The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1903, Page 1

Forecast made cisco for thirty wind. Local THE WEATEEER. midnight, December 26: San Francisco and vicinity— Fair Saturday; light northwest G. ¥. WILLSON, | 2t San Fran- hours eanding Forecaster. THE Alcazar—"“Blue Jeans.” California—“Foxy Graandpa.” Central—“Alphonse and Gaston.” Columbia—*Dolly Varden.” Pischer’'s—"I. 0. U.” Grand—*“A Little Outcast.” Orphenm—Vaudeville. The Chutes—Vaudeville. cial Matinee To-Day. Tivoli Opera-House—"Ixion.” Matinee To-Day at All Theaters. LA Spe- I - SAN FRANCISCO; SAT DAY, DECEMBER 26, 1903. PRI JAPAN IMPATIENTLY WAITS FOR ACTION BY THE RUSSIAN GOUERNMENT AND THE SIGNAL FOR WAR MAY SOUND IN THE SECOND WEEK OF JflNUflRY' GREAT BRITAIN RECOGNIZES PANAMA AND THE COLON POPULACE REJOICES| Consul General Gudger Tells of Peace. — WASHINGTON Department of Dec. ~The State fMciall Great Br y advised the tain of ger at Panama rtment a 1 Consul at a, stating that es in that | | | | | | ”’tw.s 3 “-Ama nbow}ifl ——— terpret- ty, gave to « ion and overnor “,mi ave BEING TRANSPORTS MADE READY FOR ACTIVE SEA SERVICE WASHINGTON, Dec. 2%.—War D n fiicials admit that the tran ports €k Buford and Crook, no at San Franicsc a being 1 éy for sea. Prim these v nt »d for the Manila service ! " make no concealment of the 2 t they want to be ready for em ney which may any ould the ernment de- hem for the trans- f o Panama, the e e for that pur- pose. ositive assertion is made that orders have been re- eived by quartermaster’s office with this end in view. It is simply, it s state case of being prepared if the occasion aris The Sherman recently has return2d from Manila. She is in need of some repairs, and the present intention of the quartermaster’s office is to send hicr back to the Philippines on February 1. The Buford has been laid up at San Francisco for two years, and just n she is being overhauled and some coal saving appliances installed. The Crook is In need of a thorough overhauling and renovating, which is being given her. The cruiser Olympia, Admiral Cough- an's flagship, has been selected to bring Minister Beaupre from Cartagena to Colon, where the Minister will take passenger steamer for Newy York. The Olympia will reach Sunday next At his request the Colombian govern- ment furnished Beaupre an armed es- cort from Bogota to Cartagena. ol L5225 G, 5 COLOMBIAN ENVOY HURRIES MESSAGES TO HIS WASHINGTON. Dec. Rafael R. Reyes, the Colorlitan Minis- ter now m Washington oa a special miesion, spent a busy day to-day in preparation of his mail dispatches for Colombia. It is supposed these dis- Comlnued on Pl'-e 2, Coli y of this per-* Cartagena | | rtially completed $1,000,000 Buck- | ingham Hotel at West Pine and Kings | GOVERNMENT | 25.—General | umn 6. 1 Comlnm-d on Pnge 2, SUFFERING - INPATH OF MAD- WINDS - Storm Sweeps Mid- dle West, Doing Much Damage WASHINGTON building in one of the that was Ind,, I w down y most ter- rific that wir this city. per storms e 1t fi who sought er passed | shelter in structure had perished, but six | men who had entered the bulilding | left it a moment before the crash. Telephone and telegraph wires are | | Seymour also reports damage by the storm. PETERSBURG, Ind., Dec. 25.—A and wind storm struck this morning. Trees and signs were blown down and were unroofed. Six inches of snow fell and there was a change of eight- een degrees in an hour. The natural gas power-house caught fire and was burned. ST. LOUIS, Dec. Almost zero | weather prevailed to-night in SL | Louis. The day opened comparatively warm and cloudy, but this afternoon a decided change set in, the sky clear- ing and the temperature falling thir- ty-one degrees in four hours. This | fall in temperature was accompanied | by a high wind that gained a velocity | of forty miles an hour, doing consid- erable damage in various parts of the city. At the height of the gale portions | of the east and north walls of the terrific snow this place Highway were blown down, damage estimated at $75,000. building had been leased for causing The | ham Club, of which Miss Helen M. | Gould is a member, but the contractor ! says this accident will not interfere | with its completion on time. On the world's fair grounds near by consid- erable damage resulted from the wind, | which blew down scaffolds and wreck- ed some temporary structures. CHICAGO, Dec. 25.