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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
FIRE STILL BURNS
IN THE sRINANo'S HOLD
Japanese Vessel Arrives at Seattle
and Blaze May Soon Be Ex-
tinCuished.

SEATTLE. Dec. 27.-The steamship Shi-
nano of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha ar
rived here this morning, the fire which
forced her to return from sea still smol-
ering. perhaps blazing, in her hold. Late
last night the Shinano left Port Town
send, where she had arrived early in the
morning, and came on up the Sound She
anchored off the Smith Cove docks at 4
a. m.
The fire. which is confined to the for
ward part of the ships hold, is being kept
we'll under control 1t is believed to have
originated through spontaneous combus-
tion of cotton, which composes the great
er part Of the Shinanos cargo. 1t was
discovered December %, at 11:30 a. m, in
latitude 81 degrees 15 minutes and longi-
tude 149 degrees Is minutes west, 1O25 miles
off Cape Flattery. A strong westerly wind
was blowing and the seas were running
high. The first intimation came in smoke
emitted from the forecastle. Fourteen of
the crew were overcome, though all re-
vived when removed to fresh air. The
passengers of the vessel acted with the
utmost composure. There was no excite
ment, and, under the direction of Cap
tain Cope, the matches were battened
down and steam turned into the hold to
smother the fire The vessel at once put
back for the straits. She made the re-
turn voyage under her own steam. At
least that portion Of the cargo in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the fire will have to be
discharged, and until this is done the ex-
tent OF the damage cannot be aScertained.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
DEATH CLOSES
LEARY'S CAREER
Noted Naval Officer Dies
From Attack of
Heart Disease.
Navy Department Mourns
Loss Of Brave and Eff
cient Seaman.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 27-The
Navy Department this morning received
the following telegram from Admiral
Mortimer L. Johnson, commanding the
Boston navy yard, dated to-day:
Captain Richard p Leary, United States
navy, died this morning at Marine Hospital
Chelsea.
Captain Leary was the first Governor of
Guam after that island came into the
possession of the United States. He was
relieved Of the command of the receiving
ship Richmond last October on account
of heart trouble and granted six months
leave OF absence.
Captain Leary was held in high regard
by his fellow sailors because of the nerve
he showed in the presence Of two German
Warships in the harbor of Apia, Samoa,
during the stirring times which wound up
in the tremendous hurricane that wiped
out the German and American fleets in
those waters in May, 1889. Leary was in
command of the little Adams, third-rate
vessel Of antique type, and finding that
the Germans were about to interfere for
ctbly in support of their own candidate
for the Samoan chieftainship he cleared
ship for action, first placing himself in
position to command either approach
and forbade any interference. He was
not molested and remained at his post
until the American squadron under Ad-
mfra1 Kimberly arrived, when he was
sent north in the Adams thus escaping
the great hurricane. He was a unique
figure as the first naval Governor of the
island of Guam which he ruled as he
would a ship; breaking up immortality by
obliging the natives to marry; calling
upon the men for a certain amount Of
work every week and even prescribing
the minimum number Of poultry which
should be maintained in each family. He
was appointed from Maryland and en-
te9@d dd the +a mavsa s service in 1850; He com
West Indian campaign of the Spanish
war.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
INVOLVEMENT RULES
OF LONDON PosTOFFICE
Public Have Small Privileges as
Compared With What We En-
iov Here

