The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1900. DE ARMCND CRITICIZES THE ADMINISTRATION Says Porto Rico Is Being Governed by “Carpet Baggers.” SR Charg-s That “Cowardice” or “Becret Alliance” Prevents Expression of Sympathy With the Boers. y bills, will | » deficlency bill passed substan- The general ¥ o political severe arraign- ion by De Armond perti- vania made by a few hat the total amc » May 10 was $268,44 ent of the bonds ¥ other than na- bank circula iy passed thorize the Se- to operate lnes by the without House adjourned ROUSED TO ACTION BY SECRETARY ROOT’S WORDS oL Department Seeks to Learn hat Colonies Are Being Formed y Germany. aggressive of DISPLEASED WITH ACT OF EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH Circles Not Satisfied With Declaration of Entente Russia. | circles w the With Political in h the rancis Joseph to the Jaworski and Herr s of the Austrian and fons, respectively. The the Austro-Hungarian steady entente with Rus- | ct of Orlental questions ¥ iat in which he referred n entente as a good complement -Hungarian alliance with | especially criticized. | and the German For- ¥ delege R lan favor so soon after f Emperor Francis Joseph | Political circles here say | the consequence of Ger- | to enter with Austria | ngegements bearing upon complications. It is also Prince von Hohenlohe, the llor, and Count von Bu- finister, acting at the William, have “ount Golu- | n Foreign s her hands | : prospective troubles in | \ here, partly owing X P s d ente l:lo‘ with Tur- FORMER MESSENGER OF | GENERAL WHEELER SHOT! s ly Injured as a Result of a Saloon Altercation. LA T May 14.—Andrew v, was fatally shot wounded, as the re- n which took place k saloon, at the corner 1 South streets. SALT W and twe sult to of e The s: tice poste for all drlx four soldiers 3 me time had a no- cents would be charged olored people. To-night of the Ninth Cavalry and R. White, went Into thé : © beers. After ¥ ew down 25 cent: , ted out Iliam \1m:|s<-)lc,(el?xes g;rd- followed them W and demanded 6 say soldlers were e “and began firing, inflicting a wound, after which he fired several s. One shot struck White in the wels, inflicting 2 mortal wound, and her shot struck a colored man named reon, Who Was passing by. White was a messenger for General the Philippines. b oo General Chaffee Relieved. HAVANA, May 4.—Orders relieving General A. R. Chaffee, General Woods' the Vheeler in t expected such an em- | 4 | decline in the number of persons demand- | LR Asserts Her In- nocence of the| Charges of Misconduct. id * * + © al Diepatch to The Call. pect ELD, May 14.— Actor Vroom circle of friends here are role ady wide t has been It is not Miss they and pure was ever i more e and 11 believe | lad tory that no illicit relations what- | ever existed between her and Actor Vroom. A Call corresp: t called at | Morrill's home t evening to | version of Il's signed 1 an Oakland n Mr. Last season Vroom-Addison ( ana | r Of- General for the Unit- the xrnuqmrl’ | DESTROYED BY FIRE Almost Every Building in Fisher Burned and Hundreds Are Left Homeless. ’ MILWAUK Z, Wis M 14.—A Sen- inel speciai from Marinette, Wis., s | Fire started in the big lumber and c Ar" yards of C. H. Worcester & Co., at Fish- | er, Mich., twenty-eight miles west of here, at noon to-day, and to-night the town is in ruins. A high westerly wind | prevailed The loss will be over $200,000, partially insured. The C. H. Worcester Company | o which owned almost every- | : place, is the heaviest loser. | arted in the lumber yard | this morning and in a short lllnu‘ the bige sawmill, planing mill, school | house, forty dwellings, hospital, two lum- | ber yards and a number of other build- | ings were in ashes. Two hundred yeople[ are homeless there to-night. fayor Utke, in response to a ulegmml for assistance, sent a fire engine, hose | cart and a brigade of fire fighters to help | the stricken town. The major portion of | the town, which lies on the east side of | the raflroad track, ie destroyed. Every- | thing in the town was burned except two | ings, the company's store and the depot. | | CHOLERA BREAKS OUT IN | INDIAN RELIEF CAMPSi Terrible Scourge Added to the Suf- ferings of the Famine-Stricken Natives of India. | LONDON, May 1L—The viceroy of In- dia, Lord Curzon of Keddleston, has tele- graphed to the Secretary of State for In- | dia, Lord George Hamiiton, saying: “The | early ing rellef