The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1904, Page 1

THE midnight, January Fair Saturday; Local WEATHER. Forecast mede at San Fran- cisco for thirty hours emding- San Francisco and viecinity— light northwest G. H. WILLSOXN, 4: Forecaster. T M RD]:R Myste ySurmundng Death of Lewis Ciea.red. Feran L8Cape Reform School Con- i Crime, Be ‘and Two - Young Killed- Stranger and d His Clothing, U stones. beat put jed his eloth- the \\ hittier | e himself up. was dis- he’ body o HELVEE'S MEN AGAIN BAITLE et Report - Says ‘a Clash: Befween Forces at Rarus and Pennsyl- vania Mines Results. Fatally. ot BUTTE, Mont., Ja A ‘report’ Nas st been received fr Rarus and epnsylvania m s 8 of the inderground battle,. yhich r- clash has oct and Amalgamated man waskilled ere injured. of Mayor Pat Mullins, x\hn; & ‘been known as a stanch rter, and Heinze came te ¢ night on the Copper ngw which Mullins claims | ckihg to jum Word was ullins- of the departure of | 1 Ore ‘Purchasing Company. he. Copper King ground, or summoning all the po. t sound of his call; his mine. of men under | at work in the | wuted to the .men below if they did not come to the sur- fage rocks would: be hurled down the shaft and all of the trespassers would be thrown into & dirty jail. “Well, as vour the Mayor, I guess 11 have to go,” said one of the nze ch one orce busy You can just cut this Mayor- part out. of it and this is Mullins who is going to fight it out as Pat Mullins, If Heinze wants this claim he has got to pungle up five thousand plunks.” ' rMIl me W mmerl ~ I théir ‘teng a + | TEE | Matinees at | Day. Aloazar—*“Blue Jeans.” California—“Are You a Mason?™ Central—“The Dairy Farm.” l Pischer's—“I. 0. U.” | Grand—*“The Minister's Son.” Orpheum—Vaundeville. The Chutes—Vaudevills. | Tivoll Opera-Mouse—*Ixion.” | Columbia—‘The Girl With fll | Green Eyes.” A1l Theaters To- FRANCISCO, SATURD Clash of Nations Is Declared to Be Inevi- . table. | ()\DO\ Jan.. 1.—Baron anas/n thg ]apanc.re Minister he% has Iwn informed frum Paris that Russia has decided not to gnm! the Japanese propasals. This is the first intima- - tion any one here admits having rec c‘u(‘d dll[‘lll the Russian reply. . The Bh_ron said to a repre- sentdtive of the: presss 3 “If the 111/0rma?mn fmm Pm the Japanese (;u' t‘rmnrnt adheies.to its present dt‘lmmmzhon tlzerc geems tobe small fo.mblhfv. of averting war. 1 is bmue out:by the wordmg of the Russian reply and if - — Pl W HOStllltleS Now Have a Very Early Opening. 1 F‘a"mers Are in Peril Because 0f a Con- e e Tak: ~Word has | e of the:killing of fwo William “Jones and ¥enr: Piute Indians who- ar by. a revolt against the whites. | | | The prospectors were ‘working in ‘the von range,” potth of the San s Angeéles: Railread, being.| riW, A. Glark and ¥ Stowe. and: James | ¥ . prospeptors, m«ul Arrow Ca Pedro-and 1 Duniap, two ftwo ‘men :lving " ni€ar the! a¥hes' ‘af eatiipfire. “Th d Been &hot and the | bodies had af rd heen mutilated. The murder Is tald to ‘the’ Piute In- |‘'dismis- from the: Moapa " Reservation, 4vho- hdve. be gly. ‘of . late. © Many &mall parties: Have left the réservation and are rovingabout, committing dép.’| redations on-fanchés and-on the camps |’ of surveyors of prospectors.’ A:general uprisipg and massacre. are. feared, and | an appeéal-miay be.made- for. troops: to-1. quen the disturbances. 4 5| The- troublé staited over. the pa-gggpi of & -sentenceé -of déath on a Plute.boy| who Kkilled- William: Williams near. Las | Vegas in Angust of last year. The boy admitted "le was Builty, but ‘claime Williams had treated. hiny cruelly. : The | Indians threaten a wholesdle killing of|- whites if the sentence of death is-ecar- | ried cut. Efforis afe being- madc to sc-‘ cure a commutation. e B TREASURER’S CLERK: - . f DROPS. OUT OF SIGHT PUEBLO, Colo.,” Jan. B., Moore, who. has for clerk in the offjice of the County Treas- urer, of Saturday last, when he accompan- | ied ‘his fa i latter leaving " for California. on was to ha departed on a later train for. Denver. Whether he went to Denver is not knowa; and the police | | after & thorough search of .this city |- have been unable to- obtain a clew. Moore has a family residing’ in a prominent neighborhood. He is very popular and we)l known. . ———— Appointment Causes Comment. ROME, Jan. 1.