THE CALL PRINTS MORE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPiRIBUBLISHf D IN «;FRAITOO
WEATHER.
Forecast for Dtcerober 9. 1505:
San Francisco and vicinity— Fair
Katurday; Jtirht northwest irtnd.
G. H. VTIUL.SOS.
Local Forecaster.
VOLUME XCIX— XO. !>.
REBELLIOUS RUSSIAN TROOPS IN MANCHURIA KILL THEIR OFFICERS
H-A-Ptßllsr, l^SLrLclx-u-ria, via Warsaw, l=tTj.ssia.n. Folsuricl, Dec, S.— Many officers are being
killed Toy re"fc>ellio-u.s troops. Reserire : offlcers ,are not permitted to return liorhe. .A.ll
messages from IsdeLnotniiria are oerisored
INTERSTATE
BOARD MAY
BE REBUILT
Plan to Increase
Membership
of Body.
New Opposition to Lane
1 Appears in the
. Capital. v
President, However, Will Not
Recede From His
Position.
Special Disr itch to The Call.
CALX." BUREAU, x'OST JiiJILDING.
"WASHINGTON. Dec. >.— An increase In
membership in the Interstate Commerce
Commission .is to be provided for, in* a
bill soon to be introduced Jn Congress. .
Whether the reorganised or rebuilt com
mission will jb{ , a sfive^^gr£3ilne
\u25a0 lur-mbersr o lnstead of live; ""has rlor ~y*f
tbcon determined by the Republican mem- !
t>crs who expect to shape the final till. ;
The feeling is practically unanimous In !
favor of some increase. Supporters of
President Roosevelt's policy say this will
come because he wants it. Senators, rec
ognized as speaking for the railways, say
it will come because the commission must
be materially Vhanged if it is to have ad
ditional powers.
Much work under the surface is being
done" by tne Republican members of the
IriterFtate Commerce Committee of the
Senate toward agreement on the general
lines of a bill to receive the support of
those Senators honestly anxious to Incor
porate the recommendations of the Presi
dent into a law, yet equally anxious to
prevent the passage of legislation in
jurious to the great railroad interests of
the country. These men are positive of
their ability to draft a measure which will
cure the existing rate evils so far as they
can be cured by Federal legislation, with
eut putting on the statute books too dras
tic a law.
Thcro appears to be no limit to the Irri
tation and 111 feeling occasioned Jjy the
appointment of Franklin K. Lane of Cali
fornia to be a member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. There was a
marked increase in the adverse criticism
to-day. The opposition to I>ane Is not con
fined to the Senate, where action must
be taken on his nomination, but members
9f the House of Representatives are ex
pressing themselves with every indica
tion of dissatisfaction and resentment.
The President has served notice that in
po case will he withdraw the nomination ;
of Lone, and the Senate must either con- [
Erm or reject him. The selection was de
termined on last summer. If the Senate ;
docf not act, the President will rcappoim :
l*ne at the end of this session, thus keep-
Ing his eervlec continuous. <
The nomination of Lane, which wa* re-
Cerred to the Interstate Commerce Com
mittee, was not taken up by that commit
tee at Its meeting to-day, and the subject
was not discussed. Senators Aldrlch, For-
Rker, Kean. Elkins and Cullom. all mem
bers' of the committee, are much dis- ;
turbe<J by the selection, primarily because
it makes the commission Democratic, and
further because they are apprehensive of
T^ane'« attitude on many questions that
tnust come before the commission for de
termination.
WANDERS FOE DAYS
ON AEIZONA DESERT
Cattleman Will Die as Result
of Exposure While
Lost.
6pec)al Di«*tch to The Call.
TUCSON. Dec. B.— After wandering in
the mountains five days without food and
watrr, John Gilman. a cattleman from
WiUcox. was located to-night near the
Telles ranch in the foothills of the Rin
con Mountains by the Sheriff of the coun
ly. who with a posse had gone out to
search for him. . Gilman had come here
from Wiilcox for treatment and on last
Monday disappeared. Cowboys and wood
choppers coming from the Rlncons re
ported seeing a wild man, whose descrip
tion corresponded with that of Gilman.
and the officers immediately took' up the
pearch. It was found that he had slept
one night In a tree and had visited a
ranch, terrifying the women. When Gil
man was picked up to-night he was
naked and more dead than alive. His
body was terribly torn as the result of
wandering through the sage brush with
out clothing. He cannot survive until
morning.
