The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX-—NO. 140. oAby TRAT e SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. FRENCH AND GERMAN TROOPS LEAVE PEKING FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING POSSESSION OF THE PASSES LEADING INTO SHANSI PROVINCE Revival of Military Activity Causes Considerable Apprehension Among Mem- bers of the Diplomatic Corps---Li Hung Chang Instructs the General Com- manding Chinese Troops to Avoid If Possible a Clash With the Allies — pation of the imperial palace was a mov- ing cause for the rejection of all over- tures for the return of the imperial family to Peking. From the Chinese standpoint it was impossible to cven consider the return of the imperial {amily as long as the commander-in-chief cf the allled forces was in actuai occupation of the Empress’ palace. Now that the palace is entirely destroyed it may have a bearinz on the return of the imperial family. While there is no longer the objection that the palace is oc- cupled by the foreign commander yet a besides those of Waldersee 2nd his staff, were gutted. LOSES LIFE TO SAVE DOG. BERLIN, April 18.—The body of Gen- eral Schwartzkopp, it was announced this evening in a dispatch from Peking, has been found. The body of his dog was first found, and it is supposed the general re-entered the palace to rescue his dog. The suspicion of incendiarism is not borne out. It is believed the fire orig- inated in the pantry near Von Waldersee's kitchen. BY STEPHEN BONSAL. EKING, April 18 —General Loes- sel nanding the -~ German troo in China, started this morning for Paotingfu with 1000 additional men. He was accom- panied by the French commancer, General Baflland. The Franco-German -forces ble for the exvedition number 8009 satest secrecy it maintained as to but I am confirmed in the belief that It is proposed to take possession of anothe- of the Ansoling passes into Shansi, where the Chinese troops are reported. Members of the diplomatic corps without exception are mystified and manifest considerabio apprehension at this revival of military activity, Vieer: sent a co the troops T to General Lu. commanding n the Shansi passes, and cail- ing upon y retiring from 1s position, which i 3 ly Chinese. But the Viceroy is not confident that the gereral will obey unless sanction comes from Sian- ich he is endeav.ring to secure. T tly BURNING OF THE PALACE. Fatal Incident That Complicates the Chinese Situation. N. April 18—The Secre- legram this United States ed ac Peking, April ce occupied by 2lly destroyed by kopp, chief of staft, It is known in Washington that ze feeling has ese over the Dowager’s ldersee and his phically set received here been aroused among of the Count von W Empress palace by military staff. This was g forth in a letter recertly from one of the.foremost officials at Pe- king. He described in detail the manne: in whi the palace had been turned over to military uses and comsneited upon the indignity which it involved to the Chinese people and to the imperial family. More. over, it is known that this military occu- MAY CLOSE THE MINES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY Striking Coal Miners of Southern Indiana to Extend the Trouble. EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 18—About coal miners gathered from Southern a points left here by steamboat for wood Landing, Ky., to-night to.ens avor to close down the union mines in Western Kentucky. The first point to h their attention will be directed is ee, which is about two miles from the ding. About ten days ago the Mine Workers of America in Ken- pted a new scale of wages, ut 33 per cent below the In- dopted 2t Terre Haute some 600 t weeks ago. This difference in wages has ¢ ed a complete paralysis of the mines in Southern Indiana. The object of e Indiana miners is to get the n of the Kentucky miners in t of the @ifferences, both be- rs in the same field of dis- MAKERS OF STATIONARY ENGINES PLANNING COMBINE Five Companies Will Form Concern ‘With $25,000,000 Capi- talization. MILWAUKEE, April 17.—The Sentinel to-morrow will say: The five largest sta- to The Call and New York Her- 90 f these military preparations, | Li Hung Chang told me he had | 1 to avold a reeting, if neces- | no military or po- | s received | VIEW OF Q‘IE ENTRANCE OF THE EMPRESS DOWAGER'S PALACE AT PEKING, WHICH WAS BURNED WEDNESDAY. SCHWARTZ- KOPP PERISHED IN THE FLAMES. new objection Is created in the removal | . Lieutenant Colonel = Marchand, the of the palace itself, for. under Chines usage, the imperial famiiy must occupy those exclusive quarters reserved for them | within the prohibited vrecincts. | BERLIN, April 18 —Fieid Marshal voa | Waldersee reports that part of the Winter palace at Peking was destroyed by fire last night. General Schwartzkopp met his | death in the fire, the ~ause of which is not explained. He adds .hat the French and Japanese troops