The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1903, Page 1

| the Library.++++ VOLUME XCIV—NO. 45, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DYING PONTIFF AGAIN GIDES EDIDENCE OF AMAZING UITALITY, RALLYING FROM DELIRIUM AND REGAINING MILES TAKES NINETY-MILE JADDLE RIDE | General Proves|Littauer Operates|New York Resident He Is 8till | Sturdy. | Covers Long Journéy_ in About Nine Hours. | i 1 % Relays of Fresh Horses Stationed Along the | Route. | )kla., July 14.—Lieutenant s A Miles completed a from Fort Sill, In- | Reno, Oklahoma, lee, in § hours and 10 m s. The first thirty-five miles were . 4 time, the distance being s and 25 minutes. 5 et p General Miles Ehowe signs of fatigue, and forty mir fter his arrival at Fort Reno he review e troops stationed at that e was n, it is said, to | t General Miles, at the is still a sturdy man. . Monday morning in the after- atory to taking his long ride arge crowd at fort when ame from the command- rtly o'clock this He was boot- d wore a campaign mil- 1 started off, at rered lustily. He tain Sayre of the after 4 he start er was cool at the start, but Anadarko, Okla- ant from Fort s and 2% min- line supply- consumel and it is estimated that e spent in chang- delays. in the ed as General Miles en- He showed no signs of be dismounted and said: moment of the trip I felt partic- was when I came up to f the pack River. n e ieel extra good.” reviewing the troops Miles, accompanied El Reno and EENTUCKY REPUBLICANS GATHER AT LOUISVILLE Race for Governor Reaches a Stage Where Nomination May Go | to a Dark Horse. | Ky., July 14.—The Re-| Convention, which will | promises to be an ex- tion in the race for rently reached a phase | n of a dark horse will re of the Belknap forces to two ballots. There are | i candidates—Colonel Morris a wholesale merchant; E. 2 lawyer, and Clifton | Attorney General. foliow the fail on the fin three avo: E | The Belknap | leaders are claiming the nomination of their candidate on the first ballot. | Major W. C. Owens will act as tem-| y chairman. John W. Yerkes has | offered the permanent chalrmanship, | t it is understood that he desires to | ad the committee on resolutions in or- r that President Roosevelt's interests | ooked after. There is an element | that opposes an indorsement of President F evelt’s candidacy at this time, but as | of the Belknap strength it is | eved that the anti-administration | w jeopardize the chances of | late for Governor by opmslng! resolutions. The resolutions in ey concern the tariff and trust I be of the “stand pat” fla- ntiment in this regard being unanimour. —————— POLICE DREDGE FOR BODY, EUT FAIL TO RECOVER IT | Tug Hands See It in the Harlem River, but It Quickly Sinks From View. K, July 14.—In passing un-| nue road bridge over ver to-day a tug sent to # second a woman's leg k silk stocking and a shoe. It dropped back who saw it believe it to a body which itself was d with a ¥ attached welghted, causing the leg to fall into the water a The police dredged for the body, but could not find §t. The end of the bridge at this point is ! d woman’s blood stained weist, skirt ang mise were found last Saturday night me of the police con- mect the discovery with the Roxbury mur- der, while others do not believe there is any connection. about where z | have/ lying idle, and I wan't to see if we | refused to enter into any arrangement as DUNY B GETS AR CONTRIGTS in Another’s Name. Startling Revelation by a Johnstown Manufacturer. Says Congressman Sought | to Bribe Him to Defraud Government. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, July 15.—The this morning publishes a special from Johns- | town, credited to the Daily Republican, in | which Timothy Keck { throws additional light upon Representa- | tive Luctus N. Littauer's relation to Gov- | ernment -contracts. Timothy Keck has been engaged in the manufacture of gloves in Johnstown for thirty Keck’s firm always had been able to get its share of Government work up to 1896, N. Littauer became a member of Since that time, Kec¥ says, he | four contracts, and inci- cted with some of these ap- ! Keck says that in 1599 he bid on 10,000 palrs of buckskin gauntlets, and although | his bid was the lowest he was awarded | only 2500 pairs, the balance going to Lyon‘ (who brought suit against Littauer) and | Littauer supplying the goods. Agaln, Sun of Johnstown years. when L. in 1801, he bid upon 4000 pairs of muskrats | for gauntlets, and again his bid was the | lowest, but he was awarded only one-half of the number of gloves called for, and | the other 2000 pairs were awarded to Wil- llam Topp. Keck's bid was $138% and| Topp's bid was $1 76% a pair. | Willlam Topp was a manufacturer of | fur gloves and buck gauntlets, and dled ! on April 16, 1302. Two or three days after | that date a large Government contract for gloves was to be bid for in Philadel- | phia, On the day after the death of Topp, | Littauer went from his;home in Glovers- | ville to Johnstown and Visited the factory of Timothy Keck & Son. Finding nq one there, he went to the house of Willlam T. Keck, a son of Timothy Keck and junior member of the firm, who says that Lit-| tauer entered into conversation