The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1901, Page 1

LY The FreEEeT—— VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 130. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. REVOLT'S STANDARD RAISED IN CHINESE PROVINCES BY NOTORIOUS TUNG FUH SIAN Prince Tuan Is Also Implicated in the Outbreak in Shensi and Mongolia, and the Imperial Court Is Alarmed. " April 8. —General Tung orthern re- and sere in- iously e Chinese Court is i Tto. hegt from the d to has Court soldiers at t the troops tter drilled and here are a and nter- tional protec- « amen © lligence re- ng as most unfortu at time to the erests of China as possibly meaning the use of for- ops to protect ever rs of the powers do mot provided foreign interests do r present interference is If the dynasty should be over- 1d, to a certain extent, de- he peace negotlations, but they con- er a regime not bound by ke those of the present Court probably be much easier to deal pith even- v, as the ceremonial could be much curtailed Makes Little of Revolt. hing, who as a relative, may be express the Court view of thinks the rebellicn is a likely thrown it wou esteemed by nine- pulation of China and that same proportion of able bodied men rise to protect the exist- The Empress Dowager, as viser of the Emperor, holds a place frections of the people not dreamt | »d by foreigners. Her | peror's law, no means the figurehead | frequently suppos gnizes her ability, in- enths of the pof by power of Amcr{c&ns ward this morning. four and will sport Egbert to- will also take | military prisoners, a num- ber of sick men, the discharged soldiers, notorious enemy of | for- | t | the Court 1t- | traditions | He says the present | ZRAL TUNG FUH SIAN, HATER OF Al THE NOTORIQUS CHINE: FOREIGNERS, WHO HEADS | 10N IN PROVINCES OF SHENSI AND MONGOLIA. ol 2 GENERAL AND A SERIOUS REVOLU- Neues civilized nation is likely to exploit “It - is pruh:;h"} that the chief role will Wiener Tageblatt discussing | clined to receive communications relative {ill on the day the Chinese Commissioners | lations with f to the United States, especially when 1 icaragua canal has been cut. China | | will then, for economic purposes, become an American colony. The Americans | know this, and th whole attitude dur- ing recent events has been macked by | finesse and foresight.” | SHANGHAT, ernor of Hupei pointed Gov province, has been ap- or of Kwangsi province in succession to Huang Susi Sen, who has been ordered to resign. This is interpreted to indicate that the reactionists of Slanfu | intended to introduce the Boxer move- ment in the southern provinces. —_— | WITHDRAWAL OBVIATES WAR. | Russia’s Diplomacy Checks Japan's Hostile Attitude. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. | W., WASHINGTON, April 8—Russla's | withdrawal of the Manchurian convention is believed to have obviated war between Russia and Japan. Official information received here indi- cates that the Japanese Government, is satisfied with Russia’s abandonment of separate negotiations with China, and it | is believed that the Japanese Minister will receive instructions in the sense of those sent to Special Commissioner Rockhill, di- recting him to act with the Russian and Japanese Ministers to facllitate negotia- tions for the settlement of the remaining Chinese questiors. | Had Russia not withdrawn the conven- tion the officials admit that Japan would | probably have gone to war. The Navy | Department has received information from Japan showing that the Government bad taken extraordinary measures to be | prepared for hostilities, having its navy | in such shape that ships could have been placed in commission on short notice. The financial condition of Japan, according to imai] advices, is not satisfactory, and in | some circles there is a disposition to cred- 1" the excitement over the Manchurian | question to a desire of Government of- | fictals to distract attention from the state | | of the country’s finances. Count Cassini, the Russian Embassador, through his secretary, communicated to e team ! other civilian gmploves. | gecretary Hay to-day his disbeliet in the ON ¢ report that the Russian Minister in Pe- BEFUITATION D SR | king had refused to recelve official com- It Is Predicted That America Will | munications from the Chinese Commis- Play the Chief Role. sioners. M. Rogestvensky sald to Secre- XA, April 9.