Japanese Minister Resigns.
TOKIO. Dec. 9.— The Minister of Educa
tion, Yuzuru Kubqta, has tendered his
resignation as the result of a" protest
ffijrned ' by' l99 professors and instructors,
which was presented to Prime Minister
Katstxra yesterday
The San Francisco Call.
MRS. COREY STRICTLY MUM
ABOUT ESTRANGEMENT.
Mrs. Wi^E.- Corey, ; wife 'of -the steel" magnate whose iii
fatu ation for- the' actress y.-Ma'bel \€\ Gi \iri ;a n i s re por ted- .to
have caused an estrangement between himself and wife,
is at the Palace. She refuses to discuss the matter.
Steel Magnate's ' Wife Is Here From Reno
A PRINXIPAL, FIGURE IN SEXSA
TIONAI. DIVORCE CASE. NOW
VISITING THIS CITY.
Mrs. W. E. Corey, wife of the Eastern
steel magnate whose reported infatuation
for pretty Mabelle Gilman, the actress?,
is said to have caused an estrangement
between them, Is at the Palace Hotel.
She arrived early yesterday morning.
Her object in visiting San Francisco at
this time Is unknown. She positively
refuses to' talk on the matter.
With Mrs. Corey .is . Miss Ada. Corey,
her sister-in-law, who Is said to have
remained loyal to the wife of her broth
er throughout all the trouble. Miss. Corey
Js from Pittsburgr. Misses Margaret Gray
and Anna Risher of Pittsburgr." personal
friends of Mrs. Corey, are also with her.
It was not until after Mrs. Corey and
her party had been at the Palace several
hours that the - public became aware of"
their v. presence here. They were given
four rooms on the first floor of the hotel
and went to them at once. Mrs. Corey
did not come out all day. Miss Risher
and Miss Gray, however, appeared in the
corridors of the hotel- during the after
noon, Indicating that they were "not try
ing to keep their presence here Becret.
The Corey party came to San Francisco
direct from Reno, Nevada. Mrs. Corey
and her elster-ln-law have been there for
nearly a. month, with the evident inten
tion of securing a residence. They rented
a cottage and to all intents expected to
remain there over the winter. It is re
ported that Mrs.. Corey is thus giving her
husband an opportunity of securing a
divorce on the ground of desertion.
Mre. Corey is a charming, middle-aged
woman. She Is quite 'pretty and speaks
with a gentle melodious voice. She is
rather short in stature. Her hair Is quite
dark. She shows gentle rearing and the
sympathy of all who know her seems to
i be in . her ' favor. \u25a0
She positively refused to be inter
viewed. - "I have \u25a0 nothing- to - say,"_- she
' said, / "and prefer not \u25a0< being asked ; any
questions. I am very sorry that I cannot
talk just now." The members of her
party, are equally, silent over the. ,re^
ported troubles between \u25a0 Mrs. . Corey and
her husband. \u25a0/.'JSBBO
Mrs. Corey and her three friends were
served "breakfast, ,; luncheon \ arid : • dinner
in thelr- : rooms yesterday. It : is reported
SAN. FRANCISCO. SATURDAY,/ DECEMBER; 0. li) 05.
that they., will leave San Francisco this
morning.
.' MAY NOT KKSIDIO IX RK.VO.
! Mm. Corey VVUI, It Ik Believed, Remain
\ In California.
RENO, Nev:, Dec. B.— "Airs. Corey has
gone, to San Francisco. She is accom
panied- by; her sister-in-law. She left
shortly after 7 o'clock last evening and
will be. gone about- three months."
i . The above is the substance of a tele
j phone message .received from the Reno
: home of the Coreys io-nigrht. it was
(sent by a woman who says that her
name is Aubreon. She is the much-talked
of mysterious friend of 'the Coreys, but
at last has consented to allow her name
to be used. 1 A half hour previously she
had stated that Mrs. Corey was very
nervous, confined to her room and suf
fering from the shock caused by the un
t pleasant notoriety of being* accused of
coming to Nevada to get a divorce, for
which she is to receive J1.000,000.
