THE WEATHER.
For San Francisco and vi
cinity: Fair Saturday, with
fog in 'the morning; fresh
west winds.
VOLUME C— NO. 65.
DEMANDS A FEE
TO COLLECT
CLAIMS.
Grocer Says "Mr. McCue"
Offered to Get His "oin
I : From Committee for $600
MERCHANT TURNS
DOWN THE )FFER
He Is Threatened With
Entire Loss of Pay for
Goods by an "Insider"
WHO is the mysterious Mr. Me-
Cue. the man who has been
trying to hold up various per
sons who have claims against
the finance committee? For many days
past it is said McCue h/is been ap
proaching merchants and others and
telling them that if they pay his price
their claims will be paid, but If they
refuse no money will be forthcoming.
Last Sunday afternoon McCue ap
proached H. N. Edlin, a grocer at the
corner of Ellis and Devlsadero streets.
Edlin has a claim of 54000 for a stock
of groceries seized during the fire. Mc-
Cue informed Edlin. so the grocer
claims, that he would fix it so that the
claim would be paid immediately for
the small consideration o£ $600 spot
cash.
Edlin spurned the offer. McCue's ire
was aroused at this turn . of affairs
and he informed Edlin that he would not
receive a cent from the finance com
mittee.
"I stand on the inside with those
people." McCv« is reported to have
said, "and I will see that they squash
your claim. I can fix it so that you will
get your money in full if you come
through with $600."
According to Edlin, McCue was a spe
cial officer during the lire and on April
TO headed a band of people who raided
t/>* proeery. The place was In cjiarjge_
ol Edlin's wife at the time" and
•when she insisted on making out bills
McCue told her he had no time to wait,
but wanted the goods turned ovir Im
mediately.
Edlin says he saw McCue around the
city several times since, but never
spoke to him till Sunday afternoon,
when McCue-demanded $600 for the set
tlement of the claim. McCue told Ed
lin he lived at Sunnyside, but refrained
from telling what position he occupied
with the finance committee or upon
whose authority he was demanding
money to square claims against the
committee.
According to Edlin. McCue ap
proached several other persons with
claims against the finance committee.
McCue boasted that he settled several
of thesa. and that certain persons who
refused to come to his terms were cut
off without a cent. Edlin says McCue
seems to know a great deal about the
inside workings of the finance com
mittee and seemed very familiar with
the system in vogue.
Edlin says his claim for $4000 was
cut down to $2600 and passed upon by
the finance committee on June 29. Since
that time he has been endeavoring to
collect his money, but for some reason
the claim has not been paid, though
Edlin says he has been sent from «ne
place to another till he Is well nigh
disgusted with the situation.
The mysterious Mr. McCue h&s not
put in an appearance at Edlin's store
since Sunday.
WILL. ADOPT YOUXG LOVER
INSTEAD OF MARRYING HIM
Aged Widow Decides to Follow Advice
of Judge Who Would Not
Wed 111-Mated Pair.
DES MOIN'ES, Aug. 3. — From Fonda,
Po'cahontas . County. today came
Charles Lockhart and Mrs. Jennie
Gr.eggs with the purpose of getting
married. The prospective bridegroom
Is 19 and the blushing bride will be
£8 next month. After looking at the
couple for a full moment JPudge Zell
G. Roe, In whose office they had ap
peared to have the ceremony per
formed, thundered: "Woman, take
that marriage license back to the
Courthouse. It's a set of adoption
papers you want."
Not In the least perturbed, the wo
man said: "Judge, perhaps thai,
would be best" After consultation
with the young man by her side she
thanked the Judge for his advice and
tsid she would get the papers, take
Charles home and see that he got a
good start in life.--
ELOPES WITH HIS WIPE'S
FOCRTEEX-YEAR-OLD SISTER
Garbed la Woman* Garments, Fickle
Man Succeeds In Deceivlne Hit
Spouse*
DES 1 MOIXES, AMg. 3.— DlEgruißins
himself in his wife's dress, Arthur Mu
nell of Ira, lowa, got into a buggy,
went to hs own home and called his
wife's 14-year-old sister, put the girl
in the buggy and eloped with her. He
came to Dcs Mofnes, where he changed
bis attire to that of a man.
