The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1903, Page 1

VOLUME XCIV—NO. 174. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER CHICAGO IS AGAIN QUIET AND THE STREET RAILWAY STRIKE MAY END TO-DAY Two Minor Points Remain to Be Settled. ST SN Mayor made nion men. company shall the methods by which griev- s employes shall be adjusted pany lald down these two proposals as the basic principles that must be granted by the union before further negotiations could be entered upon. Darrow submitted the company's proposition to the union, after which he said that the strikers had accepted the proposal of the company with im- material modifications. In their turn the men submitted a proposition on the routing of cars. This is the matter that will come before the board of directors of the company to- rrow for its consideration. —————— ROBBERS USE DYNAMITE TO FRIGHTEN CITIZENS After Blowing Up a Bank Bandits Warn People to Stay Indoors. ALLTOWN, Ia, Nov. 20.— to remain in their homes un- of being shot, the residents age of Green Mountain, ten miles north of here, heard three explo- eions before daylight this morning. The explosions wrecked the Green Mountain Bank bu robbers through the eets, warning the people to keep indoors and shooting wherever a light appe The robbers secured $1000 and escaped on a handecar. v — ‘Well Xnown Jurist Dies. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20.—Hon. John A. Hockaday, Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, who has been a prominent ju- rist in Missouri for twenty years and was presiding Judge in the trial of Ed- ward Butler at Columbia one year ago, dled to-day at Mullanphy Hospital. The body will be taken to Fulton, the some of Judge Hockaday, for burial, { § ) ENT MEN IN COUNCIL AVORING TO SETTLE CHICAGO STRIKE. HOP BUYERS DEATH U 10 0N SO Lilienthal’s Agent Fakes Murder , Evidence. | Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SALEM, Or ov. 20.—Although the, Coroner’s jury decided that L. B. Saun- ders, the agent for Lilienthal & Co., the | hop buyers, was murdered by persons unknown, it seems certain that the dead man deliberately plahned to com- mit suicide in such a way that it would | appear that he had been killed by rob- | bers. | The theory of the Coroner’s jury was } that some person had deliberately planned the murder and arranged to | give the killing the appearance of sui- cide. Saunders carried $2000 insurance | in the Order of Artisans, and under the | terms of his policy his family can re- | cover nothing if his death was self-in- | flicted. In this Sheriff Colbath finds the | reason for the attempt to give the kill- ing the appearance of murder. Sheriff Colbath says that Saunders carried the extra revolver fully loaded and dropped the one with which he fired the shot for the purposs of mak- | | ing it seem improbable that the re- volver which fired the shot was his. For a similar purpose, says Colbath, he fired into his left temple with his | right hand, while he clutched a hand- | kerchief in his left hand. Several times | during the evening Saunders remarked | having seen a strange man who acted | queerly and had a false beard. Sheriff | Colbath was unable to find any one in Butteville who had seen a stranger in town that day and he believes that story was made up by Saunders to lend color to the murder theory. .Mr. Colbath says there are powder marks on Saunders’ face, showing that the revolver was held close when it was fire¢ < SPERADD NOW AWAITS THE BATTL Gun Fight Expect- ed With Horse- Thief. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 20.—A re- | port reached@ Caspar to-night that a battle was imminent between Sherift Webb and posse of Natrona county and Tom O'Day, the notorious desperado and ex-member of the Curry gang of train robbers. O’Day is sald to have stolen thirty- five head of “C Y" horses and is now at a rendezvous near Kaycee in the Powder River country,y where he- has prepared to give the officers a fight. Sheriff Webb and his men left Wednes- day night, determined to bring in O’Day dead or alive. O’Day is an expert with the rifle and is known to be one of the most desper- ate men in the West. It is certain that he will fight before submitting to ar- rest and that means that: a' bloody battle. will be fought, People in Carpar are getting anxious, for it was known vesterday that the officers were close upon O'Day and his party. e TUG OCEAN SPRAY GOES ASHORE ON OREGON COAST Siuslaw River Is Scene of the Dis- aster, but Particulars Are Meager. EUGENE, Or. Nov. 20.