The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1906, Page 3

GOVERNOR CUMMINS OF TOWA SENATOR ELKI egie Suggests| Railroad Rate | Scheme. | 1 —_—— The Call. BUILDING. to me, the pro- | or even $200,- e be cases fairly, jes should be | e the courts | seriously im- ‘ m of rallroad rates | required. Other | 8o s we. ks which are being made upon | » members of the | b, « e Hartford are at- nderstood of Prouty which is to en- e will be opposed from | fous. n | stration | now declares the and does not right minded BURNING SHIP HITS ROCK OFF ST. JOHNS l'itania Grounds After Des- perate Fight With Fire and Storm. arch 2.—After be- 2 and manag- | to reach this | = and a blind- ight steam- erged rock in | st night, al guished, the mid- | ¥ be floode It is | € ater portion of the | g t rutned | w York on | vesterday the safety that in the | to gain the | managed to make | she picked up a steamship or where barely gotten under | proceed to an anchorage | struck | osmienivge f- SIS A W here Is Stefan Brescrtranskuperczak- mantzansky ? KENT. Ohio, March 2.—The postof- e authorities here would like to hear : Stefan Brescztranskuperczak- tzansky. There i an uncalled for tter for him here. The postmaster would like to see the man who carries thir name around with him. DENOUNCES - | Hawkeye States- man Assails the West Virginian. —_— Regards Him as Foe . of the People’s Rights. O | Cummins has mailed to Senator Elkins ‘,or West Virginia a reply to the Sena- tor's letter, in which he criticised | statements made by the Governor in | speeches to the voters of Towa regard- | ing his examination before the Senate committee on Interstate commerce, when it had under consideration the | ratlway rate bill. The Governor says that the Senator accused him of falsehood In declaring that his position was hostile, that a railroad attorney sat at tae right of — CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WHO IN A LETTER TO SEN. NDS THE LATTER AS A RAILROAD REPRESENTATIVE, AND ER WHO HAS ENTERED THE RAILROAD RATE DISCUSSION. ATOR - ELKINS — IRON- I — BOCUS DOCTORS UNDER THE BAN Postoffice Department Takes Steps Against Concerns in New York and Brooklyn e WASHINGTON, March have been issued by the Postmaster General instructing the postmasters at New York and Brooklyn to refuse to admit to the meils the advertisements of fifty-two illegal medical offices lo- cated in those cities and also to re- fuse to deliver mail matter received addressed to the fictitious and assumed names under which parties conducting these concerns hide their identity. This action at New York and Brook- Iyn is in line with the efforts pre- viously made by Postmaster General Cortelyou in Boston and Philadelphia to enforce the law against this class of criminal concerns. A statement given out at the Postoffice Department says: “The condition of affairs which has developed under the departmept's in- vestigations in all of these cities has been appalling. It was found that in a large number of instances those en- gaged in conducting these offices have criminal records and are ‘dope fiends.’ In Boston one of ‘the concerns excluded by the department from the mails was supposed to have been the office at which was performed the fatal opera- tion upon the young woman Susan Geary—the suit-case murder. One of the ‘doctors’ whom ' the department found identified with several of these offices in Boston was also con- nected with the Susan Geary case. The number of deaths that have -been caused in these offices can never be known. “The volume of business done by these concerns was large. It was said that as high as twenty criminal opera- tions a day were performed in some of these offices and that the income some- times ranged as high as $2000°a week. KILLED BY LIGHTNING WHILE IN THE PULPIT B. Lentz of the Latter Saints Struck Dead in Towa. Jowa, March 25.—While his congregation today Rev. J. B. Lentz, pastor of a Latter 4 Saint church at this place, was struck by lightning, which caused his death within half an hour. The bolt descended during a hard thunder- storm and was communicated to the preacher by a chandelier hanging di- rectly over his head. The shock threw him to the floor in an uncon- scious state, while many persons in the congregation were parttally stunned. Day CARSON, preaching to After nearly every one had fled the building Lentz was carried out, but failed to regair consciousness. The church took fire, but it was saved. Lentz leaves a widow and two children. 25.—Orders | Elkins during the examination; that Senator Elkins, during the examina- tion, appeared to be in communion and sympathy with this attorney, and that the attorney handed to Senator Elkins questions to be asked the Gov- ernor. “If,” says the Governor, in his letter to the Senator, “you understood your duties and obligations as chairman of a legislative committee to be similar {to those of an advocate, I have no criticism to make of your conduct, ex- cept to say that you are on the side of the railroad instead of on the side of the people. I have thought, how- ever, that as chairman of such com- mittee, your duties and obligations were more nearly like those of a judge; namely, to hear both sides patiently, without bias or prejudice, and then decide impartially, without fear or fa- vor. You heard patiently, but it was clearly apparent