The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1902, Page 7

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1902. ORDER STRIKERS | BACK T0 WORK Leaders Issue Manifesto to Workingmen of Brussels, Further Details of the Riots in Which Many Lives Were Lost. a general | 7 held here to- | at work by the should be resumed. to the ct this afternoon. nouncement by the on has not yet been | | MORGAN PLANS RAPID SERVICE Purposes of the Steam- ship Consolidation Explained. Capitalization of New Com- pany Is Two Hundred Millions. PHILADELPHIA, April 20.—Clement A. Griscom, president of the International Navigation Company, one of the five | transatiantic steamship companies which | have been merged under the direction of J. P. Morgan, to-day said he was unable to speak definitely regarding the financial plan, as that was a matter for the con- | slderation of Morgan and his partners, ers here ¢ he riots which rred at Lou- | g from the ded into two h. residence of . M. Schol- | t of the Min- M. de Troose. The was led by a man of | urishing a uard the 2 i & narrow lane the same organiza- officer of the guard 2 mob to hailt, shout- | 4 order his men | 2. The rioters dis- | offic mob er was about e when the L rioters leaped for- | the officer’s throat with ined him against a | ol at his head. rder to fire and o the giant's breast. rioters grasped the f e guards’ leveled rifies in s. ~The volley rang out | ow lane the mob was rid- | lets. Severgl were killed. | of the rioters broke and other band of riot- | tragic experi- rioters and the guards, a dru: latter broke from the ranks the mob, shout- t fear, as the guards cartridges It was met Two of the | many were | the Maison | n converted can- | through the | W5 1 ENFORCED | { New York Police Treat| Small Shopkeepers Leniently. | 20.—The Sunday | 4, por observed 1f there | than on any it was mot be- pers complied with the Raines law hotels | the aid of the cases keepers not in pos- ses condueted their discreet manner and a e were closed alto- | precincts | in those e there were o many 3 1opkeepers dnd peddiers | { the Sunday law, the | with the procla- Sund. over. grocery, delica- other stores were ronged the streets | ving business from their | WILL FORM GRAND LODGE | ENIGHTS OF ROYAL ARCH Stated That Jerome A. Bassity will Be First Valiant { Commander. n at 2 o'clock at Eddy street, the hts of the Royal ° ement of the ® ed on good & will be the first f the order in the Knights of the Royal biishment of a universal a secret society purpose of mutual ¥ 1 advancement to promote the moral, so- sical welfare of and dependents and_protect all milies and POSTUM CEREA L | | TRIED TO GET TIRED | In Order to Bring on Sleep. { re kept awake by coffee | to a nervous condition | try =ll sorts of ways y to | e trouble, but generally en-| ick to coffee. 1 rt of a long letter: | I could get any sleep at| t time was by walking at night | 4 until I got so tired I wouid as soon as 1 touched the bed, | tie 1 would commence roll- | d and could mot lie still or sit in | e for any length of time. came despondent and unhappy. stomach was all out of order and my | absolutely broken down. One friend when calling said, ‘My eve it is coffee that makes you | 1 replied, ‘I don’t | s any one. My phy- | use coffec and he has ything about its being hurt- replied, ‘I can’t help that; ot tell me either, but I found elf when I quit coffee end began stum that 1 got well’ ever forget that October even- ing, three years ago, when I had my first rves ¥ I will use cup of Pestum. It was made right, and tasted, Ok, %o good. In less than a week § ] coud sce a considerable improvement | and second month I was weil and | | ba v and peaceful again. I have kept r since and am now the picture of health and do lots of hard work when I want to.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. 