The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1906, Page 2

[ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL "HURSDAY. JANUARY 4 1906 MANY MILLIONS FIR HOSPITAL Medical Beginning to Realize Mag- nitude of Yerkes’ Bequest New York Cireles LAUD DEAD FINANCIER Institution Established by Will Is to Be Eventually] Endowed With $16,000,000 maide establish- r at was re- roughout m w s fore~ the be for to the ag- buildings ese t all per- reed or col- rge if sary t that inspired characterize EX-CONVICT MAY LOSE - HIS FORTUNE Rehabilitated Banker Sued for 000,000 After Eighteen Years. to The Call was e t againgt him of $5.0000 room to dout fe judgment or not it w ther story, | s x - ¥ ] the himself com steel foundries ’ el Company o e— “rHE LADY FROM THE SEA” DRAWS Heunrik Thsen's Pluy Ix Given Its First Production ian America at Lox Angeles. 3 —Henrik Mo- From ire Confident. —The Frinters was ative 1 out that the satisfied wi twenty-seven t. It was inti- n ‘would relinquish if the »sed shop A CROWDED HOUSE Harry Printers’ | | Lenroot WAY IGNORE WIFE 1N WILL Dying Man Has Right to Bequeath KEstate to His Lawful Helpnreet’s Rival DECISION ON APPEAL [Courts Cannot Pass Upon ‘, the Moral Injustice of | Testator Willful Act e Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 3—That a man, if | he is of sound mind, may leave his en- tire fortune to the woman with whom !he has lived prior to his death, to the exclusion of his lawful wife and family, 1s the gist of a decision of the appellate division of the Supreme Court, handed down to-day, in which it reversed the judgment of the lower court in the suit brought by Elizabeth R. Heyser and others against Mary Anne Heyser and othen Charles H. He Elizabeth R. He; r in early life married vser and seven children were born_to them. Then a separation | took place” and Heyser went to board | with Mrs. Morris and her widowed daugh. ter, Mary ‘Anne Morrls, known as Polly.” In time “Polly” Morris came to be generally recognized as Mrs. | Heyser. few days before he dled Heyser made {a will leaving all of his estate, valued at $50,000, to “Polly” Heyses The orig- Mrs. Heyser brought suit againt to recover her husband’s estate. The case was tried before Justice Gilder- and the jury returned a verdict in favor of Mrs. zabeth R. Heyser. Justice Clark wrote the opinion in the | case and a new trial is directed. After | reviewing the testimony Justice Clark says: The while it diverts property f{rom “be called its natural channel—his ly—and bestows it upon a woman years he had been living with- e sanction of the law, yet cannot be be unreasonable. He had been en- >r many years. youngeet of his children was thirty years daughters he never saw, his but seldom We are not called upon to ve his morals or sanction his mode of la sald tirely separated from his wife I |rn Jaw, which alone we are to expound, a man, irrespective of his moral cher- being of sound mind, hot moved by nfluences and not under restraint, may ;serves the law governing the execution wil ndered upon the evidence in ainst the weight thereof and POPULATION GROW NEARLY A MILLION llmmigrauts Landed at New York During Year To- tal 992.065. Specisl Dispatch to The Call | NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Showing | 1arge increase over la r and an | advance of good .proportions over the banner year of 1903, tne figures of in- ! cor ming passengers:for 19 were given the Bureau of Statistics at Ellis to-day and the grand total ds nearly up to the million mark. 3 Of the total of 992,065 persons who arrived by various lines from foreign the largest number was cagried s of the North German Lloyd from Eremen and from Mediterranean 4 were first cabin passengers. —_————————— ACCUSES THE PAILROADS OF ATTEMP] 0 BRIBE Sensational Statement Issued in Behal of m Wisconsin Gubernatorial MILWAUK ing reasons why ve Governor, ed by forty-three mem s of the Wisconsin Legislature, w sed to-night, from Lenroot's head- buuarters. It Is a sensational docu- The charge is again made that Mr. had been approached with an a ‘railway attorneyship, and iys are accused of extending ail offer r »u to the legislators and pro- €| viding them with “entertainments.” It | is charged that members could easily ved th ir financial position; impr that lucrative places were placed at | their disposal; that mileage could be had for the asking if they were “right” according to the railway point of view. it e A 3i—Officers of the House. Union announced to- | | effort would be made to extend of the structural iron workers to a ghout the country and testamnent, dispose of his | al In 125 voyages 177,916 passen- .re landed in this port by the steamships of this line and of tnese | the Republican nomination for | SHALL REVILT N HOACAR People of Debreczen Take a Firm Stand Against the Authority of the Crown FORCE OFFICIAL OUT “Cradle of Liberty” Compels the Representative of the King to Resign His Place VIENNA, Jan. 3—The disturbances last night at Debreczen, Hungary, on the arrival of the new Prefect, M. Kovacs, were fully prearranged. The Prefect suc- ceeded in ending the disorders and the continued assaults on himself only by signing his resignation, which was read | to the crowd by a committee of citizens. The streets of Debreczen were placarded on Saturday with a long notice, part of which was as follows: show as in the past, that Debreczen is the cradle of Hungarian liberty. No citizen of Debreczen shall serve this mercenary of & constitution-breaking administration., No coach- man shall drive him, no hotelkeeper serve him, no merchant sell to him. His money, Is the wage of a Judas. None shall give him & bite to eat or & drop to drink, and he shall hunger and thirst like a beast of the desert. No house shall open its door to him. . He shall find no | place whereon to lay his head. He shall be banished from the" soclety of men. Nobody shall return his greeting or answer his ques- tions. If he lose his way no one shall set him stralght. He must be driven out from these holy “walls of patriotic liherty and with all those who kelp him. This is for your informa- tion, citizens of Debreczen. Act accordingly. The animosity of the people of Debrec- | zen against the Prefect is entirely im- | personal and arises solely from tne fact | that he is an appointee of the crown. While similar occurrences have been more or less prevalent in Hungary in re- cent months, they have been generally attended by carnival features, but the affair of last night shows that the people of Debreczen entertain a bitterness against the appointees of the crown | more extreme than that indicated by the people of other places. In the revolution of 1848 Debreczen was the center of Hungarian liberty. There Kossuth proclaimed Hungarian inde- pendence in 1849 and the town officially deposed Francis Joseph as King. There were minor: street disturbances at Debreczen to-night, resulting in sev~ eral arrests. BUDAPEST, Jan. 3.—The Government { has appointed a commissioner with ex- traordinary powers to proceed to Debrec- zen and investigate why the authorities Prefect Kovacs. A dispatch from Vienna January 2 said: The new Prefect of Débreczen arrived at the county seat at 7. o'clock this evening. He is an old man, and when he saw the rough crowd at the station he decided to leave the train. The crowd. however, recognized him and he was hustled from the car and mal- treated. He was thrown in u hearse that had been provided by the people to carry him from the station to his office. From the hearse the Prefect was carried to a room fitted up like the cell of one condemned t¢ death and left | there. \ TWO GRAND JURIE FOR SHASTA COUNTY Rival Superior .Judges May Bring About Legal Complieation. Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, Jan. 3.—The appointing of a second superior judge for Shasta County has already caused much trouble and | friction in the county and sounded the death knell, politically, of the faction hat was behind the scheme. Now there is trouble between the two Judges them- selves, and, as a result, the taxpayers f the county are facing the proposition of having an additional expense of two grand juries for the present year. Up to he present time a friendly.feeling has ! existed between the Judges. Now it is | strained. When the question of drawing a grand jury came up it is understood both Judges agreed to sign the order and draw the jury in Judge Head's depart- ment—the original department. Yesterday, however, Judge Bush, without further ceremony, selected a list of names for grand jurors and Judge Head will follow suit and do the same next Menday, the day on which both agreed to do the work, according to Judge Head. The result of : the mixup is anxiously awaited. — ee—————— { Steamship Ashore in Gale. PENSACOLA, Fla., Jan. 3.—The coast steamship P. J. Thistlewgod, bound from Tampa to New Orleans with u cargo of fruit, went ashore this after- neon twenty miles east of Pensacola, on the gulf coast. Several tugs and | the life-saving crew have gone to the scene and will try to take off the crew, although the sea is running very high | in the prevailing storm. 