STATESMEN PROMI
NENTL.T MENTIONED "iN CON
NECTION WITH ¦: SPEAKER3HIF.
Berlin Bank Increases Capital.
"i BERLIN, 1 Nov. / 7.— The Deutsche • Bank
to-day | formally *¦ announced" an : Increase of
its capital by $2,500,000- so as-to absorb the
Dussburg-Ruhorter k [ Bank S and ,; provide
working i funds) for its I new' Dresden} and
Citizens I"ear Doukhobor Woman.
H WINNIPEG, ; Manitoba, - Nov. 7.— At
Yorkton a ! young Doukhobor, ' woman, of.
attractive appearance dressed | herself/ in
white cotton, white canvas .shoes
and proclaimed-, herself the Virgin Mary.
Many of theDoukhobors believe her story
and there,; may be trouble if : her ' advice
l« in^ the wrong direction. . '.¦', -, .'• v h i
Spanish occupation, it is thought that the
resou rces ¦ of ) the ; 'Philippine"^ Commission
must be exercised. to the utmost to '. v ade^
ouately cope .with the 'emergency. V In the
meantime i t ] Is stated at t the War, Depar t
ment* that, 'nothing "rwJll'be" done' in 'the
direction j of.' relief { f roVn [ here unless I Gov
ernor^ Taf t 'Vdecldes r . that the insular gbv
'e'r'nmenVstandsi Iriiiieed* of; outsider asslst-
,' WASIHINGTON.' No v. . 7.--The Cfvil Ser
vice;' .''.Commiuioh "fin : its -'annual report
purges' .the | President to i recommend j to
Congress ?;the \ enactment of \ a .-law. /fur
nishing:- facilities ; for determining < the
"comparative^qualifications . of applicants
for. the consular, service ; by. means of open
non-partisan v competitive"^^examination.
,Tne;'cbmmittee says \ that. under the pres
.ent .-,system : ;of ; .patronage « appointment
: there -is little ; surety that the . inen i ap
• pointed- are qualified for : their- duties-, yet
in, the i more ; remote, and- smaller, places,
.where: '¦ the t political removals > make the
consular " term * so j shorty that ' with the
'.meager : pay. 1 allowed ; first-class ; men can
. not* be ' secured,'* often .' the" best opportiini
• ties';' exist J; for^ 'extending * American com
merce and furnishing facilities for Amerl
caniinvastmen'ts;- v- :/ :...-. ,-:vv
; BERBERA, East Africa, Nov. -7.—Col
onel Swayne,' . formerly. British com
mander in; Somaliiand, who has been re
called to .England, la" ill. He started for
home to-day. -. . ' ¦
General Manning, who succeeds Colonel
Swayne, Is .pushing' the' preparations for
an advance against the Mullah, but he ia
hatapered in his efforts by the'fact that
the country has so few resources and the
consequent necessity. of awaiting supplies.
¦-The. Mullah, Is. profltlns'by- the delay in
.the. start of the British expedition. He
has -advanced to within- a i'few miles of
Bohdtle^ Be- is 'known! to have 3000 rifles,
one Maxim' gun, much ammunition. 13,000
spearmen and immense reserves of camels
and sheep at his command. Bohotle Is
.well garrisoned and has. ample defenses.
¦' It Is impossible to prevent the ' running
of gfcrfs to" the Mullah, which is In con
stant . progress through French . territory*
Special • bisoatch ;to ;.The Call.
.'MADRID, Novl'; 7.-^General^Toral;*; who
commarided,'>the' ; ;Spanlsh at San
tiago, de; Cuba' at , the/ time of : the iown's
surrender,'; lost' 1 his' reason' In; this -way: _
'- a 1 few day s ago . x while . at ,'Alhatna , \ in
th'e v iwutHwestjofkMur^ia,'-hey:yeS[2d|^
structlons /from; the^ Spanish Government
to ".draw, .up •' a full..: account of itWe j sur
render .of I Santiago.? ; From \ that ' time ; he
showed 'great ; signs! of iagitatlon • W as
frequently ¦ .heard- -repeating} the Swords,
"Surrender,, surrender.':, ; •' : , '{'¦¦. .- ¦ : •:.¦
.The news has created a great sensation
in Madrid. ;.' . "¦¦« ¦ '' .'¦¦' ¦ •,• ¦¦} ¦'.,.';;. V ,
Fanatic ' Rebel • Chief iaf . Somaliland
; Prepares' to Make Stubborn Re
. . sistance .to the* Advance of
the British.
