The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1903, Page 21

I3 Grand—"F« Matinee To-Day. To-Day. The Chutes—Vaudeville. 0. Mother’s Sake.” Matinee FORTY-EAIGHT PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDA:Y DECEMBER 6, 1903—PAGES 21 TO 34. PRICE FIVE CENT MR. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS WILL DEFEND HIS CANAL POLICY, DEAL WITH RIGHTS OF UNION LABOR AND URGE STEADY INCREASE OF NflUY CHRISTIANS IN SZECHUAN. PROVINCE FALL FIVE-CENT MEALS FOR IRMY MEN Government Try- ing Experiment in Economy. Special Dispatch to The Cal OMAHA, Neb.,, Dec. 5.—Ten ro- bust laborers will exist half of next week os meals costing § cents, sup- plied by the Government, in an at- tempt to that hard labor can be performed on this fare. Major W. H. Bean, chief commis- sary of the Department of the Mis- souri, is conducting the experiment, and will have full charge of the meals and of the men. The test will take place in the Government corral in this city and will be watched by army of- ficers throughout the country. ten men were selected from among show the rustlers and general workmen of | the commissary department, and all mre retired soldiers. will not be conducted in secrecy, nor will any intimidation be resorted to. The object of the experiments is to show that United States soldiers can be fed on § cents a2 meal and that for that sum they can be given good, well cotked food and at the same time ecomomy in the department can be pragticed. The commissary officials believe & soldier can subsist on this amount and be properly fed. The tests jwill begin on Monday and corn- im three da During this time the workmen will be kept at their routing tasks and shi Majo? Bean is one of the most en- thusiastfc chief commissaries of the army and is full of ideas. Economic- buying is his hobby. During the tests he will have a special table for guests, where meals costing 10 cents will be served, which, he says, will be equel to the ordipary 50-cent meals. BOMANCE BOSTON RECORD ;rpct Number of Steamer Passen That Ever Sailed From New Metropolis. b.—The steamer sailed from the Do- STON, :omance, nion line to-day for Medit- inean po ed 1588 steerage 1scengers, \to be the greatest on an outward- Boston. $.—The steam- mber ever und steamer | NEW YORK, ships Finland,, which sailed for ried 1400 passen; limit the capacity to-day, car- The | The experiments | there will be no | R} ¥ J’z,“" av = . - P MEMBERS' OF COMMISSION THAT- WILL REORGANIZE | | THE CHINESE ARMY. | FOLLOWERS OF HEINZE ARE BEATEN Fair Trial Bills Pass Montana 1 House. Special Dispatch to The Call. HELENA, Mom, Dec 5.—For the | first time eince the eighth Legislature of Montana convened in extra session to consider the passage of the “fair | ‘lrml" bills, which would have the ef- | fect of taking the big mining litigation |in progress between Heinze and the ‘Amalgamnted Copper Company out of the courts of Butte, which are alleged to be partial to Heinze, the Heinze fac- tion of the Legislature showed its hand to-day, when - John Heinze's leader in the House, occupied { the floor for several hours. by the Heinze faction, MacGinniss, the Silver Bow County, and president of Heinze's company, passed two trial” bills. One is known as Self's change of venue bill, providing for a change of judge when by the filing | of affidavits, bias or prejudice 1s shown. | The other is known as the Duggan bill, relating to the disqualification of Judges. Amendment after amendment was in- troduced by MacGinniss, tending to change the tenor of the bills in his fa- vor and it was € o'clock to-night be- fore the bills were finally paseed. It is believe that they will pass the Senate within three days. Heinze is beaten in | the Legislature and his next move will | be'‘watched with interest. Spain’s New Cabinet. MADRID, Dec. 5.—The new Cabinet is constituted as follows: Senor Maura, Premier; Senor S8an Pedro, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Senor Toca, Minister of Justice; General Linares, Minister of ‘War; Senor Fernandez, Minister of Marine; Senor Oama, Minister of led by John and Btruria, | Finance; Senor Sanchez Gaerra, Min- ister of the Interior; Senor Dominguez wding to the | y Paschia, Minister of Public Indus- v—uu for | try; Conde de Allende de Salazar, Min- ister of Public Works. MacGinniss, | | The House, over strenuous objection representative from | “fair | | | i | | | i | | | | troubles with Russia. VICTIMS TO CHINESE BOXERS |St. PetersburgAd- vices Report a Massacre. PARIS, Dec. 6.—The Rappel pub- lishes this morning a dispatch from St. | Petersburg anpouncing the massacre | by Boxers of a number of Christians in | the Szechuan province of China. LONDO. Dec. 6.—Europe awaits with une: ness news from Tokio in | regard to the action of the Japanese Parliament, which met to-day, on the It is mot ex- | pected at the Japanese Legation here that definite intelligence in regard to the crisis will arrive before Tuesday. The majority of the diplomatic author- ities agree that peace will be preserved only by a substantial concession on the | part of Russia. | The British Government is so con- vinced of the imminence of war be- { tween these two countries that several army officers sailed to-day to act as for- | elgn military attaches on the Japanese | | the Czar favors its evacuation, side. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 5.—Japan has communicated indirectly with the ussian Government urging upon it he desirability for an early response to the Japanese note regarding affairs h R ti |in the Far East on account of the po- litical situation in Tokio, and the For- eign Office here has expressed the opin- 'ion that the reply will be ready on Tuesday next.. The return ta St. Pe- tersburg to-day of Emperor Nicholas will facilitate early action on the docu- ment. - Sl Gk Tl CHINA’S WAR PREPARATIONS. | Provincial Armies to Be Reorganized on a National Basis. TIENTSIN, China, Dec. 5.—Yuan Shi Kai, the Governor of Chili province, received a telegram from the throne to-day promoting him to the entire command of the imperial army and navy, the highest rank in China. PEKING, Dec. 5.—An edict to-day appoints Prince Ching, the grand secretary; Ydan Shi Kai, the Governor of Chili province, and a Man- chu official to be a committee te reor- ganize the armies of all the Chinese provinces on a national basis, with sim- flar arms; equipments and organiza- tion. ‘While the edict indicates that the Dowager Empress has some apprecia- tion of her country’s needs, there is no reason to expect greater results than from the recent ‘similar de- crees relative to financial, educational and other reforms. Yuan Shi Kai is the only member of the committee who is competent to undertake the work, but he, like Prince Ching, is overbur- dened with other offices. Prince Ching continues optimistic on the subject of the restoration of Man- churia. He tells the officials here that and, although Admiral Alexieff desires its annexation, the Czar, according to Prince Ching, will overrule him. Ching, with other Chinese officials, is appre- hensgive of the results of the British advance in Thibet, The native press fears it is a step toward partition which the other powers may. imitate. Reports from Mukden say numbers of Russian citizens are settling there. The new Taotali of Mukden, who was appointed to succeed the Taotai who was withdrawn after the recent occu- pation of that city by -the Russians, remains at Peking, fearing to go to his post. issued B LTI e VISITS KOREA’S EMPEROR. | Minister Allen Presses America’s Re- quest for Opening of Wiju. SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 5.—United States Minister Allen had a long Interview with the Emperor of Korea to-day on the subject of the request of the United States for the opening to the commerce of the world of the Koreany port.of Wiju, on the Yalu River. No definite decision wes arrived at. The Govern- ment has been placed in a dilemma by the demand of the United States. Wiju was selected by the United States as a prospective port instead of Yongampho because, lying forty miles above the latter port, which is at the mouth of the Yalu River, the country | Within that limit will likewise be open to traffic and neutralized, and a sub- stantial gain in the extent of the mar- ket afforded. The United States naval officers at first decided upon Tunglaio as the second Manchurian port, after Moukden, to be opened, but it appears that Japan had previously made the same demand and had secured its al- lowance in her treaty with China, so that a request from .the United States was unnecessary, and Antung was chosen instead. But the naval officers. who examined the reach of ‘the Yalu River, on which Antung lies on the Chi- nese side, found. that its position strat- egically and from a trade point of m BANK L0SES THOUSANDS ON A TRAI i | 1 a Fortune in Notes. Registered Package Is Rifled While in ! Transit. Vancouver Detectives Baffled by the Skillful Work of Criminals. { e Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 5.—~News of the robbery of $10,500 in new notes of the Bank of Hamilton leaked out to-day in Vancouver. The theft is a mystery and the railway mail service detectives are now no nearer a solu- tion than they were when they started to work three days ago. - The notes were sent from Winnipeg in a registered package. They were in five, ten and twenty dollar bills— new, crisp and freshly cut. Two bank officials in Winnipeg are witnesses to each other that they placed the money in the pacKkage. On Wednesday it arrived’ in Van- couver and was duly delivered to the manager of the.Bank of Hamilton here: The sensation came when it was opened. The labels were. nnptmguy official and the fastenings secures But | inside, instead of there being bank notes, there was but a roll of brown paper. A careful examination developed the fact that the package which arrived here ‘was not the one which left Win- nipeg, but a carefully prepared dupli- cate of it, so far as outward appear- ances went. Detectives started to work at both ends of the line and they found.that somewhere on the train between Winnipeg and Vancouver the package was stolen and the prepared one substituted. - Where this substitu- tion took place no one can tell so far. The bank will lose nothing, for the package was insured for its full value. No record was kept of the numbers of the notes, for they were all of small denomination, and the thieves will have no difficulty in getting rid of them. @ i @ would be vastly improved were Wiju, on the ovposite side of the river, neu- tralized by being made a free port, and this was the object of Minister Allen’s visit to the Emperog of Korea to-day. 5 —————— CARGOES OF WAR SUPPLIES. Danish Ships Under Russian Flag Are Transporting Munitions. COPENHAGEN, Dec. 5.