The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 10, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX-—NO. 131. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOERS AND BRITISH CONTINUE TO BATTLE AND TAKE PRISQNERST Plumer’s Column Occupies New Transvaal Capital at Pietersburg, While Republi- cans Gain Two [linor Victories. Special Dispatch to The Call. APE TOWN, April 9.—The Government reports that Scheepers’ comman- do has divided. The larger portion, under Scheepers, is clinging to the ns on the Aberdeen-Murraysburg road. It is an extremely diffi- country to operate in. The British have kept the invaders moving Major Multins of Scobell's column has captured a Boer camp A patrbl of the Second Brabant’s Horse under Major Arbuth- n the dense bush early last week. Commandant Fouchee has t moving in the Murraysburg and Richmond districts. Fouchee is ap- ing instructions from Scheepers. He invariably declines engage- tzinger has sent his worn out men and horses to join ub-commanders have gone west from Dreifontein to- istrict, where they are probably awaiting a general con- forces operating in that area. A part of the invading commando been griven h attempted to swim the Orange River, but failed. They at e aid of one boat. They were attacked on ed, fleeing north of the railway. They have been at- hion more than once, but without loss. General Dewet is of Heilbron with Steyn. Commandant General Louis Botha, 3 has returned to the Transvaal. ener, reporting to the War Office under date of “Plumer has occupied Pietersburg with slight opposition. motives and thirty-nine trucks.” % is regarded here as important. The place is the and has been the capital of the Boer government The whole Northern Railway is now in the According to Kitchener's dispatch, one officer and one man rs evacuated the town during the night prior to Plumer’s two trucks laden with ammunition. s the capture of sixteen prisoners, fifty horses and the res at Beschmans Kop, Orange River Colony. e commander-in-chief reports that a hundred men of the Brit- Imperial Yeomanry were attacked by 400 Boers to the northward ve Colony, and that after several hours’ fighting the British were , with the exception of twenty-five who succeeded in with some s near Rood not w cee Ondet raii % of Pretoria vay 0 repo Le Rappel, which has already published several re- as to the plans of Mr. Kruger, displays the following dis- ague this morning: s departure for the United States has been fixed for May 3L He many Hall about June 8 as the guest of the Democratic party.” It is officially reported that while Dr. Steubel of the ent of the German Foreign Office was in London a mutual agTee- ed between Germany afd Great Britain regarding Germany’s indemnity for Germans evicted from the Transvaal. ORLEANS, April 9.—The suit of the Boer representatives here against ustralian, to prevent the shipment of mules rough New Orleans to South Africa for the use of the British army, for trial to-day before Judge Parlange in the United States Circuit 1 Pearson of the Boer army and a number of British army officers spectators. Depositions on the part of the defendants denied ving munitions of war and that their vessels were not armed “ks, and declared they were engaged simply in peaceful transporta- yrneys for the plaintiffs argued that the shipment of miules was a viclation of the neutrality laws and was conducted un- of British officers, and, as this was the base of supplies, the as authorized to act. The defense claimed that they were engaged in hat the mules were not munitions or war and that the matter was hands of the executive branch of the Government and with- se courts. The court took the matter under advisement. p Anglo-Australian cleared to-day for Cape Town with 1000 mules. e ste: t here w in t diction of —— EDWARD’S EMBASSADOR IS HOOTED IN BERLIN Great Display of Troopsand Police Failsto Pre- vent Cries of “Down With the English.” 9.—At the reception to-day of the British special mission to an- Victoria and the accession of King Edward VII, Empe- I's uniform, with the Order of the Garter. After ¥ conversed affably with each member hen conducted them to an adjacent room and introduced them he members of the mission are the Emperor’s guests while here, ucting the mission to the palace was imposing. The Em- teh them three elaborately ornamented court carriages, with gor- ack nd lackeys. The military department escort of the uch in evidence and kept the streets clear of people a hun- w the Hoteél Bristol and halfway across Unter den Lin- to have been taken to avoid an unusual anti-British of Sunday night. when, upon the arrival of the mission, a 2 in front of the Hotel Bristol and shouted “Down with the Boer: which caused four or