General: vToral,^ Instructed }: to}; Draw
<' : , Up '; Account; of >the ;Surrender ; of -. :
; Santiago^ Suddenly .-Be- : :
/ i comes v Insane." '¦ - : :•! ' \
.Civil .Service •Commission "Urges the
(|fi Enactment 'jof^Laws ioVBetter '
V; ; ";' the Condition \\ of "Agents
WA l' :: \'y~>- % ; v'
Scecial . DIsDatch to The Call.
CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N
. W., - WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.- While no
steps have | been take,n by • the War De
partment; here toward sending supplies
from, this country for the relief of suf
fering caused by the , failure: of the rice
crop, cholera, an epidemic * of : animal dis
eases and the scourging pest of locusts
in the Philippine. Islands, the situation
is/causlng a vast amount of apprehension
In "I a ¦¦:¦ private, j letter .. to % Secretary ! Root,
Governor Taft*of the Philippine Commis
sion; expresses the belief that it will be a
long time before conditions in^'the: islands'
recover from the present depression. . Not
for'many years heretofore has there been
a calamity , in such widespread measure
visited . on i' the Filipinos. V 'Nearly ¦ all
their. domestic animals have been* carried
off by the, rinderpest, while cholera, which
claimed thousands of victims, added a
finishing touch -to the demoralization. In
the' opinion' of officers' who have ; recehtly
retunied from .the^ Philippines . the* fam
ine which "threatens; Is the most seridus
problem^ now. confronting the Insular gov
ernment,' and ; while" the facilities and the
desire "to; assist "the 'sufferers I'are -both'
greater than at any 'similar period [during;
Terrific . Shock Causes ' Alarm.
HOUGHTON,'. Mich., Nov. 7.— Residents
of Hancock and ;=Houghton 'were/'greatiy
alarmed by a ' terrific , shock Iwhlch oc
curred at 8:30 ' o'clock. Houses were
rocked and- windows rattled "as if an
earthquake had occurred. , Investigation
in^all^directlons \ failed to discover- the
cause of : the shock. -This' is the": second 'oc
currehce of shocks within three months. 1 ; \
VIENNA, Nov. 7.— Riotous; disturbances
marked the election' ( in' 'the ; Favor! tein
district to : day of members of the;Lands
tag (or provincial assembly).'. Anti-Sem
ites stormed the headquarters of- the com
mittee of he Socialists aiidaj fierce fight
ensued. The rioters were : ': charged /by
mounted police and 'forty. -of. them -were
arrested. Many received saber wounds.
The anti-Semites carried \ the . election
by a majority of 39 out 'of a total; poll! of
13,000. The Clericals now; hold 'the' entire
representation of Vienna- In the Laridstag.
assault with intent to kill on, Miss R. A.
Roquett on August 10 in the same; library
building referred to by, Mrs. Day.; Soder
quest was the janitor of the building, and
for the crime the man 'is- now; serving a
sentence of seven years. .The belief was
expressed at, the time that Soderquest
pleaded guilty that he was responsible
for the many mysterious assaults on
young women in' Cambridge and Brook-,
line, who were beaten -with some/ iron
weapon Just as Miss Morton . and 'miss
McPhee were. State police are now in
vestigating the story of Mrs. Day in" com
parison with; t'he^ '¦•more^'important Tditaiis*
of the Soderqucst affair. .r ;' ¦-/''.¦'
Failure : of the Bice Crop Followed by
the Death of Domestic Animals 1
v v ;¦[ ¦ and the^Wave ; of
: .: : -: Cholera.
Rioters at an Election in"> Vienna
Are Charged by {the; Police .
