tobacco Company, the Consolidated Tobacco Company and the Continental tion of the rule to show cause, which is returnable at Newark on October 11. The proceedings to restrain the mer- ger were instituted by Julius B. Tkel- heimer of New York, Henry Kessell of Arverne, N. Y., and John M. Rankin of. Jersey City. The complainants are holders of bonds of the Consolidated Tobacco Company and cldim’ that their holdings. would be injured by the car- | rying out of the proposed merger. - NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—Only a few shares g¢f the Continental Tobacco, Company were voted against the mer- ger plan when the stockholders of that ‘South Chili, [once used by the Boxers, with this dd- On the eve of the wed- | : Efforts are being - . made to effect a settlement. | |is thought, they are the guilty parties. ‘Dynamlte Exploded Undeér he | changed his mind, agreed to answer |- 1 eml explosions, probably of dymu-nlte, _western part of this city to-night. The | heard: at. the roundhouse, more than company met this afternoon, while 869,546 shares were voted in favor of the proposition. The adjournment of the meeting of the Consolidated Com- pany’'s stockholders was ggreed on by those in charge of the proposed ¢ nsol- idation, it being thought best that a particular meeting be held over with- out action at this time, although it was said that the injuhction had not yet been served [N CHINA - IS FEARE Na.twes in Seversl - Districts Are | Restless. —————— Form a New Antl-Forelgn Soclety and Prepare t0 lembers Distribute Phwds Annonw ing Their Intention to' Follow - e Foststeps of Boxers. NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—Unrest Is -in- creasing among the natives in the North Honan and West Shantung districts of China, according to a Herald dispatch from Peking. The new anti-foreign society, the Tsai Yuan, is spreading rapidly, even dur- ing the present hsrve!(ing of ’good crops. The 'placards of the new society be- ing clrculated are identical with those dition: “If every member will distrib- ute thirty copies we shall become as numerous as the Boxers and on Oc- tober 17,. the Chung' Yiadg festival, all foreigners will be destroyed.” *The membership of the Tsai Yuan In- cludes clerks, subordinate customs offi- clals, Buddhist priests and influential natives. The foreign .Ministers have confldence in the ability of the Viceroy to suppress the trouble. That -official is the same who suppressed. theé Box- ers of Shantung in 1900. The situation is not critical. .’ DENTIST ) GOLD Reno Tooth I’uller Vietim “of ‘Whiat Ts Bel;eved to Be | ==twr .O_tg.a_nized_ Burglirs’ Gang- -Special m;;_vuuh to The CulL_’ R RE\O Sept. 30.—Eyidénce that the. denlal parlor ‘thieves, who committed many danng crimes throughout the | cuuntfy last year, are again at work \\as ‘discovered in Reno this morning when Dr. Quinn, a dentist, opened his offices- and discovered that gold and | instruments to the value of more than $400 had been 'stolen during the night. An entrance was gained to the office | thruugh a transom. b Dr. Quinn roticed two’ strangers | around his place for several days. One | | profegsed to ‘be.a dentist and visited: | his office éarly in the week. Since the ‘crime both men have disappeared. "It Their work stamps them- as experts. TR:Y{TO BLOW U & BRIDGE Piers of Santa- Fe Strue-' ture Near San B_ema.rdinu e e SAN BERNARDINO,. Sem. 30—ch- ‘occurred beneath the cement piers of the Santa Fe bridge over the western channel of the Lytle Creek Wash in the | explosions were heayy’ enough to be a mile away. The cause was unknown until persons from the vicinity-of the bridge came to the Santa Fe head- quarters to report. 7 e ] 4 BOLD ‘ROBBERY OCCURS i ON- A FRENCH MAIL CAR Thleves Cut Open Ninety-One Bouches and Steal Letters. Directed to the. United States. PARIS, Sep(. 30.