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VOLUME XC— NO. 171.
REPORT OF THE SCHLEY COURT OF INQUIRY WILL SWEEP AWAY
ALLEGATIONS THAT FORMED THE BASIS OF THE INVESTIGATION
PASSENGER AGENTS FIND DELIGHT
AT SCENES WHERE RAPTURING SEA
BREAKS ON BEACHES OF MONTEREY
Members of the Western Association Entertain the Host of Railroad
Officials From the Eastern States and Accompany Them
on the Journey to This City* 9
DEL MONTE, Nov. 17.— The travel
ing passenger agents had a
grand time here to-day. When
they left their special cars at the
siding near the hotel shortly
after S o'clock they were greeted with a
beautiful view of Del Monte. The hotel
and grounds never looked better. The
weather was perfect and the Eastern rail
roe^ men and their wives decided that
• as a paradise on earth.
After breakfast the party, which num
bered about 300, was divided into two
sections. One party took the seventeen
mile drive and the other visitors amused
themselves by visiting the golf links,
maze and swimming bathp. After lunch
those who had not already taken the
drive availed themselves of the oppor
tunity.
No Railway Man's Coin.
At dinner in the evening Passenger
Traffic Manager E. O. McCormick made
a speech of welcome to the visitors. It
•was graceful and witty and he closed it
by stating that the cashier of the hotel
had too much money and that Manager
W. A_ Junker had instructed him not to
take any of the railroad men's money.
TARDY DEALING
WITH BRIGANDS
Hardships Imperil Miss Stone's Life
While Futile Negotiations Are
Being Conducted on
Her Behalf.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Nov. 17.— The brigands
vho abducted Miss Ellen M. Stone, the
American missionary, and Mine. Tellka,
her companion, have not yet replied to
the last proposals of Mr. Dickinson, diplo
matic agent of the United States in Sofia.
This Is believed to be due to the fact
that the band has many leaders, and that
the latter are unable to agree among
themselves.
There is a general impression here that
time is being frittered away while waiting
for the brigands to reduce their demands.
It Is felt that the only means by which
matter* can be brought to a head is to
Inform them as to the sum available for
ransom and to declare that this cannot
b* Increased for any consideration what
ever. Such an ultimatum might endanger
the life of Miss Stone, but it is more
probable that the brigands would accept
this condition.
Beside, every day's delay imperils her
life, not so much on the score of the
brigands themselves, but by reason of the
exposure and strain she is undergoing.
Spain Prohibits Silver Coinage.
MADRID. Nov. 17.-The Spanish Senate
has passed the bill prohibiting: silver
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PROMINENT RAILROAD MEN WHO ARE CONSPICUOUS IN THE PAR
TY OF PASSENGER AGENTS WHO ARE BEING ENTERTAINED ON
A JOURNEY AMONG PICTURESQUE SCENES IN CALIFORNIA.
The entire party left here at 11 o'clock
this evening en route to San Francisco,
vrhere they will arrive at noon to-morrow.
As gueets of the Western Association
they will breakfast at San Jose, where
they will be the guests of the Vendome
and St. James hotels. They will be taken
for a drive around the Garden City be
fore leaving for the metropolis. Among
tlie railroad men who were conspicuous
FATALITIES DUE
TO HEAVY FOG
Steamship Sapphire Is Sunk in Col
lision in British Waters and
Norwegian Brigantine
Is Missing.
LONDON, Nov. 17.— Saturday's fog,
which was general throughout the United
Kingdom, was responsible for many acci
dents and fatalities. The driver of a Lon
don omnibus was fourid dead in his box
while the vehicle waa still running. He
was a victim of cold fog.
Several collisions occurred in the Mer
sey. The Dominion liner Roman, from
Portland November 2. ran down and sank
the British steamer Sapphire of the Dun
dee Gem line. There was no loss of life.
A Norwegian brigantine has been seen
drifting helplessly ojf Hull, and it is
feared that several persons have been
drowned.