with him in regard to bids for this Government work. “Mr. know,” Keck Topp is dead, of course, you said Littauer, to which young replied that he had heard so. Lit- tauer then sald: “Of course, you know that I own the Topp business. I have about $60,000 in- vested there, which I cannot afford to can’t make some kind of arrangement in regard to this Government contract by which I can get it at a price at which I can make something, and I am willing to make it an object to you if you will not | put in a bid, or put it in at a price to sult Keck informed Littauer that he could make no arrangement with him, but he would have to see his father, who was in New York on his way to Philadelphia to | put in his bid for Government work. After | obtaining Timothy Keck’s address in New | York Littauer made an appointment with him in New York, and Littauer made sub- stantially the same proposition to him that he made to his son. Keck, however, proposed by Littauer and put in his bid, but the contract was awarded to H: T. Patterson of Philadelphia. —_——— GENERAL CASSIUS M. CLAY IS DEPRIVED OF WEAPONS Revolver and Bowie Knife Are Re- moved From His Room by the Servants. LEXINGTON, Ky., July 14.—The room occupled by General Cassius M. Clay at Whitehall has been stripped of weapons by an order of the committee appointed by the Richmond court to take charge of his affairs. The revolver and bowie knife were taken from the room by the ser- vants. They reported to General Clay that they had been removed by the nurse and his grateful appreciation of her for- mer services turned to hostility and he would not let her render him the least service. ——— REMOVES IIS PRISONER AND PREVENTS LYNCHING New York Deputy Sheriff Cleverly Outwits a Mob of Angry Farmers and Molders. ALBANY, N. Y., July 14—The Deputy Sheriff at Coxsackle prevented a lynching there this afternoon by smuggling James Little, a 19-year-old negro, out of the flimsy jail there and taking him to Catskill. Early in the day Little attacked the 1l-year-old daughter of a farmer and escaped after threatening the child with death. He was captured, confessed and was placed in jail. While a mob of farmers and striking molders and river men, led by the girl's father, was forming, the Sheriff got Little safely away from the jall. The child is seriously injured, but may recover. | to work his way down the mountainside | hotel for more help. Provided with plenty | of ropes and carrying a stretcher, a party | Johns, weak from exhaustion and lack of | food and benumbed by the chill of the WOMAN FALLS IN CREVASSE ATYOSEMITE Has a Perilous Experience. Searchers Find Her on the Edge of a High Cliff Desperate Effort Is Made to Rescue the Tourist and Succeeds. —_——— YOSEMITE VALLEY, July 14—Mrs. A. E. Johns of New York City, who had been staying in the valley a few days, was found this morning in a steep crevasse back of Sentinel Dome. Yesterday Mrs. Johns started from Glacier Point Hotel to walk to the fissures, located two miles from the hostelry. Mrs. Lewis, the man- ager of the hotel, cautioned her against going too far without a guide, and ad- monished her not to remain after daylight began to fade, as there was grave danger of losing the trail. Last night Mrs. Johns did not return, and Mrs. Lewis realized that something disastrous had happened. Only a short time before Mr. Garren of S8an Francisco had missed his way over the tralls, and nothing was heard from him until the next afternoon. No trace of the missing woman was found last night. Early this morning searching parties started out again, one of them making a discovery that filled the spectators with horror. Far down one of the sides of th> Sentinel fissures, whose crevasses drop down in some places for thousands of feet, suspended on a ledge that jutted out from the steep sides of the narrow can- yon, Mr. Potter, a clerk at the hotel, found the almost lifeless form of Mrs. Johns. WOMAN ON A LEDGE. She was too weak to speak, but was able by feeble signs to make Potter know that she still lived. After trying in vain to her Potter was forced to return to the of eight men made their way back to the crevasse, where work was commenced to take Mrs. Johns from her dangerous situ- ation on the ledge. Dr. E. A. Brown of Alameda, who happened to be at/ Glacler Point last night, accompanied the relief party. The party found Mrs. Johns' position to be critical in the extreme. A closer ex- amination made her escape from a fright- ful death nothing less than miraculous. She had fallen a distance of 300 feet from the tip of the crevasse walls and had par- tially stayed her fall by catching scrub cedar trees through which she had plunged. When the rope had been lowered Potter descended to examine the ground and de- termine the best course to pursue In get- ting Mrs. Johns from her perilous posi- tion. Lodged upon a two-foot ledge, with her clothing torn to fragments and her flesh scratched and bruised, lay Mrs. night. EFFORTS AT RESCUE. With difficulty a rope was securely tied around Mrs. Johns’ waist and an effort was made to holst her to the rim above. This attempt proved futile because of Mrs. Johns' weight. By leaning over the precipice Mr. Potter could