The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 23, 1903, Page 1

@all. XCIiV—NO. 115. SAN 1BA1\CISCO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM:BER 23, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JEOPERADD DVERPOWERS {5 CAPTOR Forger Burke Dis- arms a Deputy and Fle Flees. Fierce Fxght Between the Men Near the Columbia. Man Hunt on Washington Shore May Result in a Battle. Spectal T STEVENSOXN ehe he road that eing shut for a the ‘*'.uh The <msrvng no sound at once rode to the differ- and left okout be kept was m S r ist, especial- officer thrust a gun in his STRUGGI.E FOR WEAPON. were bl t and he through eves biding his captive had e and got on fairly denly seized the ensued. there was strength ration and h he men who swindled a out of about $: for YOUNG NEBRASEAN MAY HAVE BEEN MURDERED | New York Coroner Abandons Suicide Theory in the Case of John Kilpatrick. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Coroner Brown, stigating the death of John X , the wealthy young Nebraska e und dead, shot through the heart, ir apartments yesterday, has aban. | Goned the theory of suicide and to-day pon the police to investigate the the possibility that it might nurder. The position of the the fact that Kilpatrick's clot t burned and the absence of scertaineble cause for suicide, led ner to say that he believed the ting to have been either accidental or rder g « Coroner Brown added that the theory rick had committed suicide be- was suffering - from kidney e or because he had lost his fortune was disproved, the autopsy t he had mo kidney trouble | igation proving that his specu- 1 b profita’ le. B S e e Al Early Mayor of Chicago Dies. CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—Anson Bmith Sher- who was chosen Mayor of Chicago 2 the eighth year of its corporation, died | at his home to-day at the age of 2.1 Sherman ¢ame to Chicago from Barre, his birthplace, in 1835, and at once k an active part in public affairs. AR I Insurgent Leader Captured. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 2.— Guards last right captured Juan Lopez, the leader of the recent insurrection. he CANAL TREATY DIES; PRESIDENT'S COURSE 15 PROBLEMATICAL LDEN T %fip oQuIN 4 COLOMBIA'S CHIEF EXECU- 3 TIVE AND HER REPRESENT- | ATIVE IN WASHINGTON. | + SIMPLE l BURIAL OF INSTRUGTOR Pine Box Incases Body of Prof Wright. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept cased in a plain, unpainted pine box that did not cost more than $2 50, the body bf Professor Max Wright, instructor in mod- ern languages in Stanford University and the son of wealthy parents, was buried to-day. The simple burial was ordered by Professor Wright. He believed that the custom of present lavish burials is bar- barous and economically wrong and di- rected before his death that the 3200 of his money that ordinarily would be spent for a funerzl be used for a public foun- tain ar 2 monument to his memory. Professor Wright's father did the work of the undertaker. There was no minis- 22 ter and no religious service and the body | was taken to the grave in a plain wagon. At the grave Dr. P. B. Wright, father of the deceased, addressed the relatives and friends, explaining the reason for the sim- ple funeral. —————————— | GOES TO YALE IN STYLE BEFITTING A PRINCE | NEW HAVEN, Sept. 22—A freshman arrived at Yale to-day in all the glory a Prince. The private car “Guada- Youpe,” owned by Fourth Vice President and General Manager Julius Kruttscnitt of the Southern Pacific Rallroad, was sidetracked In front of the office build- ing of the New York, New Haven-and Hartford Raflroad this morning and ru- mors were soon afioat that J. 8. Mellen, the new president of the New Haven of road, had arrived. Investigation dis- closed, however, that Julius Kruttschnitt Jr. had arrived and is about to enter Yale. His father and he left San Fran- cisco on September 13 and came East via Montreal and New York. Kruttschnitt will pay his respects to the local railroad men and go home via Texas, Mexico and Southern California after his son has been safely launched into college 1ife e ———— Fund Grows for Lipton Testimonial. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—The Lipton tes- timonial committee met at the Waldorf to-day and examined dedgns for the tes- timonial that the American people will present to Sir Thomas Lipton. Money is coming in rapidly and the indications are that the fund will reach $5000 to $10,000. 1f so, a more elaborate design may be or- dered, or the testimonial may be of gold instead of silver. ———— 0dd Fellows Honor Raney. BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 22.