The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1906, Page 2

FEBRUARY 23, 1906. WHY WE NEED (NORATE VATV !N SENA'I'[ for War” Is the Burden of an Address by Bonaparte P LR ELE f Ay s KS PUBLIC SYMPATHY Af | Pennsylvanian Explains Its T s , SR T s American Tars Should Not Introduction at This Late = [ Dav by Raving 1676 ToF] 2 Treated as Outecasts . ) ’ = 7 m \ - S Nohhn When They Come Ashore| Information of Colleagues { I # BALTIMOR! Md., Feb. . —The thir- WITHOUT HOPE THAT tieth annual commenoration day of the hns »p) niv vas cele- . rincipal "Hy;r : t Main Features Provide for view Of and Appeal From Ridings Made by Interstate Commerce Commission YOUNC SOLDIER FISH CETS 1S ACCUSED 0F CRAVE OFFENSE Seeks to Amuse Himself by Hugging Women on the Streef. e | Epecial Dispatoh to The Call. NEWPORT, R. 1 sell, a young Battery, stationed been diverting himi hugging women he me Feb. 22.—George Bis- | private of the Eleventh t Fort Adams, has| f while on leave by at night in the streets of this city. 1a" and. matron were like embraced by the affectionate soldier a ight after night the shrieks | of the s resounded in other- to catch the hugger, remained a mystery. A | committee was no more suc- A lone woman paraded the t night hankering to be hug- was rewarded. The hugger d she was his, at the same time | 1so hers, for the lone woman hugger and held him tight, velling in a masculine voice for help. The | police came and then Frederick Davis, asquerading as a lone female, let go of | prey, which the police escorted to the iockup Bissell, it is said, will be court-mar- | tialed and dismissed from the army in disgrace. BUILDING IS GUTTED. | Continwed irom Page'l, Column 0. Lights began to go out in all the down- | town dist s, telephoncs went out of commis: nd for a while thé servic the Western Union Telegraph Compan: was cripvled. A heavy explosion drove back curious crowds that began to con- gregate around the burning bullding. This was caused by the bursting of a big gas main. The ck of the explosion hurled hot bricks and plaster in every direction. other and heavier but the fire be- B! It was explos gan to thought that would follow, urn itsef out. 3 o'clock the danger of its spreading over and the | flames died down. | ARING AWAY DEBRIS. Superintendent Naphtaly was on hand shortly after the fire commenced. Long light he had gangs of men at ng away the debris and con- other power stations with the had been deprived of light cting the t that d power. The work of salvage has been turned | | over to Mahoney Bros, the contractors. There is little in the plant, however, that | | damaged | was far from complete . N i E is aiready ve . expenstve dat 8 ght n ¢ the navy ls, to my W ¢ aring. fair and e n whi Kknows e we have never had . any form. e b the event i ad mili- the ad- s th w w than N me wa I ne as . ¢ s p REVIEW BY THE COURT ABANHHNS HUP[ e orde:s of 22.—For fourth - ke of . viction of Johann Hach P begun today for h = peared in ood spirits, 4 > imounced that bad n-f hope and Y < expected to die. ! “F feel fine," he said, “but ¥ guess that - 1l have to dje tomorrow. T N time 1 have been near death I guess this is the last time. I have no hope, but st I feel pretty good Hoch was told that there is in many . . quarters an opinion that he intended to s cheat the gallows by committing e ughed heartily at this suggestio 2 Me take my own life?” he asked = Jo you know what that we - - would be absolute con my guilt a soldier, and | I not be d drop froml . ? m innocent? s day H®ch was removed to the death chamber in the a . th watch set over him = 2 i nsent to say a veasons for offer- g 1, and it is Tequest of FROM RULINGS. e thoroughly it is not my e ) 1 now offer w n from the com- it_as and if it is assista: 1 shall be more than satisfied F s s vk DEMOCRATS HOLD THE KEY. ¥ate of the Rate Bill Rests With Sen- ate Minority WASHINGTON ihers th —What the committee .on erstate commerce will do. when théy. face a vote on the court review fea- ture of a raiiroad rate bill tomorrow is |& question that tonight unlimited speculation and a- wide va- | in dictions. The Demo- members of the committee hold e situation, but at a coA- Chas. Beilus £ €o | Lo Wieh ter camurned they 2o & B vored sending the bill to the Senats Exctimsive Figh-Grade Clothiers wbuld win witk an amendment, enators Dolliver and Clapp con- their -stand . - against and tinued | ments. J The 1 introduction ‘today by No Eranch Stofes and No Agents | clarify the situation for a time. THE TRIUMPES ACHIEVED| IN 600D CLOTHES MAKING| FOR IMMEDIATE WEAR| ARE PHENOMENAL.