The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 3, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIV-—NO. -i25. JAPANESE EXPLAIN THEIR MOBILIZATION OF TROOPS IN KOREA ek | -~ SOLDIER’S DOCUMENTS PR P SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1903. |Turks and Insurgents Battle in Moun- tains and Inhabitants of Mehomia Perish in Massacre. - : ALONICA, Macedonia, Oct. 2.—It is reported on good authority that documents found on a Bulgarian soldier killed at Razlog, bearing the signature of Bulgarian officials, tend to show that the Bulgarian Govern- ment was concerned in the organization of the revolution. are being brought here by special messenger. he documents L Military Activity Is Not Meant for War. ARIS, Oct. 2—Information recetved here through a censorship at St. Petersburg shows that the explana- tion given of Japan's moving troops to Korea is calculated to remove suspi- clon concerning her action. The number of troops is estimated at between §000 and 10,000. Japan explains that the movement is part of a plan)of experimental mobiliza- tion for the purpose of showing her abfl- | ity connection with the friction between Ja- | | ter, | Mountains to mobilize a considerable force in ! | three colonels OFIA, Oct. 2—Five engage- ments are reported to have taken place in the vicinity of Kratovo, where 5000 Turks were attacked by revolution- ary bands, and though many Turks were killed the insurgents wére completely routed. One of the leaders of the lat-~ Lieutenant Tonchoff, committed suicide in order to avoid capture. A report from the insurgent head- quarters asserts that 6000 Turks were routed by 2000 insurgents in the Perin after four days’ fighting. The Turkish losses in this affair are said to have been the heaviest during the whole outbreak. They included and many officers of lower rank. MASSACRE OF THOUSANDS. The Macedonian revolutionary head- | quarters assert that they have positive information that the whole Christian ipopu]ation of the town of Mehomia (Razlog), province of Seres, were | massacred September 28 with the excep- | tion of ten men, who escaped with the fnews. Mechomia is an impertant town and the seat of the local government. The .‘populatiou was_about equally divided between Turks and Bulgarians. The | latter numbered 3200 persons. According to the fugitives. when the general rising was declared in the Raz- log district on Sunday the Turkish troops in the Perin Mountains hurried to Mehomia and surrounded the town, rendering the escape of the Christians impossible. iN STREETS. The Bulgarian people were prepared to join in the rising, several insurgents’ agents being in the Bulgarian quarter of the town at the time. Desperate fighting occurred in the streets, bombs | and dynamite being freely used. After | fighting for five or six hours the Turks | gained the upper hand and proceeded | i 1 COURTAULES ISINT THE S COMPHNY Upholds Ordinance | Passed by City || | -of Pomona. | : %) s | DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTA- | ‘ TIVE OF JAPAN AT COURT all | OF ST. JAMES. 3 ige Curtis |4 g rt to-day ard far reaching that the govern- | in the State may g the maximum ««ged for for. lighting BARK CLARA aINKS WITH gas and purposes. ‘] is of deep. cutting import- Sepreme Court, can | any city flluminants, and be_subject to the comzanies. The poix s passed upon by .the Supe “ourt 1 came up in| Naee yus ught § | i e s Wehsel Is laak in € Lo ks of that place dlafted an or- e upon which the fight was made. passed against strong c tion sion is a victory for er and Paul J. Denn the Poinona and: Ontario “ompany, were arrested g and collecting more ‘than the Harbor of Mazatlan. Special Dispatch to The Call. iger, 4 r thousand feet for gas, as pro- | GUAYMAS, Mexico, Oct. 2—A special dispatch to the Mail from Mazatlan gives | the news of a shipwreck in that harbor in | which the entire crew—twenty-five men— of the German bark Clara lost their lives. The Clara attempted to enter the harbor ht use the streets and to regulate | In a storm, which had lasted for four irges made by companies was not | days, and was dashed to pleces on the f-executing with regard to the fixing.