in Bombay and elsewhere is probably due to the outbreak of cholera, which has broken up many of the relief | camps and has enormously Increased our | famine officers’ difficulties.” Otherwise the | situation i3 unaltered. BOMBAY, May 14—Louis Klopsch of New York, publisher of the Christian Her- | ald, has arrived here and is starting on | a tour of the famine-stricken districts. | He has handed to the International mi sionary committee three lacs of rupees— about $14550—for distribution among the | famine sufferers. . CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. | MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 14—War- rants were eworn out to-day for the ar- rest of Warren S. Reese, United States | District Atmrns{ for the Middle District | of Alabama; Jullan H. Bingham, internal | revenue collector for Alabama, and Frank | Morague, on a charge of conspiracy to | kil certaln doorkeepers at the State Cap- | itol on the day of the meeting of the Re- publican State Convention, April 19. Affi- | davits were made by Charles H. Scott, | brother of Gaston Scott, who was shot by | Morague. No arrests have been made. o Brisely Overturned a Lamp. pecial Diepatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, May 14.—The children of F. W. Reynolds, while left alone to play to-night, overturned a lighted lamp and set fire to the house. They were rescued from the flames by Game Warden Rob- | here, | o | Miss Green, on the entertainment com- B e R e R S S e . 4 v ® > 4 ® ® t R e e g Vroom pos- ition and 11 disliked She does not + knew of the morning of ing was when the en- to her room on in bed. a tigress ccused with her husband. so flourished a pistol and ent purporting to embody | snfession of her relations young lady was natu- thrown into great fear when com- ed to sign the document at the point ; street while n leaped u tol in the hand of the frantic . She signed the paper as she | thought to save her life, knowing that not a I of it was true. Bernard Jackson, who resides here and who also traveled with th e Vroom-Addi- | speaks in the | He pro- son_( last v po s Morrell « good word | y | | ot er, m for Vroom. dy went to | from there eld. Owing never said any- er till the papers consequence of the ments which appeared apers her people thought | ung lady’s state- ment, Otherwise s any further publicity. The following statement has been issued by Miss Mor Vroom for two vears, he s the Modjeska com- & with him and his | months 1 boarded in | the tim wit was endeavoring to secure an .W+Q+Q+O+HM for a season. She learned | engagement with one of the stock companies. | . » | tions. | MRS. GRACE st women on | MISS MORRELL SIGNED P APERS AT THE POINT OF A PISTOL ——— Pretty Actress Tells of Her Connection With Vroom. D e o o lled upon tance. and brother-in-law and ct and esteem. Vroom until she came to Vroom me and gave me He met my enjoyed thelr res T had not seen M mornin a 1 tol and thre ned to kill me. t my head and under threat | elled me to slgn two or | import of which was vile ¥ any tions existing be- ym and myself. k I left my room and went to Oakland, and later came to el All the reports in San Francisco papers are | based upon Mrs. »m's statements. In so far as they state that Mr. Vroom and myself were more than friends they are | utterly false Vroom is insane. ner explanation of her ac- A. VROOM APPEARS IN COURT The Charge of Assault to Murder Against Her Will Probably Be Dismissed. 1 believe that Mrs. 1 can offer no oth Grace Addison Vro: e getress, who fired two shots at her husband, Frederick Vroom, the actor, last Tuesday In his of- fice at 10 Annie street because of his in- | lity, ually on time in Judge | Cabani court S morning. She | enteted the courtroom leaning on the arm | of Detective Dillon. When her 5 charging her with assault to murder, was tried to shield her face ‘from | the spectators in court, and mly to the Judge as he in- structed her as to her rights. She was not represented by counsel, but the Judge continued the case till to-morrow, when it | will likely be dismissed, as Vroom is in | xSt«:urlu and will not be here to prosecute | 2 Before entering the courtroom she deliv- | ered ® Detective Dillon the revolver with | which she fired the shots. It 32-caliber weapon, hammerle and so difficult to opers as a cheap nd small, at she could IWASON _BY ENDENORERS Stockton Streets Are Gay: With Purple and Gold Banners. —_— | Entertainment Committee Announces That Ample Accommodations ! Have Been Secured for the Visitors. —— Special Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, May 4.