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

for thirty. A G District Forcoast male at I- ‘December 10, 1908: San Frantisco and vicinity— Fair Thorsday; light northerly winds, changing to westerly. s . | Day.” To-Day. Central—“New York Day by Columbia—“Way Down East.” Orpheum — Vaudeville. Matinee ‘The Chutes—Vandeviile. - S FRANCISCO. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1903 COLOMBIAN UDESSELS LAND TROOPS FOR INUASION OF THE ISTHMUS | | STEALS CHILD AT A SCHOOL geles the Supposed Kidnaper of His Daughter in Chicago CHICAGO dros 9. —Georgiana vear-old daughter 1794 Milwaukee @venue An- s C. Bru ped at 3 o'clock this morn- LIFUTENANT GENERAL J P A I }’owV(r— o> | i' | | i | \ \ L e Marroquin's Forces Mobiliz- g on the Frontier of the | New Republic. LA GUAYRA, Venezuela, Dec. 9.— The French steamer Versailles, which has rarrived here from Savanilla, re- ports that Colombian steamers have landed 1100 men from Cartagena near the mouth ¢f the Atrato River (on the Gulf of Darien) to open a way through ENIS LIFE BY HANGING 1N THEATER Stage of a f’liyhouse the Scene of.a Suicide. to the entry of Colombian troops into Panama was said to-day to be to pre- | vent a conflict before it commenced. | To this end, having in mind previous; | experiences on the isthmus, the naval | commanders in those waters have been | iK%, NP Z 0 "NNR { ot i to ke h 20 - e moms st a arenter aistance trom | ACITESS Mabel Brownell | o Pinds Twitching Body at Rope’s End. Attache of a Salt Lake Plecy of Amuse- ment Adopts Spectzeular Plan for His Taking Off. Special Dispatch to The Call SABRT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 9.—The al- most lifeless body of James McGregos, one of the flymen in the Salt Lake The- ater and vice president of the local branch of the International Association of Stage Employes, was found dang- ling from the flies shortly after 7| o'clock by Miss Mabel Brownell, who is | playing the leading role with J. H. | Stoddard in “Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush” in that playhouse. Her screams attracted the attention of the other stage hands, who rushed to her. “What Is that?” cried the woman, pointing at the still swinging form of the man. Although the men recognized their | fellow workman, they made Miss Brownell believe that it was a dummy used in a previous play and induced her ! | to 8o to her dressing-room. Then the men tried to pull up McGregor's body | and untie the rope, but, finding that im- possible, they cut the rope, letting the limp form fall twenty feet to the stage. Although McGregor's neck had been broken, life was not extinct. A physi- !cian was summoned, but could do noth- | ing for McGreger, who died five min- CORTELYOL T0 ENFORCE TRUST LAW Secretary Uses Plain First Report. | —_——- Corporations Must Observe the Act Providing for Publicity. Al i Busine:s Secrets Not [nvolving Unfair Dealings With the People Will Not Ee Revealed. | l | Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET .\'.! W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Because | the Department of Commerce and La- bor, with its inquisitorial Bureau of Corporations, has been the storm center | of the Standard Oil opposition to Presi- | dent Roosevelt, peculiar interest awaits | the publication® of the first annual re- | port of Secretary Cortelyou, which was | given to the press to-night. Secretary “ | Cortelyou does not even attempt to, thinly veil the purpose of his depar ment to carry out the law with refer ence to great corporations, whether they be good or bad, but to do nothing rash. He calls attention to the fact that the creation of the Bureau of Cor- | perations was viewed by some with| suspicion and that it was feared the powers granted to it might be used hastily to the injury of legitimate en- | terprise. No such purpose, he says, | will control the administration of the law. Secretary Cortelyou uses this lan- | guage in announcing his purpose of | carrying out the intent of the law: “Many corporations have been grant- ed important privileges by the public | and some of these ’corporations, | through consolidation of capital, have | acquired extensive influgnce in the in- | dustrial affairs of the country. These privileges, it improperly used, net enly retard the progress of industry, but| | been greatly exaggerated. | saia, WARSHIPS THREATE CHEMULDY Russian Squadron Suddenly Enters Korean Port, SR - Czar Enforcing His Protest Against the Opening of Yongampho. Three Thousand Men Will March Upon Capitol City if the Rus- sian Warning Is Ignored. S — TOKIO, Dec. 9.