The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVIII—NO. 11 9. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1900. PRICE FIVE® CENTS. APPREHENSION GERMANY IS RUSHING INTO WAR WITH CHINA pose to Retard Settlement of the 1 Trouble. | Administration Officials Pieased That Ameri-| can Troops Were Ordered Withdrawn THAT Before Von Waldersee Arrived. ecte that 1to pre- Prince ng for peace, sed that Ger- ordered command t von Wal ¢ war between Germ ! Ch free and his legatfpn Peking to protect the Ameri- 1 has Brigadier Ge| Peking. an 1 it dev 1t would not lop that «ill serve as & member of the American General Wilson was Consul General in Chinese \ission ed States familiar W — SITUATION GROWING WORSE. Chinese Government in the Power of Boxer Lenders. The Call and New York Her 1900, the Heraid Pub pany SHANGHAI, Sept. 2. ~The situation in China is now,more serious than ever be- The ernment is in the power of Boxer leaders, who are not likely mit to the Empress Dowager’s prop- unfavo to them. Friendly Viceroys of the south are still loyal to the and any foreign aggression in hern China will precipitate an armed €. Already the Governor of nwel province has addressed a me- al to the Empress Dowager declaring nat his signature to the Viceroys' agree- | ent with the foreign Consuls in Si { &l was forged. There is danger that the triendlv Viceroy will be repiaced. Shung, hrone. | in Peking. | nese capital. protes ely to have no frien . i ng a Ai- territory is through the dually removir >wer of the Boxer lead- JOHNX F. BASS. -~ DENIES ENGLAND'S STAND Germany Still Refuses to Admit Lord Salicbury’s Reply. N, S Late this afternoon he Assoclated Press the German Foreign vate dispatch from London as- had informed urg, the at Britain, he Ger- of the asked for a few nsider the matter, de- 18 been Lon at the n ces of the Associated Press concern- the matter are correct, the opirion that the German Foreign Office ings to the h »t winning England ning taking this cue Foreign flatly deny that at Britain is arrayed with the United ainst t German proposal. papers, WOULD RECAPTURE PEKING. NDON, Sept. 27, 4:15 a. m.—The China is again in the phase of the dis- n of the stability of the European and the likellhood of Germany ng it convenlent to modify her ag- ssive attitude. According to the Yoko- hama correspondent of the Daily Malil, Japan assents to Germany's proposal, hut at the same time strongly urges that there shall be no prolonged delay in the egotiations. The same authority says that Japan would decline to follow Ger- in pursuing#the imperial court into interior of China. m Shanghal comes the announce- F ment that an imperial edict confers posthumous honors on the anti-forelgn High Commissioner Li Ping Heng, who committed suicide after the evacuation of Tungchau, and Duke Chung Yi, the late mperor's father-in-law, who killed him- after the E eror and Empress Re- gent left Peking. Chinese papers assert that orders have been issued for the erection of a new im- perial palace at Stanfu. They also report that Li Hung Chang has started for Pe- king, escorted by Russian and Japanese troops, and that Lu Chuan Lin has been appointed Viceroy of Canton. Sheng's yamen confirms the rumor that Li Hung | | | nswer has | | one of the men put his h Chang has received secret orders to at- | tempt to recapture Peking. S e LI REFUSED AN ESCORT. WASHINGTO Sept. 26.—The follow- ing has been received from Genera! Chat- fee: “TAKU, Sept. Z.—Adjutant General, Washington: September 21, No. 55. Ac- knowledge your No. 4. Leave for Tien- tsin this afternoon. Wil be absent sey. eral days. General Wilson remains here, Li Hung Chang at Tientsin. Understand starts here soon; nave offered him escort; declined. Country very quiet: good order CHAFFEE, The dispatch from General Chaffee has n6 date, showing that it came from Pe- xing, but War Department officials ar satisfled that it was sent from the Chi- LOCKED IN HIS VAULT AND LEFT TO PERISH Kaiser Wilhelm Gives Evidence of His Pur—flmprisoned in an Air=Tight Cell by Robbers Merced’s Treasurer Passes a Night of Awful Torture. =i D en from his prison almost dead ERCED, the steel 2%.