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WEYMOUTFI, England. April 7.— The
two Shamrocks were made ready ¦ early
to-day for their first racing trial, but the
wind was blowing so. hard 4he skippers
decided not to 'the "-yachts' gear and
to await a moderation of the weather. . .
Wind Too Strong for Shamrock.
ROM IT, April 7.— The Most Rev. George
Montgomery, coadjutor Archbishop of San
3 izncisro, has been appointed Archbishop
ol Manila.
When seen last night Archbishop Mont
ircmrry stated that the dispatch to the
effect that he had been appointed to go
to Manila is in all probability not true.
•H<? said that he had received no informa
tion of his appointment, and that he docs
not expect to be remoied from the office
•which he now occupies.
?
REBEL MOORS ATTACK
FORTRESS OF FRAJANA
MADRID, April 7.— It is announced in a
«;.;.-:•!) from Mclilla, Morocco, that 4000
insurgent Moora recently attacked the
fortress of Frajana and that Muley Am
r.inl, the Sultan's uncle, has fled to Me
liila.the srarriron of which has been or
dered to be In readiness for all emergen
cies
A dispatch from Tangier says 3S9 men
have been killed in a tribal fight in the
UJda district.
MILWAUKEE, "WIs., April 7.— The Ju
dicial election in "Wisconsin passed off
quietly to-day. Robert Sicbeckcr of Mad
ison, Judge of tho Ninth Circuit, was
elected to tho place on. the Wisconsin Su
preme Bench made vacant by the recent
death oV C. V. Barden. There was com
paratively little Interest taken In the elec
tion and from many lpcallties it is almost
Impossible. » to obtain complete returns.
(However. Judge Siebecker seems to -have
received four-flfthfTof the votes. 'William
Siebecker Has a Walkover for Su
preme Court Place.
RETURNS FROM WISCONSIN.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 7.— Elections
were held in all the large cities of Kan
sas to-day. The liquor question was an
issue in a number of cities, notably To r
peka. The result as a whole shows large
Republican grains. Kansas City, Kan., the
largest city In the State, turned a Demo
cratic plurality of 2000 two years ago into
a Republican plurality of more than' 2DO0
lo-day. Thomas B. Gilbert, Republican,
was elected Mayor. . . :.f, ; ,£
In Topcka W. S. Bergundthal, Republi
can, was elected Mayor by more than W0
plurality. He was the "dry" candidate
and received a large majority of the wo
men's vote. One year ago a Democrat
was ejected Mayor.
In Wichita B. F. McLean, Republican,
Liquor Question an Issue in Many
Kansas Cities.
LARGE REPUBLICAN GAINS.
PANAMA,- April 7.— Advices from Hon
duras s.tate General Daniel, on© of the
generals of Senor Bonilla,. President-elect
of '.Honduras, in the latter's struggle
against the . retiring President, Sierra,
captured the town of Choluteea, sixty
eight'miles south of the capital, Teguci
galpa, ¦yesterday, after a nine-hour battle,
and- is now besieging Nacaome.
General Daniel Wins a Victory From
Sierra's Adherents After a Nine
Hours' Battle.
BONILLA'S FORCES TAKE
THE" 7TOW.N OF CHOLUTECX
Gives No Credence to the Statement
That He Is to Go to
Manila,
ARCHBISHOP MONTGOMERY
THINKS REPORT IS UNTRUE
LONDON, April 7.-KIoshowskl. alias
Chapman, tho Southwark saloon-keeper
who murdered by poison three women
who. lived with him as his wives In dif
ferent parts of London. wa3 hanged io
Wandsworth jail to-day. He was in «t
state of complete collapse and had to bo
supported by wardens. Mn protested hU
innocence to the end. declaring his real
name was Chapman and said he was au
American by birth.
Saloon-Keeper Kloshowski Is Hanged
in London for the Murder
of Three Women.
