The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 25, 1905, Page 1

his Paper n The Cal‘j’;; 3 rty hours ending A san Frencisco and vicinity—Cloudy tied weather Tuesday. t showers; fresh south winds. District THE WEATHER. Forecast made at S San Franeisco for midnight, April possibly G. McADIE, Forecaster. v CVII—NO. 148 T fiore News Than Any Other Paper Pu | | | | | \ s = —~ . Z in Flower.” uine." TIVOLI—Comic ALCAZAR— “When Knighthood Was CALIFORNIA — COLUMBIA—"Red Feather.” CENTRAL—“Robert Emmat." CHUTES—Vaudeville. GRAND—"‘Graustark." QRPHEUM—Vaudeville. “The Eternal Fumi- Opera. " SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1905. DONE BY TEXANS Congressmanand His Brother Sho_t})_ead Mass-Meeting of Pro- hibitionists IS Fired Upon. Among the First to Fall| Is John M. and Thomas Pinckn . ey. April 24 —Con- HEMPSTEAD x the local awyer and a nist, began the ecame general in an ™ N JOHN M. PINCK- E brother of was a farm- rominent in the began Tompkins, to Congressman ing a speech to a Brown had the floor, guage -which was objected the same time grasped by the coat. Congressman forward and the , mo one appearing to fired the first shot, though aid that & kinsman of Brown, nd that Congressman Pinckney first to fall. A number of appeared to be engaged in the shooting and something like 100 shots were fired Brown was a lawyer who had been 2 g here for twenty years. WHEAT ACALN TAKES HEADER CEICAGO, April 24.—A double back- somersauit was performed in May wheat t 7. The option promptly started this morning with a repetition of last week's sensational acrobatics. Bome of the first trades showed a fall of four cents a bushel, the price open- ing at %6c to 88c as against one dollar &t the close on Saturday. After the initial plunge the prige for May showed a tendency to rally. re- scting temporarily to 95%c. If the sell- ing was from representatives of J. W. Gates it was well disguised, the market presenting the appearance of a general bearish attack rather than an attempt at further liguidation of holdings acquired during an attempted corner. P. A. Valentine of Armour & Co. was generally credited with buying consid- eraple May wheat while the quotations were between 96c and 88c. To this was gcovery to 97%¢. Fresh T, from outside sources market down worse was not long before attrs ¥ It »ss of 6%2c a bushel. compared urday’s closing. 2 cents the market is nearly 30 w the point at were supposed to be in full the market some days ago. ay another cent was clip- he price of May wheat. sales made at 92': cents a bushel. On mp Armour & Co. was reported bought in as much as 1,000,000 bushels of the May option. ————— HEBER NEWTON’S NEW YORK CHURCH FORMALLY CLOSED Many Old Members Moved to Tears During the Concluding Services, NEW YORK, April 24.—All Souls’ hurch, at Madison avenue and Sixty- ixth street, made famous by the Rev. Heber Newton, has passed into his. wry a8 a place of worship. A great rong was present at the closing ser- vees and many old members of the regation were moved to tears dur- he services. o-day the Church of the Arch- at St, Nicholas avenue and Eltventh street, was informally re- chrstened All Souls’ Church. The pe%s and fine organ will be trans fernid to the new house. a1 current figures for May were 93%ec, | which the | | WINS THE Cleveland’s Mayor Vic- | torious Over Street Railway. |Rival of Old Car Line | System to Reduce | Passenger Rates. BATTLE FOR 3-CENT FARE — | { | | | | | CLEVELAND, April 24.—In the Cleveland Electric Railroad Company injunction suit Judge Tayler, in the | Federal Court, to-day decided in favor | of the City and the Forest City Rail- | way Company, the latter a 3-cent fare | rallway project, | The Judge held that the grants on | th e Central avenue line expired on | March 22, this year, as. contended by the City and Forest City Com- | pany, and not in 1913, as contended by | the Cleveland . Electric, or “Con-con,’” | 25 it is known. | _The Council has granted a fran- | chise on Central avenue to the Forest | City Company and the “Con-con” had petitioned for an injunction prevent- ing the Forest City Company from ex- ercising rights of operation under the Council ordinance. This is a victory for Mayor Tom L. Johnson in his fight for low fares. BARBAROUS PUNISHMENT ABOLISHED Wu Ting Fang In- stitutes a Reform in China. pecial Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyrignt, 1905, by the New York Her. | ald Publishing Compan: | | | PEKING, April 24—In response to |the memorial of Wu Ting Fang, an | imperial edict was issued to-day abol- ishing the punishment of slicing to | death and substituting immediate de- | capitation. | The exposure of heads and bodiss of men after execution will be abolished. Immediate strangulation is substituted for decapitation. A reprieve until after | the autumn assizes is substituted for immediate strangulation and three re- . prieves annul the death penalty. Branding also is abolished. Wu Ting Fang has been ordered to memorialize the throne for other bene- ficial changes. His reforming the Chi- nese Criminal Code is the most im- portant move China has made’in legiti- mate progress. ——————— THIEF STEALS VALUABLE FRENCH NAVAL PLANS Ransacks Rooms Occupied by Direc- tor of Construction at Toulon. PARIS, April 25.