| WEVE CLEARED AWAY| ¥O0ST OBJECTIONS THAT HAVE MADE SHOP CLOTHES LOOK ORDINARY AND GHEAP. THIS IS CLOTEES CULTURE, was ready to accept this feature tain Democratic vote to give them a itancy of these ting themseives set their plans. they desired to consider the Knox scheme before agreeing to vote for it. As a result Tillman, McLaurin and Foster conferred. They took into their conference the Knox plan, an amend- Democrats jn. commit- tention of declding between them. Every spring model they did not care what we show this season { e dQistinctly stamped to bring in some plan, even though it with good, smart style should be a new scheme originated in and mewness of patterns. the' conference. | mate o nt. Besides that sus- tained by th of the plant there fs | the added los veniencing our patrons is provoking | F fiver without a report of any character. | The conservative Republicans declared | amiend= | sociated Press Senator | ¢ Knox of a railroad rate bill contaipinzg | feature for court review seemed to |and last night the buillding had io go The [ back to the conservative faction of the committee | servative’, gas. and they "held a conferencé at ‘which it was | ported having been inconvenienced by | agreed to offer it as an amendment 19 { the lack of the Hepburn bill. They counted on cer- | building, the Cafe Fiesta, the Spreck- in the committee | ¢ls Market, Young's Bakery, the Cali- | majority, but the hes- [ fornia Dairy to the amendment up- | The Democrats said | power ment prepared by the conservative Re- | connecting with publicans and the plans provided in | houses of the system. various other rate bills, with the in- | the available power the company will The conservative Republicans said | the plant at Station C can be repiaced. | amendment | was selected, but urged the Democrats | driven out of their tenement homes on ped the ravages of the fire. Most of ¢ valuable machinery has been reduced | to serap irc stly copper fittings and connections have been melted and there is scarcely a plece of machinery in the | splendid plant that will ever be ‘of any | use again. | The roof of the building caved in| shortly aftcr the fire started and the alls ¢ the Jessie-street side are’in a dangerous condition, An annex to_the | the Jessie-street side that was of ‘construction suffered as | main plant. = A new capable ‘of producing 5000~ | r, which had been only recently | ction, was so badly | that it is doubtful whether it ever be of any further use. he work on the annex, which was be- done by Gladding, McBean & ( There may yet | between that firm | and the gas com to the extent of | the work. Architect Willis Polk made an | eéstimate for the gas company yesterday. | DRAW ON OTHER STATIONS. plant ¢ generator, horsepowe estabiished in this ing be some contro Superintendent Naphtaly s yesterday: 1 think that we will be able to furnish light to nine-tenths of the by _tonight. | We are doing all in This loss | not cripple us b means, for this tion is one of our power- Potrero e of most of have been affected by the fire. e to make any esti- porarils hat suffered, the telephone: tem and the theaters have We will have all the ele- by tonight to have everything running hin three weeks.. The other com- ome private concerns have come to our assistance and we will not be inconvenienced, neither will the pubi Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department | said: attend running Pect This was the nearest to a big fire 1 have | seen for some time. We were much hampered in cur work by the condition of Stevenson We had all that we could do for a while keep the blaze from spreading. The Van » building had a narrow escape. The 1to keep two hoses playing on the rear hours, —_———————— Indians, those who are interested in this fast | aying-out race should not fail to attend Mr. | Frederick W. Prince’s Jecture on ‘*Mokl Indlan l“Ceremontal Dances” ~and avajo Indian Sports,” to be given at the Simpion M. B. Chureh, Buchanan and Hayes streets, Friday evening, February 23. This lecture 15 illus- | | frated by superb stereopticon views and won- | @erful motion pictures. i ——————e——————— “DARKNESS FALLS UP0N. Continved from Page 1, Column 7. men hi of it for Central Califorfia. A dispatches had to be sent to interior tdwns by way of Chi- e lights ted nication with old “safe, sane and con- Some of the other buildings that re- light are the Emerson | Kitchen, the - Olympis Club and the Argonaut Club. Most of | these were refurnished with light and csterday afternoon. { Superintendent Naphtaly remained.in | the vicinity of the ruined plant until | a late hour last night, directing opera- tions. Telephone connections were es- | tablished and he superintgnded the the reserve power- By using all | be able to supply its consumers until The eight or ten families that wera| Stevenson street have moved oack. Some of them who were In the exodus | did not stop to don their street gar- | | tigation | has chaf, | were today stated to be 190,600. | would constitute total holdings of $28, | the act with the proxies that would go to Har- | | elevator man | second | came the | Connelly | vile. { melody ltke th Tsn’t it foolish to paim off fabrics of the counterfeit - family or last year's dead styles? 120-152 fearuyg Street (Thurlow Block lamend the Hepburn bill or they -can |Justice last evening. The elevator, in | report it to the Senate in the form | which old-time offenders were accus- | passed by the House. In any event the Democrats will go | ments. when they. heard the explosion. | into the committee. tomorrow in abso- | Darkness and tribulation for office lute control of the situation. They can | duty men was the order at the Hall of There will be | tomed to accept compulsory transpor- eleven members of the committee pres- | tation to the City Prison, remained sus- ent when the committee meets. Six ! pended between two floors, and patrol- members will constitute a majority. | men lugged heavy, human burdens up There are five HRepublican members | four flights or stalrs, almost to high who will vote together for a court re- | heaven, using explosive language as yview amendment. One Democratic |they went. boesr vote, therefore. I8 sufficient to amend the bil} The fire was the occasion of it all Lights faded and N. A. Beechinor. tha N WAY 0r HARRIMAN Illinois Central's President Not Up-to-Date. Wall Street Believes Rumor That He Is to Be Ousted. e Union Pacific Party in Position to Control the Road’s Elections. R T Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—"Masses of gossip, conjecture and false deduc- tions” was the way a man familiar with the facts in the case designated today the widely published stories that B. H. Harriman and certain associates of his were conducting a campaign to oust Stuyvesant Fish from the presidency of the Hlinois Central Railroad. Accord- ing to stories current in one form or another in Wall street for a long time, the alleged plan to oust Fish was de- termined upon in consequence of his action in refusing to conduct the Inves- of the Mutual fe Insurance moderate, or “white- Company washing With considerable circumstantiality of detail, a report was published today that Harriman apd his associates had come out Into the open in a campaign to force Fish out of the presidency of the Illinois Central. That differences | of opinion existed between the two men has long been current gossip in Wall street; that strained relations exist be- tween Harriman and F h seems clear; but the general impression is that the differences originated entirely out of divergent views' on rallway develop- ment. Fish has been es: tially a man who. has held to the old-time method, | while Harriman, in railway develop- | ment, has been one of the chief expo- | nents of progress and development. While Fish ha& been content to see Tlinois Central in its unique position of the leading north and south bound route in the country, holding that and not expanding, Harriman has believed in consolidations and extensions and enlarging the system. The friends of the expansion theory | have maintained that Fish has let go | many good chances to_enlarge the 1llinois Central. Harrima® ¢ lis held, under seelng one road after another “making extensions hostile to the Illinois Central, when, with its superb credft, it opuld eithef acquire cheaply aor build extensions of its own, and thus hold,its deminating position. Precisely what extent of the holdings of the Union Pacific interests are in Illi- nois Central stock till a question. When the original story of the pro- posed merger of the two companies was published they were sald to aggre- e about 00,000, held by the Rall~ way ‘Securities Company, which is con- trolled by Harriman,-and 160,000 shares additional by:friends