Und Forty- of;- Them \
WOULD REMOVE
ALL CONSULSHIPS
FROM POLITICS
SAVES HER FOUR BABES
. . FBOM DEATH IN FLAMES
TACOMA," Nov. 7! -While Mrs. John
Anderson and her four small children
were asleep ' early - this morning in Na
naimo fire broke out in the. house.- The
smoke awakened the woman and ¦ she
fought her. way to the open* air with one
of her children. She 'did not have time
to dress and by the time she hail taken
the child to *a place of., safety flames had
burst out, in -every -room/-,- Her husband
was absent and^ the nearest neighbor waia
too. far away to ;render any. aas'islance. .
The plucky' woman' dashed : in and out
of the houseJiUntil she 'had. carried all
four children, out of the burning! building.
Several times • her . nightrobe . caught i fire,
but she escaped without : receiving any
serious ; burns.'; . As; she^ was leaving the
house for j the last time tne , interior was
enveloped ; in.flames and^ the. walls, and
roof soon .fell.^V. ¦ . .'..'". : . : . ; '.
State, of; Illinois, where the sentiment for
tarfff- revision is said to be rapidly grow
- ing;- Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin,
; another representative -of the ' West," who
'introduced In '.the, last Congress the free
steel '•'.bill- which so 'worried high protec
[ Uonists-'of-."-the- : East, ' a< member, of. the
; Ways and Means; Committee; .John Dal-
I zell/ representative ,of ' the highly protect
ed Interests of -Pennsylvania,- also a mem
; ber of -the "Ways "and-'Means'Committee
; and" 1 Second -in . command; Charles 'Little
fleld J of- Malne, : representative of highly
protected interests - of - New England and
leader, of ; the ; younger, element of the
House. Chairman Payne of the Ways and
] Means .; Committee r and 'Rep'resentatlve
Sherman, i both; of. New. York,- have also
! been >» mentioned' : as '• candidates y for
Speaker ,>biit' as f, no .'announcement , has
either by.' themselves or their
f riends,;they- ar"e . not yet' regarded In , the
. running. '.Both may. be looked upon asrep
[ resentatlveSpOf -the* high tariff -sentiment
;; ot^therEasty.:';. ¦.;' ; %J • ; : ; - 'r^i ¦ .. , .'- .
/.'Canri'ohf has* not :-&a yet' taken' any firm
, stand'^in^adyocacjr.; of tariff revision,' but
that :' he "for. the rkpldly'.growing
ALL-B U R E A ! U, ' 1406 - G
If. .. T' STREET, • N/ ,W:, WASHING-
M ' ' TON. : J^ov.; 7.— Tariff revision
¦5/ ' _^/ and anti-tariff' Ire vision—the
¦^ml&- : West • against .the East— on
: :¦¦.•';' > these s harply^defined . 1 Ines t he
contest for the Speakership for the Fifty
eighth Congress has already taken shape.
As the- high* tariff "high* priest of , 'the
East, Representative .".John* Dalzell ~ of
highly protected Pittspurjr. ' Pa.,; shied his
castor, into, the ring to-day. 'Coincident
with his entrance j comes ; ; this statement
from Representative Butler, 'also of.Penn
sylyania-and one of ¦Dalzell-s\supportefs:
"I will , be drawn. and Quartered before I
will cast . a" vote under 'ariy circunistahcefe
for a, bill .touching" the tariff .. now \"of. any
tlme.wlthin;the. nextifew. years. 'I. do,. not
believe there. Is a single Con
gressman from 'the State of Pennsylvania
who wiil throw, such; a* vote."" fVi >*- s ' 7 ¦ '
Dalzell's . announcement; • divides'" the
forces- of* the .East 'just-, as ' thosei.in:',the
West^ are divided.' -The. ; , candidates ; al
ready announced, are: Joseph, G.> Cannon,
chairman of the' Committee, on^ Appropria
tions, the representative of the West ': and
LOSES REASON
WHEN DEFEAT
IS RECALLED
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 7.- ;
The Medal of Honor- Legion,
composed of Civil 1 . War Vet-:
i erans decorated. by the .United 1
States - Government for con-:
• spicuous bravery;* in action,':
met to-day in annual convention in* In-'
dependence Hall. Two hundred members
were In attendance. .Major Moses Veale,i
commander of . the legion; : presided. The r
members of the' distinguished organlza-,
tion were welcomed by Mayor Ashbridge,!
who paid a glowing tribute to: the^ men'
who fought to preserve' the Union.' !