PARIS, Nov. 17.— During the greater
part of the day Parl<? and its suburbs
were shrouded in a dense fog, which se
riously interfered with railway transpor
tation and vehicular traffic, and caused
a number of minor accidents. The fog
was so thick along the Seine that the
steamboats were compelled to suspend
service. Snow has fallen at various points
in the provinces.
Winter Sets In Early in Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 17.— The win
ter has now fairly set in throughout
Northern Russia, and the Neva is frozen
over.
SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1901.
in the entertainment were D. W. Hitch
cock and B. A. Worthington.
Party From St. Paul.
One of the most important parties in
the train is composed of a crowd of
railroad men and their wives from St.
Paul. Their car was tendered them by
the Great Northern Railway for the en-
tire trip. Those in the car are: W. L.
V-"yand and wife, C. 'w. Humphrey and
wife, F. H. Thorn, wife and son; C. D.
Dunann and wife, Otto Thorson and wife,
J. H. McFadseen and wife, R. Haas, wife
and sister; H. A. Cherrier and wife, F.
D. Sullivan, wife and sister; D. B. Gard
ner and wife, W. B. Hutter, J. B. Good
sell, James Hull and sister, Mrs. Emma
Lyons.
BURGHERS FREE
MANY CAPTIVES
I'ifty-Eight British Yeomen Taken
Prisoners in the Brakspruit En
gagement Are Given Their
Liberty.
LONDON, Nov. 18. -The South African
casualty list shows that in the affair at
Brakspruit on November 13, which Lord
Kitchener reported last Friday, fifty
eight Yeomen were captured by the Boers
and afterward released.
An extraordinary de.nonstratlon of pro-
Boerism is reported oy a Brussels news
paper. It seems that a Dutch finning
boat belonging to Yumidon while off
Wellingen lightship, in the North Sea
pretended to be In distress and ap
proached a British smack. Thirteen fish
ermen from the Dutcn boat boarded the
British craft and attacked the crew of the
latter, shouting, "Long live the Boers!"
Several of the Britishers were wounded
It is alleged that befcre making the at
tack the Dutchmen locked their captain
in his cabin. The British smack suc
ceeded in escaping and arrived at Ostend,
where the captain lodged a complaint
with the British Consul.
Bishop Atwill Reaches His Home.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 17.-Bishop E R
Atwill of the EpiscopU diocese of West
ern Missouri, who has been Beriously ill
in California, was brought to his home
here to-night. No one is allowed to see
him. . . . .
BIG BUTTLES
TO BE FOUGHT
IN CONGRESS
House and Senate Look
Forward to Bitter
Contests.
Roosevelt's Trust-Regulation
Project Likely to Be
Opposed
Ship Subsidies, Reciprocity, Revenue
Reduction and the Isthmian
Canal Are Among Bones
of Contention.
Special Dispatch to The^Call.
CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET. N.
W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— Ship subsi
dies, reciprocity, revenue reduction, the
isthmian canal and the trusts — these are
already looming up as big bones of con
tention in the coming Congress.
Senator Frye of Maine is expected in
Washington some time next week, bring
ing a new subsidy bill. Senator Hanna
will be in the van of the subsidy warriors.
They will lind plenty of opponents.
Reciprocity, too, will tind its enemies —
not the reciprocity that Mr. Blalne urgad,
nor yet the reciprocity of McKinley, but
many schemes of tarirt reduction that will
be presented under the high-sounding title
of "reciprocal relations." Many are anx
ious for the President's words on this
matter, as it is known that he holds
strong views.
Representative Payne of New York, who
will succeed himself as chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, will be here
the week before the session opens with a
general plan of revenue reduction that
meets attack, more or less bitter, almost
before it is born. He will lind his most
strenuous opponents In his own commit
tee, among men from the West who be
lieve in keeping up the p; est»ttt war taxes
until it is more accurately known what
the appropriations will be.