DIES ON SCAFFOLD
DENYING HIS GUILT
PEKING, April 7.— A report has been
on foot for some time past that France
is preparing to intervene and suppress tho
insurrection in Kwangsl province, which
borders the French colony of Tonquln
and where 100,000 rebels are said to be in
arms.
' The foreign legations her* are Interest
ed In the outcome of the Russo-Japanese
dispute over a concession in Manchuria
at the mouth of the Talu River, which
has resulted in the dispatch oC Russian
troops to that point. A former Rusc>i?n
agent in Korea claims to hold timber
concessions on both sides of the Yalu.
and recently sent his agents to operate
them. They found the Japanese in their
territory, and the latter refuse to vacate.
The Russian concessionaire appealed to
the Russian authorities, who have taken
the matter in hand.
Subjects of Both Countries Lay Claim
to Valuable Timber Lands
in Manchuria.
RTJSSO-JAPANESE DISPUTE
OVER CHINESE CONCESSION
ST. LOUIS, April 7.— A Democratic vie
tory i^is won in to-day's city election, the
majorities ranging from 8000 to 10.000 on
the, vote for six Councllmen, twenty
eight members of the House of Delegates,
members of the Board of Education and
the Inspector of Weights and Measures.
At midnight almost complete returns
showed that every Democrat had been
elected. The Republicans declare that
gross frauds were committed at the polls.
Throughout the State the Democrats lost
in tnree third-class cities that they for
merly controlled, but made enough gains
In others to fully preserve their plurality.
In St. Louis interest was centered «n
the Council ticket, which was headed by
the so-called reform, ticket, on. which the
rames of Republicans or independent can-
BALM FOR DEMOCRACY.
Only Three Third-Class Missouri Cit
ies Lost to the Party.
. SAN DIKGO, April ".—After one of the
closest municipal contests, as far as* the
•head of the ticket is concerned, that -San
Diego has seen for a long time, Frank H.
Frary, jthe present Republican Mayor of
San Diego, was re-elected by a majority
of about 125, there being one precinct yet
to hear from, which will not change tho
result, though it may change the ma
jority. If eo, it will increase it. Th<i
Democrats elect R. V. Dodge to the office
of City Treasurer and Tax Collector on
the ground of personal popularity, he hav
ing held the same office in a Republican
city for the past two terms.
The Board of Aldermen will remain
solidly Republican as it has in the past
two years and the Board of Delegates,
which is the lower branch of the city
Legislature, will have sixteen Republicans
to two Democrats. About the same ratio
holds on the Board of Education, in which
the Democrats will elect one member out
of eighteen, and In the Board of Trustees
of the' Public Library, which is solidly Re
publican, with one Democrat near enough
to 'get in if the missing precinct gives
him a majority.
ELECTION IN SAN DIEGO.
Frank Frary, the Republican Chief
Executive, Is Re-elected.
People of a Southern California Town
Terrorized by a Wild
Beast.
. 1.US AXGELES. April 7.— The Quak-r
*i: y cjf Whittler. twenty miles east of Los
• Anseles, is terrorized over the depreda
,.y.'<v.:' of a ferocious mountain lion that
5,;i>- been paying nightly visits to ranches
thereabouts, devouring caives. lambs and
chickens. 'While tixess creatures are not
*i'ncommoti-- > ln that section this one Is
¦ especially feared because of its thirst for
> human blood.
Las.t right the lion made a futile at
tempt, to enter the tback of Wo Lung,
s Chinese vegetable grower, but was re
. pulsed by the Celestial, who was armed ¦
t. ith a pitchfork- The animal succeeded i
I In tearing several boards from the side j
of the building before it was driven away.