—A strong Russian squadron, consisting of eight warships, including .two battleships, has arrived at Chemulpo, Korea, the port of Seoul, the capital, to support Russia's of sition to the proposed~opening of Yon- gampho to the commerce of the world. The Russians threaten to land 3000 mén and march on Seoul should Korea dis- regard their warning. It has repeatedl been reported that the Russians have been fortifying Yongampho, on the Yalu River, but the reports to this effect appear to have Japan and Great Britain on October 17, according to a dispatch from Peking, asked for the opening of Yongampho to the com- merce of the world, and the Korean Foreign Minister consented, subject to the approval of the Emperor of Korea, which was withheld, owing, it was to a strenuous protest made Korea, M. subsequently Korea was then sald to have strong!y objected to Russia's in- terference as being a violation of K- the Russian Minister to Pavloff, although this was denied. rea’s sovereign rights. Later it was asserted that Japan insisted on recog- nition of her influence in Korea, and the opening of Yongampho or other ports to foreign trade. A dispatch from | St. Petersburg om November 27 said Russia was willing to concede some- utes later. Jealousy over his sweetheart, Miss Lenna Hall, bestowing her affections upon another man was the cause of the suicide. frequently breed corruption in politics. | thing, but she opposed the opening of “The legislation creating the Bureau | Yongampho. on account of its proxim- of Corporations was an expression of | ity to the mouth of the Yalu Rftver, FRESIDENT 9 CozoMBIg~ - i | | OIL PRICE FAST NEARING ! THE TWO DOLLAR MARK | MARROQIIN ™ | Touches Highest Point Since 1895 and the Advance Is Likely to | Continue. PITTSBURG. Dec. 9.—The Standard | and Producers’ and Refiners’ oil com- | panies to-day advanced the quotation | on Pennsylvania oil 3 cents, bringing ) AMA ' CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, HEAD OF CO- LOMBIAN GOVERNMENT, PROSPECTIVE AND MAP SHOWING ROUTE o PRESIDENT OF PAN- OF THE ISTHMIAN CANAL. NANCE O'NEIL'S - TRUNKS SEIZED Property of the Actress and McKee Rankin Attached by a Chicago Theatrical Manager ing from ir mt of Goethe School, Fullerton avenue and Rockwell street, presumably by her father, Lewis An- dros of Los Angele The bell had just liing the children to their studies, when a closed carriage stopped in front of the build- ing and two men got out. The Andros child was seized and her crles were stified by a hand placed over her mouth In few geconds she was ¢placed in the carriage. The vehicle went east on Fullerton avenue, the | horses on a gall Principal Charles S. Bartholf tele- phoned to the police trol wagon was s to overtake the carr time a policeman near the school bor rowed a buggy and gave chase. The jver of a milk wagon and a ph cian in an automobile joined in the pur- it. Many of the children followed he pursuers. The kidnapers, however, cluded capture and all trace of them was lost. Lewis Andros and his wife were di- vorced two years age In Minneapolis. Mrs. Andros came to Chiczgo and mar- ried sgain. Andros went to Los An- geles. He has been trying for some time to get possession of the child. ————————— Dowie Is Yet in Trouble. CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Seitlement of the Dowie receivership may not pass as quietly as the order signed by Judge Kohlsaat on Tuesday indicated. At- for one of the creditors served to-day on representatives of all the other interested parties that a mo- tion would be presented before Judge Kohlsaat to-morrow to strike out that part of the order providing for pay- ment by Dowie of all expenses of the receivership. The point will be made that Dowie has no right to agree 1o pay these costs until he is proved sol- vent. ation and a pa- out in an effort e. In the mean- P | CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—All of the proper- ties and costumes of Nance O'Neil, the San Francisco actress, and McKee Rankin were attached to- |@ay by William 8. Cleveland, manager of the Cleveland Theater, | where for the last month Miss O'Neil and Rankin have been filling an en- | gagement. Affidavit was made by Cleveland that the actress and Rankin were, in his be- | lief, about to conceal or dispose of their property, leave the State and defraud him of several hundred dollars advance | expenses. Cleveland alleged that the | two jointly and severally had violated their contracts to play out the season, | because their expenses were neltér | than their salaries. | Answers were filed in which Miss | O'Nell averred that she had entered {into no contract, and McKee Rankin | alleged that Cleveland owed him more money than the advance expenses amounted to. : The case was called at once, but, af- ter the testimony of Cleveland had been heard, it was continued until to-mor- TOW, the Darien Mountains into Panama. Other troops from the Department of Cauca, Colombia, are said to be.con- verging on Panama, and from all parts | of Colombia troops are reported to be marching or waiting on the result of General Reyes' mission to Washington. | COLON, Dec. 9.—The United States cruiser Atlanta is still patrolling the eastern end of the San Blas coast and keeping a lockout for any attempt on the part of the Colombian Government to land troops on the isthmus, which the Atlanta would at once prevent. The Atlanta also is endeavoring to ascer- tain if the Indians'know anything of the movements of trocps from the in- terior across the frontier. and is seek- ing information concerning the alleged concentration of Colombian troops at the mouth of the Atrato River, on the Guif of Darien. The Atrato River be- ing in Colombian territory, the Atlanta, of course, could not interfere with any movements of Colombian troops there. The report brought to La Guayra, Venezuela, by the French steamer Ver- sailles from Savanilla, to the effect that Colombian steamefs have landed 1100 men near the mouth of the Atrato Riv- er to open a way over the Darien Mountains to the isthmus, cannot be confirmed here. The movements of the Atlanta are entirely of a precautionary nature and for the purpose of securing informa- tion. The United States gunboat Ban- croft left to-day to patrol the western end of the San Blas coast in co-opera- tion with the Atlanta. It is expected that the latter vessel will return here in a day or two to report. I DI AR READY TO DISPATCH TROOPS. United States Will Prevent Colombian Invasion of Panama. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The policy of the Navy Department with resnect | the price up to $1 90, the highest since May, 1395, The Tacona, Corning and | the tsthmus at poirits where a fight | Newecastle also were advanced 3 cents, with the Panaman troons is likely to occur. In all paval operations, it may be said on authority, the depart- ment is still guided by the treaty of 1846, under which the United States guaranteed to keep transit across the isthmus oven. It is probable that the training ship Prairie, with a battalion of marines aboard, will be ordered to Colon. The vessel is now at Guantanamo Lieutenant General Young, chief of staff, to-day authorized the statement to be made that the War Department was ready to dispatch troops to the | isthmus on short notice should their presence be demanded. Although the statement heretofore has been denied, it is learned that the department has taken notice of the re- peated reports that Colombian troops were assembling at different. points ) with the avowed purpose of making a hostile demonstration against Pan- | ama, and has perfected all military plans to repeal such an invasion. General Young said that, should he | be called upon to assist the navy, it | would not be necessary to send to the isthmus more than a regiment or two. Although none of the members of the joint army and navy board, which met to-day, would admit that the isthmian situation was under discussion, it is | known that such was the case and that both the army and the navy are now in a state of preparefiness for any con- flict with Colombia that may arisé. Dr. Herran, the Colombian Charge d'Affaires, to-day authorized the state- ment that if troops from Cartagena had landed ‘near the mouth of the Atrata River, as reported by the Fren¢h steamer which has arrived at La Guayra, it was directly in opposi- tion to the advice of both himself and General Reyes. while the lower grades were put up 1 cent. The gradual decrease in produc- tion, necessitating the drawing upon stocks, is said to be responsible for the advance. Operators have confidently expected the advance and predict $2 oil in the near future. Very little new territory is being discovered, but the drill is ac- tive, both in *wild catting” and in old districts. | —_—————— POLITICAL REFUGEE DIES AT HANDS OF ASSASSINS Two Koreans Stab Former Minister of | Foreignu Affairs Pan Chong to ‘} Death Near Hiroshima. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 9. —The steamer Empress of India, from Yoko- hama, brought news from Kobe of the assassination of a notable Korean po- litical refugee, U. Pan Chong, former | Minister of Foreign Affairs, by two Ko- reans at Kure, near Hiroshima, on No- vember 24. The victim had been living in Japan since 1897. The assassins, who stabbed the victim during an entertain- ment he gave them, were arrested by Japanese police. They are said to have been commissioned in Korea to kill the former Minister for the part he is al- leged to have taken in the murder of the late Queen of Korea. —_—————— CASTRO WILL REOPEN PORT ON THE ORINOCO Blockade Against Which Great Brit- ain Protested Is Soon to Be Removed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The State Department received a cablegram to- day from Mr. Russell, United States Charge in Caracas, saying that the General Reyes has been fully in- formed by the President himseif as to the intentioms of th_- Government of the United States respecting the isth- mus. He was- told by the President that, as was set forth in the Presi- dent’s message to Congress, the United States had determined to maintain the independence of the new republic of Panama ageginst all comers. While this guarantee is contained in a treaty now pending before the United States Senate and as vet unratified, the ad- ministration has for some time past been acting upon the theory that the understanding is in full force There- fore all necessary preparations have been made to exXert whatever physical force may be necessary to protect isthmian transit. And, instead of con- fining military and naval operations s b i 328 AR s e i Continued on Page 2. Column 5. Venezulean Government had decreed the opening to trade of the port of Cristobal Colon, on' the bay of the same name, on the west shore of the Gulf of Paria. Russell also reports that when this port is opened the Government will open the port of Ciu- dad Bolivar, on the Orinoco, which has been closed to trade for the ‘past year. Electric Rallway Is Completed. SAN JOSE, Dec. 9.