—The rooms occu- pied by the director of naval construc- tion at Toulon were ransacked Ilast night. The Journal states that valu- ables and money were not touched, but | that documents and plans were car- ried off. e R MAYOR OF CLEVELAND, WHO I¢ WAGING A VICTORIOUS FIGHT FOR 3-CENT STREET CAR FARES. NEIGHBORS BOY SAFE NO LONGER Jury Holds One May Spank Him if . Necessary. e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. GRANTS PASS, Ore., April 24— That a boy can be legally spanked by others than his own parents, if he is in ‘need of such' spanking, is the ver- dict brought by 4 Grants Pass jury The case was that of the State of Ore- gon vs. B. F. Kenyon and was hotly contested in the court here. It is be- lieved a precedent of great importance has been established and more than one man's hand in town is itching for a good and sufficient reason for pounc- ing upon and administering a drubbing to some youth who apparently does not “get his” at home. Kenyon gave Arthur Huggerth. a neighbor’s boy, a severe ‘“spanking’” when he caught the lad in mischief on the Kenyon premises. The boy straight- way told his father and the father promptly- brought suit for damages. While the reading of the law proved Kenyon in the wrong -and liable to damages, the jury decided otherwise and agreed- that the boy deserved a “spanking,” and that no damages or an apology were due from the man who gave it. BUFS ARIZON PHONE STSTE PHOENIX, Ariz., April 24.—Although not yet ratified by the stockholders, it is announced that the Sunset Tele- phone, Telegraph and Electric Com- pany has bought the property and franchises of the Gila Valley Telephone system, including more than 300 miles of wire running from Roosevelt through the Gila Valley to Clifton. Roosevelt is connected with Phoenix by the Government line connecting with the Phoenix Central, hence all Central Arizona from Prescott to the southern part of the Territory will hereafter be under one service, which it is_expected will be extended to the Southern California Sunset connections at an early date. —_—— Increased Wage for Workmen PITTSBURG, April 24.—Five thou- sand men employed at the National Tube Works at McKeesport, Pa., were given an increase of wages in their pay envelopes to-day. The increase averaged from five to ten per cent and dates from April 1, SCORE 0N NORE. WIN " FOR COPID Wedding Bells Mark Climax to Pretty Romance, F. W. Lambourne of Los Angeles Claims His Bride at Last. Mrs, 8. M. Mitchell Yields to Daugh- ter’s Pleadings and Archbishop Montgomery Ties the Knot. —_— Hours of persistent pleading on the part of two young and persevering lovers won a mother’s consent to their marriage yesterday and the afternoon found two happy hearts throbbing in accord, as husband and wife departed from the Occidental Hotel on their honeymoon. Among the passengers on the steamship Korea, which arrived here Saturday, were Mrs. S. M. Mit- chell, wife of a prominent merchant of !Lns Angeles, and their handsome | daughter, Lucy M. Mitchell. They were returning from a visit to Hono- lulu and after a rest of a day at the Occidental, Mrs. Mitchell had planned, she and her daughter would proceed to their home in the south. Little did Mrs. Mitchell realize that a surprise was in store for her until late: Saturday afternoon, when her daughter coyly informed her that she was seriously contemplating a wedding tour before returning to the parental roof in the City of Angels. Hastily Miss Mitchell told her mother of the presence here of Frederick W. Lam- bourne of Los Angeles, of how they had long loved each other and of how he had" journeved morthward with the avowed purpose’ of claiming a_bride on the arrival of the Mitchells fronm Hawaii. A little later Lambourne, Who is well known in Los Angeles, where he is connected with the South- ern Pacific engineering department, was ushered into the presence of Mrs. Mitchell in her apartments and then the lovers settled down to sound ar- gument to win over Mrs. Mitchell to their way of thinking. Mrs. Mitchell would not give her consent and thé more the young couple pleaded the more evident hecame the mother’s determination to thwart the plans for a wedding. Finally the father of the pretty miss was com- municated with by wire and back came a response from Los Angeles for Mrs. Mitchell to stand pat. But Lam- bourne had come to San Francisco to wed and wed he would. Miss Mitchell voiced this sentiment with him and late Sunday night Mrs. Mitchell, find- ing that her objections were of no avail, again talked the matter over the telephone with her husband. The parents then arrived at the conclusion | that a marriage was the only solution of the affair of hearts and the glad tidings were conveyed to the happy young couple. Yesterday Lambourne, accompanied by his prospective bride and her tear- ful mother, visited the residence of Archbishop Montgomery, who per- formed the marriage ceremony. The bridal party returned to the Ocecldental | Hotel, where the wedding feast fol- lowed. Last night Mr. and Mrs. Lam- | bourne departed for the Santa Cruz | Mcuntains, where they will remain | several days preparatory to going to Los Angeles to receive the blessing of the bride’s father. INEARTH RELICS A CENTURY 0L Special Dispatch' to The Call. TACOMA, April 24.