1 vivid descrip- | which Socialist Depu- | butcher | ough the ranks | | ern trip to-night in the private car * will perhaps be decided upon shortly. ; In any event, President Griscom said, the consolidated companies would prob: ably be in operation under the new con- ditions within a few months. So far as the negotiations regarding the merger are concerned, they have been completed. Agreements for a controlling interest in each of the various lines have been se- cured and all that now remains to be accomplished is the organization of the parent compar It is possible that the International vigation Company will be made the parent company. The ques- tion now under consideration is the de- sirability of this plan as against the or- ganization of a new company to control the operations of the combined lines. Griscom said The capitalization of the consolidated com- panies will be in the neighborhood of $200,- 000,000. Working capital, of course, will be provided, and the profits and reserve fand sheuid enable us to build the necessary addi- s to our fleets. While control of the com y will be held in this country it will be a international orzanization, preserving the various companies included in the consoli- dation, respecting their national and local sur- roundirgs. The object of the company is to try to give better transatiantic service at a decreased cost. Heretofore the trade has been extrava- gantly conducted and we propose to operate more intelligently in the future. We expect in time to inaugurate a system of daily depart- ures from New York, an innovation that is a real necessity. The negotiations have covered a period of any vears and I was interested in the sub- i as far back as 1854. The passage of the ship subsidy bill would have one effect, so far as the new enterprise is concerned. It would cnatle us to sail ships now building and here- after built under the American flag on an equal footing with the ships of other coun- tries. The published statements that the ship i strictly | subsidy bill would enable us to sail our for- cign vessels under the Stars and Stripes are inccrrect. as the bill specifies that only Amer- fean buiit ships can benefit by its provisions, and furthermore, such a course if possible, is contrary to the whole scheme. We have existing only four small vessels that might benefit by the passage of this bill, and | they are on the Pacific. While In the coa: wise trade, in which they are now engaged, the provisions of the bill would not apply to them. The consolidation will result in better trans. atlantic service, more uniform rates, a just distribution of traffic over all American and Canadian seaports, increased lines on the Pa- cific and services to South America as traffic may justify. Having lines between Great Britain and Australia and New Zealand and in- timate donnection with the far East, American manufacturers will be able to distribute their prod on through bills of lading and avoid the expense of transs incur. from the seaport most convenient to the point of production To what extent these new serv- salled under the American n Congress MINERS IN STAMPEDE TO RECORD THEIR CLAIMS Cancellation of the Treadgold Con- cession Causes Extraprdinary Rush of Prospectors. DAWSON; Y. T., April 20.—Saturday saw one of the greatest rushes on record in the office of the Mining Recorder here. On Friday there was a general stampede | to the claims released under the Tread- gold concession cancellation, and on Sat- urday the Recorder's office was kept open until midnight with a line of miners ex- tending far out into the street waiting to record their claims. Work has been commenced on- the elac- tric railway to the creeks, and a bridge is now being constructed across the Klo: dike. This line will be rushed to an ear completion. Dawson will also have tem of electric streetcar: —_— GOVERNOR ODELL STARTS ON HIS WESTERN TRIP He Will Visit San Francisco Before Returning to His Home in New York. NEWBURG, N. Y., April 20.—Governor Odell started on his Southern and Wes n- voy.” In the party were State Senator Ellsworth_and the Governor's father, B. B. Odell; Mrs. Odell, the Governor's wife: 11, hiz daughter, and his sister, will join the party to-mor- The Governor will be gone five weeks and will visit Monte- rey, San Francisco, Tacoma and Seattle, returning on the Canadian Pacific CROWDER SUBMITS REPORT. | Completes Investigation Into Allegad British Supply Station WASHINGTON, Avril tigating the charges that the British Go ernment was maintaining a supply station in Louisiana for horses for the use of ( British in the fight with the Boers, sa Acting Secretary Sanger at the War De- partment 10-day nature of the inves and submitted a report. Sanger declined to_talk concerning the report. To-night Colonel Crowder ~and Sanger ed of the nature of the report Colo- nel Crowder wouldwnake. Golden Cross Minés Shut Down. SAN DIEGO, Aprii 2.