The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1905, Page 1

L WL Head of the Northern Michigan Man Makes o thirty hours ending ary 14: San Francisco an A THE WEATHER. Forecast made at San Francisco for Saturday; high southeast winds. “ midnight, Janu- 4 vielnity—Rain G. McADIB, District Forecaster. + LYRIC MAJESTIC— -— THE THEATERS, ALCAZAR—‘Lost River. CALIFORNIA — Black Patt! Trouba~ Darling of the Gods.” LYCEUM-—Vaudeville. ALL—Burton Holmes. “Mizpab.* ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—Grand of Matinees at all pera. theaters to-day. s SAN FRANCISCO, SATURbAY, JANUARY 14, * 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIGHT RATE DJUSTHENT ~ Pacific Road in Washington. With Samael Spencer HeiPublicly Accuses Him of ' Has a Conference With Secretary Morton. g ijposed to Giving the Proposed Power " the Over Railways to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—"1 wish to emphasize this particular point in re- gard to railroad rate legislation at this time. a very delicate perlod in the busine: s of this country to tamper with legislation affecting the great common carriers,” said James J. Hiil, president of the Northern Pacific, to-night. Hill has been in Washing- ton fc wo da; in consultation with th bers of Congress and the Cab- He spent a large part of ay afternoon in the Capitol with Senators and to-day, in company ncer, president of the n Railway, he had a conference cretary of the Navy Morton. conference, though altogether mal, was of the utmost impor- tance. Hill represented the J. P. Mor- gan railroad interests. Spencer said to-day he spoke for seventy-five all the railroads in the It was said that only railroad n and the tariff were infor- cussed at the conference. One made on authority: ailway presidents could ind to President Roose- the powers of the In- Commerce Commission should eased to include rate control d with Southe intc tors should proceed with It is a very impor- but it is a critical time . or, rather, to agitate any ederal regulations for common s this mean that you and your vill oppose any kind of rail- islation at this time?”’ was not oppose, but I will slation that-will stop vad rebate and I know irse they might,” said Hill SR | 1 HERD OF SEALIONS Al Wyber Infuriates Animals by Injuring One With Gun While It Is Chasing Fish g L E Jan. ) by FIGH ALAMEDA lions, ‘one of their number, led by Al Wyber It was with th 13.—Maddened sea- the wild actions of which had been caused the herd craft of the hunter nly after a.desper- furiated marine at them off and | he beach. In his hunting skiff his fight Wyber used his gun and oars effectivel hoating and striking when- ver an opportunity presented jtself. The hunter was sculling in quest of s when he encountered a herd of sealions that had come in close o the shore and in shallow water in cager pursult of a school of Spanish mackerel and herring. The animals were all around his boat capturing the fish, Fearing that they might upset his little vessel Wyber sought to scare the sea- lions away by peppering one of the| beasts with shot. Instead of stamped- ing the herd the injured sea lion seemeq | to arouse his mates to a fury and the way they bumped and rocked Wybe duck boat made him wish he had never begun the struggle. When he reached the shore he was exhausted from fright | i exertion. ¢ STRONG DEMAND | * VADE 0N HAYTI United States Refuses to Rec- ognize Sentence Imposed Upon an American Citizen et SR PORT AU PRINCE, Jan. 13.—Mr. Powell, the American Minister, has in- formed the Government of Hayti that the United States Government refuses to recognize the validity of the sen- tence to fifteen years at hard labor pronounced by the Haytian court agalnst Jaeger Huber, an American citizen, for alleged complicity in bond frauds charged against the administra- tlon of former President Simon Sam and officers of the Bank of Haytl. The United States demands the annulment of the sentence under the pain of ener- getic intervention. The demand hes caused much excitement. L | Dictator ‘lives in the hollow of his hand and was SENATOR PLATT S ARRAIGNED Charges Against New Yorker. ——— Betraying the Inter- ests of the People. Suit to Be Brought to Restrain Goth- amite From Taking His Seat in the Halls of Congress. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—At the meet- ing of the Postal Progress League in Cooper Union to-night Chairman Post of Battle Creek, Mich, said he had pre- pared papers and would ask the Su- preme Court of the United States for a restraining order to prevent Senator Thomas C. Platt from taking his seat. He said he would take this action on the ground that Senator Platt sub- verts the interests of the people he nas sworn to represent in the inter- ests of a corporation he really repre- sents. Post made his announcement «in a speech entitled “Our Errand Boy.” After having referred to the postal de- ficit and the fact that the people Jf the country pay annually to the rail- roads $40,000,000, Post said: C. Platt of New ident of the United States Express Company. Word was passed around to other Senators that mo defi- ! nite action should be taken on the post | check money bill. Senator Platt was approached by my representatives to w his attitude on the question, and he clearly defined the fact that he was opposed to the measpre because it was contrary'to the interests of the express companies. In other words, after hav- ing taken the oath of office to represent to the best of his ability the people o New . York, he, . thelr iy or the interests of the public’ where those interests conBict with his own company's and would directly .affect his own earnings. In still further words, he is drawing two salaries, one from the expr company 'and the other from the peogle. “We met wfh strong opposition from a New York statesman in a position to lay some heavy blocks in front of the wheels of progress, Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer of the United States. “I have papers already prepared and will ask the Supreme Court at Wash. irgton for a restraining order to p vent Senator Thomas C. Platt of New York from occupying his seat in the United States Senate on the gruunds that he does not fulfill his duties ac- cording to his oath of office; that he subverts the interests of the people whom he has sworn to represent to the interests of a coporation which he reaily represents. . It is possible that | the Supreme Court may not grant this | restraining order. We shall make an | urgent effort for it, however,” After the meeting closed in answer to questions, Post said that his lawyers, | D. E. Dawson and Nathan Wilson, | would present the matter against Sen- | ator Platt to the United States Su- | preme Court next week, but would not | specify the day. DEATH CLAINS | competition. | tween the Atlantic and Pocific coasts ON CANAL BUILDERS President Puts Work Under the War Department. Board to Consist of Three or Five, One to Be Gov- ernor and Minister. ‘Bristow of the Postal Service Named to Make Inquiry Into Affairs of the Isthmian Railway. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Important action with reference to the Panama canal was taken to-day by the admin- istration. The entire work was placed by the President under the supervision of the Secretary of War, and the Presi- dent in a message to Congress advo- cated cutting down the commission from seven to three or five members. One of these members was named as administrative officer of the canal strip, and he will have combined with his du- ties that of United States Minister to Panama. The President’s action was taken,be- cause of the recommendations made by Secretary Taft, whom the President as- signed to visit the Isthmus and make an investigation into the operations of the commission. The Secretary found that a' commission of seven under the plan of organization wa# clumsy and not elastic. A plan was mapped out by the Presi- dent in his message under which the engineer in charge is to be advised by pered in his plans by the commission. Congress, is tohave change of of auditing, ete, but will not. ted ta, interfere. wi e work per- be not limited to the engineer:gorps. of the army and navy. - Seeretary Taft in his report to the President deals with the Panama Rail- ad, which is owned almost entirely by the United States Government. This rajlroad has a contract with the 'Pacific Mail Company, the ma- jority of whose stock is wned by the Southern Pacific Company, under which it issues through bills of lad- ing and regulates freight rates so that they do not interfere with the trans- continental raflroads. This places the United States in the position of being in a combination which wipes out The Secretary says that he believes that this contract is illegal under the laws of Panama, that it is against the public good for the United States to be a party to such a con- tract and advises that the United States give the Pacific Mail six months’ notice of its intention to withdraw from it. Joseph L. Bristow, Foirth Assist- ant Postmaster General, to-day ten- dered his resignation to the President, to taek effect on January 20. By an executive order issued late this after- ncon President Roosevelt designated Bristow as a special commissioner to make an investigation into the present trade conditions and freight