The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1904, Page 21

midnigkt, January 5 f wines. Porecast made at San Fran- ciseo ‘for thirty hours ending ~~San Prancisco and vicinity— Cloudy Syindsy; light northerly A. G. McADIE, THEE WEATHER. 24: t Forecaster. | < Alcazar—“Mrs. Jack.” ‘To-Day. Central—"“A Bowery " Mat- inee To-Day. i Outes—Vaudevine. Hatinee o - Ooéumbh—“m Wieder- am.” Pischer's—“The ty | Shom” Matin, Grand— nee To-Day. 5 Orpheum—Vaudeville. | Matines To-Day. Tivoli—“When Johnny ‘Comep ' Marching Home. \ - FORTY-EIGHT PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1904—PAGES 21 TO 34. e, - et ‘, — ———a PRICE ~FIVR._CENTS. JAPAN PREPARING TO LAND FOUR ARMY DIDISIONS ON THE TERRITORY OF KOREA Great Military Demonstration to Be Made. China Looks to Powers for As- | sistance. ' - Matin states | ews it has | overnment \!‘ divisions of tary demon- | News from | ssue of the ving the vari- and for- es the na s, fishing within ving out of zet 5 e - - CRISIS IS APPROACHING. Issue of Peace or War to 5e Decided Within Short Time. | IUE —High war or ies, answer- ship-own- n a - . NFED OF AN UNDERSTANDING. Doiibt as to the Status of Powers' arian F Mancl Russia and the ¢ or the Japa- also de- s given her assent se treaties, state she conclude *be- A vas any s the Russ, « powe to mccount Russiar of Manchuria, | minate nese Govern- | tions on the “for- b not el which camm ot nto relations | nistration of that | — MANCHURIA THE ISSUE. Embass kendorfl Lays Stress | Upon 1 iture of Contention. The Russian enckendorff, truth of of Russia to | Petersburg yesterday “It is pot t Continued on Page 23, Column ; T have not yet re- 4. BOY FALLS FROM CLIFE Ventura Youtl'sBody, Found in the Mountains, Dispatch to The Call VENTURA, Jan. 23.—After a search extending over a period of six days the remains of Harry Radford were fouhd to-da insons Canyon, a rough precipitous gorge, ten miles from Sesp» Hot Springs. The body was found by Thomas and William Harris, miners of that section and expert mountalneers. It was on the rocks at the base of a cliff, whither it had fallen. A bullet hole in the neck showed that death had been caused yrobably by the accidental discharge of e. The Indications are t the injury was received before the body fell from the cliff. It is supposed that Radford was fol- lowing a deer, and in falling or stum- bling received the wound. He had been issing since last Monday and search- parties had been scouring the hills for him since that time. With a com- panion, Barney Mowrey, he had gone into camp at the springs beyond Fill- more, a distance of thirty miles. Mow- had to go back to Fillmore, leaving Radford alone. On his return Radford could not be found. The alarm was at once given‘'and searching parties were sent out. The government forest rangers aided in the search, and several friends of the young man went out from this city. The Sespe Hot Springs are in an almost in- section of the mountains. They are the property of Mrs. Radford, mother of the young man, and were v acquired from the Government. e e S WIDE LEDGE OF GOLD Special the man’s i accessible DISCOVERED IN ARIZONA ' Remarkable Strike of the Precipus Metal is Reported Fourteen Miles From Douglas. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Jan. 23.—One of the greatest gold strikes ever made in this section is reported in the Santa Rosa | district, about fourteen miles from Douglas. It consists of a ledge about six feet wide having fifteen inches of pay streak. It contains wire gold and | runs thousands of dollars in free gold. | It is believed this will be one of the greatest mining districts of the entire West. ————————— Disagreement in Rayner Trial., NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—The secoand trial of Isaac N. Rayner, a former ex- aminer of chemicals and drugs in the United States Appraiser’s store, | charged with conspiraéy to defraud the Government in ‘the importation of drugs by false appraisals of invoices, resuited in a disagreement to-day. The first jury also disagreed. 4 & ACTUAL RULER OF CHINA, WHO WILL FIGHT TO RE- | TAIN MANCHURIA. | 3 - BUILDINGS - INFLAMES Fire Rages in Eight Broadway Busi- ness Blocks. ———e NEW YORK. Jan. 24.—Four alarms were sounded after midnight for a fire that is burning In eight bulldings on Broadway, near Spring street. At b o'clock the fire appears to be under control. The loss is es- timated to be about $250,000. The buildings are occupled by a number of firms, principally in dry goods, from 540 to 548 Broadway. HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 24.—Fire started at 1 o'clock this morning in the four-story block at Main and Kinsley streets. In ten minutes the structure was a roaring furnace. Fourteen persons on the upper floors were rescued by firemen. The block was destroyed and an eight-story building was partly destroyed. Loss $200,000. { ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 24— Wolfson's retail dry goods store caught fire shortly after midnight and is a total loss. The stock was valued at more than $333,000. e I A MRS. BECHTEL ACQUITTED BY THE JURY'S VERDICT ALLENTOWN, Pa., Jan. 23.