1 DO NOT NEGLECT TO ATTEND IfredLilienfeld®.Co.’s January Clearance Sale . Of High-Grade Clothing The Product of America’s Premier Manufacturers Being Sold at Greatly Reduced Prices OVERCOATS CRAVENETTE RAIN COAT 5 AND ULSTERS For Men and Youths at Astounding Low Prices Prices Reduced in Every Department - Ifred Lilienfeld 201 and 203 Kearny Street - Twentieth Century Clothiers Imported At Northwest Corner Sutter St. High Grade Tailoring @ Co. We COUt Wl Tob. St of Debreczen, ta did nothing to prevent the outrages on | LEGISLATOR EXCORIATES THE SENATOR Declares Him Unfit to Sit in Halls of Congress. b by T o/ Resolution Argued and Eventually Withdrawn. PUR e ALBANY, N.. Y., -Jan. 3.—Senator Brackett of Saratoga, soon after the | Legislature convened to-day, Intro- duced a resolution demanding of Chauncey M. Depew his resignation as United States Senator from this State, The -reselution in full foilows: Since the adjournment of this Senate the people of the State and nation have been stag- gered by thé rtiation shown to have existed for. years betwsen the Equitable Life Assur- ance Society and Chauncey M. Depew, one of the Senators of the State In the United States Congress. Recognizing that these disclosures have caused a total lack of confidence in the ability of the Senator named to properly represent the people in the body to which he was elected. Resolved, by the Senate, that Chauncey M. Depew be and hereby 1s requested to fortbwith resign his seat in the United States Senate. The resolution® was withdrawn after a long debate in the Senate. In re- calling it Senator Brackett specified that he intended to introduce it again at a later date, Senator Raines, who wanted immediate action, in which he desired to defeat the resalution. ob- Jjected to the withdrawal, but upon a roll call the withdrawal was allowed by a vote of 27 to 19. This cannot be regarded as a test vote upon the main question, however. When the resolution was introduced Senator Raines said he had not been staggered by Senator Depew’s acts and failed to see in the resolution anything that called for such action. He ex- pressed his surprise that it was intro- duced and moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Fed- eral Relations. Senator Maltby made a speech in Kwhh"h he said if Senator Depew had done anything unlawful or that unfit- ted him to hold office the charges should be framed immediately. He eulogized Depew, who, he said, was a grand character. He denounced the crowd of ‘“alleged reformers” who | kicked at every one and made wild | charges. He declared that only he | without sin should cast the first stone. | Perhaps there were reasons why every Senator should be asked to resign. Yel- low dogs, he said, may be nibbling at Senator Depew’s heels, but he has dec- | orated all positions that he has had. | The resolution should not be dignified by reference to any committee, but should be disposed of forthwith, he said. Maltby said there was no reason why the resolution should not have included Senator Platt as well. Senator Gray, the Democratic leader, | asked that the resolution be not pressed at this time. Senator Brackett said he was will- ing for it to be put over, but he did not want it to be “kissed out of ex- istence.” Senator Coggeshall said that Sen- ator. Depew was now ill and it was cruel, uncalled for and brutal for Sen- ator Brackett to ‘“‘pander to the bla- tant and morbid public clamor that is now endeavoring to blast honest repu- tations.” | | { | b g DEPEW WILL NOT RESIGN. Intends, However, to Retire From Cor- poration Directorates. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—"T have no inten- tion whatever of resigning from the United | States Senate,” sald Senator Chauncey M. Depew when seen to-day. “Why should I resign? I intend now to do my real work in the Senate. Have you ever traced any of these rumors which said T intended to resign, and have you ever had any one give any reason why 1 should resign? “1 will on April 23 reach my seventy- | second birthday. By that time I hope | to resign from all companies in which 1 am connected as director. In all 1 am a director in seventy-nine com- panies. “My position here is an honorary one (with the New York Central Railroad Company) and I intend to keep it. 1 never have had any intention of resign- ing from the United States Senate and have never been requested to by any one, “As soon as I resign from all the companies with which I am connected I will be able to do my real work in the Senate, as I expect to work harder {than ever before. I leave to-morrow | for Washington to take part in the | opening of the Senate and will remain there permanently during the session, except, perhaps, to run into New York once a week or so.” ———————— NORTHERNERS WiLL TRAVEL IN MAGNIFICENT TRAIN Oregou Development League to Recelve Unbounded Hospitality From This . State on Its Tour. The Oregon Development League, on its tour of this State, will travel in probably the finest train