The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 2, 1906, Page 3

Resolutions Setting Forth the Position of the Underwriters Are Adopted at a Meeting Held in New York Cityjto Consider the Conflagration at San Francisco.. -An: important ce compa- c ¢ rwriters repres E stment of th Ra r n were v rulings adop e not. less P . -and st pre- ating that it losses for 1y liable settled, that a state- liability NS 18- terms h pol- - ns under suc not be paid policies covered ildings (an r contents) which may oved by tary, sub- t n, claims un- policies d mot be patd ts have b definitely as- Whe re p covered bulld- which LACK OF HARMONY THREATENS [clause; or (c) where policies covered buildings (and or their contents) which 1d been damaged or destroyed by the athorities, civil and or military, before (d) -where fire had reached them; and policies covered property whose own- | by reason of the destruction of heir books and records, are unable to supply the proofs required by the con- ditions of their Insurance policies. In all such cases claims should be settled by a reasonable compromise. 4. Where policles covered contents of butldings wuich are certainly not affected by the exemption conditions of the policy, claims under -such policies should be paid as soon as adjusted. subject to such deduction, if any, as s account of the salvage resulting from the removal of portable property from the buildings before fire had reached them.’ The following is a nearly complete {1ist of those present and the fire insur- ance companies they represented | President George P. Sheldon of Phoe. |nix Insurance Company of Brooklyn acting as chairman: E. H. A, Corea, vice president Home; H. M. Bissell, vice president Hartford Fire; W. N. Kremer, | resident German-American A. H. president of the Commercial of New York; E. R. Irving, pres- Fire Assodiation of Philadelphia; Branch, president Providence, J. J. Kenney of the Bri n; George B. Edwards, vice een; Marshall 8. Driggs, r ent, and E. K. Douglas, general agent, Williamsburg City: W. H. Ste- esident of the Agricultural e O. Howe, vice president Niagara Joseph MgCord, vice president ver Fire: ¥Theodore H. Prince, t Eagle Fire; P. L. Hoadley, presiden sident American of Newark; K. e of Philadelphia svans, president of the Con- left beforé the meeting came , and said later that the com- s not hound by any action Several companies which at- a previous conference held on were not at yesterday's ses- he resolutions were telegraphed {to the adjustment committee at San Francisco last night, and also cabled to !London - for the -ifformation of the | British companies. R SAYS TRADERS WILL PAY, Asserts Policy Holders Wil Get AN Their Money. CHICAGO, Jung lL.—John J. Mitchell today reiterated his statement that the Traders' Insurance Company directors intended to pay .their San Francisco losses in full, despite dispatches from San Francisco. that Attorney - Thomas Bates, representing them, told 350 pol- holders the company. would pay 60 cents on the dollar. “Mr. Bates was instructed to find out what the net claims of the San Francisco creditors are, and to learn what allowances the other fire compa- nies are makin, quake and dynamiting,” said Mitchell. “He was not authorized to make a pro- posal for settlement. My interpreta- tion of the newspaper reports, and I have no others, is that he met the pol- fcy holders to get their ideas on a fair deduction -for losses from other causes | than fire.” Receiver Byron L. Smith, whom At- torney Bates also represented, said: “As receiver L am not trying to make any settlement, I am collecting assets and getting ready to pay creditors pro rata. Mr. Bates went out to San Fran- cisco to see what the adjuster is-doing about the claims of San Francisco cred- itors ‘and to report to me.on- the legal aspects of the situation.: What h& may have been doing for the directors I do not know.” : Bates was commissioned to go to. the coast after meetings by the entire board ‘of directors, which inclides be- sides Mitchell T. J. Lefens, C. L. Hutch- inson, E. A. Hamill. Abram Poole, E. Buckingham, Clarence. - Buckingham, William . Dickinson and A. N. Young. The proposition of Bates, it is said, was that if 90 per cent of the policy holders would agree to acecpt a 55 per cent or a 60 per cent adjustment the payments would be made within sixty days. Mitchell THE BUREAU OF ADJUSTMENT L *xovad From Page 1, Coinmn 4. North Amer- ce Company of Insurance ce Society wn n Assura Company 3 ompany _and Company—F. wange Assurance and Aus- x Insurance Company— & Thieme, managers Insur- Dornin, Fire Federal Insur Driffield, ma ager. Company— ger. 1 Insurance Com- eny—Bernard