—The Sov- ereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of 0dd Fellows to-day ynanimous- 1y elected General M. A. Raney of Maren- g0, Jowa, commanding general of the Pa- triarchs Militant for a termg of four years. — ' |Rumor That Colom- bia Has Taken ‘ Tardy Action. ASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—When | the State Department closed | to-day at 4 o'clock it was i agreed that the Panama canal | treaty was. dead, although | cight hours yet remained within which | | the Colombian Congress might take ac- | | tion upon it. Nothing, however, had been | received during the day either from Min- | ister Beaupre at Bogota, or from Herran, | | the Colombian Charge d'Affaires here, | | which gave the slightest hope of a fav-| | orable issue. | A report is current here that the Colom- bian Congress, In secret session, had clothed President Marroquin with full power to negotiate a treaty. If this re-| port should turn out to be true President | Marroguin, who is counted as a friend of | the treaty, could proceed untrammeled | by the fear of future reckoning with is Congress. | In any event President Roosevelt must | now take the next step. He can elect to | proceed under the Spooner act and take | up the Nicaragua route or he can allow the matter to drift for the present, in the hope that a way may yet be found to straighten out the present difficulty in the path of the Panama route. Contrary to his custom during the sum- mer, Acting Secretary Adee of the State Department remained in the city to-day in order to be on hand to act promptly on any information which might come | from Beaupre regarding canal affairs in| Bogota. Up to a late hour to-night, how- | ever, nothing had been recelved. Dr. Herran, the Colombian Charge, also | waited anxiously for news from his Gov- | ernment, but likewise was disappointed. Colombia, it is known, is anxious to| | keep alive the canal négotiations. What | form her new proposition with that end | in view will take is not known in Wash- ington. One interesting feature in connection | | with the legislative situation in LColom- bia is the fact that the terms fi one- | | third of the members in the Senate, num- | | bering nine, will expire on the 20th of next July, when the life of the present | Congress will end. These nine Senators, | | it is said, are averse to the canal treaty. | The hope of the advocates of the treaty | | will be to elect Senators in their places | | who are favorable to the convention. 1t | is expected that the campaign for the | Legislature will be made with this end | in view. | | | | { | —_———— CASTRO’S DECREE STOPS | ACQUISITION OF MINES Ring of Pahtlcxul in Venezueh- Plans to Monopolize Valuable Properties. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept, 22— Advices received here from Caracas, Ven ezuela, state that the official gazette has published a Government decree suspend- ing the operation of theé mining code for | |an indefinite period. This decree will render gew acquisitions of mines in Ven- ezuela impossible. The reason given is that a clique of politiclans surrounding | President Castro wishes to monopolize all the mines in the district of Ciudad Bolivar without meeting any competition. They will afterward sell the mines to | forelgn companies. The action of the Government, taken without previous notice, will cause detri- | ment to the American mining parties who are now engaged in surveying several | mining claims in the district of the Ori- noco. ——————— DYNAMITE CARTRIDGE EXPLODES UNDER ENGINE HELENA, Mont.,, Sept. 22—When the stub train which runs from here to Lo- gan to connect with the eastbound ex- press reached a point half a mile from Helena early this morning the wheels of the engine exploded a dynamite cartridge attached to the rails. The lights in the engine were extinguished and many win- dows in the forward cars were broken and the passengers shaken up. The rail was shattered, but the engine passed | over the point in safety. There was no great amount of treasure on the train and no reason is known for the attempt to wreck it. It is belleved to be the work of some one having a real or fancied grievance against the com- pany. | committee of the anti-Jewish outbreak in | Homel, | twenty-five Jews were either killed out- BULGARIKS | Sultan Shows Disposition to | an understanding was practically reached | a much more hopeful feeling here, al- WOUNBED JEWS CROWD HOSPITALS Wanton Slaughter by Soldiers of Homel. Full Details Reveal| Horrors of Late Qutbreak, Dead Number Twenty-Five and Hundreds Are Disabled. Special Dispatca to The Call. BERLIN, Sept. just reached the 22—Full detalls have | German-Jewish