The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LX XiX—-NO. 115. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. PLOTTERS THREATEN CZAR’S LIFE AND COSSACKS MEET RUSSIAN WORKINGMEN IN FIERCE BATTLE Rioting in St. Petersburg Results in a Conflict, in Which One Hundred of the Populace Are Killed or Wounded, and Nicholas, in Alarm, Summons a Council of His Ministers to Devise Means to Check the Impendmg .Revolt Against His Authority. Czar Nicholas 1s face to face with an uprising of the Russian populace. A plot against his life has been discovered. On the heels of the riotous demonstrations of el several days ago Cossacks and workingmen have fought a sanguinary battle, in which 100 of the latter were killed or wounded. The Emperor, taking alarm at the crisis, has called @ meeting of his Ministers to consider the situation. Further demonstrations and bloodshed are expected to occur to-day. ONDON, March 25.—The Daily Mail publishes the following, dated March 24, from its St. Petersburg correspondent : “Yesterday, Sunday, 500 workmen from the Obuchower National Works paraded on the Noski Prospekt. Cossacks with drawn swords met the workmen and a sanguinary encounter ensued. The number: killed and wounded “The police have discovered a plot against the life of the Czar. students drew lots and that the fatal choice fell to the son of a famous general. is kept secret. On the way thither they demolished the state brandy booths. father, and the latter told the Czar, imploring him to leave St. Petersburg.” The Daily Express correspondent at St. Petersburg says: “In the last en- counter at Narva Gate 100 workmen are reported to have been killed or wounded by the Cossacks.” I. PETERSBURG,] March 24.—The political 1 24 serious Nicholas ing of the Ministers | hat Emperor 2 meet v to consider the state of | The Czar presided which was con- he Tsarskoe-Sele pal- decided not to abolish r drafting recalci‘rant nto the army, but for o refrain from apply- It was also resolved he urt{versir_\‘ statute. SSIA RU The decision of the council of Hor petitioning the Czar to con- { Kapovich, the assassin of M. Ministers is regarded as a step in |sider the grievances of the stu-| Bogoliepoff, Russian Minister of the right direction, because :t is | an attempt at a partial remedy of the grievances of the students. denb Lagowski, the provincial offi- (ual who last Friday attempted to Pubhc Instryction, has been sen- itcnced to hm:hor for life. He | will be imprisoned in the Schivles- Threatening letters have been |assassinate Privy Councilor Po- ‘Selbfl'g fortress on an island in received by Lieutenant General Kouropatkine, Minister of War; tice, and M. Sipiagnien, Mimster of the Interior. Renewed demonstrations on a great scale are expected to-mor- It is reported that Prince Viazemsky row. has been disgraced bedonostzeff, procurator general of the holy synod, is a discipie of | M. Mouravieff, Minister of Jus-|Count Leo Tolstoi, and he has as- | serted that the act was one of re- venge for the excommunication of Tolstoi. Some reports say that an ac- complice named Tvanoff was ar- rested with Lagowski. B e ; AGREES TO I'lODlFY THE MANCHURIA CONVFNTION Makes IinorConcessionsand Warns China That Speedy| Acceptance Will Be Enforced. It is understood Government bas | wing modification ention: how and Port Arthur xed, but shall be leased Government as here- hat Russia will not insist here being & Russian resident at , that the Chineze army maintain order in Man- to the completion of the | flway which, while in uction, will not necessar- e protection of Russian that Russia will fore- that mining and raflway Mongolia, Turkestan and be granted to none but Russia stipulates, Chinese and Rus- 4 to undertake such e of these concessions the ent insists upon the re of the convention. The se Minister at St Petersburg be- t the modifications are zatis- advisers of the court still mend a ratification of the | roy Liu Kun Yu likewise | s protests against ratification. Li| Hung Chang says that responsibility for ing rests with the Chinese Minister | St. Petersburg. | e Russians continue to threaten to | & troops if China fail to comply with | demands. —— RUSSIA SCORES IN KOREA. Customs Director Brown Removed | Despite British Protests. | YOKOHAMA, March 24.—Advices S | announce that the Korean Govern- was dismissed from office McLeavy director general of the Korean that Great Britain is’ pro- t against his Qismissal. LONDON, March 2.—The dismissal of Mr. McLeavy Brown from the post of di- Se toms, and | slan Minister at Special Dispatch to The Call. rector general of Korean customs is re- garded in London as another score for Russia. In 18% and again in 1898 Russian pressure was exerted to procure his re- moval. In the latter case he was rein- stated only after a British squadron had moved to Chemulpo. As recently as a few months ago Russia strongly opposed an attempt by Mr. Brown to raise a loan for the Korean Government to purchase shares in the | railway from Seoul to Fusan. As a result of her opposition, the negotlations for the loan falled. The 8t. Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Mail asserts that M. Pavioff, Rus- Seoul, has protested against Korea taking forelgners into the government service, with the exception of Russians, and demanded the appointment of the latter, but Korea seemed deter- mined, with the help of the powers, to | defend her integrity. . i JAPAN TO OFFER NO PROTEST. Ignores Von Bulow’s Construction of Anglo-German Agreement. YOKOHAMA, March 2%.