The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1901, Page 1

- @all, "VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 43. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1901, PRICE FIVE CENTS, B HRILLING SCENES OF RESGUE Saving Lives In Peril on the Russie. Ninety Persons Are Landed by Hero Fishermen. to reach the e were again tossed re and the men of the 1 at, who £ the fishing age of Carro, und & & e of wreck- iched to from o was rewarded, as, perceptibly became calmer and from east to about 6:3) e specta nearts as the waves t she was ays rose e waves wcather en at amid the fish- oat soon after- Then, above the from which were re- hore. Another r men, was then g the ater the Carro boat left As she ts were The en- e spectators them others of of the boat and car- gh the waves er who had been walt- She swooned i on a stretcher, wreckage, and he lighthouse, lapsed from fatigue, r haggard faces bs told of the awful ex- d gone through. red with bt e other wome a and hunger. Nm d trembling periences th 1 kept at the lighthouse, two miles dis- for the sufferers had to walk there, assisted by their friends, before restora- tives could be administered to them. The four-oared boat next arrived with more passengers, and the lifeboats made repeated journeys until all saved and sheltered In the light- were house MAREEILLES, Jan. 1L.—The passengers of the Russie arrived here by malil at 7:30 this evening. A great crowd was in wait- station to greet them. They cheered as they left the train, and many € scenes ensued when the sufferers met their relatives. Lieuten- ant Gautberoit tells the following story f the Russie’'s experiences: ‘The steamer ran ashore at 11 o'clock Monday morning. Only the watch was on eck at the time. The passengers rushed p undressed when they felt the shock, a panic ensued. The captain and of- finally succeeded In calming the cople and the boats were prepared for unching. It was found, however, that e sea was too rough. As night came on ers ssel, which rolied badly, heeled to starboard, The passengers took refuge the first cabin and the smoking-room. Tues morning & violent wave burst the door of the saloon. The passengers, again stricken with panic, deck. We assured them and caded the doorway with mat- All day we were obliged help- essly to watch attempts to reach us with rockets and lifeboats from the shore and tugs. We passed the night in a state of the deepest anguish. The waves increased in were hed on ba began to sink. The afterhold | he engine-room were inundated, and | AMERICA SUPREME .~ IN TRADE OF WORLD | e i SENATOR HENRY CABOT LODG | ING SUPE {ACY OF AMERICA HAS STIRRED COMMERCIAL CF WHOSE I TH INTERS OF ADDRESS ON THE COM- | ® THE WORLD | Regarded in upon V%( the trade of the world during the debate in the United States Senate Monda the bill to increase the military establishment. His utterances are rexarded as a serious challenge and the papers advocate as the sole effective means of defense a Euro- pan customs union such as was recently recommended by M. Leroy Beaulieu. on Tae Neues Wiener Tageblatt, which considers the struggle between Europe and America likely to constitute the “leading characteristic of the twentieth century,” says: The only object of the immense econ- omic changes now occurring in the Unit- ed States is to flood Europe and the Eu- ropean markets in Asia with American industrial products.” CAPE COLO NY I Kitchener Organizing Horse for Offensive Operations. LONDON, Jan. 12, 4:5 a. m.—It is un-| derstood that Lord Kitchener now hol securely all the railroad lines In Snuvlv] Africa, having recovered possession of | the Delagca Bay line which had been cu:\} January to the Pretoria correspondent | Accordin, | of the Daily Mafl Lord Kitchener is now organizing a force of 30,000 irregular horse, which will occupy some weeks. When this force is ready he will resume offen- sive operations. Meanwhile the invasion of Cape Colony looks more threatening. The news that Commandant Hertzog has two guns is rather startling, as it was formerly as- serted that the invaders had no guns. The defenses of Cape Town, including two 4.2 naval guns, are now completed and the recruiting of volunteers is active throughout the colony. According to dispatches to the Daily Express the admiral of the Cape fleet is prepared in an emergency to lend a naval brigade of 2900 men, with six Hotchkiss guns. A Murraysburg lelegram this morning says the Dutch there received the British troops sullenly, and it reports that there are rumors that tho colonial rebels of the neighborhood are Jolning the invaders. The Pretoria correspondent of the Morn- fury and dashed over the vessel, which was thumping on her starboard side, until early In the morning, when the plates gave way and the stern of the vessel went to pleces. The utmost consternation now prevailed amonz the passengers, who fled | to the forecastle deck amidships and the foredeck, clinging to