—From a bluff in Midway Park, between Hoaquiam and Aberdeen, workmen have taken relics believed to date from a visit of John Jacob Astor’s fur traders to Grays Harbor more than a century ago. They found a well-built fireplace constructed of handmade brick, together with an old well and old utensils. On a small | bluff above them are growing fir trees at least one hundred years old. ! Astor’s men are known to have vis- ited the localfty while mapping out Grays Harbor. The relics are being in- closed for reservation as one of Mid- way Park’s attractions. LONE FOOTPAD ROBS AN AGENT SAN JOSE, April 24—W. R. Phelps, a life insurance agent, was held up in the heart of the -city to-night by a lone footpad and robbed of $25. —_—— gl T DEATH STILLS HIS PEN. John Donovan, a Well-Known Writer, Dies in Oakland. SACRAMENTO, April 24.—John Donovan, 2a wel}-kinown ‘Western riter, passed away in Oakland Week ‘after a lingering Iliness. sh Donovan was associated Bancroft for twenty years and was a frequent contributor to the prominent aagazines and newspapers, with A. L. |t PRESIDENT OF A MILWAUKEE BANK STEALS MILLION AND A HALF. FRANK G. BIGELOW CONFESSES Money LostinWall Street and the Wheat Pit. BIG RUN FOLLOWS ANNOUNCEMENT Directors Subscribe to Make Good the Loss. 1 MILWAUKEE, April 24.—Frank G. Bigelow, until to-day president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, was arrested to-day, charged with the embezzlement of over $100,000 of the bank’s funds. The arrest of Bigelow followed his confession to the board of | directors of the bank that he was a defaulter to the extent of $1,450,000. Following Bigelow's cohfession he was | removed from the presidency of the bank and the facts in the case were laid before the Federal authorities. The complaint was sworn to by | United States District Attorney H. G.! Butterfield. It charges that Bigelow, | as president of the First National Bank, embezzled a sum exceeding $100,000. A complaint and warrant identical with those in Bigelow's case | were made out for Henry G. Goll, | assistant cashier of the bank, but Goll could not be found to-night. President Bigelow was taken before United States Commissioner Blood- good to-night. He waived a hearing and was held to the Federal jury un- der $25,000 bonds. Dr. Horace M. | Brown and Arthur McGooch certified | as sureties and Bigelow was released. | The Federal Grand Jury will meet | some time this month. LOST IN SPECULATION. | President Bigelow's confession was | made at a special meeting of the | board of directors held on Saiturday | evening and continued yesterday and | all of last night. In addressing his ! fellow directors, President Bigélow | said he had a painful statement to| imake—a confession that he had mis- | directed the funds of the bank and that an examination of his books and | a comparison of figures would show | that he was indebted to the bank to the amount of $1,450,000. This money, he said, had been lost in speculation | in wheat and stocks. Not a dollar of | it could be recovered and the only sums he could offer toward com- pensating the sbank were personal se- curities valued at approximately $300.000. The confession of President Bigelow astounded the directors of the bank. Bigelow had been recognized as one of the foremost financiers of the coun- try. He has been associated with the First National Bank in various ca- pacities for more than fifteen years, and his* business connectjons—trust companies, manufacturing concerns, | real estate deals and other similar ven- tures—number scores. He was hon- ored a year ago by election to the presidency of the American Bankers' Assocination and by its members was looked upon as a leader in financial matters. STORMY SESSION HELD. In making his statement to the dl- rectors of the bank, Bigelow said he had been involved in speculation sev- eral months ago. This was in Wall street. Later he had been a persistent bull in the wheat market and recent losses there-had added to the heavy re- verses on Wall street. From small manipulations of the bank’s funds he had extended the defalcations until his shortage had reached the present stage. He saw no opportunity nor possibility of making up the amount and there- fore confessed. It is stated that the meeting of the directors, which was almost continu- ous for thirty-six hours, was stormy at times. Seyeral plans were suggrested for protecting the interests of the bank. One was, to accept the resignation of the president, permit him to go to Europe and the directors make mood the amount of his shortage. This would effectually protect the bank. The proposal “met determined .opposition from directors who demanded that the defaulter be punished. The plan to make up_ the shortage was then ap- proved. Bigelow was removed from the presidency of the bank and the case was referred to the Federal au- thorities. BIDS WIFE FAREWELL. ‘When the Federal marshal called at the Bigelow residence to serve the war- rant the former bank president was in the library with his wife. Mrs. Bige- low refused to withdraw and the war- rant was read in her presence. “I