—The Japanese Minister of Forelgn Affairs, Kato Takaki, replying to an interpellation in the House | of Representatives, said that Count von Bulow’s declaration in the Reichstag con- cerning the construction Germany placed upon the Anglo-German agreement did not concern Japan, as the Government of the Mikado in zdvance of the agreement accepted the plain and unmistakable sig- nificance of its terms. ““It does not concern Japan,” exclaimed the Minister, “if another power interprets the -greemem sccording to a strange code of its own." RUSSIA WOULD AREBITRATE. Alleged Proposal ~Concerning the Tientsin Siding Dispute. LONDON, March 2%.—According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times, wiring €aturday, Count Lamsdorf?, the Russian Minister of Forelgn Affairs, has apreed with Great Britain to submit’ the Tientsin railway siding dispute to the arbitration and settlement of Count von Wridersee. i g Brigands Murder a Missionary. TIENTSIN, March 24.—The Rev. Mr. Stochouse of he London Missionary So- ciety has been murdered by brigands fourteen miles cast of Tientsin. — T SEVERF FIGHTING IN THE TRANSVAAL British and Boer Forces Have an Engagement to the East of Klerksdorp. CAPE TOWN, March 24—Severe fight- ing occurred on Friday, March 22, be- tween the British and Boers at Hartbees- tefentein, east of Klerksdorp, Transvaal. Spread of the Bubonic Plague. CAPE TOWN, March 24.—The bubonle plague continues to spread here. There s an average of six fresh cases officlally re- ported daily. Most of the victims are col- ored persons. AELSEAL LR Kruger Coming to America. LONDON, March 25.—The Geneva corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says it is ru- mored there that Mr. Kruger, 'if his health permit, will visit the United States next month. — BOY KILLS ANOTHER IN FIGKT WITH FISTS LOUISVILLE, K .. March 24.—Eddie Hoffman, a small ooy, was arrested to- night on the charge of murdering another boy named Charles Callahan by beating him with his fists. Hoffman says Calla- h11 made remarks about Hoffman's sister when she passed a crowd in which the boys were, “and I jusi thumped him.” The incident occurred at 5 p. m. and Cal- l-lhlln died a% v p. m. to-night at a hos- pital. E the Neva. | According to a special dispatch to the Rossyia the Governor Gen- | eral of Kieff, General Dragcmi- roff, has published a riot rdi- nance similar to that published 1\b_\' General Klekgels in St. Pe- itersburg, and declaring that the military will be called out unless | the ordinance is strictly obeyed. NEW YORK, March 24.—A river of flam- ing ofl swept down upon the little village of Glen Garden, N. J., while its inhabit- ants were asleep this morning and reduced eleven buildings, stores and residences to ashes. The conflagration was extraordi- nary in character and in its origin. The village Is in a valley along the line of the New Jersey Central Raliroad. An immense freight train was coming east at 6:30 a. m. It was composed of a string of coal cars and eighteen tank cars. High above the village the tracks of the rail- road run along the side of a mountain. They descend as they approach the vil- lage, but even at the station are consid- erably above the main street, which runs up to the depot at a steep incline. A few miles west of the village, while coming down the incline around the moun- tain, the train parted. The on the forward engins pulled open the throt- tle of the engine and tried to race away from the section, which was increasing its speed every second. He to keep clear of the racing cars until opposite the depot at Glen Gardeén, when the second section smashed into the first. Explosion of the Cars. The first section, composed of coal cars, was going at a high rate of speed, and none of its cars were jolt olnio!ful. The forward car, one of the ofl tanks of the runaway section, was hurled sidewise across the tracks, and the ofl mmmwmpnunuaun way. Eight hundred It appears that a group of The boy told his (o fO I — - i ing oll, carrying children in their arms. Some risked their lives to free horses, cows and dogs in outbuildings, but other unfortunate animals could not be reached in time and were burned. ‘Within five minutes after the first ex- plosion the flowing river of ofl had reached the Masonic Temple, in the heart of the village, and ten minutes later that strugture was enveloped in flames. Then building after bullding, all of them frame, took fire as the oil reached them, and within balf an hour an area of 40 feer square was a mass of flames. From the wrecked cars the oll alse flowed down the incline of the railroad track, making a long line of fire that de- stroyed the ties and bent and twisted the tracks. The loss is estimated at from $60,000 to $75,000. S S———— OWN SPIRITED BLACKS Chief Executive Takes an Airing, Handling His Team Himself ‘With Horseman’s Skill. WASHINGTON, March 24.