The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1903, Page 17

Pages 1710 28 - > i § D e Ui AORBG 3 3 L 4 : @50 6000000-000000000029 Pages 17 10 26 VOLUME XCIII-NO. 14 ‘e SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1903—FORTY-FOUR PAGES, PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIA WILL GRANT CONCESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES IN MANCHURIA AFTER SEIZING THE PROUINCE IN DEFIJ?NC? OF GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN HOLD THEORY 0F MURDER ——— Suspect the Hus- band of Mrs. Fischer. Tragedy in Riverside the Sequel to an Elopement. e Man Now in Prison Well Versed in the Use of Poisons. WIFE SUPPORTS FISCHER. MARRIED LIFE UNHAPPY. er letters, gh she r could well he 3y ciety of other ich always made here he wa quite an The accident 1 vet 2de but will decided what of the body of probably have it OFFICERS FIND NEW CLEWS. Discrepancies in St(;l:iel Told by Mrs. Fischer's Husband. ion and the officers de if given the Public sentiment is practi- to the effect that Mrs. ot ac- dered and over her t on fire in the ces of the crime. icked up some new infor- 1 which tends to show that readily ted of t for the purpose of com- session of the life insurance aken out a few days ago in al organization, into which Mre initiated the day before her for other reasons. It is alleged the Fischers had quarreled fre- in such a2 manner as to attention. not allowed to see or con- erse with any one except the officers. It s 1 to explain where at least three yns out of a five-gallon can of gaso- | ine went, unless it was poured upon his | wife's body. He must explain how it oc- her hin curred his wife's right arm and the o n her throat were broken, indicat- ing external violence; also why both the kitchen doore were locked, with the key | on the inside, and the door leading from { dency FOR ERECTION OF TEMPLE OF PEACE AT THE HAGUE | e | | [ | | AX PHILANTHROPIST {PLE OF PEACE AT THE WHO HAGUE TIVE THROUGH WHOM THE OFFER % WILL GIVE VAST SUM FOR A | AND DUTCH REPRESENTA- WAS MADE. ASHINGTON, April 25.—Before stlend yesterday An- Carnegie donated $1,500,00 Temple of Peace for the per- of Arbitration at The gift made through Minister of The Nether- was made with the under ing that H will be responsible r its administration. The correspond between Carnegie Baron Gevers | as follows “NEW YORK, Aprill Gevers Washington Your Your welcome favor reaches eve of my rture for my Scottish sum- | mer home. I-am delighted to hear of- | ¥ that your Government believes | the Peace Conference the erec- library, a that the cause of will be immensely tion of a courthouse and | Temple of Peace, for the Court of Arbi- tration established by the treaty of July | 29, 1899, and also that the Government | will consider itself responsible for the disbursement of the fund, which I esteem it a rare privilege to be permitted to fur- sh. “The sum named to me as being ample | for the purpose stated was $1,500,000. I | beg to say that the draft of the duly ac- | credited officials of your. Government | @ ittt |oLp rowpon cArery 1s the front room to the hall, by which | Fischer made his exit, was locked not | only by the latch lock, but by the ordi- | nary lock as well. | Fischer testified that he was in the | room with his wife only about three min- utes. There are others who saw the Pischers approach their rooms, who say the alarm of fire was not sounded until fifteen or twenty minutes later. Fischer a. shows no sign of weak- | ening, but the strain of solitary conflne-l’ | ment is telling on him. Royal Commission Meets. LONDON, April %.—The first meeting | of the Roval Commissioners for the St. Louis Exposition will take place at Marl- borough House April 28 under the presi- | of the Prince of Wales. Little, however, is expected to be done until | Becretary Watson returns from America, | whither he expects to start next week | to arrange for a site and complete other details. Parliament, it is expected, will | appropriate at least $300,000, which, it is. pointed out, will be equivalent to the'larg- er amounts involved by France and Ger- many, as a considerable portion of the two latter grants will be spent in assist- ing competitors to send out their exhibits, | ment, it gives me great and intense sati; me for this sum will be honored 1 presentation here. “Believe your closing e my de profound satisfact of the permanent tribunal - settlement of International dis- tes is the most important stép forward, ld-wide character, which has ever 1 taken by the since it Excellency, this s glven me, joint powers must ultimately banish war, our foulest staln. Yours very truly, “ANDREW CARNEGIE.” Baron Gevers, in reply, acknowledged receipt of Carnegie's letter and said he had cabled its contents to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and that he would for- ward the original lctter by the next mail. | The letter concludes as follows: “Awalting the answer of my Goverr faction, dear sir, to express to you my personal and sincere admiration of the truly humane and noble sentiments which prompted you to show to the world at large in how great esteem should be held the institution of peace, whose seat, by the common consent of nations, has been placed in the realm of my most gracious sovereign, Queen Wilhelmina. “Accept, dear sir, the assurance of my highest consideration and believe me to be yours very sincerely, “GEVERS.” SOON TO BE TORN DOWN Home of Burlesque and Birthplace of Musical Comedy Will Be Replaced. LONDON, April 2.