—Thke Golden Cross mines and mill at Hedges, in this county, which bave been accounted among the wealth-producing gold mines of the county, have been shut down nearly all of the men have been dis. charged. The cyanide plant will be con- tinued in operation, however, handimg the tailings left by the mill. There are about 800,000 tons of tailings, and at the rate of 40 or 50 tons a day it will take some time to get them out of the way. The lit- igation into which the mine has been thrown is the cause of the shutting down. Lumber for the Philippines. SEATTLE, April 2.—The extensive building operations to be carried on by the War Department at the variouz posts in_the Philippines have necessitated a large supply of lumber. Through the local quartermaster’s office is for bids have been in livering on board ship 1,119, of rough fir lumber. According to the speci- fications the material must be delivered by May 2 at the latest e g Chamberlain Is Coming Back. HONOLULU, H. T., April 14.—Lieuten- ant Colonel J. L. Chamberlain, of the De- partment of California, who has been here for some days on a tour of inspec- tion, denies the reports that have been pubiished on the coast to the effect that ne i to be transferred to the Department of Manila. He has reviewed the Hawaiian- National Guard since coming here, and expects to return to San Francisco by the steamship Alameda, leaving on April 30. oty e Coronado Hotel to Be Enlarged. SAN DIEGO, April 20.—For the first time since the Coronado Hotel opened, fourteen years ago, the doors are to closed to-morrow at noon. The hotel will not reopen for several months. During the summer it i to be remodeled in some parts and enlarged in others in order to accommodate the immense business which, during the tourist season, is larger than it can handle. The préducts of the farm will be shippaq | - which is now counted on as likely to be nd the latter was in- | LEAVES TOWN AND FRIENDS WONDER Well-Known Theatrical Manager Discovers the Cars Have Stopped Running and Rides in an Express Wagon to the Ferry, Where | . <o % . y 3 2 , He Boards a Train That Will Bear Him to O’Fallon, lllinois S _ = I ing for the slowly approaching car 10 carry him toward the ferry building he was filled with misgivings. He sighed as he ‘thought of the many chorus girls out of jobs and the high-class actors whb would have no one to tell their troubles fo until he returned. His face brightened as he logked down and beheld a sign which read: Cars stop here.” He looked up-t..e street and wait- They must have stopped some pia. i thought John, and it suddeniy dawned on him that the rope had broke and he would be forced to cough up for ! a cab. ‘ —_— s D, % 7 % ety / A 7 14 | { | | { | | { | | H N o | — : = .3 | o | | CARTOONIST WARREN'S IMPRESSION OF JOHN MORRISEY OF THE ORPHEUM AS HE RUSHED FOR AN { OUTWARD BOUND TRAIN YESTERDAY MORNING, AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL\ANXIOUSLY ! WATCH AND WAIT UNTIL HE ARRIVES IN TOWN AGAIN. | | % + | OHN MORRISEY of Orpheuin fame, belles, but where the foot of a'man has | He signaled to a passing jehu, who had | who glves ballet girls the sphinxs| never trod, raised ‘the price drayage. “Not for like eye and hands the frozen m'tt| It ‘developed late last night that Mor-{ me,” said John, and he compromised by ¥ risey bad:actually gone to O’Fallon, Ill.,| taking an express wagon fitted, up with to the low comedian, has disap-|uhre Caniering mingtrels biack’ fg af-and-drawn by: Hles - peared. His Triends are 1obking T Tnced Bomedians are ot suppdsed to [T orbe manager arrived af the ferry and Fim. and likewise the Pony ballet. Hs|bo plenttiful. He will be. compelled |wwept s the: Orphocm focigerary and has left all clews behind. Some say he was seen going in the direction of Mil- | pitas disguised as a clgar drummer, while others tipped it off that he was seen pur- | chasing a ticket for an ocean villa which bas a sea serpent and forty-two soclety (OGEAN 5TORM FRESHENS CROPS Southern Fields Benefit From Heavy Down- | pour. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, April 20.