—"President McKinley is handling the lines and doing the driving for this administration,” was the comment of an enthusiastic tourist as the President passed out of the White House gate this afternoon driving a spir- ited pair of black’ horses attached to a high phaeton. The warm afternoon sunshine had tempted the occupants of the executive mansion to go out for an airing. The President and his guest, Captain McWil- "| lams of Chicago, were together .In the i with the footman on the rum- Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. McWil- followed In the White House lan- BiF -| deau. As the two vehicles rolled through the west gate into Pennsylvania avenue a crowd of about Aifty persons gathered to get a view of the Presidential party at short range. mt McKinley wore the latest stylae felt hat with a high flat crown and generous rolling brim, black overcoat and ! STREAT1S OF BLAZING OIL POUR UPON VILLAGE HOIES Disaster on a New Jersey Railroad Releases Carloads of Liquid Fire and Causes Great Loss. tan-colored gloves. He handied his lines carefully and apparently enjoyed the sen- sation of managing the well groomed team. As he passed the landeau contain- ing his wife and her guest he waved a salute. President McKinley frequently does his own driving. bt MURDERED BY POISON SENT THROUGH MAIL Son of Ida Fosburgh’s Employer Is Accused of Having Caused MIDDLESBURG, Vt, March 24.—Nel- son Jones, 25 years old, of Shoreham, wus arrested to-day, charged with the murder of Miss Ida Fosburgh at Shoreham, March 12, by poisoning. The young wom- an was engaged to be married to Aldace Vondette, who was recently charged with having caused her death and who, after being held a few days was released, the authorities being satisfled that he was not implicated in the affair. Nelson Jones is the son of Minor Jones, for whom Miss Fosburgh worked as a do- mestic. When an investigation of the death was being made Jones informed the authorities that Miss Fosburgh had com- plained of illness and on Tuesday even- ing, March 12, she asked him to go to Shoreham postoffice and get a letter which she insisted was there. Jones said he found a white envelope addressed to the young woman and delivered it to Miss Fosburgh. Ten minutes later a cry was heard from the young woman's room and she was found apparently dead. When a physician arrived an hour or so later he sald she had apparently died very sud- denly. Near the bed was the envelope which Junes sald he took from the postoffice. It had been opened and there was a scrap of paper, and a glass containing a whits sediinent and a small amount of water stood on the washstand. Thé authorities believe that the death of Miss Fosburgh was caused by poison received in-a letter through the malls. S, — ICHOLAS EMPSROR cr ALL' ™hE ROSSI4S. € | L 4 THE CZAR AND THE AUTHOR WHO FIGURES IN POLITICS OF RUSSIA. COLLECTING THE EVIDENCE IN DELAWARE Witnessess May Travel Here Again for the Botkin Trial. Special Dispatch to The Call. WILMINGTON, Del. March 24—At- torney General H. H. Ward will begin this week collecting the evidence for the sec- ond trial of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, who is accused of murdering Mrs. J. D. Dean and Mrs. John P. Dunning by sending them poisoned candy. It has not been decided whether the wit- nesses will be sent to San Francisco again although it is possible that they will be. All of the Delaware witnesses live in Dover. and it is thought that all of them could be induced to go West, with the possible exception of ex-Congressman Pennington, the father of the murdered women. His wife dled recently and he is in bad health. It is not thought that he could stand such a long trip. The men who worked up the Delaware end of the case for the last trial are now out of office. Robert C. White, who was Attorney General at that time. has been succeeded by Mr. Ward. Detective Me- Vey, who furnished some valuable links in the chain of evidence, has been recent- Iy legislated out of office. He would go to Califernia to testify if his expenses were guaranteed. Yesterday Mr. Ward recelved a letter from the Attorney General of California asking for the evi- dence. He will look over it as soon as it is received and instruct Mr. Ward which witnesses he desires. The new Attorney General of Delaware is regarded as one of the best members of the bar here, and, although he may delegate some one to represent him at the trial, he may decide to personally assist the California authorities In prosecuting the case. NEW YORK BURGLARS h MAXKE A RICH HAUL Take Jewels Valued at Twelve Thou- sand Dollars From a Physi- cian’s Residence. NEW YORK, March 24.—A daring bur- glary which occurred on Friday evening last was made public to-day. The resi- dence entered was that of Dr. Nathan E. Brill, on West Seventy-sixth street, and the thieves obtained jewelry said to be worth about $12,000. The house is in a fashiopable neighbor- hood. The doctor and his wife were vis- iting for the evening and four servants re- mained in the house. In spite of this fact when the Brills returned home they found that thieves had visited Mrs. Brill's room and taken every plece of jewelry from that apartment. The servants declare they heard no unusual noise In the house. raader VON SCHOTTENSTEIN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE BERLIN, March 24.—A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Stuttgart announces that Baron Schott von Schottenstein. the ‘Whurtemburg Premier, whose sudden with- drawal from the Cabinet, owing to his be. ing implicated in a scandal, yesterday, pending trial, created a sensation, has committed suicide in Ulm.