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VOLUME XCIII-NO. 3.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SAN FRANCISCO^ WEDNESDAY, DEOEMBER^ 3,7 1902.
District Attorney Leads the Police iti; Raids
on Resorts in Fashionable Localities
That Were Considered Impregnable
JEROME INVADES
THE GIBRALTAR OF
GAMBLING PALACES
Conservative Attitude ofthe i President Surprises Statesmen, but
His^ Words Readily Convince Congress T0J There Is Prompt
Need of Legislation for the Alleged' Combination Evils
COUWTRY BACKS ROOSEVELT
IN THE FIGHT TO A FINISH
AGAINST THE GREAT TRUSTS
MEN- WHO FIGURE PROMINENTLY,. IN ,THE; APPOINTMENTS MADE
; BT THE -.PRESIDENT- DURING RECESS OF;CONGRESS. CONNECTI
1 CUT STATESMAN 'PLACED ON WATS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
Tone of the Message Excites Admira
'. - r . ; '. tion r in Paris.,' -\" '.~ '.".'¦* "'
lARIS. Dec. ' 2,-^Most ' of the^- morning
FRENCHMEN /ARE ; PLEASED.
Several . Men Are Reported to ' Have
• Been -Killed \ in -the Con- •'¦-'.
• >: -- : ¦' ' ; _ *• '•.'•.¦/"' flict: : .' ; !
. LONDON,:. Dec. V^^2.— A special dispatch
from St.. Petersburg.; to-day* announces^
that-'serious conflicts occurred ] recently,
between \ Cpssacks ? and^ 3000^; 'strikers j at!
y ladi-Ka'vuas. ' Shots Vere ? exchanged and j
av few jjiien; were.- killed %knd, r ; thirty ; werej
wounded', on .both sides.^* Upward of r 400
strikers were arrested 7 ;
COSSACKS. IN 'BATTLE ¦:.
' • /WITH MOB 'OF j ; STRIKERS
T WASHINGTON/ Dec. 2.— ThV Judiciary"
Committee - of -the House \ held its % first
meeting, to-day arid 'took prompt action In
the. ¦ direction i of v ' getting*^' ."an^anti-: trust
measiire =before Cprigress.at the earliest
possible -mdrnerit." ¦ Jenkins : qf^ Wisconsin,
who' has become acting chairman owing
to : the :. retirement' of \ Judge ; -re- :
ferred all . measures dealing JwitK trusts
to *th.e ' sub-committee of j which ; Li t tie fiel d
of -Maine; is } chairman, and -that f sutHCom
mltiee will go ; 'to, work atonce. , . ;, , .
It is* thehoDe. of ' Llttlefleld " that .a bill
can be out -of the ;full. commlt
'tee before" adjournment 'for "; the
Christinas . holidays. -The committee toA
day , unanimously - voted to request : the
Speaker to : appoint i Jenkins chairman ": of
the committee • ; ' I ¦ ¦
Judiciary , Committeejof ;the ;House
' Begins, Its Work Early. '..
EIRST' THE COMBINES.
WASHINGTON,- Dec. 2.-Attorhey. Gen
eral Knox, in his , annual report, j submit
ted to Congress to-day, renews r his Yec-,
ommendation ; for an , increase v 'of 'the * sal
aries of -.judicial, officers; throughout , the
country. > The report showsthat the rium-'
ber ; of cases remaining r undisposed - of • in'
the^ United •' States ' Supreme Court * at' the
close of ,th'e; October, 1902,; term was: 344
on the appellate and eleven -on,'the' origi- ;
nal docket.'; At the close, of the .previous'
term ¦ there 'were 336 ? cases undisposed of.'
The ' number • of _cases '¦ docketed at > the
term' was 383; nuinber disposed; of 375.'. . ;
!; Tho'statement of criminal prosecutions
in ' the : United 'States \ courts 1 ; shows that
16,350 'prosecutions: terminated during the
last year. ' Of the 9602 "criminal J prosecu
tions I pending v July 1/ 1902, 262 ¦ were ,f or
violations -of i. the ; customs laws,- 3504 'for
violations of internal revenue laws; 'i%\ fo'r
vlolatloris of ''the postal laws;/ 10 ~ ; under
the election' laws, 7 100; under;'the'natural
ization laws," 909 uhder;the interstate laws,
185'-. under ; pensiorijaws," 74 *ior; embezzle-"
nientxand 383,6 "friiscellaheous prosecutions/
!ori7July;\ 1,': 1902; ;.Uh6re"J were", 3150 A United
States cbrivicts iri'-tlie ;yarlous prisons and
reformatories of the ' country, /. •'¦
Atto'.ney General Knox Renews Rec
ommendation for. Higher > Pay. %
,in the Judiciary. ;/;
ADVISES AN INCREASE .