Faymonville, vice pres- | ident North tish and Mercantile Insur- C. Grant, general s Insurance Company—G. iation of Philadelphia and Underwriters—Gutte & ank, managers : Liverpool, London and Globe Insur- Fr nce Company—Charles D. Haven, res- 14 secretary merican Insurance Company af Jersey and Security Insurance y of Connecticut—s. H. Hat- general adjuster. Insurance Office and Michigan and Marine Insurance Company A. Henry & Co., general agents. Phoenix Assurance Company L'td. of ndon_and Pelican Assurance Com- W. Irving. general -agent. e Fire and Marine Insurance pany of California—s. D. Ives, vice president Hanover Le pan He Fire Insurance Compan M Aachen and Munich . Fire Insur- any—J. A. Keisey. Insurance Company of i Lacey, generalagent. America Assurance Company; ern Assurance Company, British American Insurance ~Company and United Firemen's of Philadelphia—H T mey, manager. Assurance Corporation and Fire Insurance Company— . Landers, manager. Union Fire Insurance So- Indemnity Fire Insurance W. H. Lowden, manager. and Lancashire Fire Insur- Company. English-American Un riters, Orient Insurance Co State Fire Insurance Company 4 Assurance Company of Amer- William = Macdonald. manager. New York Underwriters' Agency— & Wilson, managers Underwriters and Fire Underwriters—McNear man, general agents Commercial Union Assurance Compa- ny of London, Commercial Union. As- Company of New York, Alli- Assurance Company of - London tine Insurance Company of London—C. Mullins, manager. Colonial & Way- n—A. C. Oids, State agent. Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Compa- ny, Hartford Fire Insurance Company and Citizens' Fire Insurance Company—- R W. Osborn, manager: Palache & Hewitt, general agents. Home_Insurance Company of New York—Harry L. Roff, general agent. Connecticut Fire Insurance Company —B. J. Smith, manager. North German Fire Insurance Com- pany of Hamburg—Walter Speyer gen- eral agent. Scottish Union and National Insur- ance Company—T. J. “A. Tiedemann general agent. German American Insurance Compa- ny of New York, New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company and German Alli- ance Insurance Company of New York —George H. Tyson, general agent. Royal Insurance Company and Queen Insurance Company—Rolla V. Watt, manager. Atlanta-Birmingham Fire Insurance Company—M. B. Yates. NOTICE TO POLICY-HOLDERS. Notice is hereby given to all policy- holders ‘of the undersigned insurance companies who sustained loss or dam- | age by the catastrophe which occurred n Francisco on or about the 18th y of April. 1908, pressed in any of the policies wherein 1 assured is required to render a sworn statement or proofs of loss i hereby extended until and including the 15th day of August, A. D. 1906. And this document is_and shall be a suffi- cient extension of such time within the meaning of the policies. Dated May 24, 1906 | Signed: i | Teutonia Insurance Company of Lou- |isiana—C. W. Benjamin, adjuster. Individual Underwriters of New York —Arthur Bell, adjuster. Aetna Insurance Company-—Board- man & Spencer, general agents. California Insurance Company— George W. Brooks, secretary. Germania Fire Insurance Company— V. H. Breeding, manager. Law Union and Crown Insurance Company and Union Assurance Society —Catton, Bell & Co., general agents. Insurance f?,)rany of North Amer- ica and Allianc® Insurance Company of Philadelphia—Sheldon Catlin. St. Pauf Fire and Marine Insurance Company—Chtistensen, Edwards & Goodwin, managers. Northern Assurance Company—J. C. Corbet, assistant manager. Atlas Assurance Company. Limited, | Manchester Assurance Company and x Insurance Company of Brook- that the time ex- | is | 1 Kings County Insurance Company— Frank J. Devlin, manager. Royal Exchange Assurance and Aus- trian Phoenix Insurance—Dickson - & Thieme, managers. Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company—George B. Dornin, manager. Transatlantic Fire Insurance Compa- ny and Federal Insurance Company—V. | Carus_Driffield, manager. German Fire Insurance' Company: of Peoria—Duncan & Rehfisch, general ugents. New Zealand -Insurance Company— Clinton Folger, manager. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company-— Bernard Faymonville, vice president. Franklin Fire Insurance Company— .George F. Grant, manager. North British & Mercantile ‘Fire In- | surance Company—Tom.C. Grant.. gen- |eral agent. Glens Falls Insurance Company--G. B. Greenslet, general “5""' Fire Association ‘of Phi Philadelphia U Frank, managers. Continental Insurance Company—C. | F. Hard, general agent. Liverpool & London & :Globe—Charles |D. Haven, resident secretary. Hamburg-Bremén - Fire Insurance Company—Rudolph Herold Jr., general agent. Sun Insurance Office and Michigan F. & M. Insurance Company—C. A: Hen- ry_& Co., general agents. derwriters—Gutte Phoenix Assurance Company of Lon-| don, Limited, and Pelican Assurance Company—W. Irving, general agent. | Home Fire & Marine Insurance Com- pany of California—Stephen D. Ives, vice president. British America Assurance Company, Western Assurance Company, British American Insurance Company, and {United Firemen’s Insurance Company— H. T. Lamey, manager. London Assurance Corporation, and Niagara Fire Insurance Company—Wil- liam J. Landers, manager. Norwich Union Fire Insurance So- ciety, and Indemnity Fire Insurance Company—W. H. Lowden, manager. London & Lancashire Fire Insurance |Company, English-American Underwrit- |ers, Orfent Insurance Company. State | Fire Insurance Company, Limited, and | Assurance Company of America—Wil- |liam Macdonald, manager. New York Underwriters' Mann & Wilson, managers. Commercial Unjon Assurance Com- pany of London, Alliance Assurance |Company of London, - Palatine Insur- ance Company of London and Commer- cial Union Fire Insurance Company of New York—C. Mullins, manager. Agency— Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Com- pany—N. W. Osborn, manager. Hartford Fire \Insurance Company and Citizens’ Fire Insurance Company —Palache & Hewitt, general agents. | . Home Insurance Company of New | York—Harry L. Roff, geéneral agent. American Central Insurance Com- pany—D. Rorick. vice president. Mercantile Fire and Marine Insur- jance Company—D. Rorick, special ad- | juster. . |~ Conneeticut Fire Insurance pany—R. J. Smith, manager. North German Fire Insurance Com- pany of Hamburg—Walter Speyer, general agent. Rhine and Moselle Fire Insurance Company—Syz & Co., general agents. 5 Phoenix Insurance — Company of Hartford and Protection Underwriters T. C.- Temple. German merican _Insurance Com- any of New York, New Hampshire ire Insurance .Company and German Com- Alliance Insurange Company of New York—George- . Tyson, general agent. Royal Insurance Company and ueen Insurance Company—Rolla V. vatt, manager. ! WEALTHY MEN ALLIED WITH TRADERS COMPANY WILL PROBABLY BE SUED. Continned From Page 1, Column 7. Buckingham is a director of the Illi- rois Trust and Savings Bank and is as a multi-millionaire. Ernest milton and Charles L. Hutchinson respectively, president and vice resident of the Exchange National Bank of Chicago. The combined wealth of the directors alone is estimated at $50.000,000 H. G. W. Dinkelspiel of the policy holders’ committee read a statement t he had received from Chicago to the committee yesterday, wherein many facts not of common knowledge in San Francisco were given that are of in- terest to all policy holders. have met all the San Francisco losses. {More than one half of the stockholders, so it was given out by directors, re- |fused to stand for the assessment and the proposition accordingly fell |through. Then it was decided to apply |tor a receiver. | BATES IN DUAL ROLE. | The secretary and the assistant sec: |retary of the Traders' Insurance Com- pany were held by the directors to be responsible for the large amount of risk assumed in California. But this was not considered ‘in Chicago suffi- cient to excuse the attitude assumred by the directors in throwing the com- | pany into ihsolvency. o Attorney Bates appeared in Chicago According to this the .directors of as-counsel for the company when the the Traders' Insurance Company - Or- dered cn assessment of $200 a “share on the capital stock of their company. There are 50,000 shares of stock, so that - if the assessment had stood it would Lave realized epough money to bill for a receiver was filed. of the-firm of Bates, Harding & Cal nia to address: the policy holders and sound them as to whether they would be willing to take €0 cents on the dol-|the. fellowing poin Attorney Bates'came to Califor- ] . lar on thelr insuranece policles. He is known in Chicago as the counsel for the receiver. When he addressed the policy holders at their meeting he claimed. to represent ‘“eight or ten” stockholders of the Traders’ Company. The, policy . holders’ committee . ex- pected to have before them: yesterday some figures ‘that Attorney - Bates promised to supply. He did not ap- pear; neither did -the figures. In the absence of Bates. and the opportunity to verify any of thé statements that he made to the policy holders,. the committee voted to send a communics- tion to Mr. Gordor, the State agent of the Traders’ Company, at’'Oakland, requesting him.to furnish certaii ‘fn- | formation’ for the benefit of. the policy ‘xmlders, . This was done on motion of Walter 8. Linforth.! ; - - . _INFORMATION