The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1899, Page 1

” \’701‘['.\1]‘. LXXXV —NO. /147, 26 PRICE FIVE CENTS. HE SCORES WALES D Gl anan o S ¢ s f yble deeds and e attack e sa m G t = ND THE SULTAN FROM THE PULPIT S Wi VP Vil G W W SN e S »@o&*—&O‘»‘. REV. o0 smwell portraits the country h Prince preache read the Dr. Par inuing, eant vitriol D device. nonconformity - in concluded w ¥ of ith ker, the preacher said: poured into a red, gaping wound. estable blasphemy! which made England possible to live in.” e ioe all is sermon this a large congregation. ng Cromwell, s, then let the country mourn. a high example. cheered by the audience, on the Sultan of Turkey, during which call the Holy Ghost, I say ‘God damn the Sul- ccepting I’mn—smnt money T e the undertaker’s bill for his wife’s inter- word on pe e e d JOSEPH PARKER. - the papers Wales as Dr. Parker said: When I a racecourse I don’t like it.” im his friend, but a passionate for performing the top of the and CROKER NOT AN ENTHUSIAST IN. BRYAN'S CAUSE and Dr. Parker denunciation of the © 54— D S A S R =) > G | Charles, e hoe = ¢ | the pump, which siei e e @ —The three hundredth birthday anniversary of 1 has furnished the occasion for biographies, appreci- and celebrations in honor of the Lord Protector of the Brit- in ster of the City Temple, this city, took the afternoon and delivered an In the course of his re- “a certain card-playing We look to see my Prince pro- in the name of popish tricks. bill ‘‘unconse- the congregation loudly re- “When I read the It is a knavish It made me still more sieseie@ Says There Are Better Men in the Party and Other Issues Be- sides Free Silver. FO the “bu reply, when he » is the o hav was def \r as 1 iss Iy ins ues and He Jut of the p ree W is convention } 1 nobody kn Bryan, as I think there should be i e of the T RGER KING SENT TO SING SING PRIS er-Woolworth Bank of San Francisco. especis ck King and 5 insists one, grown ated with not OWS id, are the next ON a Check Drawn on the Crock- in" Jersey RUSSIA IN FAVOR OF il ance Indifferent PAPAL REPRESENTATI Admission to the Peace Con- ference. April 2 that : Pope’s admission A cable to ON| | San F to the Pope’s the to ally rty he to the about ex the anti-ex; of the Den principa fight against trusts,” should be ' he al one ansion?"” pansion issue wili woeratic platform. I dc that that the United States up the territory ac- quired by her soldiers in the war. I think, for as to the Philip pines, tha intry should teach | the people there that the islands be- | long to the United States by right of conquest will put down by arm its authority. When that to the should dispose of lesson tion of Papal ference is said to tions with the strained. Vatic Filipinos, the s all oppe we have taught | then we | islands in some an ABDUCTION OF A GIRL. Warrant Sworn Out for Her Former Guardian. JOSE, N April 2 Rubie Johnson, a pretty 13-year-old girl, been missing from’ the home of her guardian, Mrs. E McElhanon, on Unien street, near Pask nce Sunday afternoon, and it is as Ahdllv ted attena to reveal a trace n mont neisco Mrs. had charge husband were seen in Mrs. Ellis was much ward and tried to keep awarded the guardianship to Mrs. Last evening the latter swore to hanon. of her. Until thir- ago Mrs. Ida M. Hess of San of Rubie. Since Hess married a man named and it is claimed that she and her the city Sunday. attached to her her, but the court McEIl- a complaint charging Mrs. Elils with ab- duction and the warrant has been sent to ancisco to be served. To Exile Finns. NEW YORK, April 2.—A special cable to the Journal from St. Petersburg says: e Governor of Finland has obtained ple to the work now_in suspected of hostil sianizing” Finland. thousands of people. ority from the Czar to exile all peo- ity to Russia_and rogress of ‘‘Rus- ‘he order affects | ance can be | { as he | in and that the United .\‘Vah.\‘ ion to | MURDER NYSTERY AT PASADENA Strange Disappearance of a Prosperous Rancher From His Own Dooryard. HIS BROTHER'S STORY The Man Who Has Vanished Was Left Alone Less Than Twenty Minutes. Special Dispatch to The Call. P D April There is every indication that a murder was committed in Pasadena last night, but there is not the slightest clew to the murderer, nor has the body of the man supposed to have béen murdered been found. The man whose strange disappear- accounted for in no other way is Hillary S. Starr, superintendent »f the Oak Knoll ranch at the south end of Moline avenue, on the southe: edge of the city. Starr lives with his wife and two small children at the ranch house, while his younger brothe; lives in a smaller cabin near by. The latter was returning from this city