—The jury in the case of Mrs. Catherine Bechtel, charged with having been an accessory before the fact in the murder of her daughter Mabel, a shop girl, to- day returned a verdict of not guilty. ————— Says Pope Pius May Retire. PARIS, Jan. 24.—The correspondent of the Journal at Rome telegraphs to his paper that Pope Pius is still worry- ing over the manner of his election and may shortly retire. DEMOCRACY REPUDIATES BRYANIN Silver Is an Issue No —Iioger. Result of The Call’s Poll of Senators and Repre- sentatives, Bl P Even in the Nebraskan’s Former Strongholds Party Chieftains Have Turned Against Him. Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.— Free silver is dead; so is William J. Bryan as an important factor in the next Democratic convention. This was“disclosed to-day when The Call caused Democratic members of Congress to be interviewed. They were especlally questioned about the dictum laid down by Bryan in recent inter- views and speeches that the Chicago |andeKansas City platforms must be | reaffirmed at St. Louis and that the reorganizers of the party must be kept at the rear, because, having bolted the ticket when he was a candidate, they | are not to be considered Democrats. Democrate from all sections of the Union deglare the party would not | follow Bryan’s leadership. They: are | looking for live issues and not dead ones and say | dead as a smoked herring.” They also | hold out the hope that, the party is | going to try something in the way of a platform which has ndt been so re- cently repudiated as the platform which Bryan Is seeking to revive. ! hese views are expressed not only by Democrats of the East, but by Repre- sentatives and Senators who sincere- ly believed in Bryan and loyally sup- ported him in his two ill-starred cam- paigns. The South is very generally against Bryan. Texas is against Bryan's plan to exclude the reorganiz- ers and force sixteen to one into the platform again. It is against him al- | most to a man. Alabama, Georgia, North and South | Carolina all swing into line for ra- | tional and wiser things. Their Repre- sentatives say it is time for Bryan to |stand aside. The veteran Senator Morgan of Alabama declares Bryan is a dead politician and has no license to tell Democrats what their duty is. Dozens of Southern members used the words: “Free silver is dead.” The West tells the sanfe story. Even the silver States abandon sixteen to one. Senator Newlands, who was a member of the platform committee in 1900 and whose vote kept in the Kan- sas City platform a reaffirmation of the Chicago platform, now throws the Nebraskan overboard. Senator Du- bois of Idaho does likew: Other silver States encouragement. Senator Teller of Colorado, who gave up more to the cause of free silver than Bryan did, because he left the Republican party, of which he had been a distinguished member, now refrains from saying a word to advance Bryan's policy of retrogression. All of his old mountain friends stand amazed at the position he has assumed. In the Middle West the Democratic Congressmen interviewed are general- ly opposed to reviving the sixteen to one issue. There are thirty-three Democrats in the Senate and 176 in the House. The Call correspondent saw ninety-nine. LOf these sixty-two declared against Bryan's self-imposed leadership; four sald they were for doing what Bryan was advising; thirty-three declined to express an opinion. oy SR BRYAN ISSUES AN UKASE. give him no Places All Supporters of Palmer on the Blacklist. NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—William J. Bryan, in an interview here to-day, made the following statement as to the Democratic nomination for Pres- ident: “No man who voted for Palmer and Buckner will be nominated.” g P Hanna Selects Sergeant ..t Arms. BLOOMINGTON, Iii, Jan. 23.— Senator U. J. Albertson of Pekin, who is one of the leading Republicans of Central IHinois, to-day received his credentials from Senator Mark Han- na as sergea: * at arms of the Repub- lican National Convention at Chicago. He announced his acceptance of the post. —_———— ASSISTANT AGENT DECKER IS PROMOTED Southern Pacific Official Will Be at Head of Passenger Department Next Month. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 23—S. ¥. Decker, at present assistant general passenger agent of the Southern Pa- cific, will become general agent of the passenger department on February 1, and will be succeeded by Assistant Paesenger Agent F. E. Batturs of San Francisco. Leaders Assert Free ixteen to one is as| GOUERNOR OF PHILIPPINES ARRIDES FROM FAR EAST AND HURRIES ON TO WASHINGTON o =y e e MAN WHO WILL SUCCEED BLIHU ROOT AS SECRETARY OF WAR, MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY, AND:ARMY OFFICERS WHO WEL- COMED HIM HOME FROM THE PHILIPPINES. Tells of Pacification and Devel: = | | B opment of the Islands. Governor W. H. Taft had hardly set foot on the Blocum headed for the Oak- land mole before he was the center of the assembled newspaper correspond- ents, with whom he freely discussed the conditions in the Philippines existing when he left there. Never before, said he, had