in your examination that you had decided the case in favor of the railroads and were determined to shatter my evidence, if you could. The examination shows conclusively that you made up your mind that the proposed authority should not be given to the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion and that the power sought to be given was unnecessary and filled with disaster to commerce. It was “from beginning to end just .such a cross- examination as an attorney for the rail- road companies would have conducted, and it was unseemly for you to assume that attitude. LAWYER COACHES ELKINS. “The scene in your committee room is sharply stamped on my memorys it is im- possible that I can be mistaken about it. Sitting squarely at your right, just a trifie behind you, was a gentleman who, as I was afterward informed, is ex-Senator Faulkner. I inquired what relation he bore to the investigation, and I was told that he was an employe of the railroad companies to resist the proposed law. I do not know whether the other Senators saw him ‘or not, for. their faces were turned toward me, and -therefore away from him, but I do know that you saw him—first, because he was so close to you that you could not turn your head with- out seeing him; second, because you were in conversation with him a part of the time; third, because I saw him, with his hand on your shoulder, pass to you a question which you read and ther put to me. There can be no mistake about it, for my senses were as alert just then as human faculties can be. “You may believe that an investigation carried on in this manner is in accordance with fairness and decency. I do not. You may continue In your belfef, if you‘like; but I shall continue in my denunciation. “It appears to me that if you propose to assail all persons and papers and maga- zines that have admitted your loyalty to the raflroads and questioned your fidelity to the people you should give some at- tention to the attacks that come from points nearer Washington than Iowa. PUBLIC’'S VIEW OF SENATOR. “The truth is, Senator, that you have fairly established the reputation of stand- ing by the raflroads in the United States Senate. It is most unfortunate that a United States Senator should acquire such a reputation among the people of the country. It is in the highest degree im- portant that the body of which you are a member shall enjoy the fullest public con- fidence. The gravest problems which con. CZAR NO LONGER S AS RAILROAD HIRELING FEMS A EVOLT Ready to Suppress Any At- tempt by Parliament to Curb Throne’s Power RUSSIA’S REAL CRISIS Reactionaries May Gain As- cendency and Cause a Re- turn ,to the' 0ld Regime ST. PETERSBURG, March 2.—The As- soclated Press is able to give the results DES MOINES, March 26.—Govemorfi of an important conversation with a high personage regarding the situation in Rus- sla. Neither the name nor the position of the person can be Indlcated, but his competency to speak upon the situation can be vouched for. The conversation left the distinct im- pression that the assembling of the Na- tional Parliament would bring a ecrisis, but not the one expected abroad. The Government evidently is absolutely con- vinced that an armed revolution or a general rising which would menace its life is no longer possible and that the danger is not that the Government will be over- thrown, but that it will be driven to aban- don its path of reform. “The guerrilla warfare which the revo- lutionists at present are conducting,” said the personage referred to, ‘‘cannot succeed. Acts of terrorism doubtless will continue, vengeance may be wreaked upon Governors General and police masters; Count de Witte, the Premier, and Minister of the Interior Durnovo may be assassi- nated; banks and buildings may be blown |up and there may even be riots here | and there—but attempts to produce wide- spread risings in the cities or a repetition of the railroad strike are doomed to fail- ure. The Government has a firm grip and every measure to prevent excesses will be taken. THRONE NO LONGER SHAKY. “Besides, the situation has been com- pletely altered since last fall, when prac- tically the whole of the urban population joined the protest which led the Emperor to grant the manifesto of October 30. The Government then was unable to cope with the extremé revolutionaries. The army in European Russia was at a low strength and fllled with reservists border- ing on mutiny, owing to their anxiety to return to their homes and rejoin their families, and new recruits everywhere | were prevented joining the colors. Since then all is changed. The reservists have been discharged and the recruits have been drilled and jolned the ranks. Regi- ments which then consisted of 400 now have 2000 men. Two army corps have re- turned from Manchuria and more regu- lars are arriving daily. “No matter what is sald to the con- trary, it is certain that the army is faith- ful to the Emperor. There may bg indi- vidual cases of disloyalty, but the reli- ability of the army as a whole is unques- tioned. The weight of troops alone ren- ders a revolution fmpossible. “Should there be agrarian disorders in the summer they will not be revolution- ary in character, for the peasants of Russia are true to the Emperor. The dan- ger lles in another direction. “It is not a question of the fall