The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1905, Page 3

- has been THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1905. S@L@NS AGREE ON ZJint to Succeed RBard | - FLINT SECURES UNANIMOUS VOTE OF N LEGISLATORS. RE ARD WRITES MANLY LETTER FExplains- Why He Was Un- able to Leave Washington and Return to Sacramento B GREAT CREDIT DUE HIM Remains at Post at Capital of Nation to Look After Some Important Measures Special Dispatch to The Cail. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 11.—Wonder has been expressed among some of the politicians that have gathered here as to the absence of use of what they term “practical politics” on behalf of thel! candidacy of Senator Thomas R. Bard | for re-election. But the, explanation of | this condition does naught but reflect - the highest credit on Senator Bard, and no better one can be given than tba(: tontained in a letter bearing date of #anuary 2 written by Senator Bard to Btate Senator Chester Rowell regarding the Senatorial contest. This letter Sen- ator Rowell consented to make public this evening. It is as follows: WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 32, Hon. Chester Rowell, Sacramento, o that I could not mémning a mors elegram received late Senators Bel- PUBLICA All Other Candidates Gracefu ly Yield. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 11.—Frank P. Flint of Los Angeles is to be the next | Senator to the United States Congress from California. The decision was reached at 9:50 o'clock this morning at a caucus called by Flint’s supporters | and held in the Assembly chamber of | the State Capitol. Undaunted by their failure to hold a caucus last night, Flint's managers | were active early this morning and by | 9 o'clock had secured seventy-five | names for the call. The roll-call was, responded to by sixty-six members of ! both houses, and there was not a dis- senting vote ' against the successful | candidate. : Early this morning Arthur Fisk’s | supporters held a caucus and decided | to go over to Flint. They signed the call and went into the Flint caucus. | The call also drew several supporters | from Bard and Knight. | The caucus at which the candidate' of the Republican majority was select- | ed was presided over by Assemblyman John A. Bliss of Alameda, Assembly- man F. H. Houser of Los Angeles act- ing as secretary. There was not the slightest hitch in the caucus proceedings. As soon as the roll had been called | Senator B. W. Hahn of Los Angeles made a motion that Flint be declared the caucus nominee, and a dozen sec- 6nds were made. SIGNERS OF CAUCUS ROLIL. The Senators who signed the caucus call were: Sacra Bauver, Bunkers, Carter, Franch, gentle- | Habn, Haskins, Keane, Luk: , Lynch, Mar- m that 1 would leave | ke Muenter, elsol Pendleton, Rambo, anything which in ush. Savage, Ward, Welch, Woodward, oper for me to say | Wright e el abisiutely | The Assemblymen who signed the thess friends might recom- | caucus roll were: inspired only by henor- | oneri| Amerige, Anthony. Armerich, Atkinson, Dy womid F Bates, Beardslee, Beckett, Bliss, Boyle t or improj I do not believe t kind is needed. 1 understand, for no promises for FAITH IN FRIENDS. anticipate that my friends will upon to say for me at least that I judices which will prevent me from consideration to the recommenda- no_preyuds 1 called upon to partic some questions upon whicn may with propriety be made in concert to com- which are not the or cencerning which 1 unalterable convictions. soing along situation can rsonal participation 1 know, Is distaste- I realize that it is to uphold the ¢ me. It the ely start for important duties de- an especial responsibility » . and as_in all prob- i1l be taken up after Congress the debate In daye and may T could not encouraging reply probability that diately may be changed may be given bill. In spch be some uncertainty ab: to get away. the other ha 1004 bill may be ressed to ? ngthere disposed of mento before be taken. It the important matt fo and other more imp matters which will be - referred to the Commitiec on Irrigation. of render it impo: ed by the people Mr. Wishing you, dear friend, a happy . and many of them, T remain. yours THOS. R. BARD. —_——————— MOLD FOUND IN STOCKTON | epublican in the | rests | but who were not present to vote were enators Bunkers, Rush and Weich, | and Assemblymen Barnes, Burge, Bu- sick, Johnson and Jones of San Frap- cisco. 