Not long ago an American briefly tarry-
ing in London had occasion to send a
postcard in a great hurry. AS he was in
the neighborhood of the general postoffice
he purchased the card there, thinking to
write and to post it all under one roof,
but as he took his pen in hand at one of
the many well-equipped desks in the
buildings spacious corridors a uniformed
officer stepped up and said: "You can't
write that ere, sir The American
apologized, removed to another desk and
had barely grabbed his pen a second time
when another officer appeared. "You
can't write that ere. SIR he said; "hits
hagain horders." The American betook
himself to a third desk. A third official
appeared and told him he couldn't write
at that desk. I'm heavens name" asked
the American, "at what desk can
write?" The officer looked puzzled. Him
sure Hi don't know SIR he replied. ''Ye
might go houtside to some 'otel hor
hother, but ye can't write letters nor post
cards hin the posthoffice. These ere
desks his hall reserved for those has
wants to write kilograms" They may
think they are running a postoffice over
there concluded the American in telling
the story. eff they did but know, it's
just branch of Westminster Abbey"
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
CAST AMERICAN
IN A DUNGEON
Seattle Man Has Bitter
Experience Among
Austrians.
Says They Imprisoned Him
Falsely and Stole His
Money.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SEATTLE, Dec 27.-Three years ago
Benjamin Greenburg, a harness maker,
left Seattle with the intention Of enjoy
ing trip in Europe. After a series Of
adventures such as fall to the lot Of
few men he is again in this city, with the
statement that he is ''glad still to be in
the flesh and once again on Puget
Sound"
Greenburg arrived in Seattle to-day.
For two months Greenburg lay in a damp
dungeon in Austria and was given hardly
enough food to keep body and soul to-
gether. He was not allowed to communt-
cate with his friends and daily was put
through the sweating process" in the
endeavor to make him confess that he
was another person and guilty of violat-
ing the Austrian laws.
Greenburg left Seattle in 1897. He is a
RussiOn by birth, but had been natural
lied and felt that in making a tour Of
and privileges of an American citizen. In
this ne reckoned without the AustrianS.
He was arrested at TarnOpOl while on
visit to friends and thrown into prison.
On the morning following his arrest, he
says, he was visited by the police and in
formed that if he would pay $1,000 he
trouble He refused This angered the
authorities and they kept him in Jail for
two months. His tate was learned by a
friend, however, who carried the news
to the American Consul at Vienna. Upon
that official making a protest, Greenburg
was granted freedom on giving a cash
bond of $1,000, after the charge had been
formally preferred that he was Peter
CarpOv1ch, a Greek, who had been ex-
PEELED from Austria for procuring women
1Or immoral purposes.
Aided by the American Consul, Green
burg obtained evidence that he was the
person he represented himself to be. The
case was allowed to drag along for more
than year and was finally transferred
TO the highest court. When the trial was
held a number of hired thugs, Greenburg
asserts, were brought forward to show
that he was Peter CarpOvich. Their per-
jury was easily shown I'D in it's true light
and he was acquitted. Since that time
Greenburg has Travelled around Europe
IN search of health, as the treatment he
endured in prison seriously impaired his
physical condition.
The money he deposited as bail at
Tarnopol has never been returned. He
will present the facts in the case to the
authorities at Washington and believes
that in the long run he will secure what
is due him.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
HOPES TO SOON EFFECT
RELEASE oF MISS STONE
Treasurer Of the Missionary Society
in Constantinople Is in Communi-
cation With the Brigands.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 27.-Dis-
patches from SaiOnica report that w W
Peet, treasurer Of the Missionary Society
in ConstantinOple has established com
municatiOn with the brigands who hold
Miss stone captive, and hopes that the
release Of Miss Stone viii be accomplished
within q fortnight.
LONDON, Dec. 2S.-The Morning Leader
publishes q story this morning from its
Sofa correspondent TO the feet that c. NJ
Dickinson, American Consul General at
COnstantinOple. has received a complaint
from q Bulgarian woman attached to the
in which the complainant sets forth that
while she was travelling to MehOnia, in
Macedonia, with an escort Of eight SOL
diers provided by the Turkish Govern
in command Of the Turkish frontier
guards AT a point beyond Dschumaya and
that her escort did not attempt to defend
her
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
LONG MAY GIVE
WAY TO ALLEN
Early Change in Chief of
Navy Department Is
Expected.
Former Assistant Secretary
Slated for a Cabinet
Position.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CALL BUREAU. 1406 G STREET, n.
We, WASHINGTON, d. c. Dec. 27.-Sec-
TJary Long, not Secretary Wilson, will
be the next man TO leave the Cabinet,
and Charles H. Allen Of Massachusetts is
among the strong possibilities Of success
sion.
Mr. Allen was assistant Secretary Of
the navy during the Spanish war, being
the immediate successor of Mr.. Roosevelt.
his administration Of the Office during
that important period was said to be in
every respect admirable. he was regard
ed as q model official and his record was
50 good that he was advanced to the i'm
goLNalll post OF Governor OF Porto Rico.
Indeed, Mr. Allen was induced to take the
assistant Secretaryship by President Nc
Alnley on the understanding that he
when Mr.. Long desired to retire, and
after the war there was considerable talk
Uhat the Secretary would resign and re-
turn 10 his law practice in Boston. He
decided 10 remain, however, and Mr. Al
zen vas given the post in Porto Rico.
A New England Senator who is in the
Cablnet-mal1lng confidence Of the Presi-
cent as much as it is possible for any one
10 be said to-day that Secretary Long 5
successor would certainly come from New
England. In that case Mr.. Allen of Low
ell, Mass. is altogether the strongest
proDaDlhty he is young, fun Of energy
ana quite man Of the Roosevelt type.
No time has yet been fixed for Secre-
lary Long s retirement. He has a perfect
understanding ia the matter with the
President and their relations are most
COLutdl- MS resignation, when II comes,
VIII be the result Of a. determination made
long ago and thoroughly understood by
01r- Roosevelt. 1t only remained for him
TX a time convenient to both.
Secretary. Wilson is ia the Cabinet GER
Jalnly Tor some time TO come. The report
from Kansas that he is soon to be sue
cee0eQ by i. d. COburn can be dismissed
at once 1t was discussed at the Cabinet
meeting to-day and shortly afterward an
of1clal ammo uucen1ent was again made
that Nj. Wilson was not to resign. In
f3ct, Ia the process of gradual disintegra-
ton which is sure TO come. it is quite like
~ tnat the Presidents Official family will
lose either. Secretary Hitchcock or Secre-
rary Hay before Mr. Wilson.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
o
ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE
REPLIES TO AN ATTACK
Says That His Course in Philippines
Has the Pope's Full
AnnrouaJ


NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2T4The States
this afternoon had an interview with
Archbishop Chapelle, in part as follows:
Archbishop Chapelle declares as utterly
without foundation the assertions made
by the Rome correspondent of an Ameri-
can paper to the effect that he had been
forced to withdraw from his position as
apostolic delegate to the. philippines by
the Pope on account of ineff1ciency and
antagonizing the American civilrand mill
tary authorities and the Catholic clergy
and friars in the archipelago and says
that, so far from this being the truth,
Pope Leo has publicly and privately ap-
proved his work in the Philippines. He
says that he resigned voluntarily, as he
believed a permanent delegate in the
Philippines was desirable, and he comes
back to New Orleans retaining the office
of papal delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico.
Archbishop Chapelle asserts that he
has not Quarreled with the Archbishop of
Manila, but, on the other hand, says
they are as brothers and saw one another
frequently while in Rome. He says that
within the next month there will be is
sued papal constitution in which the
policy of the Vatican will be fully set
forth and in which the approval of his
work III the Philippines by the Pope will
be reiterated.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

sary. From the little that can be learned
1t is evident that the Senator was obliged
to appeal to the State Department and
the United States Embassy and United
States Consulate General in Paris to un-
ravel the network of law in which he be-
came entwined.
The trouble arose over the requirement
that there must be a civil marriage cerc-
mony So much authenticated informa-
ton concerning the bridegroom and bride
was required by the French code that 1t
would have been impossible to produce
proofs without great loss of time Final
ly 1t was decided that the difficulties
might be met by having Consul General
Gowdy perform the marriage ceremony in
the Consulate General, which is nominal
ly American territory. The State Depart
ment forbids Consular officers performing
marriages, but an exception was made in
this case. Gowdy and ambassador Porter
had been instructed, however, to consult
the French authorities as to the legality
of marriage by a United States Con-
sular officer and Gowdy was especially di-
rected not to act in that capacity unless
1t were absolutely settled that his right
to do was clear.
The State Department is anxfously
awaiting further advices from Paris.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
AMERICAN FRIENDS PRAISE
MESSAGE OF ROOSEVELT
Approve Presidents Expressions De-
claring for a Worldwide
Peace
PHTTADFTPHTA

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.-The com
mittees appointed by the American
Friends Peace Conference to prepare d
message for President Roosevelt to-day
mailed a copy of the address to the White
House. Following is an excerpt from the
address:
We have observed with encouragement and
satisfaction the passage in the message to
Congress in which the declarations are made
that the true end Of every great and free
people should be self-respecting peace; that
this nation most earnestly desires sincere and
cordial friendship with all Others" and that
more and more the civilized peoples are realiz-
ing the wicked folly of war, and are attaining
that condition of just and intelligent regard
for the rights of others which will in the end
make worldwide peace possible
We earnestly desire that these sentiments, so
true and timely, may grow and prevail and
that during thy administration the public
opinion in behalf of rational methods for set
Ting international differences may be fostered
and all possible steps be taken to make such
methods practical and effective.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
Country Journalism in Missouri.

