The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1902, Page 1

| (FSEA— VOLUME XCI-NQ. 15 SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MAY ~ 5, 1902 PRICE FIVE CENTS. IN HAND-TO-HAND CONFLICT AMERICAN TROOPS SCALE WALLS OF MORO FORT AND CAPTURE STRONGHOLD OF SULTAN BAYAN, LEAVING DITCHES CHINA’S TROUBLES INCREASE Whole of the Empire Is in a State of Ferment. Powers See Danger | of International Discord. Way Kept Clear for Safe Retreat of Diplomat. Special Dispe to The Call. J, 406 G. STREET. May 4.—In o rence of the Boxe . the powers will ins ent of the men engaged in which has broken out in the portion of the province of Chili. in southern China and the hows that the whole of mpire is in a state of ferment, and in Washington who are well garding conditiops in the Far they would mot be surprised urrection become far more general uprising would forbid of another international s suppression and the powers pt toward China a from that pursued two out- t upon revolt ferent e SEOULD SUPPRESS REVOLTS. e utmost international import- that the Chinese govern- ucceed in suppressing the have occurred in Southern i eign Ministers in ng will make earnest representations the Chinese government with a view of ng prompt and adequate action. the demands made by the powers 1at every anti-foreign society ¢ suppressed and persons be punished his demand, the Chinese edict declaring that orrigible malefact tly organize anti-for- shall be punished by as those belonging to these not be shown the DIPLOMATS ARE SAFE. C reported to the e outbreak in ut the dispatches the murder of a French priest character. felt for the safety of Peking. The United i other nations have that city. Be- re are troops stationed on the road Peking and Taku, so that in case ttack the litigations a and protected. What sthorities is not the safety but the possibilities om the delicate 1 uprising would create. in ¥ EXPULSION OF CHRISTIANS ter Conger Enters a Protest at Foreign Office. May 4—United States Min has protested Prince nt of the Foreign Office, r xpulsion of Chinese Chris- new ean n Shi Kai, Governor of efusing to worship he Confucian tablets. Con- ion of Prince Ching treaty promises that 1 be to school made against a policy ead foreigners to question the good carrving out this obliga- such - LA SERIOUS VIEW OF RIOTS. French Legation Is Worried by Out- reaks in Chili. 4.—The French legation rious view of the riots in The name of the missing sent troops into the dis- trict orders sternly the Govermor of the s Finch rdered was Lomuller. He The banners of the rioters with the words: “Abolish the mis YOUNG WOMAN VICTIM EAN mestic was 1o Jo i May Mary Gable, a do- the employ of Dr. J. D. Grissim, his morning at 5 o’clock in the yard of Mrs. Knox Goodrich, at First street and Railroad avenue, in-an uncon- & condition. There were several wounds on her head. which had been in- flicted with some blunt instrument. The young woman was removed to the Re- o'clock. While her con- ousg, £he probably will re. refuses to make any state- ment, and to the police the affair is a mystery. Robbery was not the motive for the at- tack, as $7 50 was found in Miss Gable's purse. James Robinson, a young negro, who gave the police the first information, i# being held pending an investigation, that | situation | The name of the priest | OF MYSTERIOUS ATTACK | \REBELS OVERTHROW |QUEEN JIMINEZ GOVERNMENT 0l IS NEAR \ 1 1 | CRUISER LN I NATL | | DEATH Wilhelmina's Condi tion Pronounced | Critical. ! Small Hope for Her| ‘Recovery Being Entertained. {Absence of a Direct | Heir Disturbs f; Europe. THE HAGUE, May 5.—It was announc- ed from Castle Loo at midnight last night that Queen Wilhelmina had been prematurely confined at § o’clock Sunday evening. Professor Rosenstein, Dr. Roes- ings and the other doctors were in at- tendance. The Queen suffered intense ag- ony. At 11 o’clock Sunday evening the condi- tion of her Majesty was described as grit- ical, and small hope for her recovery was entertained. A message from Castle Loo, sent at i o'clock this morning, says Queen Wil- | helmina is still alive. None of the doc- tors attending her Majesty left the palace last night, and neither the Queen’s mother | nor the Prince consort went to bed. The confinement of the Queen was long and difficult and artificial means were resorted to. LONDON, May 4—The tardy official ad- | mission of the real nature of the iliness | of the Queen of Holland, which the Asso- | ciated Press was able to announce April {17 from Amsterdam, may be regarded an indication of a very grave crisis in her | Majesty’s condition and, coming so sud- denly upon the bulletins announcing her | | imminent recovery, it will cause a shock | | througliout Europe. Apart from the dif- | fieulties surrounding the question of Fie- | cession to the throne of Holland, the death of Queen Wilhelmina, if this should | unhappily occur, would tend to convulse the continent politically. | In Germany especially it is a matter of deepest importance. The German press | | claims that Prince Albrecht of Hohenzol- | tern, the acting regent of Brunswick, is | | among the nearest in the Dutch succe: sion, and in all the Buropean capitals | nervous apprehension exists that the ab’ | | sence of a direct heir to the Dutch throne might precipitate a struggle for the pos- | | session of Holland, which in Berlin is re- | | garded as Germany’s natural right. ARCHBISHOP CORRIGAN - |San’ Domingo, the Capital, Is Taken by Vasquez. | 1 Dispatch to The Call { ORTO PLATA, Santo Domin- { go, May 4.