that has ever run upon this coast. Tt will be com- prised of six magnificent new standard Pullman sleepers of the newest design, two diners, one day coach and a su- perb smoking and observation car. There will be about 150 in the party. They will ©leave Portland on Saturday, January 13, and arrive here the Mon- day night following. On the way down the coast stops will be made at Salem, Albany, KEugene, Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford, Ashland, Shasta Springs and at Sacramento, where the travelers will be banqueted by the Chamber of Commerce of that city, The party will remain in San Fran- cisco until Wednesday night of the 17th, when it will start on its way south, stopping at Palo Alto, San Jose, Del Monte, Paso Robles, Santa Monica and Los Angeles. At all of these | places the visitors will be entertained by members of the Chambers of Com- merce and the leading citizens. In the party will be Governor Cham- berlain, Theodore B. Wilcox, capitalist and president of the Portland Flouring Mills, and H. L. Pittock, one of the | owners of the Oregonlan, 1 VICTORIA, B. C. Jan. 3.—American quarantine officers at Yokohama have notifled the steamship companies that no persons who mlvw ‘;%lm via Osaka or vicinity will be allowed ul to proceed to America unless | main in Yokohama a week and certified to. These ey re- health is A | HIGGINS ASKS FOR REVISION OF THE LAW New York Governor on Insurance Legislation. S ST Urges That Policy- Holders Receive Protection. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 3—In his an- nual message to the Legislature to- day, Governor Higgins said: The eyes of the whole world are now turned toward New York, and if this Leglsiature does not produce an ‘insurance law which shail be drastic but practicable, radical but sane, in a spirit which shall be courageous but not hysterical, it will fail to meet the expectations of those Who Dave confidence in the ability of populer govérnment to solve its own prob- lems as they arise, Future effective action by Congress or the Federal Government is not probable, and the possibility of such action should rot retard for an instant the work of the State. While life insurance has received aimost exclusive attentlon, {t cannot be assumed that | other corporations’ dealing in indemnity and investment contracts have been blameless, and a word of caution may Kot be amiss regarding sessment assoctations, accident insurance companies, co-operative fire insurance com- panies and the like. Better allow free and unregulated fnsurance than permit such con- cerns to exist under laws which do not pro- tect our citizens, but enable the promoter of doubtful schemes to beguile the investor to financial disappointment and fatten himself on false promises and deluded hopes. ? The policy-holder now demands something better from the State than a guarantee of solvency. He has learned that his insurance will be cheaper and safer when the companies are compelied to invest their assets for his benefit exclusively and are prevented from diverting funds to the individual undertaking of speculative directors and to the payment of vast salarles and exorbitant commissions, gratuities to men of influence and contribu- tions for political campaign purposes. He in- vokes the power of the State to shieid him more effectively and to curb the companies and their directors. » You will be calied upon to make a radical revision of the law for the benefit of in- vestors in life insurance and for the regula- tion and restraint of the companies. We may well consider at this time the expediency of providing for more thorough regulation by the department of insurance. -Under the new insurance law of Germany not only are thorough mmvestigation and publicity insured, but the Government director actually enters into the business methods of the corporations. We can learn much from a careful examina- tion of this law, although some of its pro- vislons may be deemed too: paternal for our differing conditions of business and political life, or objectionable as leaving too much to the discretion of the insurance department. The funds of insurance companies should sacredly be safeguarded for the policy-holders Dby the State, and every element of personal gain eliminated from their management. TO accomplish this result it has been suggested that large amounts ought, for the safety of the insured, as well as for the good of the community, to be invested in bonds secured by mortgages on real estate at a conservative value, that deposits with or loans to money corporations should be subject to suitable re- striction: ‘that the control of subsidiary com- panies should not be permitted; that insur- ance directors