rates be- and between the west coast of South Amer] United States and of Europe to deter- mine the best policy of managing the Pznama Railroad. The announcement came at the con- clusion of an extended conference to- day of the President, Secretary Taft, OLD HICHBINDER of Los (hinese Dies While on a Visit - to San Angeles | Francisco | Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13—Ah Mow, the one time terror and boss of Los Angeles Chinatown, is dead in San Francisco. His death removes the most picturesque and powerful Chinese ever known here. He was an old highbinder | chief who constantly held other men’s | head of the Hop Sing Tong. His friends | here believe he was poisoned, as on a recent visit 10 San Francisco an at- tempt was made to assassinate him. Ten years ago Ah Mow was the ab- solute dictator in Chinatown, with Charley Ah Him as his adviser. The | two wore mailed shirts and traveled with bodyguards. Mow owned an opera-house, had a great gambling | monovoly and was worth $100,000. Re- | cently he went on a tour of the State selling stock in the Hop Sing Tong house to be bullt in Dupont street, San | Francisco. He collected funds enough | and a site was bought. The Chinese of | hie tong are said to have had a grudge against him because he held up the | owner of the property for a commis- sion, thus “making a haul at both ends.” ———————— DETERRED FROM SUICIDE BY HEARING SACRED SONG i Murderer Goes to the Gallows, Allow- ing the Law to Take Its Course, * LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 13.—J. W. Bess, who murdered Mrs. Maria Mc- Quinn two years ago, was hanged here ay. Shortly before the executiom the condemned man confessed that he intended to commit suicide with a knife blade which he had ' carried concealed in his mouth, but wupon hearing a sacred song sung by chil- dren near the jail he had changed his mind. ¢ | in addition to the foregoing: | sary expense: | President | compensation. | sionership was hastened, it Is said, by Bristow, and Senator Long of Kansas. The order issued by the President says “He is authorized to employ for this rpose o stenographer at not exceed- 5a and_ his actual and neces- s and to take evidence of all persons whose knowledge of trade conditions or rates will assist in reaching the necessary conclusion. ™ “Until his report is forthcoming the Commissioner will "be allowed his.| actual expenses and $15 a day. The will_ finally fix ‘his entire The Isthmian Canal Commission is directed to provide the needed in the execution of this pu ing After the conference at the White House Senator. Long sald that the transfer of Bristow from the Postoffice Department to work in connection with the proposed isthmian canal had been under consideration for a long time. Secretary Taft,” sald the Senator, d to utilize Bristow’s services in connection with the work of construct- ing the canal, and has had the idea in mind of appointing him a commissioner to investigate the trade and freight con- ditions ever since he returned from the isthmus of Panama. The President readily acceded to Secretary Taft's suggestion, and as the work will be entirely congenial Bristow has ac- cepted the new position.” Bristow has had interviews with the President and Secretary Taft regard- l N RS BIS other engineers, but is not to be ham-| The commission, as revised by act of}. nese ing the affair, but his final determina- tion’ was not reached until to-day. His decision to accept the special commis- the transfer yesterday of the division of postoffice inspectors from the bureau [ of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General to the direct control of the | Postmaster General himself. Bristow regarded the issuance of the' order to transfer the division as a re- flection on him. That the order as to the Inspectors” division was not issued ’ ‘Wealthy Woman OP TALBOT’S CA TO REST FOR A TIME. There will be no investigation, for the present at least, of the charges preferred by Dr. I. N. W, Irvine against Bishop Ethelbert Talbot, and in which Mrs. Emma D. Elliott was concerned. A lack of canonical authority is the conclusion’of the eleven members who attended yesterday’s meet- ing of the Board of Bishop Talbot under Inquiry. canons now in force. By many it is said that other charges will be preferred against — Lack of Authority Causes Board fo Put Off the Inquiry —— % . PRINCI N THE SENSATIONAL CASE IN.WHICH A BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY N A S PROCKED CLERGYMAN AND CONSIDERATION OF WHICH HAS BEEN: PUT OFF BY THE BOARD OF IN- QUIRY OWING TO LACK OF AUTHORITY. - INNOCENT MAN SENT 10 JAIL Accused of Stealing a Ring That Is Afterward