The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1905, Page 1

., The Call Prints More News Than A Francisco i THE VOLUME XCIX—NO. 2i. ARMY SNOB 1S WITHOUT WEATHER 3 G. McADIE, Forecaster ny Other Paper Published in San THE THEATERS. TIVOLI—"‘Orpheus in Hades." MAJESTIC—"If I Were King." NEW CENTRAL—“Ths Eye Witness." ALCAZAR—“The Prince and the Pauper.” ALHAMBRA—'/A Fight for Love." CALIFORNIA — “Broadway Galety Girls.'" COLUMBIA—"“The American Lord.” | CHUTES—Vautevile. | GRAND—"Monna Vanna" Matines. |‘ ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. Matinee. | N FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 10 HOLDERS DEFENDERS Lieutenant Taylor to Face Court To-Day. | Must Answer for Hav- ing Snubbed Ser- geant in Theater. | Fellow Officers Refuse tol Associate With the i Offender. [ N ¥ £ g iena e e )t come 1O | B - - f r the the- serz ed five en- s ole dis- B 1 . It is said that he is e st popular men in the BV PR COUGAR PLAYS WITH SCHOOLBOY OF TEN Follows Lad Nearly Half a Mile, Occasionally Fond- | ling the Youngster. | Fi 1rr—,\~ar-" [ o Glen is c f collapse = s with :4‘ large g yme from r = i to the 1. he boy e to- a: b yecause as not h cres & and en d a short distance toward his home and scre: the cries, and d to the chi ' ght of the cou dash toward the animal she y and hastened with the the house, where he is still very 11l 2s a result of his terrible experience. ax® -1 e i WEALTHY SPINSTER | WEDS A COACHMAN Will Former Driver for a Livery Stable. Special Dispatoh to The Call, 1 ITHACA, N. Y., Dec. 26.—Miss Margaret Bryson Fisher, a wealthy maiden, surprised her friends in Ithaca soclety to-day by the announcement of her mar- riage last night to Patrick Thomas Kel whom she formerly employed as coach- man. The wedding was a quiet affair. Refined, well educated and the possessor comfortable fortune estimated at more than $100,000, Miss Fisher moved to Ithaca about five years ago. Patrick Kelly was driver for a livery stable until she employed him. Several years of ser- vice grew into an intimaje acquaintance | in an infatuation which | wealthy woman, now about d, to the altar with her coach- of a BANQUETERS POISONED BY POLITICAL FOES Nine Killed and Many Made | 111 by Plotters in Mexico. PASO, Tex., Dec. 26.—Further news f Torreon, Mexico, where leading cit- izens were poisoned at a banquet on Bat- urday night, says that nine are dead and many others ill and that the poieon- & was part of a political plot. Strych- from \Will Save Nothing IDAVID AND GOLIATH { Pebble Hurled by Bey Ends | | Shadrick had struck at a younger broth- ISTARVING MAN EATS Share Fortune With | | crew of at ! found Mate Willlams clinging to the ves- OF SHARES R SR From Walsh | Failure. Associated Banks of! Chicago Own All Assets. Men Who Invested in the Fi- nancier's Concerns Are Out Millions. Special Dispatch to The C CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Chicago's - ¢ clated Banks are the absolute owners of | all the assets of the three Walsh institu- | tions whose failure was announced one week ago vesterday. They have agreed in the selection of the First Trust and | Savings Bank as agent and trustee in the | sale of the assets and the dissolution of | the business of the Walsh institutions. | 1l stockholders in the Walsh banks will | e everything they had Invested. | hese are the secrets of a meeting at| h the bankers of Chicago in an t session settled the fate of the Chi-| ial Bank and its fellow insti- | is sald to-day on the highest author- that the stock holdings of all of 's followers are absolutely worth- ot only this, but from the same t was learned that the bankers big deficit in the closing of the| the Chicago National and | ngs banks and the Equitable | Company. They will stand with than $5,000,000 at stake when the | dollar shall have.been paid Walsh’s | creditors. Two agreements were signed by the in-| | terests at the big meeting of bankers. | In one, carefully ite, oncealed from the pub-| Assoclated Banks agreed to buy | In | the | of the assets of the Walsh banks the other the directors and big stockhold- under John R. Walsh agreed to in-| | demnify the banks from any losses in| ng the insolvent institutions. The lat- er agreement was made extensive and inding in its character. The Chicago banks which have assumed e liabilities of the Walsh institutions e advanced to date, it is said, $1 , and have =o far realized from th sets $6,885,000 closi TUNT UP TO DATE Life of Seven-Foot Giant i Special Disp The Call. COLUMBIA, Mo., Deec. 2.