The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO. 174. AN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER ¢ all, ThiS Paper net to be taken from the lerary, ‘ens 21, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS, UNCLE SAN LIKELY T0 Herr Lieber LEADS CENTRISTS IN THE REICHSTAG Is a Great Political Power in Germany. : | AT ALONE — 10 Withdraw From the Coneert of the Powers. PSS Does Not Sanction the Pol- icy of Driving China to Desperation. GERMANY CAUSES THE DISCORD Stand of the Kaiser, Backed by Bri‘ain, Certain to Lead to Further War and Endanger Foreigners i 1 WELLINGTON HO- 20.—Events highest offictal au- o |MANY VILLAGES ARE RAZED R. E. M. LIEBER, whose voice has been raised in the Reichstag in crit- g icism of Emperor Willlam's “no pardon” speech, is the leader of the ¥ s Centrist party, which ts entirely of Catholics. It holds the bal- B ance of power between the Socialists and the Conservatives. s Dr. Liet tering Parliament at an early age, devoted his atten- to political duties and soon rose to be the leader of the Centrists, P r them has become one of the most powerful men in Germany. Dr. e f greatly interested in Am and has maintained close Detroit and Mil which wed the re- State Depart- -nU e pun- | These reports sued by the Chinese TWEL nposing Princes and ¥ bad impression y does not now e German h the pu t believes it should DELAWARE, Nov. 20.—A dozen profes- sional bank robbers, all masked, made a desperate a pt to secure the contents of the money vault of Sperry & Warn- ff's deposit bank at Ashley, ten miles here to-day, before daylight. als that the Ger- t be satisfied with | st north of of civili- While nine stood on guard, holding the to shed more | citizens at bay with their guns, three on would | put dynamite under the deposit vault cf r op- | the bricc building. The bankers’ property is worth $50,000 and there was 815,000 in cash deposits of bank. Four attempts were made to at the cash, but the side door held to while the guards were citizens who pressed Dr. Bucklgy and the punish ers in such its combination, shooting at the closely in upon them. Roman Catholic ¥ in 1888 and attended the Germ vaukee. Citizens of an Ohio Town Kept at Bay and Attempts Made to Blow Up Vault. | Guy Shoemaker, merchants, first upon the | ety in the United States. 1 Catholic conventions at RAID A COUNTRY BANK scene, were met by the robbers at the | point of the gun and bade not to move. The robbers stole a horse and SDran‘ wagon and = black team and new surrey from farmers near by. The rigs waited In front of the bank for flight. The singie horse ran away, demolishing the vehicle | and the men who had occupled it took across the country on foot. to the bank bullding, vault property is about half its value. The gang left Morengo on a Big Four | freight at 1 o'clock, stole the horses and | rigs and reached Ashley shortly after 2 o'clock. They pried open the big doors | without being discovered, but the first ex- | plosion of dynamite aroused the town. The gang fired as they fled, but no one was hurt. The damage | and other | nment is advised, and important reasons forssummoning it.” ,,! “E,:::d Referring to Herr Richter's criticism of vy the v 7 eches, Count von ] now with the | Emperor Willlam’s speeches, ndemnities ang | Bulow remerked: “I acc the full responsibility for them. The speech at Bremerbaven was extemporanesus, delivered at a time when 1t was assumed that all Europeans in Pe- king had been murdered. It was natural, under such circumstances, that the Kaiser ghould have tpoken as a soldier and not ¢s a diplomat.” —_— TO PROCEED TO GREAT WALL. German Troops Sent Forth on a New Expedition. BERLIN, Nov. 20.—The War Office has received the following telegram from Count von Waldersee: “A detachment consisting of two com- panies of infantry, a force of mounted men and two guns under the command of Major Muhlenfels has been dispatched, with orders to push on to the great wall. “The column under Colonel York ar- 1ived twenty-five kilometers south of Hsuenkwa-Fu November 17. On return- ing Colonel York willeestablish communi- cation with Major Muhlenfe! n proposition was in idea of allowing! =d itself to the | Governments. Fail- it will be more difi- ters at Peking to reach an agreement on this subject, particular- ly in view of the existence of a very | strong suspicion of the motives of some of these Ministers. . RICETER SCORES THE KAISER. Declares William Has Been Too Rash in His Declarations. BERLIN, Nov. 20.