The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1904, Page 1

winds. THEE WEATHEER. Forecast made st San Pran- eisco for thirty hours ending midnight, February 5: San FPrancisco and vicinity— Cloudy, upsettled weather Pri- | day, with rain; brisk southwest A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster, VOLUME Columbia—*"A ‘moon.”- Grand—"Los¥ To-Day. Fischer's—“The Beauty Shop.” Orpheum—Vandeville. Matines Tivoli—"“When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” Chinese Momey- River.” + SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1904 PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIA'S FINAL ANSWER TO JAPAN IS FORWARDED,; WARLIKE MANEUVER OF THE PORT ARTHUR FLEET ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 4.---The Russian response to the latest Japanese note was to-night forwarded to Diceroy Alexieff. If he approves it, it will finally reach the Tokio Government on Monday. It is officially announced that officers of all regiments of guards will be allowed to volunteer for service in the Far East. This is regarded as ominous and significant. PORT ARTHUR, Feb. 4.-::The Russian fleet, under Admiral Stark, returned here at 4 o’clock this afternoon. maneuvering, it is reported, against a fleet of Japanese warships off Weihaiwei. It has taken up its anchorage outside the harbor. The quarantine against Chefu has been annulled. It was LONDON, Feb. 4.-::The ominous rumors circulating here of the imminence of hostilities in the Far East caused the rate on war risks at Lloyd’s to bound upward from 40 to 70 guineas per ton liam Nelson Cromwell is put out as - - — — 1 4 - = gy % . A | DIUIA W) ‘ | \ 1~ '& 1\ | ' | \ { | \ | | [ |1 | Vi 18 B4 34 3 | I 1\ [ | C MUV [l ’ ) ' RS 0 { 2 23 " Doom the Patient to Western Pacific Com | - M S | onias of 1n- | | | actvit | - Bond Issue. . | —_— | i | Dangerous Crisis in His New San Francisco-Salt noc Iiness Has Not Yet Lake Railway Seems & = - “ 3 | Been Passed. B | Assured. . 1 i " | Backers of the Entergrise Aro Belevd - { cKers of the Bnterprise 0 Senator Is Completely Worn Out and | )7 \T7INT [ fo Be G 1. Gould and John = e N | . eorge J. Gould and Jo Must Go Into Retirement Should | l 1 DrgRock fell ) 3 eleller. He Reoover. ‘ . : \ | e g i | R 4 | ‘ | Special Dispatch to The Call. pecial Dispatch to The Ca | i 4 | - SALT LAKE, Feb. 4.—A $50,000,000 TERS, ¥if\T}‘.!_ | mortgage to secure a bond issue of Feb, 4.— |an equal amount was filled by the precarious con- | Western Pacific Railway Company ght that the with County Recorder Meeks this aft- - b had not been I ; —— e ernoon. The papers were filed by L. - w_ ed an ? . that could h ! 2 H. Farnsworth, cashier of the Walker ut 0 Min friends ¥ should | Uta‘h Lad a‘n Accom_ | arrlng n eres Bros.” Bank and agent in Utah for the he would b led to | Western Pacific company. The pro- Ly m bus ";f.« . | s 3 ceeds of the hond issue are to be used vity for months. 1 phce OI Vengetm ‘ Ompromlse J[= |tor the purchase of existing raitroads g that Senator H.c'nnfl \\as. going ‘ and the construction of a new road evelor of Bright's dis- | | between Salt Lake and San Francisco. €a ness might r&m S erences The enterprise is generally believed to fliness. " - | be backed by George J. Gould and » that he R L g —_— *|John D. Rockefeller. It is believed h Dr. rewer arrived from — | . | 9 3 SALT LAKE, Feb. 4—Three persons ;‘;I“:S”’“c“' Shet tong SRNt etvien Xy |along the line. : accused of having attempted to wreck et reorganising committes in the | The Western Pacific is looked upon B o s B R R United States Shipbuilding Company.|as the westernmost link of George R L and the bondholders’ protective com- | Gould’s projected seaboard-to-coast ot the | & o L hort Amr“m;iv mi fn"::r; 0 mittee, represented by Samuel Unter- [System. It will connect at Salt Lake that the | B! B - :dfln A Ml] ay nig % ave meyer, was settled to-night by the | With the Rio Grande Western. " tzgled. | Peen captured and are declared by the formulat v The mortgage is made to the Bowl- o P-l ervice agents of the railroad to ormulation of 4 mew Jiin, Which has ing Green Trust Company, trustee. It Hanna ms of suf- | be the guilty ones. One of the trio is a | | been agreed:to by both sides, and the | ;33 firgt mortgage on the railroads ering fr f the grip |lad of 16 years, a Salt Lake boy, who | | litigation in which Charles M. Schwab | ang terminals acquired and on the em- and exhaust ugh physical has a mania for wrecking trains. That | | has been the central figure