The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1904, Page 1

e — wind. in charge). THEE WEATHER. Forecast made at San Fran- cisco for 30 hours ending mid- night, January 26, 1904: San Francisco and Vicinity— Pair Tuesday; light mortherly G. E. WILLSON, Local Forecaster (temporarily VOLUME XCV-—-NO. 57. FRANCISCO, TUESDAY PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHINA IS RAISING AN ENORMOUS ARMY TO ASSIST JAPAN; RUSSIA WILL CALL OUT EIGHT T\ SEBILL | ILL, CARRY THE “GRAB Congress Likely t0 Vote for Extra o \ 1| Mileage. s il National Treasury May Be Mulcted to the Extent of $145,000. Lawmakers Want Traveling Expense Fund for Two Sessions, Although Both Merged Into One. —_— | Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STR N. W. WASHING Whether Congress w elf ar extra mileage “grab” is a question that v soon be settled, for an propria- | 1 of $145,000 for this purpose has | X nserted in the House Committee | on Appropriations in the urgent de- | ficiency t which will come up to- morrow There was onl e and was cast by of Alabama. Wnderwood | o oppose the mile- House. This ass he will approp in the the bil t Senators and Representatives are entitled to two ailowances for mileage Congress was called in extra i ¥ le the pres- propose re was a “construct Fecess e moral b on the s infinit 1 the nd it was not pos- | sible of Congress to t s again ° ————————— FURTH RESIGNATIONS IROM BRITISH CABINE y and G » From Lansdowne, TLoadonde Balfour saying the Lansd | | i SUPERIOR IS HEIR TO GREAT FORTUNE Rich Australian Leaves an Fstate Val- ued at Fifteen Millions to a Nun. , Towa, Jan Mother Sup Je Hospital of Des Mol eirs to an estate said $15.000,000. The es er uncle, John McCor Australia, who d Dun- Jan. 25.—Jsadora fornia dancer, began her Thalia Theater here to- ring before an aristocrat- who applauded her with igor. She was recalled the close of the per- nean made a speech ited her experiences of five months in erred to her future proje for the development of the art of d ® sassbeia EL &St Duclist Is Imprisoned. i ERLIN, Jan. 2%.—A captain of ; Uhlars named Hupfeld has been sen- | tenced at Dresden to six months’ im- { prisonment in a fortress for having | fought a duel with pistols with Baron | von .mpdets. The duel arose from a | amatrimonial scandal in which Captain | Hupfeld was adjudged the guilty party. —_————— Rebels in Uraguay Defeated. ! MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan. 25.] The Government troops have again defeated the insurgents commanded by General Sarava. - TWO HUNDRED MEN LIE DEAD IN DRIFTS ITTSBURG, Jan. 26, 3:15 a. m.—Dr. W. B. McCullough of Cheswick ho has been in the Harwick mine for two surface, says that in his opin- shaft at the time of the explo- The rescuers arc being brought out coated twith ice, drenched to the skin and unable to walk. They report that dead are scattered onc above another as thick as pinc needles. Water is fast pouring into the ininc, covering the corpses with | | | hours and has just come to the 1on not one of the miners in the ston 1s alive. a shroud of ice and making the work of rescue almost impos- | sible. Afterdamp is collecting in quantities. The dead number at least 180. Workmen Entombed by Explosion Succumb to Noxious Gases. PITTSBURG,. Jan. 26.—Between 180 ]children of the men below rushed to land 19 men are lying dead in the | the scene of the disaster. There was headings and pas: ways of the Har- | N Way 1o get into the deep workings. wick mine of the Allegheny Coal Com-| llho cages that let the men into the nes and brought them up again were calls for assistance and for sur- gical aid from the men in charge of the mine, but it was not until 4 o’clock in the afternoon that the first attempt at rescue was made. This was a fail- ure, as the two men who volunteered | were driven back by the foul air. BRAVE TAYLOR'S SACRIFICE. Shortly after 5 o'clock Selwyn M. one miner of all those t work in the morning has been brought | th face. The rescued man is | Adolph Gunia, and he 1l in a semi- | o conditio the temporary | ¥ t the rude schoolhouse on the i e above the mine. In addition to the miners who were | at work when the explosion occurred, | OF WRECKED MINE| t Cheswick as the result of a!ypen the day's work was done were vesterday morning. | demolished. All day long there