—After a day { which had threatened rain from the be- | ginning, a thunder storm came in to-night | from the ocean and gave San Diego Coun- | ty a wetting that will do much good, al- | though the fall was not large at any | point. Rain commenced falling in san Diego about 6 o'clock and it came in | | showers. Reports from the back country | show that the rain,was general through- | | out the southeastern portion. The fall will make’ the grain crop cer- | tain and will assure a big honey yleld, | | the largest the county has ever furnished. | The county will ship upwards of $50,000 | worth of honey this spring. BAKERSFIELD, April 2).—-Raln begun falling heavily this afternoon at § o’clock iand was preceded by a sand storm. | 8houild the rain continue through !the night jt will be of untold ben- | efit to the farmers, insuring good crops. | | The indications are that the rain will con- tinue, as the barometer is steadily faliing. STOCKTON, April 2).—Farmers are re- jolcing all over the county because of the ! heavy downpour this aftérnoon. The soil was given a good wetting and grain and feed will be greatly benefited. SANTA CRUZ, April 20.—Rain fell this { morning. 1t was needed to keep the | grass growing. PACIFIC GROVE, April 20.—Rain began falling here about 10 o’clock this morning and has continued all day. It is general through this section. TURKISH TROOPS DEFEAT | A PARTY OF BULGARIANS Fight Takes Place Near Kilindir and Results in Victory ¥or the Sultén’s Forces. SALONICA, European Turkey, April| 20.—Another fight between Turkish troops and eighteen Bulgarians occurred April 10 near Kilindir. Kight of the Bulgarlans were killed and the others escaped. Three of the dead wore the uniform of the Bul- garian army. PSS CS Sixty Families Homele: KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 20. e vis- ited the southwestern part of this city to- day, laying waste a seéction of dwelling houses almost a quarter of a mile long and a block widé, and doing damage to the amount of $75,000. John Slinne of Quiney, 11l., a spectator, was seriously In- jured by a falling plece of iron, and Ed- to change his name while he is East or a multitude of all sorts of talent- ed ones will trace him and arrive in San Francisco in bunches In the trail of .he genial manager. Morrisey had not left town. before for seventeen years, and when he stood wait- (AW PRESERVES ~TREES OF STONE ‘Wonderful Petrified For- est Is Saved to the Nation. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. PHOENIX, Ariz., April 20.—The passage in the House of Representatives a few days ago of a bill setting aside as a na- tional park the great petritied forest of Northern Arizona, came just in #me to save from destruction a wonderful nat- ural curiosity which has but one equal on | this continent, that of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. The forest is in the midst of the great desert of Apache. Fifty miles to the north is the Navajo Indian reservation, some eighty-five miles to the northwest s the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and intervening are several un- cient Moki pueblas, perched on thelr table lands or mesas of stone. Sclentists state that the Arizona forest belongs far back in the mesoic time, prob- ably to the triassic fermation, while the smaller forests found elgewhere are of the tertlary age. The difference In their antiquity is, therefore, probably many million years, The forest proper covers about two square miles, but petrified trees are to be found in an area of fifty squure miles. It is a remarkable sight, a spot where the most blase globe trotter stands in mute wonder. With the exception of a single cottonwood trunk, the trees are of an extinct coniferous species and lie upon the ground. The section or ends of the logs show brilliant reds and yellows and dull blues. The bark is not brilliant, but dull, and wonderfully preserved. Some trees show cven the knots to perfection. Some of the petrified logs are f#ur feet {n diameter and from ten to twelve feet ong. Here and there are heaps of chips from the petrified trees and the beauty of color is bewildering. There are thousands of bushéls of chips that are red moss agate and may be beautifully polished. There are many times more chips of amethy: gray topaz and vari-hued agates, sho: ing the grain of the trees as they grew millions of years ago. One may obtain cross sections of logs, showing ‘in com- plete detail the annual ring marks and separation of the bark from the trees. The action of heat and cold has broken most of the fossils Into sections from two to twenty feet long, and some of them must have been immense trees. ‘Agate Bridge” is the most notable feature In this land of wonders. The “br\dffe" is a tree trunk transformed into the finest agate, which spans a chasm sixty feet wide. This precfous gem is 1i0 feet long and five feet and three inches In diameter at the base, tapering to three feet at the apex, and it contains cnough ward HBennett, a fireman, was overcome by heat. About fifty dwelling houses were destroyed and sixty or more families were rendered homeless and destitute. The burned district is bounded by Twenty- fourth, Twenty-fifth, Fairmount and Jar- boe streets. American Jockeys Finish First. PARIS, April 20.