The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1903, Page 1

o ably* ligkt showers west wind, Local THE WEATEEE. Torecast made.at San Pran- cisco for thirty hours ending midnight, December 14: San Francisco and vicinity— Gezerally clondy Menday; prob- G. H. WILLSON, i light north. Forecaster. Heinze Accuses Foes of Destroying Ore Bodies. Montana Copper King Wil Swear to Criminal Charges. Declares Explosions Which Imperiled Many of His Workmen Were Caused by Hired Vandals, BUTTE, Mont., I ground battle, the r the destruction of tt —An hich was under- wort of rich 19 Augustus Heinze t ve occurred 3 terday Heinze charges the miners of th Pennsylv mine, one of the Amalgamated pr ties, W v exploded box after box « and Pennsylvania bers and bodies rated among the richest destroy- nd in the Butte camp. The Is charge the Amalgamat- h having be tye explo- tly after 3 o'clock yesterday after Judge Clancy had Boston and Mc e Amalgamated guilty « fined each $300 for tres- the Heinze ore bodies. passing One explosi caused a large cave-in n the Rarus mine. one of the Heinze properties, entombing seven men, who raculously escaped through chgtes. The affair caused wild ru- f great lcss of life. Two other men were blinded by the explosion. The Amalgdnmated officials” declare the wrecking of the timbers and the the Rarus were the result of timbering and disclaim the of ore bodies. It is said authority that Meinze al charges against mated officials in this il be placed under Rarus miners de- red unknown miners ground with flash rtly afterward they ning report and then the ghts heard a def crashing of Superinte: Pennsylv nze rge Moultrop of a deglares the story of is created attract sympathy. —_— ROOT DID NOT PREDICT WAR WOULD COME SOON th H Secretary of War’s Speech at a Dinner Given by the Carabao Society Is Misquoted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — Consid- erable comment was occasioned here to-day by reports that Secretary Root, at a dinner given last might by the Carabao Society, an organization of army and navy officers who have seen active service in the Philippines, pre- | dicted that a war would soon come between the United States and some forelgn power, but the interest dis- played in the report and the specula- | tion it caused as to what the Secre- tary had in mind were dissipated this afternoon when it became known that the word “soon” was a misquotation. Secretary Root himself said to-night that he had not predicted that a war would come soon, but in his speech of | last night merely had stated what he had given utterance publicly to on several occasions, namely that “when the time comes, as we know it will come some time — we do not know when and we do not know whence, but we know it will come some time-— when you (referring to both the army and the navy) are called upon to de- fend our country, you will do it with mutual helpfulness and comrade- ship.” The speech of last night, it was said, was mostly an expression of confl- that, in the event of war, the ny and navy would co-operate anfl and shoulder to shoulder, eachesin support of the other and the common country both are charged to support and defend —e————— BISHOP MAKES CRY OF *RACE SUICIDE” den Indiana Clergyman Declares America May Have Experience Similar to That of France. INDIANAPOLIS,” Ind., Dec. 13.— Episcopal Bishop Francis of the dio- cese of Indiana declares that the shortage of babies in the church is zlarming and that the homes of the wealthier members of the church have an average of about one child to the . Women in the finer homes do not want babies nowadays,” said Bishop Francis to-night. “We have a con- stantly increasing number of adult baptisms, but the baptism of infants is decreasing. “Not only is there a shortage of babies in our church, but ail over the lend in the wealthiest homes. It ap- pears like a repetition of the career of France.” S, \\;\ 3 . § Alhambra — Band. Califcrnia—- T Central—“The Pischer's—"I. E _— Mmu Me.’ Columbia—"Dolly Varden.” Grand — “The Bonunie Brier Orpheum—Vandeville. ‘The Chutes—Vaudeville. ¥ Girl I Left Be Talian, czy Grandpa.” Scout's Revenge.” Ellery's 0. U.” FRANCISCO, MO \DAY DECEMBER 14, 1903. COLOMBIAN - WAR MOVE (OLLAPSES Attempt to Invade Panama Results ' in Disaster, | | Many Soldiers Perish of B, posure in Frontier Swamps. | Small Army of Tiradores Turns Back | Discouraged and the Plan of At- tack Is Abandoned. —_——— Cablegram to The Call and New York Copyright, 1903, by the New York Herald Publishing Company PANAMA, Dec. 13.