the rails and stranchions. Again we witnessed desper- ate efforts all day long to rescue us. “When night fell without a relief and with the wildest tempest still raging the | scene on board was frightful. The pas- | | sengers seemed heart-broken, the women “ weeping convulsively. “Thursday morning the cruiser Galllee hove in sight. Hope revived as she was seen approaching us with engines re- versed. The water was too shallow and the waves threatened to engulf her. She made for the open sea, and the passen- gers were again plunged into the deepest | despalr. . “Our provisions were now almost ex- hausted. Ws haZ oniy @ few biscuits and Senator Lodge’s Utterances Ar NVASIO | LOOKS MORE THREATENING | Reign of Terror and Bloodshed in | o o o B I I e o oY ) S Europe as a Serious Challenge. = It complains that no step has yet been taken to the Droposals put for- | ward by Count Goluchcwsky, the Austro- Hungarian Foreign Minister, and asserts that continued European indifference can | v lead to disaster. The Neues Wiener Tageblatt observes: “Owing to the burden of taxation imposed | upon each Buropean nation by militarism, America is gradually becoming the cred- | itor of the whole world. The approach- | ing supremacy of the United States can- not be averted by the protectionist tariffs advocated by the German and Austri agrarians. Count von Bulow, by assis: ing the agrarians, becomes the ally of Senator Lodge. The only remedy is tha abolition of militarism, which is a can- cer upon European agniculture, trade and | industr; | realize N | Big Force of Irregular ing Post wires | burgher p: viewed fj that ace com: nkly a member of the : whom he inter d that there was ro hope of many burghers surrendering. | A speclal from Cape Town says: The British warship Sybfi has anchored in | Lamberts Bay and landed a force of blue- | jackets and a number of guns. This force has constructed entrenchments. Hertzog's main body, 700 strong, with two guns, has crossed the Roggeveld Mountains and is now probably in the | neighborhood of Elandsdrift, forty miles east of Clanwilliam. Hertzog's intention, apparently, is to move toward Ceres and Worchester. Only a few passes are pass- able for the guns and the whole country is difficult to traverse. The passes are narrow and easily defended. According to latest reliable reports an- other party of 500 Boers has reached the Doorn River, seventy miles south of Cal- vinia. The authorities are doing all in their power to meet the situation. Refugees from Calvinia and Clanwilliam are flock- ing to the Picquetberg road. They state that many poor whites are certain to join the Boers as are also many bitter Bund men in the neighborhood of Clanwilliam and Malmesburg, whc openly declare that they intend to join the invaders. confes: tins of preserves, with wine and some ar- tichokes and oranges, a portion of the cargo in the forehold. We passed an atro- cious night, but were rescued this morn- ing. All the cargo was lost, and only a part of the mail and the passengers’ baggage was saved. The accident was que to mistaking the Faraman light for the Planier light, a mistake which has caused the loss and wreck of more than twenty steamers and given the coast the name of the mariners’ graveyard. REBELS ARE DRIVEN BACK BY GOVERNMENT TROOPS There Is Now No Extensive Revolu- tionary Movement in Colombia. COLON, Colombia, via Galveston, Jan. 11.—The few rebels who were outside the town of Panama have been driven back to the bush by the Government troops. There is no extensive revolutionary move- ment. 'Democrats Seek | dency. | his friends have taken hold of this mat- | chang that the province is in the hands with their lives. | elude every effort made to capture them. SENATOR HILL FOR PRESIDENT New Mos:s for 1904, Cutting_the Ground | From Under | Bryan. Coler Goes to Bird S. Washington 1o Sound Leaders. SRS SEacl Special Dispatch to The CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Bird S. Coler, Controller of New York City, was here to-day and saw nearly all the Dem- ocratic Senators. He told some of them | that David B. Hill was the avowed can~ didate for the nomination for the Presi- Others knew it already. He de- | clared that Senator Hill's friends were at work all over the country and that when the time came to name the next national ticket there would be practically no op- position to HIll. The first three Ser with whom Coler talked were Jones. Towne and Pet- tigrew, and for more than an hour Coler held a continuous reception fn the marble room of the Sena Taken in connect call. with the recent trip of Elllot Danforth | through the West and the passage yes-| terday by the Sta‘e Senate of Texas of a resolution inviting Hill to address that | body on political topics the friends of W. | J. Bryan regard Coler's visit as showing | that an active Hill movement has been | started to cut the political ground from | under Bryan's feet and name HIll for Prestdent. “My