IN f JUDGES'" SALARIES
TH0USA2n)S OP MEN
WILL ASK INCREASE
Powerful Labor Organizations to Re
quest Higher Wages for Rail-w
road Employes.
CHICAGO. Dec 2.— The Chronicle to
morrow will say: With the purpose of
formulating requests for increases of
from 10 to 20 per cent In the pay of 170,000
railroad employes, commlttees # from four
powerful labor organizations are now
meeting In Chicago.- They are holding
daily sessions iri~ four Chicago hotels and
may be expected , to present their de
mand to trie railroad officials next week.
The four organizations represented by the
committees are the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers, membership 41,000;
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
membership 47,000; Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, membership 50,000; Order
cf Railway Conductors, membership 20,-'
000.
XURGLAR OPENS FIRE ' • .;
AND THEN ESCAPES
DENVER, .-Dec.'. 2.— Joseph W.. Gilluly,
treasurer, of the Denver, and Rio .Grande
Railway , Company, narrowly, escaped
death at the hands of a. burglar, at -his
home; at .1145 'Pennsylvania avenue '.to
night. ' . - ". ; . * . ' . • •-;
They man had entered ,' the. .house
through a second-story window, arid when
discovered ty Gilluly fired . one shot arid
made- his escape. The bullet,. barely
missed Its'.' mark. ~ Gilluly's daughter/ Miss
Mabel, is to be married. to-morrow to, W. s
V. Hodges. .a well-knpwn /attorney-, -and'
the burglar was af ter " some ; of . the' wed-'
FRENCH GOVERNMENT
WILL MAN VESSELS
TARIS, Dec. 2.— The * of Min
isters at' a meeting to-day decided that
owing to the serious interruption of traffic
due to the. sailors' and stokers' strike at
Marseilles, the Government will organ
ize immediatefy a provisional service by
requisitioning the companies' vessels and
manning them with ! sailors ' from "the
ravy. - . - ..'¦ - ;.• T . .•• /
Minister of Commerce Trouillot pre
sented a detailed plan for two weekly
failings for Algiers, Tunis, Corsica and
cthei points. This is expected • to relieve
the paralysis of traffic, but it'rtay ar«"««
the strikers to acts of resentment.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 4-Senator Cullom
to-day \ introduced a bill to amend the
Sherman anti-trust law. It" prohibits,in
terstate commerce in articles produced by '
trusts,. the penalty, for < violations being' a
fine of from 5500 to $5000. " ' ;- t z ' c ~
- iThe bill authorizes, the Attorney , General
or >ny District Attorney to make appli
cation to. Federal Judges for the, sum-,
moriing'of persons before, them to answer
questions > as .'to * material violations of the,
anti-trust, lawjni advance.^of ; the;triai> of
a case and requires the Judges to issue
orders for the appearance of such per-,
sons upon this application. In such cases
witnesses are to 'be - protected 'against •
prosecution • on account of : their revela
tions,-but they are v to_be:. deprived of .the
right to refuse' to \ answer' because of ;self-
Incrimlnation. ' Annual reports are, re-^
quired" to^ be made by^ all, persons, . firms
and! corporations engaged in Interstate
commerce." They, are, to be filed with the
Interstate. Commerce' Commission «-' and
they ; are to be subject to scrutiny. of '.tha
Attorney General,' but not of the. general
public. The Attorney General is author
ized to . appoint , fifteen special - agents to
seek out violations. of , the law.- , ',
Senator Cullom : Proposes Amend
% ments to the Sherman • Law. -
MEASURE AGAINST TRUSTS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. — Former
Speaker "Thomas B. Reed had a sudden
and quite severe attack of,, gastritis this
evening. He was prostrated for; a time,
but. Dr.* Gardner, who was called,, suc
ceeded in relieving his" patient. ;This sud