—American jockeys cap- tured the lion's share of the honors at Long Champs to-day. McIntyre won the principal event, the fifty-fifth Prix Blen- niel, and took 'one second and one third place. J. Reiff won the Independent La- coupe, race and had one second. Martin and Henry scored two firsts and one third. Buchanan had two thirds and Rigby had one third. material to nge labor to all the lapidaries in the world for the next generation. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Sunday, April 20. Bark Annie Johnson, Willlams, 15 dl:yl g?vm by Mary C, Campbell, 10 Bours from Bo- s SAILED. Br stmr Wyefield, Wnllus.“ mier and Minister of the Interior. M. Qvam, rmer Minister of Justice and Foilce, becomes inday, April 20. Nahaimo. fol Ml of State at Stockholm, pleasant thi . and told. him that Phil Hastings“would do funny stunts to com- fort those who yearned for his return. The last seen of John-as he left his happy home was a sign _on his stovepipe hat which read: “I will return in two weeks. Keep it out of the papers.” B e U O e e ’H‘I‘P'FI‘H"‘%"H“WZH&—X—HH-H-)-H%. WIND AND HEAT DAMAGE GROPS Kansas and Nebraska Report Record-Break- ing Temperatures. OMAHA, April 20.—To-day = was the hottest April day in fifteen years. The thermometer at 5 p. m. reached 9, the highest previous record being 91. While no prostrations occurred, the | high temperature was responsible for | several attacks of fliness, two occurring {n one church during the day. A dispatch from Falls. City sayz the mercury reached 100 in the shade at that place, and that the fall wheat is suffer- ing from the lack of moisture. Other points in Southern Ncbraska report record-breaking temperatures for April. Up to 10 o’clock to-night there was little inoderation of the high temperature in this city and a high wind blew. TOPEKA, Kans., April 20.—A dry, hot wind drouth has swept over Kansas since early this morning, doing much damage to vegetation of all kinds. Those inter- ested say the wind has done incalculable | barm to the wheat. Unless rain comes within two days the wheat crop will amount to very little. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 20.—The mer- cury began to climb about 9 o'clock this morning, and at noon registered as high as 92, a change of more than 40 degrees :‘n six hours. A high south wind blew all ay. Honolulu Bepublicans Carry Election HONOLULU, April 14 he special elec- tion held on the 9th to chHoose a successor to the late Representative A. F. Glifillan resulted in_a victory for the Republican candidate, W. W. Harris, against August Dreier, nominated by the Home Rulers and indorsed by the Democrats. Republi- can gains were shown generally through- out the Fourth District, in which the election was_held. The vote was: Harris 881, Dreler 674. In the last regular elec- tion the Republican, Gilfillan, polled 1285 votes, while the Home Ruler and Demo- crat goued. respectively, 914 and 650, mak- i“ the combined vote of the two parties miitegsd Honor Memory of Army Hero. HANOVER, Prussia, April 2.—Emperor ‘William, Crown Prince Frederick William and representatives of all the cavalry reg- iments of the empire were present to-day at the unveiling here of a monument erected in honor of General von Rosen- berg, the commander of the Thirteenth Uhlan u%ivment dutln% he war of 1870. Emperor Willlam and Count von Walder- see, who was commander of the allied forces in China, made speeches at the banquet which followed the unveiling cer- emony. Drink Leads to Suicide. LAS CRUCES, N. M., April 20.—Tom Brown, an employe of the Bisbee Railroad Contracting Company, committed suicide this morning by cutting his throat. Drink is supposed to be the cause. He leaves a wife and two children, who are now in California. —————— The Best Fountain Pens. We are selling agents for the “Water- man Ideal Fountain Pens,'” $250 to $10 each, and sols agents for the “Mar- shall,” the bes: fountain pen in the orld. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Mar- ket street. L3 PLOTTERS GRUGE THE EXPLOSION Managua Barrack Vic- tims Numbered at Two Hundred. President Zelaya Declares Disaster Was Work of Conspirators. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 20. — The | severe explosion that occurred here on the night of April 16 blew to fragments a | large two-story barrack near the lake front and in the center of the city. Be- tween 100 and 200 officers and soldiers are | reported .to have been killed and many | soldiers and other persons are reported injured. A large number of houses near | the barrack, including the National Ho- | tel, the Central telegraph station and | the National Palace, were damaged or| wrecked. y President Zelaya was absent at Mayasa | at the time of the explosion, but he hur- | riedly returned to Managua on horseback. | He has published a statement in which he attributes the disaster to the work of | conspirators. He says that tons of dyna- | mite and a large quantity of powder were | stored in the barracks. The actual causes which_led to the explosion have not yet been determined. 3 After the first explosion the police noti- | | fied the terrified people to temporarily | leave the city, as it was believed the burning building still contained dynamite. Large numbers fled to the suburbs. The | first explosion was followed by several | minor_detonations, supposed to have been caused by the explosion of packages ol’ gunpowder. The people who fled the city at the | time of the explosions were returning to- | day. The fragments of those of the dead who were not blown to atoms were buried. The present lowest estimate of the dam- age caused by the explosion, in houses, furniture, cannon and war material, is 5,000,000 pesos. ON SAN RAFAEL RANGE. Many Marksmen Pepper the Targets Across the Bay. SAN RAFAEL, April 20.—A large num- ber of marksmen visted Schuetzen Park to-day. From early morning they tried their skill at the butts. Some excellent scores were recorded by members of the California Schuetzen Club, the Verein | Eintracht Shooting Section, Grutli Shoot- ing Club and 8an Francisco Turners shooting section. The individual shooting scores were as follows: California Schuetzen Club—M. C. Walker 1161, A. Jungblut 547, Burmeister 1903, F. Riede 1. . , G. Tammeyer 517, C. Sagehorn 2532, L. C. Bohne 1959, A. Gehret 1, J. Horstmann 1000, P. Jacobi 957, A. Utschig 1200, C. Zimmérmann 1410, L. Reubold 53, H. Eckmann 985, W. Blasse 675, F. A. Schrumpt 2239 F. A. Kuhls G. Richmuller Sr. 476, E. Englander 1990, F. Attinger 880, A. Rahwyler 809, A. Bertlesen | 1167, A. Bertlesen Jr. 1207, H. Becker 1729, C. Peach 901, A. von Wyl 2645, J. Bachmann 983. | T. J. Carroll 1726, O, Bremer 636, A. Hampel | 574, M. Reubold 308, J. Straub 141 San Francisco Turner Schuetzen: Point shoot, two strings—O. Burmeister 209-186, L. Brune 2-179, F. A. Schrumpf 200-172, C. 166, C. Nielsen 191-164, G. Tammeyer 190- | 170, A. Utschig 185-141, J. Myers 05-T1, B\ At ! tinger 201-190, F. Klatzl 181-152, R. Larger 175. 1164, J. J. Kuhn 133-129, C. Peach 186-182, J. Straub 166-134, F, Messerschmidt 09-52 Drum Corps (Turner Schuetzen)- 153-151, W. Schmalzlein 137-125, V loftel $2-81. San Francisco Grutli Shooting Section: Bulls- eye shoot—First, O. Imdorf; second, J. Brueg- ger; third, R. Hauser; fourth, C. Ott; f{{(h. F. . von artter 457, L. Ri 13 ® ) & g 3 Werlen; sixth, L. Hauser; seventh, Wyl: eighth, A. Gehret. Vereln Eintracht Shooting Section: Me shoot—Championship class, F. A. Kuhls, first class, C. Auer, 345; second class, Schw i @ H, | Schwi 310}, thizd class, W. Ruhser, 262; feat bect shot, F. A. Kuhls 23; last best shot, | | 3. Zahn, R SR MEN OF SAILORS’ UNION PAY RESPECTS TO DEAD Funeral of the Late Thomas Finnerty Attended by Many Comrades # and Friends. The funeral of Thomas Finnerty widely known member of the Sailors” ion of the Pacific, who died of pneumonia at St. Mary’s Hospital last Friday, took | piace vesterday afternoon from his late residence, 559% Bryant street. The inter- ment was at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Dr. | John A. B. Wilson of the Howard-street | Methodist Episcopal Church officiated. The