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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
QUESTION DEAD
MAYORS WIDOW
BaltimOre'S Coroner and
Captain of Detectives Seek
the Reason for His Suicide
CAUSE STILL IN DOUBT
Republican Successor of
the Late Executive Takes
the Oath of Office
Special Dispatch to The cail.

BALTIMORE, May 31.-The cause of
Mayor McLane's suicide was a greater
mystery to-day than when he sent a
bullet through his brain yesterday. AL
though it is an accepted fact that
criticism of his public acts and worry
over the opposition to his recent mar
riage combined to wreck his health, it
is believed that domestic troubles
caused him to end his career.
Rumors were circulated about the
City Hall to-day that Mrs. McLane
might be able to cast some light upon
the subject. Coroner Hayden and Cap
tain of Detectives Humphrey have had
talks with her, but the interviews re-
vealed nothing. That there was any
trouble between the couple is denied
by Mrs. McLane's brother-in-law, DR..
Claude Van Bibber.
President E. Clay Timanus Of the
second branch of the City Council took
the oath of Office as Mayor OF Balti-
more to-day. Timanus is a Republi-
can, but it is not believed that he will
undertake to undo the appointments Of
his predecessor, who was a Demo-
crat.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
MICHIGAN A FIGHT CENTER.
Hearst and Conservatives VIII Strive
for Control.

DETROIT, Mich, May 31.-The Dem
ocratic State Convention to select dele
gates to the ST. Louis convention will
convene here at noon tomorrow 1t is
expected that there will be a fight to
the finish between the so-cal1ed con-
servative and radical wings of the par
ty. While National Committeeman
Daniel J. Campau is avowedly in favor
of Judge Parker of New York for the
Presidential nomination, Campau and
his supporters, who comprise the con-
servative element, are demanding only
an uninstructed delegation.
The Campau following is conceding
two districts to the Hearst faction,
which is led by Lewis G. Stevenson of
Battle Creek and Charles S. Hampton
of Detroit, secretary of the State Cen
trail Committee The conservatives
claim the other ten. On the other hand
Stevenson and Hampton have been
claiming seven districts for Hearst,
and tonight impartial observers have
been counting the three other districts
as possible Hearst districts in addi-
ton to the two conceded.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
CLERK FLEES,,
COIN MISSING
Trusted EmplOye Causes Sus-
pension Of Firm in the
New York Cotton Trade
SHORTAGE is s125,OOO
One of the Oldest Houses in
Metropolis Embarrassed by
BOOkkeeper's Peculations

NEW YORK, May S1.-The suspen-
sion of S. Mum, Son & Co. was an
nounced on the Cotton Exchange to-
day. The firm is one of the oldest
in the cotton trade in this city. The
head bookkeeper and cashier disap-
pSared about ten days ago, and the
firm believes that as soon as it's ac-
counts are Strengthened out it will be
aEle to resume business.
At the office of the firm it was said
tbRt Clarence f. Cameron, the office
manager and head clerk, had been alb
sent for about week. An examina-
tion of the books so far made, it was
added, showed apparent discrepancies
amounting to about $125, 900.
The Mum firm is one Of the most
conservative and respected in the cot
ton business. 1t is composed of Sam
uel G.. Mum and II. T. Mum and the
estate Of A Gwynn Mum Jr. The firm
had a Coffee Exchange membership,
but had few open accounts there. The
following announcement from the firm
was read on the Cotton Exchange:
I'VE hereby announce to the mem
bers of the Cotton Exchange that,
through the absence of our head and
trusted clerk, who has left his books
in an involved condition, we are obliged
to suspend. We trust this suspension
viii only be temporary. We would
request all members of the exchange
having open contracts with our firm
TO present the same to us, with ac-
counts, at once"
August H. Skillin, the legal repre-
sentative of the firm, said that the
Chicago Board of Trade accounts of
the suspended firm were badly tangled.
A week ago last Saturday, it was said,
Cameron left the Office saying he was
going to Brooklyn, where his baby
was Ill. Mrs. Cameron called at the
FIRMS offices to-day and told the off,
cials of the company that she had not
seen her husband since that day. Cam
eron had been in the employ of the
company for fifteen years.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
HOLDING FIRM
IN DEADLOCK
Illinois Republican State
Convention Resumes Work
After Eleven Days Recess
NO CHANGE IN RESULT
Three Ballots Are Taken
for Governor, but the Dele
gates Will Not Be Moved