| rocks. The I6ss on the cargo is estimated of the charges, but that some special leg- | %t $25,000. islation was required. ¥ the ordinance, and the test | y resulted. It was s company that the icie 11, section 19 of - the tion giving cities the right to gas and electric companies the e co finds that the companies have y ready to maintain that tHe sec- tion of the constitutional provision relat- ing to the granting of rights in the street,l-‘ was self-executing and holds that no. dis- | tinction can be made in this respect as regards the privilege given cities by thé same provision to fix the maximum rates The bark was first seen by the life-sav- ing crew and several men at once re- sponded to her distress signals, putting out from shore in a heavy sea which al- most swamped their small boat. The bark, however, was dashed to pleces on the rocks and sunk before they could reach her. The storm was breaking with such force on the shore that the rescuers pan and China, but that it has no connec- | : o | massacres at Mehomia, which is iden- is | tion with the differences between Japan and any other power. The officlals refuse to comment upon the explanation. LONDON, Oct. 2.—Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minister here, has no news of the movements of Japanese troops to Ko- rea, announced from Paris yesterday. In an interview to-day the Minister said: “From the published accounts I am cer- tain that any movements of tréops are only the routine relief of the Japanese forces guarding the telegraph line from Fusan to Seoul and Chemulpo. To send a small body of troops to Korea would be no menace to Russia and would have no effect on her plans. A mobilization of the Japanese forces on a large scale is not contemplated for a moment, and Ko- rea’s consent would have to be obtained for any such step.” The Minister added that he still believed Russia intended to keep her promisc to evacuate Manchuria October 8, Until tHat promise was broken Japan was not likely to make any move. The Japanese troops guarding the telegraph lines were sta- tioned in Korea with the assent of Rus- sia, as well as Korea. W. Pritchard Morgan, Consul General of Korea in London, also has no informa- tion on the subject. He suggested, how- ever, that the time Wwas coming when the powers should agree to Korea being de- clared an independent neutral State like Belgium. ———— FRIENDS FEAR DEATH NEARS A NOTED PRELATE Archbishop XKain Rests Easily but His Condition Is Not Encouraging. BALTIMORE, Oct. 2—At a late hour to-night the physicians in attendance upon Archbishop Kain reported that he was resting easily, although all admit that the condition of the patient is ex- tremely critical. e Levi P. Morton III' NEW YORK, Oct. 2—Former Vice President Levi P. Morton is confined to his residence here by a severe cold, con- tracted several days ago. In view of Morton’s advanced age some anxlety is felt by his friends, although he is said to be in excellent physical condition. L e e e e e e e ] a sailor from the Clara, who was cling- ing to a spar, was himself drowned in a heroic effort to reach the unfortunate man. As soon as the force of the storm les- sened the J. Ives Lilmantour, a larger vessel, which had weathered the storm in the shelter of some islands near the har- bor, went to the rescue, but was too late, as the bodies of the unfortunate sallors and the wreckage of the boat was already strewing the shore. A number of other veseels are believed to have been lost in the severe storm that has been raging that may be charged for gas and other | with difficulty reached the station. Oneluong the west coast of Mexico for the Uiuminating material, =~~~ ef thelr number who attemtped to rescue | past four days, | tical with the town of Razlog. there to massacre every Bulgarian they en- | countered. LONDON, Oct. 2—With the excep- | tion of the revolutionary report of the | little news from the Balkans. The semi-official Journal de St. Pe- tersbourg, commenting on the visit of the Czar to Emperor Francis Joseph, declares that the firm language em- | ployed by the representatives of the Russian and Austrian Governments at Constantinople and Sofia has averted war for the present. A dispatch from Constantinople says the Anatolian troops recently called out are merely intended to displace the un- ruly troops who are responsible for the excesses, so the actual effectiveness of the army in Roumelia will not thereby be increased. —————— POLICE BELIEVE THEY HAVE A NOTED THIEF Man Arrested in Denver Supposed to Have Stolen Half a Million. NEW YORK, Oct. 2—Word was re- ‘ceived here to-night that F. H. Crosby, allas E. A. Bell, allas Hammond, alias Crawford, had been arrested at Denver, accused of stealing a mall pouch con- taining $500,000 of negotiable bank paper at Philadelphia on the night of Septem- ber 8, and with several crimes, including swindling and forgery. It is alleged that Crosby arrived in this country from Crewe, England, last sum- mer and went to Asbury Park, N. J,, where he posed as a fruit speculator. —_——— DYNAMITERS THREATEN TO BLOW UP A DEPOT Northern Pacific Railway Officials Receive Another Letter From a Mysterious Scource. LIVINGSTON, Mont., Oct. 2.