—The ships of the East Danish Company, which has a number of vessels under the Russian flag and is connected with the French East Asiatic Company, are carrying unusually large cargoes of ammunition and other war supplies to Russian ports in Asia. Thelast steamer of this line leaving Russian Baltic ports prior. to the close of navigation has just sailed, loaded to her fullest capacity Hereafter the shipping will be from Odessa, from which port the Danish company is prepared to transport troops. ' Every effort has been made to main- tain secrecy regarding these war ship- ments. Exceptionally well-Informed persons here believe that despite the warlike activity the measures taken are chiefly precautionary, and they express little doubt of an ultimate amicable settlement ~unless hostilities are pre- cipitated by some unexpec!ed move ‘on the part of Japan. —_——————— SHIPPING OBSTRUCTED . BY ENGLISH FOGS T h Streets Are Dark and Steamers Are Unable to Leave Southamp- ton Waters. LONDON, Dec. 5.—A dense fog is impeding shipping in Southampton waters. Steamers are unable to either enter or leave the port. The sailing of the American line steamer New York was delayed thereby. The fog in Lon- don during the early hours was the thickest of the season, locomotion was most difficult and there were a num- ber of casualties through collisions in the streets. The inconvenience was accentuated by the failure of the elec- tric light system -in some di Buckingham Palace and me% district of Pimlico were plunged darkness. Through this cause shops had to be closed. The lllM!- ties started flare lights in the thereby adding to the weirdness of the general gloom. Trains were much de- layed and outside work had to be stopped in many places. . 'Mysterious Theft of * ;\Ell YORK, Decc. 6. A substantial increase 6.—The Herald says the President's in the nav in the army under Sccretary Root comes in for complimentary mcuh’on. message is, one of the longest int recent years. It contains full justification, from the administration viewpoint, of everything zohich was done in connection with the recent revolution on the isthmus, but the administration is absolved of connivance. The Republic of Panama was recognized not only to pre. to cnable us to comply with the treaby of New Granada to secure transit across the isthmus, but to fulfill our higher obligation to the world to see that the canal was constructed. i . There is a discussion of problems which lic ahead of the n merce and Labor. The questions of the relation of capital and labor and. the duties which each must perform toward govermment receive attention. is recommendede The progress which has been made | prve peace and | oW Department of Com- HIP STAIRES O ROGKS FURIOUS Every Person on finknown Craft ' Perishes. ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Dec. 5. An unknown, square-rigged vessel, be- | leved to be a Norwégian craft, struck |on Ferryland Head, near Cape Race, during a furious storm at midnight | last night and every person aboard perished. One body was washed ashore this morning, but bore nothing which could possibly lead to its identification except a gold ring, marked with the initials, “J. E.” Portions of the wreck also drove ashore, bearing the letters, “Torens, ‘“‘Levekapsy,” “Bestr” and + “Kukal. These are the only clews so far ob- tained and nothing is known of the ship_in these waters, though it prob- ably. will be possible to identify her when the sea becomes smooth. - The vessel. struck at the foot of a steep cliff and hung on the rocks for a short period. Residents of the vicinity were unable to assist the unfortunate crew, as no boat could live in the sea whieh was running where the doomed craft lay. HAMBURG, Dec. 5 —A terrific snowstorm and a dense fog prevails on the North Sea and a number of ship- ping casualties have occurred. The Dutch steamer Aliwan, from La Rochelle for Rotterdam, foundered and her crew perished. —_—e———— BARRIERS TO DIVORCEES IN RHODE ISLAND Clergymen Agree to Make Trouble for Those Who Would Remarry. . PROVIDENCE, R. I, Dec. 5.