The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1905, Page 1

THE CALL P A RINTS Forecast made at San Franciseo for | TEE WEATHER. l tuirty hours ending midnigtt, Aprl 4: | San Frandisco and vieinity—Fair | Tuesday: light north winds. G. McADIE, | District Forecaster. —_— & s Paper not 1 i XCVII—NO. 26. SAN FRANCISCO, - CALIFORNIA—* Wite." LYRIC Afternoon. cert. ALCAZAR—"Old Heidelbers." “Zira." COLUMBIA—"‘The Other Girl."” CENTRAL—"The Confessions of & CHUTES—Vaudeville. ORPHEUM—Vaudeviile. TIVOLI—Comic Opera. HALL—"Parsifal™ LYRIC HALL—Richard J. Jose con- lecture. TUESDAY. APRIL HAMMOND DOWNS RIVALS IN BIG MINING CONCERN Crocker and Bradley Arve Oustea From Controt Noted Expert Plans a Successful Coup. TURNS OUT THOSE WHO PUT HIM OUT Short but Exciting Fight in Dredge rted about Hammond who Although 1d contre lated compan f the eting f 40,000 shares g 20,000 him- ITTLE LENDS J. E. Doolittle, expert, AID. the well- Hammond mediately for an or- using the DOOL Francis panied co t i A. Wiitsee and f his busi interested with him roperty, but it was a8 negotiat- 10,000 shares d and late d quietly arranged k Jesse W. Lilienthal, J ttle for a neat little | Hammond departed for the East | but just beforé his leaving a for a meeting of the stockholdery npany was issued and yester- afternoon found Doolittle and nthal, armed with bundles of | s, seated in Bradley's office, | aiting the opening of the stockhold- | ers’ meeting. | VOTED BRADLEY OUT. i In less than ten minutes’ time they had voted Bradley out of the presi- | dency and installed Doolittle in his | place, elected Lilienthal vice president and selected a board of directors of their own Iiking. Later the company's books were moved across the tenth floor of the Crocker building to the offices of Doo- —— <+ | | | | 1 MINE EXIT CLOSED BY EXPLOSION Fiity Employes of Joseph Leiter Entombed. —— Rescuers Find Fifteen Bodies and Dead May Num- ber Forty. Investigation Disproves Early Theory That iLe Disas er Was Not Due to Natura! Causes. BENTON, TIL, April 3.—Fifty miners were entombed to-day in Joseph Leit- er's mine at Zeiglgr by an explosion of | 8as, and is is probable that thirty or forty of the buried men are dead. Thus | far fifteen bodies have been found. The | explosion was due to the fact that the Leiter mines are not worked on Sun- | day, thus allowing gas to accumulate OF FACTIC LLE GOLD DREDC EXPLORATION COMPANY BITTER business feud be- tween John Hays Ham- mond, consulting engineer of ; the Guggenheim syndicate, l and Fred W. Bradley, presi- | dent of the Bunker Hill and | Sullivan m'nes and Tacoma smelter, reached an exciting | | climax yzsterday, when Ham- | | mond and his associates suc- | N AND T ceeded in getting control of | the Oroviile Gold Dredging and | Exploration Company. Bradley | was promptly ousted as the | company’s president and man- ager, and the company’s books and other property were car- ried off by the victors. Ehes little & Hammond. Hammond's rep- resentatives in the new board of dir tors of the company are Doolittle, fenthal and James H. Jennings, while the minority, consisting of Bradley and ‘Will Crocker, is represented by the| first mentioned and W. R. Berry of the | Crocker-Woolworth Bank, which is a | large shareholder in the mining com- | pany. It was partly through Will Crocker’s assistance that Bradley gained control of the company and in wning Bradley Hammond had to di- ct his fight also against Crocker. Among the Eastern people who are associated with Hammond in the Oro- ville enterprise are J. Cass Canfield, one of New York’s famous lawyers; J. Kennedy Todd & Co., James Houghtal- ing, C. H. McCormick, F. B. Peabody, E. A. Wiltsee and O. W. Johnson. BUYS THE SELBY PLANT. While in this city John Hays Ham- mond, acting as the representative of the Guggenheims of New York, com- pleted the long-pending negotiations for the purchase by the smelter trust of the Selby Smelting and Lead Works. Before he left here last Saturday he procured all the papers preliminary to a formal transfer of the stock of the; local concern to his principals, and it is expected that the trust will begin to | direct the control of the Selby works within the next month. y Although persistent denials have been