—A report was brought here to-day from the mouth of the Sfuslaw River that the tug Ocean Spray had gone ashore near there, but that she had not been dam- aged. Further than this nothing can be learned regarding the mishap, The mouth of the Siuslaw is about 100 miles due west of Eugene, Or., which is its nearest point of communi- cation. It has neither telegraph nor telephone, its sole means of access be- ing by wagon road and small coasting vessels that stop there occasionally. ———— LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE ADOPTS RADICAL CHANGE National Order Decides to Abolish Solicitors and the Payment of Shippers’ Telegrams. FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 20.—The National Livestock Exchange to-day elected George W. Shannon of Chicago president. St.Louis was chosen for the convention of 1904. The report of the committee on retrenchment, which was adopted, recommended that local live- stock exchanges, composing the mem- bership of the national body, adopt rules abolishing solicitors for commis- sion men and abolishing the paying of shippers’ telegrams. These changes are regarded as the most radical in the his- tory of the exchange. '\ Threatened. || Daring Attempt Made FEARS WP WAL TY T MURDER Father of Missing Priest Is Now [ to Stop Further Investigation. i Police Are Inclined to Be- { lief That Kidnapers Are Frightened. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Terrified by | another threatening letter received to- day from the dread Mafia, the father | of the Rev. Joseph Cirringione declar- ed that he would gladly abandon all ef- forts to bring the kidndapers of his son to punishment if they would only de- sist from sending threats. There are | | the house of the priest and his father | | is in a state of terror. | |'| The last effusion was delivered at 8| | | o'clock this morning and became the | subject of official attention this after- | { noon, when it was taken to Civil Jus- | | tice Roesch. The Justice himself had the night be- | no little concern. | to-day looked precisely like the others, round hand, far differént from the dis | torted and disguised hand in which the | main body of the lettdr was written. All the residents ofthe building soon knew of its receipt for a while the nefghborhosd shard? In the terror. Several Italians agreed that the letter is fn the Neapolitan dialect and that in meaning is as follows: “Father Cirrin- gione: More explanations. No more talk. You lose your life. Same as this made to Judge Roesch. Save your life. Now will be against you. (Signed) AL B .C5% Judge Roesch said he had no doubt the kidnapers had become so alarmed | that they had decided to do all they could to prevent a further investiga- tion. The Justice has purchased a re- volver. R R JAPANESE ABDUCTS YOUNG CHINESE GIRL AT SALINAS| Boldly Steals Child, Drives to Gil- roy, and Race Feud Is Brewing. SALINAS, Nov. 20.—There threatens to be serfous trouble in Chinatown be- tween Japanese and Chinese over the forcible abduction this morning about 8 o'clock of a 12-year-old girl, Gut Harr, daughter of Ling How, a widow. Joe 1. Tanaka, a Japanese, said to be an ex- convict, is the culprit. As was her cus- tom, the little girl arose early, lit a fire | and began sweeping the street in front of her house. While so employed Tan- aka drove up In a buggy, seized and placed her therein, then drove off rap- idly. The mother noticed the girl's ab- sence, but thought she had gone to the postoffice, but when she did not return at 10 o'clock the mother notified the Sheriff, who sent out an alarm. Inves- tigations set on foot show that Tanaka hired a buggy yesterday at Gilroy for four days and that this ‘morning at 10:30 he was in Gilroy with a little girl and had his horse changed. Then he started north. Chinese here offer $50 reward for the return of the girl and say if harm has been done her they will kill Tanaka and all his associates. The Chinese and Japanese Consuls General have been notified. i —_———— MEDICAL SCHOOL IS DAMAGED BY FIRE Firemen Fight Heroically to Save Northwestern University Building. CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—The law and medical department of the Northwest- ern University narrowly escaped de- struction to-day. The flames started from a defective electric wire on the fourth floor of the building, which was formerly the Tremont House, and ter burning out a lecture room crept up an elevator shaft to the seventh floor, where a clinic room was destroy- ed. The loss is $35,000. Amiqd tables on which lay a score of human bodies, many of which had been disfigured by the students’ knife, the firemen fought the blaze, which proved to be a stubborn ones The south wing of three too floors of the building was destroved. Interior decorations and fur- nishings which cost upward of $150,000 were marred and water-soaked. ROBBERS SECURE SIX DOLLARS FROM TREASURER Brother of Comptroller of New York Is Held Up by a Highway- — - OGDEN, Utah, Nov. 20—Charies Grout, brother of .Comptroller Gro of New York, was held up last | | ; tary-treasurer of a and was on his way home when bbery occurred. daily hints from the Mafia now and| | | fore received a letter which gave him | | The letter received | | | The envelope was addressed in a fair, | | 1, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REYES DECLARES COLOMBIANS ARE IN BELLICOSE MOOD | I | { | | | | | | | | | R a0 e 1 Ready to Fight to Uphold Their | Dignity. 