should have no conflicting busi- ness connections:; that investments in corpo- rate bonds should be regulated so as to pre- vent sveculation and loss from an attemnt to float doubtful enterprises; that policies should be of standard forms, so that the abuses aris- ing from ambiguity, complexity and incom- pleteness of the contract may be eradicated and the contract made definite in form and gubstance; that a uniform system of audits and accounts should be prescribed by the In- surance department: thet full publicity to pol- jcy-holders should be assured; that deferred dividend policies should be prohibited or great- ly restricted: that poiicies should be further safeguarded from forfeiture; that an equitable distribution of the gains of the company to the policy-holders entitled thereto should be re- quired; that policy-holders should have an ef- fective volce in the government of the com- panies, and that the diseretion of the directors #hould be subject to judleial or administrative review. Many amendments to the State in- surance law are proposed in a bill in- troduced by Senator Brackett. Among its important provisions are those making elective instead of appointive the office of Superintendent of Insur- ance; making the salaries of life in- surance officers subject to the written approval of the Superintendent of In- surance; prohibiting the insurance of children under 13; prohibiting tontine, or ‘“deferred dividend insurance; making the list of policy-holders of any life insurance company available for examination by any policy-holder, and limiting investments of insurance companies in a way similar to the law limiting investments by savings banks. James W. Wadsworth Jr.was electea Speaker of the Assembly, receiving the entire Republican vote. —_———————— AIMS TO REVOLUTIONIZE SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT Independence League of itornin Imposes Herculean Task Upon Ttwelf. A corporation designed to work a revolution by peaceful means in the municipal, State and national systems of administration filed articles yester- day with the County Clerk. The name of the new corporation is the Indepen- dence League of California. and its destinies will be directed by John F. Kelly, John L. Polito, Joseph V. de Ryana, Arthur L. White and Daniel O'Connell, from headquarters in the Flood building. Following are a few of the professed purposes of the cor- poration: To cause the various cities and towns of this State to acquire and own the street rallroads within their boundarfes: the reservoirs and sys- tems of water to supply their inhabitants, the gas, electric and other lighting and heating plants; the telephone lines and systems and all other ne tles for public convenience and betterment; that the State shall control or ac- quire and own all railroads and other public utilities that are beyond the jurisdiction of towns, citles and counties; that the nation ehall control or acquire and own the railroa telegraph and tel and all other public utilities that are beyond the jurisdiction of the States to acquire and own. ection against ‘Asiatic immigration and competition with our worl mechanics _and small business men; to cause United States Senators to he elected b* direct vote of the people; to estab- Msh the initlative and referendum and direct Jegislation; to cause the enactment of laws to rotect the people’s savings, whether invested I ineurance. companies or deposited I banks, or Invested by Jdirectors of banks or officers of | Insurance companies in stocks or bonds of in- dustrial and other en commonly Known iu trusts; to cause more -t:l'v‘ngen: enforcement of laws giving equal rights privileges to all o waiicuar o o ot [} 0 viduals. individual or set of Mercantile Company Buys Raisin Crop. FRI 0, Jan. 3.—The entire raisin crop in the hands of the California Ralsin Growers' Company was to-night gold to the Mercantile Company of San Franciso on a 3-cent basis. this sale is ended a of unrest in the raisin business. At the beginning of the season a combine was entered into between the growers' company and several packers. The price was set too high and the result was that the grow- ers in the ket their ¥ were unable to mar- compan; ralsins. 