Last Saturday was a busy day for
Squire Baxter. Clayt Honeysuckle and
Uncle John Phillips both got drunk
The revival meetings at the Turtle Ford
Church have closed. Rev. Verdigris says
it is a little late in the season for bapti2-
ing, anyhow.
Uncle Hod Arkwright had it played on
him pretty rough on Hallow Eve night
The boys corraled him in a barn and put
a pair of socks on his feet. They were
tho first he had had on for fffty-seven
years.
Curt Henshaw's hogs got into Link Gil
linwater's cornfield last Sunday and pulled
down a lot of the shocks and done other
mischief. Curt says it wasn't the fault
of the hogs. He lays the blame on the
fence Link threatens to law him from
Jefferson City to breakfast. We advise
them to settle the matter without going
to law. Fight 1t out, boys. It's cheaper
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
TELEGRAPH NEWS

HALIFAX. n S, Dec. 2L-Halfax is in
the grip 'of a blizzard tonight Reports re-
ceived from points in Nova Scotia state that
the storm is general along the coast.
ST. JOSEPH. Mich, Dec. 27.-The peach
crop Of Southwestern Michigan. except in the
St Joseph, Lake Shore and Fair PLAY dis
tricts, has been ruined by the cold wave
GREENVILLE, Pa, Dec. 2T.-Sfx hundred
employees Of the Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake
Erie Railroad have been notified of an in
crease of 10 per cent in wages, commencing
January /.
PIERRE. S. D, Dec. 27.-Insurance Com
missioner Shoeber has issued an order can
ceiIng the certificate Of authority to do busi-
ness in South Dakota of the National Aid AS
sociation Of Topeka, Kans.
CHICAGO. Dec. 27.-Frank H. Peavey the
Minneapolis grain man, who is i'll of pneumo-
as being in a serious condition. The doctor
said the crisis would be reached on Sunday or
Monday.
TRENTON, N. J., Dec 27.-Robert Henson
eolored, was hanged to-day in the Mercer
County Jail for the murder Of Mrs. Ma Van
to a house and Mrs. Van Lieu and the child
were burned to death.
NORFOLK. Va. Dec. PA message was
that the Edison party is alive and well Their
yacht, the Ounaniche. which left here recently
for Florida, via the Dismal Swamp, was re-
ported wrecked last night near Beaufort
sHARPSVILLE. Pa, Dec. 27.-An expIo-
sion at the old Sharpsville furnace about Z
o'clock this morning wrecked the furnace plant
and killed three men and probably fatally in
jured another The dead: Martin Clary, How
ard Dickson. James Bartlett.
CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 27.-The violence of the
snow storms which have prevailed during the
last week is almost unprecedented A number
Of railway trains are stalled in the snow in
the southeastern districts of Norway and most
Of the telegraph wires down.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.-The directors of
the Pennsylvania Company, which includes
the Pennsylvania railroad lines west of Pitts
burg, at meeting here to-day elected e. B.
Taylor, general superintendent of transporta-
tion. TO the office Of fourth vice president.
BUFFALO, N Y. Dec 27.-Three children
Of Jacques Mondry were burned to death early
to-day in nre that destroyed a two-story
frame building on Lombard street. They We're
aged 10, and g. The mother and baby two
days old were carried from the building on a
mattress.
NEW YORK, Dec 27.-Edwin Glennon the
former wardman Of the West Thirtieth Street
Police Station to-day sentenced to six
months Imprisonment in the penitentiary by
Recorder Con-. Glennon was found guilty Of
willful negligence in failing oSsuppress a dis
orderly house.
GUTHRIE O. T. Dec 27-RoIlie Parks an
escaped convict from the Arkansas Peniten-
tiary, was arrested to-day in South McAlester.
l. T., and will be returned to prison at Little
Rock. He was convicted on a charge of as
sault and attempt 10 Kill and hal served only
six months Of his sentence when he escaped.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
Recent Explorations in Hawaii.

