The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 7, 1903, Page 1

~ -« =wmuer Ul en from the Library,++++ te be tak VOLUME XCIV-NO. 99, PRICE FIVE CENTS ASSASSINS ATTEMPT THE LIFE OF KING PETER OF SERVIA WHILE HE IS DRIVING THROUGH THE GARRISON TOWN OF NISH LONDON, Sept. 6.—A dispatch from Vienna to the Daily Teclegraph says that advices from Servia leave no doubt that a serious crisis is imminent in that country. It is reported that an attempt Ston Nish last evening. 1eS TWe demonstration again e forcible i roention of officer. COLOMBIANS INSIST UPON SOVEREIGNTY Canal Discussion Reopened at Bogota. Committee Plans for a New Treaty. Liitle Republic Would Make Itself Defender of the Waterway. he New York shall roment E the neutrality of the ecanal wi retaining sovereignty. Mixed tH- nals for and Colombia is = maintain order. eived from the e to the impressio rejection of th eat Pr dent Marroquin s “on- limiting it ludin; 2l message has been am reporting produced the been ap- to-day v e President the a 3 Ma ting President of %the expresses his for canal s b he re- tion of he will rrow GBiEVANCES OF PANAMA. Stormy Session of Bogota House of Representatives. PANAMA, Sept ex-F f 6.—General Hernandez, » was spoken e Government of the coun presiden- ry t of Panama compls he isthmus was being ex tte 1 as 2 and that all the h Mcials were appointed from othe de- rtments, Ricardo Arango being the only e inted from the isthmus i here that it was the fear movement which led to the Senor Obaldia as Govern- f Panama with, it is said. power to egotiate on the canal question. General who has been appointed of Panama, is an having lived twenty PRS- S MAY PRESAGE SECESSION. Withdrawal of Panama’s Congress- men Causes Alarm. \SHINGTON, Sept. 6.—Anxious over which have reached Wash- the delegates from the de- Pa have withdrawn sessions of the Colombian Con- \ Bogota, Dr. Thomas Herran, the Minister of Colombia here, to-day ed to the Governor of Panama the subject. Dr. Her- report, »orts that partment of ama from the formation or credits the as the advices | Continued on Page 3, Column 2. severely burned MONOHYDE PUSTHING MISTERY Sensational Devel- opments at Wat- | sonville. | { Presents | Death of Mrs. Green'Unusual Investigated by Officials. ‘ gilvt Warrants May Be Issued To- | Day for the Arrest of | I a Husband. Mrs. Elvira Scales Green, an {aunt of Bill Nye, died at her home in Watsonville last Thursday night, supposedly from asphyxia- tion by illuminating gas. She was a woman of considerable means and three years before had mar- ried R. Green, a comparative stranger, who four times before had entered the matrimonial state. The authorities suspect that Mrs. Green was murdered, and the hus- band is being closely examined. | The causes of the deaths of three of his early wives are being |probed. The District Attorney |believes that enough evidence |may be obtained to-day to war- |rant an arrest. Special Dispatch to The Call WATSONVILLE, Sept Dis 6.—Sheriff Tras K ht and the e Were engaged all of yes- ton, ict Attorney Chief Polic . considerable part of to-day they believe are sus nces surrounding the t Thursday night of Mrs. Elvira s Green, an aunt of Bill the amous humorist. The offic know result of the invest been complete declare that they have ation by these made als has not en tional nature the e an arrest to-morrow. vidence will warr Green, the husband of the woman, has undergone a | severe “‘sweat proc during which the officers ot ed from him a state- ment of minutest detail concerning eve incident be! killed by monoxide Green was isoning. STORY OF HUSBAND. ors Green said that about an hour after he did, and he con- jectured that she had left the gas jet ter having first extinguished the = related that he awakened some s later and discovered the room full The theory s not Mrs. ape. Green had lived here a number of ad by thrift acquired a com- fortune. About three years ago her friends by marry > had a short time before he was 67 years During her residence = had devoted some time to lite f the officers is that 1sed she died. th cers state that Green had been marri four tjmes before he met the w en death is now being inv orts are being made to ascer precisely what caused the t, second and third w said by the authorities that ttached to the passing of The fourth wife obtained a divorce and is now living at Morgan Hiil. PROSPECT OF ARREST. The fact is commented on by the officers that prior to the death of Mrs. Green a widow from Forbestown, in Butte County, lived at the home of the Greens for a ong time and left there just before the wife's de For a few days she re- mained Paraiso Springs and then re- turned to Watsonville. She has since been living at Green's residence. The “sweating” of Green was concluded late this afternoon and effort was made to detain him. District Attorney Knight said to-night that the evidence is not conclusive enough to justify a érimi- nal charge, but he thinks the results of the inquiry which will be continued to- morrow will furnish a basis upon which to rest such a charge and enable the officers to make an arrest. The case has assumed a most sensational aspect, and some mystery a these women at no the development of the investigation is | being eagerly watched. | —————— 1 Fire Destroys a French Village. CHAMBERY, France, Sept. 6.