3 Fl NEW YORK'S UPPER HOUSE DEBATES A DEMAND FOR DEPEW'S RESIGNATION MeCALL QUT OF THE NEW YORK LIFE Alexander E. Orr Becomes Head of Company. Salary Is Reduced| From $100,000 to $50,000. - NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—John A. McCall to-day resigned the presidency of the New York Life Insurance Company and Alex- ander E. Orr was appointed in his place, at a salary of 350,000 a year. McCall's salary was $100,000. Rickard A. McCurdy, former president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, and his son, Kobert H. McCurdy, to-day resigned as trustees of that -compan The resignations were accepted by the Losrd of trustees. This. office was the last one remaining to either the former president or his sor: ia the company. The resignations of James W. Alexan- der and James Hazen Hyde from the directorate of the Fidelity Trust Com- yany and the Union National Bank of Newurk, N. J.,, were accepted to-day. Their successors will be elected next Tuesday. John A. McCall, who has for fourteen years held the office #'ven he resigned .o-day, sent a letter ie the New York Life trustees which in part is as follows: In the period of my service as president I have made mistakes. It is easy to see mis- | takes after events have fully developed the | situation, but when facing great problems it is not easy to be {nerrant. My errors prob- | ably seem greater to me to-day than they seem to any even tolerably just eritic: but, | notwithstanding that, I am not without co fort. My consolation comes from these con- siderations: First, the unprecedented achieve- ments of the company; second, that no officer or trustee has profited improperly during tbat time to the extent of a doilar at the expense of the policy-holders. At the close of 19050 we have added net to the company, as it stood at the end of 1891, a volume of outstanding Insurance which in round figures equals $1,40,000,000. This total, gathered in fourteen 'years, ap- proximates the entire outstanding insurance of ithe Mutual Life at the ciose of its sixty- second year and is very close, Indeed, to the outstanding insurance of the Equitable at the | close of its forty-sixth year. | The achievements of ‘a lifetime, if judged by ordinary standards, have been crowded into that veriod of fourteen vears. 1 belfeve my retirement will make all tasks easler, all burdens lighter, all problems stmpler. It is uncertain whether Orr will retain tne presidency beyond April 1 next, when MeCall's term would have expire. new president is a retired mercnan this city, president of the Rapid Transit Commission, a former vresident of the Chamber of Commerce and & Jdirector in maay firancial and philanthrovic institu- tlons. He was born in Tyrene, Ireland, in 1801 In accepting the prezidency Orr said that he hoped John C. McCall and Viee President Kingsley would remain in the | company's employ. John C. MeCall is the sem of former President McCall and is seerciery of the New Tork Life. Fresident Orr sald that the fact that the president’s salary had been reduced to $50.000 did not mean that the salares of uther officers would oe reduced ‘n the same preportion. *“Ile resignation of Me unarimov:ly,” said Orr, desired that it be so accepted. [ have never atlended a mestiny of trustees who exrressed more genuine regret at lusing the serviees of such a commend- able president. BREEZE SAVES CROPS IN THE ORANGE BELT Wind ifts and Prevents Frost Feared by the Growers. | Special Dispatch to The Call SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 3.—The faint- was passed Wecause it wis | est wind eariy yesterday and later breez¢s from the north carried to the orange growers of this valley the aid needed to ward off a freeze that prom- ised to destroy almost the entire orange crop. At Riverside at 7 o'clock last night the thermometer stood at 3) degrees, and two hours later the mercury had dropped to' 23 degrees. A wind arose, and by 1 o'clock the temperature recorded was 30 degrees. Another calm followed that pulled the mercury down to % degrees. Just in time the north wind began to stir the leaves and the danger had passed. The thermometer in the Highland dis- trict last night registered from 27 to 28 degrees above zero according to locality. Not a single orange was disturbed by the frost and there was no smudging. YOUNG INCENDIARY CONFESSES CRIMES Admits Having Started of the Recent Fires at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 3—The firebug who has been operating In this city for several months has been caught. Arthur Bradshaw, a half- witted youth of 15, con- fessed to the city police that he had started no less than six of the recent fires, beginning with the hay barn of the F. A. Hihn Company, which was de- stroyed wit. several tens ¢ bay. The bay’'s ' Is in this city. where ho lives with his father and sister. His ra.the a natient w the Jgrew State * Flospit Tle sayx he startica the fires | just for fun. He wiill be sent to the re- form school. ——— Record of Divorce Court. Suit for divorce was filed yesterday | by Mrs. S. V. Fariday against Richard B. Fariday. She asserts that although he has a monthly income of $300 he refuses” to provide for her and their three