relief | near Mohiley, the chief town of the Russian province of that name. Workingmen's homes to the number of | 345 have been plundered and destroved, right by the soldiery or died of their | wounds, 100 more are in the hospitals, | serfously injured, while 200 others are suf- fering from slighter wounds - recefved | through the brutality of the police or | while defending themselves against Chris. | tian assailants. | The authorities watched the progress | of the rioting and pillaging with com- plaisancy. The trouble began on September 11, when Christian market dealers sought to buy herring from Jewish peddlers at a tenth of the market price. The Jews re- fusing to submit to the robbery, the Christians proceeded forcibly to despoil them. On the second day of the riot, when the Jews disregarded instructions to keep off the streets, because they codld no longer restrain themselves from going to the rescue of outraged women and tortured | men, the soldiers fired a volley into a crowd of Jews, killing six of them. The disturbances continued until Sep- tember 14. During the rioting one Chris- tian was killed and many ipjured. This served to stiil further incemse the popu- lace. The rioting continued for six days. Quiet has now been restored, but the town is under martial law, factories are idle and a bread famine has begun. Every effort has been made by the Rus- sian authoritles to prevent news of this new horror becoming known outside of Russla. TEAMS AR SUBMITTED Conference That May Restore Peace in Balkans. Mollify Her Vassal State. SOFIA, Sept. 22.—Within forty-eight hours the question of peace or war will probably be settled according to authori- tative representations here. Premier Pet- roff had an interview this morning with Ali Feureh Bey at which the whole sit- uation in Macedonia was discussed. As a result of this conference a much better feeling prevailed and confident hopes have been expressed that a satisfactory ad- justment will be reached. This view is strengthened by a report trom Constanti- nople to the effect that the Council of Ministers, after some days of discussion, is within measurable distance of an agree- ment on the chief points at fssue. The Premier complained to the Turkish diplomatic agent of the situation created by the arrival at Burgas of thousands of destitute and starving refugees from fthe district of Lozengrad. After a discussion that Turkey should guarantee the safe protection of the refugees and take steps to reinstate them In their homes. The general effect of these conferences, in Constantinople and Sofia has induced though in Balkan affairs it is always pos. sible that the next day's happenings may change the entire situation. BULGARIA’S DEMANDS, The following is the position of the Turco-Bulgarian negotiations: The Porte recently manifested a dispo- sition to consider proposals for a direct understanding, and Bulgaria advanced the following conditions: First, the Porte to gran™: general -+ nesty and stop the DPersecution of the Bulgarians in Macedonia; second, a mixed commission to be formed, the Bulgarian members of which should be nominated by the Bulgarian Exarch and never be in a minority on the commission, to elab- orate administrative reforms, arrange for an extension of local administrative au- tonomy, insure the safety of the high- ways and the equality of Christians and BONILLA THREATENS WAR IF HONDUREAN CLAIM IS IGNORED Nicaragua Is Ready to Repel Force of Invaders. EW ORLEANS, Sept. 22.—Ad- vices of the expected invasion of the Nicaraguan district by soldiers from Spanish Honduras to enforce that country's con- tention that Nicaragua in giving a con- cession to a Pittsburg, Pa., syndicate granted rights on territory which belongs to Honduras, reached this city via the American steamship Breakwater from Puerto Cortez, Spanish Honduras. Last month a commission, headed by General Ordonez, was sent by President Bonilla of Spanish Honduras to Cape Gra- clas to notify the Collector of the Port there that if the Nicaraguan republic did not recognize -certain rights claimed by Honduras along the Wanks River, sepa- rating Honduras and Nicaragua, war would be proclaimed by President Bonilla. The customs officlals and military au- thorities at Cape Gracias lacked the au- thority to act in accordance with the Honduras request, so General Ordonez and his colleagues returned to Teguci- galpa, warning the Nicaraguans to be on the lookout for an invasion provided the Honduran rights were not respected. President Zelaya on being notified imme- dlately garrisoned Cape Gracias. Unless an amicable settlement of the boundary dispute is effected there is a