den illness of. the former Speaker caused
considerable alarm 'to his friends, but at
a late hour Reed was getting / oh better
than -had been , expected Vearlier in j the
evening. At 10:45 o'clock; Dr., Gardner
made the following; statement: .. . *. . :
; "Mr. Reed had an attack of acute gas
tritis this ' evening about 6 o'clock, but is
resting very quietly now.", ; j . ;.... . \
' The j doctor. '.said he' would not call
to see his patient again during the night
unless 1 summoned, and that he ;dld< not
expect this to happen, as Reed was im
proving. - ;.'. .¦ . ¦ ¦ . . i
Attack, of Acute- Gastritis Alarms
. Relatives of the Famous Parli- -
x . ... amentarian. ~
FORMER SPEAKER REED ,
ST7DDENXY BECOMES XLL
W" "W" IT ASHINGT0N - Dec - 2." 1 -
B. ' ¦ JB / Interest in the session
fkflkf °* the Senate to-day was
"Hr- Hr heightened by the fact
_:^: J ¦*'' \ that the President's
; w ".. . message to Congress
would: be read and also General Russell
A. Alger of Michigan, former Secretary
of War under President McKInley, would
be sworn in to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Senator McMillan. Hl3 desk
and chair, were hidden beneath a mass of
flowers and as he, took, his seat he was
surrounded by a number of his colleagues,
who extended : hearty congratulations. In
the . galleries were, a I number of General
Alger's personal friends "and members of
his family. " v ;
.One hour and fifteen minutes were con^
sumed "in reading the . President's mes
sage. ". Almost the. entire Republican re£
resenta tion ~.were : in their seats, but nqt
more ;than. half of- th©'seat3 on the Dem
ocratic Bide' were occupied. The closest
attention 'was -paid to the message as it
was . being -read arid . frequently! Senators
would ' confer, regarding some special por
tion of Jit; which^ had attracted' their par
ticular-notice/ -¦ vL*» '
7A number of bills and resolutions were
introduced, - following a orief .executive
session. The^ resignation of Rev. W. H.
MtTburn. the blind -chaplain "of ,tho Sen
•ate.'^was 'received 'with srenuine regret.
Hei had .become a . familiar figure in th»
body^ and was personally acquainted ?wita
every -Senator.. Xo action was taken on
the' resignation." . , . <:^: r ;
' At 1:50 p. m. the Senate adjourned un
til, to-morrow "out ..or' respect to tho mem
ory, of , the late. Charles H. ; ; Russell, Rep*
reselitative from: Connecticut.
vacancies: are filled.*
Speaker Makes Some Important Com
mittee Appointments, i
- WASHINGTON. . Dec. 2.— The House
was" In session an hour and fortv min
utes to-day. One hour of that. time was
consumed in reading the President's mes
sage. The .reading'. was listened to witi
attention by members ' without • risffd to
party,' but -.without demonstration, excepit
at the conclusion , of the reading, when the
Republicans. applauded generously. Can*
nd»,' chairman 'of the Committee on Ap^
proprlations, gave "notice that the bill t?>
defray the expenses of the coal strike
commission "would' be called «p lo-raor 1 
rowT 7 Th>- deaths = of the "late ' Represen
tative De ; Graff enreid = and Sheppard bjc
Texas, which occurred during the. recess,
were announced and after ' adopting the
customary resolutions of regret the House
adjourned : as' a further • mark . of respect
to Uheir. memories. . .
after, the, reading of the
journal* Gordon- Russell, who wan electejl
to. fill 'the vacancy, caused by the deat4
of 'R/C'de Graffehreid of .Texas and EU'
wardSwann,' who -waa. elected to fill tho
vacancy, caused by the death of Amos J%
Continued 'OnPagiB' 2, -Column 3. |j
' ¦ ••' Murain
The" Figaro- dwells admiringly, upon the
fact that the message' has nothing, of ; the
commonplace^which, is a /customary fea
ture' of 'communications 'from "European
sovereigns, to ; their .1 parliaments.- •.'¦¦*•¦ .