—Northern Pacific Railroad officials have, it is said, received another anonymous letter mak- ing a threat agalnst the company’s prop- erty. This time the dynamiters propose to blow up the handsome new depot at this place, one of the finest structures of the kind in the West. The rallroad officials have adopted a policy of secrecy and refuse o discuss the matter. e gy FOUR WOMEN DROWNED WHILE FORDING A STREAM Overturning of ‘a Vehicle in Nar- rows Causes Sad Loss of Life. Crorcmuts.. = R SR O INSURES A —_— .. PRICE 'FIVE CENTS, OVE BULGARIA’S SANCTION OF REVOLT UNIONIST STRENGTH TRIUMPH, DECLARES BALFOUR English Premier Has No Fears of Failq're. HEFFIELD, ~“England,. Oet. 2— S Speaking 6f the prospects of _the @ party, Premier -Balfour d<clared *" to-day-.the. Unlonist party was never in better heart-and its opponents were never. more Topeleéssly embarrassed. So long as his Majesty would supper{ the Government of which he was the head he would pever think of deserting’ the cause for which he was responsible. . He had had no doubt as to the future of-the party or the future- of. the empire so long as the party. worked together. The attendance to-day at the conference of ‘the Conservative - associations was much smaller than: yésterday, the open- ing day. The differences i~ the party on the flscal question were again emphasized in the debate and ultimately, ir: the in- terest of unity, Henry Chaplin, M. P. former President of the Board of Agricul- ture and a lifelong protectionist, with- -— DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OFV THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT WHO ARE TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN THE SENSATIONAL DISCUSSIONS WHICH HAVE AROUSED ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KING- DOM SINCE THE RECENT SURPRISING CRISIS IN THE MINISTRY. MOB SLAUGHTERS HUNDREDS, SAY REPORTS FROM RUSSIA Christians and Jews Declared to Have Been ear Town of Kishenev. * . Attacked N « Special Dispatch to The Call. ONDON, Oct. 2.—A dispatch to the Chronicle from Vienna quotes reservedly, believing that it is grossly exaggerated, a report published in a local paper at Charnovitz that a mas- sacre of Jews was perpetrated at Mohileff, near Kishenev, on L Thursday. On Wednesday the rabbi at Mohileff warned the Jews not to go to the synagogue on the following day, which ‘was “recqn- ciliation day,” as a mob, including the neighboring peasantry, in- tended to assault the synagogue. He advised \the Jews to arm themselves, which they did. Bands entered the town on Thursday, says the paper, and assailed the Jews, who resisted. Three hundred Jews and 100 Christians were killed. The popu- lation of Mohileff is 50,000, 25,000 of whom are Jews. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express sends a simi- lar story. He says that what was intended to be a massacre be- came a sanguinary fight, which was waged with the greatest fury. The streets were strewn with bodies of Jews and their perse- cutors. .WWH—WH‘H‘PH*MH* IMMIGRATION BUREAU ASKS A FULL REPORT San Francisco Officials Must Explain the Detention of Brother of Chinese Minister. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—In anticipation of a protest to the State Department by the Chinese Minister in the matter of the detention of Liang Hsun, brother of the Minister, and the party that accompanied him to the United States, the officials of the immigration bureau have called on the inspector at San Francisco to make an immediate report of all the circum- stances surrounding the case, e CHILDREN OF PRINCE i FERDINAND IN WRECK Many Persons lijm'ed in_Collision of Orient Express and a Freight Train. BELGRADE, Servia, Oct. 2—The Ori- ent express, bound for Constantinople, ran into a freight train to-day at Pasua, Hungary, near the Servia frontier. Many BRAINERD, Minn., Oct. 2—Four wom- en have been drowned on Long Lake while attempting to ford the narrows. They were Mrs. Vet Borders, Mrs, Alice Hurd, her daughter and two young| daughters of Mrs. Borders. The women | persons were injured. g were driving home and in attempting to| The Princess Clementine, mother of ford a narrow arm of Long Lake their | Prinee Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and the vehicle was’ overturned and all were | latter's children were on the express, bul drowned. -} -~ ._ | they were uninjured. . The massacre lasted all day. KING OF THE BELGIANS WILL VISIT IN AUSTRIA Reconciliation With Francis Joseph Brings an Announcement That Causes Surprise. VIENNA, Oct. 2—As a result of a reconciliation recently brought about be- tween Emperor Francis Joseph and the King of Belgium concerning the latter's attitude toward his daughter, Princess Stephanie, whose first marriage was with the Austrian Emperor's second son, the late Archduke Rudolph, King Leopold will arrive In Vienna in the middle of this month on a visit to the Emperor. The announcemenf causes general surprise. —_—— SACRISTY OF ST. PETER'S ROBBED A SECOND TIME Abstraction of Fifteen Silver Chalices Follows Theft of Seven Gold Candlesticks. ROME, Oct. 2—Fifteen silver chalices have mysteriously disappeared from the sacristy of St. Peter's. The authorities are much concerned, especially as this last follows the theft of seven gold can- dlesticks. The police are endeavoring to trace the abstracted articles and the cul- prits. | continued on Page 2, Column 5. R drew his ‘“rider,” moved yesterday (thanking Joseph Chamberlain, the for- mer Colonial Secretary, for his patriotic efforts and expressing approval .of any practical scheme to promote a closer po- litical and commercial union of the em- pire). HARMONY AT MEETING. Thereupon Sir John E. Dorington’s offi- cial resolution of yesterday was carried unanimously, Sir John Gorst saying in behalf of the Free Fooders that they did not desire any more amendients. In withdrawing the ~“rider,” which promised to further disrupt the ranks of the Unionists, Mr. Chaplin explained that he was convinced, after hearing Mr. Bal- four’s speech of last night, that it would be mischievous to press the matter, as It was directly hostile !o the Premier and nothing was further/from his views. Lord Hugh Ceell, M. P., and Winston Churchill, M. P., subsequently announced that they had neither voted for against the Dorington resolution. nor After ‘the passage of a resolution urging the Government to take steps to Insure the efficiency of the administration the con- ference terminated. PRAISE FOR CHAMBERLAIN. Mr. Balfour went on to say that recent events had not substantially divided the party, but they had divided tho Govern- ment and the parting of old friends had been accompanied by regret. Bcth those who went and those who stayed were de- voted to the Unlonist party, the Govern- ment and the empire. They had lost the greatest Colonial Minister the country had ever seen. His services could not be exaggerated. He had to leave Mr. Cham- berlain to express his own views, which dad not differ a hair's breadth from his (Balfour’s). Although Lord Milner had declined the Colonial Secretaryship, Mr. Balfour add- ed, he was In entire agreement with the Government on its imperial domestic policy. Mr. Balfour further remarked that he had falled to convince Lord Mil- ner that he could better deal with the delicate South African questions in Down- ing street than on the spot. Asked to elucidate certain points in his speech of to-day Mr. Balfour told a re- porter that the statement that Mr. Cham- beFlain’s opinion did not differ from his own did not refer to the fiscal problem, but merely to the reasons which Induced Mr. Chamberiain to resign. He admitted that he and Mr. Chamberlain were agreed in principle of the fiscal probiem and added: LOVES THE COLONIES. “Mr. Chamberlain recognizes that the country is not yet prepared to discuss the taxation of food, but he tells me that he is bound with the colonies and will therefore act as a missionary as regards the food question.” Lord Milner has gone abroad, but will return to London-in the middle of Octo- ber, before starting for South Africa. It is understood that Mr. Balfour has com-