minor children. Suits for di- vorce were also filed by Frances E. against P. A. Lord for desertion, Eliza- beth H. against Robert W. Martin for intemperance, Dora M. against Carl Murray for failure to provide, Bessie against Harry A. Sparks for desertion, desertion, Anita against Paul Zanore for cruelty, Alice against Sie Moore for | cruelty, May C. against R. H. Wise for 1 of divorce were gran from Hannah C. Rundle for cruelty, Sadie from Samuel G. Evans for ¢ B Maynie A. from 2 B. Grace for failure to provide and Edward A. from Evelyn Muller for cruelty. | Fiallo, Consul General of Santo Jennie E. against Willlam MeKay for | TROOPS ATTACK PUERTO PLAT! Adherents of the Fugitive President of Santo Do- mingo Invade the Seaport FIGHTING ON STREETS Besieging Foree Retir From City After Combat Lasting Throughout Day 3—Senor Pablo NEW YORK, J mingo in New York, to-night said Ls had received the following telegr «“Ihree days battle at Puerto Plata. Dimitrio Rodrigues killed. Many dend and wounded. Gemeral Cespedes, hero of the vietory.” am WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The Stats Department has received a cablegram from Puerto Plata giving an account of the rising there. It says “Revolution has broken out her to-day (Tuesday); General Rodr fought his way inte town and th tired. Not less than twenty-fiv and many wounded. General Ce holding the fort; still fighting.’ CAPE HAYTIEN, Haytl, Jan. 3.—. vices received here early this mor from Puerto Plata say that the tro of the fugitive President, Morales, der the command of General Demet Rodriguez, attacked Puerto Plata at o'clock. The fighting was severe and last until 5 o’'clock in the evening, when t besieging force retired. A number men were killed or wounded on eit side in the engagement, during which bayonets and swords were principally used. The forces of General Rodriguez, which are massed outside Puerto Plata, were when these advices were for- warded, prepaging for another attack on the place. A portion of the population of Puert | Plata has declared In faver of Morale and street fighting has occurred. th supporters of Morales shooting from the windows of their houses at the troops of General Caceres, the tem- porary President of Santo Domingo. MODERN TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR MANILA Prominent San Franeis Men Baek of the En- terprise. Special Dispatch to The Call MANILA, Jan. 3.—Manila will soon have in every respect an up-to-date and efficient telephone system. The in- stallation of a modern plant is being rushed to completion by the Philippino Telephone and Telegraph Company. A switchboard of the most modern de- sign has been purchased from the West- ern Electric Company of New York and will be shipped from San Fraacisco next week, together with a force ot’ electricians to ipstall it. An extensive underground conduit system is half fin- ished and the balance of the work iz being rushed to completion, Mcludmg a modern central office building. The Philippine Telephone and Tele- graph Company was organized in %u Francisco during the past year ahd owns a fifty-year concession granted by the Philippine Commission, after which arrangements were made to pur- chase the property of the Manila Tele- phone Company, the original system in- stalled by the Spaniards twenty years ago. As sgon as the telephone plant is completed in the city of Manila an ex- tensive system of long-distance lines will be extended into the provinces Manila has a population of over 250,000 and thegprovinces are thickly settled. so the future looks very bright for this | company, which is composed of some of San Francisco’s most prominent busi- ness men, among whom are: A. Borel, J. Dewney Harvey. J. O'B. Gunn, John Martin. A. L. Lengfeld. Douglass S. ‘Watson, Edward Coleman, S. G. Mur- phy, W. Frank Pierce, Willlam H. and Charles H. Crocker, B. U. Steinman, F G. Drum, Homer 8. King, estate of John L Sabin, Louis Glass and others. —_—————— Comference of ¥. M. C. A. Leaders. PACIFIC GROVE, Jan. 3.—At the intecuniversity conference of Y. M. € A. leaders to-day A. F. MecGarrah of Rig Oak Flat gnve an account of the association’s work among the miners. H. J. McCoy occupled nearly an hour 1a showing with lantern and verse the magniticent buildings and equipment owned by the Y. M. €. A. of America finishing with views of the San Fran cisco boys' night school, equipped and maintained in every detail by the mu- nificence of Raphael Weill, Death Calls Millionaire. REDLANDS, Jan. 3—T. Y. England, a millionaire Philadelphia leather man- ufacturer, died here Tuesday. Mr. Ens- jland owned Prospect Park in Redlands, one of thes how places of this section. Dyspepsia Is an indication that, the and