The San Francisco Call.
BRYANITES WILL
INVADE CAMP
DP HEARST.
Nebraskan*s Name to Be
Offered for Indorsement
in New York Convention
RESULT AWAITED
BY POLITICIANS
Jerome's Refusal to Run
for Governor Disappoints
the Democratic Leaders
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
NEW YORK. Aug. 3.— W. J.
Bryan's name will be brought
before the Democratic State
Convention In a resolution In
dorsing him as the Democratic candi
date for President in 1908, and the Dem-,
ocratlc leaders are waiting with some
interest to see what attitude the sup
porters of W. R, Hearst in the conven
tion will take on the resolution. Nor
man E. Mack has announced his inten
tion of offering the Bryan resolution,
which will be similar in tenor to other
resolutions of indorsement which have
been adopted in the Democratic State
conventions of many of the Western
States.
Mack is the New Tork member of the
Democratic National Committee and
while he is a warm friend and admirer
of Bryan, he has also declared In favor
of the nomination of Hearst for Gov
ernor on the Democratic ticket. The
great body of the Hearst men, however,
following the example set by Hearst,,
have carefully avoided the Bryan boom.
That Hearst's real object in running
for Governor of New York this fall and
thereby assuring the election of the
Republican candidate is to become a
candidate for the Presidency in .1908
is the opinion of the conservative Dem- '
ocratic leaders. They hold this opinion
in spite of Hearst's declaration that he
\u25a0w.ni not be a candidate for the Presi
dency and they fortify it by, \u25a0directing
attention to the unconcealed hostility
of the Hearst boomers to Bryan and his
friends. \u25a0•." -. - % '. * •
The Bryanites are convinced that
"they will have "to fight Hearst" two
years from now, and are waiting for
Hearst to begin the battle. There was
much disappointment today among the
Democratic leaders over the. report that
Attorney Jerome had decided that he
did not care to run for Governor this
year. The overwhelming sentiment
shown in the meeting of the Democratic
State committee against the socialistic
and radical assaults which are being
made upon the State organisation has
encouraged the leaders to believe that
th* independent candidacy of Hearst
will have little effect upon the Demo
cratic vote if the right man is chosen
to head the Democratic ticket.
In the conference of the members of
the committee which followed the meet
ing it was shown that Hearst has failed
to make anyjmpression upon the Dem
ocratic organization except in the
western part of the State.
In spite of the enthusiasm and wide
spread Interest aroused by the coming
reception to Bryan on his return to
this country on August 30, the man
agers \u25a0 of the reception are puzzled by
the failure of the plan to raise by pop
ular subscription the $10,000 required
to defray the expenses of the celebra
tion.
Bryan, in a letter to William. Hoge,
head of the Commercial Travelers' Anti-
Trust League, suggested that the money
required be raised by subscription, no
greater than $50 ; being received. ZI«
also advised the publication of a list of
subscribers and an account of the ex
penditure of the money. Tt was ex
pected there would be a flood of $1
subscriptions from admirer* of Mr.
Bryan, but up to last night exactly $3
had been received from this source. One
01 the dollars came from Pennsylvania,
another from Washington and the
third from Wilmington, Del. Not one
collar subscription has been received
from this State. Altogether the total
amount so far realized is about $SOO. -
BRYA.V CASTS OFF POPULISTS.
Xebratkan Break* I With Hit Allies of
Former Campaigns.
LINCOLN*. Neb.. Aug. 8.-^Willlam. J.
Bryan has broken away completely
from his political allies of the cam
paigns of 1896 and 1900— the members
of the Populist party. This action was
taken by proxy, but it has been done
by Mr. Bryan's closest personal \u25a0 and
political friends here, and there is no
likelihod that he will oppose their de
cree.
Two years ago the fusion nomina
tion for Governor was given to a Pop
ulist, George W. Berge. an attorney of
Lincoln. Berge was defeated by but a
few thousand votes, and he Is again a
candidate for nomination and is seek
ing Democratic support. Strong Dem
ocratic opposition to his aspirations
have sprung up In* Lincoln.