—A severe snow | storm, followed by a cold wave, vis- ited Chicago to-day. The snow com- Calumn 2. ¢ ||lm\|1‘ t thought | houses | the | W | world’s fair period by the Bucking- | | | | | [ H.A. U6 ER APS.EIRJIGAN TONSUL AT PANAPIA BRITISH STATESMAN OTR REPRESENTATIVE IN | CENTRAL AMERICA. 1 i [ 'ShARFHES FOR TICKET AN DiBS JA Pa,ssenger Lifeless' 1 | 1 ! 1 1 - While Companions Converse. Special Dispatch to The Call. | | TUCKER, Utah, Dec. 25.—Frank Du- | bois, a Sunnyside miner, while a pas- senger on a Rio Grande train, was ap- proached by the conductor and asked for his ticket. The passenger gave a startled glance at the railroad official, put his hand to his left waistcoat pocket, gave a convulsive movement and expired. The passenger's death was not no- ticed at the time by the conductor, who thought Dubois had merely commenced a hunt for a displaced ticket. The trainman walked away and friends of Dubois approached the latter, who sat erect, his head slightly to one side. They chatted for some time before | some one addressed a remark direct to Dubois, and it was then discovered that | he was dead. The friends of Dubois pulled his hat down over his eyes and allowed the body to remain in a sitting posture un- i til the train reached Salt Lake City. Many passengers noticed the form but had no idea they were traveling with a corpse. Dubois had been ill for some time with blood poisoning and he was on. his vay to a hospital when his death oc- curred. It is supposed that his demise was caused by heart disease, aggra- | vated-by his weakened condition. ——————— Newspaper Man Is Killed. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25.—Hugh ‘A. Mullen, one of the proprietors of the Sunday Philadelphia World and well' known in local pelitics, was in- stantly killed to-night by being struck by a train. Among the papers found in his pocket was an accident insur- ance policy for $5000. Mr. Ihllen was 56 years of age. -Attemptefiviction Causes | carry cut orders to force all inmarried | | pany. | house, forcing the men to leave their | pitched battle, the women hitting, kick- | best they could, but were finally fpreed | to des | work of evicting the m. | will commence. NFURIATED ONEN ARE THEIR FOES o would be allowed for an Komura's Note Is a Demand on Russia ONDON, Dec. 25.—The Daily Mail's Kobe correspondent says it is reported that the note of Baron Komura, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Baron de Rosen, the Russian Minister, in response to Russia’s reply to the claims of Japan, has a paragraph to the effect that only two weeks This period expires Januar\ 7. answer. Utah DGDUUGS Meet‘flgents of the Mikado Place Orders for Lead wtth Fzrms in New South wales. Angry Wives and |~ Retreat. a Serious Conflict at Clear Creek. ; Armed Guards Scatter When the Mob" Makes a Demonstration in a l Mining Camp. [ Special Dispatch to The Call. SALT LAKE CITY, A mob of angry women attacked a | number of deputy sheriffs who were | making evictions at Clear Creek, Car- bon County, to-day, forcing the guards to retreat after a hot battle. | The deputy sheriffs in the employ of | the coal company Utah, Dec. 25.