ASKED FOR.. “. Gordon’ will be asked to. inform the committee, for the policy holders, on Total " amount g ¥ | for loss from earth- | ladelphia and | & PARDEE WANTS 0L TO ihe Insurance Companies Are Asked to Forego Loss Notices. Governor Asks Wolf to Appeal to Every Concern. surance Commissioner ~Wolf ‘ advising him 'to secure ‘from all ‘the insurance conipanies that are authorized to trans- act business in this State an agree- ment ‘o issue waivers of notices of loss and that, if any company refuses or fails te do this, to keep a record of the facts. The text of ‘the letter is as tollows: I have noticed that some “of the insurance companiés are advertising, in the newspapers, that theéy waive notice of loss from those who have sustained damage in the recent conflagration in San rancisco, and exten for filing. proofs of loss. This Seems to me .a reasonable as well as a wise course of action for these conipanies to take.~ In order that there may be no uncertainty as to..the uni- formity of action of the parties so do- ing, I would suggest that you commu- nicate with each of the various insur- ance companies authorized to transact business in this State and secure from each of them an agreement, in writing, walving notice of loss altogether, and extending the time for filing proofs of loss at- least sixty days from and’after June 17, 1906, and if any of the.com- panies fail or refuse so to do I suggest that. a record of such facts should be made and préserved. | Commissioner ‘Wolf has acted on this |advice and has prepared to make an official record of any Ply. To each of the companies the Insurance Commissioner has sent the following: Dear Sir: Pursuant to a suggestion made by his Excellency George g Par- dee, Governor of the State of California, i inclose herewith stipulation waiving notice of loss on behaif of the policy- holders of your company who suffered damage in the recent.conflagration in San Francisco, and extending the time for filing proof of loss. The suggestion is that the extension be for sixty days from and after June 17, 1906. I would request. you to be kind enough te sign said stipulation ‘or have it signed by ‘some person authorized to represent your company, and return same to me. If for any reason you will hot do so, I would request you to advise me of such fact. To each company the following stipu-~ lation has been sent for signature: The undersigned, having due author- ity 1o so bind the company hereinafter | Specified, hereby stipulates, consents loss’ which may be required by :-the policies of insurance issued by this | company, or by provisions of law; or otherwise, from any, every and all per- sons who suffered damage by reason of the fire in the city and county of San Francisco, State of Jalifornia, which ‘began on Aprit 18, 1906, and con- tinued for several days thereafter, and t.e same is hereby waived, and that no person who shall have failed to file or serve notice of 10ss upon said company shall be deprived of any right or rights by reason of failing so to do. And, -further, that any and all per- sons that suffered damage by reason of the aforesaid fire may have and they are hereby granted up to and including the day of ————, 1906, within which time to make and file proofs of Toss claimed by reason of said fire. The Chamber of Commerce has adopt- éd the following resolutions: insurance have arisen in San Francisco since the late disaster; and Whereas, Difficulty in securing infor- mation as to the policy or intentions of the - insurance companies involved is causing great hindrance to the recan- struction of the city, which comes from this uncertainty; and Whereas, In the opinion of the board of trustees of the Chamber of Com- | merce of San Francisco it is considered expedient to ascertain from the mem- bers thereof any exfraordinary difficul- ties with which they may be confront- ed, as well as the names of any insur- ance companies taat mav be showing @ disposition to discount their policies, or to evade their just obligations; there- fore be it Resolved, That the members of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco be and they are hereby respectfully re- quested to furnish C. W. Burke, secre- tary of said organization, room 16, ferry building, San Francisco, all formation bearing on these questions, with a view to sendihg same to the Chambers of. Commerce and other simi- lar organizations in the cities of the United States; and be it further . Resolved, That the secretary be and he is hereby instructed to tabulate said {information; to confer with the State Commissioner of Insurance with a view to securing further information and to rp?or! all’ said information in form suitable for general distribution as soon as possible. 