The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 13, 1903, Page 1

‘ te be taken frem the Library.++** . —————————— VOLUME XCIV—NO. 74. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENT MURDER OF THE INNOCENT AND THE RAZING OF TOWNS OCCUPY TURKS flND REBELJ' 1 BATILESHP SIRIKES ON HOCK LEOGE Epec BAR HARBOR, Me, jeaving the harbor noon to-day, sels of the Noi battieship Massachuse eiderable damage by of rdcks off the The deep water, heads soon filled and found by @i who examined he that several plates forward had cracked Massachusetts was headed back rbor with difficulty, accompa ister vessel, the Indiana, and pion. She will remain ain Manning, her com- orders from Washing- g & thick fog at in company with other ves- the Atlantic squadron, s sustained c riking on the iedge ern end of Egg Rock. | big vessel slipped over the rocks into ulk- but the two forward it was subs been when ¥ ted she will proceed »oklyr ydocked. the time the accident occurred the | on, which is under command of Barker, and which has engaged In a war game off the co und for Long Island Sound, where 1 be exercises pre! vjous to an in- n and review on mzay by Presi- Secretary Moody and Ad- believed that the ac- t was due to a miscalculation of her | position on the part of the navigating of- wi ficer. When the chip struck she was go- ing at the rate of about nine and a half knots an hour Captain Manning 1 tolnight that he could have proceeded with the rest of the fleet, but thought it wisest to return, so thet the Massachusetts could be dry- docked for repa It is expected that he will be in trim when het orders are received 1o e will proceed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, probakly unde:, her wn steam, and will be drydocked so that the full extent of her damage may be as- certained | TWO NOTED OF THAT ME MILITARY SCENEIN BULGARIA, AND COUNTRY'S MOST Throughout the Balkans. | A& General Massacre May Occur at Any Time. ONDON, Aug. 12.—The Daily Mail this morning prints a dispatch from Belgrade which says that the Macedonian insurgents never appear in great numbers, but in scattered detachments, thus baffling the Turkish troops and avoiding open encoun- ters. They confine themselves mostly. to the destruction of villages and crops, ex- pecting in this way to compel the popu- lace to join. the rebellion. The Turkish soldiers are powerless to deal with these small bands, but to show that they are active they occasionally loot peaceful Christian villages and per- petrate the most terrible outrages under pretense of combating the insurgents. Bash! Bazouks have become the curse of the villages. They rob and murder indis- criminately, and anarchy reigns. A climax of terrible massacres may oc- cur at any time. Even in Belgrade the Mohammedans are preparing for action. The Turks now threaten recourse to dyna- mite. As far as known the following villages have been destroyed: Korrteschu, Nared, Narakov, Kosinetz, Schlevo, Lichnaderes, adovo, Ostrovo, Sorovitch, Eskischu, kitz and Jeser. On Tuesday the rebels B: | falled in an attempt to set fire to Monas- tir. The correspondent regards the situa- tion as desperate, The Times prints a dispatch from Sofia which says that the Turkish authorities at Villum have distributed 5000 rifles to the Mohammedan population, which al- ready threatens the Christians with mas- sacre. —————— TURKS SURROUND KRUSHEVO. Will Attack the Inlurgent Strong- hold With Artillery. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 12 — One hundred and fifty revolutionists . were killed In the fighting at Sorovitch on Au- gust § according to official Turkish re- ports. The same dispatches, which have been communicated to the Russian and Austrian embassies, state that the in- surrectionary movement Iis increasing dafiy. Hilmi Pasha, inspector general of the Sultan’s Macedonian reforms, re- ports that the young men in all the Bul- garian villages are fieeing to the moun- tains to joln the insurgent bands. Many |Reign of Anarchy [ FOR JOURNEY GENERGL | PFPAPR/ OFL,, o THAW HIRES PRIVATE CAR Special Dis DENVER, Aug. 12—William Thaw, the wealthy Pittsburg man who created an international semsation a few months ago by refusing to appear at the wedding of his ‘sister to the Earl of Yarmouth, paid the Union Pacific more than $1000 for- the exclusive use of a Pullman car from Den- ver to San Francisco. Thaw spent Tuesday in Denver and found, when about to depart, that he could not get a drawing-room in a Pullman. He at once chartered a private Pullman and paid $350 cash to use it seven days. He then purchased eighteen tickets at $40 each to San Francisco in order to have the exclusive use of the car. The only persoh on board besides himself was H. Harvey Hill, his private secretary. Thaw spent money lavishly while in Denver. He is going to San Francisco to see the Corbett-Jeffries fight. @ il @ among the Bulg~rian peasantry wished to remain neutral, but were compelled by | his nets which had drifted from this side | ATTACK THE AGREEMENT | conditions. threafs to help the revolutionary com- mittees. Hussein Hilma Pasha, who has been appointed