of the Government, but whether reform or reaction will prevail-whether the pres- ent struggle to supplant the old regime and secure larger liberties for the people will enter the parllamentary phase or a counter revolution will sweep away the entire programme on which the Govern- ment has entered. The Emperor is sin- cerely and honestly desirous of meeting the wishes of his people and has given ‘them his word to this end. But a re- actionary party exists. It is composed of the aristocracy, with a powerful backing in high places, and, above all, it enjoys the support of the military faction, which in a country llke Russia is an immense factor. The military is naturally re- actionary. An officer prefers to receive a Napoleon rather than a Parliament. After thirty years as a republic a strong royalist faction still exists in the French army. REACTIONISTS MIGHT TRIUMPH. “Nevertheless, at the present moment the reactionary party is weak and power- less. It lacks the public following, with- out which it dare not proceed. It is easily” conceivable, however, that the situation might suddeply change, should an opportunity to strike come. “Should the Parliament attempt to take the bull by the horns for the deposition of the Emperor and the destruction of the whole fabric of government, the new regime might be overwhelmed with dis- aster. A large element of the population, especially the masses who had no share in the revolution and who reverence the Emperor as a God-given ruler, might be aroused to action by the reactionaries, and the Emperor, seeing the revolution- arles on the one side attempting to go too far and in the face of what seemed to be a popular demand for the restora- tion of the old regime, might—I will not say would—yield to what he considered the wish of his subjects.’” “What would especially be deemed an act on the part of Parllament threaten- ing such a catastrophe—a demand for the convocation of a constituent assem- bly?”’ was asked. “Certainly that would be equivalent to an attempt to refer the form of govern- ment to the decision of the people. It would not be tolerated; it probably would result instantly in a summons to the Preobrajenski or other guard regiments to disperse the Parllament with bayo- nets.” —_—— BATTLESHIP OHIO ALSO DEPARTS FOR SHANGHAI Flagship of Rear Admiral Train Fol- lows the Wisconsin From Manila. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Word reached the Navy Department today that the battleship Ohio, the flagship of Rear Admiral Charles J. Trdin, had left Manila for Shanghal. It is sup- posed that the admiral is aboard the ship, though the dispatch to the de- partment does not intimate whether he is or not. The battleship Wisconsin, which also has been stationed at Ma- nila, preceded the Ohio to Shanghal by one day. These movements, the offi- cials of the navigation bureau say, were not ordered by the department, being probably incidental to the ap- proach of warm weather, the influence of which is beginning to be felt in the Philippines. o front us are those which relate to the regulation and restriction of special pow- er. These problems will not be succesfully served by those whose lives have been so molded by corporate thought and cor- porate influence that they instinctively turn to corporation officials and managers for information and guidance. It is with profound regret that I have condemned your course, but my regret disappears and another feeling takes its place when I observe that you are not only persisting in your indefensible attitude, but are en- deavoring to reach over a thousand miles of space and advise the Republican voters of Towa how to elect a Governor. The burden is too heavy for you; you cannot 1ft it. The task Is too great for you; you cannot accomplish it THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1906. : DANNY MAHER MAY MARRY|WORLD EVENTS DAUGHTER. - EMPLOYER'S Jockey Reported to Be Engaged to Miss Cooper. Rider Sends Denial From Across Atlantic. slaiin Leafd Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, March 25.—The story was told on Broadway tonight that Danny Maher, the jockey, had won the heart of Dorothy, the beautiful daugh- ter of Sir Danlel Cooper, and that the announcement of their engagement might be expected any day. Maher is now in London, preparing for the Eng- lish racing season, during which he will sport the colors of the man whom ru- mor names as Maher's father-in-law to be. Maher has ridden in England for the last filve years and has landed many purses- for the aristocracy. The news of Maher’s romance was surprising in- formation to many of Mahér's intimate friends. Some thought the story doubt- ful; others accepted it as true. “Jack” Rowe, one of Maher’s partners, and per- haps his closest friend on this side of the Atlantic, said: “I wouldn’t say that it was not true that Danny is engaged to Miss Cooper, but I haven't heard anything from him about it. Danny and Miss Cooper are great friends.” LONDON, March 25.—Danny Maher was interviewed at Newmarket this evening. He says the report of his en- gagement to Dorothy, the daughter or Sir Danlel Cooper, is absolutely untrue. “This is the first I've heard of it,” he said. “I am astonished to hear I am engaged to any one. This rumor is quite unfounded. I cannot understand how such stories get abroad.” ——e————— ITALIAN EMBASSADOR WILL NOT RETURN UNTIL SUMMER Hi Gome om Visit to Own Counm- try Because of His Health. ‘WASHINGTON, March 25.