The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1903, Page 1

o ak " Fran N o and visinity— Pzir Thursday, becoming ¢loudy . Alcazar—“Too Mu 1sa.” Alhambra—Ellery’s Royal Itals ian Band. S California—Haverly’s Minstrels. Central—“At Valley Forge.” Columbia—*“The Storks.” FPischer's—“Rubes and Roses.” Grand—*“Ben Hur.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. The Chutes—Vaudeville. Tivoli—Grand Opera. s VOLUME XCIV=NO. 158 PRICE FIVE CENTS, AMERICAN MARINES LAND IN PANAMA TO GUARD RAILROAD:; COLOMBIAN WARNS PER) 10 WITHDRAW HER FORGES Brapzii Dl?sai tegfllar LOII‘)i_strigts. Is Already Embroiled With Uruguayan Republic. rontier Leads h of Armed —— ———— AMALGAMATED COPPER CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT nt Nov. 4.—The ceedings in the case Boston and Mon- g companies eme Court t which Judge ed an injunction re ated Copper Com- tock of the Boston which restited algamated proper- n the Supreme Court - of John Mac- and Montana d the hearing ov. 4 in C. R, How- nd § B.A., ng States army rifle range. They wi <08 Gatos and Congress | Hell to-morrow and then proceed to Sar- 1 geut's Blation. <] | was struc | another car, southbound, struck him. 4 TERRITORY IN DISPUTE question is a-region covered ither this cares much a remote lopments will L the ques: whole region re is HUNGARIAN DIET DECLINES TO RECEIVE NEW PREMIER Members Refuse to Hear Emperor’s Letter of Appointment and Sit- * ting Is Suspended. et to-day showed determined to e tactics. The new urs while opposi- =eches on the sub- gnation of the is Count et entered at the Em- peror’s letter appo him Premier should be read so t 1a proceed This was signal for turbulent scenes. Amid the uproar the clerk of the House read letter, the Emperor's but he was quite ina Tisza attempted to address the gen: tumult he co and the sitting was s 1. —_—e————— Venezuelan Arbitration Resumed. THE HAGUE, Nov. 4—After the Inter- val of a month the Venezuelan arbitra- tion was resumed here to-day. By general the counter case of Venezuela, sent ted States Minister Bowen, through an oversight, failed to deposit in time, was admitted and arguments commenced. The Belgian agent, M. ntested the right of the block- powers to demand preferential in the case of their claims t Venezuela. —_— Killed by an Electric Car. BEACH, Nov. 4—M. L. Le Fetra id killed by an electrie car Fetra had alighted from a northbound car about two miles outside the city and had started across the track behind the car he had just got off when Le Fetra was prominently identified with the early history of Long Beach and had large property interests at Glendora, Woeste, ¢ LON to-day. La L SOME ~ HIRES MEN | : -+ Boundz;g Commis- ‘Thugs Lose sion Overlooks 140 Miles. House, | not be | War Minister Andre Thinks Sentence CATHEDRAL OF PANAMA 10 MURDER Iy RIVAL Cour- age and Spare Vietim. W YORK District Attorney arrest of .—In the office of Jerome to-night, after 1 and the detention woman, a story conspiracy to murder a me prominence. old, whose vears rivate detective charged with having con- to murder Samuel Lewis, a manu- ng at 117 Mercer street. ted at the time when ved his accomplices were commit- 1 He has refused to con- and also has refused to He is an enigma to the est ne and of the ps brought a e arrest of De Vau, to take part in what probably been a murder. The bludgeon was to have broken the skull of 1 victim had been purchased. De Vau's motive for the killing of Lewis may have been robbery, as he explained, but there are good reasons for believing he was actuated more by jealousy and a desire to put out of the way a man whom he believed to be in love with the woman loved by himself than by the hope of enriching himself. The woman who was in the plot was Ellen Eagan, employed by Lewis. He re- fused her demands for money, conspired with De Vau to kill Lewis, but accomplices revealed the plot to Jerome. ———i— have LADRONES MUTILATE CIVIL OFFICIAL AT CAVITE Cut Tendons of His Legs Because He Informed on Robbers’ Move- ments. MANILA, Nov. 5.—Yesterday a party of ladrones captured the Teniente (munfe- ipal officer) of Buena Vista, near Mala- bon, Cavite. They cut the tendons of his legs and left him on the roadway. This outrage was an act of vengeance because the Teniente had given information to the authorities regarding the movements of the ladrones. DREYFUS AFFAIR MAY BE OPENED AGAIN of Rennes Court-Martial Should Be Revised. PARIS, Nov. 4—The Presse to-day says | that War Minister Andre, as a result of the inquiry which he has made into the Dreyfuss affair, has informed the Cab- inet that in his opinion the sentence of the Rennes court-martial should be re- vised. The War Minister is also said to have asked for the views of his colleagues on the subject, but they were unable to come to an agreement. ————— Funeral on a Battleship. NEWPORT, R. L, Nov. 4.