will be ready to go with you at once,” said the banker. Then he kissed ' an affectionate farewell and left with the officer, the two walking to the Federal building, where a court commissioner was in waiting. None of Bigelow's friends were in the court- room during the brief proceedings. ‘When the resolution was adopted re- moving Bigelow from the presidency of the bank, Henry Goll, assistant cashier, ‘was also removed. The removal % the assistant cashier was due to the e- ment of President Bigelow that he was aided by Goll in concealing the short- age in the bank’s accounts. The method adopted was an old one. Collection accounts were manipulated in at the time the t 3 T0 GIGANTIC SHORTAGE } ! | | | | G PEIOW . | ! | ENORMOUS DEFICIT N * TREASURY Administration Offi- cials Becoming Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, WASHINGTON, April 24.—Administratior® officials do not hesitate to express their concern at the growing treasury deficit. The excess of expenditures over receipts for the present fiscal year reached the surprising sum of $30,118,434 to-day. At this time last year there was an excess of receipts over expenditures of $2,414,005. To say that the offi- cials are disappointed and surprised at the situation is expressing it mildly. Meanwhile official junkets are going on at a rate never before known in the Government's history. The eyes of the administration are just begin- ning to open to this fact, and Secre- tary of the Treasury Shaw put his foot down hard upon the proposed triy of Senators, Representatives and other officials to Alaska on a revenue cutter. The Rivers and Harbors Committee has just finished a, trip to the West Indies on a Government transport, At the same time, Secretary Morton was entertaining a party on the Dol- phin, Including Speaker Cannon and Senator Hale, in Cuban waters. Preparations are going on for Sec- retary Taft's party to the Philippines, which will be the most pretentious excursion of this character ever un- dertaken. The party will include two score persons altogether, mostly Sen- ators and Representatives. In addition to these junkets, five carloads of officials will be taken across the continent to Portland, Or., in June to attend the op: of the exposition “there, all at the Govern- ment’s expense. Members of this party applied to the for a revenue cutter to take them to Alaska for the purpose of “Investigation.” - tary Shaw has decided not to grant this request. treasury deficit The enormous means the beginning of a campaign in the late summer and early fall on the part of President Roosevelt and administration officials in favor of legislation that will increase the Gov- ernment’s revenues. ————e Empress Honors Heroic Women. NEW YORK, ' April 24.—Fifty-one nurses at North Brother Island to-day ‘were presented with diplomas, the gift n gwa»m Em- ttflnfiadrberohm o! disaster to the PREFIDENT OF MILWAUKEE BANK, WHO HAS ¢ D THAT THROUGH TFORSES IN STOCK AND WHEAT CULATT HE HAS TAKEN A MIL- LION AND A HALF DOLLARS, WHICH HE CANNOT REPAY — — LEAGUE 10 OPPOSE HARRINAN Money Kings Aim to Control Union Pacific. Spectal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK. April 24—A harmonis- | Ing of powerful and recently antago- nistic interests in the financial world has - been accomplished, the effect of which will probably be the checking of what are termed by many the “peace disturbing ambitions” of E. H. Harrfman. It is learned from excellent sources that an understanding has been reach- ed by the so-called Rockefeller inter- ests, the Morgan interests and the Hill interests, by which the holdings of the Union Pacific stock of these men and their friends will be devoted as a unit for the purpese of deciding all quee- tions affecting not only this praperty, but its relations to other raiiroads as well. As a consequence of such an understanding it is probable that the proposed $100,000,900 issue of prefarred stock .. Jnion Pacific may not be authorized at the meeting which is to be held on May 5 at Salt Lake City. Although all the men directly con~ cerned in the matter decline to talk about it for' publication or to make any direct statement, enough has been gathered from varfous sources to war- rant the statement made. Represen- tatives of the Harriman interests de- cline to answer the direct gquestions as to whether or not Harriman has lost control of the road. Said one: “The meeting will be held on May 5, and it will then, appear who holds the com- trol. Until then we are not alarmed about it.” —_——— ENGLISH PAPERS PAY TRIBUTE TO JEFFERSON Secre.. | Casket to Be Placed m Vault in Bos- ton to Await Arrival of Family. LONDON, April 25.—The death of Joseph Jefferson is the occasion for the publication in London newspapers of lenkthy tributes to the American actor. BUZZARD BAY, April' 24—It was Jearned to-day at “Crows Nest.” home of Joseph Jefferson, that of the aged actor would not be bros ht directly here from Palm Beach. Ar- rangements have been made to place the casket in a receiving vault at Bos- ton until such time as members of the family, who are scattered over the country and abroad, can come together. The body then will be brought here and will be buried in the Bay View