—Baron Mayor des Planches, the Italian Embas- sador, who has been absent since last fall, 18 not expected to return from Italy before the beginning of this summer. The Embassador had to leave Wash- ington on account of his health, but he will return to his post unless one of the European diplomatic positions is open and is tendered to him. Baron Des Planches is actively interested in his mission in this country and had traveled extensively through the Southern States with a view of direct- ing Itallan immigration to those agri- cultural States instead of to the al- ready overcrowded cities. Directly after the arrival of the new Japanese Embassador, who is expected here at the end of next month, Mr. Hioki, the first secretary of the em- bassy, will leave for Japan on a leave of absence. Mr. Hioki has been Charge d'Affaires for a considerable length of time, and it is expected here that the Japanese Government will appoint him as head of one of its legations. ————————— SMALL HOPE OF RECOVERY FOR GOVERNOR PATTISON Reported That the Chief Executive of Ohio Is Suffering From Cancer, COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 25.—Gov- ernor Pattison had a comfortable night, according to the bulletin issued by the attending physician at 10 o'clock this morning, and “favorable progress still continues.” At that hour the Govern- or's pulse was 66 and his respiration was 22. The second bulletin, given out late in the afternoon, reported his condition unchanged. The members of the family feel much encouraged, but to the public the physicians do not hold out any hope of recovery. A story printed today that the Gov- ernor is suffering from carcer Wwas neither confirmed nor denied by the physicians. The kidney trouble from which he has suffered is now -sald to be only a eomPlication attending the real malady. TWO KILLED IN SALOON FIGHT IN COLORADO TOWN Marsh: d Justice of the Peace Figure in Encounter in Al City AGUILAR, Colo, March 25.—Two men were killed in a fight which started in a saloon here late last night and two others were severely wound- ed. The dead: % SAMUEL VIGIL. ANDRES MARTINE. The wounded: James Dayis, town marshal; F. M. Vigil, Justice of the Peace. Samuel Vigil and Martine were killed by Davis, who says he shot them in self-defense. A score of Mexicans attacked Davis after the shooting and : he was badly cut about the head before he was rescued. F. M. Vigil, father of | Samuel Vigil, started out with a shot- gun vowing to kill Davis and was clubbed into unconsciousness by Dep- uty Sheriff Shelby. WELL-KNOWN JOCKEY, ENGAGEMENT TO HIS EMPLOY- ER’'S DAUGHTER IS REPORTED. (S 7 RS TRADE WITH CANADA SHOWS GREAT GROWTH Fxceeds Two Hundred Mil- lion Dollars for Last Fiscal Year. WASHINGTON, March 25.—The trade of the United States with Canada in the fiscal year 1905 aggregated $202,949,213, against $89,429.09 in 1595, according to a bulietin issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor. It shows that in the twenty years from 1875 to 13%, our trade with Canada increased $57.000.000, and from 1895 to 1905 it increased $114,900,- 000. The larger portion of this growth has been on the export side. The im- ports Increased from $27,867,615 In 1575 to $62,469,632 .in 1905, and exports advanced from $34,547,219 in 1875 to $140,529,581 in 1905. “This rapid growth in trade relations with Canada,” says the bulletin, “is es- pecially interesting in view of the vary- ing conditions to which commerce with Canada has been subjected. During the period from- 1855 to 1886 a reciprocity treaty was in force between Canada and the United States, but in the latter year it was terminated so that commerce be- tween the two countries was unaffected by special trade arrangements until April, 1897, when the United States was placed at a slight disadvantage as compared with the United Kingdom, products from that country entering the Dominion $of Canada being admitted by special ar- rangement, at a reduction of 1215 per cent of the tariff levied on imports from other countries. Ow August 1, 1898, the reduc- tion on British products was increased to 25 per cent and on July 1, 1900, was still further increased to 33 1-3 per cent. De- spite these advantages in favor of goods antering Canada from the United King- dom, exports to Canada from that coun- try grew from $29,743.712 in 1897 to $59,- 603,556 in 1904, while exports to Canada from the United States grew from $64,- 928,825 in ‘1897 to $140,529,581 in 1906. “The percentage of imports to Canada from the United States in 1906 was 60.6 and from the United Kingdom 2¢ per cent.” ————— Drydock Dewey Heard From. GIBRALTAR, March 25. — Mr. Sprague, the American Consul here, to day received a wireless dispatch from the United States collier Glacler in- forming, him that the floating drydock Dewey passed Gibraltar at 10:55 o’clock this morning. The dispatch re- ported all well on board, but said that the weather was bad. —_——— Demonstration by French Miners. LENS, France, March 25.