The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 10, 1903, Page 1

¢ B ~ K !\ % o : o - §ITS o - Dt G B VOLU CIV=NO. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1903. JAPAN'S ULTIMATUM MAY BE IN RUSSIAS HANDS; PRICE .FIVE CENTS. FLEETS MOUE OMINOUSLY IN ORIENTAL WATERS LO It is said that the ultimatum will expire Sunday. NDON, Oct. 10.—A dispatch to the Morning Post from Chefbo says it is persistently rumored that Japan has sent an ultimatum to Russia in reference to the evacuation of Manchuria. The Russians at Che- foo have armed themselves, fearing that trouble may be incited by the preponderating Japanese element there. The correspondent be- TORRENTIAL lieves that the situation is grave. BRITAIN TO ACCREDIT &= SIR HENRY HOWARD AS HMN HUUUS _ SUCCESSOR TO HERBERT METROPOLIS New York Almost Entirely Under Water. S Streets and Cellars Are Awash and Factories Closed. Record Precipitation of More Than Ten Inches Dur- ing Storm. en » c '3 s s ing and e s it unsafe rs were flooded oded | trolley lines, Those who were the ferries blocked ,by the water front were ferried in RTY LOSS. floods and serious PROPE a of sections of In Newark manufacturing e closed owing In many | ants were A dam >ompton broke, s, but caus- erruptions t all nd erers, there was the terri- T ht danger is the city was laid under t plants, includ- Rogers Locomotive c Steel Company, involving a Works were floode n, Tose estimat ¥ $1,000,000, ONE LIFE IS LOST. Only one life was reported lost, that of & girl drowned by the carrying away of & bridge over a creek nds of New Jersey commuters sle New York to-| night, being rn to their nes. | xcept for the ru boats the Erie Raflr ted up. No traius were 1 ne west of Passaic, none on the ranch west of Newark, none rwood on the northern branch, Arlington and no trains on either | Jersey and New York Railroad | York, Susquehanna and West- The Delaware, Lackawanna | was also badly erippled. On| vania it was stated that regu- g of the ferry- 4 was practicaily | the main | Newark | west of | none | 2 on wes the Ne ern the P lar schedules were maintained. The delay to the trams on the! New Haven and Hartford | = during the heaviest part oll the water rose to a| et on the tracks in the| the engineers were obliged | the time the storm | r,” the jJocal trains ng on their regular schedules. et i < COLLIER W. A. BABCOCK& ASHORE IN cxr.uhn Tugs Standing By to Rescue Vessel, Which Was Bound for San Railroad w the s Bronx, a to run ca had clea were 1 Frangisco. BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 9.—The ship W. A. Babcock, coal laden, Baltimore for San Francisco, is ashore in Chesa- peake Bay, near the mouth of the Patap- sco River. The vessel was in tow of the tug Cumberiand, which is standing by, “Otber tugs bave gone to her assistance. -+ UNIONTS CHEER AND JEER RITCHIE Shows Split in Party. LONDON, Oct. 9.—Mr. Ritchie, Member of Parliament for Croydon, and until re- cently Chancellor of the Exchequer, deliv- | ered a speech to-night on free trade znd the reasons for his resighation before an audience of 4000 people at Croydon Town Hall . A large Liberal element was present. The reception of Ritchie was decidedly not harmonious, consisting of cheers, hoots and counter-cheers for Joseph Chamber- lain. The speaker precipitated a scene of dis- order by declaring that Chamberlain had been inconsistent because he upheld free trade while president of theé Board of Trade and protection while Colonial ‘Sec- retary. The mixed reception given to Ritchie is | regarded as an Indication that Chamber- lain’s scheme is taking hold of the country and is fiercely dividing the Unionist party. Incidentally Ritehie revealed that he was solely responsible for the abolition of the shilling duty on wheat. He said that Chamberlain proposed to retain the duty and give the colonies preference, but the | speaker, believing that it was only the be- ginning of a larger scheme of protection, threatened to resign if the duty was not forthwith abolished. 3 Confirming the published accounts of Balfour's concealment of Chamberlain’s resigation, Ritchie said the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Baifour of Burleigh, Lord George Hamilton and himself met after both Cabinet councils and decided | to send in their resignations without hav- ing heard a word to the effect that Cham- berlath would resign. Ritchie strongly attacked the Chamberlain policy, and de- clared that it would raise the cost of everything. His revelation of the usually carefully guarded secrets of the Cabinet councils, for which he must have obtained the King's consent, is intensely interesting as showing that he really precipitated the present struggle by opposing Chamber- Jain's demand for the retention of the grain duty and carrying the majority of the Cabinet with him against the Premier. The former Chancellor of the Exchequer felt sure that the preferential proposals were merely an entering wedge which would ultimately land the country in the same position as Germany, where food taxes had driven the workingmen to so- clalism. ~ Continuing, Ritchie asserted - that one of the principal questions to be ‘Mixed Reception ered was the attitude of the United States. | This country must try.to guard giving the United States cause e Ay % for resent- o!lhlnpll_ultthllwl‘thinms.' | | Edward’s Minister at The Hague Is Honored. Special Dispatch to The Call. | HE HAGUE, Oct. 8.