Found on Tail of the Family Cat —_— Spectal Dispatch to The Call. GALESBURG, Mich, Jan. 13— Through the discovery of a diamond ring circling the tail of the family cat 6wned by Willlam Ward of this city steps were taken to-day to secure the release from the State Reformatory of Wiliiam Henderson, sent there two years ago on the charge of stealing the ring. The ring mysteriously disap- peared from the dressing table of Mrs. Ward two years ago, and, despite: a thorough search, remained missing un- 1 til to-day, when it was discovered. A visitor, playing with the cat, accl- dentally found the ring concealed in the long hair of the cat's tall. The supposition is that a child in the Ward family, while playing with the ' cat, slipped the ring over pussy’s tail, where it was held by the hairs becoming en- tangled in the prongs which held the diamond in_position. GETS DIVORCE THOUGH SHE STILL LOVES SPOUSE Limits Testimony Concerning Husband’s Conduct to Jdst, Enough to Get Decree. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13.—Two ears at a fashionable wedding in i la‘!‘l?s the enormously - wealthy Mrs. Mary Bertha Hart became the bride of John George Tait. . To-day she was granted a divorcs here on the with the idea of humiliating Bristow ground of drunkenness. She.said she is evidenced by the President's action |'still loved him and would tectify to no to-day. . PANAMA, Jan. 13.—The suggestion that the governorship of the Panama canal zone be combined with the Amer- 1 ,Ien.tuon.n 1 o it among Pan- ;m;: who - woul isposed - to regard such a’condition as a slight to more than was necessary to gSet her engt gineer in Nuw ‘has created a | the I g to Erect Improved Tene- ot Spectal Dispatch to The Cali. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—With a gift of $1,000,000, the anouncement of which | was made to-day, Henry Phipps, a lifelong friend and assoclate of An- | drew Carnegie, and one of the directors of the United States Steel Corpora- tion, has established a fund for the erection of improved tenement houses | for the working clases of New York | and for the general betterment of the | tenement house situation. Phipps say “1 propose to give $1,000,000 for t purpose. I expect the tenements to be so planned as to earn | about 4 pér cent on their cost, after allowing a proper amount for main- tenance and, repairs. I intend to have the earnings accumulate and to use them from time to time in the erection of more tenements. My wish is that the rooms should not be rented at.a price below the market rate. I do not wish to discourage individual investors from' building tenements on a purely business basis. To do so might check building operations, raise rents and in the end prove injurious to the working people. s “I should like the buildings to have all the light and air possible, to have them fire-proof and thoroughly sani- tary, and, so. far as possible, have spaces around them in which the chil- dren could glny Receiver for a Traction Company. LINCOLN, . Nebr., Jan. 18.—Ju Holmes of the District Court nounced to-day that on January 30 he would appoint a recgiver for the Lin- celn. Comj in_ this clty the company owes $56,00 city, on ment Houses in New York’ which owns | on the. fact, BETTER HOMES [MAY FURNISH FOR WORKMEN| ~ NE | Henry Phipps Is Preparing | Report That J. P. Morgan Is EDED FUNDS to Go to the Assistance of the Catholic University Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. who were involved in the faflure of Thomas E. Waggerman, treasurer of the Catholic. University of America, and the friends of that institution have been much encouraged by re- perts that J. P. Morgan would come to the aid of the institution, Eight hundred thousand dollars would straighten out the complex tangle caused by Waggerman’s investment of the university funds. That sum would also save from great losses many peo- ple who saw the savings of their life- time swept away and entangled in the maze of litigation which followed the crash. - Rosjer Dulany, the trustee named by the courts, said that he had heard the reports that Morgan might assist the university, but he knew nothing officially nor was he aware of the scurce from which the reports ema- nated or whether they were reliable. —_———— STRANGE DISEASE ATTACKS HORSES IN SAN JOAQUIN Malady Affects the Throats of Ani- mals and Death by Strangu- STOCKTON, Jan. 13.—A new dis- ease has appeared among the horses of this county. The disease has char- acteristics of its own and has yet to be named. The immediate effect of the disease is paralysis of the throat and death by strangulation.” A peculiar thing about the affliction is that there is no swelling in the neck or throat. In the throat is inclined to waste [away. 13.