discern an- other and larger ledge a hundred feet be- low, from which was a sheer drop of hun- dreds of feet. He determined to try a dif- ferent plan of rescue. Giving the order to those above to lower the rope, Potter swung the inanimate form of Mrs. Johns out over the tiny strip of rock upon which she had braced herself for fifteen hours and into the chasm beneath. By swinging the rope to and fro Potter was able to lodge Mrs. Johns upon the larger ledge, and then descended himself, Calling to one of the mountain guides above, Potter had him descend the rope to the ledge, upon which all three were now resting. Then the two picked up Mrs. Johns and together they made their difficult way around dangerous ledges and over yawning precipices beneath until finally, worn out and exhausted, they reached the rim above once more. To-night Mrs. John's condition is much improved, and as no bones were fractured she will be all right with a night's rest. —— DYNAMITERS BLOW UP BUILDINGS IN AGRAM Wreck Home of a Deputy and Badly Damage Office of Govern- ment Newspaper. VIENNA, July 14.—Two dynamite out- rages were reported from Agram, the capital of Croatia, to-day. There was much material damage but no fatalities. In one case a bomb exploded in the house of Deputy Matini. In the other case there was destroyed the cellar of a building oc- cupled by a bank and the governmental paper the Narodke Novene. The outrages are believed to have resulted from the Croatian political troubles. ROME, July 15, 5:15 a. m. — The Pope has passed a very tranquil night, but the depression of his vi- tal forces coatinues. His breathing at times was diffi- cult. Pope Stands While Receiving Group of Cardinals. Transacts Routine Business of His Station. OME, July 15, 2 a. m.—Another re- markable rally in Pope Leo's R condition occurred Vesterday aft- ernoon, after a morning in the course of which his Holiness suffered spells of delirlum and at times his strength sank to the lowest ebb; and now he lies in no worse condition than he was on Monday evening, except for the steady diminution of his strength. Monsignor Bislet, master of the chamber, visited the sick room just after midnight, and on emerging said that the Pontiff's condition was unchanged. A iittle later the Pope fell into a sleep; which, it is an- nounced, was fairly tranquil, although the patient’s respiration was troublesome. Yesterday's rally was characteristically opposed to every medical theory. The Pope got out of the bed on which two hours previously he himself had made all preparations for death. Not satisfled with this exhibition of vitality, he tran- sacted private business and received four Cardinals, with whom he talked in an ani- mated way. In fact, Pope Leo's record for yesterday, little of which appeared in last night’s official bulletins, would be in- credible if it were not confirmed by the doctors and Cardinals present in the sick chamber. None seem more perplexed than the doctors themselves. Dr. Lap- poni said frankly; “I cannot imagine how the Pope man- ages to keep alive.” According to physiclans the Pontiff may die at any moment, even in the midst of one of those extraordinary Intervals when his mind and Lody present a com- peratively sound appearance: All those around the patient have long since ceased to hold definite opinfons re- garding the duration of the Pontiff's ex- istence. The slow but progressive diminu- tion of the strength of the august patient foretells the approaching end of the struggle with death, but the doctors will not venture to predict how near the end is. Constant relapses, they say, such as created alarm early yesterday, are grad- ually wearing down the Pope's constitu- tion, which seems immune from any spe- cific disease. Most persons are inclined to the idea that Pope Leo may go through perhaps two or three repetitions of yesterday’s ups and downs, tiil, as Dr. Rossoni puts it, “his pulse stops forever.” Three causes may accelerate the end, viz.: Inability to take nourishment, which was exhibited yesterday, sudden heart failure or the progression of the pleura disease. The latter is thought the least probable. - As day succeeds day it becomes pathologically clearer that it is a case of a very old man dying because he has lived his allotted time. The Pope himseif yesterday afternoon ordered the Cardinals to be admitted and received them standing, he whom they supposed to be at the point of death say- ing, “Please be seated.” Ie recounted the impressive ceremony of the morning when he received the benediction of the Franciscan order. The Cardinals in- formed him of the worldwide prayers for his life. Pope Leo answered that he was much gratified, but that he was ready for his final departure, concluding by saying, “God's will be done.” Even more striking was the Pope's in- terview with his secretary, Monsignor Angeli. His Holiness sent for him, say- ing that he wished to see certain papers, which the secretary brought. Then, after a short explanation, Monsignor Angell wished to get the Pope’s decision on the matter, but Pope Leo said: “Well, well, not to-day. that some other time.” A curious controversy is proceeding be- tween the Vatican medical