—It is definitely | stated in government and diplo- matic circles that Sir Henry How- ard, British Minister to the Nether- lands, has received intimation from London that he has been selected to suc- ceed the late Sir Michael Herbert as British Embassador to the United States. Wayne MacVeagh's violent attack on Great Britain before the arbitration court in the Venezuela case Is severely condemned, even by Americans, here. MacVeagh has returned to the United States and will not appear at the meet- ing on November 4. e e e e e o ) ment which would result in her punishing Canada. r The above statement resulted in fresh disorder and the singing of'“Rule Brit- annia.” The speaker resumed his seat amid a scene -of disorder, and a vote of thanks was ultimately carried amid boisterous shouts and hooting. MINISTERS MEET EDWARD. Devonshire’s Heir Made Financial Secretary to the Treasury. LONDON, Oct. 9.—The new Cabinet Ministers have assumed their duties, the seals of office having been exchanged at a privy council meeting held by King Ed- ward at Buckingham Palace this morn- ing. All the retiring officials and their successors were present, with the excep- tion of the Duke of Devonshire, the late Lord President of the Council, and Mr. Arnold-Forster, the new War Secretary. The latter was indisposed and the former was subsequently received in private au- dience by the King. § » Victor Cavendish, nephew and heir of the Duke of Devonshire, has been ap- pointed Financial Secretary to the Treas- ury. Earl Percy, Under Secretary for India, eldest son of the Duke of North- umberland, has been appointed Under Secretary for-Foreign Affairs. —_——————— Steamer Sinks in Ship Canal. DETROIT; Mich., Oct. 9.—The wooden steamer J. N. Glidden was Sunk near the lower end of the ship canal at the en- trance to the 8t. Clair flats by the tow of the steamer Empire City to-day. No lives were lost. The Glidden sank diag- onally across the canal, leaving barely space - ‘her bow and the canal ‘bank “a boat to pass, A bad tanglg flfiormation of Russia’s extraordi nary preparations for war with| | {1 I B || BrITISH DIPLOMAT TO BE | EMBASSADOR TO THE UNIT- " ED STATES. | + & War’'s Wild Signal Is Now Ready to Sound. Troops of Czar Muster for a Conflict. Orders for a " Batile. | Special Dispatch to The Call. ONDON, Oct. enna sends confirmatory Japan. He quotes a well-informed | | personage from St. Petersburg as saying that the Russian military authorities expect war to break out in a few weeks. The railways of the whole trans-Caspian dis- trict have been serieusly crippled by the drafting of men and mate- rial for the Far East. Russian Ships Depart With Sealed Orders €HEFO0O, Oct. 9.—The Rus- sian fleet left Port Arthur yester- day with sealed orders. Its desti- nation is supposed to be Korea. It is at present rumored that the Japanese are landing men there. Troops March in the JStreets ' of Newchwang | NEWCHWANG, Manchuria, { Oct. 9.—The troops of the Rus- sian garrison, headed by their band playing national airs, pa- raded the principal streets of the foreign and Chinese settlements to-day, ostentatiously, as though to emphasize the fact that Rus- | sians are still the governors ot [ this port. The civil administra- | tor, M. Grosse, to-day stated. that | he had received no instructions regarding withdrawals. His as- sistants freely assert that a per- manent occupation is intended. In speaking with a Consul who called to-day to inquire regarding Rus- sia’s intentions the officials treated the question of evacuation as a joke. The Chinese Taotai of New- chwang recently rethrned and tried to arrange the transfer of government, but without success. The Russian. administrator re- quired him to leave, which-he did. The Russian Government is obtaining much valuable real es- tate from the Chinese guilds at ridiculously cheap prices by offi- cial pressure. All events support the predictions that Russia in- tends to remain here. . The uncertainty regarding the future is handicapping commer- cial projects. The scheme of the maneuvers about Port Arthur is for the fleet and army to prevent an attempt by a hostile army to effect a land- ing from transports protected by a hostile fleet. The maneuvers occurring on the date that the other governments are looking for the evaeuation of Manchuria, are regarded as significant, and son to Japan of Russia’s prepar- ‘edness to meet invasion. 