made, it has been known by a number of persons in this city for sev- eral months that the Guggenheims were quietly negotiating for the Selby worke, including its plant at Vallejo Junection and its lead works and assay’ office in this city. Hammond came West to complete the deal, and as soon as he had the necessary papers he started East. The conditions of the deal are known to only a few, but this much was learned yesterday: The works are to be ope- rated in conjunction with the Tscoma | ousted from the control of the Oroville GETS DRUNK { Lehman on North Tenth street + | | and Everett piants, which were recent- ly acquired by the Guggenheims, through their agent Bernard Barouch of M York. The latter at first de- nied that he represented the trust, but it has since been admitted that the lat- ter was the actual purchaser. Fred Bradley, whom Hammond has dredger property, is president of the Tacoma Smelting Company. It is sald that he will be superseded shortly by W. R. Rust, the present manager of the works. Rust was in this city dur- ing the negotiations for the purchase of the Selbv works and left for the north a few days ago. { | | AND FORGETS | HIS BOOTY Thief FM&_Asleep’ at Bar of Saloon Hefl@efl. Specia! Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, April 3—F. M. Dixon last night broke into the saloon of E. and ! carried an express load of the stock ! into an alley. Then he filled his pock- | ets with cigars and began to drink | whisky. He drank ‘so much that he | forgot to go off with his booty. When the proprietor cpened the saloon in the morning he found Dixon leaning against the bar ‘fast asleep. +* DISKY MAIDENS FIGHT FOR LOV Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, April 3.—Mary Boger and Alice Dry, both colored and candidates ! for the affections of George Drake, met | in the African church last night dur- | ing services and got into an argum over their respective chances. Mel::| Boger attacked the Drv girl and the two fought furiously for several min- utes. The minister of the church and | members of the congregation finally succeeded in separating them. The Boger girl started out after a re- volver. She was unable to get one, but came back with a large rock and again attacked her opponent. This time the congregation took a hand and the furi- ous woman was badly used by the in- dignant crowd. She attempted to use a :unr.hbm. tgg vrfnpun was taken away rom her. e is now in t 5 ayy:idln. he hands of arrants were sworn out b; T against the Dry girl and one zl {Il:e peacemakers, Harvey Brown, who took a hand in the second struggle. The colored population here is divided into two factions and more arrests will fol- low to-morrow. in the lower workings. When between thirty-five and forty- five _miners . hid . descended into the mine to-day te resume work a terrific explosion blew the timbers about the mouth of the mine high into the air. One of the steel cages was blown to the surface from the bottom of a 500-foot shaft. The shock of the explosion was felt at Benton, twelve miles distant. One miner was killed and four were severely injured at the mouth of the shaft in which the explosion occurred. The work of rescue was begun at once by miners who were arriving at the time the explosion took place, but the main shaft was so badly wrecked that rescue work has to be carried on through the air shafts. There was much excitement among the miners after the disaster, because there had been a strike of long dura- tion and many conflicts had occurred between the strikers and non-union miners. An all-day investigation, how- ever, tends to show that the catastro- phe was due to the accidental explosion of accumulated gas. To-night thirty-one coffins, accompa- nied by an undertaker, arrived in Zeig- ler. y Among the dead are James Reyburn, engineer: J. P. Fink and Willis Camp- bell. The remainder are Greeks and Lithuanians and were designated by numbers. FINDS GOLD USTINHIS CHICKENS Miner fifiyE Hens to Do Prospecting on Ranch. —_— a Special Dispatch to The Call. GOLD HILL, Or., April 3.