President Roosevelt's "publicity rem
edy" for the encroachments of trusts will
not be taken without a struggle.
Committee contests will be few, but
those that occur are likely to engender
more or less bitterness. The chairman
ship of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations will be fought for by Senators
Cullom and Lodge. The place has not been
filled since the death of Senator Davis.
Senator Frye is the ranking member, but
he will be presiding officer of the upper
branch. Next in order to him comes Mr.
Cullom, and, according to precedent, he
would be selected as chairman, but Mr.
Lodge and his friends contest the selec
tion.
It has been widely reported that Presi
dent' Roosevelt was taking a hand in this
affair and urging Senator Lodge for the
place. The prerogatives of the Senate are
well known to be sacred. 'Any interfer
ence, even by so high an authority as the
Chief Executive, would be looked upon as
a serious breach of official etiquette. A
President may select a Collector for the
port of New York without consulting his
Secretary of the Treasury, but to take a
plunge into the private affairs of the
United States Senate, august and digni
fied—never! So says tradition. But that
is just what persistent rumor says the
President is doing.
An intimate friend of President Roose
velt, and one who thoroughly knows the
Senate situation, denied absolutely to-day
that such was the case.
"There is absolutely nothing whatever
in such a story," he said. "I can deny it
emphatically and with authority. Senator
Lodge understands perfectly the situation,
and even if the President were inclined to
urge his selection for the chairmanship
he would not ask for it. But the President
is not so inclined."
Speaker Henderson has returned, look
ing strong and well and ready for the
work of the session. He will have no op
position for re-election to the Speaker
ship.
CULLOM TO BE CHAIRMAN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— Senator Cul
lom of Illinois will he chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee of the Sen
ate, to succeed the late Senator Davis.
Senator Cullom to-day said:
"I cannot understand why rumors to
the effect that I was undecided whether
or not to take this chairmanship should
be put Into circulation. I have had no
other Intention since Mr. Frye declined
the honor."
Mr. Cullom's decls'.or to accept this
chairmanship will cause him to resign the
chairmanship of the Committee on Inter
state Commerce.
MESSAGE NEARLY BEADY.
NEW YORK. Nov. 17.-The World's
Washington correspondent sends the fol
lowing: President Roosevelt \s now put
ting his message to Congress into com
plete form. It is nearly ready for the
printer. It will contain from 14,000 to 16,
00 words. Terseness will be a character
istic feature, but there will be no specific
recommendation to Congress as to tariff
revision, although a reduction of Internal
revenue taxes may be advised.
The President will not commit himself
to an indorsement of pending reciprocity
treaties as examples of what should be
sought in the future.
While the President will urge the need
AMERICAN WOMAN
WOULD OUTSHINE
ENGLAND'S QUEEN
Mrs. Bradley-Martin Pays More Than a
Million Dollars for a Tiara to Be
Worn at Edward's Coronation.
MRS. BRADLEY-MARTIN, wife
of an American millionaire,
now a member of the Ameri
can colony in London, proposes
to make the most of the oppor
tunity afforded by the coming coronation
of King Edward VII. She is having made
a tiara of Jewels that will cost over $1,
00,000, which she will wear during the
fetes. Apparently it was the purpose of
this rich American woman to outshine
the Queen, but Alexandra, not to be out
done, is having the great Koh-i-noor dia
mond set in her crown, which will make
it the most valuable in the world.
RICH AMERICAN WOMAN WHO INTENDS TO DAZZLE THE EYES OF
BRITISH ROYALTY WITH A DISPLAY OF RARE JEWELS Ax THE
CORONATION OF KING EDWARD.
GENERAL ALBAN
WILL END WAR
Intends to I^cad a Strong Attacking
Force and Effectually Crush
the Insurrection in
Colombia.
COL.QN, Colombia, Nov. 17.— The Colom
bian gunboat General Pinzon arrived here
to-day from Savanilla with 2300 troops.