will end. | tire system, with branches hereafter It revealed | he has nltrl before this been vn?e cause ‘ Max Pam has been removed from the | to be built. The mortgage is dated he ‘organs were :I\‘fh'a ‘x\‘am'nad hf-:xtjwr is not hm_;ag}l]x. reorganization committee and Pliny | September 1, 1993. The bonds are for disease, all s t ‘u‘ln:vfp arl\ def: it is S{B‘.l .P\\ lo' Fisk, the banker, whose house will | thirty years, bearing interest at 3 per ed ere [ of] ”a rain a: ,m revenge at- take part of the work of financing the | cént. The mortgage was filed here be- ATLMENTS. | fx.f"""d wiee TP s new company, takes his place. Max | cause the Western Pacific is a Utah : GO piclsme i iyt T o 4 ; 4| Nathan of the International Pump | corporation. ineys were not | has =\\m;nl .mn(':»’mj laints 4‘1 ')ai‘n]s\LL:h:: = Company has been agreed on as an| Although Gould has given an eva- was in very bad | three, The names of the tras || TYPE OF THE MUSICAL ADJUNCT OF THE RUSSIAN MILITARY ORGANIZATION ON THE FIELD OF BAT- additional member of the committee to | sive denial that he I§ connected with three. The names of the tramps could a - sent th tectiv itts the road, it is known that Gould not be ascertained here to-night. | TLE. EACH COSSACK REGIMENT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A BAND, WHOSE INSPIRING STRAINS ARE represen e protective committee. 3 sould men The arrest of the trio of would-be | " EXPECTED TO INCITE THE TROOPS TO FEATS OF VALOR. The new plan made public by Wil- | are directing the operations from be- The doc rs issu etin in which they announced t sator Hanna was suffering from a recurrence of the grip and with an 1al amount of depression, but that there were no alarming symptoms and no reason te believe that reco ke place in reasonab This rather negative bull fidence when it became known that samples of Senator Hanna's blood had been obtained for bacteriolo amination and that other exa were to be made. OPIATES TO INDUCE REST. There was no change in Senator Hanna's condition this afternoon. He rested under oplates. The Senator's dition led his friends to believe that hoid fever was developing. Dr. ey would not express any opinion on the case. The Senator’s family will feel much f the symptoms which he has id develop into typhoid fever g worse. Last night they h alarmed lest his illness absolutely helpless. Wt em is run down, the Senato: tempe nt is such that they believe he could combat an attack of typhoid | fever. | The doctors do not appear to take sanguine views. They regard Senator | Hanna as a man who is completely | time. » failed to inspire con- worn out, in addition to being ill, His whole constitution. is near collapse. | Fhey say that if the crisis can be averted the Senator will be lucky and | that his restoration to complete health will be a matter of months, which will require complete avoidance of work of all kinds e ——————— San Franciscan Dead in Mexico. NOGALES, Ariz. Feb. 4.—A tele- gram was received here to-day telling of the death by accident at Tarasca mine, west of Torres, Sonora, of Charles H. Goddard, a San Francisco mine promoter. No particulars are obtainable. | the local immigrant inspector, made a train wreckers was the result of ‘quick | and clever work on the part of the | railroad detectives. As soon as word of the outrage was telegraphed Special Agent Jones of the Short Line went | to the scene and began an investiga- tion, assisted by two other compar detectiv and local officers at Bliss. From persons living in the vicinity of | the attempted wreck good descriptions | of two men and a boy that had been | seen in the vicinity were obtained, and | within a few hours all three were in | custody. E | | | The boy is Gus Nelson. His father is dead, but he has a brother who re- sides here. The lad has been working in Idaho, and it is charged that he has developed a strong mania for wrecking trains. He is accused of having several times lately placed obstructions upon the track of the Short Line and of hav- ing turned switches in an endeavor to gratify his insane desire to see a smash-up —_—————— CHINESE SIX COMPANIES AID IMMIGRANT INSPECTOR Take an Active Part in Securing Ar- rest of Coolies Who Were Smug- gled Into the Country. PITTSBURG, Feb. 4.