last evening about 8 o'clock when, pumphouse near the his brother Hillary come and help repair was out of order. nd, observing that it the ranch residence called to him to passed Charle was to be ob, to put on d clothes. He returned in less than twenty minutes and found all dark, the lan- tern having been put out, and his brother Hillary missing. did so a lor his inking he had gone to the house to refill the lantern with oil Charles waited a litt while, then went back | to the house to find that his brother had not be ther Then began the irch, which has inued up to the present time, with- 1 single clew to the whereabouts of ssing man having been found On returning to the pumphouse Charles und the 1l smashed to piece: and in the t near the piace there e evide of a struggle hav- ing takKen place, the gra being trampled down and a bunch of keys | nd bi s of the watch chain of the m man being scattered about, as well a few nickels and dimes from his pockets. There vet s no evidence of bloodshed, the appearance of the med to indicate that a fearful strug- gle had taken place, o-day footprints wer traced through an abande orchard from the pump to a ravine where, near a large tree, a horse hitched to a light buggy had been tied. It -d that Starr's assailant used a ment aw or some blunt instru- upon his victim and then ma with the body. Starr was a ve quiet, industrious man, strictly tem- perate and in the best of health, and his hom was happy and, peaceful, would t probability so his bot seem to t says. Hence there not the slighte that his disappearance was occasioned by any freak of his own. On the con- trary everything seems to point to foul play. On bank, mos Friday he drew ) from the t of which he expended soon that it was thought he had about $40 in his pockets last night. gold watch. This morn- E volver was found in the grass three out of five cartridges snapped but not exploded, the rest re- maining untouched. had no enemies so far as known. He is described ag a well- built man of 29, weighing 160 pounds, height 5 feet 814 inches. Hair, eyes and che brown. He wore a v suit The little finger of scar at the base and | AMERICANS CLOSE BUSINESS HOUSES Not One of Them Doing Business in Bluefields at the Present Time. W YORK, April I‘r:<\ from New Orleans received here from Bluefield: icaragua, by the steamship Jarl state that pande- monium reigned in that city on the night | of April 18. Drunken native soldiers araded the streets, firing at Inoffensiv .ns and into houses. Several person: younde ; Torres served notice on Ameri- rehants that unless they paid the duties demanded by night he wowld close up their pl of business and confiscate their receipts. A ~rmr1.11 to the Advices These dutics had already been paid to General Reyes when the revolutionists were in charge of Bhuefields, and the merchants naturally objected to paying twice. The merchants held a meeting | and decided to close their stores. The doors were locked and sealed and the American flag hoisted over each store, The .consequence was that when the Jarl left there was not an American doing business in Blueflelds. | —_—-— OTIS ASKS RIOS TO HOLD MINDANAC MADRID, April 25.—The G has received a dispatch’from General Rios; Spain’s principal commander in the Philippines, asserting that Major General Otis has requested him not to withdraw the Spanish troops from the island of Mindanao until the arrl\'fll of the American force of occupation. Gen- eral Rios asks the Government w hon he may return to Spain. - Vixen Goes to Dewey. WASHINGTON April 2.—The yacht Vixen, which was the smallest vessel that took part in the Spanish war, ‘out _at_Norfolk Navy to the Philippines. She will start in about a week and will make the trip by way of the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez canal. She is a formidable crait for her size, and will undoubtedly prove a de- sirable addition to Admiral Dewey's fleet. is fitting went to his cabin | ground | Fovernment | Yara for a cruise | S>> & (0CHLAN SATS ENGLAND . WAS FRIENDLY Does Not Believe the Ger-| mans Really Meant Fight at Manila. beed D e . | ! | - BUT CAUSED TROLBLL | French in the Orient Frothed at ‘ the Mouth at American | Success. | around u; © Captain Geary’s California Heavy Artillery Guarding the Trenches Before Cavite. I e e S SO S Sl e e who would be very easily put to rout by the Spaniards. The Japanese seemed to be ve This war our eyes. | have been howed ions which we did not us that all the great were unfriendly, with tion of England, | opened and’ our possible mission | UNION "‘ANK MAY SHIRK ITS DEBTS Attempt Will Be Made to Recover Securities Deposited for Loans. JOSE, April % ancisco, at one the Bank Comm n this morning expert Union Savings Bank. about six months. An rttempt will be made by the direc. 