five arrests to be made. in the history of Prussia that such an honor as being es- 1 carriages was paid to an embassador. A band of music rtyard of the castle played “God Save the King” as the mis- ed the mission with great ceremony. After the Duke of Edward’'s autograph letter to the Emperor and the idience by the Empress, the Duke of Abercorn and o the Hotel Bristol by the cavalry detachment. not wholly escape a demonstration of Anglophobism. own with the English!” outgide of the hotel, in spite of duty jn its vicinity ALL EUROPEAN LINEN SPINNERS FORT1 TRUST Gigantic Combination to Reduce the Product and lncrease the Price of Yarn. GTON, April 9. vnrom-annn concerning the formation of what ic trust efhbracing every linen spinning concern on the con- nent of ached the State Department in a report from United States Consul Mahon at Reichenburg, Austria. For some time, says the Consul, een understood that the Austrian, German and Belgian spinners of linen 2d decided to unite in a reduction of product. From Paris has come the t the French spinners are also to join in reducing the output of the ct is believed to be to steady and possibly to enhance the price fakers of linen cloth have, during the fall and winter, suffered e of yarn, and this enormous combination will make condi- still worse, says the consul. STANFORD UNIVERSITY MAY GAIN A NOTED HISTORIAN Professor Andrew C. McLaughlin Is Offered a Place on Palo Alto Faculty. TORD UNIVERSITY, April 6.—The department of history is likely to be rext year by the addition to its faculty of Professor Andrew C. Mc- is at present head of the department of American history in the of Michigan. It is learned that an offer was made to him some time nt Jordan, and while it is at present under consideration it is pre- will accept. Professor McLaughlin is an authority along the lines of United States politi- d constitutional history. He has been connected with the Ann Arbor insti- either os student or instructor for twenty-three years, and has contributed 7 to historical literature, his best known work being “The Life of Lewis in the American Statesman series. If he comes to Stanford he probably Wil have charge of the courses formerly conducted by Professor G. H. Howard. WASHIN! ameu ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 9.— ‘While China is threatened by in- ternecine strife the powers are placing a millstone around her neck in the shape of an indemnity amounting to nearly $500,000,000. This as- tonishing aggregate of claims filed, equal to one-half of the war indemnity demand- ed of France by Germany, has caused consternation in official circles here. It is impo: le to obtain an exact esti- mate of the claims made by each power, for the reason that the dispatch received by Secretary Hay to-day from Commis- | sioner Rockhill is withheld from publica- tion. It is known, however, that eleven powers have submitted demands for in- demnity—Germany, Russia, France, Ja- pan, United States, Italy, Austria, Spain, Holland, Belgium and Portugal. Spain, Holland, Belgium and Portugal landed no men in China and suffered comparatively little damage, vet their claims, with those of Italy and Austria, which were repre- sented by 1450 soldiers and fifty-five guns, amount to more than $100,000,000. Of the great powers, Germany, of course, has the heaviest . claim, which amounts to $80,000,000. By reason of the failure of the Manchurian convention, Russia is compelled to submit claims for the destruction of her railroad property. France has submitted a large claim, as her missionaries were slaughtered and their missions destroyed. Japan is known to have expended $25,- 000,000 for military expenses, her counselor of legation was killed and the property of her citizens:in Tientsin and elsewhere was destroyed. Her military expenses are large by reason of the fact that outside of Russla she sent the largest military force to China—22,573 men. The United States filed a modest claim for $25,000,000. Understanding the impossibility of China paying suck an indemnity, Secretary Hay, after the Cabinet meeting to-day, sent in- structions to Rockhill directing him to | endeavor to reduce the claims to at least $200,000,000, and $100,000,000, if possible. If it is necessary to accomplish this the United States will reduce its claim to $12,500,000. —— CHINA REBELLION GROWS. Powerful Princes Who Urge Troops to March Against Emperor. PEKING, April 9.