—Mitchell | Sha a giant, seven feet in height, | w st instantly killed near here last night by an 18-year-old buy, Henry Jonas, who brought him down with a stone no larger than a walnut thrown from a distance of forty feet. er of Jonas and, it is said, had picked up a club with the intention of assaulting Henry Jonas. The boy picked up a small stone and-threw it at the giant. It struck him behind the left ear, and after run- ning about in a circle for several minutes the man toppled over dead. | offin in Columbia was long enough to contain the body of Shadrick, and it was found necessary to make one to order. PART OF OIL COAT {Only One of Crew of Seven of Wrecked Vessel Rescued. TAMPA, Fla, Dec. 26.—The three- masted schooner Bakata of Petersboro, N, 8., has been wrecked and its entire least seven men drowned, with the exception of Mate John F. Wil- liams of St. John. The drownéd include John Colon, managing owner of the schooner, and his son. The wreck was reported by Captain wermond of the schooner Helen Thomas, which arrived:at port to-day from Gal- veston. Captain Lermond . first sighted the capsized schooner on December 23, He sent a boat to the wreck. The men =el and he had been without food or drink for four days. Hunger had forced him to eat a portion of his ofl coat. The wrecked schooner was bound for Havana. POISONED CANDY SENT TO CARNIVAL QUEEN Attempt Made to Kill Miss Elsie Smith of Albany. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 26.—Miss Elsie Bmith, who was “Queen Titania” iIn the Albany Halloween Carnlval of 1904, to-day reported to the police that she received through the mail yester- day a box of candy containing poison. The chocolate drops in the box had been opened and the poison spread within. A druggist who analyzed the nine was put into a bowl of punch. All the dead are said to have been of one political faction. The members of the opposing faction who aftem the banquet were not affected by the punch they drank. contents declared that the candy con- tained enough Paris green and other poisons to kill a_whole family. Miss Smith believes the poison was sent by a girl. The police and postoffice authorities are Investigating. HEAVY 0SS | HAMILTON LIVES OUT MITCHELL'S BUCKET-SHOP METHODS COST HIS PATRONS $100,000. + | R. Brent Mitchell's operations as a broker at 28 NO NAMES Lobbyist Shields New York Legis- lators. e Statement Sent From The con ts not in sight and the securities are R Former Lawyer Fails and His Doors Are Now Closed as a Result of Bad Business Principles. : { Books Fail to Show All Facts About the Financial Dealings and Recerver : — and 30 New Montgomery street have resulted disastrously to his patrons, who intrusted to Mitchell their money to be invested in bonds and stocks. not forthcoming. The losses are 1n six figures. + 4 Paris Is General in Scope. “Judge” Practically Admits Albany Law Makers Were Bribed. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, De —For three and a half hours to-day the members of the house-cleaning committee of the New York Life Insurance Company had Presi- dent John A. McCall before them while they went over the report made by An- drew Hamilton, which was brought to this country from Paris on Saturday by voung John C. McCall. The following are the main features of the report: First—Hamiiton admits that he may owe the New York Life money, and that his account with the company is “open,” because of his failure to render a state- ment heretofore of all moneys he has re- ceived Second—He offers to place in escrow $100,000 cash from his own private funds, pending a final adjustment of his account. sum which it may be decided he the company is to be paid to the ¢ York Life out of the $100,000 fund. Third—The Hamilton Teport is not a specific financial accounting. He does not give detailed facts about all the moneys he received from the company or about the payments he made. Fourth—Hamilton does-not give names or reveal the identity of the persons to whom he made payments. BRIBES FOR LEGISLATORS. Fifth—Hamilton asserts that, in con- { nection with legislation in the interest of the New York Life, it was necessary for him to make vayments to persons who were not lawyers and that under no cir- 11d he reveal the names of This was interpreted as an admission that payments were made to legislators or to go-betweens who rep- resented members of the Legislature. Sixth—The report consists chiefly of presentations of reasons for the immense payments which Hamilton alleges he made out of the funds given to him by President McCall. \ Because of the absefice of details the house-cleaning committee summoned Mc- Call to attend its meeting and explain, if possible, many gaps in the Hamilton report. After the meeting there were | Fone two conflicting reports of the attitude of the commitee toward MecCall and the Hamilton statement. One report had it