—Persons | R AL READING, Pa., Jan. 13.—After pro- longed sessions it has been decided that the charges against Bishop Talbot of the Central Pennsylvania diocese of the Protestant Episcopal church made by Dr.Irvine will not now be inquired into. However, it is reported that Dr. Irvine will make another effort to bring about an official investigation. Of the sixteen members of the board of inquiry eleven were in attendance. After the session began the gates leading to the Wood Chapel of Christ Church, where the meeting was held, were locked, and strict instructions were given that no member of the board was to be disturbed or called out by any one. This indicated that the session would be secret and that the desire of Dr. Irvine to have the meet- ing pubiic would be ignored. Morning and afternoon sessions were held. At times the cussions and debat®s were animated, but it is said that the find- ing of the board was unanimous. Between the ssions the members of the board who had been accused of bias in Rev. Dr. Irvine's letter of last night were interviewed. They treated the matter lightly and refused to at- tack him in a similar vein. The board finally adjourned early to-night. Later Rev. Dr. Bodine, the president, gave out a statement embodying the pro- ceedings and conclusions of the board. The statement says: “‘After serious and protracted discus- sion and consideration the eleven dep- uties present unanimously reached the following conclusion: “The deputies present are bound themselves to take knowledge of the facts concerning the clerical deputation from New York and now faormally brought to their attention by the lay deputy from New York. Upon those facts the constitution of the board to make a preliminary inquiry into the charges ve mentioned is lacking.in canonical authorit, . eérror to reuder it inexpedient and improper for the deputies present to assume to organize or to act as a board to make preliminary inquiry into the same charges.” The error consisted of Rev. D!;) Dix of New; ety 3 of the board of inqul he di not sit in the last . eomvention, and also that the 1iSt éf ¢lerical depu- ties from New York, fry which Dr. Dix and Dr. Nichels drawn to serve as members of a hoard of in- quiry, either failed to Include the names of the other three clerical depu- ties from New York, who actually sat in the convention, or else included the names of five presbyters as clerical deputies, whereas under the constitu- tion of the church there could not be more than four clerical deputies from one diocese at any one time. In either case the list from which such names were drawn was not a list of the depu- ties to the last general convention as required by canon. —_— awing of ' member MAUDE GONNE WANTS DIVORCE Expects to Obtain a Decree Without Experiencing Any Great Amount of Trouble —_— Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, Jan. 13.—Friends of Maude Gonne and her husband, Major Mac- Bride, are not surprised at their ap- proaching divorce. The differences 1 :- tween the pair have been too ubvious to escape notice. Maude Gonne, how- * ever, expects to obtain a decree “on grounds sufficient in any country to s cure a divorce. Though greatly de- essed mentally she will make a great x;ht to retain possession of her son. ® that he child six In his turn the major ins has a right to have the months in the year. ‘When the couple met their lawyers in London the other day to agree to the terms of separation the major is un- derstood to have made conditions so hard that the affair must come into the open court. The whole matter will | be settled in Londen within a few days. MacBride has no definite plans, but he hes discovered that he can roam from one end of the United Kipgdom to the other without being molested by the British police. MAKES SURE THAT DEATH WILL NOT ESCAPE HIM Man Ties Weight to Neck, Stands on Pler and Sends Bullet Into Hi:z Brain. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13.—An un- known man about 55 years of age, well dressed and prosperous looking, committed suicide at Redondo to- night by a sure method. Going to the end of whart No. 1, he tied a seventy- pound iron jackscréw to his neck with wire, balanced himself on the edge of the pler, fired a bullet Into his brain and toppled over into the sea. —_——————— BOY OF FOURTEEN STABS PLAYMATE IN QUARREL MARYSVILLE, Jan. 13.—Archie Powers, a 1l4-year-old schoolboy, stabbed Stanley Petrie, also 14, during a quarrel to-day. Powers used a large pocket knife, making two wounds just before Peters’ heart. The injured lad is believed to be seriously husrte