Quartermaster, John. Noble ' Preston's
report shows that whUe, most ,o( ,_the;
medals of honor were awarded for gal-;
lantry during the' , 'Civil,' War;! nearly 400
were gained by "veterans for distinguished
services during the Indian wars. 'The^
War Department. - the C report • states, is
preparing a list of those to receive med-!
ANTI-SEMITES
MAKE RAIDS ON
THE SOCIALISTS
als.for service in the Spanish-American
War ' and" during the \ Boxer ; troubles . in
China. .'Colonel Preston recommends the
appointment of a -committee, to revise the
list- and suggested a- different "method of
enrolling new membersJ :¦ -•
'. The* total number of medals' of honor
issued' by^the Navy. DepaVtment up to
January. 1,. 1902, was- 594,:and by the War
Department, to Qctober-31,,1897, 14S4,ithose
issued by the Secretary of War between
October, 1897, and January, 1902, not being
upon the records of the organization.
The membership of the organization num
bers 548, of this number. 480 being of the
Civil .War.- < i V : ; .••",';•./¦
The election of officers . resulted as fol
lows:' Commander, • General '-'Daniel E.
Sickles, New York; senior vice command
er, General Llewellyn G. Estes/ Washing
ton;, junior, vice commander, : General J.
O.; Gregg, Montana; chaplain, Rev. Major
William ¦'S;:Hubb'ell, New York.
VERY SERIOUS
IS THE SITUATION
IN PHILIPPINES
DISTINGUISHED GRAND 'ARMY VETERAN WHO HAS BEEN ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF, THE ASSOCIATION OF DARING' MEN WHO WON
MEDALS OF HONOR FOR GALLANT DEEDS: IN WARFARE.
LITTLEFIELD IS CONFIDENT.
Expects to Be Elected Speaker of tka
'House of Representatives.
SEATTLE. Nov. 7. — Congressman
Charles E. Littlefleld of Maine stated to
day that he was going home to begin his
fight: for the Speakership of - the next
House of Representatives. He believes h»
willbe elected, but declares that whatever
the action of the Republican caucus may
bo he will be content. .:
Littlefleld has been speaking in Cali
fornia during the campaign. Discussing
the work of the comlnjr. Congress, he said:
"Legislation on the question of trusts
will be the most' Important feature of
Congress' work this winter. I understand
Attorney General Knox is drafting a bill
on ' the subject , at present. .which will
probably 'embody the administration's
sentiments. .
~"I believe the anti-trust bill that is
passed will reflect the ! sentiments of
President Roosevelt. He has spoken ao
plainly in 'his campaign that the Republi
can party must follow his leadership.
Moreover, .his- is a. safe policy..
, "The Democrats in Congress cannot op
pose an anti-trust law, and I believe. they
wilf vote with the Republicans when tb©
bill comes' to passage. ' It la very probable
the Democrats '.will, endeavor to Inject
some hysterical provisions that would re
sult In much harm . If . accomplished, but
there is no> likelihood of, their being incor
porated. ¦¦ The bill' will pass both houses."
MARCH AGAINST
THE MAD MULLAH
AGAIN DELAYED
sentiment in the West is taken for grant
ed. • He : Is regarded at the present • time
as -unquestionably In the lead for the
Speakership, Vwlth no one to divide th«
vote of the great West with' him except
Babcock. ' \
BOSTON. Nov. 7.— In the developments
of the day in the Mason case, which has
puzzled the police of Boston since Miss
Clara A. Morton was struck down and
killed In Waverly last Saturday, there
are several striking details. So serious
has the case become that Governor
Crane has Interested himself and he
looked over <the scene of the murder
while on a visit to-day to Waverly.