of the Union Pa- cific Company. These latter holdings This 000,000 par and of a total capitaliz tion of about 000,000. Some persons maintain, however, that Harriman and his friends actually hold 334,000,000, or more than one-third of the cavital of the Illinois Central. With ownership of this amount, rimarn, s based the contention that the Harriman party can actually centrol the road and its elections. —— e California in a Nut Shell for 10c. Souvenis Postal Cards and interesting novelties in Department, ot:s discovered himself soli- hanging and alone between tite and third fioors. He waited in vain for the current, and when patience ceased o be virtue he was assisted out of ment with the aid of a stepyladder. condition of affairs prevailed throughout yesterday, and the officials at the hall were obliged to face clrcumstances as they were, Prisoners were brought to the courts by means of the stairway. but the policemen as- signed to day duty assumed an attitude of charity, and bhut few made on the prison register. Last night, however, the fun began. Policemen. James Connelly and John Evatt were on station duty and every patrolman in the section who could dis- cover a case of aggravated Intoxication called for the patrol wagon, and it be- painful duty of Evatt and to transport these subdued and indifferent specimens of humanity up the line of stairways to - durance “Shiloh Pete,” who had escaped observation for three.days, was pieked up, and his condition was such that the tary | patrolmen were obliged to lay him on a ! short widdow ladder and, in ambulance fashionghe was taken to his destina- tion. . ‘The stairway gong was pressed temporarily into service and it sounded noise of Chinese tom- toms. The transfer officers from out- side stations, when they delivered their loads, exverienced the same difficulty, and the'long line of decrepit humanity that toiled up the steep stairs was an unusual sight. means a good deal It stands for good materials, good style, 800d workmanship and good fit WHITE OR COLOR-FAST FABRICS| $1.00 end $1.25 CLUETT, P co. ' PEABODY & Collars and Shirts fn the World Sanborn, Vail & | entries were CORPORATIONS MRE IS FOES Public Ownership Party An- nounces Principles at a lfMeet‘ing Held in Fresno SCORES THE RAILROADS Men From All Sections of the State Attend Convention and Discuss Plans of Body FRESNO, Feb. 22.—The mass-meeting which is to launch the new public owner- ship party which has been forming in Bakersfield for the past few months and which its supporters hope to sweep the State and nation was held here this after- noon. One hundred and fifty delegates and sympathizers from Bakersfield, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other places were ‘in attendance. The platform adopted, which is identi- cal with that adopted at Bakersfield last December, declares for the public owner- ship of rallroads and all other public utilitics, whether State, county or muni- cipal in scope. The document declares that the rallroad situation Is intolerable; that rate regulation is but a- temporary expedient and does t go far enough, and that public owndship will abolish oppressive trusts, anninflate political bosses, insure greater safety to travel- ers and secure permanency of employ- ment to employes. The.platform further states that this important enlargement of the principle of self-government will not become a part of our administration policy without a new political party. W. D. Young of BakersfieM called the meeting to order and presented Mayor Lyon of Fresno, who in an address of welcome declared his sympathy with many of the objects of the new move- ment, while maintaining that he would remain a Republican until convinced that party could not accomplish the needed reforms. The nomination of temporary officers caused a slight breeze. After John Mur- ray and Dr. Houghton had been nomi- pated for chairman and declined, F. B. Nicholas of San Francisco was finally chosen. John Murray w3s then nomi- nated for temporary secretary. G. E. Russell of Fresno immediately protested on the ground that Murray had not stood with the labor unfons in | the Philipps-McSharry trouble here last | spring. He nominated A. E. Yoell of| San Francisco, who declined. Dr. Hougk- ton declared “This is by no means a li- quor union meeting. In this mass meet- ing no one as a member of organized labor has any claim on this b The temporary officers were later made per- manent. Dr. John