= | were attempting to | men to'leave the property of the «nm-; Legal notices had previously | been served on all occupying company | houses in the coal camp. The marlied' men were given until the 31st to \n-[ cate. The guards moved from house to hcemes, until they came to a place where an Italian woman was emplayed as cook. When he saw the armed guards enter the room shée’ attacked one of them, striking him in the face with sufficient force to draw blood. The other guards were about to place her under arrest, when a mob of women who had gathered cutside rushed to her rescue and attacked the deputy sheriffs in force. For a few minutes there was a ing, biting and scratching. The officers protected themselves as to retreat. The victorious women then marched up the road singing in Italian a song of victery. Later the guards returned with rein- forcements and succeeded in evicting | the strikers without further resistance. | The striking miners took no part in | the disturbance and urged the women | e On the last day of the month the | ied strikers | The h Fuel Com- | pany officials declare that they expect serious trouble at that date, but the union leaders declare that thé strikers will make no resistance not author- MILLIONS | Funds Which Were Held Back at Re- | cuest of Pone Leo XIII Are | Now b PARIS, Dec. 2 'he Rome corre- | spondent of the Figaro maintains the | accuracy of the statement that the| Pope has received through Cardinal | Gotti, prefect of the congregation of the propaganda, several millions of dol- lars which were held back at the re- quest of the late Pope Leo. The corre- spondent adds that the money had been invested and that Cardinal Gotti simply transferred to Pope Pius a memorandum of the investments with- out, however, handing to him the actual securities. It is pointed out that the official denials only cover this lat- ter point. —————— POLICE KEEP PARIS STRIKERS IN CHECK Locked Out Bakers Strongly De- nounce Use of the Army to Preserve Order. PARIS, Dec. 25.—Beyond a few in- dividual attacks by the striking bakers on bakeshops, Paris was quiet to-day, a condition due to the disposition of a strong force of police and military guards. The strikers held a meeting in the Bourse du Travail to-day and strongly condemned the use of the army to pre- serve order. The strikers claim that 2100 bakers have stopped work, while the Chief of Police says that only 189 have gone out. PSRRI TR AEN DISCOVERS TWO PEN ?KEICHES or DANTE Professor Giovanni Livi of* Bologna Finds a Valuable Parchment ‘Dated in 1323, ROME, Dec. 25.—Professor Gio- vanni Livi, director of the state ar- chives at Bologna, which town is the principal center of Dante's fame, has found a parchment dated 1323 on which are two pen sketches represent- ing Dante crowned by Bologna. This discovery. will prove of great interest to those who are searching for an authentic portrait of the poel, | IVSURGENTS tive pren: | NARCH 0 A CAPITAL Warships of Nations| Gather at San Domingo. SAN DOMINGO, Dec. —It is ru- mored that the greater part of the people of the republic now under arms favor General Jinlinez, the for- | mer President, marching on this a large number of insurgents. provincial government is ma avations for defense. n Pedro de Macoris has declared in favor of the insurgents. The situa- tion here is becoming extremely criti- cal, though the city is quiet in expec- Jation of events. There is great dapreqsmn in busi- fiéss circles as the result of the con- stant disturbances of the financial sit- uation. The financial condition of the Government is very bad owing to the fact that the duties were mortgaged in advance by the Government of Presi- dent Wos v Gil. The United States cruiser Panther and the gunboat Newport arrived in port to-day. The German cruisers Vineta and Gazelle have also arrived. The Dutch warship De Ruyter has been sighted. ———————— GUN BLECAUSE GIFTS W "‘llb LIMITED | Chicago Man Attempts to Kill Uncle and Wounds His Cousin and Aunt. CHICAGO, Dec. 25.