—Locked in of his office Sept va t from midnight until 8 o'clock this morning, bruised and bleed- ing from a viclous blow upon the head seeming with an a revoiver, each moment hour as he panted for breath in his sepulcher like prison, Treas- urer D. G. Bambauer of Merced County last night experienced hideous tortures that might well be calculated to whiten the hair and shatter the nerves of any man. Bambauer was taken bv force by two robbers to his office in the courthouse, compelled to open the vault, and_then, when it had been robbedgf what con was not contained in the inner safe, he £ e e D. G. Bambauer, the young '[reasurer cf Merced County, was taken by force to his office and there compelled by two robbers tu open the vault. After taking what coin there was on the trays in the outer vault the criminals shut Bambauer in the vault. He was not rescued until eight hours later and was tak- Special Dispatch to The Call. from suffocation. EORCED INTO THE SAFE, 4 | Sl R ! it £SCORTED TO THE- COURTHOUSE. . N (D \‘ STRUG: GLINS FO! ‘r‘la RYY? TREASURER D. G. BAMBAUER OF MERCED COUNTY AND THE SCENES ATTENDING THE ROBBERY OF HIS OFFICE AND HIS IMPRISONMENT IN THE GREAT STEEL VAULT, WHENCE HE WAS RESCUED MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS LATER IN AN ALMOST DYING CONDITION. ! SHOWING INTERIOR. OF SAFE. ! il | { | | | =3 was locked in the great county strongbox and left to his fate. When found this morning he was In an aimost dying condi- tion and had his rescue been delayed but 2 short time his prison cell would have contained a corpse. . At 9:20 o'clock last night, as Treasurer Bambauer, who Is also lieytenant in Com- pany H. National Guard of California, was returning from a company drill to nis home he was met near his residence by a masked man, who placed a revolver to his head and commanded him to halt. He obeyed the order and anot.er masked man emerged from behind a tree and gearched him for firearms. Finding none they ordered him to go to the courthouse and to keep a few feet in advance of them on the way. Bambauer led the way to the courthouse, which was only two blocks distant. When they arrived there he found that the front door was opened, showing, that the rob- bers had made careful preparations for their raid. When they reached the Treas- urer's office he was asked for his keys. re he had a chance to get them and into his pocket and withdrew the bunch of keys and a small amount of coin. The latter he placed in his pocket and, with the keys he opened the door to the Treasurer's of- fice. The light was then extinguished and a bullseye lantern was used. Bam- bauer was compelled to open the vault. He was then placed against the wall of the room and one man stood guard while the other emptied the trays, which con- tained only a small amount of coin. They were evidently surprised at the nd and ordered that the but befor small sum f steel chest, which contained about $70,000 of the county's money, be opened. Bam- bauer told them this was impossible, as it had a time lock and i refused to make any attempt at opening it. After some rough handling, in which his clothes were badly torn and he was struck on the head with a revolver, he consented to make the attempt. He tolled at the lock for some minutes unsuccessfully and then he was told to cease trying and leave the vault. After making & thorough search in the outer vault and scattering papers about the safe and office the robbers forced Bambauer into the vault and boit- 1 ed the door. > | Left a prisoner In the great steel cell Bambauer at once s=t at work at the combiration, but the burglars were sul in the office and, hearing him, went to the door and told him he had better stop and remain there until morning. Bam- | bauer ceased operations until he thought they had disappeared and then made an attempt to free himself, but found that the safe guard refused to work. Then he began to shout, hoping that some one passing might hear him and come to his assistance, but his screams could not be heard on the outside of the vault. He re- moved his shoes and pegan to pound upon | the cement floor of the vault. This | availed him nothing. x ‘When Bambauver found that it was im- | |gpossible to attract ald he concluded it | best to remain quiet and save his efforts | until morning. He soon found that he was | becoming weak from the lack of alr in the vault, so he placed his mouth to the hinges of the safe door in order to get as much fresh air as possible. When morning came and he heard peo- | ple about the buflding he resumed the | pounding upon the floor with his shoe. | Those who chanced to hear the nolse pald i no attention to it, thinking