The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1903, Page 1

Foreeagt cisco for Thirey. A G ML 1§ ASSAULTED —_— Attacked by Turkish Police in a City of Syria. United States Embassy in Constantinople Calls for Warship. er Leishman Demands Prompt paration of the Ottoman Gov- ernment for the Insult, Minist Re The Call Tageblatt iberated Ameri- on that rian on when the assaulted lespite the re- 11 t out that t aturalized ve contriby to ting him of ed ates legation an has made to the Porte and The outrage, it 1l lead to strong he United States on, especially as tion for the Beirut affair given —_———— ITALIAN CRUISERS WILL PUNISH SOMALILAND TRIBE Dec. 8 The It alian cruiser turo and the ee have arrived at n be joined there istofero Colombo, the 1 proceed to Durbo to t on the Somaliland killed Lieu- rander Grabau. d here that the British k had landed a detach- nes at Durbo and set the caused some surprise. ing under Italian protection ed that a British warship Lombardi ch News recev dertake belligerent opera- ne there e ——— TWO HUNDRED BANDITS SLAIN. ., Dec. 8.—The ve defeated a band se robbers) on the , kil 200 of a 2r number, ported en Novem- force of Russian sol- ¥y of chunchuses at Ta- » which five Russians were ¢ severely wounded, ing tribes- m in at the at lo=s of the rob- n a Port Arthur dis- “a panic among the chun- ted made nt Ban Tram- midnight, December 9: San FPrancisco and vicinity— Tair Wednesday; light northerly winés, changing to westerly. District Forecaster. report before | e bonrs .enetiy MCADIE, e Lik: +eee bra — t B=ud, Centra Grand—"Por Greek Theate: Alcazar—"“A Royal Prisoner.” Alham California—“Yon Yonson.” e “New York Day by Columbia—" Way Down East.” Fischer's—"T. 0. U.” versity) — ElL Orphewn—Vaudeville. To-Day. The Chutes—Vaudeville. “+ e i A Bllery’'s Ttalian Mother's Sake.” r (at Berkeley Uni- ery's Italian Matinee Fombiat 5L ATTITUDE OF CZAR OPENS THE WAY TO PEACE IN ORIENT 1 | | | I 3 RIVALS FOR BUPREMACY IN THE ORIENT. WHO ARE NEARING A SOLUTION OF INSPUTES THAT HAVE THREATENED TO IN- VOLVE THEIR COUNTRIES IN WAR. L Nicholas II, to Avert War, Will .flccep;‘ Japan’s Terms With Slight Modifications. PEKI and other ports are that the kado, in a speech opening the session of the Japanese Diet on Thursday, will an agreement with Russia. PETERSBURG, Dec. 8.—Pe: ussia and Japan is now be ured as the result of the Czar at Tsarskoe . Selo, and Foreign Minister Lams- e considered the reply to the anese proposals. to accept some modifications, there to be tion of the he proposals relative to Korea ided upon. These were imme- cabled to Baron de Rosen, the M diately Russian ral Alexieff, the Russian Viceroy in the Far East The latter probably will lay ormally before the Japanese tors in Tokio. The modifications d to be of minor importance. The convention will cover only Korea, Russia acknowledging Japan's predom- irating influence with the right to pro- tect it. Certain reservations are made re- garding coast defenses or stations to POSTAL MEN FOLND COILTY BALTIMORE, Dec.. 8—Columbus Ellsworth Upton and Thomas W. Mc- Gregor, on trial in the United - States District Court here for conspiracy to rob the government in connection with a contract for leather pouches, were adjudged guilty late this afternoon. Charles Smith, who recelved the or- der for 20,000 pouches through the in- fluence of Upton and McGregor, was the principal witness against the ac- cused. District Attorney John C. Rose and Charles J. Bonaparte addressed | the jurors for the government and A. L. Leckie of Washington and William S. Bryan Jr. of this city for the defense, | In the course of his remarks Bryan tcok occasicn to criticize the methods of the Postoffice Department. He said in part: “First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne is overpaid for merely signing letters he does mot read. The whole Postoffice Department is incompletely and shamelessly run and the Govern- ment has hounded MeGregor and Up- ton as scapegoats because of gross incompetency in conducting the affairs | of the departinent.”” He ridiculed Wynne as,a “high rofl- er” and a men who lived on cham- | pagne, green peas and canvashack | ducks and did not attend to his busi- * ness. . er to Japan, and Admi- | f If Japan is will-{ , Dec. 8.—Reports from Bri(-‘ prevent any interruption of Russia's | Mi- | sea communication with Vladivostok and Port Arthur, Russia’'s freedom of trade and concessions, which Korea has guaranteed. A separate understan g will cover Manchuria, Japan agreeing to leave the question of evacuation in abeyance and to recognize Russia's special position and special interests and undertaking not to interfere with them. In return, Russia is to acknowledge Japan’s trad- ing provigions, secured under treaties with China. Exactly what form the latter ar- rangement- will take is not known, manifestly, since it covers - territory over which China exercises sovereign- ty, and it will not be made the subject of.a treaty, but will take the form of a note. If Japan is ready to make the con- cessions -asked for by Russia, it is be- lieved that only a brief time, possibly a few days, will be necessary to reach the final step of the negotiations, as| Japan’s acceptance will be followed by Russia’s formal response. 