Vali of Monastir, reports a similar spread of the insurrectionary movement in the vilayet of Salonica, where, he says, the committees are re- solved on the same plan of massacre, in- cendiarism and pillaging as in Monastir. Telegrams received this morning from Monastir announce that the town of Krushevo is still occupied by the insur- gents. Four thousand Turkish troops, with artillery, surround the town and are preparing to attack, and, if possible to retake the position. Fighting with the rebels is In progress in the district of Dibra, where it appears that the Alban- ians are attacking Bulgarian villages. o SLTBNCD 3 oI B MG T W Continued on Page 3, Column 4. formal ceremony will be held, Combes pronouncing a discourse on be- SHIP'S GUS THUNDER ON LAKE ERIE Yankee Smack At- tacked by Cana- dian Cutter. Although Riddled by Solid Shot, the Small Craft Escapes. Captain Denies Charge yof Poaching and Will De- mand Redress. ERIE, Pa., Aug. 12—The Silver Spray, a fishing boat owned here, came into port this afternoon in a badly shattered condition, owing to an encounter in mid- lake at about noon with the Canadian revenue cutter Petrel. The Canadian authorities have for years had trouble with American fishermen poaching on the Canadian side of the lake, and the Petrel is kept constantly on the lookout for them. At noon she came upon the Silver Spray om the Canadian slde of the lake, and at once ordered Cap- tain Chris Chau to stop. The Petrel is a strong steel craft and, it is said, attempt- ed to ram the American hoat before she could comply with the order to stop. Cap- tain Chau decided to attempt to cscape,l and started ahead at full speed. | The Petrel then ovened fire with all o(‘ her gums and about twenty shots struck | the Silver Spray. Two shots struck the pilot-houge in which Captain Chau stood | at the wheel. One came within a few | inches of Chau, scattering a myriad of | splinters around his head. That no one was killed is remarkable, as two shots struck the eabin, two the | roof, three the after hurricane deck, and | the others various parts of the boat. The chase was kept up for osme time, | but when Captain Chau got across the boundary line the Petrel gave up the pursuit. The only man wounded on the Silver ! Epray was Roderlck Culver, %o was hit in the leg by a shot. He is now in the hospital. . The fishermen say the Petrel used her small deck cannon. Captain Chau will report the affair to the State Department in Washington, as he says he was only looking for some of toward the Canadian shore. —_———— WITH MORGAN’'S COMPANY British Statesmen Object to Grant- ing Shipping Subsidies to Foreigners. LONDON, Aug. 12—In the House of Commons to-night Gerald Balfour, prési- dent of the Board of Trade, moved that the House approve the Government's agreements with the Cunard Steamship Company and the International Marine Company, providing for the use of the British steamships In carrying the malls and as auxillary crulsers under certain Robertson entered an objection, and moved an amendment “that the House re- grets the arrangement with the Cunard Steamship Company without first ascer- taining the terms on which the Govern- ment’s requirements might be met by other companies.” Sir Charles Dilke seconded Robertson's amendment. His only objection to the agreement with the Morgan combination, he said, was that it was a bargain by the British Government with foreigners. The combine, if,ever it had an element of dan- g, was now reduced to utter helpless- ness by the agreement. After two hours of discussion Robert- son's amendment was defeated and the agreements were approved. PR S R TAFT SAYS APPOINTMENT HAS “NOT BEEN OFFERED Refuses to Discuss Rumor That He ‘Will Succeed Secretary of , War Root. MANILA, Aug. -12.—Governor General William H. Taft refused to discuss to- night his probable appointment as the successor of Secretary of War Root when the latter retires, saying that he had not yet been offered the appointment. It is generally belleved here that Gov- ernor Taft does not wish to leave the Philippines until numerous problems now pending are solved. The situation is scarcely beginning to show the results pledged for the upbuilding of the Pili- pinos, whose devotion to and faith in Governor Taft are remarkable. It is known that Governor Taft does not de- sire to leave the island in any event be- fore next February, but it is thought that he is ready to obey President Roose- velt's wishes, though his departure would cause a sacrifice. In the meantime it is stated that relatives and friends are con- stantly urging him to return. —_—————— FIFTY-EIGHT TUNNEL 4 VICTIMS ARE BURIED Remainder of Dead Will Be Interred To-Day, the Premier Deliver- . ing the Discourse. PARIS, Aug. 12.—Fifty-eight victims of the tunnel catastrophe were buried to- | day, the condition of the bodies not per- | mitting any delay. The rest of the vie- tims will be buried to-morrow, when. a Premier half of the Government and the Prcmbnt of the Municipal Council speaking on be- half of the citv.