that the committee was not at all pleased with _the Hamilton statement and kept McCall on the grill for more than three hours. The other was to the effect that McCall was not treated in a hostile way the committee and that it was very well pleased with Hamiiton’s statement. COMMITTEE NOT CHEERFUL. If McCall had been grilled by the house- cleaning committee he showed no evi- dences of it. He was smiling and seem- ingly in fine spirits. He showed not the slightest trace of his recent illness. The house-cleaning committee, or some of its members, did not appear to be so happy when they left for their homes. Chair- man Fowler seemed disgruntled. He would say only: “I cannot discuss Mr. Hamilton’s re- port. I do not know when his report will be presented to the Armstrong commlit- tee. I have no knowledge on that sub- ject whatever."” President McCall said the Hamlilton re- port probably would be handed to the Armstrong committee to-morrow, but possibly not until Thursday. BACHELORS’ CLUB COMES TO GRIEF Funeral Rites Are Observed When Organization Disbands. WATERLOO, IlL, Dec. 26.—The Glen- dale Club of Waterloo to-night gave a funeral ball, which was largely attended, and despite the fact that the hall was draped in mourning there was no end of gayety. . The so-called funeral ball marks the disbanding of the club, a bachelors’ or- ganization, which has dwindled from a flourishing membership to only four through death and marriage. When it was decided to disband funeral rites were agreed upon as appropriate. Invitations were issued upon regulatic: mourning cards. One woman fainted when she re- ceived her invitation, thinking it an- nounced the death of an aunt who had heen seriously 1ll. The four remaining members of the club who gave the dance are William . Fiske, president; Albert Strecks vice pres- ident; Roy “E. Gannon, secretary, and Jdcob Hess, treasurer. The dancing was begun at § o'clock and continued until &4 late hour, with a slight intermission for refreshments. At mid- night a great bell which was swung in the center of the hall tolled four times to mark the passing of the club, and the four remaining members marched around the hall to the solemn strains of a funeral Afrge. —_—— Plans International Strike. ROME, Dec. 26.—M. Payon, secre- tary of the French Dock Workers' Union, is traveling through Italy seek- ing the support of Italians for an in- ternational strike of dockmen. Will Probably Take Charge. Stock speculators who have had dealings with R. Brent Mitchell, stock- broker, at 28 New Montgomery street, stand to lose, collectively, not less than $100,000. Possibly the total loss may be larger than that. The books appear to be in such shape that they convey no accurate understanding of the assets that Mitchell may have. The doors of the brokerage offices were closed yesterday when Attorney John A. Percy informed the creditors that Mitchell was unable to meet his obligations. Mitchell had not assigned for the benefit of his creditors. He simply told his friends,that he could not meet his labilitles. Then Mr. Percy, who was formerly associated with him as a law partner, gave notice to the creditors in the brokerage offices on New Montgomery street. Then ensued much excitement. Only a part of the creditors were present. That Mitchell was in a bad way finan- cially had been known to some for sev- eral days. Some of thebe dropped in to see how things were going. When they were notified, on authority of Mitchell, through his attorney, that the end of his brokerage career had arrived many bitter words were saild. Charles Clark, the bookkeeper, who had gone away earlier in the day, leaving the keys with Attorney Percy, was summoned by telephone. When he arrived he said plainly that Mitchell had been engaged In “bucket- ing” recently. This ffeans that when sunis of money weresput ij.the broker's hands to be sent Hast for investment in certain stocks they were deposited in the office safe or clsewhere and the broker took chances on the These chances went wrong and Mitch- ell was swamped. The gathered cred- itors held a preliminary meeting after hearing thls statement. James White- ly presided. ent. The bookkeeper was instructed to make up a statement from the books to be submitted at a meeting to be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock. BOOKS IN BAD SHAPE. At the prescribed time a meeting will take place, but there will be no com- plete statement. This was admitted by Attorney Percy last evening. Percy said that Clark, thé bookkeeper, had reported that the finances were attend- ed to by Mitchell. The money items did not appear on the books, As a re- sult there was no immediate way to learn just how matters stood. Attorney