—The Gaiety Theater, the home of burlesque, the birthplace of musical comedy and the favorite haunt of dudes of all nations, will be closed in a few weeks previous to being torn down to make way for a new street from the Strand to Holborn. A new Galety is rap- idly rising to take its prace, The Gaiety was the foundation of George Edwerdes' fortune, which is one of the largest ever amassed in a theatrical enter- prise in this countr; —_— Campanile Cornerstone Laid. VENICE, April 2.—The reconstruction of the famous campanile of St. Mark’s, which collapsed July 14, 1902, after stand- ing for more than 1000 years, was com- menced to-day by the laying of the foun- dation stone by the Count of Turin, repre- senting King Victor Emmanuel. The plc- turesque ceremony was attended by the Ministers, a number of prelates and by the civil and military authorities. An enormous crowd was present. | from the Amphion and tow them to thelr “of music, to greet the President. KING'S GUNS WILL B0OM IN THE BAY British Warship to| Salute the Pres- | ident. Cruiser Grafton Or- dered South From t Esquimalt. ars of England Prepare to Honor the American Executive. —_— T Special Dispateh to The Cal | C.. April quimalt fieet of British war- | Pacific has been or- San to take part in the naval demonstration to| be held consequent to the umuxi { | | to Franeisco there of President Roosevelt at the bay city. H. M Grafton, which returned from an extended crulse in the South Paclfic | a few days ago, is in the drydock at Es- | quimalt at time, being over- auled and repaired for her cruise to the | Golden Gate, on which she will leave Es- quimalt on Monday The cre working night a staff will | work all day to-morrow, which is very | unusual, to make the ship ready to leave | F mait on tim | T Rear SGU fton, whiah is the flagship of | Admiral Bickford, in command of a | drenfof British vessels in the North fic. will ¢ the admiral and stuff wvhen she leaves here for San . Franclsco. She has been newly coated with.dull gray raint, which has been grdcred for all the | ve of . the Britigh nayy, and Sav Franciscans will thep’see a British e | ship coated ln.m.‘;“m;_.fimflg £o0, the first | time. | It is understood tbat had the eruiser | Amphion been at Esquifmalt. she muxd{ also have proceeded to San Frahcisco at | the request of the United States Govern- | ment, which ‘it is ‘uridefstood réquested | British Admiralty to dispatch the | Grafton to San Fran The Amphion | i now ‘en route to Honolulu as convoy to | the two torpeds destroyers Sparrowhawk | and Virago, whic ina, and cruiger Amphitrite is a iting at Honolulu to take them-ov rry els 0. bave been ordercd to w | | = destinatic The Grafton, which is gof Franci is a twin screw cruiser of the | firs of 7850 tons. She has an indi- cated horsepower of 10,000, Captain Colln R. Keppel is in command. ——— COWBOYS MEET PRESIDENT. Roosevelt Praises Men Who Tamed the Shaggy Wilderness. ALLIANCE, Nebr., April 2.—President Roosevelt completed a hard day with a fifteen-minute stop at Alliance. Captain Seth Bullock, superintendent of the Black Hills Forest Reserve, who joined the President at Gardiner vesterday, joined the train here. President Roosevelt, who has great admiration for Captain Bullock, invited him to accompany him to the coast, but Captain Bullock was forced to the invitation. During the day the President traveled in three States and made a number of addresses, both from the rear platform of his car and from stands erected for the purpose. The demonstration of the day that undoubted- Iy pleased the President- most was the cowboy show at Edgemont, §. D. The demonstration was arranged by the So- clety of Black Hills Ploneers and con- sisted of exhibitions of cowboy riding. Special trains brought in a large crowd from the surrounding country and they were all at the station, with their bands As his train pulled in the cbwboys let out a yell, the band played and a salute was fired. The exhibition stand was but a ghort distance from the station and after the President had made an address the boys began to mount the bucking horses. Only horses that would buck were ridden by the cowboys. The President partook of luncheon at the mess wagon. The only disappointment of the day was the fail- ure of the prize bucking horse of that section to perform. This horse has a rec- ord as a champion bucker and few peo- ple can ride him. To-day, however, he was as gentle as a kitten and a green- horn would never Have had much trouble in keeping on his back. Why the bucking horse did not buck will be & mooted ques- tion in Edgemont for a long time to come. At the close of the exercises the cowboys formed an escort to the train and after it had started they dashed alongside the President’s car and he shook hands with many of them from the window. In his speech at Alliance the President referred to the honor accomplished by the early pioneers. “Honor to all good citizens,” he said, “but_honor most of all to the men who took the lead in taming the shaggy wil- derness, to the trail blazers, to the men who first ‘marked out that earliest of highways the spotted line, the blazed trail; the men who first on horseback steered across the great lonely plains and drove their cattle up to feed upon the ranges from which the buffalo had not San to class decline ! * WITH OUTLAW Consori; of ? Friend of McKinney Confesses. Unknown Man Was in| the Chinese House Battle. i | Spectal Dispatch to The Call fon | BAKERSFIELD, April 25.