—The Russian Minis- ter to China, M. de Giers, responding to the letter from Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang regarding Manchuria, merely re- fuses to hold further communication with them upon the subject. The Mongolian Prince, Olaskan, father- in-law of Prince Tuan, proves to be an important factor in the rebellion now in progress. He urges the rebellious troops to march on Sian-Fu. Chinese knowing General Tung Fuh Sian say the Emperor brought the re- bellion upon his own head when he pub- lished the edict threatening the general with future punishment. On account of his present power and influence, Genéral Tung Fuh Sian would not permit this and naturally desired to prove that power. POWERS PLACE THILLSTONE : AROUND CHINA’S NECK IN SHAPE OF HEAVY DEMANDS Claims for Indemnity Being Rolled Up to the Half Billion Dollar Tlark, and America Shows Good Will by Seeking Reductions. L 2 NOTED ACTORS IN THE IN- TERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE. E3 KX He has the entire Mohammedan pobula- tion’ with him. Prince Tuan also has a large following, while Prince Olaskan con- trols the entire province of Mongolia. The German Minister, Dr. Mumm von Schwarzenstein, entertained all the Min- isters at a dinner to-day in honor of the anniversary of the birth of Count von ‘Waldersee. s ALLEGED INSULT TO ENVOYS. Nothing Oflcia.lly Known of Peculiar Acts of German Soldiers. . BERLIN, April 9.—Nothing .is known here officially regarding the report that Rockhill, the American special commis- sioner at Peking, and Sir Ernest M. Sa- tow, the British Minister there, were in- sulted by German soldiers recently while returning from dinner in sedan chairs, the Chinese bearers of which, as the re- port alleges, were beaten by the Ger- mans. Dr. Stuebel, director of the Colonial Department of the German Foreign Of+ fice, and at one time German Consul Gen- eral at Shanghai, who recently went to London on a special mission connected with the question of Chinese indemnity, ! has returned to Berlin. He reports that negotiations in London regarding the fixing of a modus of Chinese indemnity - were successful and resulted in 2 matual agreement. e RUSSIA CHANGES TACTICS. Now Trying to. Secure the Assistance of Japan. LONDON, Avril 10.—‘Russia has now changed her tactics,” says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Tokio; “and is mak- ing desgerate efforts to secure not only Japan’ eutrality but her’ benavolent as- sistance ' toward Russia’s far Eastern|. schemes.” A ‘Shanghai special says: The Yangtze “Viceroys and Governors have forwarded a memorial to the ‘throne, suggesting cer- tain reforms, These reforms suggest, among other things, that the royal princes - 2nd students of good family should travel and study in foreign countries; that the entire army be drilled by western meth- ods; that colleges and schools be extended, and that a standard dollar currency be adopted. —_— VIEWS OF THE GERMAN PRESS. Belief That Russia and Japan Will Come to War. BERLIN, April 9.—The latest phase of the Manchuria question is very differently judged by different sections of the Ger- man press. The Freissinnige Zeitung, Herr Richter's organ, says: “For the moment the situation is eased and the conclusion of peace is hastened, but so far as the future is.concerned the situation is rendered more complicated, for as soon as the allied forces are with- drawn, the military superiority of Russia will become overwhelming for China, who will probably then grant Russia better terms than now, when she is upheld by the allies. While war between Russia and Japan is now deferred, their conflicting interests remain regarding North China, and it is probable that war will break out between them soon after peace with China is signed.” The Vossische Zeitung, which sees a Russian diplomatic defeat in Russia’s abandonment of the Manchurian conven- tion, says: < “It must have been hard for Count Lamsdorff to instruct the Russian Em- bassador to that effect, especially since Russia had from the start followed the policy of rendering a diplomatic settle- ment in’ Peking as difficult as possible, and of doing everything to Stiffen the backbone of China against the allies, particularly in the matter of the with- drawal of the troops from the province of Chili.” 4 The National Zeitung takes the view of the German Fereign Office. The Freissinnige Zeitung expresses a hope that at least a portion of the Ger- man troops may now be withdrawn from China, adding that otherwise Germany will be completely isolated there. It says the Chinese forts could have, been de- stroyed without waiting for China’s con- sent. . SATISFIES THE GERMANS. BERLIN, April 9.