was a ze has gone down into|jam of waiting women and children | d come up again, but only | about the mouth of the pit. There | bottom Selwyn M. Taylor, the Pittsburg min- ing engineer, who platted the mine and who was the first rescuer to reach the after the explosion, is also among the dead. o'clock this morning his body ought to the surface. He evidently had been dead | Taylor and one of his assistants sig- naled for the engineer to lower them into the shaft. Taylor never returned. Three times efforts were made to reach | him, but not until early this morning was his body recovered. Thomas Wooed, one of the first of the | der ground and then a sheet of rescue party hauled to the surface, | said: “1 was with Taylor and we clambered hours. several ATT The explosion occurred at 8:20 | gyer three or four falie. Taylor had o’clock yesterday morning. The first | jaid out the mine-and seemed to know warning was the sadden rumble un- | {he way. There was one man alive at flame Both the the foot of the shaft. He was sent up and then we took the mule path into the south level. We saw two men who followed up the deep shaft. mine cages were blown through tipple twenty feet above the landing | were alive and notified those back of stage, and the three men on the tipple | us and then went on. We passed the | | were hurled to the ground. The in-|third, fourth and fifth heading and { jured men were brou t at once 1o {then through an overdrift into the air s city, where two of them died |shaft. I began to feel dizzy and sic | 1ater. and then I saw Taylor stagger and fall As soon as tb ar led t His lantern feli. We tried to lift him but could not carry him and T made own way to safety.” he pit mouth e the wi and YOUTH DIES CHICAGOS OF HORROR Train Passenger Sees a Dead Man and Succumbs, | U : Blamed Dy Coromer's Jury for Iroquois Disaster. W CHICAGO, Jan. —The Coroner's jury, which for three weeks has be.n liste_ing to evidence relating to the fire in the Iroquobis The.ter, to-nig returned a verdict by which fol- lowing persons are held to await the action of the Grand Jury: Carter H. Harrison. Mayor of Chicago; William H. Musham, fire marshal; Will J. Da- vis, proprietor in part and marager of the theater; L. George Williams, CRUZ, Jan. 25.—Harry | r, aged 21 years, died at San | as a result of the shock he re- ceived Saturday afternoon near San Mateo, when he saw the remains of a man who had been run over and killed b train. Chandler was taken ill in San Fran- cisco, but his illness was not of a seri- ous nature and he was on the wa home. After the man was killed the | Building Commissioner of the cit train stopped and the rem: | Edward Laughlin, building inspector taken to the side of the tr | under Williams; Willlam Sallers, fire- ere in front of the window ch | man in the theater; James E. Cum- Chandler looked through. He fainted | mings,sstage carpenter; William Mul- and was taken to San Jose, but never|len, ‘ho had charge of th- lights that regained consciousness. caused the fire, formerly assistant city The cause of the fire was uarapery Recently he had been | coming in contect I by a power company at|City laws were not complied with in Crockett. He was a member of the | tie construction and operation of the Red Men and Maccabees. He ws theater. P sitive nature and neve In relation to Mayor Harrison, the verdict reads as follows: “We hold Carter H.'Harrison, Mayor | of the city of Chicago, responsible, as he has shown a lamentable lack of force, and for efforts to escape respon- sibility, evidenced by the testimony. Building Commission.. Williams and Fire Marshal Musham, as heads of de- partments under said Carter H. Harri- ) see anything which caused people to suff: L BRYAN DOING STAG PLAY, THINKS CLEVELAND Former President Scoffs at Nebras- kan's Remarks About Candidates Who Voted Gold Ticket. son, following his weak course, have PRINCETON, N. 25.—For- | given Chicago inefficient service, mer President Grover Cleveland, | which makes such calamities as the when asked to-night for his opinion of William J. Bryan's statement that|the public service is purged .f incom- no man who voted the Palmer-Buck- | pete. ce.” ner ticket can be nominated by the Late in the night, af'er the members Demo s, smiled and said: of the jury had departed, it was decid- “I have not a word to say on the matter except that Bryan has got the stage. Let him o it. I guess that's | definite enoug’ s B TR G Will Meet at Santa Barbara. S8T. LOUIS, Jan. 25.