it no unusual | sound Dr. A. T. Hyde, who had been informed | by Mrs. Bambauer of her husband's ab- | sence from home during the night, set out in search for him. On reaching the Court- house shortly after 8 o'clock he met County Auditor Cook and the two went to the Treasurer’s office. Finding the place in disorder and seeing Bambauer's | hat with a large hole in it, showing where | he had been struck by the burglar’s pistol, they surmised that something was wrong and on hearing the rapping on -the vault door concluded that Bambauer was with- in. They were fearful that the combina- | tion had been turned by the robbers and | called to Bambauer, who in a weak volce told them that he had removed the com- bination and for them to turn the bolt. This they did and upon opening the door found him on the floor almost dead, He was removed to a couch, where he re- mained until he recovered and then was taken to his residence. Bambauer gave a description of the two men. One was tall and slender and the ‘other was shorter and heavier. He was | vet been found. It is possible that they { which passed Merced between the time of | | the robbery and the Hour when Bam- | | wired descriptions of them to Merced and | the suspects are still | iffs, has been identified as Harry Coffeen. |ACTO unable to see. their faces as both wore | masks and kept out of sight as much as | sible. The Treasurer does not know the exact amount the robbers got away with, but belleves it was about $1500. Tt is believed that the men were novices and | that they are well acquainted with the Court-house and with the habits of Bam- bauer. The officers are hard at work and | hope to soon find a clew that will justify | an arrest. No trace of the movements of the men after they left the Treasurer's office has boarded an early morning train, five of | bauer was rescued from the vault. FRESNO, Sept. 26.—Deputy Sheriff John White located two men to-day whom he supposed to-be the Merced robbers. He says he recelved an answer that they were not the men. No arrests were made, but e still 1 nder surveillance. DEAD OUTLAW IDENTIFIED. COLVILLE, Wash., Sept.26.—The high- wayman captured yesterday near Addy, | after a running battle with Deputy Sher.. His wound Is not dangerous. The dead | robber has been identified as Thomas Downer. Both were young men from Spokane and are not known to have been convicted of any crime before. Coffeen s still In jail, having been bound over to the October term of court in the sum of R COGHLAN’S BODY. IS FOUND Casket Washed Up at La arque, Sixteen Miles From Galveston. Special Dispatch to The Call. GALVESTON, Sept. 2.—The casket contalning the remains of Charles Cogh- lan, the actor, who died in this city last winter, was found at a point sixteen miles north of Galveston, near the town of La Marque. The casket was washed from a recelving vault at Lakeview Cemetery, which was destroyed by the storm. The undertaker whe placed the casket In the vault went to La Marque this evening to identity it. | attacked him were many | uous efforts of Lieutenant ! broken. | next few | zen, regardless of party. | Colorado peliticans and railroad men that 'FRIENDS OF BRYAN MAKE ASSAULT ON ROOSEVELT AT VICTOR, COLORADO One Man Succeeds in Striking the Vice- Presidential Candidate With a Club. Former Rough Riders Close in Around the Governor and Protect Him From Further Violence. —_— CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Sept. %6.—The ! friends of Bryan in Victor, in the Cripple Creek region, met Roosevelt's campaign for McKinley this af on with sticks, stones and vile epithets. Roosevelt was struck with a club, but not hurt. The riot—for it was nothing less than a riot— half he in coming to a boiling was shing what he had t of Victor and ref! to the people | 1eave the hall until the time appointed for In the crowd that miners the Coeur d'Alene district in Idaho they ralsed the name of Coeur d'Alene as an alternative battlecry with that of the of the Democratic party dent of the United States. Miss Davls, nlece of Senator Lodge, and Mrs. Kemp were in the hall with Roose- velt when the first disturbance took p They were not out of the door two min- utes when the mob that assaulted Roose- velt marched in. It was due to the stren- Sherman Bell of the First Volunteer Cavalry and of General Irving Hall that no bones were They broke into the center of the crowd and kept the