The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1903, Page 1

o Vo T e @all, SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS LEVY TRIBUTE UPON JEWS UNDER THREAT N ‘THAT HORRORS OF KISHENEV WILL BE REPEATED IN KIEFF EW YORK, May 18 —In to-morrow's issue of the Jewish M orning Journal will appear the following extract from a letter received to-day by S. Singer, a cigar manufacturer of 86 Belmont avenue, Brooklyn, from his brother- ! in Kieff: “The Vice Governor and Chief of Police from Kieff were each bribed with 10,000 rubles, and for this reason the contemplated massacre of April 30 was avoided. I, myself, have contributed 100 rubles to the fund raised to bribe the above officials.” Another letter from Kieff, under the Russian date of April 21, written by a resident of that place to his parents in New York says: “The anti-Semites are well organized, and it is pos- sible that they are postponing the attack, for almost everything of value was removed from the city- in the exodus of the Jews. The anti-Semites are awaiting a time when the police will be less strict, and when the Jew The fact is that they have nothing to gain at present by an attack.” v return weith their bel gings. HELEN CRAFT IS NOW FREE Woman Who Enjoyed Her Hon- eyvmoon Trip Aione Quietly Secures a Decree of Divorce 3 i | | | = ¢ F HONOLULU WHO DIVORCE FROM HER A FT, famous t been granted a di- whom she marrie@ o secure a divorce, unhappy one, be- a year after z to New Mexico, me a citizen. In for the law was was not sufficient This Mrs. Craft aft $5000 to bills long es about ance busi- ht on the ground The Crafts are The divorce s it was not co parate way. HER ENJOYS HONEYMOON TRIP ALONE. he gan doing this on the wedding day. Their unique famous four years ago, when the bride appear- and explained that she had in this fashion, and now was said that she wanted to have darn good fun.” he and Mr lecided to be married that night. the home of the license clerk, roused him and got the Then they drove 1. the bome of the Rev. J. Nu Hawalian clergyman, and had the ceremony performed In a dark room with only the ncces- sary witnesses present. By 1 o'clock they were unked. That same morning at 30 o'clock the groom and Mrs. Craft's family went to bid ber good-by She told the groom to stay behind, which he obediently did, and she came here to have “darn good fun.” At that time she said that she had been engaged to George On the evenin Craft went out riding, became e At midnight they resz nse . & ive he sailed for Ban Franeisco. Semmes, a paymaster in the United States navy, and to Frank | Unger. She had broken both engagements,much to her sat- sfaction, and was well pleased with her final cholce. Craft, she said, was a fine business man, who was showing his abil- ty in the islands. He was connected with the Wilder Steam- ship Company. TASTES ALWAYS UNCONVENTIONAL. Helen Wilder was born in Hawall. Her parents were New nglanders. She has the energy, pluck and brains of the ypical New Englander. The family has lived in the islunds for many years and has acquired great wealith there. it is well known to Homolulu soclety, although Miss Wiider's 1astes have always been unconventional and she has found er pleasures outside of the regulation society customs. Her rat disuinction is that of being the only woman policergan n the world. Her interest in the prevention of cruelty to animals caused her to become an active member in the society. Honolulu peo- ple were not much interested in the work and the soclety, al- ways weak, gradually dwindled away until she was the sole surviving member. She was given the badge of a speclai po- lice officer with power to arrest any one abusing an animal. M:s. Laura W. Wight, sister of Mrs. Craft, who resides in Oakland, says that the court has granted Mrs. Craft pe; mission to resume her maiden name. Ly in Honolulu | is said to amount | always | MRS, GOELET DECORATED BY SULTAN Sequel to a Scare Caused by Her Yacht. ‘Turkish Officials Mis-| || take It for Foreign Warship. |Abdul Hamid Apologizes | and Confers High Order in Addition. » Th Call, cial Dispatc WASHINGTON, May Goelet, the wealthy who is cruising in the vacht Nahma, ha; 18 w Mrs. Ogden East on her steam Suitan of Turk = unusual honor | from a monarch in whose domain wo- | | men, particul those of royal blood, | are regarded as beings to be kept in the | background and not suffered in the bright light of public imperial favor, was con- | United States Minister at Constantinople, tells the story. | Mrs. Goelet arrived at the entrance of | the Dardanelles and applied for permis- sion to pass through to Constantinople. { | Two lttle'canon on her yacht exeited-tfe-| | suspieion of Turkish offictais, who are ev- | er on the lookout for attémpts against the | | safety of thelr government, and they de- | the Nahma go through | until a thorough infestigation had been | vacht | cided not to let made to determine whether the was a warship of the enemy. It took them forty-eight hours to de- | cide that Mrs. Goelet did bombard Constantinople. During period Mrs. Goelet, who was much vexed and chagrined at the made com- plaint to Minister Leishman. In some and apparently had time to act, the story of the treatment accorded to Mrs. Goelet came_to the ears of the Sultan. He gave immediate orders that the Nahma be permitted to come to Constantinople and officials at the entrance to the Dardan- | elles who had caused Mrs. Goelet annoy- ance. As a further earnest ness to I Grand er apologize to Mrs. Goelet. { This the Grand Vizier did in person, and he also, in the name of his soverelgn, of- fered her every courtesy, and to show the sincerity of the Sultan’s professions of re- gret and his regard for the American wo- man, he conferreq, upon her, in the Sul- tan’s name, the cordon of Chefakat. | —_———— | DEATH MAKES CALL | FOR NOTED REPUBLICAN | Long Life of the Hon. B. F. Jones | of Pittsburg Ends Sud- | denly. | PITTSBURG. May 19.—Hon. B. F. Jones, | founder of the Jones & Laughlin Steel | Works, the largest Independent plant in | the United States, died suddenly at 2:25 | this morning from nervous prostration, aged 79 years. He was chairman of the { Republican National the Blaine-Cleveland campaign and was | prominent in national politics. S TR W T, TWELVE PERSONS KILLED DURING A BULL FIGHT LONDON, May 18.—A special dispatch from Madrid announces that during a buil | fight yesterday at Algeciras the amphi- | theater collapsed and twelve persons were killed and fifty were injured. SeVeral women and children were gored by the ! bulls. de n of his willing- —_———— Harriman Is Much Improved. NEW YORK, May 18.—E. H. Harriman, who is suffering from a light attack of appendicitis, sat up to-day and appeared to be much better. His physicians expec: he will be able to go out in a few days, and by May 26 he will be able to make the trip to Europe. ————— End of Rioting in Bridgeport. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 18—With few exceptions, the running of trolley cars on the lines of the Connecticut Rail- way and Lighting Company, manned by non-union motormen and conductors, was not interfered with to-day. Fifteen men and boys were locked up during the day on charges of intimidation. ———— Trainmen Meet in Convention. DENVER, Colo., May 18.—The National Brotherhood of Rallroad Trainmen met in_convention at Coliseum Hall in this city at 9 o'clock this morning. Between 600 and 700 delegates were present when Grand Master Morrissey rapped for order. The sessions of the convention are pri- vate, and it Is expected they will con- tinue more than two weeks. 1 York woman | been decorated by the | not intend to | that | before Leishman | sent a rebuke to the | ke amends, the Sultan had the | PRESIDENT will gradu- LEAVES FAMOUS YOSEMITE and Snows of the Nation’s Chief Resumes His Tour by Train After His Rapturous Outing in the Suns Incomparable Valley | | | ferred as a re of an occurrence in | | which Mrs. Goelet and her yacht figured. | A report received at the State Depart- | ment to-day from John G. Leishman, | | i ! BEAUTIFUL FALLING WATERS | WHICH PRESIDENT ROOSEVHI IN YOSEMITE VALLEY, NEAR T MADE HIS CAMP WITH JOHN MUIR ON ONE OF THE NIGHTS DURING HIS OUTING. Committee during | Special Dispatch to The Call AWONA, May 18.—Presi- dent Roosevelt arrived here at 10:3) o'clock this ! morning in excellent spir- | its. He was driven by | Thomas Gordon, the fa- | mous Yosemite stage driver, who has han- | dled the ribbons on the Yosemite Stage | and Turnpike Company’s line fgr the last | thirty years. The President’s party pick- | ed him up at Bridal Veil Meadows at 7 la.m. | Several in the President's party sald they had never seen Mr. Roosevelt o0 | buoyant before., He was thoroughly rest- | ed and said he had never felt bétter in | his life. The crisp mountain air seemed o have given him a new lease on life. He spoke rapturously all .the way out to ‘Wawona on the wonders of the Sierras, | saying he had had no idea of the sub- lime scenery and the magnitude of the | forests before, and that no tale of the | West, how marvelous it might be, could | now astonish him. The President also- remarked on the amazing appetite he had and how good everything tasted in the woods. He sug- | gested that Charles Leidig. his cook and guide, should be a famous restaurateur. ‘The Washburn Bros. had furnished Leidlg with the best kind of steaks and young broilers. These Leldig cooked over the coals. and they appealed strongly to the President. _ PRAISE FOR HORSES. ‘The nation's chief also