—Work was com- menced to-day decorating the city for the big Christian Endeavor convention which convenes Thursday. Big banners will be strung from the Southern Pacific depot down Main street, on Eldorado, Weber avenue and on San Joaquin street to the Pavillon. The purple and gold of the so- clety will be used, interspersed with red, white and blue. The various committees have everything now well in hand. Chair- man Clark of the reception committee has his assistants all selected. They will meet all incoming trains and boats and a corps of four will be sent to Lodi and Lathrop to meet incoming delegates. Here everything has been arranged. Y mittee, announces that theré will be enough rooms. The committee will have to entertain about seventy-five people, forty of whom are speakers. The decoration committee, under the di- T on of Miss Julia Smith, is working hard. The Superintendent of Streets has been asked to have all the gardeners of public squares cut what palm leaves can be spared for inside decorations, and all those having palms are asked to let the committee know. The work of decorating the pavilion is going on with a full corps to-day. It will present a beautiful scene. The big electric sign, “‘Stockton Extends Greeting,” has been raised on the west side of the Courthouse. It will be glven a trial illumination Wednesday night or perhaps to-morrow night. Just now the force of carpenters in the pavilion is busily engaged In bullding seats for 2000 peopie. These will be constructed with backs for comfort. The committee was :-n?bled to get but 2000 chairs, which was not half enough. The plan for the registration of dele- gates has been completed. There will b a corps of elghteen to attend to this. The pulpit supply committee has not yet com- pleted its work. It is settled, however, that there will be denominational rallies at all the churches on Friday afternoon. at which receptions to delegates will bo extended. A great many people have tried to purchase the souvenir buttons, but these are not for sale, not until after the convention at least. They will be given to accredited delegates only and will be the badges of admission to the delegates’ floor of the convention. For the Epworth Leaguers and the Young People’s Soclety of the Baptist hardly pull the trigger. & still suf- | sisters was fvrln? from nervousness and seems to | care little what becomes of her. | properly on Thursday evening. Orrin S, Henderson, chairman of the Board of | | Supervisors, church there wili be special b: , ac- cording equal privileges with the En- deavorers. The convention will open will deliver the address of welcome and Chairman Ross of the gen- eral committee will speak for the Chris- tian Endeavorers, GERMANS HAVE SEIZED MUCH OF COVNGO FREE STATE | One Thousand Soldiers, Acting Under Orders From Berlin, Active on Ruzizi River. LONDON, May 15.—Lionel Decla, who is conducting a Cape-to-Cairo _expedition fitted out by the London Daily Tele- graph, sends by wire and steamers from Uvila, north of Lake Tanganyika, the following: ‘“‘The situation here is critical. The Germans have forcibly seized all the Congo Free State territory up to Ruzizi River, occupying three thousand square miles of Congo territory with 1000 soldiers, | fifteen officers and cannon. The Belgian | officer withdrew from his station under | threat of instant attack. The Germans | burned the station. Their officers acted on instructions from Berlin.” —_— BOMB EXPLODED UNDER CARRIAGE IN PARIS Its Occupants, M. Raphael and His ‘Wife, While Badly Frightened, ‘Were Unhurt. PARIS, May 15.—Some commotion was caused about 9 o’clock last evening on the Avenue des Champs Elysees by the ex- losion of & bomb under a carriage of M. Raphael, the banker, who was accom- panied by his wife. The explosion occurred just as the car- riage reached the junction of the avenue with the Rue Boitie. Although consid- erably -frightened the occupants of the carriage were not hurt. COOLIES SENT TO BUILD RAILWAY TO PORT ARTHUR|_ Russia Ships One Hundred Thousand Chinese to Manchuria to Hasten the Work. NAGASAKI, May 14—Russia has ship- ped 100,000 coolies from China to Man- churia to construct the railway to Port Arthur, The fortifications at Port Arthur are progressing rapidly, and the troops, am- munition and supplles there far exceed the necessities of railway protection. FILIPINO INCENDIARIES, Attempt Made to Burn a Quantity of Hay at Manila. MANILA, May l4—Seven Filipinos made an attempt to-day to burn a quan- tity of hay stored near the quartermas- ter's storehouse on the river front. The ards killed one and wounded another. e others escaped. ———— Yolo Census Enumerators. Special Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, May 14.