—The funeral of Lieutenant Albert M. Beecher, U. 8. N., ordnance officer of the United States battleship Maine, who was killed by a fall on board the ship yesterday, was held on the battleship this afternoon. The cof- | fin wak covered by the stars and stripes and floral tributes from the officers and crew. Many naval officers were present | at the services, d who says his | and she | SR O 1 of District Attorney Je- | and detectives who | | SHIP TO BE SEIZED IF BOMBARDMENT IS RENEWED OLON, Colombia, Nov. 4. General Guadros, the Pre- fect of Colon, and the sen- ior officer commanding the troops which arrived yesterday on the gunboat Carthagena from Savanilla, are maintaining their position of refusing to ac- knowledge the authority of the provisional government of Pan- ama, and the troops still refuse to return to Savanilla. The lives of the American residents are threatened. Amer- ican and foreign families are flocking for shelter to the rail- road buildings. The United States gunboat Nashville has landed about fifty bluejackets and a quantity of ammunition. The Colombian gunboat Car- thagena has just left the harbor, headed northeast. It is said she is speeding to Savanilla. The Colombian flag still flies over the prefecture. The flag of the new republic has already | made its appearance in Colon. " IRMENTANS DIE AT HAND OF ASSASSIN ' Two More Political Murders in London. || Vietims Are Shot From Behind in Broad Daylight. Homicide, Who Kills Him- self, Thought to Be the Slayer of Sagouni. - Armenian don, on the lowed this af of two more gates to tion here. The though he bas d, gives good reason to that he also was the sl r of Sagouni. The murders were carried out in the most daring manner, more so than was the assassination of Sagouni. They took place In the early afterno lose to the Armenian headquarters at Peckham Rye. The two victims were shot down from be- hind at close range. The murderer fired twice at a third member of the group, but | | missed him and n attempted | | fiee. Seeing that escape was cut off, | | he drew another revolver and shot himseit | with his left hand. It is considered a significant fact that the assassin of Sa- P ESIDENT ogv” T b ] o’ am gouni was also left-handed. The names of the murdered Armenians were Agram Grigorian and Sigran Szmi- clan. Their companion who escaped as- sassination was Reuben Giaberlain. It is believed that the identity | | AMERICAN NAVAL VIEW OF AND SCENE IN THE CITY BARDMENT, THE PRESIDENT AND THE WASHI OFFICER WHO WILL PROCEED TO THE ISTHMUS. OF PA MA, COLOMBIAN WARSHIP WHICH COMMENCED A BOM- | TON REPHRESENTATIVE OF COLOMBIA ~———— | sassin may remain unsolved unless been previously in the han lice, when the scars on his face may ren- der identification easy. A member of thé A ary committee said to. AND AN Washington Government Does Not Conceal Its Belief That Revolution Will Be ASHINGTON, Nov. State Department to-day re- ceived a prompt request from the re of the revolutionary Government at Panama that the United States recognize the new State of Pa but pending official advices from t ited States Consular officer that a new Government has been established and is a de facto Government, the State Department de- clined to commit itself. However, atten- tion was called to the fact that it was the | invariable policy of the United States to deal with the de facto Government in any country. This statement is taken as fa- vorable to recognition should the new Panama Government have an active ex- istence. Early this morning news was received | of the shelling of Panama by the Colom- instructions | bian gunboat Bogota, and were at once cabled to the United States Vice Consul there to protest against this bombardment, while the commander of the cruiser Boston was directed to pre- vent the Bogota resuming firing. It early became apparent that this Government in- tended to take active steps to protect life and property on the isthmus and to take | an advanced position. Instructions were cabled to’commanders of warships on the way to the isthmus, or already there, to