2 Speaker Prescott had the roll of the Assembly called and Lieutenant Gov- ernor Anderson called for a like ser- vice from Secretary of the Senate Hil- born. Anderson retained the gave | conducting the remainder of the pro- | ceedings. ¥ When the nominations were called for Senator Frank Leavitt rose and intention to take the { floor to-day and nominate George A. Knight. But he has asked me to with- | araw his name as a candidate and re- | quests you to make the election of | Frank P. Flint unanimous.” ! BARD’'S NAME WITHDRAWN. Senator Charles Belshaw next took | the floor and said: “I had hoped that | the mantle of the Senatorship might again fall on the shoulders of Senator.| Bard. But as victory is to rest on Frank P. Flint] it is the request of Senator Bard's friends that you make Mr. Flint’s election unanimous.” Senator Edward I. Wolfe spoke similar strain®on behalf of Arthur Fisk. Senator Hahn moved that a ballot be cast for United States Senator and that | formality was proceeded with. | When the Senate roll was | It was my in G. called votes, the Democratic minority voting for Theodore A. Bell. The calling of the Assembly roll re- Bell. Flint received 111 votes of the total of 119 cast. Bell receiving 8 votes. Senators Hahn, Rowell, Selvage and Wolte and Assemblymen Rolley, Per- | kins, Jones of San Francisco and Hous- | er were appointed a committee to con- | duct Flirt to the Assembly chamber. Tumultuous applause greeted the an- | nouncement by Lieutenant Governor Alden Anderson that Flint had been elected. The msmbers of the Legisla- ture who had béen jeaders in the Flint camp rose to their feet and shouted in gave notice that he 11 up | ecstacy. 2 for consideration ir atterl the morning session of the 4th instant. - fe. FLINT RETURNS THANKS. . inember, dear doctor, that while it n be . digappolotment to you it my candidacy | Three cheers that reverberated I Tiot be successful I'shall mot fret about the ® the reflection that we will be fres |gIven as Frank Flint entered the on that long Journey around the | e v een i nd the | Assembly ~chamber, accompanied by Goevernor Pardee and the escort of Senators and Assemblymen. He was at once presented with a huge floral | piece, S It was some minutes before Flint FOR MAKING $5 PlFA‘l:‘sy,,m"d rise to speak so great was the Tolice Gather New Evidence Against|“Vhiniss e salds o and the Russells, Who Are in Members of the Joint Assembly—I am Jail Here. deeply grateful to you, the representa- STOCKTON, Jan. 11.—Recently | tives of the people, for electing me ®ome bogusfive-dollargold pieces were found in circulation here, and to-day an imperfect plaster of paris meld was picked up in the western part of town and brought to the police office. 1t was evidently intended as a mold for spurious five-dollar pieces. The police believe that it had been made by Russell and cast away as im- perfect. The discovery, together with the knowledge that bogus small gold seen in ecirculation here, strengthens the case against Jack and Xate Russell, now in jail in San Fran- cisco on a charge of forgery. The yolice have evidence connecting the mold with the Russells. The Old Humpbacks Are not to be compared to our new pat- rnttb\mk. flat-opening blank books, which cost no more tifan the ol are infinitely better. We. n.]rde 'tl’:znfld for Berkshire typewriting papers, encils, Shaw-Walker filing devices, and eadquarters for all other office supplies. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. * United States Senator. I am grateful to | people who have opposed me in this | campaign or in°this contest for the ) honorable way in which théy have made this fight. California may well | be proud that we have men like George I A. Knight, Senator Thomas R. Bard, Henry T. Oxnard and Arthur Fisk. They have elevated politics in Cali- fornia to a higher plane. They have said to the world that a man may be elected United States Senator in this State with clean, honorable polities, no scandal, no bitterness, and the applause | that I now receive shows me that you feel that in this contest now closed we Flint received thirty-six of the forty | sulted in 75 votes for Flint and 4 for| [duty to work for the interest of every section regardless of where 1 may re- side. “I desire to say that we have elected a President of the United States by gn unparalleled majority. We, the people of the United States, have con- fidence in our Chief Executive. He, through his message, has outlined a policy and I want to say here that I am in full accord with the policy of the President as set forth in his mes- sages. “I want to say just one word and then close. I in a short time will leave for Washington and I there will endeavor to be In accord with the leaders of our party, but I shall keep in mind one thing, and that is that I represent this great State and what may be for the interest of this State— there you will find me. I thank you.” Senator Lukens asked that Go ernor Pardee be called on for an ad- dress. “Governor Pardee has programmed !me not to ask him to speak,” said | Anderson, and Lukens withdrew his motion. 