"Mrs. Corey is ill and nervous," said i
the Aubreon woman, "and cannot see any
one- tonight. She will give out a state
ment at 3:30 o'clock to-morrow." No one
at the depot saw Mrs. Corey or her 618-'
ter-ln-law leave, though it is thought
they took the Tonopah express.
Iris now thought here' that' Mrs. Corey
intends to remain in California and aban
don her Intention of securing a residence
j In Nevada. [ '
STEEL TRUST OUSTS COREY.
Dropped From Ills Position as Head
of Bis Concern.
PITTSBURG. . Dec. \u25a0 8. — Information
reaches. your correspondent to-night fronj
a source that must be considered reliable
to the effect .that Thomas Morrison to
day quietly succeeded W. Ellis Corey as
head of,the' : United States. Steel Corpora
tion. \u25a0 J. , Pierpont Morfean and /Andrew
Carnegie.' so" the' report says, insisted on
Corey vacating immediately, but agreed
that his retirement should be kept quiet
for a few days. •\u25a0
UNPRECEDENTED-FALL
OF SNOW IN SHASTA
''Oldest: Inhabitant" in Vicin
ity of Pittville Sees a
Strange Sight.
Special Dispatch to. The Call.
: REDDING. Dec. • B.— Eight inches ;\u25a0 of
snow;'; fell \u25a0 Wednesday , at Pittville, In
northeastern; Sha'sta County/? The partic
ularly i strange /and; uncommon;.- feature
about the .' fall ; is the * fact mat ' when ? the
storm Lbegan there was about two Inches
'•of! dust on. the" ground. 3 is. 'the "first
[tlhae'i within] the ; remembrance "of the'old
eat ; inhabitant ; that* dust ; and f snow "have
mixed \u25a0in the Pittville 'secs**^*,"r.; •;\u25a0< v, (
Cadets Mutiny
and Seize a
I Srniser. 'k
i Sebastopol Is Scene
I of a Serious
\ Outbreak,
i Sailors Under Admiral
j Choulpin Capture
; Mutineers.
I Russiau Commander Despairs
of Eeing Able to Con
. trol His Flea t.
i Spec!?! U!?i)3tc!t to The Call.
I ODESSA. Dec. S.— Naval ca-
I dels to llic number of 1600 nui
! tinicil at Sebastopol and seized
\u25a0 I tlic cruiser SaratorT'.. starting in it
! for Kcrlsch. Before they could
||*g§ away Admiral Cbouknin nnis
: tered sufficient "force t toliold the
t ve^seli v The -mutineers are': now/
' 9 iell-0 prisoners 'under^.'tlie'guiis-b^
the fortress. . - / / ....'•
i I; , Admiral Gliouknin despairs of
j being able tbcontrol'theHeet, and
has recommended that all ships be
put out of commission for six
months. The spirit of mutiny af-.
fects the soldiers of many of the
! garrisons. The full extent of this
j disaffection remains to be seen,
i but hundreds— -anil probably, thou-
I sands — of troops have laid down
tiieir arms or else have turned
them against tlie '.Cossacks and
even against their -own'; comrades.
Peasants are land in all
parts of Central Russia. They re
frain. howe\ er, from bloodshed,
and wherever possible they clin«
to the Zemstvoists through fear of •;
"the advocates of violence. . » . i
KiiNsiau .News Continued on Pnge 2.
CUPID PROVES
TOO WILY FOR
STERN PARENTS
Girl Will
Was Sent Across
Ocean: to Avoid.
Special i Dispatch . to The Call.
NEW YORK, Dec. B.— The Red Star
liner Kroonland, . which docked, thls t morn
lng one. and a half; days..' overdue' from
Antwerp, brought; with .her a itale; of
pretty "romance, in which the ; heroine Is
a little Spanish girl, sent to this : country
by her parents. to i prevent; her.- marrying
tlje : man of her choice. . But • the girl ; has
a will of her own. " The flrst.thlng she did
after landing was to*senda;cablegramito
her- fiance \telllng him .where to find her
and ' they will . mia rry anyway. ' .