visit has no significance,” Coler said to-night, “only I have been seeing Democratic Senators and Representatives | to-day In the Intersst of David B. Hill's nomination for President. I belleve Hill will be the nominaa in 1904. I think he will have the support of the Democfats of every State in the Unfop, I think he will have the support of the élements that participated in the Kansas City senven- tion and the elements that did not, of the elements that heartlly supported the ticket in the late campaign and the ele- ments that either voted for McKinley or did not vote at all. “You know I regard Hill as the brain- fest Democrat in the country. I believe ter in earnest and are going to push his claims for the nomination with great | vigor from this time on. I have not heard a single objection to Hill's nomina- tion to-day and I have talked with many leading Democrats from different parts of the country. On the contrary what I have heard to-day confirms me in the belief that Hill will be the next nominee | of the Democratic party for President.” WORK OF ROBBER BANDS. Many Sections of China. SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—A correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury writes from New- of robber bands. On the rallway line near Skinmintun, a Russian patrol of twenty men was attacked and only two escaped The Russians seem to be utterly inca- pable of dealing with the robbers, who In some instances pitched battles have oc- curred, in which the robbers have won. Fwen In the Russian settlement robbers Have made their appearance and night shots are frequently heard. A military corps consisting of Chinese has been formed by the Russians with the object of dealing with the robbers. A rob- ber chief and his followers have been en- Iisted, reducing the case to the proposi- tion of setting a thief to catch a thief. At Heungshan two thieves went into the house of Lao Shongsam, during his ab- sence and murdered eight persons, as fol- lows: Wife, three sons, the oldest of whom was six vears; two daughters and two servant girls. Robber bands are terrorizing Canton, in- | side and outside the city. On one occa- slon they made a daring attempt to rob a shop in the Fifth Ward. Meeting with resistance, they killed two shopkeepers. At a village outside the city the rob- bers killed one man, wounded two badly and set fire to a house. ‘Word has been received at Canton from Yingtak, on the North River, that a mem- ber of the Wesleyan Mission had been beaten to death while resisting robbers. SAN DOMINGO RULES AGAINST AMERICANS Government Issues Decree Against Collection of Duties by the Im- provement Company. lishing Comzany. SANTO DOMINGO, Jan. 11.—The Dom- inican Government has issued a decree against the collection of duties by the San Domingo Improvement Company of New York. There is intense excitement, and the anti-American feeling is strong. The action is due to the protest of the Belgian bondholders. The dutles will now be collected for treasury needs. A com- mission of Consuls and merchants has been appointed to supervise the financial affairs until a final settlement is reached. Congress is considering a demand of the Government for the credit required for a settlement with the Improvement Company. MINISTER CONGER'S DISOBEDIENT ACTS | | | THE THRUST INTO THE CONCERNED IN CHIN. FACE OF < IMPERIAL OWNER OF A MAILED FIST THAT IS NOW o BEING POWERS HARMONY AMONG THE '8 FUTURE. Fails to Corrzct ing Chinese Ul Blunder in Sign- timatum After Being Instruetzd. | BY STEPHEN BONSAL. Special Cable to The Call and the N the Herald Pub EKING, Jan. 10.—While the dip- lomats are awaiting the decision of the Emperor as to whether he prefers te face war with the pow- ers or rebellion on the part of the Viceroys, the extraordinary circumstances under which Minister Conger signed the demands so out of harmony with the pol- fcy of President McKinley have become known. The Germans inserted in the col- lective note the word ‘“irrevocable, changing its purport from a mere prelim- inary basis for negotiations to an ultima- tum. Japan, Russia and France were averse to signing it, and in view of Secre- tary Hay's note to the powers nobody thought the American Minister would sign, and that word, of such far-reaching ronséquence!. would undoubtedly have been eliminated, as was the German threat to invade Shanst Province, had the American representative opeyed his In- structions. Mr. Conger, however, threw a bombshell into the council of Ministers by announcing that he had been instructed to sign the ultimatum in the “irrevoca- ble" form, which permitted the Chinese to make no representations and allowed them to reply by only a simple “‘yes” or “no.” In view of this extraordinary stand on the part of America, France, Japan and Russia, the powers which follow an In- telligent policy toward China, were brought into line by the old “bugaboo” of the fear of breaking the concert. Mr. Conger informed Washington that he had signed the note, and was asked by what authority. 