save the most prompt as- sistance. The field marsial and the other officers lost nearly everything. A dispatch from Pekinz says no hope re- mains that Major General Schwartzkopp | the chief of staff of Field Marshal Count | von Waldersee, was saved. His body has not been found and it is supposed to have | been completely consumed. So far as known General Schwartzkopp was the only victim. A numker of documents | were saved. The quarlers of six officers, tionary engine manufacturing companies |in the United States are to be consolidat- ed into one gigantic concern, with a cap- ital of $25,000.000. Charles Allis and Will- lam Allis of this city will be president and chairman of the board of directors | respectively, if the deal now pending is | consummated. The companies which are | expected to be included into the new | corporation are: The E. P. Allis Com- ;pum' of Milwaukee, the Pennsylvania Iron Works Company of Philadelphia, | the Gates Iron Works, Company of Chi- | cago, the Fraser & Chalmers Company | of Chicago, and the Dixon Manufactur- ing Company of Scranton, Pa. o ARGENTINE WILL DEMAND EXPLANATION FROM CHILE | BUENOS AYRES, April 18.—The Ar- gentine Government is alarmed by the announcement that Chile has opened a pass through the Andes at every strate- gical point leading into Argentine terri- tory. Minister of Foreign Affalrs Aleorta conferred with the Chilean Minister here, but as the latter was about to start for Santiago, Chile, he decided not to send a written communication to that repub. lc. 3 Chile will be asked to explain her ac- tion, however, before the Chilean Min- ister to Argentine arrives home. The Ar- gentine Minister in Chile will be directed to request an explanation. French officer who came int. - nence at the Fashoda inclden:, 5‘;::?;- guished himself in the work of rescue. The Germans are greatly grieved over the loss of - General Schwartzkopp. Count von Waldersee and most of his staff escaped in their night clothing, the fire having broken out about midaight Many valuable treasures were lost and also the German records of the allled | forces. General von Lessel, who was taken charge of the Pontlngfutgxgea(;fi tion, lost all of his clothing and will be detained here untll Saturday. tBe’rorg the fire was discovered it had attained uncontrollable it spread with great rag%‘}f;”'é’?i The re of bulldings containing unique art treasures. Valuable presents destined for Emperor Willlam were destroyed. The appliances for fighting fire were inadequate and the flames were not ex. tinguished until late in the morning. It Is said that a German sentry perished. Count von Waldersee is suft erably from shock. e KEW CARDINALS GET RED HATS FROM POPE'S HANDS The Pontif Seems in Excellent Health and Is Warmly Cheered. ROME, April 18.—At the public consis- tory to-day the ceremony of imposing the red hats on the new Cardinals occurred in the Sala delle Benedizion! in the presence of all the Cardinals, Rishops, prelates, diplomats, functionaries of the Vatican. Roman nobility and numerous invited guests. The Pope. wWh> was in excellent health, was warmly cheered. The Pontift, seated on the throne and surrounded by his court, performed the cerethony of im- posing the hats and pronounced the ponti- fical benediction. There was no allocu- tion. Subsequently the Pope received tha new cardinals in his private apartments. No appointment was r:ade to-day in the case of the vacant bishopric of Port- land, Me. R e A ‘War Over Saloon Wrecking. RATHDRUM, Idaho, April 18—Post Falls is wrought up to a high pitch over the wrecking of a saloon there last night and threats that unless the jointkeeper, Charles Rover, leaves town to-night his building will be fired. A large force of GVE PRODF 0F THE PLOT OF ASEASENS Seized Papers Show That Royal Heads Are in Danger. Rulersof Germany, Russia and Italy Doomed by the Anarchists. N Aol Interesting Developments Follow Schemes Reported to Be Hatched at Patersonm, New Jersey. SR g Special Dispatch to The Call BUENOS AYRES, April 18.—The police of the town of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, have seized papers which prove that the plot against the lives of the Emperor of Germany, the Czar of Russia, the King and Queen of Italy and Count Turin was recently laid in Pater- son, N. J. An investigation was begun here on re- ceipt of the dispatches from Berlin an- nouncing that the police of that city had discovered a plot against the life of Em- peror William. These dispatches stated that anarchists from Argentina were the moving spirits in the plan, and that one named Romagnoli had been arrested. The movements of Romagnoli, who re- cently left this country, were traced by Gevernment agents. It was found that he came from Rosario, where an anarchist society has long been in existence. The police of that town immediatety began an investigation, and finally made a raid upon the quarters