the conditions of the people been better than now, and he expressed a doubt as to whether during the many years of Spanish reign over the islands such%e degree of tranquility existed as at the present time under the govern- ment of the United States. “During t! last year,” remarked Governor Taft, “great work has been dcne toward the extermination of the roving bands of marauders, and all the principal parts of the islands are per- fectly peaceful and safe to the traveler. ‘What we are looking for now is greater railroad construction, and it looks as if this will be obtained. The islands are seeking to encourage investtment of American capital, and right here I would like to say that stories that have apparently emanated from Philippine sources to the effect that the Philippine Government is opposed to American en- terprises are wholly without founda- tion. English and Belgian capitalists have already shown their willingness to foster various big enterprises in the islands, especially new railroad under- takings. AMERICAN CAPITAL WANTED. “It would be more preferable to have American capital behind these projects, but if the Amu are too occupied at home or are a bit afraid, owing to / their not having had experience In losses and gains, as have the British | and other foreign financiers, then it will remain for the latter to take up the plans for the greater development of the Philippines. ““We have some American capital al- ready invested in island railroad pro- jects. One is headed by a Mr. Swift of Detroit, who with a number of as- sociates is building an electric street railway, which will gridiron the city of Manila and is expected to form the nucleus for other lines that will result in a suburban system connecting the city with all the neighboring towns. British capital is now involved in a scheme to build two branches to the Manila and Dagupan Rallroad, which is 120 miles long, connecting the two points after which the road is named. One of the new branches will be thirty- five miiles in length and the other thirty milés. “Some time ago Secretary Root cauSed a survey to be made for two or three trunk lines on the island of Lu- zon, with the hope that American capi- talists would accept the opportunity af- forded them for what appeared a splen- did investment, Luzon, however, is not the only island that offers a chance for railroad building. “On any of the smaller islands there is need of short railways, and a profit is assured those that will undertake their construction.” Asked if the Philippines were show- Continued on Page 22, Column 3. s } | | ~AND ZARTYY. William H. Taft a Passenger on ‘ the Korea. Governor W, H. Taft, the newly ap- pointed Secretary of War, arrived from the Philippines on the Korea at 9:05 a. m. yesterday, and at 10:30 a. m., just one hour and twenty-five minutes after | his arrival, he was speeding away to | Washington on the Pullman car Seylla. | He returns.home in fine health and | spirits, full of life and vigor and ready to meet and cope with the big questions he will be called upon to consider so | soon as he takes up the new duties that { will devolve upon him when he takes | his seat in the Cabinet on February 1. He possesses an easy, affable, dignifled manner and a commanding appearance. | His likeness to Grover Cleveland is a matter. of general comment. His eye is | bright and kind and he was quick to | take in every situation as he landed yesterday. The Korea did not arrive as early as expected, but she did arrive In the time that her commander, Captain Seabury, announced to Governor Taft as they salled out of Honolulu harbor. “I will | take you to -the Golden Gate by 9 o'clock on the day of January 23,” sald Seabury, and he kept his word. The Korea was plowing the waters of the Golden Gate before 9 a. m., and just at 9:05 dropped her anchor off the quaran- tine station. At this end of the trip the transfer- | ring from the steamship to the train | was placed entirely in the hands of Major C. A. Devol, quartermaster of the army transvort service. His ar- rangements were complete in every de- tall and passed off without g hitch. NO EXCITEMENT EVIDENT. There was no hurry, no excitement, no rush. Everything was as smooth as posrible, and considering that the times was limited and the duties arduous the | plans of Major Devol were more than | equal to the emergency. Long before the Korea was sighted a fleet of smail tugs was dancing around the waters of the bay awaiting her arrival. The Sio- | cum- went some distance outside the heads, but later came back and lay in [ shelter. near_, Fort Baker until the | steamship was sighted, and then the Jittle fleet dropped into line and so soon as the Korea came to anchor they sur- | rounded her. As soon as the Slocum | was made fast the reception commit- tee, composed of Colonel George An- | drews, representing General MacAr- | thur; Major Parker W. West, and to General MacArthur: Major Devol, Dy. Cummings, Colonel Pippy, representing | Governor Pardee; W. B. Hamilton, dep- juty collector of customs; Professor Ber- nard Moses and Lieutenant Thomas L. l Continued on Page 22, Column f.