The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1900, Page 13

g i { j lsBo2l Ty Wmm-omww * % ® * * * * * : * > : 3 L R R s ] I z | | | | VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 188. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1900—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CE‘_ZTS. CHICAGO INVADED BY ARMED FORCE Captain Streeter’s Minions Take Possession of “District of Lake Michigan” at Midnight. After Landing From a “Transport’” the ““Troops” Mcke a Display of Gatling Guns and Win- hesters, but Finally Surrencd:r to Police. » norning by the rict of was invad ago Fivo invader , who efforts to seize f e time on the boulevards. but he has been and along the instead public do- force which made was pr d by Ca to Law ied ¥ De- best of itendent, came At this named Murphy ¥ of ‘thé “situa- u rifle, attacked horse Mrk from the territory. d in the office of Acting Mayor Walker juatters should be driven out at any cost. at once to mobilize his forces and use such » plan was to have the Lineoln Park police if they did not to have President Wick- pon the Chief. The Sheriff was to re- disperse them if there was further juestion as to the jurisdiction. 'n of Fire Marshal Sweeney and men with rifles down the river to ap- forces under Desplain n vere ordered to rendezvous to bring up the police battery, othbores. it was agreed th Chief of Pol East Chicago would be s ors Hartnett, Heidelmeyer and Shertff by € € bailiffs and almost his entire force he would t the Chief heard from Captain Fowler of the begun active preparations in getting the guns a thv coming and going of ‘Sixteen patrol wagons had : st Chicago avenue police station. At the same i a telephone message that 200 officers were on “aric by way of the Iilinois Central Railway to the boat was so busy with a big fire on South Water 4, and a clty tug was pressed into service. Police rge of the men on this boat the k ,could be made, and K ietly to South Chicago. g « out 15 minutes after 3 o’clock. J A was left of his army—heard ptain Baer requesting a p and were escorted to the the police attempted to dis and the rt‘hrw of the squatters to retain their t aken from Niles and while he was on his way to the ral times by men in the crowd that pressed around jeavored to snatch his rifie from the officer who carried it, in- a man who had just hit him, but was quickly subdued by the he was struck seve - caused to be circulated by the men who took possession ot the land a style of the Declaration of In- uw..: le v:gm that the land did not bhelong to Ise and was the property u( whomsoever set- allowed to cross this-line. 10uld be no one sk ROWSKOWSKI'S SLAYERS VMARCONI RETURNING ARE AGAIN CONVICTED| TO THIS COUNTRY Were Members of a Secret Society Which Decid=d to Put Him | Celebrated Inventor to Carry Out New Experiments in Wireless Out of the Way. Telegraphy. POTTSVILLE, Pa, May 25.—After|Special Cable to The Call and New York | t hours' deliberation, the jury g“;mgm“(unvflsht. 1909, by the Herald . t 4 verdict finding peirge et “5.,3"2“.,‘?5‘“- ot murder in the| LONDON, May 2.—Mr. Marcont. Tleft! jegree. and Joseph Souchowsky, | Southampton yesterday on the American , Peter Stenkavage, Michael | and Anthony Machulus gullty swhter for causing the death of | stood that he is going out to America for the purpose of carrying out experiments liner St. Paul for New York. It is undfl‘-i | | and be at Pretoria in less than a week. { to pause on al wskowski last September at fore. As to what his my anything at present, 'time is not yet ripe for divuiging them. - Bondsmen Sued. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Lithuanians. They | in_wireless telegraphy on a very much larger scale than has ever been done be- terious plans are nelther he nor any of the officials of the Wireless Telegraph Company care to say as they consider the | of picking a speeial man for every special a secret soclety known h decided to put way. Accordingly walt for him and Bubless ? th he Sasde s Seward Accepted. {INGTON, May 2.—The steamer was given a trial near Seattle and is reported to have met cont requirements. She epted by the quartermaster in charge of the army transport ! 1d will be sent 10 Alaska for use . dispatch boat by General Randall, Dispatch to The Call. ing the military department of \ WOODLAND, May 26.—An unknown man was found dud in the e-m;{mrd near Woodland this morning. been kilied by a trdght train Friday night and dragged 200 ¥ \asks. Killed by & Train. SAN RAFAEL, May 2.