—The debate on the Government’s policy iz China was contin. | ued in the Reichstag to-day, Herr Has- sermann expressing gratification at the | Anglo-German agreement. | Herr Richter declared the Radicals were of the opinion after the assassination of Baron von Ketteler that a military dem- | onstration in China was absolutely neccs- | sary, but the dispatch of an fronclad divi- sion was superfluous. He alluded during | the course of his remarks to the public ons of Emperor Willlam, say- ng they were obviously intended to influ- ence public opinion. Herr Richter added +hat he thought that the Emperor should first have reached an vnderstanding with competent Ministers regarding the enor and wording of these declarations. Politics and religion, be continued, ought not to have been mixed up as they had Leen in the Emperor's speeches, because | man ing such reference for the Mi FRANCE'S STAND UPHELD, Will Not Diminish Forces in China Until the Conflict Ends. PARIS, Nov. 20.—The debate on the budget for the Minstry of Foreign Affairs was continued In the Chamber of Depu- ties to-day. M. Denys Cochin, Conser- vatlve, during the course of a speech, pro- nounced himself in favor of upholding the honor of France and of the French troops in China. M. Lucien Miilevoye, Nationalist, said ieclara the effect was to spofl both. he considered it necessary to maintain a “The greatest mistake of our Chinese |large expeditionary force in China. policy.” concluded Richter, “was after | The Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Del- the Chino-Japanese war, when we joined | casse, explained at length the origin of with Russia and Prance in opposing | the force necessary to relieve the for- Japan.” | eign legations at Peking. In so doing His advice to the Emperor to consult | he referred to the herolsm displayed in nis Ministers elicited much approval. the defense of the legations and declared Count von Bulow, Imperial Chancellor, | the accusations of cruelty against the replying to He:r Richter, said: French and international troops were un- “Prince von Hokenlohe was much im- | founded. He added: pressed by the article in the Freissinnige | “The eight powers have met in an at. Zeltung, which contended that it was in- | tempt to reconcile their interests and advisable to assemble the Reichstag. 1| claims, all of them wishing to respect the em betraying no secret when I say that integrity and even the independence of I am one of those who saw very serious) China. Special claims must be shunned. It is necessary to inspire ideas for the | general benent.” Continuing, M. Delcasse traced the sub- | mission of the French note as the basis of the negotfations and sald it was neces- sary to obtain a guarantee for the future | against some deeds or attempts. The | Foreign Minister then said: “Every one desires to end the situation. | No one will think of diminishing the | strength of our forces in China until the | conflict ends. The Chamber may rest as. sured that the Government will neglect nothing to conclude it quickly. But it needs the confidence of the Chamber.” KENTUCKY MAY NOT STAY LONG AT SMYRNA Battleship Will Probably Remain but Five Days at the Port of Turkey’s Sultan. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Unless cir- cumstances show the advisablility of re- taining her longer at Smyrna, the battle- ship Kentucky will remain at that port only five days. If the Sultan shows a dis- position to meet the demands for the pay- ment of the American missionary claims, the Kentucky will sail for Port Said, en route to China, on December 2. Otherwise it is possible she may remain until the arrival of the Dixle, a few days later. Foreign diplomats here display consid- erable interest in the Kentucky's visit, but they apparently do not belleve it wil] be fruitful of result. Lo VR BOUNDARY DISPUTE IS SETTLED IN EAST AFRICA King Leopold of Belgium Agrees to Readjustment in Favor of Germany. LONDON, Nov. 20.—It is learned from an officlal of a foreign embassy here that, in return for the support given by Ger- many to Belgium In obtaining for the lat- ter a settlement at Tientsin, consisting of a strip of land on the left bank of the Petho, King Leopold, as sovereign of the Congo Free State, has agreed to the rectl. fication of the frontier of Lake Kivu, be. tween German East Africa and the Congo Free State, thus terminating a boundary dispute. Will Visit Canada, | killed and several negro women and chil- | dren hurt. | will be great. LONDON, Nov. 2.—The Duke and Mafl, have definitely decided to visit Canada. Duchess of York, according to the D-.llyl GREAT L0S OF LIFEIN |orena putce v A TORNADD — Victims Will Num- ber More Than One Hun<_lred. | Terrible Havoc Wrought in | Tennessee and North Mississippi. Residences and Churches Are Blown to Pieces—Returns From Country Districts Will Increase the Horror. Special Dispatch to The Call. Tenn., West NASHVILLE, nado swept over North Mississipp! this afternoon and the list of killed and injured so far ascer- tained is about 100. This number may be greatly increased when the returns from the farming districts come fin. | Lagrange, Tenn.. forty miles east of Memphis on the Southern road, suffered | the severest. Other villages in Missis- | sippi struck were Loves, Batesville, Guys and Townsville. At Lagrange the tornado struck at 3| o’clock and in two minutes it had done its | work. All of the Lagrange churches except the Episcopal, were blown down. The Southern depot was also wrecked | and a dozen business houses and resi- dences demolished. The store of Panky | & Galher was blown to pleces and the | body of Walter L. Moody was taken out. | He had been crushed to death by falling | timbers. Two negro women were also | Nov. 20.