—John W. Smith, a miner and rancher of Sar- dine Creek, has found so much gold in the gizzard of every one of the chick- ens he has killed that he is now buy- ing up old hens for the purpose of turning them loose until they have picked up enough dust and small nug- gets to pay for their lives and a profit besides. Though Smith is an old prospector, the hens are more successful than he has been in finding ‘“‘colors.” In vain he has searched fcr the vein from which the finer nuggets found their way into the chickens' gizzards. Smith was in Gold Hill to-day with a quantity of dust taken from chick- ens and one duck. From the duck he had dust worth $1. ————— New California Postmasters. WASHINGTON, April 3.—A post- ofice is to be established at Anthony House, Nevada County. Daisy M. ‘Wool has been appointed post- m:not::’;t Fosteria. Fourth class masters have been appointed in. Cal- ifornia as follows: James T. i at Elsmere, Riverside County, vice L. B. Peck, resigned; Dorsey Ramsden. at Grut Gulch, Madera County, vice F. M. Shaw, ed. THREATENS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Man Says He Wil Stop Louisville Parade. | i Has a Question to Ask andi Declares It Must Be Answered. Secret Service e Searching for a| ‘ Suppesed Crank in the Ken- | | tucky City. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call | LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 3.—United | States secret service men in Louisville are investigating the case of a strange man who appeared on Saturday at the | Young Men's Christian Association building and made remarks which led | to the belief that he intended some | | harm to President Roosevelt on his | visit here to-morrow. The man is| about 45 years old and was dressed as | a laborer. He askéd for aid, -but did not appear deserving, and nothing was | done for him. Then he said to Gar-| land Craig, office secretaty of the us-) sociation, that he intended to stop the President during the parade. “I've got something to ask him," man is reported to have said, he’ll have to answer.” Five secret service men from Wash- | ' the | are already here and three are on the | train which will arrive to-morrow. In | Louisville, as well as the Police De- | | partment, will be on hand to care for the President. WASHINGTON, April 3.—With cheers and good wishes resounding at the: Pennsylvania depot, the President at 9:95 o’'clock this morning, on a spe- cial train, started on his trop through | the South. The train, which is one of the finest the Pennsylvania Railroad ever has sent out of Washington, consists of three cars—the President's private car Rockele, the Pullman sleeper Forest and the combination baggage and buf- fet car Vieceroy. It is handsomely fitted and contains every known-appliance to don’t exactly say thar f need a' rest, but T am going to take one in the open, under God’s blue heaven,” said Presi dent Ropsevelt to-day, standing on the platform by his special train at the P-nneylvania station, -and conversing with Congressman Olmstead, United States Attorney McCarrcll and United States Marshal Lecnard, in the pres- ence of a great crowd that gathered at the station to meet him. It was sug- gested to the President that things would go along in a smooth manner even if he were absent. “Oh, things will be all right,” he said. "I have left Taft sitting on the lid keeping down that Santo Domingo matter.” When the train stopped the Presi- dent stepped from the platform, with the remark to a Secret Service officer: “Pass right along now and if crowd isn't tco big I'll shake with all ot you.” At this there was a rusn to shake hands with him. When some little girls were handed up to him he said, “God bless the children,” and then tyrning to Congressman Olmstead he added: “You know I believe in these children.” To one old soldier with a button in his coat the President said, “How are you, comrade?” As the train moved off one man pro- posed three cheers for “Teddy,” which were given with a will, and the Presi- dent laughed heartily at the familiar- ity. His last remark as the train got up speed was a hearty “So long, boys; good-by.” COLUMBUS, Ohio, April. 4—The Pregident’s train passed through Co- lumbus at 1:25 o’clock this morning. _— e STANDARD OIL AGAIN PUTS ON THE SCREWS Raises Rents for Land in Osage Res- ervation and Trouble 1s Expected. GUTHRIE, O. T.. April 3.