—A conf: made to-day Jennie F the con T | ot Al Hulse, who sheitered McKinney and | been the murderer of Deputy Sheriff Tibbet and (¢ Mars! has considered | Packard, has cleared all the cioud of nys- | tery that shrouded Hulse and his partici- petion in the battle ‘s no longer doubted. | With the galiows staring him In the | face as a result of hls consort's action, e sits sullen and morose in his dark cell in the basement of the County Jail. He was told, that the woman had made a | confession, but he has evidently reached | the conclusion that feigning insanity is the best thing he can do, and he gave no | sign of emiotion, and continued to mum- ble to himself in a vacant way and to| talk to imaginary persons. Ingram, too, is as silent as ever.. H&'is rot yet identified, although Jennie Coz’: | description of the third gnan corresponds in a general way with his. It is, however, considered certain that the woman will tell still more later. This morning. Hulse was quieter than he has been for many nce his arrest.. He has made no further attempts at suicide. The woman tells the story unhesitating- Iy and her confession at this time, when | direct evidence against Hulse was so hard to get, is of the greatest importance. ‘It means that no denial of Hulse will avail him when his case comes to trial and, taken in connection with the statements of Packard and Tibbet, thefe can be no longer a question that Hulse was equally guilty with McKinney, in the shooting. Both he and the outlaw had been on a debauch together and he was as reckless under the influence of liquor as was Mc- Kinney himself. OPENING OF FIGHT. The Cox woman says she was at Hulse's room until 2 o'clock’ Sunday morning, when she went downstalrs to ke opium, but returned a little before 10 o'clock after some clothes. While she was there some parties entered the yard and knocked at the door, ordering them to open at once. “McKinney, Hulse and another man that 1 did not know were In Al's room,” she said. “I just came in from down- stairs to get my clothes. Some men came to the door ‘and tried to open it. Then Jim says: ‘We are in for it." Al looked around and he said: ‘Well, let's go to it.’ The other man did not say anything. He just picked up his gun. The men outside were trylng to open the door. Jim stepped up and unhooked the latch and the shooting began. I heard Jim say: “There goes ‘Four Eyes,”’ meaning Packard, and then a minute later, ‘There goes Overall’ (mistaking Tibbet for Over- all). 1 was behInd the bed, between the bed and the window. I don’t know how many shots were fired. Jim fired the first shot with his shotgun; the little gun with the ring in it. Hulse fired his own rifle, a 25-35. 1 know the gun. I did not see the third man shoot, but I saw the gun in his hand. 1 could not tell who was, at the door. There were men there and they were firing. I saw the muzzle of a shot- gun protrude. through the door from the outside, but I could net see who was shooting it. Continued on Page 18, Column 5. Continued on Page 19, Column 5, OMAN SAYS ULSE FIRED Germany Will Re- fuse to Join in Powers’ Protest. AND_JAPANESE REP- RESENTATIVES AT AMERI- CAN CAPITAL. (s EADLY SHALLPOX GEAM DISCOVERED BY HARVARD MAN Dr. Counselman Will Re- veal Secret to Medi- cal World. BOSTON, April %.—The Globe will an- nounce to-morrow that Dr. Willlam Thomas Counselman, Shattuck professor of pathologicdl anatomy in Harvard Med- ical Schook has discovered the germ that causes smallpox. nounced by physicians, who have been made aware of Dr. Counselman’s achleve- ments, as one of the really great ones in medical history and the most important made in Boston, rivaling the discovery of ether as an anaesthetic. The detalls of the investigation, how each successive step was taken, together with valuable scientific information con- cerning the ptozoia, the organism that produces that highly contagious disease, will on Tuesday evening be given to med- ical men by the discoverer, who refrains from making a public announcement un- til he has enlightened the sclentific world. Tuesday’s nieeting of physicians will be held in the Harvard Medical School, un- der the auspices of the Boston Soclety of Medical Science, and the notices merely state that Dr. Counselman will have an announcement to make upon the etiology of smallpox. COMMON YELLOW DOG ROUTS GENERAL CORBIN Missouri Cur Bites Warrior on Leg and the Adjutant Escapes by Running. ST. LOUIS, April 25.