—The regular quarterly meeting of the Transconti- nental Passenger Association was held in the city to-day. The association de- cided to hold the next quarterly meet- ing at Santa Barbara, Cal. Rates from ¥ the Pacific coast to the World's Fair|{ ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 25. — The sixth will probably not be decided upon|day's balloting for United States Sen- until near the conclusion of the weck’s | ator by the Maryland Legislature was meeting. without result. ed b Coroner Traeger that it would not be necessary to arrest Mayor Har- rison, Fire Marshal Musham and Building Commissioner Williams to- night and no officers were sent for them. All three of them will be at their offices in the City Hall to-morrow morning and will then be given a chance to offer bonds for their appear- ance when wanted. —_————— “No Election” for Senators. \DER FIRE with an arc light. | Troquois Theater horror a menace until’ RICH MENS FEUD LEADS ‘WarrantServedUpon B H CGein | - New York Brother - in - Law Accuses | Him of the Wrecking of a Home, —_—— Says His Wife's Affections We 0| Turned From Him by Means of | a False Affidavit, ORI - 1 Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—With the ar- rest of E. Holloway Coe in a civil a | tion brought by his brother-in-law, { Charles W. Bailey, who demands dara. | | {ages in the sum of $100,000, alleging | | defamation of character and alienation | of the affections of his wife, there comes to public notice a remarkable case or! |love and intrigue, touched with trag- | |edy. The case also recalls a roman of the Adirondacks which caused a sen- sation a little more than three years | ago. | Coe was arrested at his office on| Front street this afternoon by Deputy | | Sheriff’s office, an hour while hi here he was detained bond was being ar- ranged. Judge Gildersleeve, in the, Su- | preme Court, ued, the order for the | arvest and set the amsunt.of (oe's bond | at $25,000. An attemipt: way ‘made to bring about the arrest of Coe late in the afternoon or in the evening, which | would have -made it necessary for him | ;nnspend one night in the Ludiow street | ail. This is the third suit brought by! Bailey against Coe, the previous two. | based upon the same conditions that the complai now alleges as the cause of acti having been discon- | | tinued upon the discovery of new evi- | | dence. The present suit was begun on | | January 13, and Coe, having been ad- | vised of the action, was expecting ar- | rest. | Charles W. Bailey is vice president |and treasurer of the Bailey, Banks & | | Biddle Company, prominent jewelry | merchants of - Philadelphia. He is a man of large fortune and | has been well known in so- | | ciety in Philadelphia and New York. | | He and Coe, though now bitter enemies, | were for years chums. What brought | about the present enmity is known to | few besides themselves. Tt closely fol- | owed the marriage of Bailey to Coe's ster. Now Bailey charges that Coe cauged | to be drawn and signed a false affidavit | | in which a notorious woman whom he | { had nrever met confessed to having | | held unlawful relations with Bailey, | | That affidavit, which, Bailey asserts | was shown to his wife, turning her af- fections from him, is the basis for his | smit for damages. t lowe | Advertises Concession From Argentine | sovernment Which 1t Has Not | | Been Granted, WASHINGTON, Jan —The State Department has received from Consul | Mayer at Buenos Ayres a report dated | December 13, 1903, as follows: | "I am informed that there exists in | the city of Minneapolis a company, 1 with branch offices throughout the United States; that they are issuing a | booklet called ‘Homes for Our People in | Southern South America,’ and that they are selling shares of $500 each, each shareholder being entitled to cer- taim lands and privileges in the Argen- tine republic. ‘At _the land office in the capital I have been informed that the Argentine Government does not know the com- ! pany and has made no arrangements | with them whatever.” - —_—— | FLOOD'S HEAVY DAMAGE. Two Million Dollars Loss in the Vicin- : ity of Wilkesbharre, | WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 25.—There was little relief from the flood at Bloomsburg, Catawissa and Espy to- night. The water had fallen thirty | inches this morning, but remained sta- | tionary all day. The cold weather had added to ‘the discomfort and all the flooded towns are enveloped in a sheet of ice two or three inches thick. The ice is still gorged in the river from Catawissa to Creasy, fifteen miles, and there is much suffering. At Espy one-half the houses are un- inhabitable. The hotels and residences at Bloomsburg and Berwick have been thrown open fo the homeless. The Pennsylvania Railroad’s Sunbury divi- sion is under six feet of water from Catawissa to South Danville, and the Blovmsburg division is out of service between Bloomsburg and Danville. Tee ten feet high is piled on the tracks of the latter road. The damage Is estimated at $2,000,000. —_———— American’s Studio Robbed. ROME, Jan. 25.—The studio here of Flihu Vedder, the American artist, has been entered and ransacked by thieves, who stole, among other things, two of Vedder's pictures. Vedder's lowest es- timate of his loss is $3000. T0 ARREST e k3 Y-SIX THOUSAND RESERDES h | ONGKONG, Jan. 25.—The Call correspondent has been informed by a high Chinese of- E ficer that an arrangement has been made between China and Jdpan tn Pecking, in accord- ance with which China is raising 200,000 well-equipped troops to place at Japan's disposai. } The troops are 'being raised in different provinces, each province guaranteeing equipment, pay | and supplies. Southern Chinese are highly indignant over the Russien occupation of Mukden, )’ which they regard as a sacrilege. Sheriff Walgering, who took him to the | | Crrmr Ezsr Gass — N GENERAL MA, THE DISTURBE THE CHINESE COMMANDER AND FOE OF RUSSIA, WHO IS LEADING TWENTY REGI- MENTS TO OCCUPY STRATEGIC POINTS ON THE FRONTIER OF CHILI PROVINCE, AND SCENES IN 5D CAPITAL OF THE KOREAN EMPIRE. Japan to Take Over for Military Purposes All Priuaté Railways in the Empire. LONDON, Jan. 26.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Warsaw says that ar- rangements have been | | i SN ; jeL e e | calling out 86,000 more reserves in | COLONIZING:: COMEANY | Khaikoff, Kieff and Odes districts, MAKES FALSE CLAIMS | jf necessary. The Tokio correspondent of the Daily following concluded for Telegraph has sent in the cablegram: “The Official Gazette publi verial ordinance empowers ernment to assume control of all pri- vate railways, etc., fc military pur- poses. The situation is very grave and developments are hourly expected.” ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 25.—The ex- change of communications between the Forcign Office, the members of the committee of the Far FEast, Viceroy Alexieff and Baron de Rosen, the Rus- gian Minister in Tokio, is still going on. There is no official indication of when a conclusion will be reached, but a diplomat who is close to such negotia- tions expresses the opinion that the Russian reply will be ready this week. An authoritative denial is given of the: report that Russia ever contem- plated requesting the United Stat:s to explain the attitude attributed to the United States. The Korean Minister has received advices that his Government will soon open the port of Wiji, on the Yalu Riv- er, at the request of the United Stafes, to the commerce of the world, TOKIO, Jan. 25.—The first meeting of the recently created Supreme Military Council took place in the palace to-day. Subsequently the Ministers had an au- dience with the Emperor, who exhorted them to co-operate in giving effect to the important financial programme which had been drawn up to deal with any contingency that right arise. The new Korean Cabinet is friendly to_Japan. Tt is said officially that the recent press reports of disturbances in the Chongchung province of Korea are ex- aggerated, but it is not deried that that country is far from tranquil. PEKING, Jan. 25.—The Chinese au- thorities have approached the Minis- ters here of several powers with pro- posals directed toward attempting me- diation with Russia and Japan. China is exceedingly anxious that war be avoided. The American Government is ar- ranging to dispatch the senfor student interpreters here to Mukden, Port Dalny and Antung to act as American vice consuls. A small detachment of Russian cav- alry has passed through Kaopangtsu on their way to Ichou. This region was retroceded to China long ago. Adyices received here from Port Ar- ! thur are to the effect that a battalion of Russian troops is moving from that point toward the Korean frontier. | GENERAL MA ON WARPATH. Goes With Twenty ) Chinese Regiments | | ) | to Occuny Frontier Points. | ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. | dispatch from Port Arthur s: { | a Ch native paper | General Ma with twenty regiments of | Chinese troops has proceeded from | Shanhaikwan, Chili province, to oc cupy strategic points on the border of | that province. | In November General Ma was quot- ed as having said that, in the event of war, he would join forces with those of Japan. — 1 RUSSIA RAISES NEW ISSUE. Japanese Comntrol of the Strait of Korea. PARIS, Jan. 25.—Considerable ten sion is observable in (;ovemmen(all quarters concerning the Russo-Japan ese situation. This is due principally Opposes pacific adjustment have not made the progress which the officials hoped and expected. The general view of those | highest in authorify is summed up in | the statement that negotiations have now reached a point where practically no progress is being made in any di- rection. Whether this means that Rus- sia's latest answer dges not make con- cesslons which are likely to bring about a settlement it is impossible to say, as the delicate stage of the nego- tiations prompts the officials to with- | hold precise details. The only state- ment is that the negotiations are vir- tually at a standstill. It appears that one of the most dif- ficult features is the mutual distrust and hatred which have grown up be- tween the parties. It is said that | every statement of the presemt ex-| changes develops Japan's suspicion of Russia’s good faith and Russia’s an- tipathy to Japan. Owing to this bit- {erness diplomatic efforts to secure a middle ground are proving unusuall)’[ cult. It is.understood that Russia is now seeking.to obtain the neutralization of the strait of Korea. The ' Russian | view, as made known here, is that Japan's fortification of Masampho and Fusan constitutes a menace to the| world's commerce, since it gives Japan control over the narrow strait. It is pointed out, in support of this view, to the fact that the efforts toward a |V that Japan already has a strongly for- tified island (Tsushima) in the mid- dle of the strait d that this is dis- fifty miles from Masampho and 1, so that the fortification of the point_will - constitute another The strait of Korea is claimed to be a yRal outlet for the comm @ of Northwest Chira and it ed that it would be urope and America the is therefore in the inierest of to obtain the neutralization of strait. s NOT HOSTILE TO AMERICA. Russian Officials Repudiate Misstate- ments From Port Arthur. PORT ARTHUR, Jan. 25.—The highest officials here repudiate the published accusations of Russian hos- tility to the United States because of its Manchurian policy and the appoint- ment of American Consuls under the new treaty with China. It is officially asserted that no large einforcement of the Eastern forces is expected at present. The military uthorities, however, add that other- wre making for a ies from the pro- the Cossacks and arge supply of p for mounted infantry. The demoralization of the passenger and freight trafic on the Manchurian Railway continues in consequence of the military activity and there is a great blockade of freight at Port Dalny. By Russia’s Scheme to Avert War. BERL Jan. 25.—As the German Government understands the present situation, the feeling is such in Tokio that Japan will declare war unless Russla answers her demands faver- ably. Russia recognizes this and ac- cordingly intends to accept enough of Japan's points to make the Cabinet feel that a sufficient cause for war no longer exists, and, while the forthcoming note will not fully satisfy Japan, it will prevent the serious pos- sibility of a declaration of war. - Japanese Have Not Landed in Korea. SEOUL, Jan." 28.—The report of the landing of a Japanese army at Mas- ampho has been found to be untrue. P 3 P Alekxiefi’s Illness Is Serious. LONDON, Jan. 26.—The Chefu correspondent of the Daily Mail says that Viceroy AlexieXl's illness is graver than has been supposed and that his Continued on Page 2, Column 5.