2 | CHEERS FOR THE VICTOR. As the legislators left the Assembly | chamber at 1:15 o'clock, they made the corridors ring with slogans for both | Flint and the defeated candidates. Governor Pardee was raised aloft on the shoulders of the enthusiastic law- makers and carried to his office. | Senator-elect Flint | tremendous ovation as he left the Capi- | tol. He was carried on the shoulders of his admirers and. after visiting the - | Governor's office, left for his hotel. | Frank Flint was highly elated over { bis success. He held an informal r ception at his headquarters, where he was congratulated by his managers and friends. George A. Knight, one of the Sena i e vven” upes Gane, | torial candidates, appeared at the Capi- . Good Y llarln'nlnv Held, Houser, Jar- | tol after the caucus and gracefully ac- | Fioces aach, ‘Mecarnes: McToanes, Mcxa: | cepted his defeat K . Mitcheltree, Moore, “My defeat Inevitable, so it Seyerance, SIVID. | seems,” said Knight. “There were cer- Wickersham and tain political combinations which made | it impossibie for me to win. It might Those who signed the caucus roll| have been different if the Senatorial | auestion had been submitted to a vote of the people,” he said. 9 3 CHOOSE & MAY 10 DIE BY L0T [Starving Sailors Adrift a Sea Put to Extreme Test | Before Assistance Arriv SR A WATERFORD, Ireland, Jan. 11.— he steamship Zeno arrived here to- day with the captain and twelve men | of the American steam dredge Texas | from Dantzig, via Southampton, De- | cember 12 for Galveston, which foun- dered in a storm off the Hebrides. The crew entered the small boats, but one containing the chief officer and twenty-one men sank immediately and all its occupants were drowned. The survivors drifted for several days be- { fore being picked up. They suffered terribly from cold and | hunger and state that just prior to | sighting the Zeno they had drawn lots |to decide | provide food for the rest. The Texas foundered at midnight, Christmas eve. Three of her boats | were launched but two of them were swamped. The third, with the survi- vors, drifted fourteen days, the last six of which they were absolutely | without food or water. One of the men died from exposure. The remaining thirteen suffered and drank sea water. As a result their bodies were covered with boils. One became insane and the others were hysterical and almost de- mented when rescued. Captain Pinott says they drifted 500 miles from the scene of the disaster, 280 miles northeast of the Azores. ——— RUSSIANS 200,000 STRONG GOING TO LOS ANGELE! An Entire Sect to Form a Big Colony Near City in the South. NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Two hundred thousand Russian Quakers are coming to this country to establish a perm: nent colony near Los Angeles, accord- ing to P. A. Beamans, who clalms to have been at one time a captain in one of the regimenls composing the Rus- sian Imperial Guard. Beamans says he was banished from Russia several years ago after he had become a mem- ber of the sect known as Molokanys and refused to bear arms. He came to this country and settied in Los Ange- les, where he at once set about arrang- ing for permanent establishment of the coleny- of Molokanys. These arrange- ments have now become completed, he says, and the first party from Russia already has arrived here. He is positive that the others will fol- low until the entire 200,000 believers in the faith now in Russia have come to this®tountry. —_— AMERICA WILL PROTECT RAILROAD IN CHINA WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The State may g0 back to our homes and our| Department has informed the Chinese people satisfied with the result that has | Government through Minister Chen taken place here to-day, and I desire | Tung Liang Cheng that it regards the to thank you. should come from the south. I represented in this | Hankow-Canton Rallway al an Amer- contest the sentiment that a Senator |ican corporation, pur: and simple, Now, | and as such entitled to!the protection