™ FOSTER TO BE JENT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT DIPLOMATIC TANGLE - o} (=4 LEITCA A - T MINISTER TO TURKEY, WHOSE INACTION HAS CAUSED PRESIDENT TO DECIDE TO SEND FAMOUS DIPLOMAT TO CONSTANTINOPLE TO TAKE VEXATIOUS PRQBLEMS OUT OF HIS HANDS. - s | President Is Displeased UDith Mtruster Leischman’s Inaction. OSTON. Mass., Aug. 12—The Bos- ‘ton Aavertiser, in a specialf from Oyster Bay, will say to-morrow: “It is reported here that President Roosevelt has determined to send John W. Foster, one of the most versa- tile diplomats in the country, to Constan- tinople to straighten out the tangle into which Minister Leischman has got himself by his dilatory inaction. The President is very much incensed at Leisch- man's failure to make the Sultan take some decided action in the Tenikijian cage —that of the American trained Armenian teacher who was imprisoned and tortured —and in the matter of the payment of Miss Ellen. M. Stone’s ransom, which has been hanging fire for some time. AOCK ISLAND A00S T0 176 BIE SYSTEN Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 12—Once more the raflroad map of America has been re- drafted. The Seaboard Air Line has lost its identity as an independent system and the Rock Island has emerged as con- trolling interest in the new ownership. This most recent ‘affiliation, which in- cludes a perfect understanding with the Mexican Central, makes the Rock Isi-| and by far the largest rallroad system of the western hemisphere, having a volce in the policy soverning 17,297 miles of railroad, and gives it entrance to the great cities of the Atlantic seaboard, in- cluding New York. The new interests which now dominate the Seaboard Air Line are the St. Louis and San Francisco Rallroad, owned by the Rock Island; the Mexican Central Railroad, and Laden- burg, Thalman & Co., bankers, who rep- resent the former controlling interest in the Seaboard and also are fiscal agents of the Mexican Central. As though they possessed a magic touch, the Moore-Leeds Reid-Yoakum syndicate has conjured into existence the largest property in America. The growth of the Rock Island system has been the wonder of the world. By successive leaps Minneapolis and St. Paul on the north have been joined by one great system with New Orleans and Galveston on the Gulf of Mexico. Denver and El Paso, Kansas City and St. Louis, Memphis and Birmingham have been included and now will be connected in one system with alf Atlantic ports in the South and with ‘Washington, Philadelphia and New York, for the Seaboard Air Line owns a one- sixth interest in the Old Dominion Steam- ship Company, a one-sixth interest in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, and has an arrangement with the Penn- sylvania. 5 The Seaboard will connect with the Frisco at Birmingham, Ala. A close re- lation also will exist between the Rock Island and the Mexican Central, and one | of the bapkers who negotiated the Sea- board and is also interested in Mexican Central financing sald to-day that it ‘would no surprise if the Rock Isl- and use part of its proposed $25,- 000,000 issue for the acquisition of Railroad. & the Mexican Central “Leischman was appointed Minister t Swilzerland in 1897 without having naa | any previous experience in diplomacy. He was a millionaire mining king in Pennsyl- vania, and he had delved into Pennsylva- nia politics' to some extent. He was Quay's right-hand man and very bullding concern. made directly thfough Quay's lnflucnce,l Leischman was transferred to Turkey in 1901, relieving Minister Terrell.’ The special says that the President sends Foster practically to supersede | Leischman, a sort of “Paramount Blount' position. ests in Turkey, and his report to the Pres- ident will be most interesting. BANK NOTES STOLEN FROM MENDENAALL Special Dispatch to The Call. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 12.—J. S. Mendenhall of San Francisco, a mining promoter, was robbed of $2000 in a house at 2015 Chestnut street early this morning. Menderhall ar- rived in this city Sunday evening and reg- istered at the Terminal Hotel. Yesterday .afternoon he displayed a roll of bills to the chief clerk, John Parcell, stating that he was going out for a good time. The clerk advised the miner to leave a por- tion of the sum with him for safe keep- ing. Mendenhall refused, saying the money would be safe with him. ‘Wednesday morning Mendenhall return- ed 40 the hotel and reported to Parcell that he had been robbed of a large sum. The clerk called in Detective John How- ard, who got a statement from the Cali- fornian, and afterward began an investi- gation. He believes Mendenhall is a vie- tim of “panel” workers. Mendenhall stated that after he left the Terminal Hot: ‘Tuesday afternoon he met a friend al the Laclede Hotel. The detective thought this friend might have taken the money from the mining pro- moter for safe keeping, but Mendenhall sald he was certain he had the money in ‘his possession after he entered the house at 2015 Chestnut street. He did not know the name or give a description of the persons whom he suspects took his “roll.”” He said that he had eleven $100 bills, ten $50 bills anu a number of bills of smaller denomination, aggregating $2000, all of which were taken. Silver in his pockets amounting to $25 was not molested. Mendenhall telegraphed to San Francisco this morning for funds to en- -t;le him to return home. Dense Smoke From Violent Eruption Shuts Out View of the Volcano. - ROME; Aug. 12.