—Russia's declaratior, renouncing a separate agreement with China, gives great satisfacton in Berl'n officlal ¢ircles, since it removes all sepa- rate negotiations from having further in- fluence on the diplomatic situation at Peking and the general negotiations can nbw proceed uninterruptedly. It is said in official circles that it was to be expect- ed that Russia would not withdraw from Manchuria, and now any power propos- ing a withdrawal must be prepared to at- tempt to oust her by force. The controversy between Russia and Japan on the subject of Korea has besn conducted with the greatest caution on both sides, showing an earnest wish to avoid a conflict. The Berlin diplomats do not expect a conflict. The Lokal Anzeiger publishes the fol- lowing from its Peking correspondent: “M. Mergeling, secretary of the Berlia Legation, has been arrested by German soldiers, who were guarding the Hatu- men gate, but it was his own fault, as he refused to obey instructions.” Hobson on Special Duty. WASHINGTON, April 9.—Naval Con- structor Richmond P. Hobson has been ssigned to special duty in the Bureau of struction and Repair, Navy Depart- ment. He will assume his new duties next Tuesday. % 1 BULLET SPEEDS DEATH TO A MAN ABOUT TO DON PRISON GARB FOR LIFE Murderer of Mrs. J. J. Burns Is Slain by a Hidden Assassin While Being Taken to the Arizona Penitentiary. Special Dispatch to The Call. ~ "=~ UCSON, Ariz., April 9.—Joe Alexander was this morning convicted of the murder of Mr® J. J. Burns at Yuma and was taken before Judge Street for sentence this afterncon. The Judge placed sentence at life ihprisonment, and Alexander was led out of the Courthouse on his journey to Prisom hill, where the Territorial penitentiary is located. The route leads through sage brush afhd mesquite, which grows heavily. As the officers were walking slowly with the prisoner a rifle report was heard and a bullet struck Alexander, mortally wounding him. He fell at the feet of the officers, without uttering a word. No smoke could be seen by the officers, and there was no sign as to where the shot came from. It was evident that the shooting was done from long range, perhaps from some house or barn in the outskirts of the city. Sam King, a brother of Mrs. Burns, the woman murdered by Alexander, was arrested on suspicion, but no proof can be obtained that he did the shooting. With his brother, Frank M. King of Tucson, he has been in Yuma attending the trial of Alexander. \ The King brothers have taken an active part In meting out justice to Alex- arder, Fain and Miller, who are charged with the killing of Mrs. Burns. When Fain attempted to escape, Frank and Sam King took the trail after him, and when they were close upon Fain, he made his way back to Yuma and gave him- self up. Tke Kings hold Fain and Miller responsible for the killing, although the shot was fired by Alexander. Great excitement prevails in Yuma over the killing of Alexander. Mystery sur- rounds the whole affair and the person who fired the shot probably will never be known. Officers are at work to-night onseveral clews. Those who know Sam King here do not believe that he did the shooting, as he is not the kind of man to shoot from behind. He has a record for many daring deeds performed as a border rider, in which work he was engaged many years in Arizona. Later he was engaged by W. C. Greene, during the siege at La Camanea mining camp, in Sonora, and with a’'force of men stood off the attacks made by opposing forces in thelir efforts to gain possession of the rich mines. Frank M. King is a well-known cattle man of Tucson. The King family has a record for nerve and not one member of the family has died from natural causes. They are a family of “gun fighters,” but have always fought fairly and never have been known to do underhand work. For this reason the friends of the Kings here refuse to believe that one of them killed Alexander to-day. The crime for which Alexander was sentenced to serve life imprisonment in the penitentiary was one of the most bloodthirsty ever committed in the Territory. He went to the ranch of Burns, south of Yuma, to serve papers ousting the Burns family from the land, which they had cultivated and insisted upon holding. Alex- ander was a constable at Yuma at that time. He was accompanfed to the ranch by Miller and Fain, who were interested in gaining possession of the land. The two men remained in a wagon on the road while Alexander went to the house. The officer found that Burns was away, but Mrs. Burns and her children were in the field close to the house. Alexander approached her and a quarrel followed. Alexander raised his shotgun and fired, the charge entering the woman's body, killing her instantly. Alexander went straight to Yuma and gave himself up. A peculiar feature of the case was the interest taken in Alexander by two school teachers of Yuma, who persisted in sending him roses and were active in raising money to aid him in his defense in court. The young women were infatu- ated with Alexander and did not try to conceal it. Mrs. Frank King to-night received a telegram from her husband, which in- formed her that Alexander had been killed, and adding, “I did not do it.” Mrs. King had heard reports of the killing and of the arrest of Sam King, and thought her husband had been arrested. The Kings are well known here and highly re- spected. HILL AND ASSOCIATES SECURE THE BURLINGTON Big Price Paid for Stock to Complete Deal in Which Northern Roads Figure. NEW YORK, April 9.