The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 30, 1900, Page 1

all, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1900. THOUSANDS OF RIVAL TROOPS BEING POURED INTO NORTHERN CHINA This the Cause of Renewed S‘tories‘f of Increasing Friction Between the Japanese Aggression Attempted at Amoy by the Mikado’s [len. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright. 1900, by the Herald Publishing Company. situatio t war with Ch the powers to w Aug. 29.—The ai in ALL KINDS OF STORIES COME OUT FROM CHINA ick’s emphati ast evening 3 observes, “is - . ing a polley amp and ¢ nese 4 b ° because 1 r eafe for Bt v nity of Port Arthur to a stat PRESENT POSITION OF EARL LI NOT KNOWN The officials of here were shown the dispatch from Ad- rrejolies announcing the inten- detain L1 Hung . til the diplomats have consenicd tions with the Chinese re tion which existed som Li Hung Chang first au- tention of starting north officials declare the news is there is no question as to ss of the wording of the dis- add they themselves are from the dispatch what is position of 1i Hung Chang, jetained on board ship or ether the admirals intend to detain him he arrives at Taku. he admiral to an WASHINCITOX, Aug. 20.—There is no ibt that General Chaffee ‘will be ap- ed brigadier general in the regular the retirement of Joseph It is stated at the War De- ment that the services which General endered in China entitle him deration. General Wheeler retire on Septemiver 3. General Chaf- will continie to hold the rank of jor general of volunteers while in com- nd of the troops in China. A RUSSIA’S ALLEGED STAND. LONDON, Aug. 28.—A special dispatch St. Petersburg contalne the asser- t Russla, almost immediately, wiil the powers that she considers the iof of the Peling legaiions as the final sccomplishment of the military task the allied forces. e AFFEE TO SUCCEED WHEELER | hem. heir urbed situation in Amoy has been created by justice and advices from its Chang. lent here of the increas- all probably based on the of troops into Northern created by Great Britain and eing ina. It is believed that Russia will ask troops from Peking, as their object, the relief The country around Taku and Peking e most unpopular with are moving north from Boxers a The Boxe: homes. the apanese for the purposes of aggression. F years Japan has covetously ded 'd her d. It was offered by a Japan- ed. The Chinese maintain that the and then charged them with arson. A , who are now policing Kulang Hen and bl ection but Japan These = are reg ms that a large s are of the Chi- tered in Formosa as special correspondent are pub- findi wers obdurate, has sent ver she may be foun hd Chang Chi Tung, s. Some excitement is is rumored that reformers ng against the existing authorities. MISSIONARIES SAVED BY CONSUL FOWLER VANCOUVER, B. C ssiomaries from C! Empre: Aug. 29.—Seventy ina returned to-day of China. Many had al- s After the Rev. J. M and family, were e coast from their sta- d were not aware of any the miraculc escapes. ad come to a head, h his w! and Russians. e In company with d Dr. (Mrs.) s going to the coast. These at- | ribute escape ¢ to the efforts John Fowler, Amerfcan Consul at Chefy ‘We were four days late In_starting,” safd Dr. Menzies, “and the delay was, 1 believe, the saving of our lives. Had we | g started at t me we originally Intended we w Id have bee in the heart of the Boxer infested district, from which there e been no escape. As it was we ang and at that place from Mr. owler, w traffic on the river w tremely igerous, and t aries in the interior should hurry places of safety. Had we gone on a few miles further we would have been shot b; he Boxers, who were watching escort of Chinese soldiers we nabled to safely reach a sn Mr. Fowler t a safe pis ave no hesitancy would not now for the been American Consul 1 expense, ch, steamers, which made six and besides sent a warship, which ne trip. For you must remember ristian workers from the interior hering at this out-of-the-w there were seventyv-thre ld of missionaries alone.” Rev. Mr. McKenzie of all the ministers on board had the most exciting trip. He with the party composed of Rev joforth, Leslle and Griffiths, all were wounded, Goforth were in stations not m some- m that of Mr. Menz'es, and the doctor sent Consul Fowler's from Paungchuang. eived the dispatgh > re s, “‘we instantly made The letter warned us not the route followed by Dr. nd start- zies, 50 we formed a party ed southward We had ten carts in all and a twenty-four-day trip ahead of us h Hankow. On the twelfth day we organized body of the Boxers, who berate attack. Mr. Goforth a very severe