Prompted by the finding in a pawnshop
here of the watches of Agnes McPhee
and Clara A. Morton, the two women
¦who were murdered in this city, the po
lice are pressing with all their energy to
place, if possible, the responsibility for
the crimes. It has been learned that a
negro employed by the Mason family
has gone away from the city and the
police cannot ascertain where he U. It
was a negro who pawned the Morton
¦watch. The pawnbroker, Joseph Nemser,
in whose 'store both the McPhee and Mor
ton watches were found, ¦was at police
headquarters to-day *and repeated his
story about the watches, after which he
started for the East Cambridge jail to
tee Mason for the purpose of identifying
Vim.
Ncmser failed to identify Mason. At
the jail Mason was placed among six
other men and Nemser carefully scrutin
ized each one. He picked out one man
as the ' person who pawned ' the watch,
but it wu not Mason.
MASON IN THE PAKE.
•-•fa 'probing the .case' at :^the
p6!lce*""Kave found 'evidence that Mason
had made at least two attempts to have
women meet him at night at "The Oaks,"
a -section of the Metropolitan Park reser
vation, not far from the McLean Insane
AEylum, where Mason was a patient, and
on the grounds of which Miss Morton
was killed.
During the day the attention of Chief
Wade was called to a published interview
between Nemser and reporters. In which
ICemser said that he was . paid to stick
to his story and that a mulatto sold the
¦watch. The Chief said:
"That is perfectly outrageous. The
story is all bosh. Nemser was told that
he would be paid for closing up his shop
and for going about with the officers to
help them on the case. H= will be re
imbursed also for what he gave for the
two watches."
SAW STKANGE NEGKOi
The story that "a strange negro was fix
Waverly Sunday was made known by a
voman who lives in Winchester and who
at Porter's station, Cambridge.- on the
FJtchburg division of the Boston and
Maine Railroad, saw a negro purchase a
ticket for Waverly. State • Detectives
Hammond and Dexter went to Winches
ter. to-night and together with Chief of
.Police Mclntosh interviewed the woman,
¦who is a nurse. Her name at present is
withheld. She says that Saturday even-
Ing she started for Weston and waited In
the Cambridge BtaUon for her train from
7:30 until 8 p. m. During this time she
had an excellent opportunity of observing
the actions of two white men and a ne
gro who were at the station, and she told
the officers to-day that she was positive
the could identify the three men wherever
the might see them. The two white men
vrere looking at a photograph; then one
cf them said, "Well, we might as well
buy a ticket-"- They purchased a single
ticket for Waverly, and this ticket, the
.nurse eays, she saw handed to the negro
by one of the. white men as they passed
out of the station, although the white
men and the negro had previously mani
fested no sign of recognition. The negro
took the same train that she did, and
she saw him alight ai; Waverly. This
places the negro ; In Waverly' at 8:13, or
about three-quarters of an hour before
the assault upon Miss Morton was com
mitted.
An iron bar was found to-day at the
edge of Hands'side Pond, In Waverly, to
which it is claimed by some the mur
derer of Saturday night went to,waEh his
bands. The bar is two feet long- and a
little rusty. It was on the edge of the
pond, and the drawing off of the water
brought it to light.
IDENTIFIED BY WOMAN.
During the afternoon a Mrs. Day from
Watertown called at the Cambridge Jail
and told Sheriff Fairbarn that she wanted
to see Alan G. Mason, because she be
lieved from the pictures which had ap
peared in the newspapers that he was the
man who bad annoyed her last summer
in a lllirary room in this city. Mason
again was placed in line with other in
mates of ihe jail and with them was sub
jected to a rigid scrutiny. As in the case
of Nemser'a attempt at Identification,
Mrs. Day was allowed to give no sign or
utter no word in the presence, of the men
L«;f ore her, hut when she returned to the
Sheriff's office from the jail she declared
that the fourth man in line was the man
Who had annoyed her. The fourth man
was Mason.
This alleged identification by Mrs. Day
adds another feature to the case, as It re
calls another "Jack the Slugger" case, in
whith John Soderquest was convicted of
Republican Opponents of the
' Man Mak^e a Most iVig- [ : ;
orous Protest.