—William Kauff- man, nephew of George Kauffman, | shot and fatally injured his cousin, | Rosa Kauffman, and wounded his | aunt, Mrs. Rega Kauffman, to-day in | a quarrel over Christmas presents. | Kauffman declared that his uncle had | not given him a proper number of | Christmas presents and attempted to shoot him. The women endeavored | to act as peacemakers and Kauffman | | shot them both. who is said to be | s at’ the head of The | ing ac- i | His | He made his escape | and has not been arrested. —_—————————— THREATS OF LYNCHI} CAUSE VIGILANCE | Nine Negroes Charged With Murder Are Spitited Away for Safe Keeping. HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. Threats of mob violence ha come pronounced during the days, nine negroes, charged with mur- der, were to-day spirited away to Mad- isonville for safe keeping. The negroes are charged with the murder of an unknown man a week ago. One of the prisoners confessed that the stran- ger was murdered and robbed of $100 by himself and companions. ——e————— MURDER OF NEGRO CAUSES EXCITEMENT Blacks Threaten an Uprising Because a White Man Slays a Despcrado. QUITMAN, Ga., Dec. 25.—Reports reached here to-night of trouble at the village of Barney, eighteen miles east. The Sheriff with a posse has gone to | the scene. The trouble grew out of the killing of a nesro desperado by a white man. Rioting is feared, as there is excitement among the blacks. B ——— SHIELDS HIS MOTHER BY KILLING TATHER | Seventeen-Year-Old Lad Commits | Murder and Stops an Altercation Between Parents. JOPLIN, Mo., Dec. 25.—Bert Bar- ron, aged 17, shot and killed his fath- er, Matt Barron, a miner, here to-day | while protecting his mother from as- sault. The elder Barron was intoxi- | cated. Young Barron, who is under arrest, says the shooting was acci- | dental. | ————— | Mercury at Zero in Omaha. OMAHA, Dec. 25.—The mercury fell 35 degrees since 10 a. m., reach- ing zero at 8 o'clock to-night. The cold wave is ‘general_over: Nebraska and Towa and & lower temperature is promised to-morrow. ! tion __" Kato, who presided, said he deep- [ desire ‘qmre(l that Japan should buttress | the LONDON, Dec. 26.—The cor- respondent of the Daily Mail at Sydney, N. S. W, cables that the Japanese Government has placed orders for large quantities of pir' lead with New South Wales con- | cerns, and that the presumption is | that this lead will be used for the manufacture of bullets. gt RUSSIA TAKES TIME TO CONSIDER CLAIMS PRESENTED BY JAPAN | ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 25. | —The Russian Government is | still considering the reply of the | Japanese Government to its note MASSACRE IS PLANNED IN RUSSIA Horror of K Kishineff May Be Repeated Very Soon. NI — Special Dispatch to The Calh | | | which was sent in answer to| atch | Japan’s demands relating to the | KISHINEFF, Dec. 13 (via Iglau, Dee. SRS . 2 | 25).—It is stated that unless the gov- situation in the Orient. A recon- | St at 8¢, sideration of the pmpo\.nh made | in the Russian note is considered as a matter of course here. Rus-| sia has never been disposed to take any step which would lead to an abrupt termination of the ne- gotiations with Japan. s In answer to inquiries the Rus- sian Foreign Office has always in- sisted that the Russian propesals were so liberal that it would be scarcely probable to conceive any | further concessions. Foreign Office is unwilling to ad- mit that Russia is prepared to of- | fer more than the concessions out- lincd in the last note, it l ered possible that the Government | may suggest changes by which the | Russian requirements may be niet | and satisfaction given to Japan. A rumor has been circulated here that the United States Gov- ernment is still inclined to suggest the reference the difficulties between Russia and Japan to The Hague arbitration tribunal, but this rumor is believed to be mere- ly the echo of a former sugges- of Ition made jn the press of the | United States. TOKIO. Dec. —At din- ner given hy the Oriental Associa- to-night Former Minister a ly regretted that the people had not been taken into the confidence of the Government regarding the position of affairs between Japan and Ruseia. Nevertheless, said, should the Empsror declare war, the nation would be found ready to give him unanimous sup- port. Count Okuma, the former