body, com- posed of ten doctors of lesser importance than Dr. Lapponi and several foreign physicians, over the embalming of Pope Leo's body. Several foreigners have of- fered processes of embalming, each more wonderful than the other, and the Papal doctors unearthed Pontifical bulls giving the right to embalm the Pope solely to the Vatican medical body. B DISORDER IN VATICAN. Lack of a Master Hand Is Every- where Apparent. PARIS, July 15—The Figaro's corre- spondent at Rome telegraphs that during the past two days the Pope- has com- plained of being unable Lo keep still and constantly asked for things which he re- fused when brought. It is often neces- sary to raise him, as he becomes fatigued through lying, and an arrangement has been adjusted to the bed, enabling the pa- tient to be raised without being touched. Yesterday the Pope complained particu- larly of a lack of alr and his valet, Cen- tra, had to draw back the green curtains cutting off that part of the chamber in which_the bed stands. , The correspondent, adds that complete disorder prevails at the Vaticon and the lack of a master hand is felt. ‘Every. one gives orders and nobody 'obeys. We will do I_('E_ENNEJJ OF MIND GOVERNMENTS OF UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA ARE LIKELY TO ADJUST DIFFERENCES WITHOUT ILL FEELING Manchurian Situation Promises Important Developments. s ! ASHINGTON, July 14.—Far reach- Ing in its effects on the Menchu- | rian situation was the conference to-day at the State Department between Secretary Hay and Theodore Hansen, the Russian Charge d'At- faires, who called, it is understood, to | bring important advices from St. Peters- burg regarding the ports in Manchuria | which Russia is willing China shall open | to the United States. This has been the | question that has deadlocked the nego- tiations for some time. What transpired | at to-day’s counference can only be.sur- ! mised, as both of the conferees declined to discuss the proceedings. Immediately after Hansen's departure Mr. Hay sent for Rockhill, chiet"6f the Bureau of the American 'Republics, and formerly American Commissicner ' to | China, and thé two had a long conference. i Rockhill's intimate knowledge of the East, gained_ through his residence there, is duly appreciated at the State Depart- ment, and before Count Cassidl's depart- ure he was frequently at the Russidan embassy in connection with the negotia- tions. It was indicated to-day by a State De- partment official that the next few days | might bring to light important develop- ments regarding the Chinese-American treaty. PRSI SN CONGER TO INVESTIGATE. Goes to Newchwang to Look Into Russian Operations. PEKING, July 14.—United States Minis- | ter Conger arrived at Newchwang to-day, where he will make a personal investi- | M. Lessar, the will return gation of the situation. Russfan Minister to China, here late to-day. The Russian Legation is without in- formation regarding the result of the conference of high Russian officials at Port Arthur. Dispatches from Japan are optimistic, but on account of the continu- ing reports of Russian actfvity on the Yalu River and also the statement made by the Korean legation here that China will not consent and the Koreans them- selves are unable to open Atiami to trade, because of the Russian objections, the opinion here is gloomy. Unless the evacuation of Manchuria oc- curs soon the belief obtains here that acts of belligerent Russians on the Yalu will precipitate a conflict, as it is understood that Japan will regard the continuation of Russian encroachment on the territory bordering the Yalu as a casus belli. ARG WAR SEEMS CERTAIN. Trouble in t.hsmi":r East Is Not Far Off. & VICTORIA, B. C., July 14.—According to e = PROMINENT HEBREWS WHO ARE COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO THE KISHENEV PETITION, AND STATESMAN -WHOSE KNOWL- EDGE OF MANCHURIAN AFFAIRS IS VALUED BY GOVERNMENT. / sacre May Not Be YSTER . BAY, L. I, July 14—An O important conference was held at Sagamore Hill to-day between the President and representative Jew- ish citizens of the Soclety of B'nai B'rith, regarding the petition to ‘the Russian Government on the Kishenev outrages. "Besides the President, the parties to the conference were Simon S. Wolf of Wash- ington, Oscar 8. Straus and Leon Levi of New York. The administration has ~been embar- rassed by the delay of the representatives of the B'nal B'rith Soclety in presenting the petition. A draft of the document was handed to President Roosevelt sev- | eral weéks ago by Wolf, but it was de- | clded after some consideration to modify | the text of the petition before presenting | it formally to this Government for trans- mittal to Russia. Time was desired, too, to obtain to the petition the signatures of representative citizens of the United States of all the religious faiths. As a result the document was not placed in the hands of the President until to-day. The result of the conference at Saga- more Hill has not yet been disclosed, but a strong intimation is given that the peti- tion may not be forwarded to the Russian Govérnment. The desire of both the President and Secretary Hay is that the Kishenev incident should be