campaign organi- zations which were surrounding Roosevelt from coming Into direct contact with the rioters until just before Roosevelt reached the train. Then the clubbing and throw- ing of stones began and bloody heads and brulses were many and frequent ‘in the The man who struck the Governor was ridden down and tram- pled on by one of tne mounted escor His friends carried him away bef police, who stayed away until th moment, could find out who he ‘was The train departed from Victor amid a shower of stones with the Governor of New York standing on the back platform, the meeting expired tor seconds. | despite the efforts of some of his East- ern friends to get him into the car. He courteously acknowledged every Mc ley man that came from Victor on the | outside of the circle of riotous assatlants who had fought way through to the car. | ‘The riotors threatened to follow the traln to Cripple Creek, and make the Governor sorry hgever came into Colorado. Sixty special policemen were waiting for them at Cripple Creek, and the Volunteer Law and Order Assoclation organized on the trath by Sherman Bell, who was once Deputy United States Marshal here, sur- rounded Roosevelt as he stepped from the train. The mob looked them over, con- tented itself with noise and that a long way off. Taken all in all the scenes here and at | Victor to-day were the most disgraceful ever witnessed in the Centennial State, and are deplored by every respectable citi- Warnings of it was not without the bounds of possibil- ity that there might be rough conduct when Roosevelt reached the Cripple Creek regfon was laughed at by the people who have been through the trip with him. The Governor himself laughed at them. The air has been full of such stories ever sinee the Governor reached Montana. He | was told to beware of rocks there, and | | was pelted with flowers at the very places which had been pointed out as the mast dangerous. The very same thing happened to-day at Gillette, which 1s on the edge of the Crip- | ple Creek district. Even those who had been prophesying evil things at Victor and Cripple Creek were disarmed by the cheer- ful aspect of things in Gillette. To be sure a drunken man on the outside of the crowd yelled “Bryan! Bryan!" and there | was a sympathetic cheer from a number | of men and women, but in the face of the | crowd of the hundreds who answered the shout by three tremendous cheers for Mc- Kinley, the incident seemed ridiculous. | Victor Is a town where McKinley polled | four votes in "%, and where an angry com- | mittee went through the town with a bucket of tar and a feather pillow trying | to find out who cast those four votes. There were no flowers at Victor. But the people who came to the station to meet the train seemed to be altogether glad to see the distinguished party who had come to exhort them. There was a big cheer when the train stopped and an- | other when Roosevelt appeared, and still | another greeted Senator Lodge, who has | made himself tremendously popular with | the people of Colorado. At the head of | the train was the Cripple Creek and Vie- | tor Marching Club and a brass band | which had gone to Colorado Springs to | meet Governor Roosevelt and eseort him | into the hills of gold. Some of them were on the car Minnesota with the Governor | when the train stopped In the Victor sta- | tion. | They had just presented him with a big | chunk of silvanite which had been baked. These fellows, all in khaki campaign uni- | forms, piled out of the car past the Gov. ernor and formed in line beside the Min- nesota. The Governor, because he did not want to lose a minute of the time al- lotted to Victor, twenty-five minutes. said he would not wait for the escort to form. | Governor Roosevelt spoke at the Armory | Hall, which was filled. There were many Republicans in the audience, but “thers were also apparently many Democrats, who made themselves manifest by nolsy demonstrations. Governor Roosevelt said: “In my State the man who was put on the committee on platform to draw up an anti-trust platform at the Kansas City convention had at that time his pockets stuffed with ice trust stock. The Demo- cratic leader in New York, Richard Crok- er. upon whom you base your only hope, and it is a mighty slim hope, toc, was you were to read through the It hold of stock- sound Hke f Tam- members “What abou Governor re t near enough thin five miles Governor