—Two Suits were begun to-day by Frank G. Water- house against J. C. Winans, the well- known merchant of San Francisco, and Elise A. Drexler, widow of the late mil- llomaire, for the sum of §12000. The suits | were brought against them as bondsmen in an action commenced more than a year ago in the United States Circuit Court, wherein the Bolinas copper mine owners sought "to recover property which had been sold under attachment. m ‘WHATCOM, Wash., May 26.—The Fairhaven North American Fisheries has secured here a tract of road reserve, ving frontage. It is one of B?. most valuabie The concer 31'1‘1’ o z phnt for hn: and s h extensively. J CENSORS CONCEAL ROBERTS’ TACTICS British Army of Invasion May Pause on the Vaadl Before Entering Transvaal Territory. British Engineers Dynamiting the Railroad Track in Rear of the Boer Army. ©—4-04-0-0-06-00-0@Q R B S O R i S SR SECER SRR U S i SeCh SRS 2 Actual develo stre 1z in the him to retract firm. “This has all been gone lersiood that the failure c 1bout th £ the o ceeded immedi; The person referred to was unders be the partner to whom refere The matter attracted but with the compo: settlement, ¢ off. 1s tion of a firm than the in the mind of conservative com t that the hazards a g xrn‘\l is that partner of the speculations of on over in the h creditors is the made LIABILITIES ABOUT SIXTEEN MILLIONS Defunct Firm of Price, McCormick & Co. in Worse Straits Than Was at First Supposed. If the Concern Pays Fifty Cents on the Dollar It Will Do Better Than Expected—One Partnper to Be Dropped in Reorganization. Special Dispatch to The Call r«mnt* in ("l.fll’r‘nrv'\ with to-day were m ities we oss at the if the hou Rome me: ¢ the fmy up agait R. . who | Schicy, returned on the « Cunard li When scuss the of his firm or to com 1spension ou probably know mor on th remarked. “The spap to have gl ery possible fact : not yet been able to get any « l!f cou it was When Mr. t for sland he He pro- i much | with Mr. Price and the ce | downcast, but he had r o Reports were circulatec 7 reet e firm, If it resumed, do so without the pre its members. also understood to erns itself less gatic and the firm's s, is regarded as still & . 4 ame connection, it was said that there thing more in the plan | proposed to allow customers to take up their stocks, the course pursued, (: (Prora;the sSpte B exchange commi in all stock e & ON LORD ROBERTS' ADVANCE TOWARD PRETORIA MAJOR HUNTER-WESTON, WITH A PARTY OF ures where loans are reasonably The only surprise { N\ OF THE ENGI R CORPS, PASSED THROUGH THE BOER LINES AND DESTROYED A PORTION ;J"~rllhu Spustent snamaly. of the: firm be solvent in <IN z - v SSU U SGIN e nsolvent in cotton b4 RAILROAD TRACK IN THEIR REAR WITH DYNAMITE. AS A RESULT A NUMBER OF ENGINES AND The capitalization of the firm is said to have been a million and'a half dol- . MUCH OTHER ROLLING STOCK WERE CUT OFF AND FELL INTO THE HANDS OF THE BRITISH. e Of this sum T @ ® ® R S e e e e & S 000; George Cr was $500,000; and the @+000066-00-+0—00-00 0900000000000 000 +000000 00000000+ O®| L TC i Stuart-Wortley were $250,000 each. Walter W. ONDON, May 27.—Spenser Wilkin- | Viljoen Drift, on ti.~ frontier north of | bie factory at Johannesburg against said to have been nominal. son, reviewing the situation at the | Wolve Hoeck. The local mines are un- | Messrs. Longville and Perret, Belgians, The firm's loans from the local banks are said to aggregate about $4,000,000 r in South Africa for the | ng a tight | T not to dis. upying Rhenos- at once toward | a | eft win Vaal River was cro: | . whole army seems ‘to | changed it direction to the left, as General Hamilt original right wing ! to-day at Boschbamk, half way from | s to the railroad bridge at 'Injoem| Drift, which is béing watched by Roberts® | ral Hamilton probably crossed the ted, if necessary, by a river of the force that The whole force prob- s the Vaal by Sunday nesburg then will be two | march up the crossed at Parys. ably will be acrc afternoon. Jo marches distant “I suppose that Lord Roberts will push { on General Hamilton to turn the Boers, | While Generals Tucker and Pole-Carew | will attack in front. “The Boers, as usual, must either be en- | veloped or go. Very special efforts will | as Lord be made to cut off their retreat, Robe: is now determined to capture them if possible. He relies fully on Ian Hamilton, whbse combination of fire and prudence justifi : confldence. “If the Boers pe toward Pretoria Lord Roberts will probably follow swiftly “The