closed as soon as possible. as further delay In its consideration’ might prove embarrassing to this Government in its diplomatic ne- gotlations with Russia. Inasmuch as the Russian Government has indicated by the adoption. of severe measures a genuine disposition to punish adequately the per- petrators of the Kishenev murders, and. in addition, those who instigated them, it is a problem for the President and Secre- tary Hay to solve whether representa- ddvices recelved by the steamer Empress of India to-day, the crisis in the Far East is close to a breaking point, and even the mest conservative journals fear that war will be the outcome of Russian- Chinese intrigues. Many newspapers urge an appeal to arms. The Peking correspondent of the Maini- chi says M. Lessar’s reference to Russian preparedness is taken to mean that battleships and seven torpedo boats are lying there. ‘The Osaka Mainichi correspondent says that Russian officlals at Peking have been working to convince Prince Ching and Chinese officials that Japan's cordial reception to Russia's War Minister, Gen- eral Kouropatkin, shows that a Russo- Japanese entente is In making and the trgops are now at the Yalu and that the force along the coast of the Yellow Sea is. in sufficient strength. The Russian Minister to Peking also states thlt he has received advices from Admiral Alex- The Eclaire’s correspondent at Rome |+eff that all defensive measures, in view telegraphs that yesterday a diplomatist | of a possible Japanese asked Cardinal Rampolla for the bulls concerning the Bishops appointed at the last consistory. The Cardinal replied: “All of the ministries have now ceased Continued on Page 2, Column 3. Masampho, Korea, invasion, ~ have been completed along the coast of the Yellow Sea and the Korean frontier. The United States fleet s still at Chee- foo and the Japanese squadron is cruis- ing in northern waters. A dispatch from 's that five Russian Anglo-Japanese alliance Is failing. According to ' dispatches received by Shanghai papers from Thibet, great ex- citement prevails there because of ru- mors that the British Government is sending forces of soldiers from India into ‘Thibet because the boundary negotlations with India have failed. The correspondent of the Shanghai Mer- cury reports that severe fighting has taken place at Litang, Thibet, between the people and priests. The abbot of the monastery bas defled Chinese interfer- ance and fighting resuited, in which the ———————p Hebrew Petition Bearing Upon Kishenev Mas- Sent to ine Czar. tions concerning " the Incident now are either desirable or necessary. It is suggested that the whole question may be resolved into a brief statement through diplomatic' channels to the Rus- sian Fordign- Office that such a petition is in the hands of the United States, thus leaving it to Russia to say whether, it would or would not receive the document if it were presented. It would close the iccident without subjecting,the United States relations with Russia to a straim, and it is regarded as quite as effective as the actual presentation of the petition. Wolf, Levi and Straus concluded their conference with -the President and- left for New York this afternoon. - Prior to their "departure they announced -that while the conference had been eminently satisfactory they were not in a position to discuss its result. The petition in its modified form was presented to the Pres- ident, but it is understood that signatures “to it are being added and probably wiil contintte to be added for several days. ‘While many citizens of Jewish faith have signed the petition a majority of the -'=n- ers are of other religious bellefs. L is learned that a statement soon will be made by the State Department in Wash- ington which. will disclose the steps taken and to be taken by this Government. Both Wolf and Straus have served the Government in diplomatic capacity and Levi has been identified from the first with the movement for the amelloration of the condition of the Jews In Russia. All of them, it can be said, are delighted with the position taken by this Govern- ment. They recognize fully, however, the limitations which surround the State De- partment in a matter so delicate as the Kishenev incident. e e e e N i ] priests were defeated and the abbot de- posed. Advices from South China report that the rebels In Kwangsi are now stronger than ever, -especially in the vicinity of Kweliin, the provincial capital. The reb- els have established a provisional govern- ment, collect taxes and enlist and drill troops, which are regularly paid. The rule of the rebels holds through several dis- tricts and the natives are quite contented. Strict discipline is enforced by the rebel officers. Arms and ammunition, all mod- ern, are being brought by bands from neighboring provinces.. The rebels. who are said to be governed by the reform party, which has branches in America; look upon the district where the provisional government is established as the headquarters of a great rebellion soon to commence, and a corres of the North China Daily News predicts that when hostilities commence the manda- rins will find the rebellion ten times greater than the Talping rising.