—The vil- lage of Labise was destroy: Saturday afternoon. by fire on Three women were Green who allowed the BODNGUARD 10 NUMBER HUNDREE Small Army Will | Protect the President. Precautions | Are Being Taken in Syracuse. | ‘Populace Will Be Kept at | a Distance During } His Visit. Special Dispatch to The Cnl_l, SYRACUSE N. Y., Sept. 6.—Guarded as no other President in the United States ever was guarded in times of peace or war, Theodore Rocsevelt is to be hedged abc while in this city to-morrow. Never for a moment will there be less than 100 armed protectors around him. The populace will be kept at a distance. The elaborate precautions taken include the constant attendance of the usual body- ard of secret service men and detectives from Washington, whose numbers have been greatly increased; a company of Na- tional Guard and one hundred local po- licemen, making at least 300 armed men in all. the. slugts. of During his ride through this city the crowds will be kept back from the curbstone and detectives will carefuliy watch the throngs in the vicinity | rting and stopping polnts. Even i(hnm- in the windows along the route of | | the procession will be under surveillance. Unless the President strongly objects the stand at the Fair Grounds, where he is to review the parade of the National As- soclation of Letter Carriers, and which is to be surrounded by a high wire fence, will mark the limits within which no one not personally known to his escort will be allowed to appear. This will keep the crowd 100 feet distant on each side. STARTS FROM OYSTER BAY. OYSTER BAY, L. I, Sept. 6.—President Roosevelt left 9 a'clock for Syracuse, , where to-morrow he will open for- the New York State Fair and a vrabor day address. Shortly be- 9 o'clock the President arrived at the tion in one of his own carriages from Sagamore Hill. A goodly crowd of townspeople had assembled at the station to see him depart and wish him a suc- cessful journey. He was cheered as he passed along the station platform and in he lifted his hat, greeting two or three of his acquaintances cordially. The train on which he traveled to Long Island City was a Long Island Railroad special consisting of two cars—President Baldwin’s private car and a combination car. The P dent was accompanied by Secretary Loeb, several members of the executive force, representatives of the press associations and four secret service officers ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK. live fore response | NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—The train bear- | ing President Roosevelt and party | reached Richmond Hill, L. L, a little ahead of time, but was held there ten minutes awaiting the coming of Jacob A. Riis, who is te accompany the President | to Long Island City was | reached at 9:55 p. m., and the travelers | were brought into Manhattan by a boat yracuse. | of the Thirty-fourth-street ferry line. | Here the President was met by Police | Commissioner Francis V. Greene, witi | four lain clothes” men, among whom | President Roosevelt recognized Sergeant | Edward J. Bourke, whom he recalled for | his efficiency in enforcing the exclse law | while Mr. Roosevelt s at the head of | the New York Police Board, and later as a member of the Rough Riders in Cuba. The President greeted Sergeant Bourke cordially and spoke in high commenda- tion of the officer’s work as it had come | under his observation. Carriages conveyed President Roose- velt and the others of his party across the city to the Christopher-street ferry. "ere being time to spare, instead of go- ing directly across the North River to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad station, the boat was headed up stream for some distance, all enjoying the ride on the river. The Presidential train pulled out of the statiop at 11:45. —_———— BISHOP OF MARSEILLES IS TO LOSE HIS SALARY Premier Combes Punishes Him for Issuing a Violently Worded Circular to the Clergy. PARIS, Sept. 6.—Premier Combes of Marseilles because of a violently word- clergy of his diocese, denouncing the au- demonstration in the cathedral at Mar- sellles on the occ: Bishop of Nancy, 1 previously suppressed by the Government. de- | ? thorities, and also on account of a recent | rounds of blank ammunition e thrown at the carriage in which he was riding, one of which hit him on the cheek. It is also reported revolvers were fired. While official reports say only twenty-eight officers were arrested the army officers who killed the late King and Queen, private advices 1y five hundred officers and civilians were taken into custody.” Instead of being allowed to go on parole, as the officials report it, they wwere rele s of the Nish garrison. nna correspondent of the Chronicle sends a statement similay to the foregoing. o i made on. King P for- 4 TURKISH TROOPS PILLAGE AND BURN DILLAGES IN BULGARIAN TERRITORY o NES IN THE MACEDO! WHE! XTRAORDINARY PR PROTECT FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AGAINST N UPLANDS AND IN CON: TANTINOPLE, | ARE BEING TAKEN TO | ASSASSINATION. \ | LONDED CARTRIGE WSTEND OF BLANK N SENTRYS B NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 6.