—A tor- Tennessee and The stores of the following were wrecked: W. P. Lipscomb & Co., J. G. McMill & Co., H. M. “McNamee, C. L.| Panky, G. W. Goodwin & Co. The tornado struck the residence par- | tion of the city, but there its violence was not so marked, though several residences were unroofed. The Southern raflroad depot was valued at $3000. The total prop- | erty loss at Lagrange is $100,000. i At Batesville, Miss.. the tornado blew away the roof of the Methodist church | and injured several residents. 1he ed at Batesville are Sterling Rogers, E. F. Shipp, wife and two children, and Riley | Robinson. At Guys Sw the well-known planter, is ch, John Guys, eported killed. LAGRANGE, Tenn., Nov. 20 —A tornado struck this town to-day. causing much damage and -killing three persons out- right. The dead: W. C. MOODY. TWO NEGRO WOMEN, i The Injured: i Edward Smith, Southern railway agent, | no* serfously. The storm made its appearance shortly after midday and swept everything in its path. Eight residences and three churches were destroyed. The damage to cotton MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 20.—A tornado visited North Mississipp! this afternoon, causing loss of life and much property damage. Reports from Lulu, Tuyea County, state that three negroes were killed, their bodies being carried a dis- tance of two miles by the wind. Many outhouses were razed to the ground and the damage cannot now be estimated. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 21.—A spe- cial to the Age-Herald by long-distance telephone from Columbia, Tenn., says: A terrific cyclone, moving in a westerly and northwesterly . direction, struck this place at 9:30 o’clock last night and left havoc in its path. The northern and western sections of the city, which are populated principally by negroes, were almost entirely swept away. Fifteen per- sons are known to have been killed and it is feared that this number will he large- 1y increased by later reports. The dead are: MISSES FLORENCE AND EVELYN FARRELL. CAPTAIN A, F. AYDELETTE, WIFE AND ONE SON; another son and daugh- ter missing. MISS KATE FORSYTHE. JAMES CHERRY, and six negroes, names unknown. The cyclone lasted for about five min- utes and its path extended one thousand feet wide, which is clearly marked by devastation. Many houses, including a large number of negro cabins, were blown down and many others unroofed and oth- erwise damaged. The fencing surround- ing the United States arsenal was blown away, but the building remains intact. A freight train on the Nashville, Flor- ence and Sheffileld Rallway was lifteq from the track, but as far as reportea none of the passengers or crew was in- jured. MEMPHIS, Nov. 2L.—A tornado bdund- ing through a narrow stretch of territory, extending from a point three miles north of Lula, Miss., to Lagrange, Tenn., caused a heavy loss of life and property yester- day afternoon. The storm so completely interrupted tel- egraphic and telephone cémmunication that neither the origin or the ending of it can be determined to-night, nor can the e extent of the disaster be learned. From meager details obtalnable, covering only WILL BE RE GENT IF NICHOLAS DIES With the ladimir Is Very Popular Russians. “IE Grand Duke Vladimir-Alexandrovitch, who Regent in the event of the death expected helr, is one of the most ing family, and is the eldesf survi Viadimir was born at St. Petersburg in April, 1847, in all probability will be of Nicholas Il before the birth of an popular members of the Russian reign- ving brother of the late Czar Alexander. In 1574 he was mar- ried to Marie Paulovna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, an aunt of the young Duke who is affianced to Queen Wilhelmina of Hol In the event of the Czar's death and the birth of a posthumous son the gency of the Grand Duke Vladimir will be a long one land. re- In the other event, that the fourth child is a Princess. the regent would forthwith give way to his nephew. the hereditary Grand Duke Michael, the Russian law of succession precluding females from the throne, except in the case of the absence of any male of the line. CONDITION OF THE CZAR = GROWS LESS FAVORABLE| —_————————— Russian Ministers Conduct Only Current Business and Defer Important Matters. LIVIDIA, Nov. 20.