of some of the most prominent anarchists. Shown by Seized Papers. Important papers bearing upon the or- ganization of the soclety were seized. These showed that Romagnoli acted upon direct orders from Paterson. A letter was sent to him telling him that he had been chosen by lot to kill the German Em- peror, and instructing him to go immedi- ately to Berlin. He left Rosario soon aft- erward and sailed from this port. He did not go directly to Germany, but to Rome, where it is supposed he communicated with the Italian anarchists. He then went to New York, evidently to receive final | instructions from lcaders in Paterson. He came to Argentina again and held com- munication” with his friends, and then sailed for Germany, where he was ar- rested before he could execute his orders. Whether any specific action has been takern to carry out the resolution of the Paterson soclety for the assassination of the Czar of Russia and the Italian ruler the police will not say. The German, Itallan and Russiari legations, however, have been placed in possession of the facts. , Discredited by Esteve. NEW YORK, April 18.—In the inner- most circles of anarchy in Paterson and West Hoboken to-night the news con- tained in the dispatch from Buenos Ayres was read with deep interest. Pedro Esteve, editor.of La Questione Soclale, the organ of the socialistic anarchist group of Paterson and recognized leader in its councils, was inclined to ridicule the entire matter and averred that if any such plot had been hatched in Paterson or its vicinity he could hardly fail to have heard of it. ““We do not draw lots to determine who shall kill kings or emperors nowadays,” said he, “though that kind of thing may have been done thirty or forty years ago.” Signor Esteve expressed the opinion that if there were any substantial foun- dation for the Buenos Ayres dispatch the whole affair must be a conspiracy con- cocted by Government spies for the double purpose of casting discredit upon Paterson anarchists and of demonstrating to their homs Government that they are doing something in return for their sala- ries and their large expense accounts. WILL DEFEND THE ACT OF HER BROTHER'S SLAYERS Cera Bailey, Pretty Sister of Man Killed by Miners, Will Testify. BOULDER, Colo., April 18.—Miss Cora Bailey, a pretty young sister of N. B. Bailey, will appear to-morrow on the wit- ness stand to testify in behalf of the six miners accused of the murder of her brother. Miss Bailey has left her relatives since coming to Boulder to attend the tr'al, and is living with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wolf. Ske has no sympathy with her brother’s treatment of his miners, she says, and is angry, too, it is reported, over the alleged relations which existed between the murdered man and his house- keeper, Mrs. Crane. November 18 last twenty-five men came to the door of N. F. Bailey's house in Eldorado during a family reunion, at which seventeen Wwere present. In the midst of the dinner they called out Balley and demanded that he pay the wages due them. Railey tried to put them off, but they insisted, and when he refused warned everybody to leave the house. All but Bailey, three other men and Mrs. Crane did so.. The miners set fire to the house and began to shoot. Bailey was mortally wounded while on the roof try- ing to put out the fire. — Student Actors in a Farce. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 18.— A clever cast of student actors will pre- sent a laughable farce, “Saved by a Knock- er,’ in the assembly- hall to-morrow evening. The production Is the work of C. M. Marrack '01, and is thoroughly repre- sentative of college life. The scene is iaid in Encina Hall, the men's dormitory, and every act teems with grinds and joshes on prominent students, as well as members of the faculty. The entertainment is to armed men is patrolling the streets to- night. be given for the benefit of the training- house fund. HERBERT BISMARCK CRITICIZES THE EMPEROR’S AND PRAISES THE CHANCELLOR Prince Styles Count von German Diplomatist, but Demands That He Fol- low Up Present Policy With Agricultural ZIGZAG COURSE Bulow the Most Capable Tariff e SON OF THE IRON CHANCEL- LOR, WHO CRITICIZES EM- PEROR WILLIAM. & ERLIN, April 18.—Prince Herbert Bismarck, in a 'speech at Burg, criticized Emperor Willlam's zig- zag course, quoting Bismarck's words: “The way of destruction for the Government is to do first this and then that, and promise to-day what it does not do to-morrow.” Prince Herbert praised Count von Bu- low as the most capable German diplo- matist, and recognized Von Bulow’s inter- est in agriculture, but demanded that he follow this up with the assistance needed, which was an agricultural tariff. TAANMEN PERGH N GRENT SNOWSLIE Two Big Engines Drawing Train Are Carried With Their Occupants Into Deep Chasm. SR Special Dispatch to The Call. BOULDER, Colo., April 18.