2 Conger then referred to his instructions, which, he said, had reach him in a man- gled form, but which he had not asked to have repeated. Secretary Hay cabled that no such in- structions were in the cipher and that he had not given this authority to sign, but, on the contrary, had expressly or- dered Mr. Conger under no circumstances to sign the note as long as it retained the ultimatum form, further ordering him, 1f not too late, to make good the blunder. There was time, as the note was not handed to the Chinese envoys until four days later, but during this time Mr. Con- ger made no effort to obey these instruc- tions. It would be showing consideration for Mr. Conger to displace him by a fresh man, not simply a State Department offi- clal, but a broad-gauged statesman who would approach the task with the con- viction that the history of the world and civilization depends upon the outcome. ghins 20 EMPRESS AND EMPEROR DIFFER Kwang Su Will Return to Peking, but Empress Will Not. SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—Oriental mail ad- vices dealing with the Chinese imperial court show that there is a declded conflict of opinion between the Empress Dowager and the young Emperor, who recently has commenced to assert his rights. The Su Pao says that the Emperor is determined to return to Peking, but that the Empress Dowager is just as fixed in her determina- tion not to do so, and that she declares that she will depart from this scene of earthly activities rather than again cross the borders of Tungkwan. “Affairs at court,” says the Gazette, “are in a decidedly mixed condition. Os- tensibly Wang Wenshao and Lu Ch-Uan- 1lin are at the head of the affairs of the Grand Council, but in reality all rewards and punishments, promotions and degra- ew York Herald. Copyright, 1801, by lishing Company. | \ dations are meted out by Li Lienyin, the | Empress’ one has long believed dead.” The Gazette says further that it has re- liable information to the effect that the Emperor has taken definite issue with the Empress and her party. Of late the Empress has not been in a | Pleasant frame of mind, according to the favorite eunuch, whem every | Su Pao. When the news of the trealy | made by the Viceroys of the south and | east with the foreign authorities first| reached the Empress she flew into a rage | and was about to decree the dismissal of | Viceroys Liu and Chang, but was held in check by Prince Ching. | The court is evidently weary of Si Ngan | Fu and in connection with the rupture be- | tween the Emperor and the Dowager it | is reported that the Empress intends to | make her future home at Wuchang, while the Emperor will return to Peking and try to make a settlement with the people of the west Many of the Ministers in attendance on the court now advocate a removal to Nan- king. A letter from Tientsin to the Su Pao is in part as follows: “A conclusion of peace is believed to be impossible. Li Hung Chang has notified the members of the Chinese Benevolent Soclety in the north to finish their work and take themselves out of the way as soon as possible before something occurs.” Nothing is sald ih a direct way as to what this something about to occur is, but the presumption is that with the court at war with {tself and the foreign rela- tions of the country strained, trouble of a serious nature may occur at any time. NOT FAVORED BY GERMANY. Unwilling to Separate the Demands Being Made Upon China. .BERLIN, Jan. 11.—There seems no long- er to be any doubt here that Germany de clined the United States’ proposal to sub- mit the articles in the China agreement relating to indemnities and commercial treaties to a conference to be held at ‘Washington or elsewhere, but it is be- lieved that Germany agrees to the new American proposals for accelerating the negotiations at Peking. The German For- eign Office, answering a direct question, admitted that the German answer has been sent to the United States, but de- clined to state the terms, leaving them for the Washington authorities to publish. It was Intimated. however, that the an- swer was not favorable. The exchange of views between the ' various interested Cabinets has been completed and the mat- ter 1s now regarded as ended. The For- elgn Office does not belleve that the United States lays great weight upon the proposition or will press the same. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan, 11.—In regard to the Berlin dispatch stating that the For- eign Office there prefers to have the ‘Washington eauthorities give out the text of the German answer to the recent American proposition, the Stats Depart- ment adheres to its first determination that none of these answers shall be made publie, nor is there any desire to create invidious distinction by stating which powers looked favorably, which unfavor- ably and which held back their answers. Now that this proposition is withdrawn the entire subject is looked upon as a closed incident. The department has heard nothing from Mr. Conger as to the re- ported signing of the treaty by the peace envoys. ALTARADO FARMER 1§ MURDERED “Jess” Brodersen Vietim of As- sassin. Shot Down in Cold Blood in His Yard. Killed for a Few Dollars. Body Is Found by Visitor. OAKLAND, Jan. 11.