Rg velt succeeded in finish- Ing his remarks, though there was an evi- t Intenti am should not do so sent that e Governor left the hall with h toward rain he wa rrour A com- of Rough Riders, who, as stated, part in his protection. here Governor Roosevelt e feel that t we have a right to for t pressed dow: tions of life 1 men of the WaSt There may be dwellers in great the hard condi- some excuse n some qv to despatr ch to them the people in this It may be necessary to pre spel of hope. but to yo State. to you with a future so glorfous in mise, surely it ought essary to say a word asking you to look forward and not back. to hope and not despalr, to dare and not shrink. Tt is the law of success to dare. to do and to en- I ask the men of the present day stand straight for the flag that means 1ib- erty and equal rights for all men beneath its folds.” its not to be nee- Aure. te national power and law and orderly Governor Roosevelt spoke at the taree meetings in this city this evening. all of which were indoor meetings and orderly and appreciative. In addition to Covernor Roosevelt nators Wolcott and Henry Cabot Lodge. Hon. John Proc- tor Clark, Géneral Curtis Gulld Jr. and several members of the Republican State ticket made addresses The speeches of Governor Roosevelt cov- ered the ground gone o in his effc at other places and were directed to militartsm, imperialism and expar The meeting to-morrow night will be Pueblo. Eight speeches are scheduled for to-morrow. — e NOT APPROVED BY BERYAN. Says There Is No Justification for a Resort to Violence. NEBRASKA CITY. Nebr. Being shown a telegram to the effect large. ts 1y ion Sept 28— Theodore Roosevelt was assaulted at V' tor. Colo., by a band of hired ruffians to- night. Mr. Bryan wrote the Nowing statement: “From what T know of the people of Colorado T am not willing to be e, with. out further that they denied Mr Roosevelt or to e a fair hear- > was mobb: ith T am of any There can be no justifica- sort to violence in that it was ofganization, tion for a try and those who resort to it cause which they represent.” i et DETECTIVES WITH RIFLES. Roosevelt Well Protected While Re- turning Through Victor. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Sept. 25.—A force of detectives armed with Winches- ters accompanied the Roosevelt train as it started on its journey to Pueblo, it be- ing necessary to pass again through Vie- tor. As far as known here the party was not molested on its return. MADE TO WORK WITH CONVICTS his coun- ure the Innocent Men and Women Kidnaped and Kept Under Guard in Georgia. ATLANTA, Sept. 28.—Charges have been filed with the Prison Commission of Geor- gla by Solicitor J. W. Edmundson of Brooks County against the McRee convict camp managers of Lowndes County, this State, in the form of affidavits from prom- inent citizens, to the effect that the Me- Ree brothers have kidnaped innocent men | and women and made them work under armed guards for an indefinite perfod. It is charged that one practice of the McRee camp has been to employ . “trappers” to arrest innocent negroes passing through the country and without the form of trial to tmprison them and put them to work. The charges filed by Solicitor Edmund- son contain the following: “Fanny Jack- son, 8§ or 10 years ago, went to the camp to visit her husband, who was kept there as a conviet. When she went to leave the camp she was arrested and forced to work, chained with the men, watched by the guards and frequently whipped. She had a young child with her and fnally Will McRee whipped her terribly to make her bind the child to the camp In order that it might srow up a conviet."” Other afidavits charge that they were | arrested and detained similarly without a criminal charge being proved against them. Several white citizens of the vicinity al- lege that the affidavits of the negwoes are accurate as to statements made in them. POLICY OF EXTERMINATION. LONDON, Sept. 21.—The Times prints correspondence from Nluchwang deelar- ing that the Russians have killed Indis- criminately between 1300 and 2000 Boxers and Chinese civillans, men women and children, both inside and outside of the walls. The correspondent adds that from all sides come reports of violence to women, and that the Russians are carrying out a policy of the destruction of property and the extermination of the people in Kalo- another great stockholder, and if, ia fact, ! chau.