The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1904, Page 1

Forecast made a Clearing Monday; west wind. w WEATKER. cigco ‘for thirty hours ending t, January 11: San Francisco and vieinity— G. H. WILLSON, Local Forecaster. t San Fran- light north- SAN FRANCISCO, MOVDAY, JANUARY 11, 1904. NATIONS OF THE DREIBUND DECIDE TO MAINTAIN NEUTRALITY WHILE RUSSIA AND JAPAN ARE FIGHTING FOR ORIENTAL EMPIRE LLONDON, Jan ve a s rde. The importance of this dec ed to the two powers concerned, } e more he the optimistic feeling Iso is hurry her prepa \ \ D) BOATS AND BODIEN Fl EARCHERS | 10.— It is learned on the highest authdrity that it has been decided, in the event of war between Russia and Japan, that Germany will maintain strict neutrality and that' other members of the dreibund on. which will almost immediately be announced in some official manner in Berlin, cannot be easily overestimated. and may give a stimulus to the efforts which France and Great Britain are making in St. Petersburg and Tokio, respectively, in favor of peace. Russia is pouring mare troops into Manchuria, the traffic incidental to military movements being so heavy as Russian warships in the Mediterrangan are hovering near the two Japanese cruisers whi is not borne out by dispatches from the Far East. rations, although her movements are chscure owing to the rigid press censorship established. It will in a measure insu EW FLORA WILL COVER | THE EARTH ASSASSINS DEED, SAY WITNESSES Lifeless Passengers Scwnusts Prophesy | Passengers Tell of in Waters at Pu- et Sound. | as fo Century’s | Changes. | Shooting on a Train. PRSI v Drifting Craft Confaining a: Predict Profound Transition Prisoner at Auburn Refuses Dead Girl Is Overtaken by a Tug. SSEE RN 5 in Animal and Vege- table Life, to Talk of Night Tragedy. Vessels Patrol Straits to Recover Un- | Even the Denizens of the Sea, They | Mystery Shrouds the Reason for the fortunates Lost in the Wreck of the Steamer Clallam. — ecta spatch to The Ca VICTORTA. B. C.. Jan. 10.—Tugs which have been searching the straits er with throngs of sea ers a £ the beaches, have suc- bodies of e d wreck of the steame m. A southwest breeze s aidell urrents to drift the vie - p by life preservers. ot h 0% - the ~icintey ght this morning a small| IRS Ar launches set out the straits and many par- ong the foreshore. The Earle, when on her way e body of 2 woman identified as Mrs Thomas Sullins drifting toward Albert the remains of two were found floating ng freight and wreckage. eitt f these have been identified so Albion, which encircled Dis- which two boats d capsized in the sight wning their occupants, current and this aft- »at of the Clal- of this boat f a young woman, since ends to whom she was as Miss Harris of | The body of a woman, Miss of Mrs. W. H. Chal- was fdund afloat from the drift- om a hundred ya ‘ day another boat of the s seen swinging about th an oar stiil in plaee. { ut off to bring the boat in feboat and was scued the body rward found to khand, and rol parties he beach found the women upon the rocks at »m proved to be daughter of the local f the Bank of Montreal, who cal hospital suffering from a stroke e R SUPPOSED VICTIM ALIVE. | Passenger Thowght to Have Been Lost Makes H\s Appearance. SEATTLE, Jan 10.—The day's de- pments in thegteamer Clallam dis- the recoyery of nine bodies ms and the\appearance in life H mes, om of the passengers | drowned. Fyurteen bodies, all ve been taken from the waters its of Juanye Fuca. ugs Sea Lion &d Richard Hol- | 3 starboard 1 Alexander ong afterward oceeding alc i one of wh rendered \such valuable e-s g service whin the Clallain B ncluded)| their search | Smith, Lopez and 8an Juan Isl- his afternoon &d returned to Lis ¥ night. Thq found no| bod The tug\masters in- formed tr t residentsipf these isl- nd s h parties vere formed, the islanders saying that they would | cheerf trol the beach\nd render any othe stance in th§r power. There car no doubt that @ three of | wered from the) Clallam | time when none had a single ocupant. Grimes unexpected survivk was among the last to leave the Clallay. He and five or six others, after \eing washed into the sea, managed to upon the pilot house, which had ken swept from the deck. They were cued by the tug Holyoke and take: Port Townsend yesterday. The |ux Albion, on her “way fr¢ Conunucd on Page 2, Column 4, | or propagate,” | POSTMASTER GENERAL Say, Will