—Rep- resentative clergymen of Rhode Island, headed by the Right Rev. W. W. Mc- Vickar, Episcopal Bishop, who have been endeavoring for years to have the State divorce law amended, have en- tered into an agreement regarding the mbtter of marrying divorced persons. Out of 650 clergymen in the State more than 200 have agreed to make it as difficult as possible” for divorced per- sons to remarry and to treat all ques- tions of marriage and divorce in such a way as to advance interdenomina- tional comity. Of the number signing will refuse to marry a person of an- other d,nomlndtlon; than their own, who have been divorced, and who could not marry again according to the ecclesiastical laws of that denomina- tion; eighteen agree not to marry a person who has been divorced for any cause. In cases where divorce has been granted for unfaithfulnes, 115 ministers declare they will only wlemnhe the ms.rrlase of the‘innocent arty. g l\enrly all the denominations in the State are represented. ————— - WIN'D SHEDS -ASHES ON SAN BERNARDINO Forest Fire Is Under Control, but the Lumber Loss Is + Heavy. SAN BERNARDINQ, Dec. 0.—The streets of San Bernardino this morn- ing looked as though a volcano had ‘been doing business in this vicinity. During the night the high north wind carried the ashes from the forest fires to the city and early this morning they were still falling. The fire which has caused such an immense amount of damage is still raging, though it is thought to be under control. As near as can be estimated at this time about 500 square miles have been rned 'over and the loss, including e Brookings lumber yards, will reach $250,000, the loss on the lumber alone being $100,000, but this is paritally eov- I ered by insurance. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6.—During - the past two exceedingly dry days Escon- dido has lost much by fire. The flume line of the Escondido frrigation district was burned in several places and there being no water in the flume the fire ran along it unimpeded. Two’or three tres- tles went with the rest, and the total damage to the flume is estimated at $8000 to $10,000. i —_——————— ‘Wants County, Act Ratified. (HONOLULU, Dee. 5.—F. M, Hatch safled on the steamer China to- for San-Francisco, en route to Washington, where he. will seek to have Congress ratify the county act. i Employes. the agreement, sixty-three ministers | President Denies| That He Aided Panama. “Open Shop” for Government’s NEW YORK, Dec. 5—The Herald has the following from Washington: President’s Roosevelt's message, which will be sent tgq Congress at the begin- ning of the regular session on Monday, is understood to be a very long docu- | ment and discusses with great detail questions of government which the ex- ecutive has considered during the last twelve monthss The most interesting thing in it is the treatment of the Isth- mian canal question. The President meets this subject with characteristic boldness. 'He justifies his course and the policy of the administration. The United States not only had obligations to perform under the treaty with New Granada in keeping peace on the isth- mus and providing for open and unin- | terrupted traffic across the neck of land, | but it had a greater duty on .ae higher | ground. that this Government Is the| trustee of the world for the isthmus. | The President’s message is couched | in language which leaves no doubt that he regards what has happened as final | and there is no. suggestion of retrac- ing the steps which have been taken. | NO INTRIGUE WITH PANAMA. There'is in the message, so Senators who have read it say, much that re- minds them of the query that Mr. Mcw Kinley made when he said that the| flag was floating over the Philippines and boldly asked: “Who will haul it down?" But in the largest sense is the Pana- | | ma section of the message a justifica- tion of what has been done by the United States. The President will show | that this Government was not parti- | ceps criminis to the revolution on the isthmus; that it knew only as all other nations, including Colombia, knew that | a revolt might occur; that the Gov- | ernment, in accordance with its obli- | gations to preserve peace on the isth- | mus, sent a few ships in that general | direction, but that the very fact that the naval force near at hand was so small showed that the administration did not have definite news that a re- volt was actually impending. The President informs Congress that a treaty has been negotiated with the new republic of Panama and that it will be submitted to the Senate for ratification. RIGHTS OF LABOR UNIONS. The events of the last year bearing on the right of labor to boycott and intimidate and the rights of corpora- | tions to annul laws on the statute| books gave the President an excellent | opportunity to discuss questions which are uppermost in the minds of every business man and every labor leader in the United States. The treatment of this great subject is expected to form a very large part of the message. It will be recalled that the President laid down in the dispute which arose in the bindery of the Gov- ernment Printing Office the principle that, while labor organizations had the right to exist among Government em- ployes, those organizations had no right to put their rules above the laws of the land and that no man could be excluded from the Government service because he did or dld not belong to a labor union. All of these things made it fitting that the President should state his po- sition, which is not one of hostility to | either business or industry, but rather of friendliness to both