' The ; heroine \u25a0, is < Miss j•< Muriel ;-Leech',* a
pretty young girl,: whose \u25a0 father \u25a0; is , lrish
and; her, mother Spanish.. Mies Muriel,
herself, was j born •in London, i -The ; girl
became ; acquainted' with ., a iyoung, r East
Ind ian , ' and : soon .there .was . a: love affair.
Her parents did not; look Ton the, young
man with" favor. /To s break off the match
they shipped -the: girl, aboard the" Kroon-
: land ; and \u25a0 sent - her . ; to i/Amerlca.^ ' They
placed ' theirj daughter in , charge ; of r Frank
Marcher, . president ? 0f .,. the .; Pacific KDia
mond and : Gem \u25a0 Company,' . who said . he i in
tended • to ! take '<\u25a0 herewith him . toi Los \ An^.
geles, where ' his wife ; would - look"> after
her.-., _ y \u25a0•..-:. •.\u25a0\u25a0•;•;; \u25a0:,.\u25a0-. :,*/;\u25a0•
Toklo '•': AVelcomcs ' : Kurokl.
TOKIO, T>ec; 9.— General vKuroki. and
staff ° made \u25a0 a : triumphal^ entry into -Tokio
. this ; morning.; There jwas "a; great; demon-;
stration of enthusiasm! and* General f Kuro^
ki's reception i was : specially; noticeable/ in
..view* of j the ; f act V : he : was | the ;winper,
of the initial .victi \u25a0%\u25a0> :i'land ; iu tb» recent
iwar. ' *' \u0084:-. . ;. : \u25a0:\u25a0<\u25a0:.[ ,:• >. .'• '.
CHAIRMAN
ODELL TO
BE DEPOSED
Republican Party
in New York to
Reorganize.
Prominent State Lead
ers Canvass Names
'of Candidates.
>: : - \u25a0 -•- v # _
..\u25a0-•\u25a0- \u25a0 s
President Roosevelt Is Taking
an Active Interest in
the Movement.
Pieviai Dispatch •to The Call
I NEW yplilvi -Dec. S.— With the return
of Representative Herbert i'ai'sons. and
other Rf»iiu'tillpari '"member?- of the House j
of R<=proffiiJtativeK; .from, , Washing < iii- to-.)
nlshy a \u2666l«»it ion:U . 1 iiht* was" -thrown upon:
.thoTiJlsj"'6 tviiithhff* -being,; {urmcil fprv.the;;
iredrKaiii^ifo^'otithW'KtpuJiacint' party's i
smichiner.r.in thi.? State. --Representative
I'arscii*, JV Van~Veoht«»n Olcott. William
S. Bennct and George E, SValdo have had ;
numerous conferences | with President
Roosevelt regarding the situation. These
conferences have resulted in a determina
tion to relieve B. B. Odell Jr." from the
chairmanship of the Republican* State
Committee and to substitute in his place a
new 'chairman --who .'can command the j
confidence of. the Republicans of the en
tire State.
President Roosevelt is said to be in favor
of no individual candidate, but is deter
mined! to depose Odell. When a suitable
candidate has bern selected he will sup
port him as "thoroughly as he intends to
support -Representative Parsons in the
presidency of the Republican County
Committee. Many names have been can
vassed for the chairmanship, prominent
among them being those of Timothy L.
Woodruff of Brooklyn. Nevada N. Strana
han of Oswego. Collector of the port of
New York." and Representative J. Sloat
Fassett of Elmira, No decision, even ten
tative, however, has been reached as yet.
The Republican representatives from
the interior of the State, most of whom
are .affiliated either with the Odell or
Platt factions, have not been taken into
the reorganization councils, and they are
watching developments with much curi
osity. \/i A !7.-^
DEATH CUTS SHORT
TEAMSTER'S LONG RIDE
Freezes to Death in Blizzard
.That Sweeps Over the
* 'Nevada Desert.