5 Bk \Sailors Awaiting| 10.—The | | Times correspondent at V1 perhaps intended as-an object les-| 'GOES FROM H OTEL TO DIE IN SANATORIUM BY SIDE - OF WATCHING BRIDE e ———— | -+ ] i i i | | | | ‘; ° AT A LOCAL _aNITARIUM. l YOUNG AND PRETTY WIDOW OF THE CHICAGO MAN WHO DIED SUDDENLY AND UNDER SOMEWHAT PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES Succumbs, an TRANGELY interesting “is the story surrounding the death early yesterday morning at the Adler Sanatorium, on Green street, of Abram H. Kohn, a son of a late millionaire mer- chant and banker of Chicago. last Monday, some young woman, whom he registered ernoon Kohn went to the Adler Sanato- rium to receive treatmept for nervous prostration, resultant of his attempt to abstain from which he had been addicted. Shortly aft- er midnight yesterday morning he was found dead in his bed beside his wife. Nurses were hurriedly aroused, doctors sent for, and when they arrived the at- tendants of the institution were pledged to secrecy concerning the death and ef- forts to induce them to discuss the affair proved unavailing until a late hour last night, when it was realized that the se- cret was out and they were forced to the full appreciation of the fact that further attempt on their part to withhold the facts would reflect on the sanatorium and involve its managers In a scandal. Kohn's prominence in Chicago and his wealth, coupled with the peculiar circum- stances of his death, are supposed to have had much to do with the attempt to conceal the facts. But one message left the hospital during yesterday and that was sent to one of Kohn's rich rela- tives in Chicago, notifying him of the death. It recelved a prompt response in the shape of a dispatch instructing the sanatorium authorities to have the body embalmed and forwarded to Chicago in charge of a colored man, Philip Jones, who had been Kohn's valet. No mention of the young wife was made In either of the messages, a fact which afterward explained W when it was develgped that Kohn’s marriage is still unknown to his relatives in the East. It was a secret that the young people had kept several months and probably would not have been revealed to the members of the family in Chicago for several months to come, for both husband and wife real- ized that their union would not be pleas- ing to his relatives. 3 # FAMILY IS PROMINENT. Kohn was 31 years of age and one flt several children to survive their father, who dled a number of months ago in Chicago. One of Kohn's sisters is Mrs. | Julius Strauss, wife of a wealthy whole- sale milliner of Chicago, another is the wife of Banker Edward G. Foreman of the same city and a third is Mrs. Joseph ‘Horner, and there is also a brother named Abram H. Kohn, a Wealthy Chicago Invalid The young man arrived from the East| accompanied by a hand- | at the Palace as his wif®. Thursday aft- | the use of marohine, to| s 4 . d Dr. Gedge Is Secretive. and upon receiving his share the son | started out to travel. As stated before { he arrived here last Monday night and { the first intimation his acquaintances ihere recelved that he ‘was married was | when they read the notice of the arrival of himself and wife, at the Palace. Dur- ing his short stay there Mr. and Mrs. Kohn were seldom seen about the hotel, apparently preferring the seclusion of their apartments, while their colored ser- vant attended to their wants on the out- side. On the way out to the coast Kohn | had suffered continuously for the want of his aecustomed drug, and at times his nervous condition was of an alarming character. Kohn had but a short time before succumbed to the importunities of his young wife, and with her en- couragement he was struggling desper- ately to subdue his appetite. When the couple reached this city Kohn was almost a wreck. It had been the wish of Mrs. Kohn that he should seek some cure for his vice and he had promised to submit to a physiclan’s treatment on his arrival Mere. True to his word the husband sum- moned medical assistance Tuesday after- noon. Upon the recommendation of one prominent physician he engaged the ser- vices of Dr. D. M. Gedge of 2004 Steiner street, and under the doctor’s direction Kohn entered the Adler Sanatorium Thursday afternoon, it being agreed that his wife should go with him and attend him. The remainder of the story leading up to the death of Kohnm is best told in the words of his pretty young wife, who related it to a Call reporter as she sat in the Ferry Depot last evening, await- ing the departure of the boat that was to take her on her sad journey to the East. <. THE WIFE'S STORY. Between her sobs the unfortunate widow made clear her wifely relations to the dead man, which she sald were the cul- mination of his attentions paid to her for several months in Chicago, where she was living with relatives. She sald: 1t is cruel for them to insinuate that my in- terest in Abe was other than that of a wife. We were quietly married by a Justice of the Peace ‘at Laje Beulah, Wis., on May 17 last and have been together almost continuously ever since. For family reasons he was anxious to keep the fact of our marriage from his rela- tives in Chicago-for a few months, and to this proposition I willingly assented. I soon learned that he was using a drug and I appealed to him to quit it. He said he would try to do so. Hig attempt resuited in much suffering, a fact which I keenly noted and endeayored to allevi- ate in every possible way that suggested itselt - ,Z_W_-r-pl,fih- + WEST POINT - CADETS ARE ~ CONVIGTED ‘Two Academy Men Sentenced to Dismissal. Champagne and High- balls Make All | the Woe. | President Is Asked to Be | Merciful to the Budding Warriors. | | Special Dispateh to The Call. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. —Captain James | G. Steese. who stands first in his class | at the West Point Military Academy, and Cadet Willam A. Ganee, who stands forty-seventh, or exactly in the middle | of the same class, have been sentenced to dismissal for misconduct. | Both young men are from Pennsylvania and are members of the third-class. The court-martial which convicted and sen- tenced them recommended clemency, a the War Department, in forwarding pa- pers to the President o-aay for action, is understood to have Indorsed the court's recommendation for mercy. Steese and Ganoe were tried, for in- toxication and taking undue advantage of academy regulations. One of the rules of the academy is that a cadet of high standing in conduct may, with permission, accept an invitation to dine outside the academy. Steese, Ganoe and Arthur R. Calve, son of the Costa Rican Minister to the United States, who was a cadet at the academy by authority of a resolution of (ongress, went to Newburg to dine at tie hotel The testimony at trial showed that they drank one quart of champagne, one quart of Chablis and three highballs. The specifications to the charge of taking um= due advantage of the academy regulations was that the Invitation had been ob- tained from the son of the proprietor of the Newburg Hotel and was not such ah invitation as the regulations contem- plated. SSECR S OUTLAW JOE ROBERTS IS NOW IN CUSTODY Wounded and Weary afé Finding Escape Impossible He Surrenders. to a Deputy Sheriff. TUCSON, Ariz, Oct. 9.—Joe Roberts, the notorious Graham County outlaw who repulsed a posse of officers in a fight on the Blue River about three weeks ago, has surrendered. Wounded and worn out atter a hard fight, he found it was impos- sible to escape the third posse that had taken his trail and gave himseif up to Deputy Sheriff Bob Bailey, who was en- gaged-in the fight between the Roberts gang and the Graham County officers and rangers. ‘Roberts was taken to Solomon=~ viile and placed in jail, where he will be closely .watched to prevent his escape, should he change his mind. —_—————— WEAK CHILEAN CABINET BUT A MONTH IN POWER Country Grows Poorer While Poli- ticlans and Contractors Get Rich Off State Railways. VALPARAISO, Oct. 9.—The sixth and most ephemeral and insignificant of Presi- dent Riesco’s Cabinets ended yesterday with the resignation of all its members. The retiving Cabinet was less than one month in power.. These frequent minis- terial crises are a very great hindrance to the progress of the country. Chile is only a shadow of what it was before the revolmtion. The construction of railroads, roads, ports and bridges is stopped. Consuls are suppressed or are appointed to countries having no connec- tion at al with Chile. Worst of all and the source of the most scandalous pecu- lations are the state rallways in which hundreds of millions of dollars are in- vested without glving one cent to the national treasury, but which are emrieh- ing ofl, coal and other contractors. SHIP BENJAMIN SEWALL IS LOST AT PESCADORES Only Three Persons, Including the Captain, Are Saved, According to Dispatch to Lloyd’s. LONDON, Oct. 9.—A dispatch to Lioyd's from An-Ping, Formosa, says that the American ship Benjamin Sewall and her cargo have been totaily lost at Pesca- dores. Only three persons on the vessel, including the captain, were saved. The Benjamin Sewall, Captain Hal- stead, was last reported at Singapore on Jute 13. She hailed from Bostox, Mass., and was owned by A M. Sewall. ~ . -