—The French econo-|tary Hay that It was quite’possible that Leroy Beauliey, in an article in | M. de Giers, the Russian Minister, had de- VIE mist Paul | try see in the report, April —Yu Yin Lin, Gov- | | the 1atest | Russia Expected to Rally From the | were addressed to the | by the defeat of the policy of which her | Soirinis apptar’ e SR HE) ho St 0 to Manchuria, and it was also withir the range of possibility that M. de Giers was called and had refused to see them. The report that Russia has severed re- China, however, Secretary Hay understands the Russian Embassa- | dor believes to be utterly without founda- | tion. The friends of Russia in this coun- and others emanat- an effort to discredit declaration of Russia, which | created a favorable impression in official | circles in the United States and abroad. ing from London, WILL RENEW THE STRUGGLE. Severe Blow Dealt Her. LONDON, April 8.—In a dispatch to the Times from Peking, dated Sunday, Dr. Morrison comments upon the blow to Rus- slan prestige in China resulting from the check to Russla’s ambitions regarding Manchuria. “This blow is all the more severe,” he says, “‘because Japan, whom the Russians have affected fo treat with the utmost contempt, has had the largest share in dealing it. “There is little doubt that Russia will renew the struggle in some shape. It is a remarkable outburst of popular feeling which has thus enabled China to with- stand Russia. All the appeals against the = convention concerning Manchuria Emperor. It is therefore difficult to believe that the Empress Dowager has not been affected henchman, ILi Hung Chang, sturdiest exponent. “The Emperor has summoned the presi- dent of the board of revenue from Peking to prepare for the removal of the court. Probably this only means a removal to Kiafoufu, in the province of Honan, which would bring the court into closer contact with the Yangtse Viceroys.” MASONS IN TURKEY APPEAL TO THE KING LONDON, April .—The Turkish Free | Masons have sent to King Edward a is the tunate Mourad, elder brother of Abdul Hamid, who reigned as Sultan under the name of Amurath V for three months and was then deposed on the ground of in- sanity. The appeal refers to him as “one who for the last quarter of a century has been imprisoned on the pretext of a men- tal malady,” and begs King Edward to use his influence to secure the freedom of a brother Mason. Governor Wood’s Failure in | took control that they had merely changed Spanish military rule for Ame ican military rule without stopping to | | the final rejection of the amendment on WITHORAWAL OF MILITARY FROM CUBA - Such Step IS Being Considered by the President. Diplomacy to Be Fol- lowed by New Tactics, Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 146 G STREET, N. W.. WASHINGTON, April 8—There are indications of an almost complete re- versal of policy on the part of President McKinley regarding the occupation of Cuba by the United States pending organization of a stable government. It is not improbable that almost the entire | military force. of-the United States in Cuba wi!l be withdrawn. 3 [ While members of the Cabinet and well known Senators like Proctor of Vermont are declaring that the strong arm of the military must remain until Cubans ac- cept the terms of the Platt amendment, the President is seeking advice as to whether it would not be well to withdraw the 5000 American soldiers maintained at great expense on the isl- and. This matter is being considered, by | both the President and Secretary Root.\ Army Has Had its Way. I General Leonard Wood, Governor of | Cuba. is likely to resist such a step. The | President has been told for two years that one of the greatest causes of friction be- tween Cubans and Americans has been | the military government, yet the army | has been adverse to letting go and the | army has had its way. X Cubans realized when the Americans | consider the great difference between the | methods of Spain and the United States. The President recognized this when he sent General Wood, a volunteer soldier and a doctor in eivil life. to succeed Gen- | eral John R. Braoke, who was a_regular | army officer. It was hoped that General | Wood would serve with less of the mili- tary stiffness about his regime and would make the Cubans feel that they were not | ruled exclusively by the regular army. | General Wood has since been appoint- ed brigadier general in the regular army and it is admitted in many quarters that while he has been an improvement over General Brooke in a few respects, he has fallen far short of General Brooke as a | while ex- | The administration, confidence in General diplomat. pressing great Wood, is beginning to realize that he has | lost the confidence of a very considerable | portion of the Cuban public and has failed to realize the trend of public septiment. Wood Not a Good Prophet. It is felt here that