sword cut across k of the neck, besides being ded in several other places. An in- iated fanatic made a lunge at Mrs. Go- £ ith a sword, but she shielded her- self with a pillow. It was a very exciting hour. Two of our escorts were killed and five of our animals shot Mr. Leslle was 1 badly in the wrist and knee, be- 1 dry other small cuts about his persc Mr. Griffith was injured on al- most every part of his body. I myself was wounded in the head, leg and hand. It was a most f ate occurrence that my arm was not cut off. I was standing olver pointed at one of the ns and had/intimidat ed him, when another came up behind me, I caught sight of the descending sword as it flashed in the sun and warded off the| of the regency.’ full stroke of the weapon. It glanced and struck the back of my hand.” A {LONGEST CABINET | SESSION IN YEARS WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—The longest Cabinet session held in years adjourned at hour's recess at 1:30, since 10 o'clock in the morning. The session was devoted to the consideration of the diplomatic prob. lems which have arisen in connection with the Chinese situation as a result of the position taken by the powers, and evéntuated in the formulation of a docu- ment for transmission aproad. HAS REACHED SHANGHAL BERLIN. Aug. 2 —Official dispatches from Shangha! announce the arrival there of the new German Minister to China, Dr. Mumm von Schwartzstein, - TO ASCEND THE YANGTSE. PARIS, Aug. 20.—Admiral Courrejolleg cables that he is sending a gunboat from Shanghal to ascend the Yangtseklang River. | PLOT DISCOVERED TO BURN SHANGHAI Europeans Consider the Streets Unsafe After Nightfall and the General - Situation Is Critical. | | | | MISS LAURA CONGER (IN WHITE) AND AT PEKING.. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKE! LATELY PRISONERS AT THE CHINESE CAPITAL. VISITORS IN THE COMPOUND OF THE AMERICAN LEGATION FOR HAKPER'S WILIERLY JUN®E 1 1960, | | | PRICE ‘FIVE CENTS RUSSIA’S PLAN FOR THE. WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM PEKING ;When All American Citizens Have Been Removed From the Chi- nese Capital Territory the and Surrounding United States S Ready .to Accept the Scheme. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL BUREAU WELLINGTON F 1OTEL, interest of the ea restoration of gotiations with the ( se Government, R w- ers of the world th hey withdraw their all the American citizens rounding territory the United St al. his is the international situation has been one of M. de ollant, Russian yesterday afternoon a nc which they are accredi Japan, and its contents were retary Root and Acting Secre ¥ f The matter was deeme: be wise to call a special meeting « conclusions reached at the a result of rg. who will ed emphatically by fan proposal that it doe troops from China, but only In the interest of the secur other parts of China, Russia deems it should continue on duty therein. Government can more readily of nsulrs throughout the em allie® retire to a convenlient Pr f F sident tifh afn au & in ce It is no mined to pursue the same policy with a formidable body of German tro squadron presaged some \ named to precipitate a partition of « cussed the probable cavses of Rus was due to desire to brin onistic to her from the to the reas France undoubtedl will supprt the Japan may approve it, though they may and Germany uchwansg. forces evacuate N attitude of the United ‘the action taken by European powers and Japan upon the Russian prope Aecide to it is exvected the President will to all the powers for their information stablish eking »spec about the retirement of f Chinese capital, ons for the move as are those of a Wash ¢ ngton ¢ Adee itself i is aband: have taken the motive ermany t to China. and the ind the the Intention It is u tion, but asi a were be the official: Russfan propc impose the « will hot, it sian it. The 1s ates will undoubtedly have an impertant bearing upon belleved, favor wommunicate the American ERLIN, Aug. consid LONDOX 3 Aug. 30, 115 a. m.—It is rumored at Shanghai that the Japanese gained » —The Frankfort Zeitung has received a dispatch from Shanghai saying’ a plot has been discovered there to burn the whole city. It is added that the Europeans r the streets unsafe after nightfall and the general situation is described as critical. a great victory over the Boxers and Chinese troops from Peitsang and Ho-Si-Wu last Thursday at Techou. were driven back to Chili. WHAT IS WANTED BY THE VARIOUS POWERS The story says 1500 Chinese were killed, including Prince Tuan, and that all the Chinese | attacked and Colone! Machenki, with a hundred acks, rode They kliiled | 1 wher of Chinese, i their ar tillery and burned . T left by in on July 10 and as t 2000 Chi- troops ced BERLIN, Aug. 20.