1t is said that throughout the nego- tiations the Czar was actuated by a| spirit of moderation and the desire to preserve the peace. ol e ool @ STRIKERS ARM "FOR CONFLICT TRINIDAD, Colo., Dec. 8.—Word has | been received from Segundo to-night that an attack on the new part of that | settlement is expected from the Italian strikers in the old town and that a bat- tle may be looked for. Nearly every man in New Segundo is armed and will shoot the first indication of an as- sault. that they would “clean out” Segundo. The situation in that camp is most se- rious. - At all the camps and In Trini- dad the Italians are worked up to a pitch of frenzy because of the killing of a striker and the wounding of three others by guards in the battle last nigh. near Segundo. Sheriff Clark returned from Segundo this afterncon and said that before daylight two inches of snow would fall and obliterate the trail of the men who ambushed Thomas Jennings and four non-union miners and prevent the hounds from trailing them. One of the men who is in jail, suspected of the ambushing, has been {dentified as Laure Manditti. Joseph Velano is in the hospital, expected to die any mo- ment. A large number of extra guards kave been posted at Segundo. The party of strikers fired upon b the guards claims to have been return- ing from & rabbit hunt. Thomas Jen- 1 day the strikers are said to | have been drinking and making threats | MARINES G0 N0 CAMP ~ PRICE HERBERT SPENCER, FAMOUS PHILOSOPHER AND SCIENTIST, OV ISTIMOS | 'Yankee Tars Guard Passes on the Frontier. 'Will Bar the Progress of Colombian Army of Invasion. | | Loyalty of the Native Garrison in the New Republic’s Capital Is Open to Doubt. Special Dispateh to The Call et PANAMA, Dec. 8.—The gunboat Chi- cuito has left for the Gulf of Darien and Chepo River, taking detachments of troops. It is announced that the en- trance to the Atrate River at the head of the Gulf of Darlen is being closely guarded, so that any attempts on the part of the Colombian Government to send troops through this river to the isthmus “will be ineffective. COLON, Dec. S.—A company of ma- | rines from the United States auxiliary cruiser Dixie, under command of Cap- taln Wirt McCreary, landed here this morning and took a train for Empire, | a town on the railroad near Panama, | whabe a camp was established in the canal company's buildings. Another company of marines, to the number of fifty, from the Dixie, left on the after- noon train for Empire. The camp at Empire isnow thorough- 1y equipped and all precautions from a | sanitary standpoint to insure the health of the marine® have beéh Taken. The camp will be supplfed with Water from the Dixie, pending the analysis of the | drinking water available there. 1If | this water should be found to be good the remainder of the 450 marines on hoard the Dixie will be transferred to the camp in batches of fifty. The "stated official purpose of this movement is to give the marines prac- SINKS INTO PAINLESS DEATH tice in the building of camps and to | AEROPLANE A FAILURE The actual purpose of the United States Government in landing the ma- rines, however, is believed to be eon- LN S, Dives Into the Po- tomac With Iis Navigator, | | £ . | ————— | nected with the precautionary meas- ures now being carried out on both sides of the isthmus, and, per- haps, also for the moral effect which the landing of the marines may have on the native garrison at Panama, the loyalty of which, though hitherto ab- solutely unswerving, has been es- tioned in some quarters, especi8lly since the discovery of the plot against the life of General Huertas, commanter in chief of the forces of the republic of Panama, and the alleged effort on the part of a few army officers to persuade the garrison to revolt. | It is considered significant that the | point selected for the encampment of ;the Dixie's marines, while it is the { highest and best, so far as sanitary | conditions are concerned, on the line of the Panama Railroad, it is also on | - the l;ail rost trequently used in the | Speeial ‘Dispateh to The Call. past for the movement of troops over- | X T 1and trom 4he Cauca district into the | WASHINGTON, Dec. = 8—Under Chiriqui district. | weather conditipns which were regarq-‘ TO SHUT OUT COLOMBIANS. ‘;Ed as perfect, the Langiey airship or| 1t a body of Colomblan troops shoula | 2€FOPIane to-day was giten.a second | succeed in obtaining & foothold in the | tFi8l a short distance from Washington | rich Chiriqui district, it is generally | down the Potomac, the result being the conceded that, atter predatory raids on | total wreck of the airship. Everything the country side, they would retreat to | had beey in readiness for the trial for the mountain fastnesses, from which | some days, so that it was felt thaf all ]t;ex:"‘ould be ‘most difficult to dislodge | tnat was needed for the test was.the There is no doubt that the naval au- | [Eht 8ort of wind and ““.h""' T thorities took into consideration® the | 2fternoon ok oo N g moral effect on the Colombian Govern- | themselyes and the test was made un- ment of the establishment of a marine | der auspicious circumstances.. camp at Empire. On the word being given ‘to latunch The report of the movement of 3000 | the aeroplane. it glided 'smoothly ajong