Mayor Frank W. Brown. . speaking
for scores of leading Democrats with
whom he has discussed the situation,
declared today that the Democrats; of
tne ; State are not for Berge,~He%as
serted that; they were, for a Democrat
only and that Berge could not have the
support or the Bryan Democrats.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY,; AUGUST 4, 1906.
OIL TRUST FUND
EXPENDED BY
AGENTS.
Rockefeller Officials Tell
How the Coin Contributed
for Refugees Was Utilized
HUNDRED HELPED
IN REFUGEE CAMP
Various Amounts Distributee
Among the Cities Aboul
the' Bay to Aid In Worl
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-— ln reply to
a statement telegraphed from
San Francisco, setting forth the
. desire of James D. Phelan of the
relief committee to receive $130,000
more of Standard Oil funds out of a
subscribed total of $200,000, this state
ment was given out at the offices of
the Standard Oil Company today:
"It was not the intention of the
Standard Oil Company to make any
publication at present in the San Fran
cisco relief fund matter, but the dis
patch from San Francisco seems to
make it necessary. Tho only thing true
in the dispatch as to the^isposal of the
relief funds is that the general relief
committee, of which Mr. Phelan Is
chairman, received $70,000 from the
Standard Oil representatives in San
Francisco. \u0084^
"The Standard Oil relief funds con
sisted' of $100,000 given by John D.
Rockefeller, $100,000 by the Standard
Oil Company, $20,000 by individuals
connected with the corporation, and
also $10,000 worth of provisions sent on
a hurry order by officials of the company
from Butte, Mont. The Standard Oil
$230,000.
"Cash was immediately available and
was placed in the | hands jat Standard
C-il representatives in the strlckencity
to -dispose of -according to their;' best
judgment. In this : way .$25,000 Vf I the
Rockefeller' fund, . a like' amount from
the Standard Oil fund and $20,000 from
the Individual fund, in all $70,000, was
at once! handed over to the San Fran
cisco relief' committee, which had large
quantities of supplies and. had b«en no
tified of large- subscriptions, but was
short of cash, and : the money was
doubly welcome. In the same way
$15,000 went to Oakland, $10,000 to
Santa Rosa, $15,000 to San Rafael, $2000
to Alameda, $2000 to Berkeley, $2000
to San Mateo.""$1000 to Fruitvale, $1000
to Martinez, $500 to Palo Alto and $500
to Richmond.
"A relief camp, known as Camp
Rockefeller, was ,at once . established,
and there, from a few days after the
earthquake to July 18, from one hun
dred to a thousand individuals and
families were daily fed and taken care
of.' The remainder of the fund it -was
thought best to expend in individual
relief of a substantial kind.
"It is not clear why Mr. Phelan
should be ignorant of the general
facts."
. COMMITTEE IV DOUBT.
Confused as to Status of the Coin Given
by Rockefeller.
At relief headquarters there seems to
be some confusion as to the status of
the subscriptions made for the relief
of San Francisco by the Standard Oil
Company and John D. Rockefeller. The
understanding there is that the cor
poration and Rockefeller each contrib
uted $100,000. But this money did not
come directly to the committee.
It is said that the subscriptions came
directly to E. S. Pillsbury, Standard
Oil attorney on the Pacific Coast, who
disbursed the money on behalf of the
corporation and John D. Rockefeller.
Of the amounts Pillsbury turned- over
about $70,000 to the relief committee.
During the early days of relief work
Standard Oil also contributed a large
amount of gasoline and oil. For these
supplies the corporation put In a claim
for $4540.45. but afterward donated It
to the relief fund.
It is understood that this $4540.45
was deducted from -the original dona
tions Of $200,000.
WORTH MORE DEAD
THAN ALIVE.
SPECIAL. DISPATCH TO THB CALL.