—A commission has | arrived from Santiago de Los { Caballeros with news that the city of San Domingo, cap- ital of the Republic, has ca- pitulated to the rebels, Vice President Horacio Vasquez, leader of the revolution- | ists, has entered the city at the head of the troops President Juan Jiminez, whose government has been overthrown, has sought refuge in the French consu- | The insurgents have obtained possession of the entire Republic, with the exception of this town, of which the governor is E. Deschamps. Governor Deschamps told the commission from Santiago de Los Ca- | balleros that he would not surrender | Porto Plata without an official notice | from the Government.” Governor' Des- | ¢hamps, it is said, has been an aspirant for the presidential office and has been | bitterly opposed by the present revolution. || @ sttt | TABLES ARE TURNED | ON THE FAIR PLAINTIFF | Harriet Rose Ellen Burnett Fails to | Get Damagos for Breach of Promise. EAU CLAIRE, Wis., May 4.—Judge | O'Neill in the Circuit Court at Neillsville | yesterday directed a verdict for the de- fendant in Harriet Rose Ellen Burnett’s suit for $000 damages for breach of prom- ise of marriage against Henry Schupé, a wealthy farmer of Loyal, Wis. The plaintiff, who is 49 years old, had been married three timee. She had lost her first and the second husbands by di- vorce and her third by death. She had the two surviving ex-husbands in court as witnesses in this case in her behalf, but the defense turned tables by proving that the divorce proceedings by which she had been separated from husband No. 2 were illegal by reason of errors in the publica- tion of the legal notice in the newspapers, and the court held that the plaintiff was the lawful wife of the second husband, | Levi Burnett, and hence could not main- | tain her suit for breach of promise, It further developed that Levi Burnett mar- ried again and now has a wife and sev- eral children. He will seek another and valid divorce from Hariet Rose Ellen Burnett O S e e e e e S Physician Announces That che New York Prelate Shows No Sign | of Recovery. NEW YORK, May | felt over the case of Archbishop Corri | gan, as Dr. Keyes, the attending ph | cian, announced to-night after his visit |'to the bedside of the prelate that his con- dition is still dangerous and that there is a possibility it may become more critical. “Archbishop Corrigan is by no means out of danger,” said Dr. K “‘and his | weakness continues. There are no favor- able indications; he shows absolutely no interest in worldly affairs and evinces no | liveliness whatever. If he did evince a | | desire to know what was going on in the —+ | world it would indicate that he was re- He has caused the arrest of Charles H. | 8aining his lost strength. There was hope | | IN GREATER DANGEPR | T | I | 4.—~Much concern is AMERICAN REPRESENTATIV IN SANTODOMINGOAND THE WARSHIP DISPATCHED. President of Republic| Seeks Safety in Consulate. | i pRENISS . TROCPS OF TURKEY IN BATTLE WITH ARABS Report Is Received in Paris That the Sultan Lost Four Hundred TLoinaz, the Norwegian Viee Consul in ‘ that he would even express a desire to Porto Plata, on the charge of having cori- | 8¢t Up a8 he is, but he has not shown the spired to overthrow the Jiminez govern- | Slightest inclination to get up, sleeping ment. The consular corps has obtained | constantly. the release of Loinaz. “His condition is grave, indeed,” added WASHINGTON, May 4.—Although the | DF: Keves, “and there is a rmfsibimy that | fall of Santo Domingo may relleve the | N¢ May get worse, and this will hold good situation in the Dominican republic, of- | fOf Several days. He is so weak that it ficials here are glad that the request of | N Were taken from his bed he could not | American Minister Powell to send a war- | $tand.” ship has been complied with. Powell was| The news that Archbishop Corrigan was | informed to-day that the cruiser Cinein-| WOTSe came a8 a surprise to-night, for the nati had been dispatched to protect Amer. | Statement given out earlier in the day ican interests. was of a favorable naturc. Tt is now known that his weakness is such that he is unable to retain solid food. Absolute | quiet is maintained in‘the sick chamber. ROME, May 4—Fifty American priests of the diocese of Brooklyn, headed by Bishop McDonnell, were received by the Pope this morning. After a