soldiers from Cartagena for the pur- |the launching trarmnway until the end | pose of invading the isthmus cannot be | of the tramway was reached when, on confirmed. Rumors of such move- | being left to itsélf, ¥§e aeroplane broke ments may be looked for, particularly |in twe and turned completely over, pr as the people of the isthmus are more | cipitating Professor Charles M. Manley, or less excited by the precautionary |[who was opcrating it, into the icy water. measures adopted by the United | beneath the tangled mass.' A number of States. General Huertas is about to establish a small. garrison for the troops of the new Republic at Yavisa, a town at the head of San Miguel Bay, on the Pacific side of the isthmus. - leaped ‘and brought - —_— .aboard the houseboat on which the o % e m Tangiey wa t WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The Senate & ‘was present to in executive session to-day referred the | Witness the test and appeared 5 len then he saw the product of months enormous expenditure of money, disap- : treaty between the United States and Panama for the construction of a canal across the isthmus to the Committee on Foreign Relations. There Was no dis- cussion. The Senate, without comment, mittee on Military Affairs, A nings, who was escorting the m-u.h mmers who were ambushed, was found at a.ranch, eighteen miles mz scene of the ambush, this morning, one ankle badly sprained. Other : bers. of the non-union party rets Berwind after the sh. i The guards who did the sh % gundo have not been arrested. . MARRIAGE S HURRIED I\ YEVADA Mirs. La Nontagne s - Made a Bride at Reno. Special Dispatch to The Call RENO, ;Nev.,, Dec. 8—Charies E. Maude and Mrs. Louise Catherwood La Montagne were married in this city to- ‘day in the Riverside Hotel parlors by Judge’ Nash. The ceremony was per- formed. immediately after.the arrival of, this morring’s train from the West and ‘was iwithessed by A. B. Curtis, clerk: of the hotel, 'and ~Mrs. -Martin Simons, wifs of the chief’ clérk of the hotel. 5 ‘Maude 18 a prominent mining - man, with-offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has large mining intercsts in Nye County-in-this State. “The matriage. will tome as a bit of surprising:news to the many friends of the bride and groom in this city and especially “o those of Mrs. Maude, to . whom she had not given the slightest intimation of her purposed matrimonial intention. ¢ Mrs. Maude returned here from the | East several weeks ago and for several days resided at the Occidental Hotel. where her relatives were also staying. Later she moved to the Palace and was there up.to a few days ago. Maude was a guest at the Palace last week and it is probable that the arrange- ments for the marriage were made \during his stay in this city. As -Miss Louise Catherwood, the daughter of Mrs. Darling, wife of Ma- | Jjor Darling, formerly attached to the| Presidio. garrison, the bride was widely known in local seciety and especially among the members of the military set ! in whith she and her mother figured gs leaders. In February, 1892, Miss Catherwood became the. wife of Ed- , Clinten, La Montagne, a promi- clubman of New York. The cere- | mony. was performed in tils city and one of the vrincipal social events of the season, -Later the young wed- ded cousle moved to New York, where | Mrs. La Montagne achieved prominence in soclety at Newpert. Lo Continued on Page 2, Column 2. NOTED PHILOSOPHER AND THINKER WHO DIED IN 11 ENGLAND YESTERDAY. | AuthorUnconscious During His Clos- ing Hours. LONDON, Dec. 8.—Herbert Spencer, the famous author, died this morning | at his home iu Brighton. HMis health had been failing for some months. The iliness took a critical turn a few days ago and hé became unconscious last night, passing ‘away without pain. By his own desire; the least possible infor- mation was given out during Spencer’s Niness. . ‘The newspavers all publish long ap- preciations ,and. anecdotes of Spencer, whom they describe as the “last of the great thinkers of the Victorian age.” The attending physician certifies that ‘Herbert Spencer died of senile decay. The distinguished writer, havigg no near relatives living, was attended by a nurse and his secretary. By his own wish the remains will be brought to London and cremated at Hempstead. Nothing is' known of the extent of the autobiography which it is understood he has been writing during recent years. Numberless telegrams bave | been received from all parts of the { world, including one from the King of | | I ! | I | k B | Italy, expressing his warm admiration | for the dead philosopher. Leonard Courtenay, speaking at Edinburgh to-night, referred to a con- versation ' on the fiscal controversy which he had with Herbert Spencer | some time ago, during which Spencer said: “Y want you to say this—and I want | everybody to g0 to the root of the mat- ter: What is the moral basis wkich justifies any interference with my fr dom in buying as I like in an hones market?" R S B EARLY WON FAME AND HONOR ! Dead Philosopher Ranks Among the | © @rcat Thinkers of the World. | Herbert Spencer was Yorn at Derby, { England, Aoril 1820. His {ather, William George Spencer. was, as his father before him, a schoolmaster of much ability and independence of l Wonmeitém—l