—It was definitely stated to-day that the final detalls of the Burlington deal had been arranged by James J. Hill and that all that now brevented formal announcement was a reference of the matter to J. Plerpoat Morgan upon the crrival of the steamship Teutonic at Queenstown or Liverpool. For a third time apparently the price that Hill and his associates offered for the property has been advanced, and as it now stands, it is understood to include aa offer of ‘4% per cent collateral trust bonds, issued at $225 for each share of Burlington stock, with an alternative offer to purchase the shares of non-assent- ing shareholders at a figure somewhit above the present selling price of the stock. On Friday last in Boston, Hill and his associates were In conference with leading Burlington, shareholders until midnight. The offer submitted at that time was rejected because of the demand of the Burlington interests for some in- crease, both in the price at which bonds were to be issued and the alternativa price on the stock. The first point was conceded, however, but the alternative price on the stock was not assented to until to-day. The price of Burlington stock was made so high that on Monday. when it was found that offer must be still further advanced, the Union Pacific interests, which had been offered a share in the proposition, withdrew from all further con sideration of the matter. What Morgan’s opinion will be on the matter still re- mains to_be learned, but as his chief interest is now centered in Erie, it is be- leved that the high price will be paid. Burlington guaranteed by the Northern Pacific for the benefit of the Erle is, indeed, a strange proposition when calmly considered. It is understood that both the Gireat Northern and Northern Pacific will share in issuing the collateral trust bonds, but how this matter is to be arranged could not be learned to-day. The integrity of Burlington will, of course, not be changed, it continuing in much the same way as the Lake Shore does under the New York Central collateral trust. Burlington shareholders will not be called upon to take any action in the matter. The proposition will, however, have to be submitted to the shareholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacifie, and it will require a two-thirds vote of the stock to approve the arrangement. Of course, with Hill's enormous holdings both of Great Northern and Northern Pa- cific, no apprehension is felt that the plan will not be aporoved. FMINISTER LOOMIS SAILS FROIT VENEZUELA’'S SHORE During His DepartureFrom Caracas the Amer- ican Diplomat Receives 'larked Tribute. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacoa, April 9.—Francis B. Loomis, the United States Minister to Venezeula, sailed from La Guayra vesterday on the United States auxiliary cruiser Scorpion,” which fired a salute in his honor, the A'meri- can vessels in port saluting with their colors. When Loomis left Caracas, the capital, the railread station was crowded with people representing the best classesof the inhabitants, showing the esteem in #hich he is held. The whole diplomatic corps also assambled at the station and expressed sympathy with Loomis. Many Porto Ricans whom Loomis had saved from military service were at the station. They presented to him an address. The private railroad car in which Loomis traveled was filled with flowers.” No Min- ister ever left Caracas with more marked tributes of respect. DEATH COMING NEARER TO THE APOSTLE CANNON Condition of the Noted Mormon Suddenly Changes for the Worse. MONTEREY, Avril 9.—After a muzh better day than he had spent for some time Apostle George Q. Cannon, the noted Mormon who has been eritically ill in this city for the past two weeks, suddenly became very much wofse last night, and since then has been gradualiy sinking. At noon to-dav his physicians, Dr. Frederick Clift of Sait Lake City and Dr. Hasford of Alameda, gave up hope and from that time on his death was hourly expected. At 3:30 o'clock !h!s afternoon his son, H. J. Cannon, gave out the statement that Apostle Cannon wu yet alive, but was very low. Since then there has been very little change in his condition. His physicians positively deny the report that Mr. Cannon has any sort of mental affection and say his trouble is complete nervous collapse, which affects the heart action.