papers -here give; considerable • space • to
President Roosevelt's message. ".The, \ f e.w
journals that "comment roh:- the message
pronounce~It -an? original -and; highly in
tere?tingr- document; ¦ in'afpired- by,^ardent
patriotism and manifesting great courage
on the .part of - its- author, - especially -in
his treatment of the trust question. These
papers' approve- his enunciations regard
ing thV foreign -policy " of,' the -, United
States and -the Monroe, doctrine. - Z>' . i
I That I a^ robber j should have selected
such" an '. out-o;f-the-way place as the
American River path, and should have
run*the*rlsk of having the woman give the
alarm, Js 1 regarded aa the- most \ singular
feature of the case. Nevertheless nothing
has \ to discredit : the /statement
of Mrs.' Smith or/to show that; the 'murder
was for any, purpose other, than robbery.
y Smith : ; was f ormerlyremployed at v the
Russ : House - : barbershop in ¦ San Fran
'cisco.- ¦?•¦¦:. ¦¦---.^.¦-¦¦¦- vs.: 1 ,' ' : :\r'~;i
.SACRAMENTO, Dec. 2.— The inquesfto
night "into the 'death -of F.*M. Smith, the
barber, whoVas shot and killed ;and then
robbed { by/ a highwayman last' night,' de
veloped no new.'facts.SThe officers who
have' been r inyestigating: the case said to
night; they^ were* inclined to r acept the
statement given by Mrs. ,SmithV who was
returning : -from.' + a 'fishing trip "/with her
husband when he met death. : '
Inquest Confirms Account .Given by
,1 ./Widow- of Highwayman's
. 'Victim." - U
BOBBERY ! THE MOTIVE j
. , OP SMITH'S MUBDEBER
Canfield was : not arrested. .. The ', report
iast;night / to..that. effect was .erroneous.
He, was held at. his house for identiflca
tfon.by.'a^.de".tect|ve claimed f^whp_ to. have
gambled in - the • house, but. the detective
said Canfleld was not , the man who had
dealt faro for] him. y Later,, the . defective
said E. ,W. ; Bucklin was;the man, and
Bucklln was arrested. He Is r reputed to
be Canfleld's manager.'- .', • i:'t '
.; Captain .Lan try,, of, the. East Fifty-first
street station, in whose precinct the Can
field place has been' for. years, declared to
the reporters _ and others assembled that
he had never" expected- to live to see" such
aii event as the raiding of Canfleld's. |
'The^ralds were. expected in every place
visited. "In - Caiifield's the owner declared
"nothing -had* been- "doing" for weeks. ' It
was much 'the: same «in BOrbrldge's, and
Ludlam's; although 'Joseph j Jacobs, the
Citizens' "Union detective, : last night de
clared'he had • played ih' every place. But
thatthe'raids'were to : be'made seemed to
have; reached the men 1 ' Interested, for
every^pla'ce-'was prepared as if in advance.
•AtBurb'rldge's they even left the great
steel > door" ajar "and 2 lit ; was not until the
pbllc?ra'«n ':haid 'mountecT ladders ' arid done
some" smashing, ."that • this.' fact became
known". to -ttiem.v. Then they, went into the
house. in .the (usual. way. . .
BAEDS /ABE ANTICIPATED.
\ District , Attorney- ¦ Jerome declined ab
splutelyto make any sort of statement
after his 'night's work. r - ."¦" '-"
GOTHAM'S : . biSTRicT. ATTOR
¦ NEY,! WHO "WAGES WAR ON
' THE' GAMBLERS. ; ;
Those ,who; have [been 1 hoping that the
President would \ abandon^ his \ policy ' or
confuse the . subject' in "a^ lot" of. meaning
less^ platitudes iSearch'edjin Vain for evi
dence of hesitation or .retrogression. .They
cannot : find . it.' The President is as : em
phatic as ever, "tit* Is .true- that he has
chosen - his words -with great' care in 'or
der to .disarm those critics who -,'havef
been charging that 'he'.was ah' enemy of
vested rights and' sought to tear down the j
fabric of prosperity J which has been.biiilt i
up in the last six years, v His friends think!
that if : he, has not disarmed these, enemies
to-day he had better . not. writ^ another line.