—The body of “Jess™ Brodersen, an old rancher livihg near Al- varado, found in the yard of his place to-day by Manuel Martin, who had gone there to make purchase, A gun- shot wound in the neck, just below right ear, and the pockets empti turned inside out, told the stc x and robbery. A ten-cent piece which was picked up five or six feet from the bod was the only thing of value t by perpetrator of the erime on or near the person of his vietlm seen was of Brodersen allve was afternoon, about 5 o'clock. At that hour he was on his way home from one of his daily peddl farm along the road. He had stopped for a few minutes at what is called the Halfway House, where he bor- rowed % from the landlady. After nego- tiating the loan Brodersen nt some of the money over the bar for two or three drinks. Then he resumed his homeward journey in the rig famillar to the people g trips among Alvarado | of the district who patronized him. The fact that he borrowed the money indicates that all Brodersen had on his person at the time he was killed was what he had left after buying the drinks. Brodersen drank alone, and all those who saw him say that he was perfectly sober. Manuel Martin went to Brodersen's ranch this morning to buy some egss. First knocking at the front door and re- ceiving no response he went around to the rear. As soon as he got around the side of the house he came upon Brodersen's body, lying stiff and wet, abolit thirty feot distant from the kitchen door. Martin made a hurried examination of his horri- fying discovery and found a gaping gun- shot wound in the neck. The outer gar- ments of the body consisted of a heavy woolen shirt and trousers. The four pock- ets of the trousers were turned inside out. At a distance, partially covered with sand. was a l0-cent piece. Grasped in the right hand of the corpse, which re- clined upon its back, was a tin candle- stick with a half-burned candle In 1t The murder was evidently committed the night before. The clothing was saturated withk water, showing that it had been out during the rainfall which occurred all of Thursday night. Brodersen was prob- ably returning from his barn when he was shot down. His horse and wagon were in their accustomed places In the barn, a distance of perhaps 200 feet from the house, so that the murder was commut- ted as he was about to go to the house. The kitchen door was found wide open, and there was no evidence of a struggle. | From the nature of the wound in the dead man’s neck death must have followed im- mediately. The murderer used a gun loaded with birdshot. The shot scattered over a surface covering six inches, and there were no powder marks, which would have been the case had the assassin been closer to his victim. A muzzie-loading shotgun was found in Brodersen’'s house, but it showed no indications of having been recently used. The officers who are Investigating the murder have small hope of locating the murderer as he left nothing behind him which could be used as a clew, and has had twelve hours in which to make his escape. The murder for robbery theory is the only one that the officers can ac- cept, as Brodersen was a peaceable old man and had no enemies. Brodersen was a native of Denmark and aged about & years. His only relative is a niece liviug in Oakland whose name is not known. PREDICTS A GREAT CONFLICT. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 1.—Captain P. C. Lockhart, correspondent of the Lon- don Times In China, who accompanied General Gaselee’s rellef force, left for New York en route to London to-day. Speeking of the sftuation in China he sald: “I think that so far as Li Hung Chang himself is concerned he is perfectly sin- cere in his position as mediator, but my observation leads me to judge that any agreement the Chinese make now will be kept by them no longer than it suits their convenience. The Empress Dowager will by spring have a tremendous force of men armed with modern rifles at her com- mand, and neltker she nor Prince Tuan has the slightest chance of falling into the hands of the allied forces. Next sum- mer will see the great struggle between the well organized Boxers under the Em- press and Prince Tuan and the allied forces in their attempt to seat the young ‘Emperor firmly on the throne.” p i LI HUNG BREAKING DOWN. SHANGHALI, Jan. 11.—The Mercury 14 Hung Chang !s breaking down and his death is imminent. LONDON, Jan. 12.—According to a dis- patch to the Daily Mail from Shanghal, Captain Chou, who participated in the Chuchou massacres, has been sentenced to death.