—Ser- geant L. G. Bryson of the Second Com- pany, Coast Artillery, stationed at Fort H. G. Wright, Fisher's Island, who was killed at the post yesterday afternoon, was shot by a sentry who had been or- dered to place him under arrest for creat- ing a disturbance. Further information is refused by the officer at the fort. Bryson is a native of Colorado and his relatives have been telegraphed to by the military authorities to ascertain what dis- position they wish made of the remains. The guard who did the shooting is said to be Private Price, also of the Second Company. It is said that an officer or- dered Private Price to fire a blank cart- ridge at Bryson and others, who were cutting up pranks at the rear of the mess- house while dinner was being served, -and has | that Price had misunderstood and slipped suppressed the salary of Bishop Andricu|a loaded shell into his plece and fired at Bryson. The ball passed through Bry- ed circular issued by the Bishop to the | son’s body, killing him instantly. While on guurd the soldiers carry five and five rounds of loaded cartridges. It is claimed fon of a visit from the | that Price got hold of a loaded shell in hose salary had been | mistake for a blank. He is under ar- rest pending an investization. SHIURES ON LKE ERE BF GAHIDIANS STIR WASHITON BUFFALO, Sept. 6.—The State Depart- ment in Washington has informed Rep- resentative Alexander that the depart- ment has authorized the Consul General of the United States in Canada to retain counsel in the case of the fishing tug Kitty D, seized off Dunkirk, in Lake Erie, by the Canadian boat Petrel a few months ago. Representative Alexander has also been in communication with Assistant Secretary Keep of the Treasury Depart- ment. One of the resuits of this is that the officers of the United States boat Fessenden have been notified by the Treasury Department to report at anoth- er hearing if their presence shall be de- sired. The Fessenden was recently dis- mantled and sent through.the Canadian canals ‘to the coast. An_effort will be made to have the im- aginary line between Canadian and American waters ‘'marked by buoys. American fishermen claim that the Cana- dian patrol boats arbitrarily declare the location of the boundary in midlake and seize their vessels when the exact loca- tion of the dividing line is in doubt. - -+ Sultan’s Artillery Bombards Even Neutral Towns and in Dilayet of Monastir One Pasha Openly Urges Men to Loot Sept. 6.—| Adrian- in | | | ONSTANTINOPLE, Private ad/ices from ople report that the trooy the Kirk Kilisseh distri are treating the inhabitants with great rigor. E Bulgarian | furnishing recruits to the insur- | gents been bombarded and de ed, | the abitants being given barely time ) to escape. In the vilayet of Monastir equal | severity 1s shown. One pasha told his| troops that the booty belonged to them | and the honor to him. As a result the| troops are pillaging even the villages | which remain neutral. There has been a heavy fall in Turkish securities during the past two days on | the rumor that the Turkish troops had crossed the Bulgarian frontier. United States Minister Leishman is not taking any steps regarding the attempt upon Vice Consul Magelssen at Beirut, but i3 quietly awaiting developments on the part of the Porte. Referring to the declarations made by Chekib Bey, the Turkish Minister in Washington, in an interview with him on | August 29, which has been cabled here, it is pointed out in Constantinople thai the Porte would have obviated all the present disagreement between the United States and Turkey had it executed its en- gagement made last year, and, therefore, the Ottoman Government is alone blam- ery village able for the present relations between the }= . two countries. It is declared also that the charges made by Chekib Bey against the American | missionaries of inciting ihe Armenia: against the Mussulmans are unfounded. The interior of most of the embassies | here are guarded by armed soldiers from | their respective guardships. The Ger- man embassy, in the absence of its guard- | ship, the Loreley, which is cruising in the | Black Sea, is guarded by Turkish sol- ‘diers. The survivors of the Hungarian steamer Vaskaou. which was destroved in the | stringent measur Black Sea on September 1 by explosions attributed to the Bu while on her way Igarian revolutionists from Varna, Bulgaria, to Constantinople, say that the explosions occurred on board the steamer at 4 o'clock last Tuesday morning. Two dy- namite bombs were thrown by men sup- posed to have embarked at Varna, on the stokehold and the other under bridge. The whole bridge, with the ¢ tain o mates, was blown o and the t whil ole was wrecked ap ice killed. The explosions were followed by an out- break of fire in the forehold. Altogether fifteen pe: lost their lives, but all of the engineers and most of the passengers were saved. The crew behaved with great gallantry. nd i HOPES TO AVERT WAR. Nevertheless Buigurh Is Prepared to Resist the Turk. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. ceording to reliable reports from Varna, at the recent council of ministers, presided over by Prince Ferdipand at the palace of Euxi- nograd, resolved that Bulgaria hould continue to maintain an attitude of the strictest neutrality m the Macedo nian question, and, further, that the most should be adopted to prevent anything likely to cause a dis- turbance in Bulgaria's relations with Tur- it was The war minister is reported to have spoken strongly in the council against any hought of Bulgaria declaring war on Tur- key: first on account of the enormous ex- penditure that such a war would in- volve, and, secondly, because the great powers would never permit Bulzaria te reap the advantage if she were victorious. Should Turkey attack Bulgaria, declared the minister, the present army could hold the Turks in check for the first few days, while the entire Bulgarian army could be Continued on Page 3, Column 8, g