—While Major Gen- eral Corbin, U. S. A., was inspecting the World's Fair grounds alone.to-day and thinking over his coming duties as grand marshal during the dedication ceremony next week a common’ vellow dog slipped up behind him and without warning bit the general on the leg. General Corbin. wheeled around, but the dog seized his clothing with an avidity which put the warrior to rout. He ran, and finally outran the dog, arriving at the emergency headquarters, where Dr. ‘Moore speedily cauterized the wound. Dr. Moore assured General Corbin that the wound would not prove serious, and he proceeded with his arrangements. Porto Rican Mayor Resigns. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, April 25.—Mateo Fajardo, the Mayor of Mayaguez, who has been charged with fraud and whose resignation was requested recently by Governor Hunt, has tendered his resigna- tion, saying he does so in order to free the Government of any embarrassment in investigating the Mayaguez frauds. He further declares that he resigns in order Jpetter to prepare his defense of the charges made against him, of which he maiatains his innocence, The discovery is pro- | e | ASHINGTON, April Z—The | call of Baron von Sternbers | at the State Department to- | day, while primarily for an- | other purpose. gave him an | opportunity to discuss Russia’s action as ]r!guds Manchuria at some length with Hay. From Germany mo official advices have been received, either at the State Department or at the embassy. regarding the attitude of the Berlin Government but the understanding is gemeral in the diplomatic corps that Russia has nothing | to apprehend from Germany in the stand | she has taken in Manchurfa. Both Count | Cassini and Baron von Stermberg were in Peking together and they owe thefr dip | lomatic careers largely to the sagaeit | they have shown in the handling of the ‘ Jhingse agestion. Russia and German | it is admitted, have a thorough und | standing relattve to China, and while it may not be necessary for the Berlin Gov ernment to come openly to the support of the Russian demands at this time, the other powers will be permitted to ses clearly that Germany is mot hostile to Russia’s plans. | It asked by the powers to join In a | note of protest against Russia’s conduct, | Germany's reply probably will be that her interests demand that she remain neutral. | | ANGLO-GERMAN ANTMOSITY. It can be said on authority that, de- spite the seeming harmony which existed between Germany and Great Britain in the Venezuelan imbroglio, the unpopular | ity of the Anglo-German alliance became | so acute at one time that it appeared that an open rupture would occur. Because of the belief allowed to gain ground in the United States that Germany had proposed | this alliance, the Berlin Government, it | 1s said, made representations to London | that unless the London authorities cor- | rected this mpression it would be neces- sary to publish the correspondence on the | subject. Another result of the unpopularity of | this alliance was the breaking of Great Britain from the Bagdad Railway agree | ment, into which she had entered with Germany, and in which France also was heavily interested.” This again increased | the gulf between Germany and reat Britain, at the same time giving Germany and France a common qguse for aniv | ity against Great Britairt | ussia has viewed with increasing sat | istaction,” said a European diplomat to- | day, “the growing friction between G | many and Great Britain, and if the tru were known it would be seen that she had lost no opportunmity to increase this bad feeling. At the same time Russia is not desirous of incurring the animosity ot the United States. While the initial Russian demand in Manchruia is that no more Manchurian ports or towns be open- |ed, there is ground for the bellef that this demand will not be permanent. CONCESSIONS TO AMERICA. | *“Great Britain is naturally losing no | time in pointing out that the first demand |1s Intended as a ‘slap at the United | States.” It must be remembered, how- | ever, that Rnssla was never shown the { text of the Chinese-United States agree- ment, in which the latter asks for certa { open ports in Manchuria. Consequently Russia has no official knowledge of this | agreement. When the United States pro tests individually, as it i3 expected she will, Russia will be prepared to make cer- "tain. concessions to American trade in Manchuria, which is really America's | euly vital interest in the matter. These concessions will satisfy the United States, thus leaving Great Britain alone In their protest. “Russia and the United States have been traditional friends and while on their face,the Manchurian developments seem to be unfavorable to the United States, it should be remembered that Russia’s policy is to demand everything in sight and then to make intelligent concessions. ‘ll may be expected, therefore, that the result of Mr. Hay’'s note of protest for | intelligent _concessions to the United | States in Manchuria will, while giving ad- vantage to American trade, still leave the Russians in possession of that territory.” MANCHURIA LOST TO CHIN. The tone of the press advices from the European capitals. printed to-day. have done much to depress officials here who have labored so long to preserve Continued on Page 18, Columa 1. and Japar