Percy believes that the creditors will lose $100,000. When he was asked di- rectly it the amount might not be larger he said that he thought not. He also said that he had no personal knowledge of the business of Mitchell. Probably at a meeting of the credit- ors to be held to-day steps will be taken to have a receiver appointed to take charge. An attempt will be made to have Mitchell present to explain to his crediters. All day yesterday Mitch- ell was absent from his place of busi- ness. His attorney and members of his fanily said that he was utterly pros- trated and that he was confined to his home on Pacific avenue, where he could not See newspaper reporters or make any statement. James Whitely, ‘who presided at the meeting of the creditors, said last even- ing that he had been, so far, unable to “make head or tail” of Mitchell's af- fairs owing to the condition of the books. Whitely is a creditor to some amount, but declined to say how much. Mitche!l carried an account with a bro- kerage business with which Whitely is connected. About all that was de- cided by the creditors yesterday was that stocks and bonds that Mitchelkhas on hand shall be sold at the closing prices of yesterday for the benefit of those to whom he 1s indebted and that Mitchell shall give the power of attor- ney to his attorney or some other per- son to sign the transfers. BANK NOT INVOLVED. A story was in circilation yesterday that the Crocker-Woolworth National Bank was one of Mitchell's creditors. He carried his account principally with this bank. Last evening Cashier Wel- lington Gregg denied positively that Mitchell owed anything to the bank. “On the contrary,” said Mr. Gregg, “there is a small balance here to his credit. I-cannot give the figures, but the balance is not large.” Mitchell probably first exhausted his own resources before he engaged in bucketing. He was on the wrong side of the market. Losing heavily, he be- came desperate and took chances with the bucketing process. When he en- gaged in the brokerage business ex- clusively he had a large sum of money. From the Fair estate he had a fee of $80,000. It is reported that while he was engaged in the practice of law he | made at least 360,000 by speculating in stocks, which, added to the fee that he had from the Fair estate, and other moneys, gave him a strong financlal start. He opened his offices in the Palace Hotel block and furnished them sump- tuously. Sometimes he was largely ahead of the game while he was in the brokerage business on New Montgom- ery street. Then he had hard luck spells, like many brokers. His manner was ingratiating and he had a large acquaintance, and both circumstances Served to draw to him spéculators, who eagerly put thelr dolllars in his hands for investment in the stock market. During the last week the real situa- market. | Attorney Percy was pres- | tion dawned upon some of Mitchell's creditors and th demanded ° either their money or the stocks or bonds for which their money was supposed to be invested. Mitchell was evidently troubled and his face became anxious and haggard. He went along as far as he could, however. Then he called Attorney Percy and told him the gen- eral facts, the main one of which was that his|business had collapsed. The impression received by Mr, Percy was, so he says, that Mitchell has nothing left. That will be inquired into when the creditors meet to-day. With the appointment of'a receiver the first 1step will be taken for an accounting. Last night the books were in Mitch- ell's office and not directly in the cus= tody of the creditors. CREDITORS ARE SHY. The reluctance of business men to admit that they are dabbling in the stock market led to a general denial when questions were asked as to whom the creditors were. Attorney Percy would not give out any names. He said that he had merely glanced over the books. He thought that the out- side limit of any creditor's claim | would prove not to be In excess of $10,000, 'K_BROKERAGE BUSINESS WAS ANNOUNCED TO LAWYER, WHOSE DISASTROUS thinks that Mitchell has nothing left. Mitchell really failed some time. ago. He then went on with a bucket shop business. In some instances he had to produce within a certain time the stocks or bonds from the East. The system left his creditors with very little to show to their oredit. They are injured to about all they have put in so far as the facts have developed. When Migchell retired from the law he took Into partnership In the stock brokerage business Richard E. Mulcahy. This partnership was dis- solyed something more than a year ago. Stocks have had an upward tend- ency lately. That was in favor 1 speoulators on the right side. Mitchell and took all the chances to