that 1 am elected a United States | of this Government; also that it would Senator, I represent no section, I rep-|not look with favor upon the pro- resent this entire State and the people | posed cancellation of the raflroad’s of the State and I rhall deem it my | franchise by the Chinese Government. was accorded a | at| which should be killed to | FLINT.GREETS MANY ADMIRERS Reception Held in Parlor of Hotel Draws Large and Enthusiastic Crowd & MAKES BRIEF ADDRESS Senator-Elect Speaks a Few Words, but Does Not Make | Any Reference to Politics Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Jag, 11— Wine flowed and cheers rent’ the air at the Golden Eagle Hotel again to-night, the | occasion being a reception given to ! Senator-elect Flint. The Los Angeles spirit of enthusiasm was dominant. There was a crush of people. Nearly | every legislator in town and hundreds | | of other visitors called to pay their re- spects to the newly elected Senator and | partake of the hospitality offered. The reception was held in the de- serted headquarters of Candidate George A. Knight, the parlor of _the hotel, and where that aspffant | had just closed his losing fight the shouts of victory rang. Several handsome fioral pieces sent by admir- | ing friends stood at various places in the room, one of therh being from B. W. Cavanaugh. and another from D. | Hewes, Flint's uncle. The guests passed in through the 2 door and out another toward the ar, progress necessarily being slow n ccause of the crush in the room. In [one corner stood Mr. Flint with a nd-grasp for all, but before he| cculd be reached by them guests had | |to be announced by a crowd of Los Angeles hoosters, who performed the ceremony much after the fashion of a lodge initiation. The merriment gre | greater each moment. | Nearly everybody made a speech. Flint spoke a few words, making no | mention of politics. He said he could not find phrases adequate to express his gratitude, but he wanted it under- stood that he was gratetul and that | ! there had never been a moment of his life when he felt he owed a greater | | debt of gratitude. He said he was not | | the Senator of San Francisco or Los | | Angeles but of the whole State. | Uncle Hewes, with his happy smile and smoked glasses, was’a prominent member of the assemblage and was congratulated by many of the guests. Sdhator Belshaw made one of the prin- | cipal speeches. It was highly eulogistic of Fiint and he even announced that he would support Flint six years from ! now. Mrs. Belshaw was brought in by | her husband with four other ladies and | three cheers were given for them. Then | cheers were given for Mrs. Flint and Uncle Hewes called for three more for the Senator-elect’s mother and these | were given heartily. Oscar Lawler made a talk for the Los | McGowan spoke from the shoulders of | | a crowd of revelers, who thus elevated | | him. Assemblyman Rolley was among | | the foremost of those shouting for | | Flint. Senator Selvage made a speech | |of some duration. An orchestra dis-| pensed music just outside the room | while the merry-making was going on and there was singing. FIFTY-THREE -DAYS I WITH A VIOLE) SNOW T MANIAC WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 11.—Corporal Field of the Royal Mounted Police has just arrived at Edmonton, the most’| northern railroad station in the North- west Territory, bringing with a maniac missionary. Corporal Fieldy | was stationed at Fort Chippeway. He was directed to procesd to another sta- tion in the Arctic Circle and escort the madman to Edmonton. He traveled by dog sled, using seven dogs and traveled light. It took him fourteen days to reach the station where he was to meet his charge. Here he found a missionary | named Buckman, who had become a raving maniac in the lonely solitude. Then began his long journey with his demented charge. He had not pro- ceeded far when the missionary became violent and it was necessary to strap him to the sled. Then the man refused to eat, scratching and biting Field whenever the latter sought to force food down his throat. For fifty-three days this journey continued through blinding snowstorms and the wind- swept prairies. -~ Field finally arrived at Edmonton with the madman, where attendants took nim 2400 miles to the asylum at Brandon. Field was exhausted and is now slowly recovering his lost strength under medical care. He says it was the most discouraging, lonely and dif- ficult trip he ever made and the author- | ities say it has never been equaled. L e L e LONG BEACH PAVILION DESTROYED BY FIRE LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11.