—The Min- ers’ Congress today decided upon a ref- erendum on March 28 on the question of the acceptance or rejection of the terms of the striking miners by the operators. An enormous demonstration followed the announcement of the ref- erendum. OF TH WEEK Railroad Regulation, State- hood and Appropriations Will .Occupy Congress FRANCO-GERMAN FEUD Compromise Morocean Police Project to Be Discussed by Algeciras Conferees WASHINGTON, March %.—The raliroad rate bill will continue this week to absorb the attention of the United States Senate. There are several Senators who still ex- pect to deliver prepared speeches on the bill, but none of them has indicated his readiness to proceed on Monday, so that it is impossible to give the names of pros- pective orators. Senator Tillman says, however, that he has no doubt that some one will be prepared to proceed when the bill is taken up. He admits that there in a tendency In the debate to lag, but at- tributes it o the necessity for much prep- aration in discussing the question. He still insists that as soon as it becomes evident that the debate is exhausted he will press the measure to a vote. Should there be an agreement upon the consular reorganization bill Senator Lodge probably will call up the conference re- port during the week, and some debate upon it is looked for. The Indian appropriation bill will be re- ported on Tuesday, and Senator Clapp will take it up if there should be a lull in the debate on rates. A conference report on the bill for the settlement of the affairs of the five civilized tribes is pending In the Senate and may be discussed at some length if there is an opportunity. GARFIELD TO BE ASSAILED. The appropriating of money will be the chief occupation of the House this week. The legislative appropriation bill, which had a rocky road with the rules of the House as obstruction last week, is not finished by half. Littauer, in charge of the bill, estimates that it will require Tuesday, Wednesday and possibly Thurs- day to complete the measure. Monday, under the rules, is District of Columbia day, and a number of important measures locally are on the calendar in that com- nection. Of the features of the legislation which will cause comment, it is predicted that a criticism of the Bureau of Corporations will be the chief. The recent decision in Chicago some members regard as a cur- tailment of the usefulness of this bureau, The provision for the mines of the coun- try always provokes discussion, and there are {tems relating to the postal service in | the bill also lable to cause talk. ‘War claims have the right of way on Friday by special agreement. The postoffice appropriation bill is on the calendar and is slated for considera- | tion at the earliest possible moment. Of interest outside of the floor proceed- ings will be the meetings of the statehood conference. Efforts are belng made to bring the ship subsidy bill within the hori- zon of legislative action, and Bonynge of Colorado is watching closely for opportu- nity to complete the pending considera- tion of the bill making a national system of naturalization. MOROCCAN POLICE PROBLEM. The session of the Algeciras conference of Moroccan affairs which will take place tomorrow will mark the beginning of the tenth week of the deliberations. The committee on revision has drawn up a project for police without mentioning the discussion of the ports, and this will form a basis for discussion. It would seem that this week should de- cide the question of a coal strike. The joint scale committee will meet axnd a proposition to report a disagreement will be offered, with the probability that it will be carried. Tomorrow a joint confer- ence will be held to receive this report. The point which the operators are anxious to settle is: will President Mitcheil and the officers of the United Mine Workers permit men to go to work in districts where an advance is allowed while other miners are on strike? So far their efforts to settle this point have been in vain. It is expected that President Mitchell will come to New York the latter part of this ‘week to confer again with the anthracite operators’ committee of seven. HOPPE TO PLAY SLOSSON. On March 27 there will be held in New York the first champlonship billiard match since 191 Willle Hoppe, who re- cently won the titls from Maurice Vignaux in Paris, will play George F. Slosson a 500-point match game, eighteen- inch balk line, one shot in. The wonderful playing of young Hoppe and the fact that his challenger is an old and seasoned player will add to the interest in the match. The National Civic Federation will meet in New York tomorrow, when the election of officers will take place. B o — Archbishop Ireland Delayed. ROME, March 25.—Archbishop Ire- land of St. Paul had been expected to reach Rome tonight, but did not ar- rive. A delegation, including Cardinal Vanutelli; Father Whitney, rector of the English Church; Father O'Conner, ex-secretary of the apostolic delega- tion to Manila, and Father Bennuity, pastor of St. Luke's Church, St. Paul, :(‘lnn.. were at the station to welcome m. the world. city blocks. Largestin the World Correctly describes the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. Covers 128 acres—equal to 70 Storing capa?'ty 600,000 barrels. Employs more than 6, Sales for 1905 . 1,403,788 Barrels - of Beer which exceeds that of any other Brewery in Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass’n St. Louis, U.S.A. TILLMANN & BENDEL, Distributors. San Francisco. 000 people.