—A correspondent at Colon telegraphs news of the Com- plete failure of the attempt made l\)" Colombian troops to reach the isthmus. Information was brought by the French r Fournel, which arrived yester- )m Cartagena and Barranquilla. | m a reliable source it is learned | that the much-talked-of Colombian in- | vasion has been greatly exaggerated. About 400 veteran soldiers, known as the Battalion Tiradores, under the com- | mand of General Filostrat of Mar- attempted to open roads across | the mountain ranges on the way to| Atrato River. After a few days of | forced marching through swamps, a large number of soldiers died from ex- | posure and exhaustion. To add to the misery of the invaders, their provisions | became exhausted and the Coiombians were forced to return to Cartagena. | Nothing was accomplished by the ex- pedition and no surveys were attempt- | ed. The Tiradores realized the hope- | lessness of their task and were glad to | return. | NO FURTHER OPERATIONS, Two Colombian cruisers at Cartagena | —the Ccortagena and the General Pin-| | zon—took the party up coast toward | Atrato River and landed it at the near- est point possible to the Panama bor- | der, but the troops were unable to even reach the river. | The inhabitants of Cartagena and Barranquilla were opposed to the at- | tempted invasion, and now that it has proved. a decided failure, they refuse to co-operate in any way with the sol- diers at those points. Further military operatfons on the Atrato River are not provabiz now that | the failure of the Tiradores is known. It is reported that a large number of | troops from the interior of Colombia, which had started on the march to Bar- ranquilla in the hope that the Tiradores would be successful in cuttiag a road ! over the mountains, have been recalled | to Bogota. This military movement, it is believed on the isthmus, will be the | only attempt by force that Colombia will make against Panama. —_——— | SANTO DOMINGO MAY HAVE NEW REVOLUTION tinique, Provisional Government Already Rent by Factions and General Jiminez Is Unpopular. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—According to advices received at the State Depart- ment to-day from United States Min- | ister Powell at San Domingo City, | there is already dissension in the newly formed provisional government with prospects of another revolution. It is said there is dissatisfaction with Gen- eral Jiminez, who was at the head of the recent revolution which deposed | the government of General Wos y Gil. General Jiminez and some of his follow- ers are now away from the city and it is said that the probability is that op- erations will be conducted against him. | General Jiminez expected to be the | President of the republic when the gov- | ernment was given a permanent form. —————— I ROBBERS WOUND ONE | AND KILL ANOTHER | Saloon Man and Friend Make Futile Resistance to an Attack of Highwaymen. | CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Anton. Niesseler was shot and killed and John Temple | was severely wounded in the latter's | saloon, at 2231 Princeton avenue, by one f two highwaymen who attempted to w0ld up the place. Niesseler, who had stepped into the saloon 2 minute before | the robbers, was shot while going to the assistance of Temple, who had been j { ordered to hand over the money in the | cash drawer. As Niesseler feil to the | floor shot through the heart Temple sprang for the robbers, but he, too, was | shot, and it is thought will die. The robbers, becoming frightened, fled with- | out taking any money and are still at | large. DUKE OF ORLEANS SENT AWAY FROM BELGIUM OTTAWA, Ontario, Dec. 13—A Lon- don cable dispatch announces that the | Duke of Orleans has been expelled from Belgium. He made his head- quarters at Brussels, conducting active political intrigues against the French Government until there was a protest. The rosult has been an order from the Belgium Government to.leave the country, although King Leopold had consented to his coming there. | | cent ‘disaster to the " British 'RUSSIA BECOMES GUARDIAN OF KOREA; RIVAL FLEETS DON BLACK WAR PAINT ™. LE XANDE! AVLIOFFE FOLLOWING CZAR'S REPLY TO MIKADO RULER OF KOREA, THE RUSSIAN MINISTER, AND A SCENE IN THE CAPITAL CITY. | | | | | SEAGULL THE CAUSE OF WRECK Navigators Ascertain Why a Cruiser Hit Rocks. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Was Dec. 13.—A dis- patch from Nanaimo says that the re- cruiser Flora was. undoubtedly caused by a seagull which perched on the top of a spar buoy at Village Point, Vancou- ver Island, causing it to resemble a cage buoy located two miles further down the channel. These two buoys being on the same side of the channel, it is obvious, nav- igators =ay, that if one were taken for the other the vessel's course would be laid to put her in shore. This error in distance will presumably be brought to light at a court martial soon to be held at Victoria. Navigators declare that these buoys are wholly inadequate as protection to vessels which steam along the rocky and foggy coast of Vancouver Island. The steamship Willamette and a num- ber of other vessels have been wrecked in that vicinity. It is expected that the disaster to the cruiser Flora will cause the Ottawa Government to provide more protection in the form of whistling buoys and light houses. The weather was dense- 1y feggy when the Flora was pulled off the reef by the cruiser Grafton, and the officers of the latter did not know their efforts had been successful until the men aboard the Flora broke out into cheers as the vessel was pulled into deep water. ————————— Odell Names Bruce’s Successor. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Charles H. Murray will be the president of, the New York County Republican Com- mittee, succeeding M. L. Bruce, whose ‘resignation was announced last week. The selection was the result of a con- ference of district leaders with Gov- ernor Odell last night, and will be put into effect at a meeting of the county committee next Thursday evening. Murray is at present quarantine in- spector and was formerly a, Commis- sioner of Police in New York. TRIUMPH FOR FOES ~ OF "BOBS” e S Lord of Kandahar to, Lose Command of British Army. Rl eg Special Dispatch to The Call: LONDON, Dec. 13.—Lord Roberts de- nies the report that he is to resign as| commander: in chief of the British army. Nevertheless the new army reor- ganization scheme abolishes his office | and makes the King the nominal com- mander in chief and the Duke of Con-! naught his chief of staff. King Edward strongly favors thisi change, which was proposed by the new War Office commission, of which his nominee, Lord Esher, is the princi- pal member. . Lord Roberts is against it. He re- sents the prospett of being shelved, and evidently intends to compel the Govern- ment to throw him overboard. He is suffering at the close of his career for the incompetency of Sir John Brodrick, the former War Minister, whose mis- handling brought the present system into irremediable disrepute. D R R DEADLY COMBAT IN STREETS OF MEMPHIS | Politician Shoots Merchant and Com- mits Suicide When' the Vietim Wounds Him in Return. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 13.—John C. King, a politician, is dead by his own hand and H. J. Kressenburg, a well- known merchant and member of the City Democratic Committee, is prob- ably fatally wounded as a result of a sensational double tragedy enacted here to-night. Shortly before midnight Kressenburg, accompanied by his wife, left his store in the business district and a moment latér he was shot twice by a man wearing a handkerchief over his face as a mask. Kressenburg fell to the sidewalk, but shot his fleeing agsailant in the lég. After running two blocks the latter fell exhausted and turning his revolver on himself fired a bullet into his brain. "It was then dis- covered that the masked man was Join ¢. King, a member of the local police force. known for King's attack No cause is. on Kressenb | emergency, i1 Jépan Is Checkmated in Empire She Seeks to Control. ——- TOKIO, Dec. 13.—The Jiji Shimpo's | correspondent reports_ that Korean Minister Shin Kaui Sen and M. Pav- loff, the Ruskian Minister to Korea, have entered into an agreement by | the terms of which, in the event of an [ be Russian officers will employed to guard the royal palace. LONDON, Dec. 14.—A dispatch to the | Daily Telegraph from one of its corre- spondents in the Far Bast asserts that the warships of both Russia and Japan, now I,n Chinese waters, have been palitted black, their war color. Special dispatches from various cor- respondents in Japan, received this morning, indicate that the nature of Russia’s reply to the proposals of Jap- an will not be permitted to leak out in the latter country. The Daily Mail's Tokio correspondent believes the reply to be of a satisfactory nature and that an amicable settlement of ‘the existing differences is in sight. The correspond- ent adds: “As far as I can ascertain Russia has made certain concessions to Japan concerning Manchuria and is willing to recognize Japan's supremacy in Ko- rea. The relaxation of the tension is shown by the distinctly sanguine feel- ing on the stock markets. Coptrary to what might have been expected, the effect in business circles of the disso- lution of the Diet has been favorable. During the week ended December i8S | fourteen thousand tons of coal were sent from Japan to Port ArtHur. Doubtless if the Japanese Government had expected war it would have found means to prevent these shipments. The Premier has received an imperial man- date to carry the negotiations with Russia to a conclusion.” The Daily Mail's Chefoo correspond- ent says the Russian warships now at Chemulpo are the torpedo boat Pe- tropavovsk, the cruiser Boyarin, the auxiliary cruiser Poltava and the gun- boat Bobr. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 13.—Accord- ing to the Vladivostok correspondent of the Novoe Vremya, Admiral Alex- feff, the Russian Viceroy in the Far East, Petershurg. —— e DEMOCRATS PLANNING A COUP ON e £ | Proposition Is on Foot to Hold Con- | vention Week Earlier Than That of Renublicans. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—There is a | movement in the Democratic party to | smash preccedent and have the Demo- cratic convention held before that of the Republicans. A Democrat of Na- tional prominence said to-day that he was in favor of such a mov: and that it would be made. The Republican conventicn having been called for June 21 in Chicago, it is probable that the Democratic con- vention, if the plan set forth above is carried out, will be heid the first week in June. The drift is strongly in favor of Chicago, although efforts will be made by St. Louis, Milwaukee and Bal- timore to obtain the conventicn. Just what strategy of holding the Demo- cratic convention at such an early day is has not yet developed, except that the Democrats say that they want a long campaign. The Democratic Na- tional Committee will meet iu Wash- ington on January 12 to fix -the time and place Zor holding the convention. —————— TONS OF EARTH FALL ON A DIGGER OF A WELL SANTA MARIA, Dec. 13.—Charles Scovall met death this afternoon while working in an eighty-foot well. Fearing that the well might cave in, ‘he signaled to be hoisted out. When within thirty feet of the surface the curbing gave way and tons,of earth piled on top of him, carrying him into the pit, which rapidly filled. A large number of citizens are try- ing to dig the man out, but all hepe of his being alive has been abandoned. has postponed his visit to St.| OPPONENTS | CHILD DIES I\ FLAMES ~OF A TRAIN 'Hangs Suéfiailded 0 Bridge Girder Over Burning Cars. e Powerless Spectators View Little One's Awiul Torture. v 5 SR Rail Disaster in Iowa Costs Lives of Five Persons and Ten Receive Serious Injuries. | | OTTUMWA, Iowa, Dec. 13.—Five per. sons were killed and ten injured this morning in a wreck on the Burlington | | Road, three miles west of Algia, Iowa. The westbound passenger train was in some manner derailed while runping | on the Cedar Creek bridge and five | cars were wrecked by collision with | the steel girders of the structure. The | wreckage immediately caught fire and several of the victims were badly burned. The dead: MRS. W. E. MITCHEN, Albia, Iowa, crushed to death. MILDRED MITCHEN, | old, burned to death. THOMAS BEATTY, killed in wreck | of smoking JOHN FRANKLIN, Unknown laborer. The injured: W. P. Martin, Chicago; C. 8. Blair, Lamoni, Iowa; Robert Fer- guson, Mitchell, Neb.; Mrs. J. H. Rob- inson, Ottumwa; E. T. Scott, Osceol | Towa; E. T. Browning, Yates Center, Kans.; Gabrielle Allen, Chicago; R. P. three years laborer. | Price, Chicago; 8. T. Williams, Chi- | cago. None of the injured will die. Mildred Mitchen, the 3-year-old child of Mrs. W. E. Mitchen, was hung to one of the bridge girders and burned to death before the eyes of the uninjured passengers and trainmen. | ‘When the train was derailed just be- fore reaching the bridge, the sides Df‘ the cars struck the bridge and were | torn out. The live coals from the stove were scattered throughout the cars. The Mitchen child fell through the bottom of the car, its clothes catching to the girder, when it cried | loudly for its mother, who had been instantly killed in the wreck. The cars and the bridge in a few seconds were a mass of flames and the child was burned to a crisp before aid could | reach it. | Just what caused the accident is a | mystery. As soon as, the engineer no- ticed there was something wrong he | applied the airbrakes, but was unable | to stop the train. Five cars were ecom- | pletely burned and the remainder of | the coaches badly damaged. | The work of rescue was carried on | | with difficulty, as the cars took fire | immediately after the accident and the | bridge is a hign one. The injured were taken to Albia and Ottumwa. B AL T VIRGINIA. WRECK IN W } = | Five Are Killed and Many Hurt by ‘ Engines Overturing. PIEDMONT, W. Va., Dec. 13.—Five men were killed and several seriously injured by the overturning of two engines attached to a heavy Balti- | more and Ohio freight train, on the | “seventeen-mile grade,” to-day near | this city. The dead: . | EN! EER ERNEST D.-ERVIN, 28 years old. ENGINEER years of age. FIREMAN WALTER B. MINE, "42l | years of age. f | _ FIREMAN J. H. CARTER, 28 years | age. | BffAKEMAN JOHN HAYS, 23 years | of age. 1 | The more seriously injured are: En- | gineer M. J. Gibson,. 30 years of age, | Cumberlahd, Md., fatally crushed; | Fireman E. C. Bacheler, Terra Alta, | W. Va., legs, arms and head cut and | bruised; Brakeman B. G. Bolinger, Grafton, W. Va., seriously crushed. While descending the ‘“seventeen- mile grade” the train, to which was attached two engines, left the track. | The engines and nearly all of the twenty-four loaded cars tumbled into | a deep ravine, carrying the trainmen | with them. e 2% H COLLISION RESULTS FATALLY. DES MOINES, lIowa, Dec. 13.