'_ This morning a large party went hunting
¦' for the beast, but succeeded In finding
irothing but Its tracks, which are of Itn
l jnense eize, indicatlne that the feline .fs
a monster. ,
MONSTER LION SEEKS
HUMAN PREY AT NIGHT
LOS ANGELES, April 7.— Senator Wil
liam A. Clark of Montana. \mlning mag
nate and president of the Salt Lake Rail
road Company, is the mysterious backer
of the eighty-two mile, three-cent street
railway franchise. Senator Clark to-day
wired from New York to W. A. Garland
permission to announce his interest in the
application, and to say that It is his
bona fide intention to install an indepen
dent electric line In competition with the
Huntlngton system.
In view of the strong showing that the
Southern Pacific was interested !n the ap
plication and that the franchise routes
were first prepared In the office of Frank
P. Flint,- local counsel for the Southern
Pacific, It Is regarded as significant that
Clark has recently reached an agreement
with President Harriman of the Southern
Pacific, relative to the control of railroad
lines between Lbs Angeles and Salt Lake.
From. this. fact Is deduced a possible com
bination of steam roads entering Los An
geles j to ' throttle' the interurban electric
railway business and to prevent the con
struction of the elaborate system planned
by Henry E. Huntlngton. Senator Clark
had designs on the local electric railway
field a year ago when he had an option
on tho traction road, the competing local
electric .system, and the engineer in
charge of . the proposed new line was at
one time a trusted employe of Senator
Clark at the United Verde mines in Ari
zona. ¦
Magnate Wires From the East to
-. < Have His Identity Made
. . Known.
SENATOR CLARK BEHIND .
STREET RAILWAY PLANS
was elected llayof by ;300 plurality. D. Rj
Anthony Jr., Republican, was elected
Mayor of Leavenworth by, a majority of
1000. overturning a Democratic majority
of 500. Lawrence elected A. R. Selig, Re
publican. Mayor, and Pittsburg chose N.
Price, Republican. Emporia elected Its
first Democratic Mayor, John E. Martin
receiving 150 majority. Atchison elected
the non-partisan ticket, headed by James
N. Orr, by 900 plurality. Congdon, Repub
lican, was elected Mayor of Fort Scott by
a- small plurality. The results In the
small cities and towns had no political sig
nificance.
"I regard the present election a« less of
a personal victory for myself than as a
victory for municipal ownership— a vic
tory which should lead' to the develop
ment of public— national as well ' as
municipal— utilities. Partisan lines were
cast aside to a great extent.' but the re
sult is, at the same time, a substantial
indorsement of my administration."
The Republicans elected John F. Smul-
Bki City Attorney by 9700 plurality and
Fred C. Bender City Clerk by 3700. The
Democrats elected Ernest Hummel. .City
Treasurer by 21,700. The new City Coun
cil will be Republican.
his majority, by unofficial count,
over Graeme. Stewart, the Republican
' candidate, being C948. The vote was: Har
rison. 146,323; Stewart, 1 39.375: Cruice (I.
! L.», i<999; Bre«kon <S.>, 11,212; Haines (P.),
| :»!*.
! In the last Mayoralty election the total
| vote was: Harrison <D.». 156,75G; Hancey
| (R.), 12S.*c3; Hoyt (P.). C32S; Collins (S.),
!53S4.
I The early returns were in favor of
i Stewart ¦ and at one time he was 2000
ahead, but the later returns cut down hi*
plurality steadily, and the Republican
leaders in private conversation admitted
Stewart's defeat by about 6W0. In the
First Precinct of the Twenty-first Ward,
in which both Harrison and Stewart re
side, the vote was: Harrison, 41: Stewart,
lOh In the last Mayoralty election the
vote was: Harrison. 82; Hanecy, hi.
The chief issue in the, campaign was
the traction question, both candidates fa
voring ultimate municipal owenrshio of
the street railways. Stewart advocated
a.n immediate improvement of conditions,
making the best terms possible with the
companies. Harrison recommended a de
lay until the city had obtained what it
desired from the companies. Mayor Har
rison said to-night:
CHICAGO. April T.-Carter II. Har
rison was elected Mayor of Chi
cago to-day for the fourth time.
