The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 3, 1900, Page 1

= VOLUME LXX \'III—N(’): .95. By v Scm o @all, AN FRANCISGO, MONDAY, PRICE FIVE CENTS. EST OF DEATH ON THE READING RAILROAD S helamn Persons Than Killed and Thirty Injured E Wrecked in a Collision. eral of the Unfortunate Pas- sengers Perish Almost In- stantly of Horror Amid Debris of 99 0 ¢ 9300009000 € 6690e¢s9 -ND Y THE KILLED. train was te With d. slehem thou Second Section Escape: a rigorous Responsibility Not Fixed. g 3 also in- serious. H SH BRUTALITY | OF RUSSIAN TROOPS golng have been so pron of the campaign tk posed to them. The pel the conclusior lated episodes, but the ordinary practices | russian methods of warfare. e ssians on the walls of Peking | parently shoot every Chiense ¢ ge outside. A correspondent of | the Associated Press found many newly | killed in the fields outside of the Russian | nouting | section of the wall. Some of the bodies | their | were those of women, and none seemed | remarked: | to be the bodles of combatants. Coolies | were killed while trotting along the roads with thelr loads, and farmers when try- ) 18 sup- | ble 0ld man nose, and ? PUZZL ® Bullet-Riddled Bodies MYSTERY UF MURDERS AT FOLSOH T Crowded Excursion Cars| Two oo Farm La- borers Are Slai;n. the Disaster. A wful Tragedies on Isolated Ranches. o bo BOEE et Are Found in the Kitchens. Epectal Dispatch to The Cail Lying in the uses on . three > decom- ured to death or rifle ssin or a Certain it is in cold blood. Robbery or Revenge? whether it 2ge or robbery pt wirderous deed, is not the motive was rob- ises had been searched. have been so little of ses that the disar- e may have picion that re- fown was rev pirg rently, farmhands fell bolt > next— w this to Prisser er came white other lonely ranch ser’s Grewsome Discovery. ) lives a ranch, 5 the Perazzo ranch to to Willlam Ta he and the ¢ rd the ba 1 followed v and then house. The house. Again Coming entered his eyes behela a rec d a cold shiver ran over him. Appr: g the figure, Prisser stooped over. The man was Taylor and he was dead. Prisser fled the grewsome d to Fblsom, where he \orities. went the tie body of ahais the window-casing was s missile that had missed its It had come from a # Evidence of Foul Murder. evidences of a struggle or had been slain by a \ad coolly planned the murder- d and as coolly executed condition of articles,in the varic oms showed that the house had been thor- o ; seached, perhaps for money, per- haps to hide the motive for the crime. There was only one weapon in the house— a rifie. But it contained no emp! sheil and bore no signs of recent use. All the doors and windows, save' the kitchen window, through wi the murderer ev- {dently made his escape, had been secure- ly fastened. One of the bullets that went through the window ranged upward, lead & to the conclusion that the slayer was \z or lying down when he fired on Taylor. After this thorough examination Offi- cer Donnelly returned to Folsom and tel- ephoned to Sheriff Johnson of Sacramen- to County, Coroner McMullan and Dis- trict Attorney Baker, informing them of the facts and urging them to come to | Folsom at once. The Fate of Rasmussen. A few minutes later Henry Glincamp, a farmer residing near the Carpenter ranch, which is two miles distant from the Pe. razzos’ ranch, informed Officer Donnelly that Hans Rasmussen, the keeper of the ranch, had not been seen for several days and that he feared that something was _ Continued on Third Page. ING CRIMES ar that Prisser NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CHINESE OFFICIALS - AND PEKING DIPLOMATS ARE COMMENGED -— i dispateh make explanations. erals through Sir Robert Hart. London t harmony of the powers. nks the European concert has been ruptuared hy think ouly the United States and France will finally accept the proposal. Washington continues optimistic on the subject of continmed ¢ s not stated. HE first hint of negotiations hetween the Chinese officials and Peking diplomats has come from the Chinese eapital. Prince Ching, who ix pro-foreign in his sympathies, songht com o councii, the resuit of which Prince Ching has been appointed Resent. An unconfirmed rumor veporied to St As a result ten Chinese dignitaries were o o the Russinn/plan to withdraw troops from According to one rred the matter (o that - with Peiers anieation General Chaff, 5 t < diplomats whe re an to imvite Minis him cia Peking In an efiort to save the innermost palace of the Forbidden City members of the Tsung LI Yamen are trying to approach the gen~ Peking. Some newspapers | CAPTAIN McCALLA, WITH HIS ON DUTY IN ANOTHER QUA AMETRICAN MARINE: TIENTSIN. SEE From a sketch made on the spot by a British Officer for the Daily Graphic. RELIEF IN SIGHT—ADMIRAL SEYMOUR'S FORCE SURROUNDED BY BOXERS AND IMPERIAL TROOPS IN THE ARSENAL NEAR THE APPROACHING RELIEF COLUMN. . WHO HAD SERVED AS R ER AT THE TIME OF THE SKETCH AND SO THE STARS AND STRIPES EAR GUARD DURING THE RETREAT FROM LANGFONG, WERE ARE NOT SHOWN IN THE PICTURE. SELF-DEFENSE DEMANDS HARMOCNY OF THE POWERS Commissioner Rockhill Saysthe Chinese