General Wood has failed to grasp the signification of events. He has not been in touch with the con- stitutional convention at all. He reported to the President and the War Department that the constitutional convenion would surely accept the Platt amendment, and Saturday came to the President as a shock and overthrew General Wood as a prophet. Outside of politles no fault is found with General. Wood’'s administration in Cuba. He is believed to be a very good executive officer. It is not thought'that, even if the army is withdrawn, any change will be made with reference to General Wood, but the proposition to get | the troops out of Cuba is being carefully considered. very It is believed that the departure of the | troops will cause Cubans to feel that they are not held in check by artillery and rifies. The President has been told that it would have a good effect upon the en- tire political situation in Cuba and result in satisfactory relations being estab- lished. MOB IS SURROUNDED BY MEXICAN TROOPS Trouble Caused by the Arrest of Men Suspected of Being Revo- lutionists. LAREDO, Texas, April S—Re!iab!e re- ports of a serious riot yesterday at Lampasas, a station on the Mexican Cen- tral Railway, seventy miles distant, have reached here. If appears that the gov- ernment of Mexico has suspicion about a reported revolutionary occurrence at that place and yesterday morning the military stationed there arrested four citizens. When they were taken to the station, en route to Monterey, a mob headed by Francisco Maranjo, son of the famous General Maranjo, appeared at the station. In the excitement that followed one of the prisoners escaped. When the train left the leaders of the mob repaired to General Maranjo's castle, where they are at present surrounded. As soon as the government heard of the disturbance 500 soldiers from Monterey were dis- patched to the scene by special train. PORTO RICANS DIE ON THE WAY TO HAWAII EL PASO, Texas, April $—Dysentery {3 said to.have caiised seven deaths east of here among #5 Porto Rican emigrants bound for Hawall, whe passed through this city to-day, and at this point the bodles of two children 'who had dled were taken charge of by an undertaker, The natives occupied twenty-five cars, running in ‘two sections. Doctors Fulton andJennings, accompanying them, Lave their hands full, for ‘the emigrants are all more or less indisposed. These emi. grants will not be taken to San Francisco, but will be put aboard a ship at Santa now being |- | by the recoil. FIREMAN DIES IN FLATIES BENEATH THE WRECKAGE OF BROKEN CARS AND ENGINES Accident to One of the Wheels the Cause of the Dis- aster to the Train Running Down the Grade ‘Near Wells, Nev. g Special Dispatch to The Call. GDEN, Utah, April 8.—It is now appanent that the body of Dan- iel Higman, fireman of the west- bound passenger train, No.' 1, which was wrecked at Moore's Hill, near Wells, Nevada, last night, was entirely consumed by the fearful holo- caust that followed. Both mail cars were piled up on the two engines and com- pletely burned, leaving only the black skeletons of the engines under which Higman {s supposed to have been pinned. The wreckage has been partially cleared away and not a trace of the dead man can be found. The scene of the wreck has been encircled by a side track, and trains 6, 2 and 4 reached Ogden to-night, brirging the injured engineers, W. 8. ‘Warren of Ogden and James McBride of Wells. They are badly burned and scald- ed, but not fatally injured. The body of Fireman/C. E. Loeder was left at Wells. None of the passengers were injured. The wrecked train, a double-header, had just left the station of Moors and was descending the hill® at a speed of fifty miles an hour, when it jumped the track, the accident being caused by a broken wheel on the front trucks of the first en- ko WHILE DESCENDING A STEEP VELLS, IN NEVADA. MAIL CLERKS WHO WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED ON THE TRAIN THAT MET WITH A TERRIBLE DISASTER GRADE AT THE RATE OF FIFTY MILES AN HOUR NEAR THE TOWN OF gine, which was a helper engine from Wells. The two engines turned over on their left sides, thus imprisoning the two firemen under the debris. The force of the shock sent the two mail cars forward on top of the engines, breaking away.from the rest of the train, which was shunted back some distance The mail cars immediate- | ly caught fire and were consumed with their contents. The mail clerks escaped | with slight injuries. The flames could be distinctly seen from Wells, some miles distant. Among those on board the traln were the Hon. Thomas Fitch, recently candi- date for United