Boers say they have retaken Heil- bron. General Roberts will neglect that, but will guard the railway, which I think | he will not wait to repair before going to | Pretoria. “General Buller at Laings Nek is elght' or nine marches from Johaznnesburg, sup- | posing that the road is clear. Roberts’ | advance must make the Boers at Volks- | rust uneasy, and so will tacilitate Buller's advance. “General Hunter when a! Mafeking will be eleven marches from Pretoria, and it is impracticable therefore tor the Boers \o: make any serious yesistance at Pretoria, | where to wait would mean to be hemmed in between three British armies. “The Boer plan is to’retreat to the Lydenburg hills, which would postpone but not avert the catastrophe; but the | condition and strength of the Boer forces after the coming week's operations re- | main to be seeen. Possibly the' difficulty | of supply may compel General Roberts Vaal and repair the rail- | w thus giving time to General Bulier | end General Hunter to invadc the Trans- | vaal. I fancy, however, that Lord Rob- | erts will prefer the bolder course and | try to end this war right now. [ any points in the recent operatlonm are obscure. Thus, the long pause of | Lyttleton at Sundays River and juent sllence suggests that he co-operate with General Rundle to finish the Free Staters’ resistance, There | has been no distinct report from General | | Mcthuen since that from Hoopstad. He Jbably crossed ihe Vaal near Parys. “Lord Roberts marches in a very broad front, with his cavalry wings thrown for, ward, General Buller probably cannol adopt the same plan in the rugged coun- try of Northern Natal, but, once Buller is up in the hills or the table lands of the 7ransvaal, he will be able to spread out and move rapidly. “Lord Roperts has a wonderful power work. Ian Hamilton, the brilliant gen- eral, was shot to pleces at Majuba in the first Boer war. Since then he has made a greut mark in training the Indian army to ghoot straight, and was himself one of | the best officers in India. Another tried and able mi is Sir William Nicholson, who was chief of staff to General Lock- hard in Tirah. He is now running all the transport for General Roberts, whose army since it reached Bloemfontein has been well supplied. Nothing shows the great commander more than his finding his men and giving them free hand. Rob- erts himself has Incomparable dash and boldness, coupled with great circumspec- | wrote a letter sympathizing with him. | giving service. tion; hence I expect rapid strides, now that the crisis l! bt ha_nd > BRITISH SCOUTS ON,_IHE FRONTIER LONRON, May 2, 3 p. m.—The War Office hag received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts: ; & “WOLVE HOECK, Orange Free State, May 26.—An advanced portion of the force crossed the Vaal River on the Queen's birthday, near Parys. Hamilton's column injured and work is There is no enemy this side of the river. Hunter reache(l \'r hurg May 24 LAST HONORS PAID THE DEAD AT MAFEKING colored American. acquitted. An applic the men be rearrested and put over t border, but this was refused. PRETORIA, May {'ther-on Barpllspsit ders. routed | been blown up by the Federals. going on as usual. | William Begbie, and Thomas Richards, a ALl the accused were | tion was made that he | BRITONS CROSS THE VAAL. General | Nearly all of them were time I terest ra were higher and st pointed out that in view of t | on to their collateral until maturt | Theodore H. | that his (Mr. Pi I doubt wi withdraw i George Crocker, n the first place, er requesting that he day Cro 26.—An official bui- | s, and were made during the values were lower than they act the banks probably Price, in reply to the alleged statement of his perfod when in- are now. It is will continue to hold special partner, d ruined the firm, said to- ¥, but I have cabled to Mr. culations h: who comes near MAFEKING, M. 6es to the | letin says: “The British have cros e — = - —— south resred from. Sififes-X Al 8t Greblers Drift, near Parys. skin and althéugh small is unusually fe- east of Martiza, an gck fur-| Nigh level bridge at Vreneeninging has EIGAH SHAP[U rocious toward its captor or any one else - here rallied a few miles east of Polfon- tein. A cornet who failed to support Com- mandant Eloff in the latter's attack on Mafeking, in which Eloff was captured, the end. After retaking Heilbron Wolve Hoeck, PLANS FOR REPUBLICAN Eloff replied that he hoped the devil and all his angels would torment him eternal- ly and that he and his would rot. MAFEKING, May 13.