—Herr von Brandt.)| former Minister to China, was interviewed to-day regarding the Chinese situation He t is an error ne that the Chi- nese trouble is at an end with the relief of e foreign legations. As a matter of fact, it has but just begun, because now acked half way Niuchwang for a week and as soon as 20 Russians arriv we were at liberty to fielp our own Amer- ican and British residents. 1 jolned volunteer corps raised for this purpose. | We constructed palisades and trenches. | Our mine at Hwa Yangtien being report- | ed safe, 1 and two others went there. On | the fourth night the report of arms was | the divergent interests of the powers are asserting themselves. No uoubt the United States would conclude pe: im- mediately itrator if unfor- tunately duplicity were not so ap- parent Empress Dow- ager re in wants Em- peror K - head- of affairs. Germany runs the risk of being isolated or of being compelled to confront a coali- tion of several powers If, after the ar-| rival of Count von Walde he should wish to continue action, perhaps single- handed, or if in her demands for redre she should go further than the powers principally interested in China.” Regarding the causes that led to the Chinese troubles Herr von Brandt quoted made by the chief of the Russo-Asiatic Bank of Peking on June 15 last, but not heretofore published. The passage of the greatest interest is as follows: “A majority of the Peking legations have decided to demand the creation of foreign settlements in Peking like those rbatim the text of a remarkable report | eard and Chinese sccuts came in and | repotted that Boxers had attacked the village near by They killed one of our contracto and then began firing on our mine. We lay behind1 the hedge and | fought from there till they. retreated. | L fort was evacuated after al three-days’ siege, 200 Russians being | { killed. T got ont to NincHwang with an es- | | i | cort of Cossack BANDITS MAKE A { RAID ON CANTON | HONGKONG, Aug. 20.—Two hundred bandits raided the Tartar City of Canton Monday night. Several hundred houses | were looted. It is believed that the motive | of the raid was the Cantonese hatred of | the northerners. It is rumored at Amoy | A | stamp | speak, but was cried down FRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL ELIMINATES POLITICS INDIANAPOLIS Aug. to-night that there will be no indorse of the adminietration by the National | Afro-American Council and that all poli- ties will be eliminated from the formal action of the convention. The resolutions committee in its report made no reference to politics and mem- bers of the committee say to-night that the report will be adopted by the conve: tion to-morrow without change. The re- port is in the form of an address to the | ceuntry. The session to-night was John P. Green of Clevels clerk in the Washington pestoffice was ejected from the hall. was making a political speech an to sit down when called to Bishop Walters. J.° Milton Turner of St very lively. assistant (D. € He refused er by Louis tried to It was dur- Ing the uproar that the committee on ad- dress made its report and action was de- ferres until to-morrow. STERNBERG SPEAKS OF | CRENSHAW'S DEATH | | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | WASHINGTON, Ausg. 29.—No complaint | at the treaty harbors immediately after | that 12,000 Japanese troops are coming | has been made to the- War Department | the arrival in Peking of strong detach- | there from Formosa. | ments. M. de Glers, Russian Minister, will endeavor to reduce this demand to the appointment of foreign police commis- efoners under command of the lngn‘?ons Several of the legations desire a special | the re- | regency over the Emperor and | moval of the Empress Dowager from power, but M. de Glers insists upon re. taining the powers of the Empress Dow- ager, since the above arrangement would induce several powers to demand the ap- pointment of their candidates as members This report did not reach St. Petersburg until July 30. Commenting upon it, Herr von Brandt remarked: “This shows how far the Peking Ministers.wished to go | even before serious difficulties. began.’ o'clock this evening after having | been in session, with the exception of an | S | Manchu cavalry. - ADVENTURES OF AN ENGINEER AMONG BOXERS pecial Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 20.—A private jetter from Port Arthur gives the story of an engineer's adventures in the dis- turbed districts in Liaotong. The writer says: “Here 1 am at Port Arthur, hav- ing lost clothes, furniture and all except a sult and a revolver. 