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

1' ] TEE WEATEER. Forecast made at San !n.l- cisco f6r thirty hours Miu' midnight, February 2: San Prancisco and vicinity—" Cloudy Tuesday, with fog in the morning: light northeast 'tnls; changing to westerly. A. G. McADIE, Diltrlct !‘onenm moon.” THEE THEATERS. Alcazar—“A Colonial Girl.” California—"The Eternal City.” Central—"“Bast Lynne.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Columbia—*"“A Chinese Noney- Fischer's—“The Beauty Shop.” Grand—“Lost River.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Tivoli—“When Johnny Marching Home.” 1904 SAN FRANCISCO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIA NOW FULLY PREPARED FOR - THROWS OFF MASK AND AWAITS flTTflCI( ROER Young Cnmmal Tells, BB 2 tlement of the eiing, ker preparations for XS Manchurian quéstion. war; that now, kaving placed her Far Eastern fortes on a war footing, she © W.AR, LOI}/DON Eeb. 2.—From the Russian capital and from Tokia and other Far Eastern points newws has drifted in durmg 'he past twenty-four howrs. awhich leads to the Felyf that the: ine evitable struggle betwesn Russia and Japan may be commenced within the next twe weeks. Significant in yesterday's dispatches was a state- ment from-St,/Petersburg mma'm(mg that Russia had practically complcted her preparations for the conflict and was came the annsuncement that the' Rucsian reply to Japan, which the T okio Government is to regard as final, will be a flat refutation of Tapan’s claim te any voice in.the set- Russia's present atiitude admits of but one theory—ihat for months Russia has delayed the final break with Japan, while-com= vill throw off the mask and: give Japan the.alternative of retreat- grimly arvaiting Tapan’s initiative. Simultaneorisly ng or declaring war. of Plot o Assa sinate. L%FES EN Srar[‘l;nz EE@&IOB‘ of 3 CRIME OF Former Inmate of 1E ARS AG Whittier; iffff'infimfimfy - Guili - Hauned Man | Clears Salt Lake of Los Angexe.\ Mystery. Murder of Frederick Beutler, a Miser, mates lone, tacking n le- Woman's Frison Bars Three Persons Im- plicated in the Killing, Special Dispatch to The Call. SALT LAKE rrying the-burden- of guilt for seven vears, George W..Muncy, Grand Army veteran, 67 years of age, fessed that with “Abe” Hunter “Jack'! Rice he killed Frederick Beu ler in Salt Lake on February 25, 189 All three .are under ‘arrest county. jail. —and lived in a little About § o'clock in a noise was heard 'in the palrer—a m of the old man lying on the floor. He be choked te death by rags oh. had been crowded down ‘his throat Mrs. Beutler, from whom he had been separated and who was living at Alvin . Mitcheill,” her son-in- Rice were arrested. were ‘dischiarged for -lack of evi- The crime réemained a mystery and might 1iever have been dis- n . the rvem adjoining Munc ment; listening through a cra hoard partitior him. ircriminate himsel? in with his wife. He fur- ted Rice and Huuter, the | aving been suspected of *.two, with Munecy, n confesséd that he threw - upon a bed and held | stuffed the rags down | victim’s throat and Hunt- tonduc - the search for the| e 4 money Fearing that their presence ARTIST'S MODEL .AND kuaown they fled without the A BAE DISAPPEAR | money. i Police Search for-Arizona Woman ¥MBEZ R IS GIVEN and an Infanf. Wiith- Which MINIMUM SENTENCE | Stie P . Honolulu Judge Is Lenient to Former Cashier Hakuole, Who Stole In- ternal Revenue Funds. HGNGLULU, Jan. Hakuol:, ex-cashier of venue office ‘here, the ‘Federal rourt to embezzlement of $16¢ of the:funds of the office. Dole imposed the CHICAGO the internal minimum penalty Jealousy - Places Behind | Utah,- Feb, l.—Affer | has con- | and | At last they | 26.—James K. Admits - Complicity in the| | | | | | | | | | | at the | Beutler was-an aged umbrella re- dwelling, the - neighhors be- ving they' heard thé ery of “mur- | T. Fifteen minutes later, when the police arrived, they found the body { not been for the anger of a’woman; the wife of E aged st Mer spouse, she| | confided her ons 1o the Sheriff. For ‘montfis * deputies kept nightl | pleaded guilty in | Judge | under the Jaw, six months’ imprison- | Her family merit and a fine of the amount sm- | ghtest expls bezzled. In passing sentence the Ju Ke' ous disappear: id that he considered the minim e police ar g, penalty a-severe nneundorlhexnrcum— er have been f &ta s and would gladly have given less than the severity of the Federal wtute requires. Hakuole ‘was trying lu support a family of seventeen and hie Judge said that he copsidered that the embezzi ement had been committed hout criminal intent and with an ention to make good. 