Of "the newly appointed 'life members
of the Senate twelve arc old Liberals and
supporters of the former regent, seven
were formerly .members, of •• the Proges-,
sive party and five are neutrals.
King Alexander's political Jugglery with
the Servian constitution is regarded as
a dangerous experiment, but does not, oc
casion any great surprise here, , as the
King's desire to curb the -.power. "of the
Radicals has long been manifested. , "
The manner in which the coup d'etat
was effected partakes of the nature of a
comedy. During the few minutes that the
co nsti tution wa s suspended ; Kjng;Alexap
dcr was an absolute monarch.' These mo
ments sufficed him. to, dissolve the Skupt
shlna and abolish a ' half " dozen laws
SOMETHING OF . A COMEDY.
Immediately after tlils proclamation or
dinances appointing new Senators and
Councilors of. State were issued and the
King Issued a second proclamation In
which the constitution of April 19, 1901,
was restored to, its full validity.
All of the Ministers, who resigned sim
ultaneously with the suspension of the
constitution, were reinstated with the ex
ception of Foreign Minister Lozanico, wh<»
will be succeeded by M. Denies," Minister
of Public Works.'
The Klne then , suspends ' the constitu
tion of 1901 and declares the mandates of
the Senators to be null and void,, and the
proclamation goes on to announce that
the Councilors of State are retired and
the Skupshtina is dissolved. Several of
the laws, Including the press laws, . the
communal law and the act governing the
electoral system, are annulled ' and re
placed by laws previously existing.
ANNULS CERTAIN LAWS.
the constitution adopted on
April ID, 1901, repealing objectionable laws
passed thereunder, retiring, the Senators
and Councilors .of Stated dissolving, the
Skupshtina and re-enacting the laws as
they existed previous. to .the constitution
of 1901. :¦;¦•"¦¦
The second proclamation • restores this
constitution to its former validity.' .
In the first proclamation. the King says
the Senate and tho,; Skupshtina'created
under the constitutio'rr granted by him in
1901 passed laws which; proved 'impracti
cable. Furthermore, the constitution, by
tending to'fan pollticnl passions, preju
diced the interests of the fatherland and
hindered its development as a state and
nation. Affairs in the Balkans, the King
adds, are very serious, and Servia .needs
order, unity and peace. She should offer
a bright example of a peace-loving state
and at the same time always bo . ready
to defend her own true interests should
this become necessary for the purpose of
restoring the unity, strength and order
of the country. -
¦y ¦ ELGRADE, Servia, April 7.—
M jp King Alexander to-day cxe-
B^^£ cuted a coup d'etat. He is-
B |a sued- two proclamations, ' the
fli i-"^ first decreeing a suspension of
Reports from the vic ; nity of the latter
town are that clashes between revolution
ary bands and Turkish troops continue.
The action of Kinjj Alexander in sus
pending the constitution of Servia while
he deposed certain officials and chajiget}
laws which displeased him Is not regarded
hero as having any bearing on the situa
tion In the Balkans. It is possible, how
ever, that the Kins suspected certain of
the officials. of sympathy with the move
ment against Turkey and took the op
portunity of depriving them of power so
that they could not involve the Oovsrn
ment. .
in the way of reforms by the
Macedonian committees. A telegram from
the frontier reports that another railway
bridge has been blown up.
Advices from Salonica state that the
Albanians are becoming qufeter. A bat
talion of nizams and a battalion of rediffs
have arrived there from Smyrna aoad pro
ceeded to Mitrovltza.
SOFIA. April 7.— Mail advices
from Constantinople are to the
effect that the Port© has pre
pared a circular to ths powers
complaining of obstacles placed
which, he said, undermined the authority
of , the crown. The obnoxious laws relate
chiefly ¦ to ¦ the suffrage , and will be . re
placed by measures calculated to render
the | election of Radicals . extremely
difficult. The press law of 1*31 gives place
to , the more stringent measure enacted
in 1ZS2. •¦•..¦--- ¦- -
Carter H. Harrison Is Again Elected to the May
oralty of Chicago, but by a Greatly
Reduced 1 Plurality.