GovernmentUtilized the Boxers in the Movement, to Expel Foreigners. Copyright, 19, by Assoclated Press. GHAI, Sept Rockhill, ited —Wililam Wood- 1 commissioner s Governme spe St gate and report on condi in China, in an interview with a rep- tive of the As: ted Pre % the importance of th self-defense, & “If the Chinese Government is able to break the concert of nations and to bring reement on the part of any roment in such a way as to secure e n of the joint demands, all : : as well pack t opportunity r all time the status of for- eigners in China. If that matter is not gettled now the Chinese will be encouraged to persist in their present policy, and the powers will have the whole trouble to thrash over again every two vears. I belleve that all the governments up and le to settle f are impressed with this truth, and I be- | | lleve that most of them realize that a | status of foreigners and the establishment | of freedom of trade are more important Lk Proved by Imperial Decree. | movement on the part of the Chinese | Government to expel all foreigners. The decrees printed in the Imperial Gazette prove this. The movement has been prac- tically successful, since every foreigner in | the interior has been obliged to seek refuge in the treaty ports. The imperial Government merely utilized the Boxers as convenlent accessories to its schemes. “The rellef of Peking is merely an Inci- dent of the crisis. The really important work remains to be done. Marquis Ito, probably the best informed man alive on Eastern politics, said to me that the pres- definite and permanent settlement of the | | v than the acquisition of terri- | °% | to them now tha 1 ol T | ting “There has been a deliberately planned | or three | ding Eastern nce bes!de e conceit of their own r. Rockhill er officers in S like the utferly the course c but have been unable to get repli uspected that the messages are tam- with between S ghai and Chefu. e attitude of the southern viceroys in pere T | | ing foreigners commands confi- in their zood . and negotiations will probably conducted through them. There is a financial panic in Chinese | business circles here. Probably an im- portant factor is tle money rate, which is now 38 per cent per month. The traders are trying to get the ear of the officials. Li Hung Chang’s Tricks. Li Hung Chang still remains in Shang- | He is thoroughly discredited, but Is intriguing to get the foreigners to quar- rel among themselves. To-day he told the American and English diplomats that the Russiars had promised to withdraw from Peking regardless of the policy of other His statement is not believed. On the contrary, it is is thought probable that he is simultaneously assuring the Russians that the Americans and British have promised to withdraw. Li Hung Chang visited the French Con- sul this morning and had a leng inter- view with him. The subject matter of the conference has not been divulged. -— | TO OPPOSE GERMAN EXPANSION. SHANGHAI, Sept. 3—Two French priests have reached Kiaochau from the far interior, escorted the whole way by Chinese soldiers furnished by Yuanshi- Kali, Governor of Shantung. They assert that Yuanshi-Kai has 20,000 troops beyond . -dent was the greatest crisls in the history | Kiaochau, disposed apparenily with a RUPTURE OF EUROPEAN CONCERT ACCOMPLISHED It Is Asserted That Great Britain, Japan and the Triple Alli- ance Will Stand Together gnd Refuse to Leave Peking. ONDON. Sept. 3, 4 a. m—The pwblication of the text of i i than dimin- ished the suspicions er proceedings. The rupture of the E ered an accomplished fact. Op way in wh the powers will now group themse! 1as pean concert is consid- mons differ, however, as to the whi papers think that Great Britain, ] nd the triple : will stand together in reft ve Peking. The Daily Telegraph, expresses regret that Presi- dent McKinley “has committed the United States to follow the Russians,” considers, however, that Japan, icy since the war of 1894 has been to con r;}pprochcmf‘nt with China, “will throw h and will be reluctantly followed by France, risk a divergence with Russia. vents have therefore conspired,” says the Daily Tele- graph,” to throw the balance of diplomatic power into Lord Salisbury’s ‘hands, for Italy and- Austria must side with Ger- many, which will probably propose some compromise and be supported by England.” ith Russia ho does not dare to ’ - view to opposing any attempt at German | ed by the large German forces soon to expansion. arrive. As the American camp Hes in P o the ( N eo sston, ('1-‘ ",‘,m',nd will be esgablish: outside the ¢ PREPARING FGR WINTER Copyright, 199, by Associated Press. TIENTSIN, Aug. 29 (via Taku, Aug. 30). - fne rapidly forwarded to Pekine. —The Germans have formally demanded | ™F {20000 (00 \ere that United States for themselves all the buildings and . insists that o grounds of the camp of the United States ' hory shall he allowed to to Per troons. explaining that these will be need- | king for a conferenca Or ngton direct that t be divided betwee and Taku for & in Abun supolies are now the winte n arriving and all that is necessary fis be-