The President earnestly recommends that
Congress -take action* on". tlie- trust ques
tion.; The experience of- the i»st year has
emphasized his opinion on 'the desirability
of ' such/ a; -.step'. /_ He 1 seeks ;to, amend the
laws touching great .corporations {which
do ah interstate commerce . business 'only
to prevent a . further^ growth .'of evils. *-He
does not .doubt tne~ power of Congress to
act •ln'.the-;matter.'.\lf jthe, courts
\ not 'uphold _' the^laW; Congress passes, -.then,
'. he says,* : we . should r ? not , shrink , from
amending ' the : constitution so as to secure
beyond perad venture -the- power sought. 'It
is how for Congress 'to* act."- . > '- : ¦• • ¦ l -¦ i;
. .Opposition, to' ' the » passage ; of any -law
'touching' trusts' is', twofold. \ It coxnes first
from the mien who want nothing done*. ], '
j This'class is headed by. the attorneys for
great corporations ; like - former" Speaker
Reed, .who continued, to-day, to be conspic
uous aboiit I the . Capitol, scoffing at v the
President's policy." Then, too^ the opposi{
tion comes' f rom\members 1 of diphgress like
Senator Hoar of "Massachusetts, who take
the ground 'ttiat'it' is' .-impossible to' legis
late* upon such- a 1 grelat ; question at the
short session of Co'ngress. : The 'consensus
of opinion' in both of Congress
to-day, ho wevjur/vwaa that'an" adjournment
would not ;be taken , until some' bill "had
been" sent to, the President." : , , . -
{*-. Senator -.'Hoar, ;-,who, is > chairman; of -the
Senate Committee ". on .Judiciary, -believes
that to take I up', the 'question- <3f ; trusts 1 at
this, session would'result in; hasty Jegisla
tion',' which^mighj W worse] than 1 no legis
lation" at * $till ' : He* prefers 'to ' waitV awhile
•before ,' attacking -.; the ;-: question. ; 5, Other
members of the Senate Judiciary Commlt
tee v do' not j agree with Senator Hoards, to
thVwlsdom" of po'stpohing action. '- ; • ¦,.;.;
'?:> '¦;¦¦"¦¦ - Congress to-day by Roose
velt's second annual message. It is.to.be
a fight to a finish,- .with the country be
hind'the President. k Just as the President
believes the ' trust Iproblem the ' most im
portant confronting the. Government and
gives: it; the most prominent place in his
message, .so. does ; Congress, after reading
the measure; regard;it as the_ question of
the hour.' .The message; was .well received
and- the, arguments- which. -it -make3 -- in
favor; of. trust; regulation- have found
lodgment- inlttie. r. minds of members -of
Congress. In • one . respect* the message
was a surprise." Senators and Represen
tatives'were - rather ' expecting that the
President i would\be very "extreme 'in'.; his
recommendations^ and 'combative in stat
ing his ; views. . . They;find nothing of .the
sort. It is ; a conservative message. At
the samej_ time j the President is i progress;
sivc. oil the. line. of -remedies of the trust
evils.- • : .<>>'-t\£ •^'-'•'.. '.' : -•"¦¦¦' ¦ z •. ¦ i
ALI« I BUREAU, >' "• 1406 '->" V<3
¦ STREET, N. ,W.,;WASHING
« ? TON, Dec.; 2.— Between the
President ' and/ the trusts the
issue was sharply joined in
SALINAS, Dec. 2.— Reports^werej receiv
ed from Southern Monterey" County to
night to the effect that a band of Eastern
and Canadian hobos were robbing >w6rk
trains, hotels and stations^ besldeshold
ing up pedestrians, while traveling toward'
the Mexican line, i On Saturday 'the jgang
entered Hotel San Lucas, -robbed the pro
prietor and employes and ransacked every
room, getting money, watches and cloth
ing valued at $300.
Yesterday, near Welsonla, while a con
struction gang was at work, the ; hob6s
entered a work train, held up the cooks'
and others, and took all of -the eatables.
Then they ransacked , the sleeping . cars-
As the paycar'had passed very recently : a/
large sum of money, was secured. . * The
gang then started southward..
Bob Work Trains, and 'Hotels "and
Hold Up Travelers They, j i ..
Chance to' Meet.