MILWAUKEE. . Aug. 3.— "Although
he is a bankrupt and serving a sen
tence in prison, F. E. Bigelow Is today
worth not a cent alive. Dead he would
bring $700,000. If, he should die the
stockholders of tha First National
Bank would be that much better ofl
and the stock of the bank would ad
vance 15 or 20 points above. lts present
high price," : V: -
This statement .was made today by a
stockholder in the bank /speaking ir
regard l to the final .[statements ; in th<
bankruptcy , v cases. :.' The aggregate face
value of air of the insurance policies or.
the llfeof Bigftlow is $700,000 and these
were secured by the' bank for its stock
holders at'ahour $ 150,01^
Great Strike Opens at Russian
Capital and Woe Broods O'er All
QAMARA, Russia, Aug. 3.— The Governor of this city was instantly killed today by a bomb
thrown by an assassin, who was. subsequently arrested. The Governor's head and feet were torn
off by the explosion. \
T^ TT v TM a 1
Troops Mufry to Threatened
Points Prepared for Fray.
ST. - PETERSBURG, Aug. 4. 4:15
a. m.— St Petersburg was <in
darkness for a time tonight. The
employes of the electric lighting
plants, always the earliest barometric
record- of political conditions; ceased
work during the afternoon" in obedience
to a call for a general- strike, and it
was not until early this morning that
sailors of the technical corps succeed
ed in restoring the lighting'- service.
This call already has been obeyed _by
20,000 factory hands in the capital. It
will be impossible, however,, to -predict
the success of this universal political
strike until Monday, as. the workmen in
St. Petersburg and the have
two holidays, Saturday, - which ois ; the
f eta day of the »>ow>ger Empress ; and
a great religious feast,; and their reg
ular holiday of Sunday. : \u0084 ;
The only other available Index •to
the situation Is the railroads." Up to 2
o'clock tHis morning; the railroad, men
had not heeded the. call for a general
strike, except in the case of; an insig
nificant bobtail line running to Sestro
retzk and other shore resorts in the
vicinity of St Petersburg. The men
of this road barricaded the; line, with
the result that they had an important
collision with Cossacks last night. ,
CABIXETS FATE DOUBTFUL..
' In the : meantime the J fate of the
Stolypin Cabinet swaysin th© balance
and Russia is upon the verge of dis
orders which may lead^either to the
reign of the military or the proleteriat.
It can be.s aid definitely tha£; the steps
toward a dictatorship may be taken
Sunday or Monday by the nomination of
Grand Duke Nicholas to the chief com
mand of all the troops ; in Russia. This
would" virtually place him in control of
alK the disturbed, districts of the empire
where martial law has been proclaimed.
: This matter was a subject •of | earnest
discussion during the interview/ be
tween", the Emperor and Premier^ Stoly
pin yesterday, from which the Premier,
returned in a greatly vexed; state of
mind. ' . .
The revolutionists at; Sveaborg and
Cronstadt and the mutiny on board- the
crillser Pamyat Aiova-gave the tone to
the- conversation \u25a0 between : his Majesty
and tha Premier. These . events,/: al-'
though they have all, ended fortunately;
apparently ; have left a , strong * imp res.-'
sioniupon the- mind 'of -.the -Emperor.
The Associated Press has been informed
from a high source that -th© nomination '
of Grand Duke Nicholas to the post of
comniander-in-chief, If made, will he
announced as "for the purpose of har
monizing the activity of all troops
without reference to political affairs,"
but, Premier Stolypin is scarcely dis
posed .to regard the nomination in • this
high light. .
DISORDER IS AVOIDED.
One . element of i possible disorder for
tomorrow has been removed by the der
cision of the widow of M. Herzensteln,
the ex-Deputy who was .murdered' at
Terioki, to inter her husband at Teri
oki and to omit holding the services
here and at' Moscow. The Prefect of
Police at St.* Petersburg today appealed
to Mmc, Hertzenstein to cancel the pro
cession here,' saying it, probably would
j result in great \u25a0 disorder, which he was
resolved to : suppress at whatever cost.
\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0''-After consultation with the.-Con
stitutional'- Democratic " committee,
Mme. Hertzenstein agreed to this.