BORIS SARAFFOF. HEAD OF THE MACEDONIAN INSURRECTION, WHO FOR TEARS HAS BEEN ORGANIZ
ING HIS COUNTRYMEN IN PREPARATION FOR A DECLARATION OF THEIR INDEPENDENCE OF THE
SOVEREIGNTY OF ABDUL HAMID OF TURKEY. .
DEMOCRATIC MAYOR OF CHICAGO,; WHO; HAS BEEN* ELECTED FOR
HIS FOURTH TERM. AND REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WHO MADE A
SURPRISINGLY GOOD RACE FOR THE PLACE.
didates took the places of some Demo
cratic candidates for the House of Del
egates, In an effort to eliminate from the
house the so-called "combine" element.
In several strong Republican wards the
Democrats elected their men. So far as
returns enow 'at midnight not an inde
pendent candidate was elected. But in
many wards where both . Republican and
Democratic nominees were exceptionally
strong men and the- reform ticket carried
the nanies of the Democratic candidates,
the Republicans elected are considered
as good reform candidates as the Demo
cratic nominees. While the action Itself
of the new membership of the House of
Delegates will alone determine the result
of the reform movement. It is considered
that to-day's results have teen for the
purification of the law-making body of
the city and have swept out the "com
bine" element.
Municipal elections were held in most
of the Missouri cities to-day. The Re
publicans carried Jefferson City, Art in
dependent ticket won at Sedalla. In Jef
ferson City the Democrats attribute their
defeat to the enforcement of tho Sunday
closing law by the present Democratic
administration.
In the free delivery division charges are
made that cheap and inferior boxes have
been substituted for strong and well con
structed boxes on which bids were made
and accepted. In one case in the Southern
States the Government paid 97 cents for
the painting of each of the rural free de
livery boxes, and the work was sublet fo
a contractor who did it for 35 cents. The
effort of the investigators is&iow to find
just who obtained the difference. As
contracts are let for painting thousands
of these boxes, the possible profits from
such operations are manifestly very large.
High officials In the department fear
that enough is already known to warrant
the prediction that before the end comes
the scandal will reach large proportions.
Corxespoiidence with Postmasters has
developed what appears to be. & sca-mlal
In the supply division. 5! an .^jyrat masters
haws \vrittrn '*tli.it unncccs^' >'y supplies
have^bcen forced onHhoIr* offices against
their protests. Some of the charges
t- gainst this division involve contracts tor
letter boxes- and- other., postofflce para
phernalia in all parts of the country. ¦ ;
F. L. Bingham of a Philadelphia firm
of rubber stamp manufacturers to-day
filed a charge ¦ against this division. He
declares that there is collusion between
Superintendent .Louis and local firms
which have for years been furnishing
rubber stamps for the department. The
contract amounts to about $10,000 each
year. Although Bingham docs not charge
directly any officials with receiving
money, he insists that there Is an under
standing with local firms of such a char
acter as to exclude all other firms from
receiving consideration in the -bids.
PAINTING PBOVES COSTLY.
LIBERAL WITH SUPPLIES.
CALL. BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N.
W.. WASHINGTON, April 7.— What at
first was said to be only a personal quar
rel in the Postoffice Department now
promises to become a scandal of great
proportions.
"Go to the bottom," were the words
v.hich President Roosevelt used in a con
versation just before his departure with
Joseph L. Bristow, Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, who lias charge of
the investigation. A3 a result the entire
Postoffice Department will be overhauled,
regardless of the political outcome.
In an interview to-night Robert J.