speech of de- Soldicrs. votion Bishop McDonnell presented to his PARIS, May 4—The Journal's corre. | FiOlinESs & check for $10.010. The Pope| | spondent at Marseflles telegraphs that | L727ked the Bishop for the rich gift. His Holiness congratulated = the American | episcopate, which he sald had been the | only one tp send him a collective letter of greeting tipon the occasion of his jubi- | lee. His Holiness asked concerning the | health of Archbishop Corrigan, | | CALIFORNIAN TO WED EASTERN SOCIETY GIRL CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 4—Willjam T. Reid Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Reid of Belmont, Cal, is engagel to | marry Miss Christine Willlams Lincoln, a beautiful society girl of Boston and Brooklyn. The marriage will take place early in June, and will be a brilliant af- fair. Miss Lincoln is' popular in socioty, and is a striking figure at all athletic events, She has recently been abroad studying languages. Reld is in the Harvard graduate school, where he is a proctor and football ‘coach. He has a wonderful record in football, and was varsity baseball captain for two years, He is planning to g0 to Oxford from Hai- | vara. ! mail advices from Jiboutl, French East | Africa, declare a rumor is current that a ‘battle has been fought hetween Turkish troops and the Iman tribe of Arabs at Koffutidor, on the frontier of Arabia, in ! which the Turks were defeated, losing 400 men in killed and wounded. The Arabs are also sald to have lost heavily. SRS ROBERTS MAY RETIRE “ FROM ARMY COMMAND Duke of Connaught Likely Soon to Succeed tho British Field Marshal. LONDON, May 4—In military circles the question of Earl Roberts’ retirement from the post of commander-in-chief im- mediately after the coronation is freely discussed. Tt is looked upon as a certainty that the Duke of Connaught will succeed him, and will not return to Ireland. The fact that Earl Roberts has recently purchased a big estate in the country is considered proof of this statement | without blankets. Scores of the Enemy Are Slain. ANILA, May 4. -- General Davis, commander of the American forces in the island of Mindanao, cables that the eighty-four Moros who survived the attack and capture of the Moro fort by American soldiers in Mindanao yesterday have sur- rendered and that the Sultgn of Bayan, Rajah Muda, Sultan Panda Patto and a | number of the leading Dattos were killed Lieutenant Bovars of the Twenty-seventh Infantry was killed in the engagement at the fort. Captain Moore of the same regiment was mortal- ly wounded. Surgeon Porter and Lieuten- ant Henry §. Wagner of the Fourteenth Infantry and Lieutenant Jossman of the Twenty-seventh Infantry were severely ‘wounded. The assault on the principal fort, re- ports General Davls, was one of the most in the engagement. gallant performances of American arms in the Philippines and the regiment ot Lieutenant Colonel Frank D. Baldwin, the Fourth Infantry( deserves the greatest credit for its conduct. Fourth Infantry, struggle with the Moros in the ditches and at the walls of the fort. position was The men of the | deserves the greatest | When the | antured these ditches were | found to be lined with Moro dead. Gen- | eral Davis characterizes the rifie fire of | the Americans as excellent and says he has never witnessed a performance ex- celling the capture of the Moro fort in gal- lantry and grit. LOSS TO AMERICANS. General Davis says also it is his pain- ful duty to announce that the overthrow of Moro power was not accomplished without severe loss to the Americans. One officer and seven enlisted men were killed, while four officers and thirty en- listed men were wounded. After the eighty-four Moros who sur- vived the assault had marched out of the | fort, eight others, who were concealed there, made an unsuccessful break for liberty. Some of the Moros tried to stab the American soldiers who were succoring them. It is impossible to give the detail of the Moro dead, as a number of them are lying in the tall grass. The fort was defended by 300 men. Its capture saves a siege and it would have been impossible to carry the position without scaling lad- ders. The American forces who attacked the fort numbered 470 men and four mountain guns. It rained hard during the night preceding the attack and the men were The battery fired 120 rounds at a range of 1400 yards. General Davis adds that he is sending the dead to Malaban for burial. He in- tends to invite the Sultan of Tarlac to an interview. IIis fort is of the same strength as Bayan, the one captured yes- terday. General Davis is urging the peo- ple to return to the cultivation of rice. SENDS DAVIS' REPORT. WASHINGTON, May 4—The War, De- partment to-day received a cablegram from General Chaffee indicating that the campaign against Sultan Bayan, one of the principal Moro chiefs, had been com- pletely successful. The result was ac- complished by a gallant assault on the principal