save him- self. Some years ago Mitchell was prominently identified with the Buck- ley wing in the politics of San Fran- cisco. He became the law partner of Willlam M. Plerson and both made Mitchell left the law and money. started the brokerage business on a simple commission basis. If he had adhered to that plan he might have succeeded. Last evening word was recelved from Mitchell's- residence in response to a query whether he would make a statement that he was unable to so do because of the condition of his health. It was,also added that possibly a statement would be made for Mitchell to-day. R T Stockbroking Firm Suspends. The Pacific Grain and Stock Bx- change, a small concern doing business at 4 Leidesdorff streef, suspended last evening, hanging a notice on the door to the effect that the suspension was ! caused by the unusual market and heavy demands. There was little stiv over the closing of the place. Some one connected with the establishment was busy with the books for a few minutes in the neighborhood of 9 o'clock, but there was no gathering there of the owners or investors. The failure was the result of the failure of R. B. Mitchell, alarmed cred- itors making immediate demands when prices were high and money was at 40 per cent in New York. Jack O'Brien is the sole factor in the Exchange and he is said to ‘have lost about $60,000. Mitchell was playing indirectly in the shop. | Bookkeeper Clark says that he &5 ~ | | | . — FORMER POLITICIAN AND PROMINENT FAILURB IN THE STOC! HIS CREDITORS AT HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY. f—— was probably short to a large amounty FOUR MONTHS LD BOY HAS BB SISTER Second Child Is Born 116 Days After the First. ALBANY, N I Dec. 26.—Mrs. Alfred ‘Wiitse of 815 Central avenue, this city, is the mother of a three-day-old daughter which, she insists, was born in 118 days, or less than four months, after she hdd given birth to a son. Her story is prac- | tically vouched for by Dr. George T. “Mosler said to-night that he believed the woman's story. “The child is normal,” he said, “and 1 saw the other child, which is apparently not more than four months old. Mrs. Wiltse told me that no physician at- tended the other birth and her only at- | tendant was a woman with whom she | boarded, but whose present address she ! does rot know. Mrs. Wiltse's mother-and family vouch for the truth of her story and shared in the surprise occasioned by { the phenomenon.” T S —————————— Big Earthquake in Turkey. BOSTON, Dec. 26—The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions: to-day received a cablegram from Constantinople announcing a se- vere earthquake in the Harpoot vilayet. in Eastern Turkey, which destroyed many houses and made many people homeless and destitute. The dispatch adds that rellef Is needed, ARY CAPTAIN MAY BE CIVEN A GENERALSHIP Pershing Believed to - Be Slated for Promotion. T Spectal Dispatch to The Tall. 'y WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The eccnvies tion Is expressed among officers in the War Department that President Roose- velt Intends to promote Captain John J. Pershing of the Fifteenth Cavalry, whose home is in Chicago, to a brigadler gen- eralship. This would jump him over the heads of several hundred officers and give an of advancement by “selec- tion” which has no parallel in army an- nals, save In the cases of Leonard Wood and Albert L. Mills, whose promotions caused a firs of critieism, Captain Pershing is a good offcer and his record of achievement in the pine Islands President. It was rumored a that a promotion was awaiting cago man, but the fact that the held up for so long a time the tions of Wood and Mills caused the Pres- ident to hesitate to send n the name of the cavalry captain, whose advancement ! gl vening between the grade of captain and that of brigadier general. In a recent dispatch -attention was called to the fact that the Mosler, a reputable physician who at- tended her. Both parents are a few | mitte on military affairs had thres new months over twenty vears of age. Dr.| members, each of whom could be counted the newly doubtedly would approve it at once and the fact that Senator Warren, the new chairman of the committee, is the father- in-law of Captain Pershing probebly would not operate against the Chicagoan. ——————————— SEVERAL NEW CHINES. TOWNS OPEN TO TRADE Many Places Added to the Fleld for Commerce in the Far East. LONDON, Dec. 27.—The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the Chino-Japan treaty opens the following towns to trade: Feng- wangeheng, Lioyang, Sinmintin, Tieh- ling, Tunchangtz., Changtu, Fakomen, Changchun, Hirin, Harbin, Hunchun, Sansin, Tsitsthar, Hailar, Rigus snd Monguria B0 o gt B