The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1904, Page 1

| Fair 4 wind. Monday; THEE WEATHER. Forecest made at San Fran- cisco for thisty hours cnding San Prancisco and vicinity— light northerly G. X. WILLSON, i 3 VOLUMIE THE Alcazar—"“A - I | ! | i | : California—*“The Eternal City.” Central—“East Lynne.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Columbia—*“A Chinese Noney- Fischer's—“The Beauty Shop.” Grand—“Lost River.” Orphenm—Vaudeville. Tivoli—“When Marching Home.” & THEATERS. Colonial Girl.” Johnny Comes Y BRITISH ARM Y REORGANIZATION ABOLISHES LORD ROBERTS POST N ELCOMES | King Menelik Wants, Our Factories’ | Products. Great Commercial Field Is | Opened to United | States. | Corsul -Skinner, Beck From Ethiupia.f Reports Hearty Reception by Its Ficturesque Sovereign. %1.—The vernmental Abyssinia tes Consul haye been s rarty ived here teamship Vic- good heaith ically of the by King Mene- coast the party heard a number iting ad- erview ex i 2 most ans here- ) is now cotton s before har prices in Abyssinia an opportun- trade. King \ r e of the products Louis exposi- s have composed American com- Abyssinia. The statesman, who ns, MENELIK ARINES. kinner party lik received mposing aries, The es established a Roosevelt,” which of interest rsonal inspection VISITS M ted a gr Kin amp at de e camp ed three hou after having witnessed the m ers of the marines, he asked men for his rifle and loaded of the arines and blue- - | Esher lifferent to the | 3 @ % e P COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE BRITISH ARMY, WHO IS TO BE DE- POSED, AND MEMB 8 OF ROYAL « COMMISSION WHICH AD- VISED SWEEPING REORGANIZATION. ¢ s bt Al L Lt DON, Jan. 31.—The report of the 1 Commission, known as the Lord Commission, which was ap- | point>d last November for the purpose | B reation of a board for the admin- istrative business of the War Office, has been issued and it confirms the change foreshadowed by the press on November 28, namely, that the post of commander in chief of the army will be abolished. With the approval of the King and actirg upon the recommendations of |the commission, the Government decided to appoint an army council the framed upon the admiralty ‘model; to | abolish the office of commander in chief of the army, and to create a new post. that of inspector general, whose principal duty will be to inspect and report upon the efficiency of the mili- tary forces. The report is divided into three sec- tions, the first of which relates to the defense committee, the second to the | army council. and the third to inspec- . It points out the necessity of greater permanence in th: defense committee, in order to insure a contin- uous policy, and it suggests the addi- tion to the existing defense committee of a permanent secretary, holding of- b ,’ i -;;‘.’ 1\ ,’:1’:4,;2‘;,‘:,’“ g fice five years; two naval officials se- A uns were impressed with | 16cted by the admiralty, two military ability of the Abys. |fficials chosen by the Viceroy of In- nians )1 Skinner saying that the | 9. and, if possible. Zother colonial eing idly modernized | TCPTesentatives holding ~ office’ two N es, water sup- | YCATS. g b | " With regard to the War Office, the tructed, He considers COMmission suggests that the Secre- s the *“Japanese” of |'aTy © State for War be placed in the Afr same position as the First Lord of the ts out. however, that nking systems are de- . The money ljev es that Ameri- ge field for activity troleum and asphalt nia. An official t of the mission has Washington. FRIENDIY TOWARD FRANCE. l:,“y}’ o tial a er of King view he said ue to do her ut- h interests, but serious struggle fluences. He said that tended - to prove his nce by visiting that present year. L—According to news « gn Office here, likely to leave of the political sit- is already a candi- here or succession to the thronme and fears that his departure would be a signal for ivil warfar among the different chief Therefore, it is con- sidered impeesible for the King to visit the St. Louis exposition, Abyssinia to- | Admiralty. directly responsible to the crown and to Parliament. The constitution of the Army Coun- cil aims at decentralization, the indi- vidual members of the council being | entrusted with different branches, such {as armament, supply, finance, etc. In | this connection the report remarks measures demand new men; we therefore attach special importance to the appointment of militarv mem- bers not too closely connected with ex- | isting methods, and who, therefore, are | not likely to be embarrassed { traditions of a system which is to be radically changed The commission corsiders the aboli- tion of the post of commander in chief to be imperative and it urges the di- | vorce of the administrative from the executive department. The inspector general is to be ap- pointed for five years. His sole func- { tion, aided by a staff, is to report upon actual facts without expressing opin- jons on volicies. The Lord Esher Commission re- ported with unusual promptitude. Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Governor of Victoriza, one of the members of the commission, arrived of advising the Government concerning | has | by the | :,.‘fweepir'zg Changes to Result Fro Creation of General Staff. — | fice with an eye single to the effectiv m December 30, while the report is dated January 18 It is understood that all the neces- sary changes will be carried out with the least possible delay after obtain- ing the formal consent of Parliament where jt is necessary. The report is p like. It says it i e a complete breach with the past and endeavor to reconstitute the War Of- training and pr tary forces for war,” and again it says: “The object should be to secure for the British empire with the least pos- sible derangement of the existing ma- tion of the mil chinery the immediate advantages which a general staff conferred upon Germany.” Contrasting the efficiency of the Ad- miralty with the inefficiency of the War Office, the report complains that the latter “has no thinking depart- ment.” LONDON, Feb. 1.—The morning papers editorially applaud the report of the Lord Esher Commission as thorough and practical and express the hope that the Government will ex- ecute the reforms with courage and promptitude. —_——————— SENATE WILL DEBATE ON PANAMA QUESTION WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—The Sen- ate this week will continue to discuss the Panama question. There Is a dis- position on the part of many Demo- cratic Senators to postpone further discussion of the question until re- sponses to the resolutions of inquiry shall be received from the executive. The Democrats, however, have given assurance to the Republican leaders that they will not seek delay merely for the purpose of postponing a vote on the treaty, which they will permit as soon as legitimate debate shall have been exhausted. The House this week will pass the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. e Fireman Killed and Many Hurt. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—One fireman w.s killed and twentg-five were over- come by smoke in a fire in a store- house of the Ameriean Manufactur(n.\ Company'in Brooklyn tosnight. Nine' of the men who Wwere overcome were so seriously affected that they were taken to the hospitals. One of them is expected to die. The storehouse con- tained jute, Manila hemp and bagging. —————— Five Destroys Whole Town. GREENVILLE, Miss., Jan. 31.—Fire at Hollendale destroyed every building in the town except two dwellings. in England on i Loss, $200,000. % 0 WEDDING Wanders All Night .~ In an Idaho Special Dispatch to The Call. MALAD CITY, Idaho, Jan. 31.—Clad in her bridal dress, Miss Mildred Hun- saker wandered all night in the snow while the young man who was to be | her husband awaited _anxiously with relatives and wedding guests for her appearance. The wedding was set for last even- | ing. The bride was dressed for the ceremony by her aunt, who lives a half mile from the Hunsaker home. Miss Hunsaker started to return' home. where her father and brother awaited her, taking a path across the open country. A snow storm came up and she lost her way. Dressed in light clothing, she wandered about all night. George Bryan, her fiance, and friends began searching for the girl at mid- night, but did not find her until six o'clock this morning. The wedding oc- curred immediately, although the bride was nearly dead from exposure. Mrs. Bryan. who is 19 years old, pretty and of robust build, says that several times while she was wandering around in the snow she was sorely | tempted to lie down, but she knew that this meant certain death, so she per- sisted in her efforts to find a house. or a light that would lead her to one. She had wandered three miles from her home before she was found by the res- cue party. Her attire consisted of ex- tremefy light material and that the girl was not frozen to death is remark- able. Mrs. Bryan says that after the first four or five hours she became too he- numbed to feel the cold to any extent. She was conscious of a drowsiness that at times threatened to overcome her and she fought against this persistent- ly and successfully. She is now in bed. nursing badly frost-bitten feet and her physician says she will be able to ac- company her husband on their wed- ding trip within a week. ————— POPE GIVES BLESSING TO NEW NEWSPAPER Recently . Established Journal and Bank in Mexico Receive Apos- tolic Approval. CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 31.—Arch- bishop Alarcon has formally blessed the premises of the new Catholic Bank, which starts business with a capital of $6,000,000. The first newspaper published in Mexico to receive the anostolic bene- diction of Pope Pius X is the Catholic paper El Pais of this city. The new Pope has sent his blessing to the paper and through it to the entire Catholic world of Mexico. Pry Goods Firm to Liquidate. BALTIMORE, Jan. 31.—The Lloyd L. Jackson Company of this city, wholesale dealers in dry goods, is to go into liquidation. The company will, it is asserted, pay every cent it owes by April 15 next and the preferred stockholders will get from 50 to 60 cents on the dollar, “ FROM CELL ARMY WAITS 10 LIFE OF | RETIRENENT ‘Conditions Agreed To by Mrs. Florence Maybrick. - She Is Not to Appear Upon| the Public Stage or | | Write a Book. Great Secrecy Attaches to Woman's | Release From Prison and Her Subsequent Movements. | LONDON, Feb. 1.—The Daily Mail | this morning says that Mrs. Florence | Maybrick is now in Liverpool and that: the following conditions attach to her | release from prison: That she shall} not appear on the public stage or write a book of her experiences and shall in | no way endeavor to attract public at- | tention to herself. ‘With much mystery are the officials | shrouding their actions in uonnectlon‘ with the release of Mrs. Maybrick. At the United States embassy it was em- | phatically declared that she had not | been pardoned. The Home Office and | the governor of Aylesbury Prison re- | fuse to make any statement. If the ordinary course had been followed, Mrs, Maybrick would have been taken to Holloway, if her immediate release were contemplated. She probably has | been removed to a place of less rigorous | discipline, where she can recuperate prior to her final release. | The details given in this morning’s Lloyds Weekly newspaper regarding the vist of Mrs. Maybrick’'s mother, Barcness de Rouques, to Aylesbury prison on January 25 appear to be cor- rect. She afterward described Mrs. Maybrick as very busy with her work, in much better spirits and looking for- ward to her release. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Regard- | ing the case of.Mrs. Maybrick, iffter- est in which has béen revived by re- | ports that she has been released from prison in England, State Department | | officials say there has been no recent communication between them and the‘ English Government in the matter. | The last information the department had regarding the case (and this is now some months old) was that Mrs. May- brick probably would be released late in the coming summer. —_— RUSSIA GAINS MORE TIME. b Further Delay in Framing and For- | warding Note to Japan. PARIS, Jan. 3l.—Another delay has occurred in framing and forwarding | the Russian answer to the latest Jap-! anese note, and this will result in fur- | ther averting the culmination of the? crisis until the middle or the latter | part of the week. | The official adyices received here from St. Petersburg to-day, although | | somevhat negative, gave definite de- tails of the status of the note and the | programme it was intended to follow. | Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Foreign | Minister, had expected that the ex- changes going on would have permit- | ted the final drafting of the answer ro | that it could have been presented to the Cz: - yesterday for his approval, | but t{he expectation was ndt realized, and, as a matter of fact, the answer has not- yet been finally drafted. It| was determined, therefore, to defer its | subn.ission to the Czar until next Tuesday or Wednesday. Efforts are still being made to so shape this an- swer as to prevent a rupture. This new delay is interpreted as slightly improving the situation, as it indicates that Russia is making ex- treme efforts to bring the answer with- in limits acceptable to Japan. Owing to the fact that the Russian answer is not completed, it is pointed out that the reports concerning its gen- eral terms must be taken with allow- ance, as the delay indicates that some of the points which presented the most serious difficulties may yet be recon- ciled. Throughout the past week the au- thorities here have been kept fully ad- vised of the general tendencies of Rus- sia, but they have not known whether or not these tendencies would be in- corporated in the answer by which Russia would irrevécably abide. It is understood that the Empress of Russia has an affection of the ear which may necessitate an operation. This fac: is considered as having some bearing upon the time when the an- swer will be submitted to thé Czar for approval. In any event officials here are confi- dent that definite results will be known next Thursday. - Owing to the feeling that a final ef- fort toward reconciliation was being made, the tone of official sentiment was somewhat improved to-day. —_————————— Printers Threaten a Strike. BOSTON, Jan. 31.—Unless an un- expected contingency arises fifty-six ‘book and job printing establishments in Boston and surrounding towns, em- | ploying 900 persons, members of the Boston Typographical Union, will be without printers and compositors to- morrow. A new scale presented as an ultimatum to the Boston Typo- thetae has been rejected by the em- ployers. Governor Pardee Is Recovering. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 31.—Gover- nor Pardee, who L 1 been confined to his home for more than two weeks by a severe cold and bronchitis, was able to drive out to-day and soon will be at his office, probably to-morrow. ABOARD THE TRANSPORTS Japanese Troopships Ready to Sail for Korea. it One Correspondent Cab That They Have Al- ready Started. les Mobilizdtion of the Mikado's Forces; Conducted Rapidly and With Extraordinary Secrecy. PERISH 0] A DESERT Appalling Discovery in Arid Land of | Nevada. {Tramps and Laborers Are the Victims of Hunger and Thirst. | Surveyors Find the Remains of These Who Made a Foolhardy Effort to Cross a Waste Area. = g LONDON, Feb. 1.—The correspond- Spectal Dispat The Call. ent of the Daily Mail at Chefu cables | 163 VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 31.—Thirty he has learned that the Japanese naval | podies of men who perishied on the reserves were mobilized last week and | Nevada desert from thirst and hum- that the first army corps was partly mobilized with great secrecy, the troops arriving at their destination disguised as’ coolies. More than 100 | transports have been requisitioned, the correspondent continues, and twenty- eight transports and thirty-eight war- ships are lying at Sasebo (twenty-five miles north by west of Nagasaki). Forty transports filled with the Kuma- nato division are harbor in Tsushima ready for action. The destination of these latter vessels is bélieved to be Chungyu, whence the isolation of Korea could be effected. “The Russian and Japanese author- ities,” the correspondent continues, “profess ignorance of the Argun ineci- dent, but I learn that the Japanese cruiser Chiyoda signaled the Argun to stop and, as no notice was taken, fired acrozs the bows of the Argun, where- upon the Russian steamer, which was beyond neutral waters, stopped and the Chiyoda sent a search party on board.” | FIRST NEWS OF INCIDENT. (On January 30 the Daily Mail pub- respondent, sayine a foreigner had re- ported that the Russian steamer Ar- gun, on which he was from Nagasaki to Port Dalny, had | been fired at by a Japanese cruiser outside of Chemulpo harbor.) The correspondent of the Morning Post at Chefu cables that a British vessel and some others engaged in a | regular service to Port Arthur, had been stopped when about to enter that | ort. pk‘ompolent judges, {ne “ost's corre- | spondent goes on, predict the total | failure of the Russian commissariat in the event of prolonged hcstilities. Under date of January 26 a corre- | | spondent of the Daily Express at Kobe sends via Shanghal a statement that | the Japanese fleet sailed frcm .Saseho | on Saturday, January 23, for Masam- pho, Korea. and says that his dispztch was refused transmissicn over the cus- tomary route by the censors. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily, Telegraph says officials there have received news that Russian troops | are occupying Kivehous, north of the | Gulf of Liatung. HAS NO INFORMATION. | Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minis- ter to Great Britain, informed the press | last night that his Government did not | know what Russia’s answer would be and it was therefore impossible to say whether war was probable or not. The fact that the Russian reply had not yet been disvatched showed, according to Baron Havashi, that Russia's decision had not yet been takem, as it was| hardly probable, if a decision had been | reached, that the note should be de- | layed. A semi-official denial has been issued | at St. Petersburg to the reports that | the Czar presided at a council at which the Russian reply was decided upon, and it is explained that no conference except that at which Grand Duke Alexis presided has been held in con- | nection with the Russo-Japanese affair. A dispatch received here from Tien- | tsin says Russia is purchasing large | quantities of Kaiping coal for imme- | diate delivery at Port Arthur, where the stocks of coal are believed to be w. running lo GERMANS ARE CHAGRINED. Expose of the Kaiser’s Pact With Denmark Embarrasses Berlin. Call and New York b ?‘l:m-'r‘:xn?fim. by the New York Herald Fublishing Company. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 31.—Accord- ing to a telegram received here from Berlin the dispatches concerning Ger- many's understanding with Denmark for the keeping of the entrance of the Baltjc closed in case England should be drawn into the Russo-Japanese war was widely republished, more often than not with angry or rude comment. This was a foregone conclusion. This piece of admittedly sensational news, which I implicitly repeat and which came from an excellent source, opened a very awkward situation for German pglicy, all the more since it is well known how warmly the friends of greater- Germany find the idea of mak- ing Covenhdgen a Teutonic Gibraltar of the north at some future period. Doubtless also in due course Wilhelm- strausse will supply some kind of of- ficial denial. Nevertheless my author- ity is particularly certain of the truth of his statement. The pessimism regarding the pros- pects of war is more general than hith- to. :‘;ne. and never will be, but it is fully realized that it is impossible that Rus- sia should do anything beyond accord- ing mild political and economical rights to Janan in Southern Korea, whereas in Manchuria she can promise nothin It is keenly felt that the present re- ply is likely to be taken by Japan as|of his meney and they did so. final lying at Takeshira | a_ passenger, | Of »public excitement there is; ger have been found by a party of sur- veyors who are in advance of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Rail- road. 5 The victims of the desert met death } within the last few weeks according to |all the evidence obtainable and from | the condition of the remains when dis- covered. The men perished in attempt- ing to cross the waste area that stretches a distance of eighty miles from Los Vegas to the California line. | Word that has just been brought in from the advance party of surveyors { tells of many grewsome findjngs, in- | cluding the remains of four, five or haif | 2 dozen men lying in close proximity. | The hardy and se oned men who are ° ‘Ia:flng out the r oad route are sick | with the horror of their discoveries. In | most instances the bodies have beem | partially eatep by coyotes and buz- | zards to such an extent as to be beyend recognition. The majority of the vic- {tims were tramps and railroad laborers, | who have attempted to cross from the railroad camps in Nevada to the more agreeable climate of California. " INSANITY BEFORE DEATH. lished a dispatch from its Chefu cor- ! The thirty bodies just reported were | all found within a radius of a quarter |of a mile around “Dead Man's Well,"” the only water ‘n the entire desert, and that a delusion which lures men to in- sanity and death. Several of the bodies were absolutely nude, showing that the crazed men had cast off their clothing before dropping down to die on the sagebrush plains. One hundred feet from this well the surveying party came across six bodies lying a few yards apart. They had been frightfully torn and half-eaten by the desert beasts and birds of prey. This Dead Man's Well is about half way across the barren territory that divides the little settlements of South- ern Nevada from the hills of Califor- nia. It was sunk many years ago to provide water for the people who a‘~ tempted to cross the desert on foot in spite of warnings. The water, which was struck at a depth of 125 feet, proved to be brackish, salt and utterly unfit for human consumption. To drink of this water means madness. Hundreds have probably drank of it only to go raving mad and wander aimlessly about until the heat, added to other Suffering, brought death as a relief to their terrible suf- fering, The men who have tried this tramp across the desert lately were laborers, formerly employed on the Clark road, who desired to get to Cali- fornia, and tramps who mistakenly took this route. PERIL IN THE WATER. A short time ago a laborer started acr: with a bottle of water; one week later his body was found within 200 yards of the Moapa River. He had evidently became insane from thirst and perished within a stone’'s throw of the fresh water river, which he was unable to see on account of the dark- ness. Two days prior to this incident two tramps were picked up near “Dead Man's Wéll” by a stage driver. Both men were violently insane and were wandering around in a nude con- dition. They attempted to resist res- cue, but were too weak. They died before the stage reached Moapa. A few days ago a railroad laborer was found by a party of prospectors in the middle of the desert. He, too, had stripped off all his clothing and became crazed. He imagined he could hear water trinkling and groped blind- ly about searching for it. He was taken to Los Vegas, where he is slowly recovering his senses. Many instances of this sort have been re- ported, but no one believed that such a large number had perished recently as is now proved by the ghastly finds of the surveyor's party. e Prayers Are Offered for Rain. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31.—Special { prayers were offered to-day in all the Catholic and many of the Protestant churches of the city for rain. In some ! of the churches special rain services were held. The feeling seems to be general among the ministers and the | members of the churches that rain i will be sent to break the drought if the people pray fervently for it. Fol- lowing the iptural quotation that “the prayer of the righteous man availeth much,” the invocations were pronounced. About six weeks ago Bishop Conaty issued a circular ask- ing the pas of the Catholic churches to pray for rain at their ser- vices. —_— e Robbers Secure Coin. SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—Two well- | dressed robbers pried up the window of J. B. Goddard’s house here this morning and forced Goddard and an- other man to lie quiet while they gearched the nockets of their trousers. 1Thoy secured more than $500 in cash. Goddard begged them to leave the ;;:( ° cash they left behind was §1406.