States Senator from Utah, who with his wife is en route to Honolulu. | Rowse, —— helper engine, was a Reno man, but re- cently lived at Wells. Higman, the regular fireman, lived here and was an old employe of the road. He was about 32 years of age and leaves a wife and two small children, who re- side at 2231 Washington avenue, this city. He was a brother-in-law of Engineer | who was killed in a wreck at Gartney Hill some months ago. The postal clerks on the wrecked train were M. J. Maloney of 1708 Eddy street, San Francisco, and John J. Burke. who | lives at San Mateo, Cal. Lo AL DISASTER ON COAST LINE. | passenger train on the Southern Pacific Coast line that left San Francisco th's afternoon was wrecked a short distanc. north of the Salinas station at 11:20 o'clock to-night. The engine, tender and the baggage and mail cars left the track. A number of passengers were injured, several seriously. The cause of the disaster is not know:. The train had just started to slow up on approaching the station when the eng and forward cards were suddenly deratle The track was torn up for fifty yards. The engine and cars almost tipped over on their sides, and it will re- quire some time to clear the track. Th a distance of wrecking train has just arrived from ti Several Passengers Injured in a |south. The wrecked train is badly dam- Wreck Near Salinas. aged. . The injured passengers are being Charles Loeder, the dead fireman of the | SALINAS, April 8.—-The south- bouad | cared for in this city D Socgefonfe oo oo @ VAST COMBINATION OF DRY GOODS AND DEPARTMENT STORE INTERESTS Before Sailing for England J. Pierpont ['lorgan Arranges the Details of a NEW YORK, April 8—Through the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. and with the powerful influence of that organization behind it, an underwriting syndicate was formed to-day for a vast combination of dry goods and department store interests, which, it is believed, is destined to dom: nate both the wholesale branches of that trade in many of the. principal cities of the country. Should the expectations of the promot- ers of this syndicate be realized the pros- ] and retall | Second Gigantic Syndicate. pective combination, . within its own gan, the scheme has behind it the potent sphere, is likely to become as powerful a | name and the large resources of John factor in commerce as is the xlga.nt'v:‘-Cll.flln, the leading spirit and principal steel and iron syndicate recently organ- | stockholder in the H. B. Clafiin corpora- ized through the same financial house | tion, the largest dry-goods jobbers in the under the name of the United States Stcel | world. Corporation. | While it is not possible, as yet, to stale J._Plerpont Morgan salled for England | what will be the figures of the syndicate a few days ago on the Teutonic. It is | capitalization, or at what price its com- understood, however, that the plans for | mon stock will bé issued to its promoters, the new syndicate were so far matured | it may be safely said that the capitaliza- - as to assure the success of the enterprise. | tion will be very large and that nothing In addition to the backing of Mr. Mor- | but the preferred stock will be for sale. B e e e S e e e et WIRE GLASS COMPANIES COMBINE WITH BILLION AND HALF CAPITAL NEW YORK, April 8—It was an- nounced to-day that a syndicate has been formed to control the five leading wire glass companies in the United States. The combined capital of the companies represents $1,500,000,000. The combination will be known as the Mississippl Glass Company, for which corporation papers were flled at Trenton a few days ‘ago. The companies ab- sorbed are the Besto Glass Company, the Menica, Cal. Wire Glass Company of Pennsylvania, Wire glass has recently become impor- | tant as a ‘fire retardent. and is used by |bunden and contractors to protect ex- posed portions of high buildings. It is Company | comparatively a new Industry in this the American Wire Glass Company and the Appert Glass Company of Port Al- legheny, Pa. The main offices of the company will be in this city. E. W. Hum- phrays of the old Mississippi of St. Louis will be the president and | William Dulles of the Appert Company the vice president and treasurer. The company controls patent rights in this country and Europe. The stock will not be put on the market, but will be hel by the constituent companies. country, though it has been long estab- lished-in France, and it Is said to be in great demand. by engineering experts throughout Europe and America. It is also used {n the manufacture of various kinds of articles manufactured of glass of a higher quality.