—The list of cen- sus enumerators for Yolo County was completed to-day by the appointment of |DUE WARNING TO dLL CAMPERS @ND HUNTERS Heavy Fines Must Be Paid to School Districts by Those Causing Forest Fires. ATTEMPTS T0 MURDER HIS BENEFACTOR Aged Man Shoots a Farmer Who Had Given Him a Night's Lodging. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, May 14.—The fouowing bill, which recently became a law, was championed by Representative Jullus Kahn of California. It will be of particular in- terest to hunters, campers, etc., to know the danger they run unless they extinguish the fires buflt by them: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that an act entitled "‘An act to prevent forest fives on the public domain,” approved February 24, 1597,-be and the same is hepeby amended 80 as to read as follows: “That any person who shall willfully or maliciously set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber, underbrush or grass upon the public domain, or shall leave or suffer fire to burn unattended near any timber or other inflammable material, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the same shall be fined in a sum not more than 35000 or be imprisoned for a term of not more than two years, or both. ““Sec. 2. That any person who shall bulld a fire in or near any forest, timber or other inflammable material upon the public domain shall before leaving said fire to- tally extinguish the same. Any person falling to do so shall be deemed gullty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any district court of the United o8 having jurisdiction of the same shall be fined in a sum not more than $1000 or be impriscned for a term of not more than one year, or both. ‘Sec. 3. That in all cases arising under this act the fines collected shall be p: Only Explanation Offered by the Criminal for the Deed Is That He Had Been Ill Treated. et ot e Special Dispatch to The Call. MERCED, Cal, May 14.—Yesterday morning. T. C. Dean, a well-known ranch- | er of this county, was shot by a man he | had befriended. On Saturday afternoon Charles Balley, who_several years ago| ) lived on the Merced River, called at the | AT A A A R D A A A A @ Dean ranch and made himself known to | & into the public school fund of the county in which the lands where the offense was Mr. Dean as his former acquaintance and | ) committed are situated’ applied for work about the place. |V 3 algo LI;A Dean had nothing for the man to do, but Bailey was permitted to remain | on the ranch over night. As there was no | ranch. Sheriff Warfield was notified by, room in the house for him he used a bed | telephone and he immediately started in that was in the barn. | search of the fugitive, capturing him this Early yesterday morning Mr. 'Dean | morning at a neighboring ranch, where started toward the barn and as he ap-| he was applying for food. He was proached Bailey confronted him with a| brought to this city to-day and lodged shotgun and taking aim fired two shots, | {n jail. Bailey, who is an elderly man, only one taking effect, lodging in the ieg. | {s wanted by the Santa Clara County offi- An’ employe of the ranch attempted 1o/ cers for h ealin interfere, but was informed that he would receive the same dose if he did so. When | asked why he had attempted murder, Bailey replied that ‘““Dean had treated him | like a dog.” After t | @ TR THA T AT T H AT A TR T AT AT AT AT TS A TSRS @ at Fort Sheridan have received orders to leave for New York on their way to Southern Cuba, where they will be used to strengthen their regiment during son duty. The troops, which are in mand of Lieutenants Reeves and Patt left for the East to-night. —_—— | Death of a Pioneer. WILLOWS, May 14—George Washing- ton Hoffman, a ploneer of this county died suddenly at his home near Norman Saturday. He was a native of Ohio, aged 72 years. Troops Ordered to Cuba. 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