—The appeintment’| of Mongsignor Nozaledo, former Archbishop of Valencia, is iwidely commented on. The new position by tradition entitles Monsignor Noza- ledo to the red hat and if that honor is bestowed upon him the sacred col-, lege will have a mémber whose anti- American sentiment is well known. i | B | I | has been:missing.since the night | er to the Union depot, the | The | i WITH THE FORCES OF JAPAN OVER: THE - QLFSTIO\X OF TERRITORIAL RIGHTS IN A -VALUABLE { SOLDIERS OF THE RULER OF ALL THE RUSSIAS, WHO ARE LIKELY'TO. BE CALLED U POX; TO FIGHT { | SECTION OB THE omrzm- Saseho to-morrow for Masampho, Korea. ‘port twenty-five mtlcs to the west of Nagasaki. EONDON, -Jan. 2'—The Far'l No further news has’ developed, + TOKIO, Jaauary 2 i powerful squadron, consisting of Six 1 faund the boites ot the | @FAAOTEd Cruisers,; under. Admtral Kamtmura, is expected to leave | Saseho is a Japanese! but ‘the factthat niot a single telegram from fapair has heen received by any London new spaper - - The tclegraph company is not.aware of any- delay in suppes_ed.tbat the ]apanese Gov erm_uent is stoppmg since Thursday night in itsélf creates al the transit-6f messages; and it therefore dispatches. ; The feelmg of apprehemlon was refiected -at Ilovd s }esterda\' underwriters demanding ad- of Singapore: ledtfcd type, says; . “Even in d:plomahc cucles lntheno saugume of: ‘peace therc is" recognmon that a rupture is all but inevitable.” Neither- Japan nor Russia .will abate anythmg of its claims, and. there is no disposition: 6n_either 'side to invite the mediation of fnendly\ powers. . It is believed - that Japan Wil ot Petersburg a contingency ‘which those bést.able to. form: judgment do not antlcxpate. :* The Daily Ma. deals similarly with the situation; and says, that it understands that Russia 3 ]\as reachcd a decision which; “hcn communicated to* Japan;‘must: precipitate hastilities.. The sail- The London fmorning papers prmt alarmsst statemems The Dall)_ ’Icl-cgraph, in ing of the \1ppon \Iaxl boat Inaha \’faru from hnuland., whmh was fi_\cd “for \esterda\, has “been. 'nostponerl Among meoflfirmed rumers. in steamslnp circles is one - that t’ne Penmsular and Ornental Sleamslnp Company Tias sold four of its liners, through a French fitm, to- Russ The Daily Mail's Malta ‘correspondent . repotts that five Russran torpedo-| boat destto\er\ which’are undervoing repajrs there have been sudden]y ordercd ‘to sea’in an unfirfished condition. BRITISH DIPLOMATS 'ARE NOT SURPfQISEDv o LONDON, Jan. I-The British ltorelgn Office-is uxnble t confirm or deny Baron H-yalms information. The officials, however, say they are mot surprised at the tenor of his advices. The Foreign' Office seems inclmed to think that Russia will, if possible, avoid making a reply of any kind to the last JWue note. 8 “také-decisive steps within the next few days, unless'a concxllatory message is dlspatd‘md from “My information from Paris,’” said the Minister of Japqn “is not official, bul in connection with lnformatlon . imparted to me by the British Government, it is: probably only too correct. If Chancellor von Bulow’s information that Russia’s reply will be frafmed in a manner to nu;ry Japan tdrnl out to be correct Jt will be better.news than I dare .to hope for.” < - \ Continued on Page 2, Columns 3, 4 and 5. E James Gordon Bennett's yacht Na- inking ditional premium to covet.a war nsL on all'vessels, no matter,of what nationality, proceeding east™ Arert ' though it is.generally believed that ‘i some agreement wiil be reached. The ! ‘|-visited the field several times in an | AMERICANS - FIRE [PON- - Said to- Have Been Sunk. Special Dispateh to The Call. COLON; Jan. 1.1t s reported Here [ that\the Colombian- gunboat General Pinzon was ‘sunk - yesterda ing Darien Gulf “by- an- American -cruiser, | probably the Olympia, which was Dew- ey's - flagship: in‘the battie of Manila “Bay: Immediately upon receipt of the news Admiral ‘Coghlan.feft_here ‘aboard the Mayflower. - This. was ‘the last Ameri- | can warship Jeft” heré. . The Olympia, | the auxiliary .crujser -Prairie and the | gunboat Castine were. hastily prepared | RAILWAY KINGS JOIN' INTERESTS Harriman and Senator Clark Are Reported to Be FEqual Owners. in Salt Lake Road ..... - Spectal Dispateh to The Cuil. LOS ANGELES Jan. 1.—There is no A Band from- the Prairie was to have | taken part in the New. Year's celebration [ to-day, having been left.behind. by: that | cruiger when she was hurried- away | vesterday... The band départed to-day | with the rest of the compahy on board the Mayflower. } The. General Pinzon was formerly | mouna. WAQHI\IGTO\' Jan. - 1.—Secretary | Moody says he knows nothing of the of a Colombian. grnboat by | American warships, and does not. be- | HE\G It is true. . ARMED GUARDS PATROL " - PISPUTED 'OIL TERRITORY | santa Fe Railroad and the Californis | -Consolidated Cenipany Appear. Unable to Agree. BAKERSFIELD, ‘Jan. ‘1..