'Hakuole paid bick the §164 on being arrested. He vas formerly Japzuese interpreter in | theCircuit courts and is a Hawafian. ! ———— BERK£LEY WOMAN STRIVES FOR A BROTHER'S ESTATE Mrs. Sell's (‘nnmst of the ‘Will of Dr. Washington West on Trial in CHARGES OF AG. FEAUD INST A PRINCESS Hesse Answer .16 Court for Her Recklessless. Granddaughter “of - Prince -of Must 4 trial of Isomberg was declared a bank on~ thé: charges toward 1 Munich, , and Constance ntracted debts ing the 2bility ut ha 4 ankfort-on- | St. lnuls s grand- - LOUIS, Feb. 3.—Upon the deci- of oral Prince | s ve the Probate Court regarding a penciled erasure and a codicil to the will ol Dr. Washington West depends x.n sdtlemént of an’ estate worth $300,008. The will, dated Aprit 3, 1899, wyitten .inink, and with Wash- inglon . West's name scratthed over in pencil, s pioduced in court tosday orneys for the beneficiaries, for ‘probate. dl‘cll Mrs.*D. E. Sell of > under the Navy' , & sigter of Dr.. West,_ is Y;rp irtment. complete machinery ! 00. “’h“e the remainder hes B vet arrived, but the chief [the estate is o_be dividel equally, be- engineer contrived to make shift with | tween the (erierad Assenibly of the = ched to a donkey en- | Southern Prdbyterian Church and that has been Iving in the navy- |five relatives.\ Mrs. Sell is.contesting for several necessary baronial and sul,* and Merin-. each’ jravitig -, morning of the the forced draught. stopped for a week lest the continued | hard usage of the temporary boiler should cause its complete deswruction. power by means of | property. The works are now | The beneficii that Dr. West wrote the pencik Dr. West died hel 1899, ‘ot spondent of the Times cables that an vears and obtaining |and objects.togo sma-ll a zhare of. the | & ies expect to prove | Port Dalny and Harbin report «the ar- ade the erasure ‘and- flvsl already of one Russian division L‘;:llcfl to the will. |on t ZUSSIAS IILSLSZER 7O MA Pflyzafl‘ INSPECTION OF IMPERIAT. FORCES BY THE BMPEROR OF THE R( »..o X RESENTATIV T SEOUL,” WHERE THE RIVAL N THY AND WIN THE SUPPORT OF THE KOR& ST. PE TER\N RG, Feb. 1. -Jt fias been w ell knmvn for months that Ru has ,bccn <tca<hl) : strengthening her arfny and raswy: in the-Far ‘East to.meet °the lulelsaraw)us which Japan was. of ly makmg The av alldb](‘ warships were dispatchied to theo Yar East, ‘dnd the lasf i leit the Mediterranean.a’ month ago, i5 ‘mew nearing its dc&nnatwn Quietly but nurc]) Russm‘ preparations have kept-pace ‘with those ofher diplomati¢ adversary. The fever T activi Japan during the last few weeks naturafly m;,rc”fied the distrust of her® ultmlale intention Russian authorities have been pushing their p:ccmmonarv measures with more vigos.. - It is understood that six or seven:miilitary tram< daily have been . gomg cast: m'er the Si- berian road, and the charters. of some ships’ carqncs for the Pacific. have “been . 1cclcd ‘because the water route was considered too slaw. There has been some difficulty at’ Irkutsk, the 3 Eastern Siberia, on account of the stoppage of the ice: breakers ajnd the cxcessive.cold, sledges from crossing Baikal Lake, but this will be obviated when the line around th pleted, which will be soon. ‘Chinese coal exclusively ‘has been: pwrchawd for-the Russi : The authorities now feel that the situation is secure should Japan - reject ‘Russia’s ‘proposi- tion. The draft of Russia's reply probably will be submitted to the Czar to—morr ) high in authority said to-day: “We have conceded much already, and we are ready to concede morc but some thmgs we cannot grant. From our standpoint the Manchurian question was settled by Russia’s circularnote to the powcrs recognizing all the Chinese treaties: Why should Japan demand mnrc than the other powers?” The Rus<1an papers to-day agree that a treaty guarantee covering Manchuria and permission for Japan to fortify Southern Korea, making a closed sea of the Sea of Japan are impossible. Viceroy Alexieff is shortly to have a colleague in the administrating of Russia’s Eastern af- fairs, Minister of the Interior von Plehwe having elaborated a proposal to etitrust the govern- ment of Western Siberia to a Viceroy residing at Omsk, in Yakoutsk province. The- pupulanon of this province is made up" almost entirely of time-expired convicts. Prices on the Boerse declined further to- day Japanese Refugees From Port Arthur Report That a Di‘vis;”o'z; : . of Russian Troops Has Advanced to the Yalu River.’ — Daily Mail cakles that the Seattle iine steamship service of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha will be resumed on February 10. The Tokio correspondent of the Daily Telegraph cables he has heard from Peking that Yuan Shi Kai has resignad from the post of chief of the military training staff because certals officiais are opposing his scheme for army re- form. According to the Seoul correspondent of the Times reports have been received LONDON ¥eb. 2.—The Tokio corre- from Ping Yang, Korea, saying that armed soldiers have been guilty of rob- bery and houlebreak.\ng there and the missionaries declare the anti-foreign feeling to be increasing. One of the highest Japanese officials in London. who has been intimately ac- quainted with every possible detail of the Russo-Japanese negotiations -up to ordinance has been promulgated fixing the war, pay of the army and navy. A correspondent of ihe Dafly Mail t Na‘ul.ki says in a dispatch that Japanese refugees from Port Arthur, Yalu River. Toklo a oorrupondent of the Continued on Page 2, Column -1, 11 SKELETON RTENS Trinity County Man Are Found. iWeavemlle Hotel Manager Ends His Life Near His Home. | Reason for the Strange Disappear- ance of a Prominent Resident Is Not . Yet Explained. REDDING; - Feb. .1.—Harry. Paulsen, manager of the Union Hotél at Weav- erville, who. has' been - missing from home since September. 28, and who was believed to ‘beliving in- Stockton or | San Francisco, committeéd ‘suicide. - To- [day a skeleton was found a.mile.and a half from " eaverv!ile. 2 The remains were positively identi- fieq_through. fillings -in. the teeth. The skull, which #ad been: carricd -a “half mile from the body by wild animals, | shows that a bullet had penetratei it | himself pulled the' trigger and-ended { his life. His revolver was found ‘near the bones: Paulsen’s -disappearance, “hxrh ‘ex- cited two eouanties, .was- apparently without cause: His busiress aceounts were pleasant. All seemed . well “with | him when he ‘closed his hotel:'at mid- night, September 28. "enple who knew him intimately claimed to ‘have sean| him at Red Bluff, Chico, ‘Stockton and finally - in San Francisco. The family thought these friends could not be mis- taken and gave.up the. search-for.the | missing young man, believing he would return home. —_—————— | HBAT” MASTERSON VISITS Western Gun’ Fighter and Sport Has a “Bully Good Time” in.the . White House. WASHINGTON, Fi ‘Bat; glad to see yo g This .was President: Roosevelt's greeting -to “Bat'”. Masterson, once a [cowboy- of the Western plains; after- ward “manager ‘of lists, -and - famous Iapnrung world. ‘Bat” called at the White - House and :was ushered into.the Presideut's private ‘office ‘while statesmen: wafted: He ‘came. alone and - Secretary Loeb announced his presence to Mr. Rodse~ velt. ' The President sent for him. to come to-his ‘Toom at -‘once: The throughout’ men talked about old timesin the West and many of their -common friéends, among them “Ben’ Daniels, Sheérman Bell and George Currey. though “Bat” will not confess it, it is strongly suspected that some of the famous ring contests in which he was referee were reviewed. “No,” said Bat to-night, reluctantly discussing his visit, ““‘there .was no significance, no politics, in my.-call at the White House. - It. was purely so- cial in' charaeter. I guess the Presi- dent was glad to.. see - me, knowing that T had no polities fo .talk about and no favors to ask. We ' ‘talked over: old times in the West. “YWhat's that?” ‘continued Bat, In reply to a question.. “Do I, think-he will ‘be nominated and. elected? Well, now, I can’t discuss questions . like that, and wouldn't if I -could. My visit. ‘was “entirely. private and social, and I believe it'is not goed etiquette for White House callers to:tell all they see and hear there. *You can just say that T had a bully good tinte.” ——— Election Judges Held to Answer. DENVER, Colo., Feb.- 1.—The five election judges arrested recently upon the charge of frand in-connection with the elections of State Supreme Justice | and for. delegates to the charter con- vention: of the city and county of Den- ver had a hearing to-day before Judge Johnson. 6f the District Court, acting as. a_committing’ magistrate, and ‘were bound aover to the.Criminal Court. They were later Feleased the sum of $500 each., Roc ke(el\er has tendered his resigna. 1 tion as” director of the United .Stat Steei*Corporation. Rockefeller, in | hfl letter tendering his resignation, had not been convenient for him to that his interest in the compai represented on the board by hi 2 ; ROME, Feb.'1.—The Anglo-Ital arbitration convention was signed to day. The convention is on practi- cally the same lines as the Anglo- French treaty. GALE HURLS Remains of Missing There is no-doubt’ here -that Paulsen were straight and his social relatlons‘ PRESIDENT ROOSEVEET | 1.