ceremonies were attended by a large number of relatives and friends of the family and by many old colleagues of the deceased in the local labor movement. The funeral was held under the auspices | of the Sallors’ Union. Fifty members of that organization in uniform escorted the remains to ‘the grave. The pallbearers | were John Kean, Nick Jortall, Jorgen | Olsen, P. Scharrenberg, James Fraser and | A. E. Baugh. Ed Anderson, treasurer of | the Sailors’ Union, and W. Macarthur, editor of the Coast Seamen’s Journal, re- viewed the life of the deceased and pald a fitting tribute to his good work for the uafnel\ and the labor movement in gen- {eral. —_—————————— Stroether Jury Unable to Agree. ST. LOUIS, April 20.—The jury in the case against William Stroether, the negro charged with the murder of A. Deane | Cooper, the millionaire who was killed in a bathhouse several months ago, was un- able to agree on a verdict after being out | all last night, and at an early hour this morning was discharged by Judge Ryan. The jury stood seven for acquittal and five for conviction. Seven ballots were | taken. According to the statement of one of the jurors, the first ballot stood six for conviction and six for aequittal. On the | second ballot one of the jurors changed his vote from conviction to acquittal. The other ballots showed no change. Alaska Railway Surveyors Busy. SEATTLE, April 20.—The preliminary locating and surveying work on the Alas- ka Central Railway, which is projccted by a number of men prominent in business | affairs in this city and State, will begin | within_a short time. Twu parties wiil | leave for the north on May 1 and others | will follow on May 16, at which time Chief | Engineer A. M. Anderson will go to Alas- | ka to oversee the work planned. Actual construction work will begin within three months. Japanese Strikers Resume Work. HONOLULU, T. H. April 14—The strike of Japanese laborers at Kona plan- tation has been settled and the laborers have resumed work. M. F. Scott, the re- celver, is in charge, and expects to har- vest the crop and thus get the plantation out of its difficulties. The Japanese con- sul, Miki Saito, went to Kona and suec- ceeded in convineing his countrymen that it was to their interest to work and await | a settlement. FECNA T IS, Colonel Charles Marshall. | BALTIMORE, Apri! 20.—Colonel Charles | Marshall, military szcretary to General | Robert E. Lee during the Civii War ard for many years one of the leaders of the | Baltimore "bar, died of apoplexy at his home here late iast night, nfed 72 years. He was the only member of Lee's staff who accompanied him at the surrender at Appomattox. The terms of the surrender were drafted by him. ————— Bicycle Rider Severely Injured. SAN RAFAEL, April 20.—L. Steigler of San Francisco met with a severe accident while riding on a bicycle near Greenbrae to-day. One of the wheels broke and | Stefgler was thrown to the ground. His nose was broken and his lower lip was badly lacerated. He also sustained many cuts on the face and head. CINCINNATI, April 20.—The brewery of the Christian Moeriin Company suffered of over $100,000 from fire to-day. Ands lin was serlously injured by falling from his | buggy en route to the fire. Richard Porter | .and, John O'Keefe, firemen, were badly in- | | surea St e MILAN, April 20.—In the election held here | to fill a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, Sig- | It has chartered nor Turassi. the Soclalist candidate, was elect- ed votes. HEAVY FIGHTING ON THE 1STRMUS News Reaches Kingston of a Conflict. Near Panama. Colombian Government Will Try to Recapture the Town of Bocas. KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 20.—Passen- gers on, the Royal Mail steamer Trent, which arrived here to-day from Colon, Colombia, say heavy fighting was pro- ceeding in the neighborhood of Panama and Bocas del Toro on Friday. The of- ficers of the Trent declare the situation on the isthmus shows no improvement. COLON, Colombia, April 20 (3 p. m.). The Government is taking active meas- ures to dislodge from Bocas del Toro the Liberals who captured that town Friday. the German steamer Hencynia, which is fow sailing for Bocas with 300 Government troops. The steamer is under contract to turn the troops over to the Colombian gunboat General Pin- zon off Bocas. General Forrara is in command of the expedition. No further news has been received from Bocas. Two other battalions now on the isthmus will be sent to Bocas should they be required. OBJECTS TO HERDING OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS Emperor Sends Protest Against tha Method in Vogue in San Francisco. WASHINGTON, April 20.