The pickets of cavalry and infantry
were the most conspicuous features on
the streets of St. Petersburg last
nightr Business houses generally have
boarded up their windows, as they
did in -the days of 'the great October
strike. Practically all of the street-,
cars in the city have stopped* running
and the cab drivers are threatening
to cease work today. _*•
- A dispatch received by : the Asso-.
elated <Press from Sestroretzk says that
heavy reinforcements are being poured
in there, evidently In fear of an at
tack upon the '\u25a0' Government's^ " large
and small arms factory located in that
suburb. $ ' .
TROOPS GUARD TELEPHONE.
The long-distance telephone ; station
was occupied last eight' by half a
company,!of \ infantry in order to pre
vent; the. anticipated attempt of "the
revolutionists to sever telephone com
munication between . here and Mos
cow, and the last train in from Mos
cow brought railroad officials, who
had the funds on hand at
the / various intermediate stations to
prevent their seizure in case - of a
strike! "It r was announced at the Ad
miralty last .-^night \u25a0*, that the drum
head- court-martial proceedings /, at
Cronstadt '" probably t would be sus
pended with: the execution* of swven
ringleaders of the mutiny, who. were
condemned ' to . dea th ; on Thursday^ V The
other mutineers will be subjected to
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Con tl nue d > from : Face : l t \u25a0 Column 6.
Fergus Hume contributes one
of his best detective stories in
next Sunday's Call.
BRADLEY EN ROUTE
TO THIS CITY
NEW TORK. Aug. 3.— E. C. Bradley,
formerly .third vice president of tne
Postal Telegraph Cable Company, has
left this city for San Francisco to ac
cept an important place with the Amer
ican Bell Telegraph and Telephone
Company.; which controls! the service on
the . Pacific Slope. -
- ; Bradley handed in ; his resignation to
the ' Postal Company, in June, the resig
nation taking effect on August 1. He
was succeeded by* C. C. Adams, fourth
vice president. Bradley will stay in
San Francisco. about three months.
EARTHQUAKES RACKING
ISLAND, OF MARTINIQUE
Four \ Strong Shock* Bring , Terror to
the Inhabitants of Fort
/ de France.
FORT ,DE FRANCE (Martinique).
Aug.-* 3. — Four strong earthquake
shocks were -felt 'here :last night.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GOUGING CHARGED
TO SURGEONS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. a.— Assistant
Surgeons Thedore Kormand Pease and
Harry Lee Brown of the navy hava
been ordered by Secretary Bonapart*
to appear before a court-martial board
and answer to the charge of "goug
ing." the naval term for cribbing or
cheating: while being examined for
promotion.
Secretary Bonaparte appointed tha
court-martial this morning and or«
dered It to meet on next Monday at
the Washington Navy Yard. The mem«
bers are: Rear Admiral Osa Walker,
president; Medical Director Robert A*
Marmion. Medical Director John C
Wise. Pay Inspector Samuel L. Heep,
Surgeon James O. Field. Lleutenan:
Commander Glennia Tarbox, Lieuten
ant Commander Adelbert Althouse,
Captain Harold C. Snyder, United
States Marine Corps, Judge-advocate.
The examination tn which tho two
medical officers participated was held
last week. All assistant surgeons who
were eligible took the examination.
Until the specifications of th»
charges are made public it will not ba
known to what manner the two offl
cers are charged with cheating. It' ls
said unofficially that notes were taken,
into the examination and that '\u25a0 th*
'officers referred to "thes» during tha
course of the test.
This is tha flrat time In the history
of the nary that an officer has been
accused of this chars*, and naval offi
cers are astounded. Assistant Surgeon
Pease entered the service on July .10,
1303. He was born in Massachusetts,
but received his appointment' £rom
New Tork. He is stationed on * t&«
Columbia.
Assistant Surgeon Brown, stationed
on the Texas, received his commission
January 23. 1903. He is a native of New
York, but was appointed from th»
District of Columbia.
"".In addition to his service in tha
navj, he served one year ten month*
and three days In the "volunteer armjf
during th* Spanish. r .iraxw" r