BAND OF HOBOS • RAIDING [ '': •¦-
IN, MONTEREY COUNTY
So great .was ¦ public interest aroused by
the news • of - the raid on Cahfield's that
people flocked to" the neighborhood" until
the intersection of Fifth 'avenue and For
ty-fourth street, -the corner "nearest Can
(ieU's, was ! blocked . with carriages" and
people." -•"¦•*¦- ¦:¦•(' v ' :¦ ¦'-¦.'¦:¦ ¦ :. /,;*;. -.'. ?
After Burbridge's % the • raiders -visited
Ludlam's 1 place, otherwise ' known • as : the
"Savoy Club." They /got" oner man there
a colored subordinate employed about the
place. Jerome, 1 Captain ! Piper, ; - Inspector
Brooks, several assistants, to. the; District
Attorney and numerous detectives were
busy i in Ludlam's place , until after. 4
o'clock this morning. They; blew open a
safe in their hunt for evidence.- • 7
Earlier In the night District Attorney
Jerome made many raids in the down
town . Quarters of . alleged : disorderly
houses. These; were' ,"prelimiriariesV.'^as
it were, to the two big events, Canfleld's
and Burbridge's. ¦ k ¦¦' „-..-> -, , 5 • ; »i
FLOCK TO THE SCENE.
continued .until: 4:30 o'clock
this morning and numerous small places
were raided.- The attacks on the latter,
however, were almost' overlooked jinV-the
public Interest which centered In the" asf
saults on the mansions occupied' by Rich
ard A. Canfleld~ and William Burbridge,
which were, entered; by means of -ladders, |
axes and sledges. The \ police allege that
Frank 'Farrell : is interested In Burbridge*'*
place. Great .. quantities of ' cdstlv , "evi
dence" were carted from those, places by
the police, but ; arrests were. few. Up to,
last night a general impression prevailed*,
that Canfleld's, which is in the heart of"
the fashionable uptown, district, only : ' a
few doors . from Fifth avenue and near
two" celebrated restaurants, was a "Gib
raltar," ; which could not' be taken,! and.
a similar belief . prevailed in. regard .to
Burbridge's place, which was -especially
protected by steel doors. -This" ulace is
In a cross . street, uptown, . only rhalf a
block from Fifth" avenue and a few steps
from a celebrated, hotel. J
«* y EW YORK, Dec.
f\L J Attorney Jerome's - sensa
/ / tional raids on alleged gain
/ jU bling-'resqrts, ' begun " abo%t
' w midnight last night, were
Oscar Carleson, who lives near by,
came upon the scene with his sons in
time to assist in making fast the line
and helped bring the first members of
the crew to the shore. Two were hauled
In the chair at once for the first two
trips, and the fifth passenger was . Miss
Jennie Barnes.
Captain Ryan had a narrow escape from
death at the last moment. As he was
swinging clear of the vessel the lines
became entangled, and It was a difficult
task to get him ashore. He was thrown
out of the chair and had to be hauled
out of' the surf by the members of the
crew who had preceded him. It was 10
o'clock in the morning when . all were
safely on shore.
The vessel went on the rocks bow-on
in a blinding snowstorm .shortly after
midnight. The*, crew could ' just distin^
guish the outlines of the rocky shore and
it looked as though no small boat «ou v .d
possibly live in the raging sea that Was
washing over the ship's decks with every
billow. But the boat was already settling
on her side and it was evident that the
vessel could not withstand the strain.
Volunteers to make the attempt to carry
a line ashore were found In First Mate
Burrell and Second Mate Jackson. The
¦hip's j-awl had been stove in by the
sea and nothing remained for the perilous
trip ashore but a little skiff. In this frail
little craft the two mates set out. Twice
their boat was hurled back by the waves
when they had all but reached the goal,
but the third time the boat spilled them
out just inside the line of safety. Clam
bering up the rocks, clinging tightly to
the line upon which hung the lives of
their comrades aboard the ship, the two
men, bruised and bleeding from head . to
foot, fell exhausted on the- shore.
SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich.. Dec. 2.—
The crew ef the lost steamer Hebard was
rescued Sunday morning and pulled
ashore in a "boatswain's chair" between
the hours of 3 and 5 a. m., when the
steamer was pounding to pieces on the
rocks 200 yards off Mammalse Point, sixty
miles north of the *'Soo."
HEROES AMONG THE MATES.
Daring Deeds of Two Men Save the
Crew of a Steamer. .