—China has forwarded, through Minister Conger, a protest against our method of herding Chinese immigrants in pens in San Fran- isco and other points on the Pacific, pre- liminary to the investigation of their right to land. The protest is also aimed at the treatment of Chinese merchants and others and the methods employed to send them back to China. The protest purports to come from the Emperor, who, without guile, says among other things: “I find upon examination that the Phil« ippines are not far from China.” This important geographical is causing considerable merriment ‘Washington. discovery in —_——— Gives Land for a Public Hospital. HONOLULU, April 14.—Vailima, the Sa« moan home of Robert Louis Stevenson, which was bought by a German million- aire named August Kunst, is to be given in part by him for a public hospital. Kunst is well known in Hawall and ‘Sa~ moa, spending his time in the two places, and he has made a fortune in Samoa. He has decided to give ten acres of land for the hospital. RYAN'S FIGHT AGAINGT HILL New Democratic Party Is Organized In New York. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, April 20.—New York friends of William J. Bryan will fight the plan to make ex-Governor David B. Hil} leader of the Democratic party in this State. The Liberal Democratic party is the name of the new organization through which the Bryanites expect to encompass the defeat of Mr. Hill and his friends. An- nouncement of the formation of this party | was made yesterday. Several of Mr. Bry- an’s mos: devoted followers are members of the sub-committee on organization. The Liberal Demoeratic party will hold a State convention in Cooper Union on June 7, at which a full State ticket will be nominated. This announcement means that there will be two Democratic candi- dates for Governor in the fleld next No- vember, and that the Bryanites' fight against' Hill is to be carried to the polls. Norman E. Mack, New York member of the Democratic National Committee, has been in the West conferring with the Nebraska leader. Mr. Bryan recently suggested the nom- ination of Mr. Mack for Governor. The announcement that the Eryanites would run an independent campaign in this State is the first step toward carrying out Mr. Bryan's ideas about the New York situation. This movement is believed by politicians to be a part of Mr. Bryan’s general plan to eliminate Hill as a candidate for the Presidential nomination in 1904. Now that the various Democratic factions have agreed on Hill for leader in the coming campaign, his prominence in the event of success at the polls is giving the Bry- anites great concern. They calculate that Hill can be headed off as a Presidential possibility by the nomination of a third ticket this fall and | the consequent defeat of the regular Dem- ocratic candidate for Governor. The sub-committee on organization of the Liberal Democratic party consists of Melvin G. Palliser, James R. Brown, George W. Thompson and Robert Stew- art of this city; J. W. F. Ruttenber of Newburg, Jay Forrest of Albany, Edgar L. Ryder of Ossoning and J. 8. Corbin of Gouverneur. Among the active spirits arg several of Mr. Mack's licutenants n Western New York. Soldier Robbed in Concert. Hall. William A. Parry, a sergeant major of Company A, Eleventh Infantry, com- plained te the police that on last Saturday night he was robbed of $400 in gold coin while he was drinking with a woman in a Market-street concert hall. He claimed that the woman administered to him a dose of chloral and that while under the influence of the drug she rifled his pock- ets. Parry will sail for Manila on the transport Crook to-day, so he will be un- able to prosecute the thief in the event of her arrest. ———— HAVANA. April 20.—President-elect Palma landed at Gibara this morning. There was a great manifestation in his honor. ADVERTISEMENTS. Meiiidrta is good for babies of all 4ges. Mellin’s Food makes babies happy. Send a postal for a free sample Mellin’s Food and the Mellin's Food Baby book. Mellin’s Fo&d Co., Boston, Mass. 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