Special Dispatch to Th« Call.
RENO, Dec. "S.-^Slttlng. In an upright
position in the I easy 'seat of a spring
,wagon-,with hands firmly grasping the
lines attached- to his .'horses, G. C. R.
Sears was found yesterday evening about
thirty-five '. : miles from Humboldt House
on the ; Nevada, deeert frozen to death.
Scars .was. employed as .-driver for the
Mllby Copper Mining Company and left
Humboldt on the morning' of November 2S
with 'a ; team -and'; spring;. wagon loaded
with provisions | for the company's ', camp
about; seventy .miles distant After wait
ing several days a searching party/ was
organized by, : the superintendent" of the
mine and "* the dead body of- Sears .was
finally found as [before stated: The team
was standing quietly ;"in.j the road where
their; driver presumably had stopped
them.'
SENATOR FLINT DINES
WITH THE PEESIDENT
Californiantand Wife Among
; Griiests atjtlie "White
House.
-WASHINGTON. Dec. B.— President and
Mrs^ Roosevelt /entertained at dinner at
the White : House jto-night r the; following
guests, including: ' ' Speaker and Miss Can
non,:. Senator and Mrs. Burrows;" Senator
and vMrs. \u25a0•'\u25a0;\u25a0 Foraker.Vr Senator and .Mrs."
Bulkeley, Senator and : Mrs.' Flint. Senator
and i Mrs. , Piles, . Senator, and ; Mrs. Suther
landf j Representative and Mrs. v Grosvenor,
Representative* "Dalzell, 'Representative
and 'Mrs.? Pftyne/r Representative ; Sherley,
' Secretary jj of the - Treasury 'and
Mrs.V Keep s- Baron *\u25a0 and" Baroness Schon
berg7 Civil Service Commissioner and Mrs.
Cooley . and \ Miss '^Roosevelt. . •
ji The dinner iwas ' followed by. a \u25a0 musicale,
to I which a ; large \ party I of . representative
official xfahd " resident Washington ;• society
,w«re"invited. r -'
President -of .' Cuban ; Senate : Resigns.
-HAY.ANA.'Dec. s.^^eneral Manuel San
gullly.'iwho: Is i ' independent ' In | politics, \ to
day r ' resigned* .the \ Presidency.* of 5 the \ Sen
ate;! thus opening?- the iway.; for thelgelec
tion as hi s successor ; of a member of ; the'
Moderate or, r a3mlnistratlon\party. ' *
\u25a0'ALCAZARi-'Tlii* "Sword'of. th« Kln?.~
ALHAMBRA— '."Aftsr MMnJ«|t^
CAUFORXIA— ••London Gaiety Gtr!»."
CHTTrES-rYaads-rUl*.
"Coll«*» .Wlderw." -i
GRANT^-'.'SbadoWa ' oii the ' Hearth-**
MAJESTIC— "Th« Ptivat* Secretary."
/ORPHETJM— VaudevlU*. ~ ~
i TTV*Ot.I-^O3inle Opera. T
Matlne*s at all theaters.
RYAN ON STAND
BLOCKS INQUIRY
NEW YORK DISTRICT ATTOP.NET. TTHO HAS BEEN* A3K£T> TO PROCEED f
AGAINST RT.UV: THE INSVRAXCE KINO. FOR HIS REFUSAL, TO AX
SV/ER QUESTION'S IN TUB LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION. {
Jerome Asked to Act Upon His
Refusal to Answer.
Thomas F. nynn. who ovrai the coatrolllnc Interest la the. EqaltabU
Life Assurance Society, yesterday- refused to answer rertala questions
nsked by the »w; York Invest lsatlng committee ns to* his relations witli
I. H. Ilnrrlman, and In consequence District Attorney Jerome T*a» re.
quested to proceed against him. Ryan admitted that Harrlman had ea
deavored to secure part of the Hyde stock after Ryan had purchased It
but refused to divulge what means Harrlwan had uned to try to force
him to share.