commen upon | the horses in the mountains. Never did he think a horse could take him down such steep trails, jump such logs, wade through such snow and. with it all.’keep =3 up such high spirits as the horse Para did. One place was so steep that he went over his head into the snow. He comphi* mented Miss Alice Bruce highly upon the virtues of her horse and said Para was the means of giving him three “of the most delightful days in his life. In thank- ing E. P. Washburn for his courtesies he said his trip had been one of perfec- tion. ’ An elaborate luncheon was served to the party here. A very pretty incident hap- pened after lunch. Thomas Hill, the fa- mous landscape artist of the Yosemite, was presented -to the President. Mr. Roosevelt seemed much pleased, saying he had heard of Mr. Hill for many years and considered it a great honor to meet | such a talented man. | be taken to his studio. | Breatly admired a large painting of the Briaal Veil Fally with the meadows in | the foreground, where he had spent the i night. Mr. Hill surprised him by present- ing him with the painting. The Presi- dent was delighted and said the picture would always be dear to him on account of the associations. Mr. Hill proposed to paint the President in the foreground, just where hé camped, and then send the can- vas to Washington. FAREWELL TO YOSEMITE. At 12 o'clock sharp the four Presiden- tial coaches drove up to the door, and the President departed amid the cheers of the people. ‘Ine President and party arrived safely at Raymond at 6 p. m. and boarded their special train, alf happy and pleased over the Slerras and the Yo- semite. The run from Awahnee to Ray- mond was the dustiest of the trip and 5 _Osnt.lnmd-gn'rm 3, Column 4. | have gone to America. He then asked to| The President | CHINA PUTS. THE BUME ON AUSSIA | Again Refuses to| . Open Manchuria | | to Trade. |Gives as a Reason Op- position on Part of | 3 the Czar. Now Directed Toward | Peking. D | Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, | W., WASHINGTON, May 18.—The Man- churian situation is beginning to haunt the State Department like a nightmare. Thrat deception is being or: ced on the part of one or more nations is apparent. and suspicion is being directed toward the Chinese Government itself. Despite all of the protestations upon the part of the Russian Government that the ports of Manchurfa, would not be closed to Ameri- can trade—assurances which the adminis- tration has accepted as sincere—China has | again refused ‘o consider the opening of { Manchurian towns te - American com- | merce, taking the ground that siie dare | not do so because of tha opvesition of | The situation 1s made plain in| | Russia. the following @fspatch from Peking: “/China, in reply to further repmenm\{ | | tons of 'the United States and Japanese Ministers, has again pointed out the im- | possibility of including in the commereia | treaties the opening to trade of Manchu- | ( rian towns, on account of Russian oppo- | sition. The American Minister proposes ithut China open Mukden, Harbin and a | ‘smnll port at the mouth of the Yalu| i River. | AMERICA LOSING TRADE. “C. C. Baldwin of New York, a repre- | sentative of the Southern cotton mills, | who has investigated the trade conditions | in Manchuria, reports that the American | | cotton trade was “increasing enormously until recently, when the Russians began | | to exert pressure upon the Chinese,| amounting to coercion, for second orders | | for Russian firms., amounting to bales of goods, which otherwise Baldwin says the | foreign firms complain bitterly of the dif- | ficulty of conducting business under the | Russlan methods, and he believes that | unless Russian absorption of Manchuria | is checked the Unitéd States will be de- prived of a most promising market for cotton within a few years. | TRUTH IS BEING STRETCHED. | The State Department has been made fully aware of the obstacles which the | Shanghal treaty commissioners are meet- | ing with the Chinese in the effort to in- clude in the commercial treaties the op-| tion to trade with Manchurian towns. The | Chinese, as stated in the Peking dispatch, point out the impossibility of this on ac- | count of Russian opposition. The accuracy | of this statement, however, is denied by | the Russians themselves. Paul Lessar, | the Russian Minister to Peking, who has | been absent from his post of duty for | some time, is now returning to Peking. | His arrival there is awaited with some | interest, for it is expected he will to speak authoritatively on the Russia's position and thus clarify the sit- uation considerably. ShSig it ARMY TO ENTER MONGOLIA. China's Preparations Indicate Expec- | | tation of War. | ODESSA, May 18.