—Persons il this city ‘frosn -Sunset report ‘that there. are no mgns of any seftiement | .of* the controversy bétween the Cali- ‘fornia. Consoliddted : Oil ‘Fields Com- pany and the: Santa Fe Railroad over | the right.of way across the forty acres north of ‘the Alameda property, al- oil eompany still has its armed guards | patrolling the disputed strip and the | house which was moved on the! right of way i§ still there: The Synta | Fe forces aré working on other parts operate .in"the guarded strip of land. Right of Way -Agent Henderson .-has | endeavor to slrulghten out -the trou- ble. e - _l-...___ Streetcar System Tied Up. BLOOMINGTON, Hl, Jan. 1.—The street railway system of Bloomington and Normal are tied up by .a strike. | The men demand an increase in wages. " Must. e for. seven years A GUNBOAT eColOmszsel Is the ! for sea #nd cispatched for th= San.Blas coast yesterday. The Casti f"unr\reimnd for the: trip. 8 ,arri\‘ed from Philadelphia, zad . was| coaling at the time-the mews ivas re- cetved- ‘of the. linding ilombian ['regulars - on. - territory: -belonging -to { Panama. ] < HIS 1 RICHE gM&HY Thousand Dal- - lars Sewed in megs Extraordmary Instance of Wealth Hoarding in Nebraska. Garments of a Dead Mam Are- Found Heavy With Gold Coins and Very Much Currency. Spacial Dispatch to The Call OMAHA, Nebr., Jan years John Walker of L-—For . many South Omaha wore sewed in the lining of his clathey $20,000 in gold and bills while prese ing to the eyes of acquaintances a pi turé of abject pover The - discovery of Walker's singular hobby far hoarding \\»ax!h was made to-day by chance hate: Court. Two appointment as administrators estaté of ‘John Walker of the The man died a few . days age in South Omaha of a cold.” He had worked ‘for Armour & - on _a small salary and was never séan to have money. The anxiety of the pair sroused t court’s suspiclons. Investigation . f lowed. . Waiker was stretched on the bed in “his. scantily furnished “apart- mént. “Apparently he was what his ac- {‘quaintarices thought him—a paupe The court clerk’s hand accidental eame ‘in contact with a hard substance [ in the coat lining. It was a 830 gold plece. Up and down the seams. of the coat, treusers ahd vest were rows of similar coins. - The shoulders .of - the coat were -padded with bills, $100 and $50 in" denomination In the linings of Walker's shoes other greenbacks and gold pieces were found. | In a dilapidated trunk other garments, worn shiny with age, yielded thousands of dollars from ragged linings. Rusty old shoes had false soles full of money. Hat - bands. bulged with carefully creased greenbacks. There. were two certificates of . de- posit in the Packers’ National Bank for $2500, of recent date. Walker - is |-said to have told an acquaintance that he once lost his savings in a. Chicago bank failure. He is thought to have a sister in Boston. £ | longer ‘any doubt as to the status of | the Salt Lake Railroad, Senator Clark's | 1ine - between this city and Salt Lake. with reference to existing railroads. It [ may now be- positively stated that E. H." Harriman of the Southern Pacific :)Xs practically an equal owner in the | property with Senator Clark. That be- | ing the case, it means that the new line ‘will be simply a_ Southern Pacific feeder under another name and that its construction will in no wise disturb existing conditions with reference to transcontinental freight and passenger traffic. Senator Clark and President Harri- man. have agreed. that each shall be represented by two persons in: the con- struction of the new road across the country. For the first named J. Ross Clark and Engineer William Hawgood have been acting, and for Harriman the construction agents of Chief Engi- neer William Hood of the Southern Pa- cific and General Manager Bancroft of the Oregon Short Line. The two last named recently completed an inspection of the graded portion of the line and. -of the. line and making no attempt to | both have left Los Apgeles. Whether or not the new road ‘will become part of the Oregon Short Line | system or will continue its present cor- porate existence only the projectors of the enterprise know. The presumption {is the two properties will be managed | separately, as the southern feeders of | the first mentioned road were sold last year to the San Pedro, Los Arngeles and Sait Lake Railroad. The new line will, however, give to Harriman two separ- There is little prupect of an early set- luemem. i ate feeders into Pomona, as the South- ern Pacific now is in that ofigh