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 91.-The
Republican State Convention, after a
session lasting an hour and a half
and after taking three ballots for Gov
ernor, adjourned until 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning without having
broken the deadlock
The convention, after an eleven
days recess, reconvened at 2:12 this
afternoon. There was manifest fall
ing off of enthusiasm. Governor Yates
was cheered as he entered a. few min
uteS before the convention was called
to order, but the entry of the. other
candidates was unobserved. Chairman
Cannon opened the proceedings by hav-
ing read the rule of the House of Rep
resentatives which, among other
things, prohibits smoking upon the
floor Of the House"
Gentlemen" said Chairman Cannon,
Eve have adopted that among other
rules. The chair cannot enforce that
rule without the cooperation of the
delegates, and the chair desires to
know what the will of the convention
is.'
He then put to question the mo
smoking rule"
The affirmative vote was practically
unanimous and the chairman then
gave peremptory instructions to the
assistant sergeant -at-arms and the po-
lice to see that all smoking in the hall
was prevented, delegates who do not
cease when requested to be reported
to the chair for the action of the con-
vention and persons not delegates who
persistently violate the rule to be
elected from the hall.
How about chewing?" inquired a
delegate, amid laughter. Chairman
Cannon, who, while refraining from
smoking, has been chewing tobacco
pretty freely during the monotonous
deadlock, answered gravely: The
resolution is silent on chewing.
Oaughter.)
The roll was called for the fifty ninth
ballot, which resulted: Yates, 4S7; Low
den, 1864: Deneen, 3S312; Hamlin, 116;
Warner, Al; Sherman, so; Pierce, 2S.
On the sixtieth ballot the changes
were slight. The ballot resulted:
Yates, 4S4: Lowden, 39S12; Deneen,
3S312; Hamlin, 113: Warner, AZ; Sher-
man, 53; Pierce, 2S.
The sixty-first ballot resulted about
the same as the preceding one.
At 3:45 the convention took a recess
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
LOSS OF TROPHY
STILL RANKLES
Question as to Fairness of
Victory of American Rifle
men Last Year Is Revived
MATTER is EXPLAINED
English Not Inclined to Be-
lieve That the Rules Were
Not PurpOsely Violated

LONDON. May 31.-At the spring
meeting Of the National Rifle Associa-
ton held in London to-day Lord Chey-
lemore, the president, referred TO the
correspondence between the National
RifieAssociation and theAmerican Rine
Association relative to the allegations
that the American team which won the
Palma trophy in 1908 did not use the
national arms Of the United States ana
therefore did not conform TO the con-
dition Of. the contest. He regarded the
incident as being most regrettable anu
said it was very unfortunate that IL
ever occurred. The object Of the coun-
ell in sitting the matter was not to
seek to reverse the result OF the match
or arouse any bitterness. but simply TO
clear I'D the serious question which
had been publicly raised.
Replying to the communication from
the National Rife Association General
B. A. Spencer admits the general truth
of the allegation, but he denies that
the Americans wilfully contravened the
rules of the contest. He says they
brought two patterns of rifles and as
no objection was raised to the pattern
selected they thought they were en-
titled to use ii. General Spencer points
out that il was we'll known to every
body that these rifles were to be used
and no secret was made of the eharac-
ter Of the rifles.
The Times, in long article summar-
izing the Palma trophy correspond
ence, and commenting upon ii, will say
tomorrow that the trophy is likely TO
remain in the United States forever II
a challenge is waited for from this
country or perhaps from any other
''The scene after the. reading Of Cen
eral Spencer's letter" the Times Will
say was one Of dramatic and very
significant silence When Lord Cheyle-
more asked IL any members desired to
say anything there was a silence OF
scOrn or Of sadness or Of both. There
was really nothing to be said except
that conduct Of that sort, combined
with the complete absence OF shame in
cOnfessing to it. rendered further COM
petition for the trophy impossible for
honorable men"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
GOVERNOR oDELL IN PARIS.
New YorIx's Executive Says He Is
Abroad for Rest.

PARIS, May Ex-Governor Odell Of
New York arrived late this afternoon
and went to the Hotel Ritz. Owing to
the lateness of his arrival he did not
call at the embassy or elsewhere. Gov
ernor OdelFs coming is attracting
much interest because of the publish
ed report that one of the purposes OF
his visit is to induce ambassador Por-
ter to accept the nomination for Gov
ernor of New York.
When press correspondent asked
Governor Odell about the report he
replied that he had come abroad for
a short rest, intending to remain a
week and then return to New York in
time to attend the Republican Nation
al Convention. He would see En-
bassador Porter tomorrow. AS they
were both from New York and greatly
interested in New York affairs. it
would be natural that they should dis
cuss conditions there. Beyond this the
Governor did not desire to make a
statement.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
TRAFFIC Is DISTURBED
By LIGHTNING STROKE
Electric Plants Are Disabled and
Panic Occurs in Music Hall Dur
ing a Storm.