In view of the unchanged conditions of
the isthmus, this evidence of the Govern
ment's policy to reinforce its forces here
gives credence to the presumption that
General Carlos Alban, military command
er of this district, has finally resolved to
lead a strong attacking force against tfie
insurgents within his jurisdiction and at
tempt to end the wearisome deadlock be
tween the Colombia rebels and the Gov
ernment. #
The commander and officers of the
United States steamship lowa were ten
dered a ball last night in Panama by the
Colombian officials and elite society at
that place.
of subsidy legislation that will build up
the American merchant marine, specific
recommendation will be avoided. Atten
tion will be drawn to the very small per
centage of American shipments carried
in American bottoms. The President Is
of the opinion that all ships that are to
fly the American flag should be construct
ed with a view to being used by the Gov
ernment as auxiliaries in time of war.
The creation of a department of com
merce, with a Cabinet officer at its head,
will be recommended.
A strong stand will be taken for the
restriction of foreign immigration. Re
enactment of the Geary law and contin
ued exclusion of Chinese will be recom
mended; also the enactment of stringent
laws that will exclude anarchists seek
ing to land here.
The President will urge the need of
legislation affecting trusts, but will not
submit any specific plans.
Considerable space will be devoted to
the army and the navy. The President,
in the case of the navy, will urge the
necessity of an increase, indorsing prac
tically the programme submitted by the
Navy Department.
He will earnestly recommend Nicaragua
canal construction, in accordance with
the report of the Canal Commission.
CREMATE THEIR
VICTIMS' BODIES
Mississippi Moonshiners Murder Two
Deputy Marshals and Burn
Building to Hide
Crime.
OXFORD, Miss., Nov. 17.— John A.
Montgomery, Deputy United States Mar
shal pro tern. of this city, and Deputy
United States Marshal Hugh Montgomery
of Pontoloc, left here last night to ar
rest Will Mathls. an alleged counterfeiter
and moonshiner who lived twelve miles
east of this place. Early to-day Hugh
Montgomery's horse was found standing
at the gate of Curdy Hall, a neighbor of
Mathis, and Mathis' house had been
burned to the ground.
Upon further investigation two par
tially burned bodies were found in the
ashes of the burned building, which have
been identified as the remains of the
deupty marshals. John A. Montgomery's
horse has not been found, and it is sup
posed that Mathis made his escape- on
this horse after the morf had been killed
and the house set on flre.
Mathis' wife was at her father's, a few
miles fYom her burned home. She says
she and her husband left home yesterday,
her husband leaving the country.
Mathis was indicted last summer for
making and passing counterfeit money
and was out on a $2000 bond. The prin
cipal witness against him was a negro
living in the same neighborhood. About
a month ago the negro was assassinated.
The two Montgomerys went to arrest
Mathis for making illicit whisky and it
is supposed that they were prevailed upon
to remain for the night and were shot
while guarding their prisoner.
A posse of thirty or forty of the lead
ing citizens of Oxford went to the scene
to-day and every effort will be made to
capture Mathis.
RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS
RESTTLT IN BLOODSHED
Military Authorities Unable to Bring
. About Peace Between Mussul
mans and Christians.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. U.-Conflicts
resulting In much bloodshed are reported
to have occurred between Mussulmans
and Christians at Beyrout.
Similar reports have been received from
Scutari and Albania. The military com
mander in Albania has resigned on finding
pacification In? * m jn.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Nil BOARD
IS PREPARING
ITS FINDINGS
Favor Accused Admiral
on Almost Every
Count.
No Substantiation of the Ac
cusations Hinting at
Cowardice.
May Conclude, However, That Schley
Disobeyed OTders of His Supe
riors in Going to Key We»t
to Coal.
Special Dl»patch to The Call
CALL BUREAU. 1406 G STREET, N.