resort to any necessary measures to pre- vent bloodshed. - NAVAL ORDERS INTERCEPTED. The situation at the two ends of the railway, Panama and Colon, is anoma- lous, and late to-night it developed that | the Colon situation was the result of plans of the Navy Department miscarry- ing. The dispatches to the Nashville, which should have reached her immediately upon her arrival at Colon on November 2, were intercepted and were not received by Commander Hubbard untii after the Colombian gunboat Carthagena arrived at Colon with 5% Colombian troops aboard, when it was too late to prevent her entrance to the harbor. The execu- tion of the original scheme would have eliminated the Carthagena from the sit- uation at Colon and the present unfortu- nate complications would have been averted. To-morrow, it is expected, further ef- forts will be made on the part of the new Governr.ent of Panama to obtain recog- nition at the hands of the United States. LANDING OF BLUE JACKETS. No confirmation of the news from Colon of the landing of the bluejackets has been received, but the State and Navy Depart- ment officials are quite prepared to hear it. The landing of ammunition is sup- posed to be for the purpose of fortifying 4.—The | | + the Colombian troops and to afford a safe shelter for all the foreign residents. In view of the ample measures taken by the United States it ds not expected that any foreign power will complicate the situation further by dispatching war- ships to the isthmian waters. As soon as the Pacific squadron, consist- ing of the Marblehead, Wyoming and Concord, now at Acapulco, finishes coal- ing it will proceed to Panama to join the | Boston, now bound for that port from San Juan del Sur. ' To-night Acting Secretary Darling re- eived a dispatch from the captain of the cruiser Atlanta at Kingston, Jamaica. saying that he would s=ail with his vessel to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock for Colon. | The Atlanta has been taking on a supply 0. coal at Kingston. BT AR I REBEL SUCCESS EXPECTED. | United States Takes Prompt Steps to Protect Interests. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—United States Vice. Consul. Ehrman at Panama cabled the State Department under to-day’s date that the Colombian Government warship Bogota was shelling the city. One Chil- nese had been killed. Ehrman was in- structed to protest against the bombard- ment. It the Consul's protest is not sufficient the commander of the United States gun- boat Boston, which is by this time on her way to Panama from San Juan del Sur, 600 miles distant. will promptly seize the Colombian gunboat, if necessary, to stop the bombardment. The bombardment is in violation of all the rules of war, beginning as it did with- | out the required notice. Moreover, the United States Government takes the | ground that it certainly interferes with the freedom of transit across the isth- mus, which this Government is treaty bound to maintain. The greatest activity was exhibited in the State and Navy departments this morning and there were frequent consul- tations between the officials, the naval of- ficers particularly being intent on work- ing out the details of the plan for protec- tion of the isthmian traffic, outlined by the State Department. It is quite evident that the navy is mak- ing preparations for a larger squadron in isthmian waters than it has had in many years, and the fact is fot disguised that all the information that has come from secret agents point to the ultimate suc- cess of the revolution. But meanwhile extremely delicate questions are to be an- swered, for the occupation of one end of the Panama Rallroad by the Government forces and the other end by the insur- B S R R DL S, the railway houses against attacks n-omj' Continued on Page 3, Column 1. .{ uccessful. ciated Press correspo derer is undoubtedl he is not ore of ou like a man from the inter The costume of the assassi curious mixture. A new light c and a new black derby hat gave him a OLON, Colombia, Nov. 4.