1O 40 Techver - the. securities. deposited with the San Francisco banks for loans without redeeming them. These amount | to nearly 3200,000. The Nevada Bank holds abhout $%0,000 of these securties for an in- debtedness of $50,000. Among several other banks are scattered $80,000 worth of l‘n(~~ and mortgages in lieu of a loan of 000. The San Francisco banks have of- ed to give up the securities on the return of the amounts loaned the single e> b, 1 believe, eves to our prowess and and development. SA put he !w.k-, of the | 1t work This will occupy rectors expect td recover these without | putting up a cent. The n Savings Bank did both a savings and a_commer- clal Dispatch to The Call D e e e R e [+ + 4+ VIENNA, April 2%6.—TheFrem- + | + denblatt, the organ of the Aus- + > 4 tro-Hungarian Foreign Office, + | 4 commenting to-day pon the 4 4+ Coghlan incident, invites the + 4 United’States to abandon Great + 4 Britain and to join the triple al- 4 + liance. + + o+ R R o o o o o o S NEW YORK, April aptain | Coghlan of the Raleigh has an article | which all | in that in the current Independent, he savs the late war showed the great Buropean nations but land were unfriendly to the States. ‘vhe article is headed Good Will, by Joseph Bullock Cohglan, of the United States Cruis | . discussing the attitude of the Eng- | United K in Manfla Bay, Cap- | tain C he does not believe | the Germans “mear . fight.” The arti- [ cle follows | , far as action can be taken as a ori- | - war with Spain were with | us heart and soul When we got word to leave Hongkong | and attack the enemy the news spread | about through the varlous clubs and e | cttea divers timents. Tt was su | posed the defenses of Manila were ve formidable; that the channel was hea ily mined. the forts manned by active, | intelligent garrisons ‘furnished with all | implements for detecting the presence of | an enemy ana making him regret his in- trusion. The Sranish fleet, to be as strong tt on paper, appeared as our own, and alto- on Manila looked like gether the an exceedingly hard proposition. So much was the case that Prince nenry felt sorry for us. He did not ex Ay 0, but you could see in his manner | it and his 100k when he | heard that we had to go. | When I walked down the wharf in| Hongkong to step ahoard the Raleigh and | go to sea I.was in civilian dress, but some | nglish officers. whom 1 did not know | recognized me and saluted. They came about me and said, “Bv Jov u fel- 'lows are to have ch: e, ter all. They were envious, having hoped every | moment to get an order to fight Rus: They were very friendly and tnought we were going on particularly hazardous ser- vice. They were full of confidence, how- ver, in our ability to take care of our- | selves, and said laughingly, “If you don't | clean them out, don’t come wack here.” After the battle of Manila and all throughout the operations there the ac- tion of English fleets showed they. were heartily with us. | T do not know whether Captain' Chi- | chester told Admiral Diederichs that no | one but Dewey knew what the British fleet would do in case Mauila was hom- barded. That was the rumor, at any rate. But the Germans certainly did give us some anxiety, while the attitude of | the English certainly saved us from much | trouble. I do not, however, believe the Germans meant fight. The French ships were polite enough, but French papers in Asia simply frothed at the mouth when they spoke of us. They did nothing but blackguard us after the battle at Manila, calling us bullies, cutthroats, robbers. Previous to the battle of Manila we had been cowards and men without discipline, | cial busipess, but it is claimed it had no act the latter class of busi- |1):hl to hypothecate tt they probably be he will appl. the premis were deeded ‘to .Mrs. William H. to ire a loan of $60.000. In irities are recovered from the an F ruwurn banks in this way the lat- 21 institutions can fall back on IIIV'H Ward Wright and the rest the directors who wrecked the bank the amounts advanced. A long legal must_be fought first. Unless the were forthcoming, then, it said Al criminal complaints’ might of for battle h eve | made. ALL HOTEL GUESTS MUST BE REGISTERED | | Los Angeles Council Adopts an Ordi: nance Designed to Aid the Police. T.0S ANGELES adopted by the Cit it compulsory upon all keepe lodging-ho and other tained for housi ister of v makes with the the room eccupied. Guests evade notice by registering names. W no one may dwell incog” even for a day in Los Angeles. 1l must register in a book that shall be accessible not only to the other occupants | of the house in which they are temporary | dwellers, all the regular pollcemen and detectives of the Los Angeles forece. Any landiord and landlady neglecting to post this daily register wili be subject to ceal the real identity of the guest will be regarded. with suspicion by the - police force. This ordinance was introduced at the request of Chief of Police Glass to aid in establishing the identity of suspected persons. LOSES ITS FORFEIT. English Syndicate Backs Out of a Big Mining Deal. TOLUCA, Mexico, April 2.—The mining deal which involved the sale of the famous Es g0ld mine in this State to the peranza Gold Mine Compan of London, Eng 1, for_fou doliars in_gold, as been declared off, felt money Mexi imited, million which the company posted to-bind the option on the mine reverts to_the owners of the rich property. The ican Esperanza Gold Mine ‘Company, limited, was organized for th express purpose of buying the Esperanz mine. Several experts examined the property and reported upon it favorably, but at a recent meeting of the rllrs-mm of the company, held in London, was decided that the mine might not be worth the big price asked for it. The option on the property expired to-day, and the $100,000 deposit was deciared for- feited. - Big Profit in Bogus Stamps. LANCASTER, Pa., April 2.—An exam- ination was made to-day of W. M. Ja- cobs’ books and it was found that he had defrauded the Government out of about $125,000 with his bogus revenue' stamps, the books showing the difference between the number of cigars actually produ at the factory and the number that Ja- cobs reported to the revenue officers as having been made. Urges Firmness in Samoa. MELBOURNE, Victoria, April 25.—On the suggestion of the Premier of New Zealand, Right Hon. R, J. Seddon, the Premier of Victoria, Right Hon. Slr (veurgfl R. Turner, has cabled a messa; to the British Secretary of State for ti e Colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, urging that the British Government conserve the interests of the Emplire in Samoa. be | but to the Chief of Police and | penalty and any one conniving to con- | great | and the $100,000 for- | * oD eD O s o> e D S S S G et e ebebHeb e e e e B - A SMALL BOY - ATTEMPTS 10 - WRECK TRAIN | Goes About the Work in the Most Expert Possible Way. | The Officers Do Not Know What | } to Do With the Little 1 Sinner. but the di- | Special Dispatch to The Call. REDLANDS, the youngest train wr | To-day, upon a warrant ued upon | complaint f Special Offic John C. King of the nta Fe Railroad Com- pany, a constable placed little Harry Gregg under arrest. The boy but nine years old, and small for his age, vet he is in the hands of the officers for having attempted to wreck a Santa Fe passenger train on Sunday. The attempt was so cleverly planned | and executed that it seemed more the work of a fiend than of a mere child. | The matter was kept quiet until the | perpetrator should the evidence is so clear that the tounding fact that the attempt was | made by the youngster had to be ac- | cepted and the arrest was made. In the Justice Court to-day the de- tails of the story were told. Harry is the oldest of the five children of J. P. Gregg of this city. several children playing beside the Santa Fe track near his home, west ‘of stbern: Station, this Conceiving the idea that would April 2 on record. cker were be sport to see the train thrown from the it { track Harry took a most effectual method of accomplishing it. Finding in a neighbor’s dooryard a sectidn of steel rail about three and a | half feet long, he gathered old wire, and placing the rail inside and close to one of the rails of the track and bound it firmly .to the rail so that the flange of the wheels of the cars must run upon the piece and inevitably derail the | train. Then, to partly concéal the work, an old tin can, a piece of wood. a rock, the carcass of a chicken and other ma- terials were scattered about it and the obstruction left. | This was nearly noon, and the next train was due at 1:30 from San Bernar- dino via Highlands. It would be on th straight course on a heavy down grade | where the train runs rapidly. A frightful smash-up- would have re- sulted had not the section foreman gone up the track upon a handcar after church, and thus discovered the ob- struction and cleared it away. The chief witnesses were a littla boy | 7 years old, who was with young Gregsg, | and described what was done in detail, and Mrs. Jasper Glover, who lives near | the track where the obstruction was bound upon it, and who saw young | Gregg wiring something to the track, | but had no idea that it was for the pur- pose of wrecking a train. The section foreman and others were examined and Harry Gregg appeared in his own be- half and denied everything. His con- duct astounds the officers and the court, and he is so young they do not know what to dn with him. TWO \,ARDINALS DYING. Archbishops of Rouen xna vologne Nearing Their End. NEW YORK, April 25.—A cable to the Journal from Rome says: Cafdinal. Sour- rieus, Archbishop of Rouen, is reported to be dying. He was born in 18%, and was created % Cardinal in 1897. COLOGNE, April 2.—Cardinal Philip Kremenw Archbishop of Cologne, is dy- ing. Cardinal Krementz is 8 vears old, nnd was appointed a Cardinal in 1893. i SAVED BY A MIRACLE —Redlands has | be discovered, and | as- | On Sunday he and | FlLlPlNOS DRIVEN FROM THE TRENCHES BEFORE CALUMPIT Special Cable to 1 don Bt ett ANILA, April —The Americans took the st trong southern ¢ Calumpit to-day. These one south of the north bank The fierce of Hale’s f ing from t river, and c moving fro railway, eff General tered the opposition, determinec considering efenses of were town of the and concerted action anking brigade, com- he north bank of the f Wheaton's brigade, ith along the ected this result. encoun- but the was less mile on the Bagbag River. and m the so lale’s force 1eaviest fire, while heavy than was expected, the strength of the enemy’s position. It is assumed by the American generals that the insurgents are either-demoralized by yesterday’s severe losses or else the greater portion of the enemy has re- | treated along the north bank of | the Rio Grande, on the southern bank of which is the town of “alumpit. Scouting parties which were sent north this after- noon under General Hale found Calumpit burning. The insur- gents began firing from the de- fen on the north bank on Hale's brigade. Two guns of the Utah Battery and one Hotch- effective work in keeping the insurgents occupied until an with rapid-fire ypeared from the south delivered a earthworks kiss dic armorec car, guns, and at short range fierce fire upon the | beyond the river. | As the insurgents retreated | Wheaton's brigade rushed the river, y the unin- jured portion of the bridge, the remainder swimming. While re- | treating the insurgents carried on 1 sustained fire, but t 1e American | 1o ight. Twenty were wounded Hale’ brigade, in Whea- brigade, one was killed and three wounded in the Utah Bat- tery, and one was killed and two wounded on the armored train. a some crossing in seven were woundec S ton’s The insurgent losses are un- known. In Hale's advance down the river last night six of: our men | were killed and eleven wounded. They encountered a heavy breastwork. General MacAr- thur awaits the result of the reconnoissance northward be- fore deciding as to his future | course. If the insurgents have retreated beyond Calumpit he will continue to-night to Calum- pit. Otherwise he will delay un- til his wagon train can be taken across the Quingua River |STORY OF THE BATTLE TOLD IN DETAIL Colcnel Funston of the Ransas kegi- ment Leads a Charge Across the Baglay River. MANTLA, April 25, 10:30 p. m.—Gen- eral MacArthur's division fought its ¢ to the Filipino trenches before Calumpit to-day, advancing four miles, mostly through woods and jungle and crossing the Bagbag River. This was accomplishcd at the cost to the Ameri- cans of six killed and twenty-eight wounded, the First South Dakota Regi- ment being the heaviest loser fter fording the river the South Da- otans pursued the insurgents to the | outskirts of Calumpit, but the town was found to be so strongly protected that General MacArthur deemed it best to withdraw the tired fighters and go into camp for a night's rest before making the final assault. The largest. buildings Calumpit were being fired by the Filipinos while the Americans were crossing the river a mile away, indicating the ene- intention to abandon the place. The insurgents seem to have adopted a settled policy of retiring from one po- sition after another, after inflicting the greatest possible damage upon the ad- vancing army. The forces to-day were well drilled. Every foot of the ground was tenaciously disputed by thoroughly organized troops, who stood remarka- bly firm even before artillery. The enemv had planned to wreck our | artillery transport train. This attempt was a failure, but one span of the iron railway bridge over the river was de- stroyed, hampering the American transportation for some time. The Filipinos cut the girders, intending to have the structure fall with the train, but it collapsed prematurely of its own weight. The Bagbag River, which is about a hundred yards wide at that point, was splendidly fortified and the Americans were compelled to approach an open !