—A’ bold robbery has been committed. on a mail ‘car be- | tween Paris and Havre, containing a quantity -of ~ American mail. The train” which left here- at midnight contained a mail car Which was en- tirely given up to mail for the United States. There were about 100 mail pouches on the car, which was sealed and heavily locked. On arriving at Rouen this morning it was found that the Amerlcan mail car had been bro- ken ‘open and that the pouches were in great disorder. Ninety one bags had been opened and their contents rifled of such valuables as they may have contained. There is no record of their conténts or of the valuables lbnncted. l Make Toule. - | CIASE RESULTS IN Postal Slesths Cap ture 5:110&6(1 Amnsed ol»i)uwlng Orders on a Seale of Vast: - Pr@ortmns ; &id to anRusflNotesmAllthe Principal Cities of the . United States, Spectal Dispatch to The Call, | REW YORK; Sept. 30.—After a chase of 7000 miles in this country, and after tracing their man to London and Paris and back. to Americd again, the ‘post- office insj rs of Boston and New York have arrested Phillip Schweitz, who, acco! eclipsed allfcases of forgery and fraud that' they Bave dealt with in recent vears. With the cunning of a fox Sdhweltz has been raising amqunts on posmmce orders and collecting money on them in all the principal cities and to{qm in' the TUnited States, if the charges made by the department against him are true. With the help of the rabm ntl synagogue in Wilming- ton, Del veitz was at last arrested ona compla.n;} of the postoffice inspec- tors i and New York to-day. * Schweitz's methods were not new. He ‘would raise amount of a postoffice sh it with some’ trades- €, were originally taken out for 38 and subsequently changed to $80. The post- office inspectors have several money orders, which they say were for $8 orig- inally, and which were ‘changed by simply adding zero at the top of the order and /" to the eight. This par- ticular combination of figures and let- ters fa\'ored the Xngenlous operator. SHOWS ER - PLUCK IV BIG STORN Mrs. “Willie” Van-| derbilt Is at Sea ina Gale. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—Mr. and Mrs. W:lliam K, Vanderbilt Jr. had a thrill- ing experience to-day in a fifty-mile- an-hour norwester off Glen Cove and Mrs. | Vanderbilt’ proved herself a plucky sailor. . T i % The Vanderbilt's seventy-fopter Vir- ginia was roughly handled by _the gale. Its jib was blown to ribbons and Mrs. Vanderbilt prevented herself from be- ing flung' overboard - only by - tightly clutching - projections on the yacht. ‘Vanderbilt took the vessél, which was almost a‘waah .under the lee of Rye Beach. The Vanderbilts’ experience lasted only about 15 minutes, but in that time lhey were kept busy trying to keep on board the yacht.. ————— GURNEY FXPRLSSES REGREI‘ THROLGH EMBASSADOR British Secretary Says He Is Sorry i He Violated the Motor Speed Regulatlons LENNOX, Mass., Sept. 30.—Sir Mor- timer Durand, the British Embassador, has received a .dispatch from Acting Secretary of State Loomis which em- bodied the substance of = Governor Bates' letter to the State Department in the Phelps-Gurney episode; The Embassador’ authorized Loomis to thank Goveinor Bates for his letter and also_to inform him that Mr. Gurney wished.to express regret.if he had not conformed to the motor speed regulations. * —_———————— Chile to Open the Oqui Isthmus. - NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—The Chil- ean Government intends, according to the Herald’s correspondent at Valpa- raiso, to open the Oqui Isthmus in Magellan Straits, with the ‘purpose ot shortening navigation. _ —_——— S Lady Curzon Passes Comfoitable Day. WALMER CASTLE, Kent, England, Sept. 30.—Lady Curzon has passed a|be particularly friendly to the Rocke- | run over. very com!armrlc day. to their accusation, has -was told. NO FRIEND VISITS THE PIER TO BID ASTOR FAREWELL Lédbes" on the Celtic for England. NEW YORK, Sept. m—Unattendad by any one, save a man servant, Wil- liam Waldorf Astor sailed frgm the city of his birth for London to-day on the Celtic. Every other passenger on the boat had friends on the pier to wish l’?i‘ voyage and wave & farewell. No one spoke to Wflllnm Wi Astor but the reporters,”and br"éq.?[" 3 that ! cluding statement was a complaint he was not treated right during his brief visit to this city. It was a hard matter to gét Astor to talk, but finally he consented to a brief interview. The first question put to him was: “Will you be kind enough to an- ‘nounce the date of the marriage of your daughter, Pauline, and Captain H. Spender Clay?” “Indeed not,” was the reply. “But I want to set the American newspapers right before I go. I have never said that I opposed the match.” “Your interest in Christian Science | has created considerable attention since your arrival in New York,” Astor “I can't see why it should,” he said. “Has not a gentleman the right to seek new light? I have been greatly annoyed at the furor which has fol- lowe¢d my every movement.” “Perhaps,” it was sugg@ested, “this was on account of the prominence of your family in America.” “I can't say,” he answered. “If T were of the nobility I could not have | ‘been more greatly annoyed.” Astor then turned on his heel and walked to the promenade walk, where he was standing alone and gloomy when the Celtic backed into the North Rlver and pointed her nose for the sea. — e TELLS OF HER WORK AMONG - CHINESE IN L\IJFORVI\ Miss Lake Speaks Before Women's Home Missionary Society, in Ses- sion at Denver. ¥ DENVER, Sept. 30.—Delegates to the convention of the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church were entertained with encouraging reports and pleasing addresses to-day. The report of Mrs. Jane Bancroft Robinson, head of the deaconess’ bureau, consumed the greater part of the afternoon session. It told of the devoted self-sacrificing {work of. these sisters of mercy and the interest, displayed by the members of the church. The corresponding sec- retavies of.the various conferences re- pcrted in hopeful tones. An interesting figure at the session is Miss M. Lake, who has for years been in charge of the:rescue work of Chinesé and Japanesé slave girls in California. She gave a recital of her experiences in the work at the morn- ing session. —————————— ROCKEFELLER INTERESTS AFTER NORTHERN RAILROAD Efforts Made to Secure Option on Bellingham Bay and British B Columbjia Stock. ‘BELLINGHAM, Wash, Sept. 30.— The Rockefeller interests are declared ;. to have secured an option on the estate of the late P. B. Cornwall, and 4f the report be true the Bemnsham Bay and British Columbia Railway may fall into the hands of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway as an outlet to the coast. It is known that an endeavor has been made to secure options from local parties who have ‘Bellingham Bay and British Columbia ! . Railroad stock, and it is asserted these efforts have been in the interest of the Rocksfeller group of capitalists. D. O. Mills, one of the principal stockholders of the road, is known to feller interests. i MILLIONAIRE WHO COMPLAINS OF TREATMENT HE RECEIVED IN CITY OF HIS BIRTH. SWINDLER TURNS WITS 10 ACCOUNT Poses as Millionaire Merchant From Seattle. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Sept. 30.—After being en- tertained in elaborate style at clubs and at private parties in many cities in: the East, J. Frederick Morris, who impersonated Albert Schwabacher of | Schwabacher Brothers & Co. of this city, is under arrest in Phila- delphia. For several weeks the clever confidence man has been impersonating the Seattle merchant, but he finally fell into a trap laid for him by thg officials of the firm in this city. The local company lost no money, but from firms with which it does busi- ness the man is believed to have reap- ed a rich harvest. A number of large drafts, forged with Albert Schwabacher’s name, have been received here during the past few weeks. TUntil the arrest of. the man who claimed to be Albert Schwabacher it was not known from whence they came. ————————— MOROCCAN GOVERNOR SLAIN BY NEIGHBORING TRIBESMEN Official of Arzila and Many of the Townspeople Victims of Revenge-- ful Natives. TANGIER, Morocco, Sept. 30.—The Governor of Arzila, who was the father-in-law cf the former War Min- ister, E1 Menebhi, has been murdered jat Arzila by people of the surround- ing tribés. The murder was com- mitted out of revenge for the action of ‘the Governor in imprisoning members | of the tribes. The murderers released the prisoners at Arzila and killed many of the townspeople. Great alarm prevails at Arzila and the authorities there have appealed to Mohammed EIl Torves, the represen- tative at Tangier of the Sultan, to send them gssistance. —_—— Athlete’s Legs Fractured. ‘HEALDSBURG, Sept. 30.—While rid- ing a bicycle to-day Milton Luce, foot- captain of the Healdsburg High School, was throwz under a wagon and The wagon pasesd over Luce and fractured both his legs. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OBTAINS COEFIN FOR LIVE GIRL Bellevmg Clnld Dead Ukiah Man Buys (Casket. —_——— Finds Out His Mistake After Sending for Remains of Daughter. Young Woman Appears at Home Whils Grief Stricken Relatives Are Bewailing Her Death, Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Sept. 30.—Having & casket prepared and sent for her re- mains is the unique experience which recently befeil Miss Mabel Wilson, who makes her home in Petaluma. At ‘a time when Miss Wilson was known to be visiting in San Francisco, a young woman bearing the same name committed suicide there. A sis- ter of the Petaluma girl was satisfied that it was Mabel Wilson of Petaluma, who had elgcted to leave this world, though she could assign no reason for the rash act. Her father was of the same bellef and he procured a casket at his home in Ukiah and sent an offi- cial of that city to the metropolis to bring back the remains of his daughter. In the meantime Mabel Wilson ap- peared at her home in the flesh, and the official and casket were hurriedly recalied from San Francisco. What will be done with the coffin purchased is the only question now bothering the ‘Wilsons. MANY MOURN WITH FAMILY Death of Senator Hoar Is Deeply Regretted by His - Friends and Colleagues KTy WORCESTER, Mass,, Sept. 30.—The tolling of the bells of the church tow- ers and fire stationg of Worcester com- municated to his fellow citizens the intelligence of the passing of United States Senator George Frisbie Hoar. The state of profound stupor which was an indication of the approach of death embraced the Semnator for forty hours. Thursday he became as weak as he could be and live, with the pulse and respiration so faint that they could be detected only by the physi- cians. Dr. Warren P. Gilman, the medical attendant, said that so slight a thing as pulling the clothing on the bed would have been sufficient to take away enough strength to cause death. The patient had expressed the wish earlier in his illness that he might die peacetully and without a struggle. Such a death came to him. During the day hundreds of messages of condolence were received at the fam- ily residence. The funeral services will be held Monday in the Church of the Unity. Rev. Edward Evereit Hale, chaplain of the United States Senate, will be asked to officiate. The body will lie in state, probably at the City Hall, during Monday. The interment will be made in Sleepy Hol- low Cemetery, Concord, Tuesday morn- ing. i‘aockwood Hoar to-day received the following message from President Roosevelt: “Accept my most profound sympa- thy. The loss is not yours only, but of all those who believe in the lofty standard of purity, integrity and fear- lessness in public life.” SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. 30.—Deep regret was expressed to-day by Presi- dent Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon church over the death of United States Senator George F. Hoar. BOSTON, Sept. 30.5News of the death of Senator George F. Hoar was received with great regret by all classes of citizens. The flags on the State House, City Hall and other buildings throughout the city were halfmasted. Governor Bates issued a proclamation announcing the death of the Senator and divecting that the State Department be closed on the day of the funeral ————— CONFEDERATE WAR VETERAN TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE — General John R. Casler Takes Quan- tity of Morphine While ina Despondent Mood. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., Sept. 30.— General John R. Casler, an ex-Confed- erate soldier and one of the first set- tlers of this city, and for a number of years a Justice of the Peace, attempted to commit suicide to-day by taking morphine. His condition was discov- ered before the drug had taken effect, and physicians succeeded in saving his Jife. It is supposed he became de~ spondent. {