—The Novi Kral, a newspaper published at Port Arthur, China, is quoted here as saying in effect that mos rtive preparations for war .'_\re; proceeding in Mongolia. | Enormous quantities of munitions are | accumulating at Kaigan, including rice | for troops and fodder for beasts, which | include 700 camels and 3000 horses. All| | these, it is understood, are for General | Tung Fu Hsiangs army, which is ex-| pected to enter Mongolia in a few weeks. There is great excitement among the populace. S e MAIL CAR PLUNGES INTO GRAND RIVER Two Men Lose Th_eir Lives in Acci- dent on the Denver and Rio Grande. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., May 18.— ‘Westbound passenger train No. 5 on the Denver and Rio Grande ran into o rock- slide near Palisades last night, killing En- gineer George Stewart of this city and Fireman W A. Woods. The malil car plunged into Grand River, where it lies submerged, and. the two baggage cars were telescoped. Thé coaches and Pull- man cars remained on the track and the passengers escaped with a severe shaking | Suspicion of Bad Faith Is|| | Everybody a moment up. Stewart was one of the oldest engin- eers in the service of the Rio Grande. ‘Woods came here from Kansas City a manth aza. TELLS STORY OF MASSACRE First Fugitive From Kishenev to Reach This Country Describes the Onslaught Upon the Jews +* | | | 1 | [ [ + % RUSSIAN EMBASSADOR TO AMERICA, WHO DE- CLARES KISHENEV M RE WAS NOT THE l RESULT OF RELIGIOUS FEELING. = : - EW YORK, May 15.—With memory of last Easter Sunday in Kishenev, Ru still in mind, Abra- ham Wolovnick, ‘the first refugee from the scene of the recent massacre, arrived here to-day. That the man is not an impostor was demonstrated by \V({O\'nl(‘k, the first refugee from the scene official stamp showing that on April 11 he passed over the bounddry line between Russia and Austria, when he was flee< ing for his life. “It was more frightful than I cah picture to you in words,™ Wolovnick said, as he sat with crossed legs in an easy chair while his relatives looked upon him in wonderment and patted his broad shoulders. “The attack upen us suddenly. before had been smiling and happy. Fathers and mothers and children had been to their respective synagogues. As nearly as I was able to learn, the onslaught as begun by some one saying, ‘Let’s have a fight with the Jews,” and straightway the cry was taken up and the mase sacre was begun. @ MASSACRE UNDOUBTEDLY PREARRANGED. “It was undoubtedlya prearranged affair, for, starting in the center of the city, the attack spread to all quarters with remarkable spontaneity. In a few minutes the scene was one of bloodshed and death. Without any weapon to protect them- came | selves, the people attacked had to flee for their lives, but ad you know, all were not successful. “When I left sixty-elght were dead in I believe others were lying in cellars, surprised and murdered. “It is impossible for me to go into the detalls of what 1 saw,” Wolovnick sald, now rising to his feet and his eyes fairly bulging from their sockets. “Men, women and children were attacked and their bodies disthembered, so that I, with my own eyes, saw limbs lying about in the streets. MURDERERS DESPOIL THE SYNAGOGUES. “Not content with spreading death on every side, those who waged war against us rushed into the synagogues and despoiled the places of worship by destroying everything they could find, even to the holy word, seroll and everything that they could lay their hands on. . indeed, there was no protection given to us by the police or soldlers. The police were content to stand by and see the scene of havoe and death and no soldiers were per- mitted to come to our aid. The police said: ‘Let them go on,* meaning those who attacked us. Not content, as I say, with taking human lives, our homes were entered and all our fur- niture was destroved. “At one time the air was filled with flying feathers that had been released from hundreds-of beds. Feathers lay on streets like a covering of snow. “In the midst of the fight I looked for the safety of my wife and baby. Deserting our home, I hurried them to the rallroad and sent them off as quickly as possible to Odessa, where they are now. Then I hurried back to my father and mother and with them and a brother and sister we found sheiter in the cellar of a neighbor, a Christlan. He is a coop- er and down in his cellar he placed us behind piles of barrels, where we remained until it was safe for us to leave and make our way to the railroad station. I want to say here that thousands of Jews found refuge in the homes of Christians, who gave them shelter at the risk of their own lives, “All I want now,” Wolovnick concluded, pathetically, “is to have my wife and baby with me. I had a talloring estab- Continued on Page 3, Column 3 the streets, while where they had been