NEW YORK, May 31.-A flash of
lightning that passed into the motor
in the power-house of the United
Electric Light and Power Company,
which supplies power for the lights at
Bellevue Hospital, threw the great es-
tablishment into darkness for nearly
three hours. Fortunately no opera
tiOns were in progress and no damage
was done. The flash was followed by
a fearful thunder clap and the dark
ness following Immediately after
caused some uneasiness among the
patients and hospital staff.
At Mount Vernon lightning struck
the power-house of the Connecticut
Traction Company and all traffic was
crippled for the night.
A small panic occurred in the Tro-
cadero Music Hall at Fort George
when lightning struck the building.
Nearly 1000 persons, many of them
women who had entered to escape the
storm, were wildly excited for few
moments. Several tainted, but no one
was seriously injured.
Many of the hotels were affected by
the storm, their lighting plants being
temporarily put out of business.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
CIVIL ACTION
RECALLS CRIME
Mulattress Involved in MUIR
der of Andrew Green Sued
for Money and Realty
AGED Man PLAINTIFF
John r. Platt Says Woman
Pretended to Love Him in
Order to Secure His Wealth

NEW YORK, May 31--The murder
several months ago of Andrew H.
Green, known as the father of Greater
New York" and one of New York s
prominent public men, was recalled to-
day when suit was brought by John
r. Platt, against Hannah Elias, a
mulattress, to recover certain real es-
tate and money in bank, held in her
name. Green's murderer, a negro
named Williams, said his victim had
interfered to separate him (Williams)
and Hannah Elias. Williams was de-
clared insane and sent 10 an asylum.
BE had annoyed Green for some time
and Green had said he never saw the
woman Williams referred TO. 1t devel-
oped after the murder thai Mrs. Elias
had become wealthy and occupied a
costly residence in Central Park West.
At the Offices of the plaintiffs at
torney all information as TO the iden-
tity Of Platt was refused.
In the papers filed Platt says that
he is upward of SO years old. a retired
merchant, in feeble health and a wild
over He says that he first met Han
nah Elias prior tp January, 1896, that
she represented herself TO be single
woman of Southern blood, but that he
discovered afterward that she was the
wife of one Matthew G. Davis.
=
after Platt formed her acquaintance
she told him that he had gained her
love. Platt says that these protesta-
tons Of love were a scheme on her
part to enable her to coerce and black
mail him into giving her large sums of
money.
According to the papers filed, Mrs.
Elias husband was a negro and her
husband threatened to do the plain
+se J.. ~ him Tho
plaintiff states that he paid Mrs.
Elias S6S.0O ar different times be-
tween the years 1896 and 1904. It is
further alleged that Mrs. Elias told
the plaintiff that she could not obtain
a divorce unless her husband received
$4,000 and that as a result of threats
made by her he paid that sum OF
money and she obtained the divorce.
This amount, he alleges, never was
paid TO the husband and during the
year 1897 he was coerced into paying
the husband. who in the meantime had
been divorced, the sum of $4,000 not
to press a threatened suit.
Platt demands an accounting of all
the moneys which he alleges Mrs.
Elias has wrongfully obtained; that
the real estate and bank accounts be
impressed; that the defendants be re-
strained from disposing of the prop
erty and a receiver be appointed 10
collect the rent of the property, and
that any other relief that the court
may decree proper be afforded.
There are thirty-four trust COM
panies, twenty-six savings banks and
sixty-nine national banks and other
banks that are made codefendants
with Mrs. Elias. The action against
the banks IS nominal and is taken to
prevent them paying any money TO
Mrs. Elias.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
HONOLULU BEING RID
OF BAD CHARACTERS
Police of Island City Are Shipping Of
tenders to Other Parts of the
World.