classes, so long as they work within the laws and treat each other fairly and lawfully. LAWS REGULATING TRUSTS. The suggestions which have been made as- to legislation are very care- fully guarded. It is not expected that the President recommends any radical legislation regarding trusts, but there will be laid before Congress a very full statement as to the condition of the State and-Federal laws. As no ef- fort has vet been made to obtain from corporations the secrets of their busi- ness and capitalization the President probably will ask for change in the laws creating the new Deolrtmenl of Commerce and Labor. It s understood among those who have been acting in an.advisory ca- pacity to ,the. President that no new onslaught on corporations is contem- plated. What will be suggested in the future will depend entirely upon the facts brought olit by the Bureau of Corporations of the Department of Commerce and Labor when it gets into full operation. This bureau was cre- ated for the purpose of obtainipg facts which should be communicated to the President and the information se com- PROMOTION OF WD 15 NULLIFIED FHouse Action Re- duces Rank of General. —_—— WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—By the manner of adjourning the House to- day the extra session of the Fifty- eighth Congress will expire by con- stitutional limitatio, on Monday, when the regular session will begin. This eliminates the possibility of the Fresident renewing his civil and mili- tary appointments. Such appeint- ments as have not been confirmed by the Senate during the éxtra session must be renewed simply in the form of nominations, which, In effect, are but recommendations, and do not become effective in any case until confirmed by the Senate. In effect, this action will redace Gen- eral Leonard Wood from his present rank of major general, to which the \ | Senate has not confirmed him, to the rank of brigadier gemeral, which he held prior to August 8§ last. It also will reduce in like manner 187 army officers who were promoted to fill the vacancies caused by the promotion of General Wood. DR. CRUM LOSES POSITION. Among the civil appointments affect- ed is that of Dr. Crum, the negro, as Collector of Customs at Charlesto: C. Crum is serving under a recess ap- pointment. The effect of the adjourn- ment is to vacate his position. Crum’s recess appointment has thus been ter- minated. As the situation in the Sen- ate has been such that his confirma- tion has been despaired of, the collect- orship of the port of Charleston will remain vacant until the expiration of the next session, unléss the President selects some one else for this place and the nomination is confirmed by the Senate. While no official representation has been made by the Senate to the House, several informal® conferences have been held between the Republican Sen- ators an® Speaker Cannon. In these the Speaker has said that the House has no.authority over executive a pointments or confirmations, and th: | If the creation of a recess was neces- sary to take care of these matters the Senate should have taken officlal ac- tion looking teo adjournment of the special session. In the absence of such a movement, the Speaker said, he could not interfere in any way with the ex- piration of the extra session by con- stitutional limitation. MUST RENEW NOMINATIONS. All of the new nominations, includ- ing army and navy and civil appoint- ments, made by President Roosevelt during the extra session, and which have not been.confirmed by the Sen- ate, will have to be renewed at the reg- ular sessicn. It is expected that these nominations will be retransmitted by the President on Monday next. At the War Department the officials are not quite clear in their minds as to the exact status of the military offi- cerg whose nominations have failed of confirmation. There is a disposition to take the point of view that, between the expiration of the present session and the beginning of the regular ses- sion, there will necessarily be an ap- preciable but small iod of time when there is no session and during which Congress is technically in recess, and that it will be within the power of the President at any time after Monday | next to make recess appointments to continue during the session, unless oth- erwise disposed of. The officials are not united yet in their view upon this point, but the new nominations which are now being.made out at the War Department to replace those which lapsed are all to be dated as to the time the vacancy ocurred. It “seems possible that the complex questions involved may require the de- cision of the Attorney General. —— CANNON NAMES COMMITTEES. House Adjournment Merges Extra Into Regular Session. * WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. ker Cannon to-day completed the organ- tion of the House by announcing the remainder of the committees, so when the House reconvenes on Mon- day it will be ready to proceed at once with regular legislation. At the re- quest of Williams, the minority lead- er, an hour was given for general de- bate, during the course of which De ° Continued to Page 22, Column §.