1 COLON, Nov. 20.—After much diffi- culty a press correspondent succeeded | this afternoon in interviewing General Reyes, the distinguished Colombian sol- | dier, who came to the isthmus on a| peace mission representing his Govern- ment. General Reyes said: “The day I left Bogota, which was on the 11th inst., United States Minis- ter Beaupre and Secretary of Legation | Snyder were well, though a little anx- | fous. I assured your Minister that he | was in no danger, and to-day I am able | to give the same assurance to the press. | At the time I left Minister Beaupre wis | preparing to go down the river. “This morning Admiral Coghlan in- formed me officlally that the United | States would prevent the landing of | Colombian troops on any part of thef isthmus. 1 promised Admiral Coghlan | that Colombia would not take such ac- tion until I reached Washington, whith- er I am proceeding via Port Limon and New Orleans. “T also told Admiral Coghlan that if my efforts at Washington failed to bring about some action concerning the present situation on the isthmus satis- | factory to Colombia the United States would have to fight the entire Colom- blan people and that it"would be' a sec- nd Boer war. : ‘% am going to Washington for the purpose of doing my utmost to amica- bly arrange affairs. COLOMBIA IS DESPERATE. “Colombia is in desperation. I doubt if the Washington government or Pres- ident Roosevelt, for whom I have the highest respect, realizes the seriousness of establishing this precedent. The large German colony in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is declared to be inclining a revolutionary movement for inde- pendence, which the success of Panama will stimulate. = “The Government of Cqlombia is re- celving the sympathy of all South America, which is fearful of further American territorial aggrandizement in this direction. “I may propose when in Washington a plan contemplating the re-entrance of Panama into the Colombian Union and the moving of the Colombian capital to Panama City. I am sure that this idea will recelve the support of all Colom- bians. I do not just know what my ‘course of action will be, but T am go- ing to Washington in the interests of Colombia and of civilization.” “Asked whether Colombian troops h the isthmus by land, Gen- | cent operations of the men under him | AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICER AND A GENERAL'IN THE ARMY OF COLOMBIA. Report of Hubbard | " Made Public at | Capital. B e WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The Navy Department to-day made public the report of Commander John Hubbard, commanding the Nashville, on the re- at Colon since the revolution on the| isthmus of Panama was started. The reports.cover the threatened firing on the city of Colon by the Colombian | troops under General Torres, which was prevented by Commander Hub- bard, and the arrival and subsequent departure of the Colombian gunboat Cartagena with 400 or 500 troops | aboard. The statements made by Commander | Hubbard give a‘detailed official de- | scription of what already has been told in the press dispatches. In concluding his report Commander Hubbard incloses a letter, dated No6- | vember 9, from Commander Diehl of | the Boston, at Panama, who repeats the substance of an interview he had the previous day with the British Vice | Consul, Mr. Rhodes, and the agent of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Mr. Peebles, regarding the British ships Manivi and Quito, thén at Buena Ven- tura. The British Vice Consul ex- pressed the belief that there was dan- ger of these vessels being seized by the Colombians to be used as trans- ports, and that if they started with troops under convoy of the Colombian gunboat Bogota the provisional govern- ment at Panama would send out gun- SEEK (7, BUT KILL PRINGESS Mystery in Death of Elizabeth of Hesse. Probable Attempt to Poison Whole Royal Family. Emperor and Empress Are Stricken, but Quickly Recover. Special Dispatch to The Call BERLIN, Nov. Skiernewice, inister rumors came from Poland, aec- counting for the sudden death of little Princess Elizabeth of Hesse, niece of the Czarina of Russid, at the moment of a family reunion. The little Princess and her father were guests at Skierne- wice of the Czar and Czarina, and it is now said that an attempt was made to poison the whole royal party. The Princ was the only victim, al- | though the Czarina was made very ill and the Czar was more or less affected by the poison. There was