1 was going to Liaoyang to get money to pay the men on July 2 and rode into a village full of 1 wheeled round and fied with them in“pursuit. They chased me to the Tydee Ho River, but did not cross. When I reached Liaovang I found the Russians had erected a fort. The day after my arrival the news arrived | of the wiping out of the Machistan by the | Chinese and the forelgners from there got into Liaoyang with only their lives. Three days later Engineer Savkevitch and thirty Russians came in from Tootuan station. their statfon haying been burned. Later a bridge guarded by a few Russians was allles, has countermanded his order sum- ! - SOUGHT PROTECTION & AND WERE MASSACRED | CHEFU, Aug. 20.—Yu, the Governor of | the provinece of Shensi, iz reported to have invited the forelgners in the province to | come to his protection. About August 21 | fifty accepted the invitation and all were | massacred. - WILL GO TO AMOY. LONDON, Aug. 30.—The Hongkong cor- | respondent of the Daily Mail, wiring yes- terday, says he understands that General Gasclee, the British commander with the moning more troops to the north, and that probably the British troops will go to | Amoy. phgerst ol STARTED FOR PEKING. TIENTSIN, Aug. 22, via Chefu, Aug. 29. One thousand Russlafs left Tientsin for Peking to-day. The country here iz quiet. COAL FAMINE IN GERMANY. Modified Railroad Tariff Is Granted for All Foreign Coal. BERLIN, Aug. 2.—The coal famine in Germany has become very serious and a | number of Chambers of Commerce have pétitioned the Government for relief. The Prussian Cabinet has resolved to grant a modified railroad tariff for for- clgn coal In order to facilitate the im- portation of coal from England and the United States. Indeed, the famine is so pronounced that the Prussian Minister of Rallways, in the interest of the state, has laid an embargo on all the coal mined in the state mines. - that the death of Captain F. F. Crenshaw, | who was wounded in Batangas province, | Philippines, was due to neglect and ill- | treatment on the part of the military au- | thorities. If any complaint is made Sur- geon General Sternberg promises that he will make a thorough investigation. ! “I have no Information ‘with reference to the case of Captain Crenshaw,” he said | this afternoon. ‘“‘He would not have been sent to his home unless it had been in ac- cordance with his own wishes. He was| entitied to treatment in the United States General Hospital at the Presidio and | would no doubt have been cared for there | and have received most skillful treatment if he had determined to remain there.” FERDINAND OF BULGARIA THREATENS TO ABDICATE LONDON, Aug. 20.—As a result of the | friction between Roumania and Bulgaria over the latter's delay in complying with the demand of the former for the sup- pression of the Macedonia revolutionary | committee, the Bulgarian diplomatio | agent at Bucharest, Dr. H. Theodorff, has | been recalled. | According to the Vienna correspondent | of the Dally Express, the Wiener Abend- | blatt asserts that Prince Ferdinand of | Bulgaria has threatened to abdicate un less the quarrel with Roumania is ami- cably settled. A DERe 2 ‘Will Grow Hemp. | BERLIN, Aug. 29.—Owing to the Phil- ippine troubles Manila hemp has risen 5 | per cent and now several large German | companies have been formed, one of which has Government connection, to start Manila hemp cuiture in German East Africa, where the experiments have proven successful. GEING FOR WATER HE STRIKES GOLD MINE Remarkable Discovery of Auriferous Sand by a Keswick Man While He Is Boring a Well. I Special Dispatch to The Call KESWICK, Aug. 20.—Gold and platinum, instead of water, is what John Trapnell struck in digzing a well in Keswick. He had dug down thirty odd feet, but had not found much evidence of water. Then he struck a layer of auriferous sand mucft more valuable than water. Trapnell is an old miner and he panned out a double handful of the sand and was thunderstruck ,to obtain more than a dollar’s worth of gold dust. The sand is heavy and he is assured that it con- tains platinum. He is not positive as to that, however, put he knows gold when he sees it. The deposit of the gold-bearing and is about a foot in thickness. The dizcov was made yesterday. Trapnell Wil sink the well no deeper. He doesn't want water now. He will turn the well into a mining shaft and drift on the blind lead he has uncovered. He has only a smali lot fifty by a hundred and fifty feet, but it is his to the center of the earth, and if the blind lead yields as well as the prospects indicate he will have a comfortable sum. Town lots in his imme- | diate vicinity are no longer for sale. DUEL TO THE DEATH BETWEEN NEW MEXICANS | Young Spaniard Slanders the Sweet- heart of Another Youth, and a Fatal Encounter Ensues. Special Dispatch to The Call ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Aug 2.