—The bulletin issued | by the Czar's physiclan to-day 1is lessy favorable. It says: ““The Emperor passed a satisfactory day vesterday. At % o'clock In the evening | the patient's temperature was 102.2; pulse | 80. His Majesty slept tranquilly until 3 o'clock in the morning. Subsequently his | rest broken and perspiration ap- was | peared. This morning his condition was | the time being. -_— fairly satisfactory. Temperature 100.4, pulse 70." ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20.—The Min- isters have been entrusted with the con- duct of current business during the pres- ent phase of the Czar's iliness, each of them carrying on his department accord- i ing to His personal judgment, decisions on important matters being postponed for | the points named, it appears that nineteen | lives were lost and the property was also heav i It is belleved that in the cyclone's path | between the towns heard from numerous | farmhouses and interfor communities of | more or less considerable population were struck, and these being cut off from the | outside world, were unable to give notice of their distress. Accompanying the ter- pado was a rain storm of terrific propor- tions. The dead at Lagrange so far as known follow: | WALTER I. MOODY, assistant mana- | ger of the Panky & Gaither Plow Manu- | facturing Company. WIFE OF BROWN MAY, colored. NEGRO WOMAN, unknown. destruction of| CONFIRMS REPORT OF GROUNDING OF INDIANA Colonel Miller at Manila Cables the | Chief Quartermaster That the Ship Is Not Damaged. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Quartermas- ter General Ludington received a cable dispatch to-day from Colonel Miller, chief cuartermaster at Manila, confirming the press report of the grounding of the transport Indiana on the east side of the Isla de Polilo, one of the smaller islands of the Philippine group, east of Luzon. Colonel Miller's dispatch follows: “Indiana aground November 7. She is reported as not damaged. Charles D. Palmer, quartermaster, with transport Pennsylvania and a lighter draught ves- sel, left Manila Sunday in order to re- lieve her. Nothing more necessary.” When the Indiana ran aground she was loaded with supplies and a company of tke Twenty-second Infantry detalled to act as a garrison at Baler. D e Y ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIMSELF WITH A GUN Untimely Death of Will H. Brady, Grandson of General Hugh _Brady of Michigan. DETROIT, Nov. 20.—Will H. Brady, a prominent young business man of this city, killed himself to-day with a shotgun. He was prepfring for a hunting trip and had risen early to pack his trunk. When the fatal shot aroused his wife, she rushed into the room in which Mr. Brady stored his guns and hunting equipment and found him dead before the open trunk. It is supposed that while handling his gun the trigger caught on something and ex- ploded the charge. He was a grandson of General Hugh Brady, who was a promi- nent figure in the early history of Michi- gan. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SWEIGARD DISREGARDED United States Grand Jury Takes No Cognizance of Charges Made by Railway Brotherhood. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.—The United | States Grand Jury to-day ignored the bills of indictment against Isaac A. Swel- | gard, “ormer superintendent cf the Phila- delpr.a and Reading Company, who was charged by the Brotherhood of Rallroad Trainmen with having discharged em ployes of the Reading Comoany because | they were members of the b-otherhood. The offense alleged constituted a viola- | tion of the act of Congress of June 1,/ 1898, and the charge was made by the president of the brotherhood, Valentine | Fitzpatrick, whose headquarters ace at Cleveland. REPORTED BATTLE BETWEEN BRITISH AND THE BOERS Rumor Prevalent in Service Clubs in London That Dewet’s Forces Are Engaged. LONDON, Nov. 20.—There Is a vague ru- mor in the service clubs this evening that | a battle is in progress between the Boer forces under General Dewet and the Brit- ish troops in South Africa. s R Census Bureau Announcements. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The Census Bureau officially announced to-day that the population of Illinols was 4,821,550, as against 3826351 In 1590, an increase 995,199 or 26 per cent. Rhode Island was announced to be 425.- 536, as against 345506 In 1890, an Increase of 83,050 or 24 per cent. The population of the State of Florida is 528,542, as against 391,422 In 1890. This is an Increase of 137,120 or 35 per cent. Bids for Supplying Seeds. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The Depart- ment of Agriculture has advertised for bids for furnishing seeds to the depart- ment for the usual distribution. Bids will be opened in this city on December 12, ebout three months earlier than the open- ing last year. The early date is a conces- sion to the Pacific Coast bidders in order to give them an equal opportunity with those having later crops. oo S il To Explore V: Gold Fields. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2.