—Frank Frantz, the Rough Rider captain, whom President Roosevelt named agent for the Osage Indians, is here conferring with United States Attor- ney Horace Speed relative to expected trouble -between the Illuminating Oil Company, a branch of the Standaré Oil Company, and its sub-lessees in the Osage reservation. The company recently secured a renewal blanket lease and.yesterday raised the rental on the sub-lease from $1 to $15 per The sub-lessees are organizing for mutual protection and trouble is ex- pected. ———— FRANCE SCORES AGAINST GERMANY AND AUSTRIA Guns for the Servian Army Wl Be Purchased in the : Republic. ! BELGRADE, Servia, April 3.—The syndicate proposing to handle the Ser- vian loan has demanded as a consid- _eration that guns for the Servian army be ordered of French firms without trials. King Peter has accepted the conditions. German and Austrian firms have already sent guns for trial, but these will be returned, France get- ting the contract. ington will look after the safety of | | the President while here. Two of them | | addition the entire detective force of | insure the comfort and safety of the | passengers. HARRISBURG, Pa., April 3.—1 this | CHICAGO VOTERS WILL BE OUT IN FORCE TO-DAY o6 £ Eowarp F Dunws. ! DEMOCBATIC AND REPUBLICAN NOMIN FOR THE CHICAGO MAYORALTY. |t | 'Both Parties Expect! ; Victory in Munici- | pal Election. i | Special Dispaich to' The Call CHICAGO. Avril 3—At 6 o'clock to- | | morrow morning the voters of L‘hlc‘coi will begin registering by their ballots | their' choice for Mayor and other city | officers. expected about 320,000 . citizens. will vote during the | | hours the polis are open. That the con- { test will be one of the hardest fought | political battles ever known in this | | eity is certain. Both the Dunne fol- | lowers and the Harlan suppcrters will put forth every effort to get the ad- herents of their respective candidates into the voting booths. | Both sidés Kept up tneir claims to- day.: Chairmtin Reddick and Organiza- tion Chairman Hanberg of the Repub- iican committee adhered to their esti- mate of 20,000-er :mecre- plurality for Harlan. . The Democratic . managers persisted in their claim of from 60,000 to 75,000 plurality for Dunme. Dunne | himself pradicted that his plurality would be from 50.000 to 75,000. Harlan claimed a plurality of 25,000 or more. Mayor Harrison. predicted that Judge Dunne .would win by from 15000 te 20,000 pluraiity, but aside from making | this claim would not discuss the elec- tion.. | Both sides admit that there is a large | percentage of voters who have not ex- pressed- their views to party canvass- ers. It is this silent vote that the Re- | publicans rely upon and that the Dem- | ocrats fear. Neither side can guess | what is in the back of the heads of these thousands of silent voters, whose | dictum, it is admitted, will decide the | election. | _ The election will in a large measure decide ‘the street railway question, which for the past few years has been the chief issue in all local elections. Street railway franchises estimated to be worth $200,000.000 are at stake. The question this year has simmered down to immediate ‘municipal ownership un- der Judge Dunnme, or a tentatiye ar- rangement with the traction companies providing for ultimate municipal own- ership under Harlan. At the poolrooms the blackboard odds | to-night" are: Dunne, 1 to 5; Harlan, 3% to 1. 1t is that g Y HARD-FOUGHT CAMPAIGN ENDS. St. Louls Will Elect Municipal Officers 3 To-Day. ST. LOUIS, April 3—The Mayoralty election- to-morrow will be the cHmax of the most stubbornly fought contest in recent years. The Democrats have lican. standard-! being John renominated Mayor Wells, the R""'"i e 1 A | struction Company. which has the con- EQUITABLE'S AFFAIRS T0 bE SIFTED New York-State Offi- cials Begin an Inquiry. Legislalum May In- vestigate the Assur- ance Society. — President Alexander in Authorized Statement Scorss Vice Presi- dent Hyde. NEW' YORK, April 3.