—A | double tragedy occurred near Belen, just south of this city, at noon to-day. For some time Melquizdes Baca, grand- son of the richest Spaniard in New Mex- jco, Felipe Chaves, and son of Vincente M. Baca of Denver, has been known as the lover of Miss Deltla Lopez, the ac- knowledzed belle of the Rio Grande Val- ley. To-day Melquiades heard that David E. Baca (who Is no relative), son of a prominent sheep owner, had made re- marks derogatory to the character of Miss Lopez. Melquiades, buckling on his six-shooter. went out to find David. They met and, as David had been warned and armed him- self. commenced firing simultaneous Each fired three shots and each was hit three times. Both are now dead. David lived about an hour louger than Melqui- ades. Both victims have relatives in this city, besides a horde of them in Valencia County, and a family feud is likely to result from this double tragedy. David E. Baca, one of the victims, married to the sister of a woman he is | said to have slandered. Several years ago at a bail David figured in a fight over the woman he married, which resulted in one | young man being wounded by a pistol shot and his opponent being maimed for life with a bowie knife. —_— Girls Fled From Santa Cruz. WATSONVILLE, Aug. 2.—An item in The Call from Salinas to-day stating that two little girls had run away from a convent in this city 1s incorrect. The Sisters of Moreland Notre Dame Acad- emy in this city say the statement is an error. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 29.—The two girls who ran away from a convent school and were reported to be at Sal s fled from the school here, not from Watsonville, as reported. s 'MOTHER SACRIFIGES 11FE FOR BER CATLD Heroism of Mrs. Chelini at Sonoma, ‘Who Runs in Front of a Runa- way Horse to Rescue Her Daughter. ay lled to a loading started to run, Chelini, team hitche® was s struck by t breast w also thou he ck was broken. She was hout years old and leaves a hus- band and several small children. LATEST CASUALTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES Among Those General MacArthur Re- ports Killed Is Captain Wil- liam Brown. W ASHINGTON, Aug. 20 —General Mac- P Arthur's lastest casualty re dated August 29, is as follows: K ~August 24, Panguila, Luzon, Company L, Thirty- seventh Infantry, Thomas Johnson, Cor- | poral Thomas A. Otomle; San Mateo, Lu- zon, Company D. Twenty-seventh Infan- | try—Corporal William D. Clontsman. Aug- 17, Salvacin, Luzon, Forty-fifth Regi- ment Infantry—Captain Willlam Brown. Wounded: August 24, Panguila, Luzon, | Company I, Twenty-seventh Infantry— | Corporal Robert J. Webster, wounded in | abdomen, serious; Company L. Thirty- | seventh Infantry—Willlam F. Martin, | wounded in shoulder, moderate. August 17, Salvacion, Company C, Forty-fifth In- fantry—Mark J. Chaffee, wounded in foot, slight. August 17, Villavaka, Company H, Thirty-third Infantry—Second Lieuten- ant Willam M. True, wounded in leg above knee, slight; John wounded in leg above knee, siight | ust 23, Sariaya fantry—Corporal Rathburn, Aug- Company F. Thirtieth In- L. Willlam L. A wounded in leg above knee, serfows. Aug- ust 2, Pagasanaus, Luzon, Treop @, Eleventh ;alry — Charles Ashley, | wounded In thigh, serious: Troop A, Elev- | enth Cavalry—( | wick, wounded Ira in | Buston, wounded in leg below knee, mod- erate . Captain William Brown was a native of Scotland and entered the service at He- lena, Mont., of which place he was a resi- thigh, slight Al dent. | SUCCESSFUL TRIAL | TRIP OiIHE ALABAMA | Admiral Rodgers Reports That She Has Made an Average Speed of Seventeen Knots. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—The Navy De- | partment has received an official telegram | confirming the press reports Jf the suc- cessful speed trial of the Alabama. A uis- | pateh to the department from Admiral | Rodgers said that the Alabama had made jan average of seventcen knots. This was | supplemented by a message from Chief | Engineer Perry, saying: “Alabama easily made seventeen knots | without driving or mishap of any kin The Navy Department to-day finally ac- | cepted the battleship Kearsarge. which has been in commission for some months. | This_will net the builders $0.000 hereto- | fore held back in accordance with the law pending the final acceptance of the v