Special -Dispatch to The Calll
SALT LAKE, 'Nov. 7.— Jn spite of .the
overwhelming majority : that -it .appears
Apostle Reed Smoot will" have in. the: Leg
islature and- ,th£; open < lridbrsements by
the Mormon church of; his. candidacy, for
the United Stales, Senate, .there is a'pros
pect^that a strong fight ",wilt be made on
him by members 1 of. his .own party.'
, Already the /polygamy , issue hasj been
raised. Apostle Smdot has dfecjared in
an interview that he, doe's not. practice
plural marriage. *'A'n investigation is' now
in progress that* strengthens, the; belief
that he docs. . 'High Mormon-.offlclals.ad*
mitted to-; ay- that an unwritten lawvof
the church exists'-requiririg any person to
bo a' polygamist in order ' tcf be an apostle.'
Only three members , of the quorum 'of
twelve are not known absolutely, to have
more than- one-- 'wife: : Apostle Smoot's
father had.'five, and; the supposition- is
that 'he is no exception' to the rule re
garding apostles. ', Apostle Smoot , in his
interview , ; while '.declaring 'that he is : not
a polygamist admitted,' that he is. a be"
liever in • the system, "which is preached
and taught" in the Tabernacle in this city.
; The .Republican "opponents of Smoot are
most vigorous in their protest, against the
action of 'the 'church in attempting, to
place, the apostle in the Senate. Although
they anticipate . the . Legislature
they desire >to : go on^ record- and to ; sub
mit ,'thls record later; to .the Senate in case
Snioo't- suct^cdR^ >^ ; ; ;*;•/ ''*""¦ '¦ ¦YC'lN&fe;
" t On 'the -fac^-of «"t5rie pre^en^tVeturBs .it;is
expected, that about .flfteeri'and , possibly
rnore > Republican-^ members are strongly
opposed^tb' electing, any '.Mormon ' apostle
to the' United-States Senate. There 1 arc
others /who -are ' controlled by, Senator
Thomas \ Kearns." While j Kearns helped
Smoot elect, his > ticket, in. return for' the
church influence, ini securing hisowh elec
tion two years ago, *it is known -that he
personally questions the wisdom of send
ing ; Smoot 1 to 1 the Senate. ' case he
should swing his vote in caucus against
Emoot there .is a chance to defeat the
apostle. However, this is not. regarded as
likely, for j should' Kearns oppose ; Smoot
it would defeat his own chances-of-re
election two years hence.
There is, a movement under discussion,
headed by, prominent Republicans? to re
vive the old Liberal or anti-Mormon par
ty, which' disbanded when Utah was- ad
mitted to the Union. The non-Mormons
are in a majority in Salt Lake, and other
counties, but .their action has not been
concerted," while the Mormon church can
swing its followers one way or' the' other
and decide an 1 election, as was done.Tucs
day.' If only local issues were to be con
sidered 4 this -might be accomplished, but
the fact that a. Presidential election is
coming in two years is likely to; prevent
the carrying, out Of this idea. ¦
Evidence Found That Ac
cused Man Tried to Entice
Women to a Park.
Apostle's i [Connection
: : f Witlii^M|gam^vv
)Jfl jittiie^ioiied;: 7
Mysteries Accumalate
in the Case- of
. Alan Mason.
Find Numerous
Msl^bles;
State Executive a
Visitor at Scene
of Crime. /
Voted Veteran Is Chdseh President of the
Bund of Brave Men Who Won
Medals of Honor in War.
FOES RISE
TO DEFEAT
A MORMON
GOVERNOR
WILL AID
THE POLICE
GENERAL SICKLES
WILL COMMAND THE
AMERICAN LEGION
PRICE FITE CENTS.
SAN FE ANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1902.
VOLUME XCII— NO. 161.
Tariff Revision
W&^ofSnM^S^WP^M^ Win.
STRUGGLE FOR SPEAKERSHIP
IS DEVELOPING ON LINES OF
THE WEST AGAINST THE EAST
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.