—The pa- vilion at Long Beach was destroyed at- midnight by fire of unknown ori- gin and ‘the pleasure pier was partly burned. An engine company went from here by special train to fight the fire. The pavilion cost $15,000 and was insured for $5000. The damage to the pler will reach several thou- sand dollars. —_——— Season Opens in April. CINCINNATI, Jan. 11.—The base- ball season of 1905 in the big leagues will open Friday, April 14, and close on October 5 or 8, the schedules of the National and American leagues providing for 154 games. President Herrmann of the National Commis- sion has no intention at present of re- N THE SENATE NEWLY CHOSEN SENATOR A WELL-KNOWN ATTORNEY VERY ACTIVE IN P OLITICAL AFFAIRS SACRAMENTO, Jan. 11.—Frank P. Flint, the newly elected Senator from Califgrnia, is 43 years of age, a man of | family and an attorney. He spent if- | | teen years of his life in San Francisco. | first as an employe of a large firm and latterly in business for himself. He fornia since 1884, and of Los Angeles since 1887. Senator-elect Flint was born in North Reading, Mass., July 15, 1862. His father was F. E. Flint, a farmer of that vicinity, who came to California in 1850 and making money at stevedoring in San Francisco, returned to his old home and married Miss Althea L. Hewes. In 1869 he, with his wife and son Frank, then seven years of age. went to San Francisco. Some years later he died in San Francisco. The Senator-elect attended school in { the Pacific Coast metropolis and at an early age entered the employ of the firm of Blake, Moffitt & Towne. He subsequentiy embarked in the whole- | sale paper and bag business with his brother, Motley H. Flint, the present 1Po=tmnter of Los Angeles. at 420 Clay | street, San Francisco. In 1884 Flint re- | Angeles delegation and Assemblyman | hag been a resident of Southern Cali- | tired from the business and embarked {in the growing of cranges and walnuts upon the holdings of his uncle, D. E. Hewes, in OrangesCounty. In 1887 he | moved to Los Angeles and served as a | deputy United States Marshal during | the last part of Marshal Risley’s term | and the early part of the term of Mar- | shal Gard. While serving as Deputy | Marshal he studied law and was ad- | mitted to phactice in 1890. He then en- | tered the office of United - States Dis- trict Attorney M. T. Allen, and when | Allen resigned upon the second election of President Cleveland Flint became the retiring District Attorney’s partner. = <+ NITED STATES SENATOR-ELECT FRANK P. FLINT, SURROUNDED BY A CROWD OF ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS D ADMIRING FRIENDS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONTEST AT THE STATE CAPITAL WHICH RESULTED HIS SELECTION AS ONE CF CALIFORNIA'S REPRESENTATIVES AT WASHINGTON. + Flint soon became active in politics and was among the earliest Californians to advocate McKinley’s nomination for the Presidency. Upon that event tak- ing place he became President of the Los Angeles McKinley Club. As a re- ward for his activity during the cam- paign he was appointed United States District Attorney of the Southern Dis- trict of California by President McKin- | ley. He served for four years and then | accepted the position of attorney for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Los Angeles. About the middle of last July | he announced his candidacy for . the United States Senate. Flint was married in 1889 to Miss Katherine Blogs of Los Angeles, whose father was at one time a well-known business man of Merced. They have two children, a boy and a girl. Sena- tor-elect Flint's mother lives in Los | Angeles. She has married again and her name now is Mrs. Danskin. SLAV WARSHIP 00T OF ACTION Cruiser Izumrud of the Baltic Fleet Is Returning to Kronstadt for Repairs BERLIN, Jan. 12.—The Lokal An- zeiger's St. Petersburg correspondent says that the Russian cruiser Izum- rud is returning te Port Said on the way to Kronstadt in a badly damaged condition. R The ‘cruiser Izumrud, which is ope of the vessels of Admiral Botrovsky's contingent of the Russian second Pa- cific squadron, with the other ships of the fleet, was, according to a dispatch from Suez to-night, expected to reach that place at 8 o'clock on Thursday morning. This is the first intimation that any vessel belonging to Admiral Botrovsky's squadron has been -dam- aged. LONDON, Jan. 12 —Japanese cor- respordents of the Morning Post con- sider it not incredible that Japanese men-of-war have reached Diego Gar- cia (Chagos Archipelago) and point out that, although Admiral Togo is at Toklo, other admirals are not idle. Vice Admiral Urly, it is stated, has been cruising in the vicinity of the equator for some time past. The num- ber of vessels he has is kept secret, but doubtless he is ready to do battle with the Russian Baltic squadron whenever it appears east of the seventieth me- ridian. £ Vice Admiral Kamimura’s where- abouts is somewhat of a mynrry, the correspondents say, but possibly his squadron is in the China Sea, within easy steaming distance of either the Malacca or Sunda straits, but, anyway, they declare, if Admiral Rojestvensky's purpose is to spend the ensuing weeks in cruising in the vicinity of Madagas- car, it is not improbable that he will find himself assailed by a torpedo fleet. AR HINTS AT EARLY PEACE. Russian Admiral Says Second War Will Follow Lull in Fighting. PARIS, Jan. 11..—The declaration made by Vice Admiral Doubasoff, the Russian member of the international commission to inquire into the North Sea Incident, in an interview, to the ef- fect that an honorable peace between Russia and Japan was likely to be con- cluded, is considered highly significant. The Admiral, who is chief of naval construction, says he submitted to Em- peror Nicholas last Thursday a plan to complete the rehabilitation of the navy. The Emperor gave it favorable consideration and said it would be sub- mitted to the Council of Ministers. “I am convinced,” said Admiral Dou- basoff, “of the immediate necessity for the reconstruction of our fleet at all the Russian and foreign shipyards, for the purpose of , securing strength sufficient to command supremacy at sea. This is absolutely indispensable if we are to expect victory in the next war with Japan. The remnant of our fleet is hardly more than debris and entirely unequal to Japan's naval strength.” The Admiral further sald it was necessary to recognize these conditions, however painful they might be to na- tional self-love. “Therefore,” he sald, “I do not hesit- ate to say that *we tend toward not far-off peace. We, will lgave to the Japanese Port Arthur and the territory they now occupy in Manchuria. We will set ourselges resolutely at work to prepare an idvincible navy, as this peace will be but temporary and the next time we shall be amply prepared.” S PR 3 mu‘ N TALK TO THE OZAR- ST. JBURG, Jan. 11.—The Metropolitan of St. Petersburg in a ser- mon preached before the imperial fam- ly at Tsarskoe-Selo yesterday, on the occasion of the religious festival of Christmas, drew a parallel between the peace of the Gospel and the peacs of - | the world. In concluding he addressed the Emperor as follows: “Your Imperial Majesty, may God grant that the present war will soon end. Above all, may God grant that | the angelic message of peace sink deep- er and deeper into the hearts of men and that strife may soon end forever on, earth.” In a leading editorial to-day the Russ, while maintaining that the war must go on; says: “But the fullest suc- cess is only achievable if the nation is united,” and declares that, after all, “the question of peace or war abroad is & minor matter. What Russia wants is peace at home, as war at home is far worse than that in Manchuria.” Then, in the plainest fashion, the Russ sketches the internal conditions, which it says “are tantamoynt to a state of war, producing mortality among the peasant children equal to that of the battlefield,” conciuding with the statement that the “work of regen- eration must begin now—we cannot walt until the war in the Far East is ended.” ———— FLATHEAD CHIEF DEAD. R MISSOULA, Mont., Jan. 11.—Chief Machielle, head of the Flathead Ime dians, is dead as the result of being thrown from his wagon. Chief Ma- chielle is well known at the White House, having made several trips to ‘Washington in the interest of his tribe. For many years the chief has been recognized as the white man's friend. His Influence over the Flatheads has resulted in much good to settlers near the reservation. Elaborate prepara- tions for the funeral are in progress. —_————— TICHENOR'S WIDOW DEAD. NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Alice Val- entine Burke Tichenor, widow of the late James Frederick Tichenor, the former president of the British Co- lumbia Copper Company, and mother of Lady Cunard, died yesterday at her home here. She was 60 years of age and had been il for some months. She