some wonder that the Czar and Czarina did not at- | tend the funeral of their niece, but it | is now explained that they were too ill |.to be present. Tpe accounts given of the illness of the Princess tally with the suggestions of poison, but not with that of typhoid | fever, which was latterly announced as the cause of death. It had been said by the physicians | that the symptoms resembled cholera, and Iater the officlal statement was amended to appear that the Princess had died of a particularly malignant attack of typhoid fever. The Grand Duchess of Coburg, moth- er of the divorced Grand Duchess of Hesse and of the Czarina, is using all her influence to'utilize the present sad event to bring about a reconciliation between her daughter and the Grand Duke of Hesse. Her efforts have availed nothing so far, since the mother of the dead Princess is said to be too deeply in love with Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, her cousin, who may some time mount the throne of Russia, to accept any pos- sible overtures from her former hus- band. This was evident at the funeral when the divorced pair touched hands across the coffin of their child and then went apart as before the affliction that had brought them face to face for the first time in three years. —_——— STEAMER REPORTS SCHOONER IN, TROUBLE WITH ELEMENTS Strong Off-Shore Gale and Heavy Seas Buffet the C. A. ~Klose. PORTLAND. Or., Nov. 20.—The steamer George R. Vosburg arrived at Astoria from Tillamook late Wednes- day night and reported that she had attempted to tow the schoomer C. A. Klose from there to the Columbia Riv- er, when, arriving outside, an easterly gale was blowing and she had to drop the schooner and could hardly get in- side herself. The C. A. Klose recently left San Francisco in tow of the steam schooner Acme, but during a gale off Tillamook the hawser parted and to prevent going ashore the schooner was headed into Tillamook Bay, which she reached in safety. Now she is again out alone in an off shore gale. She is a flat bottomed craft boats and sink them. Commander Diehl adds: “T told him to keep me informed of the movements of the steamers and I would attend to the matter.” Commander Diehl says he requested Senor Obarrio, who controls both the army and the navy for the provisional government of Panama, not to move his gunboats for any hostile purpose. This was acceded to by Senor Obarrio, who at the same time pointed out that if the Colombian forces effected a land- ing at some distance from Panama, say in Parita Bay, at the villages of Chiri- qui or Tomasillo, which he thought probable, it would result in a long cam- paign to dislodge them, with possible defeat at the end. @ inimininirinieininimi il @ arrangement if such be possible. I know the sentiments of my country- men.” REYES STILL BELLICOSE. General Reyes to-day sent a cable- gram to Bogota advising his Govern- ment that it was impossible to reach any agreement with the Government of Panama and hence that Colombia’s re- Jations with that Government were severed and that he, accompanied by the other commissioners, was proceed- ing to Washington to fulfi!l his mis- sion. Questioned as to the rumor that the departments of Cauca and Antio- quia were anxious to join the republic of Panama, General Reyes said: ““The report of dissatisfaction in these departments is not only untrue, but I am prepared to say the entire republic Continued on Page 2, Column 2. and is unable to make any headway to windward, so she will probaBly keep going until she falls in with a south- erly or westerly wind to drive her back. She 1s under charter to load lumber at the mills of the Tongue Point Lum- ber Company for San Francisco. TWENTIETH INFANTRY TRAVELS IN COMFORT Regulars Start to Philippines From Fort Sheridan in Four Special Trains. CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—The Twentieth United States Infantry, which has been stationed at Fors Sheridan, left to-day for San Francisco, on the way to the Philippines. The regiment will stay in the Eastern islands two years. Four special trains carry the regiment, which has 1000 men with cooks, sur- geons, nurses and other attendants. The troops will sail from San Francisco December 1. Colonel! William S. Me- Caskey is In command. R S U — ‘Well-Enown Composer Dies. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.—Hart P. Danks, a musical composer of national repute and formerly a noted singer, was found dead to-day in his boarding- house here. He was 79 years old. Danks was the composer of many old- time songs, including “Silver Threads Among the Gold.” ——e————— Harvey Rice Dies at Suisun. SUISUN, Nov. 20.—Harvey Rice, a well-known resident and a large prop- erty owner, dled at his home here to- day at the age of 34 years. He was a gingle man and had no near relatives in California.