Be Brought Under Man's | Monopolistic Control. ; \ 2 Pt Epecial Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Jan. 10 —The passing of the elephant, the camel, the giraffe and he “blcod-sweating behemoth of holy | writ” within the next century is proph- esied by Professor S. C. Chamber- lin and R. D. Salisbury, geologists of the University of Chicago, in a new | book on “Geology.” | A century or will see the dll&p-‘ pearance of nearly every large animai | that man does not choose to protect | say the professors. “A | similar profound transition in vegeta- tion is being forced by man. A new flora of man's selection will very gen- erally prevail over the whole land sur- face of the globe. It is doubtful wheth- er at any time in the history of the earth the changes in the animal and\ vegetable kingdom have been mure‘ rapid than those now taking place.” They sugsest that “insect life and | even the denizens of the sea will be I<rnu;:hv undPr man’s monopolistic con- ‘ trol." The idea that the world origjnated as | a molten mass is rejected by Professor | Chamberlin and his associatess Their new view of the globe's origin is that the earth was built up gradually by an infall of meteoric matter, bit by bit. These bits fell so rapidly as to become hot, bt they cooled before others fell on the samg spot A new explanation of the cause of volcanoes follows. They hold that in- ternal heat arose chiefly from compres- sion due to gravity, and reject the cur- rent idea that there is “molten reser- voir” in the earth. MAKES SUGGESTIONS Annual Report Contains Recomenda- tions for Legislation to Improve the Service. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The an- nual report of Postmaster General Payne makes the following recom- mendations for legislation: | That a system of postal checks be authorized by Congress for the transmission of emall sums of money through the mails. That a law be enacted which shall prevent furnishing to the’ department supplies manu- factured by convict labor. The act of June 13, assistant postmasters, cashiers and other em- ployes in postoffices of the first, gecond and third classes shall give bond direct to the nited States has not proven satisfactory. I therefore earnestly remew my recommendation that the act be repealed and suggest a law be enacted requiring assistant postmasfers, cash- iers and othergemployes to give bonds to post- masters direct, and holding postmasters re- sponsible under thelr own bonds for any and all acts and defaults occurring at their re- spective offices. | That the.interstate commerce law be amend- ed to prohibit common carriers—to wit, l!!r-l graph and express companies—or any of their employes from alding and abetting in the | green goods or lottery swindles or any othgr scheme carried on partly by mail and partly by common carrier, and which 1s in violation the postal laws. ——— DEMOCRATS TO CHOOSE A CONVENTION 1898, pjroviding that CITY Campaign Leaders Are Assembling in Washington to Select a Place for Next Meeting. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Demo-, cratic campaign leaders are beginning to gather in this city for the:meeting of the National Committee on Tuesday to select a time and place for the next Democratic National Convention. Con- vention boomers from Chicago, St. Louis and New York have opened headquarters at the Shoreham. It.is believed Chicago is at present in the lead as to the convention city and that the convention will be held about two weeks after the Republican con- vention. A growing feeling that Grover Cleve- land will be given the nomination for President in the national cenvention is indicated by «the trend of gossip in the hotel lobbies, | which led to the tragedy. {and several children Sensational Killing of Wood- land Man Near Newcastlo. Special Dispatch to The Call. AUBURN, Jan. 10.