Wynne, First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, declared that the house-cleaning in
the department was not a matter of poll
tics. A dozen inspectors are now at work
In various parts of the country. The or
der for the investigation, signed by clie
Postmaster General, applies to the divi
sions of salaries and allowances, at the
head of which was George W. Beavers,
who recently resigned; the division of
postoffice supplies, in charge of Superin
tendent M. A. W. Louis, who, by the way,
did not object to any inquiry, and the
division of free delivery, of which A. W.
Machen is general superintendent.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
What losses the member* of the pool
have sustained is largely a matter of con
jec-turo. It is known that large quanti
ties of stock have been sold in London,
Fterllng bills la the name of T. J. Taylor
A- Co. Ix-jug drawn, and, with certificates
s.tta< bed. sent to England.
Tlio Jftspcs of pool members in the trans
action, so far as is apparent, have be*n
variously estimated at between $3,000,000
and 5,000,000.
Asked wliriher it was true that fibout
• shares of Southern Pacific had been
Uanrf*rre<] to the name of William Rock
rfeUer. u person familiar with the interior
of the Harriman cabinet said that he
would not denv it.
Southern Pacific stock, in the knowledge
that the pool's life was n<caring its end.
¦was The weak point in to-day's market.
The stock, opening at half a point lower
than the close of th^ preceding day. ral
lied to TiT'o. its highest point, and then
was bowled to j4"-4. but rebounded to 5*.
v. !i-i. it closed, hhowing a net loss for
the day «»f l' s point.-.
This erratic movement caused distrust
of the t=tofk and weaJcened the entire
market. The Southern Pacific rolling «rks
attributed largely to pool members sell
ing 'short" against their long stock de
posited v:>O< l!*e rwol.
A.s members of Keene's pool arc,
¦* it !i lew exceptions; experienced bro
kens; it In generally believed that
tli«~y will not hurl the b:;lk of their
botdiaes on ihe market op .Monday, but
v, ill keep it tor a more favorable market.
btrt i:i th" meantime they are recouping
their pool losses l»y taking advantage of
Ihe declining market. Monday's market
wit. bo of great Interest, as it will reveal
to wliat extent the dooI members were
•vhort" of stock against their pool hold- i
lags. I
NEW YORK. April 7.— By the termina
tion of Its contracted period of life, al
rc;«iy once extended, the Southern Pacific
pool (James R. Keene. manager) will on
Friday teas? to exist. Persons familiar
¦with the situation f=aM on Mondsy. after
Ju<lg*» Lurton's decision had been an
lioutHfii. that no effort would be made
to again extend the pool, and a mem
ber -if the firm of Talbot J. Taylor &.
Co. to-day confirmed this statement. Ac
cording to the original agreement. April
3 was the clay for the dissolution of the
!>-<••; As the annual meeting 1 of the
Southern Pacific was Bet for April S. the
pool >vhs extended to April 10.
fj-ecial Dispatch to The C*U,
Inspectors Heeding Presi
dent's Order: "Go to ;
the Bottom."
Slump in Southern Pacific
* Weakens the Entire
Market.
Pact Will Expire by
Limitation Next
Friday.
Inquiry May Bring to
Light Gigantic
Frauds.
Losses of Its Mem
bers Run Into
Millions.
Disclosures Shake
Postoffice De
partment.
LARGE SUMS
ARE LOST ON
CONTRACTS
KEENE POOL
IS READY TO
SURRENDER
VOLUME XCIII— NO. 129.
SAN FBANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1903.
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
ELECTIONS IN MANY CITIES
WHERE PARTY ISSUES FIGURE
RESULT IN REPUBLICAN GAINS
Sultan Complains to
Powers of Acts
of Macedonian
Leaders.
Alexander Makes
Himself Absolute
Monarch for a
Few Minutes.
KING OF SERVIA SUSPENDS
CONSTITUTION LONG ENOUGH
TO REVISE COUNTRY'S LAWS
The San Francisco Call.