—The entire garri- son paraded this morning to a thanks- Colonel Baden-Powell ad- dressed the men, saying: ‘““We have been unable to fire a volley over the graves of our killed, being fear- ful Of drawing lhe fire of the enmemy's guns.” To-day the garrison paid the last hon- of Committeemen at Philadelphia. WASHINGTON, May 26.—A protract publican Natlonal Committee having Dutofl advises the burghers are coming | forward in force, determined to fight to‘ the | Federals followed the British as far as NATIONAL CONVENTION Final Details Considered at a Meeting | ed meeting of the sub-committee of the Re- in TRAIN BREAKS ALL RECORDS | Ninety Miles an Hour Made f Over the Baltimore and Ohio. INSURGENT GOVERNOR TAKEN BY AMERICANS Colonel Padilla of Nueva Ecija Ten- ants a Cell in the Manila Jail. MANILA, May 26.—Colonel Padilla, the rebel Governor of Nueva Ecija, was cap- tured during the recent fighting at Nueva Ecija and is now in jail here. nce the murders on board the steamer no by the native crew coastwise captains have been fearful of repetitions of the tragedy and have requested the au- thorities to he details an s s ¢ their : ors to the dead, assembling in the grave- :::rgip‘machirg n;,fi,;":;‘;i?emnfxn;: i]rf —_—— ;‘h" mers are now in the zg;f‘r:d‘;‘i piRdine, gg‘fgd‘l’:g":h'eh‘;‘a‘;[f“;g;': Philadelphia was held here to-night. The | sail ‘unprotecte S intond altat: the garrison attempted to sing the nation- | SuP-committee consists of Senator M. A. | Locomotive Cleaves the Air Like 2 |ing them. , have r;uu;;w-ll al anthem, but could hardly be heard, as | grorio: }g’g‘:‘}“\’efl'}l“:‘;’fie;"g‘frs:". ;’h“’- Knife in Its Trial Run and yrFerses gl o oy the men choked with emotion. Colonel o . e it corral at Manila has tor N. B. Scott of West Virginia, Jose; H. Manley of Maine, Henry C. Payne ‘Wisconsin and Richard C. Kerens of Mi Baden-Puwell was deeply affected and ad- dressed each unit separately. He told the town ruard thase who wished would be permitted to return to their civilian avo- cations. To the Rhodesian column, in a characteristic manner, he said: “We've kicked out the Boer protectorate.” ke i RETURNING TO THEIR FARMS. NEWCASTLE, Friday, May 2.—Louis Koch, a magistrate of the Free State, has | surrendered. He says that all the burgh- ers in the Harrismith-Verde district have returned to thelr 1arms and refuse to con- tinue flxhllng‘ as reported, President | Steyn is in Vrede, he will g‘robnbly &0 northward toward Laings Neck if he finds any followers. DID NOT CAUSE THE EXPLOSION. PRETORIA, May 2.—The prosecution has withdrawn the charges of murder in connection. with the explosion of the Beg- sion.. He reported the convention hall about completed and ready to be turn over to the committee. Secretary Dick, presented a tabulat list of the delegates to the conventi thus far selected, together with a list ceived by him up to date. Most of t | Intormallv discussed. that Senator Wolcott of Colorado will tion. secretary has been made. .WWQWQW% 3 ! . 4 i | i s 08 LIEUTENANT NORWOOD, FIFTH D, G., RESC‘J’ING A WOUNDED TROOPER AND WINNING A V. C. ph of | is- souri. George Wiswell of Milwaukee, who | is to be sergeant at arms of the conven- | tion, was in consultation with the com- mittee during the greater part of its ses- | as ed ed on of the contests indicated by the returns re- he contests will be from the Southern States, | but how mahny there are and the precise | nature of them cannot be determined as ye the offices of temporary chairman and temporary secretary were it, may be said by authority be the temporary chairman of the conven- No definite selection of a temporary | i i is at Roschbank. Our seouts are now at| Bo9-6+0 4000404000006+ 09000+ +0 5 +45 00 No Accidents Mar the Journey. . LR I Special D(-pnlflh to The Call. WASHINGTON, May 26 | ords between Baltimore and Washington Railroad rec- | are four sus- ague among the xzl in filthy dwell- KEARNEY RESIGNS. Raisin-Growers Retuse to Give Him wefe broken to-day when the cigar-| Desired Raise of Salary. shaped train of the Baltimore and Ohio | FRESNO, May 26.