—“Hallo, | well-known pugi- | the | gréeting was most cordial and both | Al | TRAIN FROM THE RAIL Two Coaches and an Express Car Are Overturned. —— Five Persons Injured in a : _Remarkable Disaster in Colorado. ‘Locomotive Brought to a Full Stop - by. Force of Hurricane Befors .~ the Oatastrophe Oceurs. IDAHO SPRINGS Feb. Cole., passeriger train on the Colorado and Southern. Railroad, which left Denver | this .morning for Georgetown, was wrecksd. by a gale, two,coaches and a | combination. baggage and express car ’br‘ll\z blown over and badly damaged. The erigifie - and- tender ‘remained on {the -tracks.” -Four of the train crew and one senger were injured. The list follows J. K. Robinson, Denver; . ‘ribs . broken, Jured; may-die. W. Straight, banker, Dunlap, Kans.; hand and-hip injured. M. Snrith,” brakeman, Denver; | Burt and face badly cut. Patrick - O'Meara, conductor; eut. A. S.’Hurley, news agent, face cut .and hruised. [ The train had come to a standstill 'about 1500_.feet. from the station in | Georgetown, - being unable to proceed farther -beciuse:of the wind. While Y“'amng for -the gale to subside the | cars were:lifted” from the rails by the wind and. fokced over on their sides. | The passengers.and crew ‘were thrown | with: great, force against the sides of | the “car¥; but: were able to escape | through ‘the-dpors and windows. It is believed tha: Messenger Robinson's in- | juries wére due.to trunks falling upon { him: c It ‘was several hours before the de- talls of the ‘accident could be sent to | Denve¥;- as:. the telephone and tele- |graph wires ‘were prostrated by the | wind.. ‘A ‘sSpecizl relief _train, sent from the-lattércity, encountered poles and wirés strewn over the track in many places.and with difficulty rea h< | express messenger, internally ine wrist } head Denver; led its' destination. - .jurfid were “takén to a hnepual m Georgétown. for treatment. The wind_in this vicipity and in Georgetown did: considerable damage. i1 “the latter “place the roof of the | €atholic chursh- was to off and nu- {merous other - bujldings damaged. | Traffic on this branch of the Colorado {'and-Southern was interrupted for sev- icr.xl hours. MUCH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Gale Sweeps, the Entire Eastern Slope of the- Rocky Mountains. DENVER;. .€olo;, Feb. 1.—High winds prevailed to-day along the east- ern_slopé of the- Rocky Mountains in Colorade and Wyoming and consider- able damage td.property was wrought. In Denver two.men lost their lives a direct -result- of the ga Charles Ormsby and-William Daniels came into | confact with-a_live electri¢ wire, which had been: blown from iis fastenings into the streel' and were killed by the shock. S Reports are being received from points. in ‘Northern Colorado of the destruction of. farm buildings and hay- stacks in. the country districts, and the falling .of trges, small buildings, chim- neys, -etc,...-in the towns. In some places_the-forte of the: wind was so great that -smalil stones were blown about promjscuously, shatttering win- dows and injuring residents. Numer- rous fires were started, but as yet no reports: of serious losses from this source have been received. Anp illustration of the great force of the wind in Clear .Creek Canyon is seen in- the derailing of a Colorado and Southern. passenger train coming from Georgetown- to Denver. | ke i - Cheyenne Windows Suffer. | ~CHEYENNE, ‘'Wyo., Feb. 1.—The worst windstorm - in ' the history of | Cheyenne . prevailed to-day. Stones half an inch’ in' diameter were sent hurtling through' the "air and many windows were broken. The wind at- talned a veloéity -of sixty-five miles an hour and numérous fences, out-build- ings and barns were blown down. ‘ —_————— GOVERNOR ODELL WILL NOT RELEASE ZEIGLER Attorney General Holds That Million- aire Is-Not a Fugitive From Mis- souri Justice. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 1..—Governor | Odell; . uponi the advice of Attorney | Generdl ‘Cuneen, has decided that he will not” honor the requisition of Gov- | ernor Dockery of Missouri demanding the extradition of William Zeigler of | New York €ity upon an indictment ! charging him with bribery in connec- > |-tion with baking powder legislation in the Missouri Legislature during the of 1901. The greund upon the refusal is based is that is not a “fugitive from ju githin the meaning of the law there is no evidence to show in the State of Missouri ¢ month of March, 1901, crime is alleged to have d to advise that Mr. Zeigler's nee in St. Louis in the early days anuary, 1901, is not sufficient to frant the holding that he is a fu- e from justice of that State”™