—Thomas Gostlin, who shot and killed Edward Armstrong last night on the midnight overlahd train between Newcastle and Auburn. will not-explain completely the causes He declared last night when he gave himself up to Constable Hoffman that he was not serry. Armstrong-and ‘Gostlin. were plrfl’l‘ H 0 & mining ‘suit which was to have been tried to-morrow. Some time ago they had a dispute over a portion of the Golden West mining claim at Can- ada Hill, Placer County, and Arm- | strong. who was selling stock, agreed | to pay Gostlin $10,000 If he would com- promise. Some months ago Gostlin met Armstrong in Chicago and tried to col- lect the money, but Armstrong claimed | that it was not due at that time. The present suit was the outcome. According to Mrs. Armstrong, who arrived from Woodland to-day, Gost- | lin had threatened her while in Chicago. Gostlin has a rich brother living in Chicago, but he himself has nothing but his interest in the Golden West mine. He has a wife living at Iowa Hill, but has not been with them for some time. He is 62 vears of age. Armstrong was born at Towa Hill and was 37 years of age. His wife was Miss Freemah, daughter of a wealthy cattleman of Woodland. J. K. Stephens of Etna Mills, Siski- you County, was sitting in the seat with Armstrong. He says Gostlin came up from behind and without warning fired three shots at Armstrong. Two of the bullets took effect. Stephens says that Armstrong was partly asleep at the time. Mrs. Dolbert Baxter cor- roborates Stephens’ statement, as does Conductor R. W. Bryce. Gostlin was in Auburn Saturday morning and went to Sacramento. It is sald that he was seen at the depot when the Colfax train pulled out at 5 o'clock, Lut did not get aboard. Arm- strong was not wholly ignorant of the possible fate that awaited him, as he had remarked to several that Gostlin had threatened to kill him and a loaded pistol was found :n his overcoat pocket. e Asks Senate to Investigate. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 10.—United States Senator Dietrich, who was yesterday acquitted of charges preferred against him in indictments returned by the re- cent Grand Jury, will ask the Senate to investigate the charges and request that a committee be appointed for that purpose —_—— Say Prisoner Is Trouble Maker. VICTOR, Colo., Jan. 10.—Arthur Park- er of Butte, Mont., a member of the Western Federation of Miners, has been arrested by the military authori- ties here. He has been here three weeks and the military say he was sent here to icment trouble and assist in the prolongation of the strike. y —e—— husband’s life General Lee Succeeds Gordon. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 10.—Gen- eral 8. D. Lee of Mississippi, command- er of the Army of the Tennessee, wiil succeed General Gordon as commander in chief of the United Confederate Vet- erans pending the election at the re- union here next June. ————— Missouri Republicans for Roosgvelt, ST. LOUIS, Jan. 10.—The members of the Republican State Committee yes- terday adopted a resolution indorsing | the Prince what China's attitude would | Theodore Roosevelt for President and Cyrus P. Walbridge, ex-Mayor of St. Louis, for Vice President. —_——— San Franciscan Dies in Florida. JACKSONVILLE, 1L, Jan. 10.—, | the Russian reply by the "'m sec- E. Kenna of San.Francisco died here | retary. His son, E. D. Kenna, is first | “Forty-seven vice president of the Santa F€ system, | rived at Seoul on- to-day. While the advices from continental wre that-hostilities will be con- | capitals to-day | to congest the railroads just have o+ 3 GRENT «SOUTH- —_— Japan, Realizing Futility of Further Negotiations, Will Not Reply to Russia’s Latest Proposals. Special Cablegram to The Call and GATE o New. York Herald. Copyright, 1904, b y the New York Herald Publishing Co. ROME, Jan. 10.—The Italia says that Russian warships sighted between Genoa and Spezzia yesterday are helieved to be spying on and following the Japanese cruisers Nisshin and Kasaga, which left , Genoa yesterday. It became known only to-day that some unknown persons had attempted to set the Nisshin on fire by tampering with the electrical appliances. LONDON, Jan. 11.—Bennett Burleigh cables from Tokio to the Daily Tele- graph as follows: “Everything points to the approach of war. Personalty I agree with this view. But there may be a reason for a little delay before the outbreak. There- in lles the gist of the situation. A week, more or less, may elapse before the drama begins in serious fashion. The immediate issues, first on sea and then on land, cannot be forecast. Brit- ish and American naval men speak fairly and confidently of the chances of Japan's ships against those of Russia. The Japanese army if landed in strength and handled discreetly will do admirably. “According to a Peking telegram re- | ceived by the Jiji Shimo to-day M. Uchida, the Japanese Minister to China, saw Prince Ching last Thursday-and told him that Russia's reply was unsat- isfactory and indefinite, as before. KNOWS JAPAN MUST FIGHT. “*He further said that Russia was in- sincere in her desire for.a pacific settle- ment, and in view of Russia's dup!lcl!y there was no alternative left to Japan but to resort to arms. M. Uchida asked be in case of war. thanked M. D day twenty-one Itallan marines and an officer reached there. One hundred and twenty more Russian marines were ex- pected at Seoul to-day and 100 more to- morrow.”” , JAPAN INTENDS NO DELAY. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Tokio confirms London’ information that it is ‘untrue that Japan is consider- ing a reply to the Russian note. The negotiations, the dispatch says, have passed beyond Japan's diplomacy. It remains only for Russia to climb down, ‘which the other powers may persuade her to do. The correspondent quotes the .Chefu report that Russian warships at Port Arthur are hastily landing their super- fluous furniture and fittings and are virtually stripping for action. He also says regarding the con!mce between ex-Governor Taff, who s returning from the Philippines, and. Marquis Ito that the American legation in Tokio declares that in case of war America will | preserve neutrality, while be- friending Japan as far as is possible, coum with such an attitude. rmtnms CHINA. Pekin, “dispatch to the Mail says t Russia has threatened China with m mmq ‘to observe strict mlumy The dispatch adds that Russia is en- rolling large numbers of _natives ln Mongolia. Anxiety is felt in Tokio for the -My ‘night. teuu, of the.cruisers Nisshin. and- Kasaga, The police authorities have begun an inquiry. which left Genoa Saturday. and in con- nection - with the departure of which the Genoa correspondent of the Daily Mall telegraphs ‘that an iron bar was found inside the ammunition hold of | the Nisshin, placed in such a position | that it short-circuited the electrical ap- paratus with the objeet, it is suggested. of destroying the vessel. \o serious | damage was ‘done, Th Dalily Mail's Tokio corresbondent asserts that several Korean officials appealed to the American legation at at Seoul for protection, but that Minis- ter Allen upbraided them for thinking of thelr personal safety at such a func- ture. A severe gale in the Mediterranean is greatly incommoding the Russian warships. The cruisers Nicholas I and Nicholas II entered Ferrol for safetv. and’ thrée Russian battleships and seven torpedo-boat destroyers have been detained at Suda Bay since Fri- day, unable to proceed to the Far East on account of the weather. The Shanghai correspondent of . the ! Daily Mail says that a Chinese resident of I'Hassa is raising troops in the province of Szechuan for service in Thibet against the British advance. LION AND BEAR TO GRAPPLE. Japan Only, a Figurehead Put For- ward by Great Britain. 1 Cablegram' to The:Call and"New Tork P erala Coprrighi. 1904 by the New ¥ork Herald Publishing Company. " PARIS, Jan. 10.—The Herald's Euro- || scExEs AT THE caPiTAL OF | THE HARASSED KOREAN | EMPIRE. v - pean edition, commenting on the Russo- | Japanese imbroglio, remarks editori- | ally: “Sunday being dies non in English journalism there has heen for twenty- | four hours a welcome lack of inflam- matory news from the Far East. This spell of breathing time may be profit- ably spent in examining the-situation under its true aspect “All the civilized world realizes that ‘underlylng the diplomatic fenecing bout is a far greater matter than the mere | safeguarding of Russian intérests in Korea or of Japanese inter®sts in Manchuria. It is the universal recogni- tion of this fact that makes the nations of the earth follow the struggle with breathless attention. All feel Instinct- ively thatJapanis but a supernumerary in the dralga. All divine that behind the scenes stands & far greater actor. the real protagonist, awaiting the right moment to step into the center of the stage. It is England. i ““The rea) issue, in fact, is not. Shall ‘Russia or Japan dominate Korea? but this one, Shall England or Russia rule supreme il the Far East? Great Brit- ain’'s policy of diplomatic opposition to Russian development has fatled and the time has come, apparently, when more energetic means are to be tried This decision upon the part of England can cause no surprise to any ome who has watched the steady advance Pa- l Continued on Page 2, Column 3.