Moro fort and its capture after a number of the leading Moros had been Willed, The cablegram, Which was re- celved this afternoon, was as follows: Adjutant General, Washington: Following is the full substance of Brigadier General George W. Davls’ message from Bayan: FILLED WITH DEAD o THREE PROMINENT STATESMEN WHO WILL SUPPORT THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES $ND CHAMPION THE PHILIPPINE GOV- ERNMENT BILL NOW PENDING IN THE SENATE. £ - tan Bayan, Raja Muda Bayan, Sultan Panda- patan and all leading dattos dead and many of their followers. - Assault on the principal fort, which surrendered last night, one of ‘the most gallant. performances of American arms. Colonel: Frank D. Baldwin and his regiment deserve all praise for hand-to-hand struggle in four lines of ditches under walls of fort. These trenches are lined with Moro dead from rifie fire. Have never seen or heard of any performance excelling this gallant fight.. It was my painful duty to report that the over- throw of Moro power not accomplished ‘without severe loss. One officer and seven enlisted men killed; four officers and thirty enlisted mén wounded. ~Will telegraph the list later. After eighty-four survivors marched out this morn- ing as prisoners and understood they were all. elght others, who had concealed themselves in rubbish inside the fort, made a break for lib- erty, but not succeeded. Some Moro wounded tried to stab soldiers trying to help them. It fs impossible to stats number of Moros killed, many Iying In tall grass. The surrender saves us from slege and starvation. Impossible to have carried works. without scaling ladders, which were ready. Intend to rstain prisoners until two or three small adjacent forts occu- pled, then will consent release as hostages eight or ten of the prigcipals and release the others. The forces in line of advance consist- ed of four. mountain guns, 470 rifles. This fully sufficient. Could mot have used more men advantageously, Had ' we ' sent strong column it would only have swelled the casualty list. One neighboring datto has already rep- resented himself as friend, ‘and I expect a general coming in shertly, when the weight of the blow is kuown. The dead sent to Mala- bang for burial. - In light of present knowi- edge, could have besieged the principal fort and in time forced the surrender, but that would probably have resulted in a sortie for freedom and escape for 'many. By attacking them they have been completely crushed—the only kind of lesson these wild Moros seem to be able to profit by. Shall Inyite Sultan Tar- lac to pay me a friendly visit, if he does not tell us of his initlative. Has fort further east in plain sight and of same strength as was Bayan, on beautiful tableland of a thousard acres, fine upland rice, and urging peovle to “Eighty-four survivors of Bayan surrendered | return to its cultivation. The result to fol- unconditionally this morning at 7 o'clock. Sul- ! low this action very important, namely, it se- for United States authority 1B | the center of Moro savagery. | CHAFFER" PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE. | The President to-night sent the follow- | ing ‘congratulatory ~ message to Gemneral | Craffee: cures respect | wasHINGTON, May 4. 1902.—Chaffee, Ma« Accept for the army under your com- | mand, and express.to: Gemeral ‘Davis and Col- | onel. Baldwin especially. my -congratulations and thanks for the special courage and fidelity which have again carried our flag to victorye Your fellow countrymen-at home will ever homor the memory of the fallen, and be faith- ful to the brave survivors who have themselves been fafthful unto death fér their country's sake, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. nila: The President conferred for four hours to-night with Secretary Root and Gov- ernor Tait, mainly concerning affairs in the Philippines. The Secretary and Miss Root and Governor Tait were guests at dinner, and remained at the White House | until haif-past 11 o'clock. The dispateh | from General Chaffee giving the result | of General Davis' campaign in Mindanao was a source of great satisfaction to the | officials, though they regretted exceeding- Iy’ that it became necessary to fight in _order to compel submission to the Amer- fcans for the surrender of those guilty | of the murder of American soldiers. See- | retary Roet declined to say whether any | additional instructions had been given to |'General Chaffee for his guidance. It is | rrobable ‘that General “Chaffee’'s future action will' be left largely to his cwn discretion. The President has great re- spect for General Chaffee’s tact. Governor Tait was very well satisfled | with the latest news from General Chat- fee. It was a cause for congratulation, | he said. /He believed the effect of what had ‘been accomplished would be benefl- cent, and would settle affairs in Min- danao. Republicans this week will relieve the - Continued on Page Thres