—Mount Vesuvius con- tinues in a fever of eruption. A new cra- ter seems to have beer opened, but it is impossible to ascertain this fact definitely owing to smoke which surrounds the top "ot the mountair inti- | mately assoclated with the Cramps’ ship- | His appointment was | He will investigate all the af-| fairs of the mission and American inter- | THOUSANDS SHELTERLESS IN" JAMAIGA Hurricane’s Path Strewn With Wreckage. Fifty Persons Are Be. lieved to Have Perished. {Property Loss in the West India Island Is Estimated at $10,000,000. i s KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 12.—The ef- fects of. the hurricane upon the island of Jamaica were greater than at first be- | ieved. Port Antonio, on the north coast, was completely overwhelmed. Only six houses were left standing there. The | United Fruit Company’s wharves, offices, | hotel and plantations were utterly de- | molished. Five of the company's steam- ers, including the Simon Dunois, Alfred | Dunois and Brighton. were driven ashore, | but are Iying-in easy positions. Port Ma- ria, another town on the north coast, also suffered similarly. The coast is strewn | with wreckage of local sailing vessels. It is feared that the loss of life. has | been heavy, thirty fatalities having al- ready been revorted, principally among seamen. | The entire eastern end of the island has been devastated. Villages have .been wiped out and public buildings and churches destroyed. Thousands of the | peasantry were rendered homeless and ‘des(l(ulfl and are wandering about seek- ing food and shelter. The destruction of the banana plantations has been com- plete and the fruit trade is paralyzed for the next .twelve months. Hundreds of prosperous fruit growers Rave been brought to bankruptey and ruin. The western end of the island, which it Was at first supposed had escaped, also uffered considerably. New banana plan- ations planted there were partiy de- troyed; «nd the orange and coffes crops were also injured. { The Norwegian steamer Salvatore di | Giorgy was driven ashore at Annotta Bay and lies in a dangerous position. Several sailing vessels were wrecked on the north side. It is still stormy and threatening and there are fears that there may be { a renewal,of the storm. Thousands of houses in Kingston wers damaged, the wharves were battered and | several coasting vessels were sunk in the harbor. Trade is practically at a | standstill. The southeastern portion of the island has been practically denuded of its crops, | the rivers are flooded and many men | were carried out to sea and drowned. } Considering the damage to property dur- IIng the hurricane the loss of life was comparatively small, though the present stimate now is that the death lst will reach fifty. Hundreds of persons were injured and there were numerous hair- breadth escapes. The property loss is éstimated at $10,000,000. HIGH WIKDS IN CUBA. Important D-mlgn Reported From Any Province. HAVANA, Aug. 12.—While high winds and threatening conditions prevail in all the provinces of Cuba, there have been no reports up to to-night of any impor- tant damage. There was some destruc- tion of crops and small buildings in the province of Pinar del Rio, where the wind appears to have been strongest. .Ca- ble connection with all the islands of the West Indies is intact, with the exception of Jamaica, Martinique, Guadalupe and Dominica. BOOKKEEPER'S THEFTS RUIN BANK PRESIDENT Trusted Employe Steals $45,000 in Eight Months and Loses All in Stocks. DULUTH. Minn., Aug. 12.—E. E. John- son, bookkeeper for the Commercial Banking Company of this city, was ar- rested here this evening on a. warrant charging him with the embezzlement of $45000 of the bank’s money. Johnson admitted his guilt and claimed that his peculations had extended over a period of eight months, and that he had been able to deceive his employers by a manipulation of the pooks. He de- clared he had squardered the money in stock speculation and that not a dollar of the amount was saved. President Charles F. Leland of the Commercial Banking Company said to-night: ' “I am a ruined man and the efforts of | years have been wiped away by the em- bezzlement. I trusted younz Johnson as I would one of my own boys. Johnson is 28 years of age and unmar- ried. No — e— PROHIBITS IMPORTATION OF SUGAR FROM RUSSIA Great Britain Also Raises Barrier Against Denmark and Argentina. LONDON, Aug. 12—A proclamation has been issued under the new sugar conven- tion act which prohibits the importation of sugar from Russia, Denmark and Ar- gentina. —_———— Land Bill Nears Final Passage. LONDON, Aug. 12—The House of Com- mons to-day accepted all the amendments to the Irish land bill adopted by the House of Lords, except two, which are of an unimportant nature. It is believed the Lords will accept the bill in its presest Sorm. —— T —— )