—A terrible accident occurred on the Colorado and Northwestern road near this city. Two big engines attached to a passenger train coming from Ward to Boulder and due here at 4:10 this aflernoon were struck by a huge snowslide and hurled into the chasm below. Four {rainmen were killed. They, are: ENGINEER HANNON. ENGINEER FITZGERALD. FIREMAN MILLER. CONDUCTOR BLAIR. The second fireman has not yet been ac- counted for and it is believed he, too, Is buried under his engine, dead. None of the bodles have been recovered. Few details of the accident are obtain- able. The passenger train left Ward for Boulder drawn by two engines. When the traln reached Boomerville ths engines were uncoupled and started up the hill to buck the snow, which was deep upon the tracks. A sharp curve occurs near the apex of the mountain and just as the engines started to plow through a huge snowdrift a vast avalanche of snow and earth was ioosened from above. It came down with a cerrific force and gained momentum every second. It is said that the train, which was quite heavily loaded with passengers, was not touched by the slide. CHILD TAKES HER LIFE BECAUSE OF REPRIMAND Thirteen-Year-01d Girl Commits Sui- cide by Drinking Carbolic Acid Near Ukiah. UKIAH, April 18.—A girl aged 13 years committed suicide at the home of her parents, eighteen miles west of this city, yesterday by taking carbolic acid. Her name was Hazel Beilby, and the cause is said to have been due to a severe repri- mand she recerved from her mother. = 3 Considerable comment is attracted to Prince Bismarck's criticism of the Empe- ror. which is referred to as “showing a wide breach between the Prince on the one hand and the Kaiser and the Chancel- lor on the other.” “Prince Herbert has no right to find fault with the present regime,” says the Vossische Zeitung, ‘“or to talk of zigzag courses, inasmuch as his father, through- out his whole career, avowedly made poli- tics a 'zigzag science.” DRAMA “ELECTRA” CAUSES - MORE DISASTROUS RIOTS Religious Disturbances in Brazil Fol- low Upon the Presentation of Play. RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, April 18.—Seri- ous religlous riots have occurred at Nictheroy ‘as the result of an evangelical campaign against the Catholics and of the recent anti-Catholic demonstrations con- sequent upon the presentation of the Spanish drama “Electra.” Feeling .between the religious elements has’ been particularly bitter in Nictheroy. While a clergyman was preaching in the Evangelical Temple yesterday some Cath- olics made an attack upon the edifice, in- tending to stop the services. Serious fight- ing followed, and many of those engaged ‘were ‘wounded. ST WENLTH FOUND T BOTTON OF WL Guadalajara, Mexico, the Scene of the Discovery of Spanish Treas- ure Worth More Than $100,000. Special Dispatch o The Call. EL PASO, Texas, April 18.—One of the largest finds of treasure i Mexico was made at Guadalajara vesterday when a crew of workmen unearthed $12,000 in old Spanish coins and silver builion weighing out over $100,00. The coin was dated 1303 and was found with Lhe silver bullion ar the bottom of an old well, which had been covered up and forgotten. The discovery was made by workmen who were excavating for a building being put up at Guadalajara by the Standard Oil Company. L. Blumenthal, who owns stores at El Paso and Guadalajara, brought the news from there to-night and vouched for the truth of the story in de- tail. Blumenthal states that the well when discovered was perfectly dry ana very deep. After the zases had escaped a man was sent down and the treasure drawn out. Many such discoveries, but in smaller amounts, have been made in the different States of Mex!co since the evac- uation of the Spaniards, and the theory ) advanced is that the Spaniards when they were driven from the City of Mexico sought the smajler towns and buried their treasures for safe kecping. Many never returned to reclaim them and they are | now occasionally found. It Is stated in | several of Mexico's histories that over $5.000,000 worth of pure silver was taken from churches and other public buildinas by the Spaniards when tey left the capi- | tal, and much of it has never been found. | * Trampled by a Horse. LOOMIS, April 18.—Mrs. Taylor, widow | of the late E. F. Taylor, who was United States land agent at Sacramento, was knocked down and seriously injured last evening by a horse at her farm, a few | miles from Loomis. The woman was milk- | ing a cow, when a horse, frightened by a dog, ran against her. Mrs. Taylor was trampled under the horse’s hoofs, one of her wrists was fractured and her body was seriously bruised. It is feared that ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON AGUINALDO Fails to Issue an Ad- dress Advising Insur- gents to Surrender. If Captured Chief Remains Stubborn He Wilk Be Punished. War Department Is Also Worried Over the Frauds in Govern ment Stores at Manila. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 18.—Aguinaldo has reconsidered his promise to issue an address to the insurgents in arms advl ing them to surrender and accept Ameri- can sovereignty. Additional pressure, which will be applied by Major Gereral MacArthur, may have the effect of in- ducing him to return to his original pur- pose. ‘War Department officials, who were at first insistent In their bélief that a proc- lamation from Aguinaldo would have an excellent effect in ending the insurrection, now profess to place little faith in the results of such a document, and assert that they care little whether Aguinaldo signs it or not. General MacArthur cabled Secretary Root on March 29 that s a result of conferences now in progress it is probable Aguinaldo will issue an address” advis- ing acceptance of American supremacy. Three weeks have passed and the address has not yet appeared. There have been frequent exchanges of messages between Secretary Root and General MacArthur relating to Aguinaldo’s attitude, but these are kept secret for reasons of state. Enough was learned, however, to show that Aguinaldo is disinclined to comply with General MacArthur's wishes, and this change is ascribed to his former counselors in Manila, with whom he was permitted to communicate. Aguinaldo Can’ Be Tried. If Aguinaldo refuses to aid this Gov- ernment in effecting a surrender of the Filipinos in arms, the authorities say, he can be tried for violation of the laws of war and severely punished. General Mac- Arthur has doubtless impressed upon Aguinaldo the delicate position he oecu- pies. There is a curious report concerning the prisoner in circulation in the War De- partment, which is only whispered by responsible officers. It is that the insur- gent captured by General Funston is not Emilio Aguinaldo, but a cousin of the In- surgent chief. When asked concerning the identity of the prisoner Secretary Root and other officials of the department insist that he is Emilio Aguinaldo and no other. Some of them refer to the confererices Aguinal- do has had with Filipinos known to be friendly to the United States, and it Is said that if there was any doubt as to the identity of the prisoner Secretary Root would certainly have been definitely ap- priced of it before now. No Further Disguise of Fraud. There is no further disguise on the part of the War Department of the fact that fraud has been perpetrated at Manila in connection with the disposition of Gov- ernment stores. That such practices have been extensive is officially denied by Gen- eral MacArthur; that they are certainly serious is shown by him in a dispatch containing his denial. General MacAr- thur's statement was received this morn- ing and was in answer to an instruction sent by Secretary Root directing him to report by cable “on the Associated Press reports from Manila implicating certain subsistence officers of the army in fraud- ulent practices,” and enjoining him to take severe and drastic measures to pun- ish the guilty. Commissary General Weston received a dispatch from Colonel Woodruff to this effect: “Do not permit scandalous re- ports to worry you. The affairs of the subsistence department of the army are administered honestly and satisfactorily to officers and troops.” ‘Will Check the Rascality. Concerning Colonel Woodruff's dispatch in connection with that sent by General MacArthur it is apparent that the com- missary department proper has been re- lieved of all responsibility for the frauds that have occurred. The seriousness of the frauds Is dpparent from the fact that three officers and a number of enlisted men are being tried by court-martial and a number of civillans are undergoing trial by a military commission. Basing his opinicn upon facts at hand, a high offi- cial of the War Department said to-day that the frauds grew out of the sale of rations by officers, men and civillans to whom they had been issued to storekeep- ers in Maniia, who could only import sup- plies at a high cost. Army stores could be purchased from army men and civil- ians, who were allowed rations at about the same price that they could be ob- tatred at retail in Chicago. The men im- plicated in the frauds, according to this official, probably fcund the business re- munerative, and it was, of course, advan- tageous-to hotel and store keepers. The aggregate amount of losses sustained by the Government is believed to be com- paratively small. At the same time Gen- eral MacArthur will take Immediate measures for preventing any further ras- cality of the kind. Somalis Severely Punished. MOMBASA, East Coast of Africa, April | 18.—The British expedition against the Ogaden Somalis has reached the far end of Towata Island. Its advance was con- tinuously opposed, but the Somalis were everywhere defeated, their villages burned she is injured internally. and their crops destroyed.