R. Haynes of Los Ange'es| made the priacipal address of th2 day. He declared that the pest governed countries were the most democratic, ¢ ing Switzerland as an exampie, which bought her railways in 189 and could to- day sell them: for a hundred million more than she paid for them, although fares and frelght rates have been greatly re- duced. “Thig country,” he said, “is rapidly be- ctming a republic only in name. It i8 rapidly becoming a Government by the corporations and for the corporations. The Southern Pacific Company earned lust year net $4000 a mile. Do you wonder fhat this road has been and is' now abso- lute dictator of affairs in California? Do you know that Mr. Herrin is not only supreme at Sacramento, but that his agent sways the City Council at Los An- geles as though he were its soul?” The executive committee which will have charge of spreading the propa- ganda consists of the chalrman and sec- rotary ex-officlo, one delegate from each county in the State to be appointed and the following fiftecen appointed by the chairman: .0. A. Tveitmoe of San Francisco, Charles PLEY TALES ABOUT RATE President of Santa Fe Tells Why He Is Oppesed to Pres- ent National Legislation DY RCHES PLNG UPAT RECIRD ATE Infant’s Millions Mors Than Doubled in ' Five Years. IS PREJUDICED Says Statute Books Have Laws Enough to Regulate Roads if They Are Enforeed R W S LOS ANGELES, Feb. ~—The annual reception and banquet of the Los An- geles Chamber of Commerce was given | tonight in the banquet rooms of Levy's cafe. President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe was one of the principal speakers. His subject was “Rate Leg- islation,” and he spoke in part as fol- lows: Do you realize bow easy it Is to form what alled “‘public opinion’* upon any subfect? m here to say that such ‘publie opinion’ In favor of rate making by the la- “ommerce Commission has been artifl- manufactured—that the commission 1i- with a hankering for mere power, with PUBLIC Special Dispatch to The Call. PROVIDENCE, R. L, Feb. 22.—This is how Baby Brown’s millions pile up: 1900—Left by father. . 1902—Fortune was. 1904—Fortune was. . 1906—Fortume Iv. . ... 1921—Fortune will be. John D. Rockefeller may hold the bulk record as a piler up of millions; “Uncie” Russell Sage may hold the record in the same class for closeness; Andrew Carnegie possibly has locked up somewherc u certificate as to his | possession of tije generosity record; but ! I John *Nicholas 'Brown -has broken | as exists speed records. | For John Nicholas, on his sixth birth- day, 18 the possessor of $11,000,000, | id of one man from Milwaukee with a | 87,000,000 of which was added to his |grievance, started the agitation, and. having succeeded in eniisting the powerful aid of the fortune by this precoeious child since | he was three months old. And the hardest work little John Nicholas Brown did for this $7,000,000 was to take his bottle regularly and President, has stampeded @ country and at least one brameh of Congress. It is my belief that not onme person in a hundred throughout the country has any interest in the question. I think the agitation of the rate question may be sald to have started with the repert industriously and somewhat per- | of the Interstate Comumerce Commission in the tinaciously and to romp about the ;Zp,'m" g This report stated that rates nursery: | had been advanced by reason of changes in classification to an amount equal in the pre- If John Nicholas Brown, who was left Of course, this was $4,000,000 by his father, John Nicholas | Vious year to $155.000.006. > | ridiculous, and the statistician of the com Brown, when he was three months old. | [hoson ™ cubsequently admitted that his esti- continues to amass riches as he has done in the last flve years and nine | months, when he is 21 he-will rank with mate was gbout 100 per cent higher than should have been, The statements made in thi: report, rrect as they were, occasioned much unfavorable comment, and made it easier to the richest men of the'country. He will | infavorable comment. ant Wace 1 o looking be worth 350,000,000 | tor wrongs in our econemic conditions. Yet Baby Erown is a royal spender.