3 of insurance issued by the Traders’ in the burned distritt of San Francisco; total amount of the. demands made upon the company for ‘losses by the fire in April; capital . stock of the Traders’ Company; amount of rein- surance; how much..reinsurance fs good; the names of the stockholders; the number of policy holders of the Traders’ Company -in. San Francisco; the total amount of insurance issued by the company in the United Staras: the amount of unearned premiums v\hat must be returned; what settlements with San Francisco policy holders have been made to. date and upon what terms such settlements ‘were made: Expecting that an answer would be promptly returned by Mr. Gordon, the committee voted to meet at Cenfury Hall next Monday at 11 a. m. to di cuss the information received and per- fect the report to be made to the pol- fey holders at their meeting Monday afternoon. Marshal Hale, chairman of the policy holders, John S. Partridge,. secretary, and all the members of the policy holders’ commitiee were at the meet- ing yesterday. In addition to those mentioned the following were in at- teéndance: W. F. Humphrey, H. G. W. Dinkelspiel, A. Aronson, Walter §S. ‘Linforth, W. H. Metson, J. 'W. Ben- nett, W. D. Plummer. ‘W. H. Metson reported that he had personally’ taken Steps to find out what he could from Chicago about the Traders’ Company, having telegraphed to Robert Campbell to make certain inquiries. Mr. Partridge was instructed by the committee to investigate ce! tain legal points and- report.. 4 —_— Satlor Shoots Himself.. : Michael Johnson, a sailor on the hooner /W. H. Marston, shot’ himself ing a revolver on Fisherman's wharf. The bullet struck him in the right side inflicting a painful wound. He was treated at the Harbor Hospital. “EYES' INFLAMED by qust, smoke, wind and are Governor: Pardee has ‘written to In-| failure on the| part of an insyrance company to com- | and agrees that any and all notices of | | Whereas, Many peculiar problems in accidentally last night while examin- | |1ast attempt, as the =3 Englishman Is Suspected “of Being Implicated in the Crime. Police Believe That Two } . Bombs Were Hurled | at- Larriage. MADRID, June 1.-—The nervous ten- sion of the populace of Madrid has been |-wrought up to the highest pitch by the d the time |terrible events of King Alfonso's wed- s iding day. The period of the wedding: | fetes, while still officially proceeding, |is filled with sinister forebodings. The King and Queén sought to reassure the | {'public” by ‘appearing- today in an open | | automobile -unattended by a military | /guard. -The King and Queen had the | |outward ‘appearance of calmmess, and | were wildly acclaimed as they passed : through the Puerta del Sal. 3 | _The heavens tonight are red. with | ! illuminations. from the Segovia bridge | |.to the Atchoa walk, and from the pai- | |ace the royal family and. their. guests | watch the. lurid play -of rockets amd {Roman candles; but -all the brightness fails to life the gloom that has fallen on the community, and seems but a re- | minder-.of : the terrible. events of the wedding day. -Lines of cavalry guard the entrance to the royal palace. Lights [ palace, bat the vastness of the structure | gives a somberness corresponding with the prevailing feeling of awe. King Alfonso wishes to postpone the royal ball set for temorrow night, but the Ministers are seeking'to persuade him that the programme should be carried out, The Ministry probably will prevail, and every <Fort will be made to efface by the splendid spectacle of tomorrow’s royal bullfight and the wedding ball the memory of the: trag- | edy following so close upon the nup- tials. = ENGLISHMAN IS SUSPECTED. The police today arrested Robert Hamilton, an -elegantly dressed Eng- lishman, as he was boarding a train, as the person neéarest to fitting the de- scription-of the author of the outrage, but a -lengthy interrogation of this prisoner in ..e presence of the proprie- | tor of the chamber from which the at- tempt was made gave no satisfactory results. 5 A member of the Civil Guard this afternoon recognized Hamilton as a companion of Manuel Morales on the balcony, from which * the bomb was thrown at the royal carriage. The two men also were seen together at Barce- lona. The funerals of eight officers and men, the Marquise of Tolasa and her daughter and the Countess of Orde- | reres took place this afternoon in the | presence of a vast concourse. - At the cemetery military honors were ren- dered. The King and the Government weke represented. Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, hus- band ‘of the Infanta Maria Teresa, vis- | ited the hospital this afternoon on be- | half of Queen Victoria. ' rrince Ferdi-| nand talkéd wita the wounded and sent a royal chaplain to comfort and aid them. The programme of receptions and banquets at the palace was carried out | today, but the spirit of gaiety which | should mave marked the occasion was absent. By direction of the Ministry, no flowers were received at the palace, in consequence of the danger of missiles being concealed in the bouquets. RAIDING THE ANARCHISTS. The Ministry is considering stringent measures for the suppression of an- archism, and bills will be presented in the Cortes to stamp out the movement. Arrests are being made of all known anarchists without reference to their whereabouts at the time of the‘bomb explosion yesterday, and each suspect is required to establish his innocence of connection with the outrage. Several men who were arrested near the scene of the bomb explosion were taken to the municipal laboratory and examined. The bursting of an ;automobile tire today in the Puerta del Sol caised a panic which threatened to be serious. The nerves of the people are so tense that the explosion of the tire was be- lieved to be another outrage. There was a mad rush, in which women were knocked down and trampled under foot and cafes were invaded and damaged. Order was restored with difficulty. Count Romanones, Minister of thé In- terior, says the attempt on the lives of the King and Queen may be definitely ascribed to anarchy, both in its prep- aration and execution. An ‘examination of the royal coach shows it to be badly scarred and dam- aged. The lamps were shattered. The officials are beginning to believe that two bombs were thrown at the King and Queen and that the missiles exploded ‘simultaneously with only one vivid flash. P TRY TO LYi\’Cfl PRISONERS. The scene which followed was like that witnessed on a battlefield. Corpses, {‘tody at the Medio pelice station under | FOR EARTHQUAKE LOSSES LIFE OF THE KING OF SPAIN IS STILL IN DANGER. ANARCHISTS RENEW THEIR THREATS coach at the time of the explosion led many of ‘the Spectators to believe that the attempt had been against his life, but later it was generally accepted that it. was directed against the King and Queen. The courage of the latter was greatly admired. She was somewhat overcome with emotfen at first, but the King calmed her, saying that it was nothing serious. Later she recovered her self-possession and bore herself well throughout the trying ordeal. The number of killed is now given at | twenty and the wounded at sixty. POLICE MAKE ARREST. Englishman Suspected of Having | Hurled Bomb at Royal Couple. MADRID, June 1.—The man in cue-| suspicion of being the person who threw the bomb at the King and Queen | yesterday is said to be an En‘lhhmln‘ and gives the name of Robert Hflnlil-} ton. He 1s about 50 years old and was pointed out in the streets to the Span- ish police by English detectives who came here to attend. the wedding fes- tivities. His arrest caused great ex- citement ‘among the people, men and women trying ‘to strike him, which others shouted, “Lynch him!" Soldiers had to assist the pelice in taking the man’ to the station. - He is of good ap- | pearance and somewhat resembles the man . the police -have been looking for. The suspect says he went to a bull- fight yesterday aftérnoon, but he doeg not explain how he passed his time Yesterday morning. He refuses to give the Spanish police any further infor- mation, but adds that he is willing to answer any questions the British Con- sul’ may - put ‘to him. .The prisoner speaks . English, Spanish and Ita - | When searched at the. police statio | sparkle in many-of the windows of the | Knife and fork and 75 pesetas were | found in the man’s possession. The searches made by the polics disclose the fact that the author of the outrage was a man of luxury and | wealth. He left many valuables of the | finest clothes behind him in his hur-| | ried flight. He bought a bouquet of flow- | |ers before the attempt and concealed | the bomb within it. - This bouquet was thrown amid the strewing of the| | lowers which fell upon the coach as a | greeting . to their Majesties. The | would-be assassin rented an overlook- | ing balcony at a fabulous price. The man arrested this morning and taken to the Medio district police sta- | | tion closely corresponds with the de- scription of the author of yesterday's |explosion. At the time he threw the |bomb the author of the outrage ewi- dently suffered some injury or burn, as one of the garments he left be- | hind shows bloodstains. The man in custody at the police station and Hamilton, = the ~suspect, taken into custody by the police at the instigation of the English detectives, are now said to be identical, but the| { fact has not been definitely estabdlished. | Hamilton was arrested. it now ap. | pears, as he was on the point of tak ing a train leaving Madrid. He is-said | to have arrived here from Catalonia, | | the hotbed of agitators, and to first | jhave gone to Arsenal street, on the | route of the wedding procession. where { | he engaged a room, but failing to se- {cure a front balcony, the suspect gave up his room and went to Mayor street, | where he offered to pay any price for'| | a balcony. They were all occupied, but | a Catalonia artist was induced by the offer of a large sum of money to give up his apartment, in front of which | was a Stone balcony with an ironrail- ing. This immediately faced one of | the handsome arches under which the | cortege was to- pass. The stranger | who hired the artist's apartment gave | the name of Manuel Morales. He lived on a lavish scale. A few minutes be- | fore he threw the bouquet containing the bomb, or as some reports have it. | an infernal machine which was fired | by a storage battery, Morales sum- | moned the wife of the proprietor of | the house and asked- her to bring him a=glass of soda water, apparently to steady his nerves. Among the many articles of luxury left by Morales in his room were a suit case containing handsomely mounted tojlet requisites valued at $100; a light summer overcoat lined with silk. worta | $60; several articles of linen having the tnitials cut out: a plan of Madrid with the route of the cortege traced upon it; a number of tins containing chem- icals, evidently used as ingredients in the manufacture of the explosive with which the bomb was charged, and a white ‘cloth with several blood spots on it. At first this was a mystery to the police, but the theory of the chief of ‘the detectives accompanying the Prince of Wales is that the spots re- sulted from an accident while fixing the chemicals. The detective says this indicates that the perpetrator of the outrage was not skilled in the use of the explosives and probably bungled during the first passage of the cortege before No. 88 Mayor street, as other- ‘wise the explosion would have occurred while their Majesties were on their way to the church instead of when return- ing, as their route was through Mayor street both going and returning. * M. Palbini, chief of the Italian de- tectives accompanying the Duka of Genoa, says the description of Morales does not correspond with any of the known anarchists of the lists of the police. Y s The general theory of the police is that the a@thor of the outrage had = larger political end than ordinasy an- archists, and was connected with some poois of blood and wreckage ~were strewn upon the ground; the front of the house, 83 Mayor street, before which the explosion occurred, was covered with holes and blood dripped from the curtains of a window on the first floor. In the apartment of the Duke of Ahumada the Marchioness To- losa and her daughter' were . killed. One body was jammed in the balcony railing ‘and was removed with diffi- culty. No. 88 Mayor street and all the hearby houses were surrounded by po- lice, who prevented ingress or egress the police only prevented it by charg- ing. z : The coolness of the young King was marvelous. On reaching the. palace he wounded and later sent ims, doing éverything posible to con- sole with and assist the sufferers. RENEW THEIR THREATS. ceived. in night saying that this would not be the ] he band of conspira- tors had’ declared it intention to- keep up the effort. higzs “The proximity of the coach of Grand' Duke Viadimir of Russia to the royal ¥ S atply losion he sent. nts | Whitridge to explos| adjuta e o It is asserted that letters were re- [mony and express to vernment quarters last |0 express to their general policy. The suspect known as Hamilton was confronted during the day, in the pres- emce of the Civil Governor, with tne proprietors of two houses where he had stopped. After twp hours’ examination no_satisfactory conclusion was reached, and it was admitted that the prisener= identification was open to doubt. Frederick W. Whitridge, the special envoy of the United States, has written a letter to the Duke of Sotomayor, the court chamberlain, which is intended to hey had been thoroughl: - |reach their Majesties, expressing the %2 A teunnt. oo the thira oo 'ama |profound satisfaction of the United a young man who was leaving the |States at their escape, and he has sent house were among those arrested. The |3 Similar letter to the Minister of State crowd tried to lynch the prisoners