—The most important development in the Equit- able Life Assurance Society's affairs to-day was the announcement to-night by Governer Higgins at Albany and by President James W. Alexander of the society in this city that State Su- perintendent of Insurance Francis Hendricks had begun an investigation of the company's affairs. This was followed by the introdue- tion in the State Senate to-night of | a resolution providirg for a legislative | investigation of the Equitable. The resolution was presented by Senater Brackett. Hendricks returned to Albany last night after several days spent in con- ference with those interested in Equi- table matters in this eity. The Gov- ernor’'s announcement came less than twelve hours after the superintendent hagd reached his Albany office and was followed by a formal announcement from Hendricks' office in this city to- night to the same effect. This action Ry the State authorities | follows a_request mgde by Alexander to Superinitendent Hendricks by letter on February 21, and by Hyde iu a later letter, “annpuneement of which was made last Saturday night. In an authorized statemeat—the first Alexander has made siace the State Superintendent was called into the controversy—the president of the Equitable says that the investigation by Hendricks “is now in progress.” “Its result.” he adds, “will establish | the truth or falsity of many matters which are now being alleged sn the one hand and controverted om the other.” He takes occasion to deny some of the statements made formally by Hyde last Saturday night. He says: “He (Hyde) says that the charges | that have been made against him have their origin in an effort by individuals to obtain control of the Equitable So- clety and its assets. On the part of myself and other officers of the society who are asseciated with me in this movement I desire to deny that our action is influenced by any metive ex- cept a desire to discharge our duty as officers of the society. “Mr. Hyde further says that he has exercised no power except with the presidént’s concurrence. In reply. I assert that Mr. Hyde's usurpation of the president’'s autherity and his ha- bitual action without the consent or the knowledge of the president of the society are ameng the subjects of se- rious criticism against his conduct as an officer of the societ: —————— ARMOUR'S AGENT PLANS TO FIGHT INDICTMENT Does Not Press for Immediate Trial as He Declared He Would. CHICAGO, April 3.—Superintend- ent J. T. Connors of Armour & Co., under indictment for alleged interfer- ing with Federal Grand Jury wit- nesses, failed to appear in person be- fore Judge Landis to-day and thus failing to observe the formality of ar- raignment was unable to push a mo- tion for an immediate trial. The case was continued until Saturday morn- ing. n‘Wlaen counsel for Connors realized that they would be unable to force the case to an immediate hearing, Attor- ney Urion filed a demurrer to the in- dictment which was voted against Connors by the special Grand Jury. —_——— CHOSEN GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MOFFAT RAILWAY William A. Duel of Union Pacific to Begin Duties on First of May. DENVER, April 3.—Announcement was made to-day that William A. Duel, superintendent of the Union Pa- cific Railrcad, with headquarters at has m'llk :ppolnvt«:t B mer( al manager of the nver, Northwestern and Pacific Railroad (the Moffat road). and would enter upon his new duties on May 1. Duel also becomes general manager of the Colorado-Utah Con- Tally and the other two tickets are |tract for constructing the Moffat road. headed by Lee Merriwether, independ. ent public ownership, and Wi Hiam § —b gan and members of the Board of Edu- | In addition to the full city ticket the | cation were voted for. pecple will ‘be called to I'hether the ‘city lhllmlnue a_fi‘:: worth of bonds to be used for public improvements. 5 LT S ELECTION IN MICHIGAN. Republican Nominees Win by Enor. mous Majorities. DETROIT, April 3.—Election returns are fragmentary, but the indications are that the Republican ticket is car- ried by upward of 70,000 majority. Only candidates for Supreme Judges, hi- Regents of the University of Micl ————— Great Falls Goes Democratie. GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 3~ municipal election to-day resulted in the election of Democratic candidates for Mayor, Treasurer, trate and three Aldermen. publicans elected one Alderman. The present city officers are election to-day only Aldermen were to be selected. The Democrats elected four and the Republicans three. "