HONOLULU, May 25.@Many unde-
sirable characters are being shipped
away from here and most of them are
bound to San Francisco. the police do
ing an active business in supplying
sailors for vessels. The presence of
several young men having become OBJ
noxious, they are induced to work
their way to the coast in preference
to a term on the reef. Men who have
been up" on charges of vagrancy
and assault and battery will help out
on the Alameda leaving to-day with
a very large passenger list. Another.
who has faced a charge of soliciting.
has entered the Federal service in
Uncle Sans navy. One who has had
sentence suspended on a charge of
gross cheat and a Porto Rican who
was charged with larceny in the Sec
ond degree are now anxiously await
ing a departing coaster.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
BANKER ROTHCHILD
GOES TO SING SING
Prisoner Prepares for His Nine Years
Sentence by Closing Up His
Affairs

NEW YORK. May 31.-David Roth
child. founder and alleged wrecker of
the Federal Bank of this city was
taken to Sing Sing prison to-day on
the term of nine years imprisonment,
imposed on him by Recorder Cor
after his conviction on the charge OF
having appropriated to his own use
the proceeds of a prOmissory note for
$4,000 made by a depOsitOr.
Rothchild prepared for his long
sentence by closing up all his private
business affairs and holding a fearful
interview with his wife. The latter
assured the ex-banker that she was
fully confident of his innocence and
would make her home near the prison
in order to see him as often as. the
rules of the institution would permit.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
HOTEL CLOSED
BY A STRIKE
Guests Of a New York Hos
telry Forced to Go Else
where for Their Dinner
KITCHEN CREW QUITS
Waits Until the Meal Hour
Before Presenting Ultima
tum to the Proprietor
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, May 31.-When the
patrons of Hotel Wrightworth moved
toward the dining-room at o'clock
this evening, they stopped in amaze
ment to gaze at the strange company
which appeared marching in close or
der from the rear of the main floor
toward the office of Manager Wright,
wearing bakers square caps and carv-
ers' aprons.
I'VE want our wages up to date or
we don't get any dinner for anybody"
was the ultimatum of the spokesman;
"and if we don't work in that kitchen
no one else will"
Mr.. Wright demonstrated in vain.
The restaurant was closed, the kitchen
was dark and the patrons went else
where for dinner. The hotel will be
closed
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
SON BORN TO PRINCESS
OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Child That Would Have Been an Heir
TO the Throne Chrfstened With
Honors.

HONOLULU, May 25.-David Kala-
kaua II came into existence on Sum
day, May %, the occasion being the
christening by that name of the in
fant son of Prince and Princess Ka-
wananakoa. In the natural line of
succession to the throne of Hawaii,
were the monarchy still in existence,
the young Prince would be heir to the
crown and scepter after his father,
Prince David Kawananakoa. The
ceremony was a very pretty one and
attended by a large gathering OF
friends of the family at st. Augustine
Chapel at Waikiki.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
STRIKE-BREAKER JAILED
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
Nineteen YeaP-Old Lad, Who Killed
One Man and Wounded Others.
Admits His Crime

LEADvILLE, Colo, May 31.-Albert
s. Meade, who is wanted on the charge
of murder, was arrested at Arkansas
Junction to-day. Meade admitted hav-
ing killed Samuel Kicker at Spring
Gulch. Colorado. last Saturday even
ing. Two other men were wounded,
one probably fatally, in the fight in
which Kicker was killed. Meade is 10
years pld and came to this State from
Virg MIA with party of strike break
ers, ,vho werA sent to Spring Gulch
severa months ago.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
SOLDIERS DEFY ORDER
FOR A DRESS PARADE
Nineteen Troopers at Fort Riley Rebel
and Police Assist in Subdu-
ing Them.

JUNCTION CITY. Kans., May 81
Nineteen soldiers in Troop K, Eighth
Cavalry, at Fort Riley rebelled at noon
to-day on account Of an inspection
that was ordered for 2 o'clock this
afternoon. They came to Junction City
and paraded ON the streets in defiance
OF the non n-commissioned officers who
were sent to take them back to the
post. A detail Of men was sent from
the post to assist in the capture of the
mutineers. With the aid of the local
police agencies all but four of the mu-
tineers are in custody tonight. Only
seven of the men resisted the patrol
and it is probable that they will be
charged with mutiny when they go be-
fore court martial for trial.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
Died from Natural Causes.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. May 81.
Miss Ellen Oleson, who was found
dead in the Mariposa lodging house in
Palo Alto Monday, was employed in
the department of botany in Stanford
University, where her brother is an
instructor. She was a graduate Of the
University of Helsinffords, Sweden. At
the Coroner's inquest this morning the
cause of death was found to be valvu-
lar heart trouble.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
SENTENCE OF ST. LOUIS
BRIBERS IRREGULAR
State Supreme Court Remands the
Cases on a Flaw in the
InformatiOnS.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. May 81
The Missouri Supreme Court to-day
reversed and remanded the cases of T..
Edward Albright, Jerry ]. Hannigan
and John A. Sheridan, former MEM
bers of the st. Louis Municipal AS
sembIy. convicted on the charge of
bribery, and sentenced to five years
each in the penitentiary. The cases
were reversed on the brief of the
Attorney General that the informa-
tions were not verified by affidavits as
required by law.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
Pioneer Resident Passes Awar.