—With- | Fespectable exterior. but his serge out the firing of a gun and amid | W2 extremely ragged and his shoes w scenes of great enthusiasm the | Much worn. Hi SR | independence of the isthmus and | his underclothes were new and of fine the department of Panama was | 9U2lity. In his pockets he carried a cloth cap, apparer hat said to have been bought by the slayer o night of the latter's declared last evening. The city of Panama is now in the hands of revolutionists and no serious attempt v he plan of the assassin # has been made to recapture it. The Co- | °¥ident that the plan of the assestn in | lombian gunboat Bogota arrived in the | M2king his escape had been to discard his overcoat and the derby hat and to harbor after the declaration of independ- ence and threw a few shells into the city | without doing damage to life or property. Perfect order prevails in Colon to-night and transisthmian trains are running as usual, without interruption. In Panama | the flag of the new republic, in colors of | red, white and blue, floats over the Gov- ernment buildings. 1 le believ ¢ : The movement for independence has | ™0 fi:l‘sc:':,:'f;;l"t;’"!_'“f’l‘h'f"“: been In progress since the rejection by | GToC 0 TSI ST T1e SeetReh OF the the Congress in Bogota of the Hay-Her- | 2/ P 2 y continuance of the murderous vendetta, ran canal treaty, but its sudden ripening | point to the ease with which the assassin last night was due to the news of the | escaped them after the killing of Sagount. unexpected arrival at Colon of the Co- 2 It indicates, they say, that the murderer lombian gunboat Carthagena, with Gen- N T e A e ber of | ¥a8 harbored and given another set of ‘ va and a number of | ;jothing by accomplices. troops. —_————— BACKED BY LEADING MEN. Laborers Out of Employment. The movement has been promoted by | WELCH, Va., Nov. 4—The United prominent and wealthy istbmians and | States Steel Corporation, operating here, Governor Obaldia of the Department of | to-day laid off indefinitely 2000 laborers, Panama, who arrived at Panama at 5:3, _ o'clock last evening, on computing the | @-=iimisiisiisimivinirisininininininlnini @ troops and citizens in favor of independ- | the bluejackets from the Nashville quick- ence found that they numbered at least | Iy placed bales of cotton on the tops of 1500. The advocates of independence, in | freight cars, forming excellent barricades. both Panama and Colon, are now jubl- | Several Americans and other foreigners lant. | took refuge on board the German steamer The presence of the United States gun- | Markomannia. The opinion of everybody boat Nashville at Colon is belleved to | pere is that the isthmian canal is now have resulted in the avoidance of serious | yecyred. | trouble. As the result of a conference | here, Colonel Torres, commanding the troops, has sent on a special train to | Panama a representative to confer with | General Tovar, whose unconditional re- | lease is demanded. In reliable quarters it is believed that peaceful results will follow a proposal wear the cap, which would have given him the appearance of a disreputable street loafer, but his escape being cut off, he determined to commit suicide rather than to submit to capture. This series of crimes has brought terror to the Armen- fans, who fear to leave their houses ex- cept under police protection. | A dispatch has been received from Bo- gota, dated November 2, saying that Con- gress has adjourned without enacting leg- islation on the canal project. CLOSES RAILROAD TO TROOPS. The Prefect of Colon to-day received the following letter from the comma of the Nashville: made to Colonel Torres that the American | wgy. The o yndition of affairs at Pan- troops shall return to the Nashwille it | .. o= = o0 0 0% O & O at an he guarantee to maintain order. This : the Colombian troo| movement of the at Colon to that neighborhood must bring | about a conflict and threaten the free and proposal was to-night accepted by Col- onel Torres. BRITISH MARINES MAY LAND. uninterrupted transit of the isthm The British Consul has suggested that, | which the Government of the United if requested, a contingent of marines will | States is pledged to maintain. I have be sent to Celon from the British cruiser | therefore, the homor to notifv you that Amphion, now at Panama. It is believed | I have directed the superintendent of the that the Nashville will be hardly suffi- | railroad that he mu: not transport on cient for all emergencies. It Is reported that the United States gunboat Dixie will soon arrive here. Public alarm in Colon is now somewhat abated. ‘the act of independence has just been signed at Pa- nama. During the excitement this afternoon his line troops either of the Government or of the opposition party. “Trusting that this a will meet with your cordial acquiescence, 1 have the honor to be, very respectfuily, “JOHN HUBBARD, - *Commander, U. & N - ! 1