| The charge has been made that the railway | He employs a small army of servants | mileage of the country is in a few hands; that | a few men can get together in New York and. and maintains an establishment at New- manages to get rid of $50,000 a year. vancing rates—it is not charged that this was Still_his money keeps on piling ups | ever done, but only that it might be dome. [ notwithstanding his lavish expenditure | know of no subject on which the gemeral pub- |1tc has beem more deceived. or comcerning ou hinagle } which there is such an amount of misappre- —_— hension. In regard to the charge of discrimination, By General Acclamation. In the high-class restaurants and ho- tels, in the home of the able provider, in fact, wheréver a good palate serves as a guide, the selection of Moet & Chandon “White Seal,” vintage of 1300, is positively manifest, and 8 delicious I desire to say that I know of no ciass whers rebates or secret concessions have been made willingly or otherwise than under more or less duress and compulsion. No railroad officer desires to accept less than the tariff rate or igive up a portien of his earnings—in every case thers has heen a business reason. the ratl- Of all the offenses charged again: product is proclaimed the ‘‘champagne that of discrimination fs the only one of the day.” No less than 99,387 cases | fnac™ that Of O n i fact, vet none of of Moet & Chandon clmvmpagne ‘Were | the blils proposed at this session of Congress brought into the port of New York dur- | touches this question at all. The main fea- ing 1905, which amount is over 50 per cent greater than was imperted by the house second on the 1ist, as compiled in the Custom-house statistics. At all so- | ture of all the proposed bills is the provision that the Interstate Commerce Commission may name what it considers a reasonable rate. and that such rate must al once go Into effect clal gatherings, prominent functions | there is no provision and banquets the feature proper is | when made—and it is, of course, just as easy | ®White Seal,” vintage 1900, and the | to pay rebates out of rates named by the com- on as cut of those named by the roads | great increase of its sales is evidence -~ of its continued popularity. sefves. There is plenty of law on the statute books for such offenses as the rallroads have com- mitted or may commit. Enforce these laws to GLOBE, Feb. 22.—A decisive change | the limit bafore taking possession of private for the better has taken place in the f,’.‘:’fif&,‘;kp'ff,'.‘z""n;.'.'"f-n.\"nlr"fififm;f'f"\“,ZZ 0Old Dominion mine: The danger point: commerce. 5 3 has been passed and rehabilitation of | (ther speakers and their toples were: the mine will now proceed. The tenth [ .gaorge Washington.” Henry J. Ste- level was reached at 10 o'clock last | cens: “The President of the United night by the men lining the pump com- | giytes,” L. €. Gates: “Politics and the partment with canvas. Gas 18 not; country Editor.” Willlam Allen White: Quite so bad in the mine, but when It | cpne Owens River Project.” Thomas will be opened by remexal of the NIk~ [ gyech. heads s hard to say. There is a great [ ppere were about 640 guests at the deal of timber in the old stations of the |y . oot8 FAGC “ppo reception began at burned shaft which will smolder for i g'ciock and the banquet an hour later. O e ‘Among these who sent their regrets G —————p | were President Roosevelt, Vice Presi- : " | dent Fairbanks, several Cabinet mem- o Ay g Haynet | pers and other distinguished men of Angeles, Arthur A, Hay of Los Angel the country. L renkiseo, M. Novion of San Franciseo, ey o= o B o et :| WASHINGTON, Feb, 22.—The War Depart- O e T 2 Yo At m:u‘::‘nlrecehed a cabiegram from ‘Santo Do- mingo saying that General Cacereé has an- uf Los Angeles, John Murray of Los Angeles. ot Fresno, John T. Burns of San Fonscisse, il nounced that he will serve the unexpired Prosi- denttal term. —_— ©0ld Deminion Mine Now Safe. Francisco, A. Merrill of Los Angeles, W. D. Younz of Bakersfleld. | Two | 740 Market St. 35 Geary Street Last, Days $la Suits $7 85 From now umtil closing time Saturday night this great sale shall be the drawing card at both stores. You have two days in which to take advantage of the offer, so there is no excuse for you not sharing the benefits. Remember, you may choose among a variety of splendid $14 suits, all of which are positively the latest styles, for $7 -8 5 almost half price - - - Sale positively ends Saturday night. $4 Trousers $2.75 As good a pair of trousers as you'll see anywhere for four dollars; pregg patterns, too; all sizes........ ‘or maintalming the rate | Manufacturers Two Large Stores " Wholesalers. Retailers / 7 Cor. Poweli & Ellis Arcade Entrance 972 Market