MARYSVILLE, May 31.-Mrs. E.
B. Langdon, pioneer of California,
and one of the most respected resi-
dents of Wheatland. died at her home
early this morning at the age of SO
years. She came across the plains by
OK team in the early days. settling in
Placer County. near Sheridan. A hus-
band, two sons and two daughters
survive her.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
Hearst Not sure of oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, May 81.
The Oklahoma Democratic Convention
to elect delegates to the Territorial
convention will be held at Anadarko
tomorrow. A fight will be made
against instructions which the Hearst
men are seeking to have adopted and
the result promises 10 be close It is
claimed toeuiebG that iIfstrucstons win
be defeated.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
FOLK MAY PRESIDE.

ST. LOUIS, May 31.-A movement
to make Circuit Attorney Joseph w.
Folk temporary chairman at the
Democratic National Convention is
gaining ground A conference be-
tween him and Norman e. Mack to
that end was held to-day. Committee
men Campo, Mack, Johnson and
others have declared in the past that
Folk would make a temporary chair
man. 1t is understood that he will ac-
cept the honor If it falls to him.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
Bic strike i'm Nora scotia.

What promises to be the greatest labor
struggle in the history of Nova Scotia
was launched at midnight last night,
when the employees of the Dominion
Iron and Steel Company rejected the
offer of the directors to arbitrate the
wage question and declared strike.
Altogether there are 1000 men en-
ployed in the plant.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
PARKER HAS A MAJORITY
Result of Poll of Uninstructed DEM
ocratic Delegates.

NEW YORK, May 91.-To ascer-
tain the sentiment of uninstructed
Democratic delegates, the World ask
ed such delegates to wire their prefer
ence. The result follows: Total num-
Der of uninstructed delegates pOlled,
SO. For Parker 81, Hearst Z, Cleve-
land 2, Olney I, Kilbourne /, Miles 1,
Harris 1, Francis l, Gray l, un-
decided TO-
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
BRYAN TO BE SUPREME.
Nebraskan Convention Will Be Dom
mated by Silver Champion.

OMAHA, Neb., May 31.-Democratic
leaders from different parts of the
State began arriving to-day for the
Democratic State Convention, which
will be held in this city Wednesday.
Indications now are that William J..
Bryan's friends will completely dorni-
nate the convention, the county con-
vention in Douglas (Omaha) County
last Saturday having eliminated the
last hope of the "reorganizers" to Sc
cure recognition.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
SENTENCE is COMMUTE,
BY ACTING GOVERNOR
Murderer in Hawaii Will Go to Prison
for Life Instead of the
GaIIOyVs.

HONOLULU, May 25.-One of the
first official acts of Acting Governor
A. L. D. Atkinson was to commute the
sentence of Murderer Kimura to inn
prisonment for life. Kimura was un-
der sentence to be hanged for muir
dering a woman at Waialua nearly
two years ago. He cut her throat un-
der an agreement that both should
die together, but the wound inflicted
upon himself did not prove fatal.
There were mitigating circumstances
which led to the executive clemency.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
AMERICAN TROOPS ARE
HUNTING DATTO ALI
General Wood Organizes Expedition
to Search for SIayers of Cover
ment Employees.

MANILA May 31.-Major General
Leonard Wood has returned from
Zamboanga. island of Mindanao, where
he has been organizing punitive ex-
pedition dispatched Id pursuit of the
Datto Ali and his band Of Moros from
the Rio Grande, who, on the 18th inst,
surprised and massacred f1fty-thr
Filipinos, men, women and children,
employees Of the Government at Camp
Overton. United States troops are now
trailing Ali, determined to either cap
ture or destroy him and his followers.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01
FALLS FROM PLACE OF
PRAYER AND is DROWNED
Pennsylvania Loses Life While Civ
ing Memorial Day Tribute to
Lost Relative.

WILKESBARRE. Pa, May 81
While kneeling on the Plymouth bridge
to pray for relative who was drowned
five years ago, George Shepla fell into
the Susouehanna and was drowned
He was a foreigner, but knowing the
American custom of services for the
dead on Memorial day he decided to
go to the bridge and pray, thinking it
appropriate to do so because the body
Of his relative was never recovered and
the river was the only grave it knew.