The Norwegian bark George Ville has
been wrecked at South Ronaldshay in the
Orkneys. Three of her crew were drown
ed end her captain and three others of
the ship's company were picked up on the
Orkney coast after having been seven
hours in the water.
The British schooner Eliza Bain was
wrecked at Sunderland to-night while
trying to make the harbor and it is be
lieved that all hands were lost The Dan
ish barkentine Delos landed at Plymouth
to-day thirteen of the crew of the Nor
wegian steamer King Sigard, which were
rescued by the Delos when the King Sig
ard was orr the point of sinking in the
Bay of Biscay.
J-fONDON, Dec. 3.— Storms are continu
ing 1 with great violence on the coasts of
the United Kingdom. Many wrecks are
reported and bodies of men lost in these
disasters already are being washed
ashore. Navigation around the northeast
coast is almost paralyzed.
Secretary Root strongly advocates glv
ln§c this business to private ' shippers, on
the' ground that they can do ¦ it much
cheaper than the Government, and at the
same time the Government will be aiding
the building, up. of commercial lines . be
tween the Pacific .Coast and -J Manila^
Pending ¦ their investigation and 1 decision,
department officials decline ; to discuss
the probabilities of their final action in
the matter. ' ' ••'•
CALL BUREAU, 1406 G • STREET,
WASHINGTON/; - Dec. 2.-The . arrival
of James J. Hill in Washington gave rise
to a report that he intended to negotiate
for the purchase" from 'the' War Depart
ment •: of the Pacific transports , and bid
for the ' transportation of troops and
supplies . to .the Philippines ¦ in -order to
checkmate the attempt pf. San : Francis
co's commercial ¦ interests to secure the
transports, as they were advised to do by
Senator Perkins, s '» ¦'-. "" ¦-':¦'¦ > '';"-"¦¦'
; ¦ Hill vigorously -denies he has . any, such
Intentions.'!' 7 -¦¦'...'
: "I . wouldn't take 3 these transports for
a gift," he said, to-night. •-' \ .
_ Hill said ho; meant 'that these .vessels
could not be made profitable ".for, carry
ing army ' supplies^ 1 at a rate f as -low as
that which was bid, by the Boston Steam
ship" Company. 'Incidentally, Hill* declar
ed as absurd the report that' lie "was in
terested in the company except so
as the business ;thaf ma^r occur would
make business for* the Great Northern
Railway. In Hill's opinion no interests
or , combination j of * interests that can . be
formed • on the. ; Pacific: Coast can hope to
compete .^with^ the _ rates j offered by- the
Boston Steamship Company;-: This^is be
cause there - are ;•¦ no ships ; r
existence '.on the Pacific ,Coast v that can
handle ' the "business. ';' Any , company: try
iiiBi to/operate ,the» present .arm jrv trans
ports.* for . this purpose,; he' said;-;. ''would
'. go XQ- the - penthouse." ¦ ¦ - V- "^"" ** -!; ' l ~' T'.
0 Hill says [ he does- not : see how the Gov •
ernment- can v afford to reject ' the bid; of
the company represented; by .'Frarik Wa
terhouse & Co.; agents at Seattle. , More
over, he.. does not- believe the bids are
too low to insure the comfgort of soldiers
in transit. Hill' dld-not care -to talk for
publication in regard to the efforts now
being . made by . San Francisco to retain
the military transportation business for
that port,. but indicated that; he doubts
the success of : these efforts, j
" The" War .Department is figuring out
the comparative advantages of the bid3
It ; has received '' for the "transportation
business • to - Manila from Pacific ports,
arid does' not expect to award the "con
tract ! for some time to > come.
Special' Dispatch to The Call.
Bodies of Unfortunate Men
on Destroyed Ships Are
Washed Ashore.
Secretary- Root Advocates
Giving Philippine^Bu8i-
ness tp,;Shippers;
RailroadjMagnate Says
Paciflcf Coast Can't
Compete. *
Violent Storms Swqep
'=.;¦¦'_ Coasts of United
Kingdom.
Would NotTakethe
ArmyBoats^f^
Series of Serious
Disasters -to
Vessels.
MANY LIVES
ARE LOST IN
THE WRECKS
HILL DOES
NOT DESIRE
TRANSPORTS
The San Francisco Call.