—An Eng- lish syndicate with a capital of £1,000,000 has just secured a concession to exploit the Perhena gold flelds, which are 370,000 acres in extent, in the Amur region. The syndicate will also be allowed to dredge and excavate the streams. The Marquis of Queensberry and Prince Holloway are the heads of the syndicate. [ 0N THE | charge of Conductor F. H | Engineer P. Ryan, | Graves, | terracea of | The population of | RS DASH MCUNTAIN At Thrilling Disasters in Which Three Men Meet Death. From the Sur;]miz of Mar- shall Pass Runaway Train Descends. | |A FEARFUL VE OCITY ATTAINED Engineer, Fireman and Other Hands Remain at Their Posts Until the Accident Oceurs. Colo, DENVER 20.—Three men were killed, three probably fatally injured Nov. and one other more or less injured In two Rio nd 1:30 this wre?ks on the Denver and Grande Railroad between 1 o'clock morning. The dead CHARLES SHAW BERT BRA UNKNOWN ) Fatally injured: R. J. Weaver, no home. Injured: P. Ryan, Salida, engineer: J. D. Dow, Salida, brakeman; Louie Reed, Salida, Srakeman. Freight traim No Salida. brakemen. .L, Salida, . engine No in Perkins and had just passed the summit of Marshall Paes, when the enrgineer lost control of the train. The airbrakes failed to work and the light snow falling made the tracks slippery and sand was useless. The Rio Grande rails crawl long. winding sweeps with fifty curves up the moun- tains, to the summit of Marshall Pass, 11000 feet above the sea. The grade rises four feet In one hundred. Down this fearful incline the whirled, gafning Beanentum witn second and whipping around curves at a dizzy pace. Engineer Ryan stuck to the throttle, trying in vain to save the train from its certain destruction. It was ab- surd to pump. for the roadbed is blasted out of solid rock and the deciine is so steep that the mountain looks as if it was with tracks. A leap meant death. In less than five minutes the crash came. The train struck a reversed curve. The locomotive leaped off the rafls and was thrown lengthwise across the track Twelve cars loaded with coal and coke dashing behind at seventy miles an hour crashed iInto the engt burying it tn a sécond in a pile of wreckage thirty feet high. Charles Shaw, a brakeman, of Salida, was instantly killed. When the engine left the track Engineer Ryan was thrown far to one side, but Fireman Brasswell could not escape and went down with the engine and beneath the dozen cars loaded with coal and coke. Ryan badly bruised about the body. but will recover. Dow and Reed were also caught in the wreck and probably fatally hurt The three men were taken to Salida. the injured men being placed In the com- pany’s hospital. The wrecking crew was at work all dav endeavoring to extricate Brasswell from beneath the wreck. so thoroughly had the cars wedged upon the engine. Not until late to-night was the wreck cleared and the body of Brasswell reached. A freight train parted near Minturn, about the time the runaway on Marshail Pass occurred, and the two sections col- lided on a hill. In a car loaded with pipe were R. J. Weaver and an unidentified man. The car was up-ended by the colilis- jon. Weaver was fatally crushed and the unidentified man was brained by a pipe. The loss of the two wrecks is $125,000. m train Svery was FIGHTING A BATTLE WHICH HE CANNOT WIN Though Senator Davis Is Somewhat Stronger, Physicians Hold Out No Hope for Recovery. ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 2.—A quiet day was passed by Senator Davis, his condi- tion this evening being reported wun- changed. - At Senator Davis' house it was stated that the physicians had reported their patient as being stronger than for the last two days. The delirium continues and that is his worst symptom. The res- piration Is eight above normal and the temperature slightly higher than yester- day. The pulse is exactly as it was yes- terday afterncon. Food and tonic were taken In the usual quantities to-day. While at times his friends ar= encouraged to belleve that with the help of nature he has conquered the destructive agency in his blood, a little later they are com- pelled to belleve that Senator Davis Is fighting a battle which he cannot win. bk GRANGE TO MEET IN PORTLAND, ME., NEXT YEAR Resolution Adopted Favoring Tele- graphic Crop System by Agri- cultural Department. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. — Portland, Me., was selected by the National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, to-day for holding the next annual convention. The grange adopted a resolution setting apart the third Sunday in June to be observed by members of the organization throughout the country as a grange memorial day. The extension of the rural free delivery mails, the establishment of postal savings banks and the popular election of Sena- tors were unanimously indorsed. Resolutions were adopted favoring the ereation by the Agricultural Department of a telegraphic crop system. ‘Wilson will address the convention to- IOITOW.