An exploring party recently made a
number of important geographical discov-
cries in the Hawaiian Islands. The source
of Waipo River has been found to be sew
eral miles farther up the mountain than
was supposed and in waterfall that has
one sheer fall of 600 feet and in this ex-
ceptionally dry season runs 100000 gall
Ions day. The party reached this water
fall only because of the low water, which
permitted the explorers to ascend the bed
OF the stream. The forest growth was
nearly impenetrable and the trail had to
be cut through the tropical jungles. They
were probably the first white men to see
this magnificent waterfall.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
TELLS STORY OF MURDER
TO POLICE OF HELENA
Nary Hanson Accuses Her ParamouT
of Drowning Her Husband
Eight Years Ago.

HELENA, Mont, Dec. 27.-The Helena
police are investigating a story told by
Mrs. Mary Hanson which involves the al
legged murder Of her husband at Belvidere,
III, eight years ago, by Charles Buell.
The woman and Buell. came to this city
a few weeks ago from Iowa, making the
trip overland in a buggy. To-day the
woman had Buell. arrested for i'll treat
11ent and 10 the County Attorney stated
that while living with her husband at
BelVidere, Ill, Buell. and Hanson went out
hunting together. Hanson never returned.
according TO the wOman's story her hus-
band was drowned by Buell. Mrs. Han
son joined the Salvation Army few days
go, and upon the advice Of the captain of
the army. il IS said, confessed the story
10 the County Attorney
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
TURKISH TOBACCO
NOT CORNERED''
German Dealers Do Not
Fear the American
Trust.

BERLIN, Dec. N.-Inquiry among the
tobacco manufacturers of Berlin does not
reveal the existence of any great diff
Guilty in obtaining Turkish tobacco. The
prices Of this article, which are now
higher than usual, are attributed to the
demand being greater than the supply
The American Tobacco Company is
large user of Turkish tobacco in its
American, British and recently acquired
German factories. From lnforma ton
here the tobacco trust seems undoubtedly
to be the largest buyer of tobacco in the
world, and a larger holder of tobacco,
petitors. This, it is said here, is a very
different thing from cornering or attempt
ing to corner the Turkish tobacco crop
President Duke of the American Tobac-
co Company has been here for ten days,
engaged in personally examining the to-
bacco manufacturing situation. The i'm
portant tobacco firms here say that they
have not received any propositions from
President Duke.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
Novel Places for Dining Parties

At the Paris Exhibi Jion $50 persons
dined in a champagne tun large enough
to hold 81 600, 900 worth of the wine of the
gods The dinner was one of a dozen
courses. This tun, in the shape of an
an army of 5000 men to stand in its in
terror A year was spent in building it.
and it's cost was $4,000. About two years
ago an immense whale was driven ashore
and oil worth $125OO, and in honor of the
find banquet was given inside the body.
which, after the removal of the blubber.
guests.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
ELOQUENT NEW YORK STATES
MAN AND THE LADY WHO BE-
CAME HIS BRIDE.

demands of her faith there will be cere-
mony in church tomorrow. 1t will take
place at Notre Dame at II o'clock.
Senator Depew is Protestant and
wishes that mis- own church should par
ticipate in his marriage. Accordingly,
there VIII be a third ceremony in the
Out of compliment to DR.. Depew as a
United States Senator and an otherwise
from the cruiser Albany will attend at
the church as guard of. honor.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

IN
IN has the following from Nice: Sen
NJ ator Chauncey M. Depew and
4 Y Miss May Palmer were married at
the United States Consulate here
to-day. Consul Van Buren performing the
ceremony. American consular and diplo
matte history has not on record an in
stance of a similar event in which rep
resentative of the United States Govern
ment officiated as the celebrant of a mar
riage. Mr. Van Buren performed the
service under special dispensation from
the authorities in Washington.
The principals and rev relatives and
friends assembled soon after noon at the
villa of Count de Sers and were driven
to the Consulate, where they arrived
little before o'clock. The utmost pri-
Vacy was observed
The bride-elect had for her two wit
nesses, demanded by the laws of France,
the Comte de Cantalouse and her brother
in-law, Baron Adolph Van Andre. The
witnesses for the Senator were James
Gordon Bennett and the Count de Sers.
The bride was very quietly but Ncharn-
ingly goWned in a walking costume
Senator Depew, who was in the gayest of
spirits, wore a black cutaway morning
coat and gray trousers. His tie was of
blue and white
minutes, after which the wedding party