NEW YORK, »Dec. B.— The legislative ,
committee which is investigating life in
surance conditions to-day determined to
send to District Attorney William T. i
Jerome . a request that he Institute, pro
ceedings against Thomas F. Ryan, finan
cier and : owner of the majority of the
stock of the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety, to punish Ryan for . refusing to
answer questions before the committee.
Ryan had refused to answer when asked
what " E. ; H.- Harriman, president of the
Union " Pacific .'and Southern Pacific Rail
road companies, had said to him . when
Harrlman- tried =, to induce him to share
his control of the ' Equitable Socle ty with
Harriman. . .
. Ryan was asked whether Harriman had
threatened that results , disastrous to
Ryan's Interests would ensue, or if Har
rlman had told him that some ; action
would be taken by the State Legislature.
;or* any officer of the Government, unless
Ryan consented to share his stock with
him. Acting on the advice of ' his : attor
ney, Paul D. Cravath, Ryan declined to
answer those questions, although Senator
Armstrong, chairman of the committee,
directed him ' to do so. Ryan, however,
Sid answer one .question by saying that
Harrlman did not tell him at that . time
there would. be. a legislative investigation
of life Insurance business unless he gave
up part of th« Hyde stocV.'
Ryan had already testify i that he had
secured . control; of the Eqviutble Society
by paying James H. Hyde JG.MO.OOO for 502
shares of the total 10a) shares of the so
ciety.
"After you -bad bought that stock, wa.%
there any. proposition to share it with
you?" asked Charles "E. Hughes, counsel
for the committee.
RYAX REFUSES TO AXSWER.
/"Am I . obliged J to answer that ques
tion?" asked Ryan.
'; VI 'think you "ought to, Mr. Ryan," said
Hughes. .
"E. H. Harrlman deslrtd - to share the
purchase: with , me.' and I ' refused to per
mit 'that," replied Ryan. ' '
;Ryan' : said * that he thought .Harriman
made'his' request* on the > day/that ; Ryan"
bought ; : the i stock, and - the ; pur-]
chase was publicly; announce^- .
\u25a0^ : "What J ' did- Harrlman «ay; to yon- to ln
fluenoo you. to make th» s»l»?"
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
"I do not think. Mr. Hughes. I ought
to be called upon to answer a question
like that— to characterize or state sl con
versation I had privately with Mr. Harri
man," said Ryan.
Paul D. Cravath Interrupted by saylnjc
to the chairman: "I feel bound to say to
my client. Mr. Ryan, that, while he should
testify most fully to what he did ami
what he planned to, do, he cannot, unless
ha chooses to do sa voluntarily, be re
quired to attempt to state conversations
which Mr. Harrfman or any ather man
had with him." i
To this Hughes replied:. "I deem the
matter important In two aspects; in the
first place, that tha committee may un
derstand .the motive which may actuate
those who desire to obtain control of the
stock of the insurance company, and the
proceedings which may be taken to ac
quire It; and. s?cond, that we may know
.whether there is any truth in the report
that there was any suggestion that life
insurance conditions in this State wouM
be* investigated If Mr. Ryan did not ac
cede to Mr. Harrlman'B request. I think
that we should have full lisht upon thei
transaction, and I hope that Mr. Ryan
will feel that he can do another public
service by advising the committee fully."
Cravath said that Ryan would testify
freely as to facts, but that he was not re
quired to state what Ilarriman said -to
him in private conversation.
"Mr. Ryan," said Senator Armstrong,
"the committee directs you to answer the
question."
The following colloquy ensued:
Ryan—l will answer to it so far aslto
state that I refused to snare the purchase
with Mr. llarrimaa.
DID lIARRI3I AX TIIR BATEX r
"What. did Mr. Harrlman say to you in
connection " with the, matter?*.*- asked
Hushes.
Cravath— My« advice is that you are not
required to answer that question.
The chairman— Do you refuse? .
Ryan— l refuse to answer on the advica
of- counsel.
"Did 'Mr. Harriman say. -that ther<»
. would be any result Injurious to your in
terests in case you .refused, to admit him
to share in the ownership?" asked Hushes.
Coa tinned oa ' Pnse ; 2« Cohuaa 3,