—After a long, wrang- beat the best previous runs by two min- | ling meeting the raisin growers to-day | utes. refused to adopt the proposed amendme As the train is compelled to slow down | to the by-laws 7g ‘President Kearney when approaching and passing through an increase « ry of from $0 to um cities to stations the speed was higher | & month. President Kearney delivered a than the figures seem to show, and it was estimated byg Baltimore and Ohio em- long speech, denouncing all who opposed his effort to get $1000 a month. The bank- ers’ cpmmittee, which had been called in as arbiter and which overruled a number ployes that the train rap the distance at the rate of ninety miles an hour. The train passed slowly out of the city, but as soon as the open country was of Kearney's pet measures, was brutally denounced, as was also the newspapers The greater part of the day con- sumed in talk and at 4 o'clock the ballot- reached the engineer gave the engine all | ing began. votes had not been the steam it wanted, and aided by its | counted u v when the | shape the train cleaved the air like a rtflul!‘ ¢ f known yroarmey rvi knife and dashed on to Washington. ‘("“”" ol s to win A‘x*l _he receiyed No accidents marred the journ ofm- u[)he:'h;;‘:‘imse‘:\»r:n‘ll-fi:;:‘!“.‘(‘ln?;m‘wc.r\\]l ; clals of tha Baltimore and Ohio are de- | feated lighted with the results of the trial. It| To-night Kearney's resignation was is a magnificent train and others like it (;f’m“d- 'H; a hq that "h.~ will “hie: 2 deavor to hav another mee g to con- may be put on between Chicago and St. | (¥ 5 E g e, S ) Louls and New York to further shorten | SacF the matter, but the impression is that since he is out he is now pow: the transcontinental journey, wiffch has g already been reduced by the Baltimore and Ohio. Y ———1 OBJECT TO SALE OF | LIQUOR AT ALUM ROCK NEWSPAPER CHANGE. John 8. Sullivan Retires From the Kansas City Times. KANSAS CITY, May 2.—A change In | the ownership of the Kansas City Times gapr - | was announced this evening. County ds Raised by Citizens of San Jose | Judge G. L. Chrisman, president of the Fun sed Times Company, and Seeret £ St to Fight the Matter in A."AT Lesucur, ¢ditor of the Times, Shaa‘(': purchased the large block of stock held by John 8. Sullivan, the Jefferson City capitalist. Mr. Sullivan is retiring from the Courts. i Special Dispatch to The Call. ! SAN JOSE, May 2.—The ®pposition of the churches and temperance people to the granting of a lease to Dr. S. P. Terry for a hotel in Alum Rock Park, with the privilege of selling liquor, has assumed large proportions, and the question of the s right to do so will be fought out ourts. tion issued by Judge Rhodes standing in the Councilmen’s way of issuing the lease. the management of the property. A statement given out at the Times of- fice m-nlqht states that for some weeks past a difference had existed between Captain Lesueur and Mr. Sullivan as to the policy and management of the news- paper, Judge Cbrisman siding with Cap- tain Lesueur, and that being unable to | harmonize these differences Judge Chris- man and Captain Lesueur to-day pur- At y:esem there is a temporary injunc- | ehased Mr. Sullivan's interest in the busie ness. This was up for hearing this morning, but | —_——— went over till Tuesday. A permanent in- | STEAMER MINEK SUNK netion is sought on the ground that the | X ! o s, éo&gflx‘zx no right to lease a portion ot | Little Vessel G in 84 Sfid- of ‘those in opposition ta | law River. the hotar e i : S T stineg o0 . o = 1 otel yesterday afternoon strons res | B gy N Mink is reported sunk in the Siuslaw Rive olutions against the project were | and ministers of various churches pledged | er, near Mapleton, at the head of tide- water. She is a small steamer and had the necessary funds to (‘arr{ the matter to the higher courts in case the temporaty | been carrying passengers and freight from the head of tidewater to Florence. injunction is dwlnhed which it is feared - will be done. The city charter provides for the lenslng of part of the Plrk for ho- Indians Not Troublesome. « WASHINGTON. May 2. — tel purposes. Henry French of this cl‘{ and Judge Slack of San Francisco have been engaged Comersd ‘Wade, who was directed to proceed to the Northern Cheyenne Indian agency at Tongue River, Montana, and investigate as counsel to fight the matter. 1 e = . Captured a Lynx. lm repons that the Indians had the and lntndod to. fl- Special Dispatch to The Call. .—] aze MONTEREY. May 2. ey m ey T -\5 from the Salinas River th ews comes John Camp- hat he coul no r.- bell, a rancher of that sectlon, captured | Son 15" espect trouble. He says the In- a live lynx on his ranch a few days dhuouo Etml condition, bu peaceabls the first animal of the kind taken and well disposed. The se on & in this vicinity for many years. The 1 x near the reservnuan cld- to have no is a fine specimen and has a beauf of troubls