and | eXpressing in Dbehalf of President Roosevelt his regret at the fact that the splendid ceremony was marred by such a terrible calamity. Following is the letter sent by Mr. the Duke of Sotomayor: ° Sotomayor, First Major- t! B ommon the families of the vic- |domo to Their Majesties, the King and ueen: 5 Dear Duke—Although I have written o the Minister Wwhole of the royal family and especial- 1y to the Queen -oourf the profound and horror 1 feel at the attempt lives of their Majesties. marriags ' coremony. - which ceremony. all hearts and on which the at the 'very heavens smiled. believed a |casting such a shadow on the begime ning of their own time and country Known of three senseless assassinations of heads of the republic. bottom of my nation has escaped such that in His infinite geodness He has spared the King and als bride tof tue years | which I.pray and believe are before | fire and a crash of glass. | within a hundred feet was stunned and {ered with blood, and, I could not have creatiuce. live ¢ lives had [ not in my 1 heart thank God rrom the that the Spanish 4 sorrew and of usefulness and happiiess them. SPECTATORS ARE KILLED. MADRID, June 1.—The authorities, & spite of the conflicting Statements re- garding the suspect, have not yet made any announcement tending to clarity the situation. It is now possible to assemble an ex= act picture of the scene from the des scription of eye witnesses of the occurs rence. Den Alvarez de Toledo, one of the equerries of the King. and a lady who occupied a balcony facing the spot where the explosion occurred. give graphic descriptions of the explosion. Eight horses of the royal coach had al- ready passed the tribune and the en- thusiasm of the multitude had reached its highest pitch at the sight of the King and Queen and their supesb reti- nue. Handkerchiefs and fans were waving. shouts of greeting filled the air and the trumpeters were soundin a welcome at the entrance of the pal near by when suddenly irom above a large bouquet fell amid the flags and streamers, followed by a terrible defe- nation, accompanied by flashes of vivid Every one overthrown and those nearest to the spot where the explosion occurred were | killed outright. while others, horribly maimed., were dying. The first horses of the royal coach met the full force of the explosion. One of the animals plunged forward. cov=- rearing onm its hind legs, fell backward dead. Grooms sought to extricate the horses from th harness and drive the coach on. King Alfonso was seen at a window of the coach motioning calmness. - But the dead horse impeded progress and com- pelled the abandonment of the coach. Don Alvarez de Toledo, aided by Colonel Rehague, immediately went to the King's coach and opened the door. Their majesties” at first did not wish to alight, the King repeating “It is nothing” and trying to smile. But the spectacle scon made him appreciate the gravity of the situation and he sup- ported the Queen as she got out of the coach. Her Majesty was deeply moved, almost hysterical, raising her hand over face and hair as if to shut out th trightful sceme.. Palace pages sent by the Queen mother then galloped up, seeking to assist the young people, who thereupon entered another coach, which was hurried into the huge courtyard of the palace, around wnich detachmenta of cavalry immediately closed. WORK OF LONDON ANARCHISTS. LONDON, June 1.—King Edward and Queen Alexandra today received tele- grams of a reassuring character from Madrid in response to their messages to King Alfonso and Queen Victoria ex- pressing sympathy and thankfulness at their providential escape. The Spanish Charge d’Affaires, Count de Pradere, says there seems little doubt that the plot was concocted im London, ‘but the officials have not yet been able to ascertain if an Italian who is syspected of executing it actually went hence to Madrid. A dispatch from Madrid _says that an Englishman named Robert - Hamilton is detained there on suspicion of being an accome plice of the men who threw the bomb. - According to a writer in the Evening Standard, the Lonhdon anarchists at least a week ago knew that an outrage was to be attempted at Madrid. He says that three weeks ago five anarch- ists—two * Italians, a_ Frenchman, a Swiss and a man of Spanish descent born in South America—went to Paris to attend an international conclave: Af- played. Ten days ago five, one being the South Ameri- can, left London for Madrid. After their departure, one of the inner coun- cil of the anarchists declared that King Alfonso would never leave the church alive, adding: “Wait until the news comes” DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES.