The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 20, 1904, Page 1

thirty hours, ending ber 20, 1904: ——mmm& Forecast made at San Prancises for and cloudy snd prob- | | midnight, Octo- } { vieinity—Fair | SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TAMMANY FRAUDS + MARINES 0N GUARD AT CRANPS Fears for the Safety of Four New | Warships. Special WI\ Being Kept Over the Cruiser Pennsylvania. Recent Aftempts to Desiroy Battle- ship Connecticut May Be Duplicated. red cruiser hips Idaho detailed watchers ramp Company, the especial atteption to hat marines have | in course of eomstruc- TORK, Oect. 19.—Plans are for t speed trial of the ser Colorado on Sat- Captain Day- Board of In- nstructor Wood- essel. £ to drydock e Colorado is now Her bottom has ed and given £ rrosive and anti- The cruiser should, ac- builders’ contract, show went SISTINE CHAPEL LIBRARY IS REOPENED TO PUBLIC Visitors to Vatican Find All Traces of Fire Removed and Beauty of ed to the pul e by the fire red and m 1o prevent a simi- f of the library of stonme, e floor of a terrace ost beautiful e ——— KWANGTUNG BANDITS ARE PREPARING FOR REVOLT Combine With West River Pirates to Raise Disturbance in Canton and Other Parts of Province. I . 19.—According to se, the Weife So- jes of Bandits in the western part e of Kwangtung are with the object of rais- n Canten and other parts c It is believed that have allied themselves West River pirates. pirates in the West River, | whe, as reported in a| from Shanghai, attacked the h steamess Pak Kang and Hol| © on the might of October 17, causing | he British authorities to send a gun- boat to the scene of the attack. ——tr—————— | PROGRESSIVE CABINET | FORMED IN PORT['GAL' Luciano Castro Now Premier of the Ministry at Lisbon. LISBON, Oct. 19.—A new pm‘m-! sive cabinet, succeeding the Ministry | which resigned Monday, was con-! stituted to-day as follows: Premier, Luciano Castro; Minister of the Inte- rior, Perriera Miranda; finance, Senor Espreguira; foreign affairs, Senor Vili- hica; Justice, Senmor Alpoim; of his office, and Interior Minister Mi- randa will temporarily preside over the Council of Ministers. IN REGISTRATION EXPOSED BY GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK Odell Files One Thousand Lawsuits to Checkmate Scheme of Democratic Leaders to Utilize Illegal Voters Special Dispaich to The CallL NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Riotous scenes this morniig at the “naturaliza- tion bureau” of George W. Morgan, State Superintendent of Elections, 11 Park row, were followed in the af on by an announcement from Gov- Ode!l that 1000 lawsuifs had been begun to purge the registration ged fraudulent voters. Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam- declared that his organization wou!ld protect all citizens ese methods of Republican sandbagg: e an’s office several persons, including Samuel Prince, Assembly- man from the Sixteenth Distric rcibly ejgcted. There were many r fights on the stairs and and eventually a half-dozen emen were hurried from t Station to quell the disturb- reet All the trouble was arisen from interference with Morgan’s assistants in their wor concerning suspicious nat- uralization papers. It is a requirement of bureau that every natural- ized citizen, concerning whose status the slightest question has been raised, must appear for an inquiry, and Morgan h asserted that even after the election every case of fraudulent v ted. Many of these were subpenaed and nearly 300 eave their papers for further i ectl was the ¢ n. When Gove 11 made his ling of suits he added: “We have positive evidence by means of our card system that many names were placed on the registry list by fraud. In one election precinct of a downtown Assembly district we have discovered twenty-five casés, and we also have discovered that a certain band of eighteen men succeeded in registering seventy-eight times.” Charles F. Murphy retorted to this last allegation by saying: . haps that may be in the Fifth Assembly District, where two of the an leading orkers are now before the courts to answer charges nes against the franchise. To-morrow afternoon the Tammany Hall ee will meet with the executive committee and take every precau- n to offset this Republican policy of imidation.” WAGERING ON VOTE OF EMPIRE STATE + 1 ' Woman Braves Smallpoxand | | ease at the Municipal Hospital. Republicans Accept One to Two on Roosevelt’s Chance of Carrying New York. ’ Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Election bet- ting odds did not change to any ma- terial sxtent to-day, although it was apparent that Republican bettors were scmewhat more willing to offer odds of 4 to 1 in favor of President Roose- velt. Such wagers were made on Tues- | day, but the bets were few in number, | and doubts were expressed as to the| stability of the terms. To-day there was no disguising the fact tho 2 Parker supporters were demanding such odds and that Republican bettors | were willing to offer them. | Th: now odds on President Roosevelt are | to 1 that he will carry New York | C. R. Hammerslough, a curb | , offered $10,000 to $5000 to that | during the entire day without | e 9 In the contest between Herrick and | Higgins for the Governorship, Cam-| many money began to come out as the ! | £ odds approached evens. It waa thought that even money would be bet during| the day om the conteést for Gevernor; but there was a preponderance of Democratic funds. The odds closed at 10 to 9 on Judge Herrick. Fred Brooks played $1000 to $300 on Herrick with C. L. Wadsworth, and J. L. McCormick had $1000 which he could not place on Herrick at evens. Several sized wagers at 10 to 9 on Herrick were reported. Some of the 4 to 1 bets on Prestdent | Roosevelt were: Allen and McGraw, | 32000 to $500 with Max Berg and $2000 | to 3500 with a customer of Pomroy Bros. On Exchange H. G. Henning bet $10,000 to 32500 on general results. Fred H. Brooks, betting commis- | sioner, said to-night that Senator Mc- | Carren had given him a commission to bet 33000 to $5000 that Parker would carry New York State against Roose- veit, and to bet any part of $10,000 at | the same terms. | | WEDS PATIENT IN PESTHOUSE | Knot 1s Tied by Phone. | Special Dispatch to The Call PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19. — Braving the possibilities of contracting small- pox, Mrs. Eva Lyons, a widow, was to- day married to Frederick Mehern, who | is critically ill with the malignant dis- Four | miles away from the pesthouse Magis- trate McCleary said the words over a telephone that tied the nuptial knot, while the bride was sitting by the bridegroom’s cot. The magistrate read the ceremony and his words were re- peated by Superintendent Morgan at the hespita! end of the telephone. When the questions of love and devotion were reached the magistrate asked: “De you swear to keep her in sick- ness and in health?” The dying man's proxy repeated the question to Mehren. “I will,” he replied through the trans- mitter, loudly enough for the magis- trate to hear distinctly. ——————— BODY OF KING GEORGE OF SAXONY IS ENTOMBED Many Royal Personages, Including the German Emperor, Attend Fun- eral at Dresden. DRESDEN, Oct. 19.—With cannen booming and velleys of musketry out- side and with Emperor William. King Frederick August, Archduke Francis Ferdinand and other roval person- ages, courtiers and dignitaries standing about the catafalque bearing the re- mains of th¥ late King George of Sax- ony was tc-night slowly lowered into the vault of the Catholic court achin 'unlmvblbklwq choir composed of church and oper- atic singers burst forth with “Salve ! Regina.” “STILL” UNDER | NEW YORK CITY, Delvers Find Old-Time Plant } of Moonshiners. Special Dispatch to The Call | NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Old residents | of the section of the city which former- Iy was known as Lower’s Wood, cen- tering in what is now West Sixtieth street, remember in their childhood | having been terrified by tales that the | woods were haunted. When they mw: older they heard vaguely of the ex- istence of a moonshiner’s still hidden in a cave near the river, but when ex- | cavators to-day found the still with | the remains of old copper retorts and worms its existence had been gener- ally forgotten. The discovery is an interesting side- ! lght on the growth of New York. Where the woods stood which hid the moonshiners a quarter of a century ago is now the most densely populated block in the city. e BRITISH TIBETAN FORCE IS BLOCKADED BY SNOW May Be Compelled to Remain for Some Time on the “Roof of the World.” PARIJONG, Tibet, Monday, Oct. 17. The headquarters of the British Tibet- an foree, consisting of two companies of mounted infantry, is snowbound at ! Pari (a fortress near Boutay), Tibet. The command marched through Pari- jong Pass in the midst of a blinding snowstorm, during which it went into camp. Two men died during the night. The snow is drifting and the road has been obliterated, which may compel the force to remain here for some time. ————— Bulgarian Agitator Murdered. SALONICA, European Turkey, Oet. 19.—Popstamat, a notorious Bulga- rian agitator, was murdered here yes- terday evening while walking along the principal street. The murderer { graves RAFFICY 1N BODIES OF PAUPERS ‘Head of the Pori- land Poor Farm Alleged Disposal of City's | Dead to a Medical ’ College. Afterward Receives Pay for Inferring the Dissected Remains in Potter’s Field e Special Dispateh to The Call L] PORTLAND, Oet. 19.—The bodies of | | paupers who die #a Multnomah County, it is charged, are worth $22 50 to Su- | perintendent Courtney of the poor farm. Through objection made by the poor farm superintendent to a post | mortem examination on the bodies of itwo men, who died at the farm Sun- | day, the fact wag brought out that he | has been trafficking In the bodies of | the dead. For every body supplied t | the Medical College of the University ,of Oregon it is said that he has been | receiving $10. It is further alleged by one of the ex- pressmen, who had the actpual hand- |ling of & number of bodies, that Court- | ney has supplied the Medical College | with the bodies of persons dying in the | city, for the disposition of which he received $10 from the County Commis- sioners in every instance. “It is true that we paid Courtney $10 for such bodies,” said Dr. Josephi, president of the college. “We had to | give him an incemtive to look out for such matters in order that we might know when to hand in requisitions. Formerly our janitor sttended to bury- ing the dissected besliés Courtney ob- Jected to this, Bowever, saying the'| shbuld be of a uniform width’ and depth, and has attended to their burial himseif. What he received from the janitor I do not know.” For every body sent to the poor farm from the City Morgue for burial Court- ney has received $10 from the County Commissioners. By disposing of such a body to the Medical College he would receive $10 additional and alse $2 50 from Janitor Boals for burying the dissected body after leaving the col- | lege, making a total of $22 50 in each instance. —_———— DlSCREDm THE RUMOR OF THE SLAVONIA'S LOSS Cunard Company Confident the Ves- sel Will Arrive Safely at New York. LONDON, Oct. 19.—At the here of the Cunard Steamship Com- pany the rumor published in America that the steamship Slavonia had sunk off the Spanish coast is entirely dis- credited. The Slavonia, it is pointed out, passed Gibraltar on October 11 and the officials cannot see how she could be anywhere in the neighborhood of the Spanish coast. The vessel is due at New York on October 22. _— STEAMSHIP BUENOS AYRES IS OVERDUE AT HAVANA Report of Heavy Weather Adds to Anxiety Felg for Safety of Spanish Vessel. HAVANA, Oet. 13.—Anxiety is felt here for the safety of the Spanish Royal Mail steamship Buenos Ayres, which left New York October 18 and is now nearly three days overdue at this port. The Ward line steamship Morro Castle, from New York, which arrived this afternoon, reports having had a rough voyage. She did not sight the Buenos Ayres. P nd Yet WeSometimes Grumble Missoari and Colorado Are in I'flter’s Grasp offices | AGRES 1AID WASTE BY » Flames Sweep Down | Santa Monica | Canyon. Buildings of the Government Forestry Station Are Destroyed. Fierce Blazs Rages Unchecked and Is | Consuming All That Lies in Its Path. ! Special Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19. — A forest fire that is still raging in Santa Monica Canyon and near the Soldiers” Home | | has done great damage, sweeping over | | 50,000 acres and leaving not a vestige | of vegetation. Aecross its path lay the Government’'s experimental forestry | | Station. Here were huddled the resi-| i dence, barn and outbuildings. i William | | Shutt and his young son, Vinecent,]| | were at home and for a time success- ully fought back the flames, but grad- | ually they gained on them and the| | | buildings were all destroyed. | | Lester Scheenk ventured into onme/| | | room of the house to recover property | and was overcome by the dense volume | | of smoke. He fell to the floor and| | would probably never have been found had not Robert Harrison accidentally | stumbled over the prostrate form. The boy soon revived when borne out. The fire was checked before it did any | considerable damage to the trees of the | | experiment station. The loss to build- ings and improvements is $4000. Santa Monica Canyon, ome of the prettiest places in Southern C&llfomh.’ was desolated. Many ranchmen jlost | their al. - Willlam Wright's house, barn and 600 tons of hay were de-| | stroyed. The blaze, driven by a strong ‘wind, leaped even to the summits of the Santa Moniea Mountains, affording 3 spectacular sight. The flames have| broken out in more places to-night and | the danger is great. —_——— Penniless BIG FIRE, NATIONAL BANKS ARE SAFE IF OFFICERS OBEY THE LAW | | So SnysCmanofleroltheCumfl fore Illinois Association. 1 ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19.—Before the Illinois Bankers’ Association to-day | W. B. Ridgeley, Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D. C. deliv- ered an address on “Bank Examina- tions and Failures,” in which he said: “No national bank whose officers strictly obeyed the national bank act ever failed—not one. It may almost be said that not one which did not make loans in excess of the 10 per cent limit has ever failed. The prac- tically universal rule is that all fail- ures are due to excess loans to one interest or group of interests, general- ly owned or controlled by the officers of the bank itself.” —_—————— Viennese Absconder Captured. VIENNA, Oct. 13.—Otto Taussig, who absconded on October 11 at about ithe time his brother, Victor, head of the firm of S. Taussig & Co., commit- ted saicide, has been arrested in the Canary Islands. Otto is charged with having carried off $140,000 of the firm’s money. e A Record Registration at Yale. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 19.— Preliminary figures of the registration of students in the various departments of Yale University were given out to- day. The total number of students enrolled at present is 2995, this being the largest number in the history of the university. Balmy Airs and Bright Skies cgll'_omia’s Lot ! t § 5 I { l l i 1 [ i H ¢ ! | lilfl H g g q | e THIEY I - Nevada Man Writesl yesterday afternoon William Hamilton | made a desperate attempt to murder rooms yesterday he quickly locked the door. Then drawing a revolver he her that he meant to kill her and child and then commit suicide, and that it she should scream His Riches Mythical Robledo’'s Wife Ob- tains a -Divorce. e s e ———— S WOMAN WHO OBT. JOCIETY AINED A_DIVORCE FROM SCION OF ANCIENT SPANISH FAMILY KL S ~FANILY Coroner of His Purpose —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. RENO, Nev., Oct. 19.—About 4 o’clock | to separate, he taking the child. all three were in one of the she got possession of the revolver, and, by a lucky throw, hurled it through the transom. He then began to choke her. The little girl screamed and assistance came just in time to save her life. The decor was battered down and Hamiiton taken to jail. He wrote three letters before the en- counter with his wife. In one to his mother he told her of the crime he was about to commit- To the Coroner he UDGE GRAHAM yes- terday granted Mrs. Charlotte Robledo, a e J former society belle, a di- | vorce from her husband, who was heralded in San Francisco several years ago as the son of a rich don of Barceiona. The pretty bride, however, soon learned that { her husband was . penniless, I and, failing to induce him to | ' work, she returned to her | | mother’s home. ! Three years of marital troubles of Jose Miguel Robledo and his handsome wife, Chariotte Robledo, culminated yesterday in Judge Grabam's court when the Judge granted the prayer of Mrs. Robledo for a divorce from Rer husband. Few of the friends of the former soclety belle, Charlotte Gash- wiler, knew that she was seeking a di- vorce from her husband, although it was suspicioned that for & number of months they had not beem lving hap- pily together. Yesterday Mrs. Robledo she had finally been to re- turn to her relatives for In her story of {ll treatment she sup- The announcement of the engage- ment of Miss Charlotte Gashwiler, whe is the sister of Mrs. Samuel M. Short- | ridge, to Senor Robledo, three years his wife and child at the Briggs House | 50, caused quite a flutter in local so- | at Carson City. The husband and wife | bad had family troubles before and bride’s mother in the Colonial Hotel on January 15, 191, and later Mr. and Mrs. Robledo journeyed southward to Gua- PANIC OCCURS AT BIER OF THE SPANISH INFANTA