W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— The find
ings of the naval board that conducted the
Schley investigation will be favorable to
the accused admiral on most of the points
involved. Those allegations which have
been proved to be unfounded, or of minor
importance even if substantiated, for the
reason that they involved simple questions
of judgment on the part of the command
ing officer, include the slow progress of
the squadron from Cienfuegoa toward
Santiago, the failure to destroy the Colon,
the effectiveness of the blockades at Cien
fuegos and Santiago and the "loop" of th»
Brooklyn on the day of the battle. The
report of the naval board, which is now
in course of preparation, will sweep away
many of the allegations which were the
basis of the investigation.
The Schley court unquestionably realizes
that much of the matter before it is en
titled to little weight, but when it has
sifted out these things, it is believed, it
will find something left upon which ad
verse findings will be based. Though
much of the testimony regarding the sec
ond and third specifications, which con
cern the movement* of the flying squadron
off Cienfuegos and its progress toward
Santiago, must be disregarded as having
no bearing upon these points, one impor
tant point to be considered is Admiral
Schley's failure to communicate with tba
insurgents near Cienfuegos.
Deprived of Information.
After Schley's arrival off that port It
was reported to him that certain lights
were seen on shore at night, and every
witness who was asked about these lights
testified to having seen them. It is clear
that Admiral Schley did not know the
meaning of the signals, and no on* in
formed him.
The reason Admiral Schley has himself
assigned for the retrograde movement was
the short coal supply of the squadron and
the difficulty of coaling, but statistics of
the amounts the ships had do not, in the
opinion of close judges, reveal such a
state of affairs as should have alarmed a
resourceful commander.
It is believed In well Informed circle*
here that the court cannot fail to find that
the reports made by Admiral Schley in
regard to coal were incorrect; that the
retrograde movement was not justifiable
in view of his orders to blockade Santiago,
and that he c*ld disobey the department's
orders in continuing toward Key West
Instead of carrying out at once the In
structions as contained In the telegram
of May 25.
Controversy With Hodgson.
The only other specification on which
the court is thought likely to find against
Admiral Schley Is believed to be No. 10.
referring to his controversy with Lieu
tenant Commander Hodgson. The gist of
this affair, which has been much befogged
during the progress of the case, is that
Hodgson was interviewed in regard to a
colloquy said to have taken place between
Schley and Hodgson on board the Brook
lyn, and, the result of the interview hav
ing been published, Admiral Schley asked
Hodgson to write a letter denying that
such colloquy took place. Hodgson did 30,
but accompanied his letter with another,
in which he said that his denial was in
tended to apply only to the accuracy of
the words said to have been uttered dur
ing the colloquy, the substance of the pub
lished statement being correct. Admiral
Schley published the denial without the
letter of explanation. During the three
years following, in spite of Lieutenant
Commander Hodgson's efforts to lnduc»
Admiral Schley to publish the other letter.
or make a statement as to its contents, h«
refused to do so. It is believed the court
will hold that this was not f^> treatment
of Hodgson by Admiral Schley.
EMPRESS DOWAGER SHOWS
HONOR TO U HUNG CHANQ
Issues an Edict Ordering Erection of
a Monumental Arch Near
His Bi-thplace.
PEKING, Nov. 17.— The Empress Dow
ager has issued another edict eulogizing
the late Li Hung Chang and ordering th»
erection of a monumtntal arch near his
birthplace. Ths edict also directs that the
rank of Marquis, corf erred upon the eld
est ton of the late Chinese statesman in
his own right, shall descend through
twenty-three generations. It confers high
rank upon the other sons of Earl Li, upon
whom the posthumous rank of Marquis
has been bestowed, and confers dignities
upon his grandsons, together with lucra
tive offices.
Said Pasha Appointed Grand Vizier.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. , 17.— Said
Pasha, former Grand Vizier, has been ap
pointed Grand Vizier in succession to Una
late Hall Rtfat Pasha, .—- -¦ —