—Three | trainmen were killed and five injured | in a freight collision early this morn- | ing on the Chicago, Milwaukee and | n EMORY ERWIN, 56 St. Paul Railroad near Adel, Ta. A double-header, westbound, and an extra freight, eastbound, came to- gether in a deep cut on a sharp curve. Two engines and sixteen cars were demolished. The dead: | FRANK FINNICUM, engineer, Des | Moines. OSCAR DYER, fireman, Des Moines. | WALTER W. KINGS, Des Moines. The injured: Capductor Flynn, se- | riously; Brakeman Bell, seriousl Brakeman Shields, Engineer Cham- bers, Brakeman H. L. Bremen. —————————— Battleships Sail for Culebra. GUANTANAMO, Dec. 13.—The Uni- ted States battleships Kearsarge, Illi- nois and Alabama and the converted vacht Scorpion sailed to-day for Culebra. I | pony cart | groom was slightly and the young man | There the | feats | drive tally-ho drags and four-in-hand. ATTIRE FoR FATAL RIDE Beautiful Young Com- fesse Diane (l’IVI'Y Loseglflte. Heavy Vehicle Collides With Her Pony Cart on a Paris Street. Accident Occurs While She Is Engaged in Pastime of Ma:querading in Garb of a Youth. e Special Disi to The Call PARIS, Dec. 13.—The Comtesse Diane Ogier d@'Ivry, the beautiful young daughter of Comte Ogier d@'Tvry, died last night in a hospital here under re- markable cricumstances. Last night at 8:30 o’clock a pony cart driven by a handsomely dressed young man, accompanied by a groom, was run into by a heavy vehicle near the Bois de Boulogne. The occupants of the were thrown out and the Hangerously injured. The latter was removed to a hospital. patient was placed in the male ward and doctors were preparing for an overation when they found the irjured person to be a woman. She was removed to the female ward and was identified as the daughter of Comte Ogier d’Ivry. An examination showed that her skull was fractured in three places, and she died soon afterward. The Comtesse was 20 years old. Her bionde hair was cut short, and it is ex- plained that she was in the habit of as- suming male attire in the streets to avoid attracting the attention of men. The D'Ivry family is highly connect- ed.” The'Comté is a retired army officer and the author of a number of peetical | works, including “Rhymes of the Cape and Sword.” A member of the family’s entourage says the Comtesse was fond of daring of horsemanship and liked to She found that male attire attracted less attention when driving, and when thus attired she was one of the most daring drives on the avenue. The family has a chateau at Nerae, in the department of Lot et Garonne, where the neasants were familiar with | the Comtesse’'s strange costume /and daring. — b ROUMANIA WILL FIGHT STANDARD OIL COMPANY President of Council of Ministers Says American Corporation Is Trying to Monopolize Their Industries. VIE. , Dec. 13. — Renofts from Bucharest indicate that the Standard Oi! Company is meeting with much opposition in its efforts to obtain a footing in Roumania. At a private meeting of the supporters of the gov- ernment, M. Stourdza, president of the Council of Ministers, declared that the Americans had come to Roumania for the purpose of monopolizing the na- tional petroleum industry, and that they must prevent the country sub- mitting to such an economic yoke. It is said that the Standard Oil | Company has now abandoned its in- tenition of combining any of the ex- isting oil concerns of Roumania, but that, believing the country has large and valuable oil fields at present un- discovered, the company will endeavor to obtain them for its European trade. —_——— BRYAN HAS AUDIENCE WITH POPE PIUS Nebraskan Calls on Hise Holine®s and Is Received With Much Cordiality. ROME, Dec. 13.—William J. Bryan, accompanied by his son, was received in private audience by the Pope to- day. "Mr. Bryan was presented by Monsignor Kennedy, rector of the American College, who acted as in- terpreter. His Holiness spoke with great interest of the Catholics in the United States. After the audience, Mr. Bryan expressed himself as highly pleased with the Pope's kindly bear- 1 ing. Before going to the Vatican Mr. Bryan visited several of the interest- ing sights of Rome, including the Coliseum and the Roman Forum. He took particular interest in the spot | from which Cicero thundered his in- vectives against Cataline. Later Mr. Bryan lunched with Embassador Meyers. ——————————— Colombia Still Seeking Allies. CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 13.— According to advices just received here, the Colombian government has decided to send General Rafael Uribe- Uribe. as a special envoy to the South American republics. He Is expected soon to arrive at Caracas. —_—————— Denver Man Accidentally Shot. DENVER, Colo., Dee. 13. — Paul Richter, president of the Richter Iron ‘Works Company of this city, was ac- cidentally shot and killed by a come panion on a huiiting trip east of this city to-day.