—The track of the electric interurban road from San Jose to Los Gatos by way of Saratoga was | completed this forenoen. The construe- | tion of the extension from Saratoga to Congress Springs will be commenced immediately. In order to accommodate the peopie of Campbell the company has applied for another franchise for ‘the short line between this city and Los | there were only four besides himself the popular belief that further safe-| guards should be provided for the regu- lation of business enterprises to which special privileges have been granted by the people. Publicity will disclose unfair dealings, dishonesty anfl corrup- | tion, but, if properly enforced, will not | disclose to trade competitors the fruits | of individual thrift and initiative, nor| permit in any other manner the inva- | sion of private rights.” In rehearsing the operations of the Department cf Commerce ®ince it came into existence on July 1, St retary Cor- telyou puts at rest the rumors that the Bureau of Corporations had already come into collision with the Standard Oil Company and that the Rockefeller | corporation had refused to give infor-| mation demanded by the department. | —_—e———————— SEARCHERS FAIL TO FIND | BODIES OF DROWNED MEN | Syl No Trace Is Found of the Victims of the Disaster Near Middle Creek Station. REDDING, Dec. 9.—The bodies of | two horses driven by five men, four of | whom were drowned by mistaking a | road and driving into the Sacramento | River near Middle Creek Station last | night, were recovered from the stream this morning. A two-seated buggy was also pulled out of the water, but | nona of the bodies of the men were | recovered, although the stream was dragged for them. ‘harles Diestlchorst of this city is positive that one of the drowned men was his nephew, William Knudson, of Redding. He knows that young Knud- son got into the rig here to go to Kes- wick. He says his nephew had been going under an assumed name at Kes- wick and believes the name to be Wil- | liam Weiner, the name that was given out in the list of victims. It was at first thought that possibly Knudson made the sixth member of the ill-fated party and that five were drowned, but H. Fitzpatrick, the sole sirvivor, says in the rig. If Knudson was in the party he was probably the one known as Weiner. s _— e——— 7 CHAMBERLAIN HAS THE SUPPORT OF FARMERS Central and Associated Chambers of Agriculture Indorse the Policy of Former Colonial Secretary. LONDON, Dec. 9.—The Central and Associated Chambers of Agriculture of the United Kingdom indorsed Joseph Chamberlain’s fiscal proposals at a meeting held in London to-day. The chambers, which are thoroughly rep- resentative of the agricultural inter- ests, debated the matter at several re- cent meetings before adopting a reso- lution welcoming the former Colonial Secremry’g, proposals as necessary for the welfare of the farmers. \ An amendment proposing that the question be referred to a royal com- mission was defeated and the con- sensus of the speeches dissented from Premier Balfour's scheme and de- clared that the farmérs, in their own interest, must heartily support Cham- berlain. | Yalu, taking the ground that it wonld threaten her interests and comnlicate her dificulties in Manchuria. Some days later it was announced that Ad- miral Alexieff, the Russian Vicéroy in the Far East, had sent a number of warships to Chemulpo. A dispatch from Seoul, Korea, on De- cember 5 announced that American Minister Allen that day had a long in- | terview with the Emperor of. Korea on | the subject of the request of the United States for the opening of Wiju, on the to the commerce of the world. The Korean Government, it was added, had been vlaced in a dilemma by the demand of the. United States. Tt was pointed out at the time the dispatch of December 5 was received from Seoul that Wiju was selected by the United | States as a prospective port instead of Yongampho, because, lying forty miles above the latter port. the country with- in that Hmit would be likewise opened to traffic, and neutralized, a substantial gain in the extent of market afforded. Pt INEWS PROTEST. Russian Minister Has Aundience With the Emneror of Korea. LONDON, Dee. 9.—The Tokio corre- spondent of the Times says that a Rus- sian squadron, including two batile- PAVLOFF RI | ships, having assembled at Chemulpo, M. Pavloff, the Russian Minister to Korea, accompanied by the admiral commanding the fleet. had an audience with the Emperor, in the course of whieh, it is belleved, he renewed his protest against the opening of Yon~ gampho to foreign commerce. Dispatches to the Daily Telegraph from Tokio and Nagasaki, under date of Wednesday. do not mention the af- rival of the squadron at the Xorean port. The Telegraph's correspondents say that the situation has undergone no change, except for an Iincrease in the tension due to the protracted nego- tiations. Ther also report that the Japanese Government is buying war materials abroad. The correspondents of both the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph expect that Viceroy Alexieff will start for St. Petersburg almost immediately. Leading editorials in the newspapers this morning point out that Russia is bound by the strongest obligation to Great Britain te respect the integrity of Korea, as it was on the understand- ing that this should be done that Great Britain restored Port Hamilton to Korea. The Daily Mail's Tokio corresponident says it is reported by the Chinese repre- sentative in Thibet that the Russians are building two forts and are prepar- ing to resist the British expedition. The locality in which these forts are being built is not definitely known. L Sl TOKIO CABINET'S DILEMMA, Opposition Will Attempt to Impeach the Japanese Ministry. YOKOHAMA, Dec. 9.—Advices re- ceived here to-day from Tokio say Rus- sia’s reply to the Japanese proposals has not yet been received, and it is not believed there that it will be flnally