strong probability that war will be de- | clared. @ ittt @ Mussulmans before the courts, reform the taxation and gendarmerie and provide for personal security. ‘After the accomphshment, of thess tasks the commission which probably would sit at Salonica, would become the council ©of the inspector general and would de- pute one of its Bulgarian members to report to the” Sultan on the progress of affairs. Bulgaria also asked that the burned vil- lages be rebuilt with Government assist- ance, the refugees repatriated and an es- pecial ordinance issued providing for the organization of the Bulgarian schools and churches. These proposals seem to have been ac- cepted in pfinciple, although nothing defi- nite has yet been decided. Even in the event of an agreement being arrived at, proofs of good faith would be required as a guarantee of the execution of the re- forms, and, if not forthcoming, the Mace- donians would continue their agitation. MASSACRES CONTINUE. A list compiled from official sources is published, showing the names of and de- talls regarding twenty-three villages in the district of Malkoternovo, eighteen in the district of Kirk-Kilisse, four in Vasi- liko and three in Vezene, which have been | scenes of pillage, murder and outrage by Turkish troops. The War Ministry has taken steps to strengthen the Bulgarian frontier forces and it is rumared that troops will occupy | all of the commanding positions, thus making it almost impossible for bands to cross the frontler. Some regiments of the Second and Third divisions have been or- dered to the Adrianople frontier, where the Turks have massed strong bodies of troops. Revolutionary bands-are reported to be active In the district of Razlog, province of Seres, where they hold all the moun- tain passes. The Turkish population is fleeing toward Salonica. RUSSIA amfl BULGARIA. Admits Turkey’s Right to Send Into Principality. LONDON, Sept. 22—The Sofia cor- respondent of the Times affirms that a singular communication has been made to the Bulgarian' Government by Count Lamsdorf, the Russian Forelgn Minister, | who observed that, in the opinion . of Count von Bulow, the German Chancet™ lor, Turkey had the right to send troops to Bulgaria to preserve order. This in- teresting disclosure, continues the cor- Continued on Page 5, Column 4. SUPERVISORS THROW OUT COLMA CAsE Scheme for Incor- poration Meets Disaster. PSSl A Special ‘Dispatch to The Call REDWOOD CITY, Sept. 22.—Proceed. ings for the incorporation of the town of Colma came to an abrupt termination be- fore the Board of Supervisors to-day. | The instigators of the scheme admitted their own defeat, which was brought about by the very persons who signed the | petition to incorporate but a few weeks ago. Twenty persons who had favored | the proposition withdrew thelr names from the petition, leaving less than fifty names . thereon. These twenty persons, ppon mature consideration, became satis- fied that incorporation was not what they wanted, many of them stating that they had signed the petition under a misap- prehension of facts. When it was made to appear to the | Board ‘of Supervisors that but forty-four lowing order was made: “The evidence being closed, and the | pearing from the evidence herein that \lhere are less than fifty qualified signers remaining upon sald petition presented and considered herein, on motion of Su- pervisor McEvoy, seconded by Supervisor McCrackin, it is found, ordered and de- clared that said petition is not sufficiegt in‘law to authorize this board to proceed further thereon, wherefore it is therefore ordered that said petition be and the same is hereby denied.” It is extremely doubtful whether fifty persons can be found at Colma to-day who now favor Incorporation, certainly the proposition can never be carried should it ever be submitted to a vote. But little time was consumed by the board to-day before the members were called upon to act. H. W. Brl , who has taken an active part in the defeat of the measure, presented communications from twenty persons asking that their names be stricken from the petition. Sev- eral witnesses were called by Mr. Brown to prove the signatures of these persons. Nothing then remained but for the other side to admit that they were.beaten, it being conceded that the parties had the right to withdrew their names. It Is pos- sible that another effort will be made to secure what has been twice lost, but the chances are that the incorporation Colma has received its death blow. * | | | i | | | | | | | ! | i | | | | | i | | ] | | | | | | |* - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF HON- DURAS WHO THREATENS NICARAGUA WITH