Pre- mier, said he agreed with the view | expressed by Mr. Kato, and he| thought it was now high time to let the people know the actual | position occupied by the Govern- ment. He also declared that not {only a feeling of chivalry but a for self-preservation re-| integrity of China. Both speakers thought that the situa- { tion had reached an extremely | | critical stage. ———— 2 RACE WAR IS STARTED AND NEGRO IS KILLED rious. Trouble Is Feared at Lock- land, a Small Suburb of Cincinnat CINCINNATI, Dec. of a dozen encounters the white resi- dents have had with the colored inhab- jtants within the past week. More trouble is feared. \ While the| he | —In the race war to-day at Lockland, a suburb of | this city, a negro was shot and seriously wounded. The trouble was the resuit | Petersburg entirely re- verses its attitude and unless the ex- of the 1 | world prevents another massacre, the | horrors of last April will be repeated |on the Russian Christmas day, Janu- > The Jews here are terrified already and their terror is well founded. Leaf- lets vehemently calling on “Christia and Russians” to arise again and anni- hilate the Jews were found strewn in the “Moscow,” a tea shop, to-day. It was in Moscow that pamphlets de- !nounrinx the Jews for alleged ritual- | istic violation, inciting the first massa- I cre, were discovered. Grigovieff, prietor of the tea shop, took the n | pamphlets to the police to-day. Th upon Prince Urusow, governor of Bes- sarabia, summoned Dr. Muecznik, prominent physician, president of va- rious charities and head of the Jewish community. This dialogue followed Prince Urusow—What would Jews do if there was another outbreak against them? Dr. Mucznik—Next time we will fend our lives at all cost. The Prince—Very well, try it. remember when the first drop of Ch tian blood is shed I cannot and I wiia not be responsible for what the polica and soldiers will do. Dr. Mucznik withdrew to bear fateful message to his friends. e — WANT OUTSIDE AID FOR RUSSIAN JEWS England and America Will Be Asked to Put Ston to Outrages i Russia. LONDON, Dec. 25.—Baron Rothschild presided to-night at a joint meeting of the foreign committee and the board of deputies the glo-Jewish As: | pressed indignation civiliz | | the de B it this ciation, which was attende v > Rev. Dr. Herman Adler, chief rat ¢ the United Hebrew Congregations of the British and other nent Jews. The meeting considered the latest re ports from Russia, predicting a renewal of the anti-Jewish outrages at Kishineft on the Russian Christmas day. It was decided to approach Foreign Secretary Lansdowne and urge upon him the necessity of joint action by the Governments of Great Britain and the United States for the purpese of avert ing the further persecution of Jews Russia. empire, prom ————————— HUNTERS FIND BODY OF WELL DRESSED MAN Death Had Resulted From Shooting and the Evidence Is That of Suicide. SALEM, Ind., Dec. —Two hunt- ers discovered the body of a well dressed man in the woods to-day near | the Monon Railroad. A pistol with one chamber empty was Clutched in the | right hand. On the other hand was a glove. His mouth and lips were pow- der burned and a bullet was taken from just under the skull at the back of | the head. On the right arm just above the elbow was found the name x Hope,” tattooed. The body is supposed to be that of a Louisville man. —ee—————— DRIVEN TO CRIME BY POVERTY ON CHRISTMAS | E Father Murders His Three Motherless Children and Commits Suicide by Hanging. HUDSON, Y., ‘Dec. 25.—Brooding over his inability to purchase Christ- | mas gifts for his three motherless chil- | @ren, Joseph Phillips, a Hollowvi farmer, last night murdered the chi dren and then hanged himself in a barn, —_————————— New Orleans Postinaster Dead. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 25.—J. Watts Kearney, Postmaster at New Orleans, | died to-night. He was a prominent Confederate veteran, though since the war he has been a strong Republican. |