WAR. | names remained on the petition, the fol- | matter submitted to the board, and it ap- | MASKED MEN HOB A TRAIN IN Wi3a00Rl 'Detach the Express Car and Wreck | the Safe. ‘Bold Hold-Up Creates Panic Among Pas- sengers. | i | | | Railroad Officials Claim the Robbers Obtained No Booty. | Nl - | ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Sept. 22—Four masked men at 10 o'clock to-night held up westbound Burlington and Missouri River train No. 41, five = of this The safe in the mited and the road s | little money. contained $5000 to $10,000 in money. express car was dye Officials of ed but that 1t Every- thing in the safe was taken and the men he car wrecked. that the safe col ‘Other reports escaped in the darkness with horse: A posse was organized and is in pursuit of the bandits. Not a single shot was fired. The train | was stopped by means of a red light. The | engine and express car were uncoupled | from the balance of the train and backed half a mile further on, where it was dyna- mited. The train was in charge of Con- ductor Harvey, who hurried to the city and gave the alarm. The officials lost no time in organizing and making a start. | It was necessary for the entire train to | be brought back to the city a | train made up, which left at 1 o'c | According to meager reports received | trom the scene of the hold-up at midnight, | the instant the train was ped two of the robbers climbed upon the engine and | with drawn weapons compelled the en- gineer and fireman to obey orders. Ome of the jmien uncoupled the engine and ex- | press car from the balance of the traim. The party then climbed into the cab and the engine and car were run up the track. The explosion followed. The train was crowded with passengers for the West and the hold-up created a panic. It was in charge of Conductor Harvey of St. Joseph. As soon as he saw the robbers he ran back down the track and secured a handcar, on which he came to St. Joseph and notified the officers. Po- licemen and deputy sheriffs to the num- ber of fifty were taken at once to the | scene, armed with riot guns, but the rob- | bers had finished their w and de- | parted. One of the robbers is reported to have been hurt, the extent of his injuries be= ing unknown. . S AT BT LAST BUFFALO HUNT ON DAEKOTA PRAIRIES Colonel Cody Will Enjoy One More | Quest of the Lordly | Bison. | PIERRE, S. D., Sept. 22 —When “Scot- | ty” Philips brought his buffalo herd from ‘(he range to his pasture, several of the | largest of the herd could not be brought |in, for they would break through any cordon of riders which would surround |lhem Some of them are vicious, and it |is desired to get them out of the way. For that purpose, a hunt, to take place some time next month, has been arranged and without doubt it be the last buffalo hunt in the history of the coun- try. “Buffalo Bill” and other prominent men bave been invited to take part and the hunt will be a great attraction. Taxider- mists will accompany the party and pgg- pare the skins for mounting, and some fine specimens will be obtained. VICTIM OF FARMER'S JEALOUS RAGE DIES Dunton Succumbs to Effects of Blows Believed to Have Been Dealt by Barns. KEENE, N. H, Sept. 2.—The assauit | on Ashbel Dunton and Mrs. Malachi Barns at East Sullivan Saturday develop- | ed foto a murder to-night through the death of Dunton. The aged farmer died without giving any clew to the perpe- trator of the deed. The nelghbors agree that the quarrels | between Barns, his wife and Dunton had been frequent. In these Dunton has been | figured as taking sides with the woman, { who, it is alleged, was often the victim of Barns’ ill-temper. Dunton has a som, Herbert, a soldler in the regular army, stationed In the Philippines, and a daugh- | ter who is the wife of Dr. A. Perkins of Ogden, . Utah. Liquor Dealers Oppose Odell. SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Sept. 22 - State convention of the New.York Wine, Liquor arnd Beer Dealers’ Assoclation now $n’ session here became a partisan organi- tion. President Dolan advised all mem- | pers to array themselves against the ad- ministration of Governor Odell, and the convention adopted resolutions protesting against the license agitation cnacted by the last Legislature and calling for an organization In every county and city in the State which will use every endeavor to elect Democratic candidates for the Legislature. — —ee———— Changes in Japan’s Cabinet. TOKIO, Sept. 22.—The following changes in the Cabinet have been made: Hakano has been appointed Minister of Justice; Baron Kioura, Minister of Agriculture; Kubota, Minister of Education and Ours, Minister of Communication