—Arthur 8. Spencer, representing the Six Compa- nies, and an official Chinese court in- terpreter for the United States, with the assistance of Robert D. Layton, tour of the Chinese district to-day and served warrants on twenty-four Chi- nese who will be deported from the United States. It is alleged that the Chinese were smuggled Into this coun- try and they will be sent back to China at the expense of the United States L | el Bear Is Stirred to Anger and Ready to Grapple With Its Doughty Foe in the Far East. Special Cagble to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 4—To-day is reckoned as the eve of the end. started to Admiral Alexieff, to be handed by him to Baron de Rosen for presentation From now on the question of war or peace lies in the hands of the Mikado’s Government. This critical moment is one of defiance. One paper here represents the public graph, quoting a Vladivostok telegram, which is emphasized by being printed Russia’s answer Komura. mind in a sinister para- Pravitelstvini Viestnik, to the effect that the Russian fleet at Vladivostok has been painted black, which conveys realistically the idea that all her ships are ready for immediate action. Russia. to-day is like a big bear, aroused with difficulty from his winter sleep and very angry at having been prodded into action. y i i personage stated, “there is a limit to patience. The bear is feeling mighty like fighting and fully realizes now that, as an august Among the items of the day of exciting interest was the statement that if war broke out nearly a half million Russian troops would be found spread about Vladivostok, Port Arthur, Dalny and Nikolsk. Another from Vladivostok stated that the Japanese mobilization was disappointingly slow; that the commercial classes were clamoring for war in the face of an absolute stagnation of trade. Another told of anonymous circulars in Shanghai calling upon merchants, inthe name of patriotism, not t6 supply Russian ships with victuals. Another reported the flight of Japanese merchants from Vladivostok. There was a violent anti-American article in the Novoe Vremya, following upon one of the same tenor yesterday. The Novoe Vremya publishes a long editorial article on its Port Arthur correspondence of yes- terday. The views of this correspondent may appear fantastic, the paper says, but nevertheless America is the real foe screened behind Japan. The British, the paper continues, have assumed the act of betraying Europe by truckling to the United States, and speeches at the recent banquet of the Pilgrims’ Society are cited as ex- amples of British servility. In conclusion the Novoe Vremya says: “When Great Britain has quite gone over to the United States the rest of Europe will realize the ur- gency of united action against America.” The Bourse pulled through the day upon buying from Berlin, whence a telegram was received saying that optimism had returned there upon a report of the possibility of war being postponed till April. In official circles it is hoped that the display of readiness for war shown by Russia will have the effect of cooling the ardor of those of the Japanese who treasure the hope that they had caught Russia napping. In this, coupled with the diplomatic yet firm tone of the reply, lies all the most serious hopes of peace. Government. Spencer is touring all the | RUSSIAN TROOPSHIP, ESCORTED BY SEVERAL CRUISERS, WILL LAND ARMY ON COAST NEAR KOREAN CAPITAL large cities for the purpose of taking a census of the Chinese residents. —_———— Jury Recommends Life ¥mprisonment. DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 5.—A spe- clal to the Register and Leader from Eldora says that the jury in the Bly- denburgh murder case came in at 1 o'clock with a verdict of guilty of mur. der in the first degree and recommended life imprisonment. ‘) Special Cablegram to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Company. Publishing SEOUL, Feb. 4—It is reported to-day that several Russian troopships will reach Korea to-morrow from Port Arthur if not stopped by the Japanese fleet. Several Russian warships accompany the transports and = Continued on Page 2, Columns 3, 4 and 5. ( vides for a new company with a capi- talization of $30,000,000, half preferred and half common. Schwab, as owner of the Bethlehem bonds, will get $9,000,~ 000 of preferred and $6,000,000 of com- mon stock, and the first mortgage | bondholders get the remainder, pro rata. Schwab gives up his prior lien on Bethlehem and all the present stock is wiped out. The preferred stock is to be 7 per cent non-cumula- tive. There are to be issued $3,000,000 of col- lateral trust sinking fund 6 per cent ten-year gold bonds, which are to be taken up by a syndicate of which the Morton Trust Company and Thomas F. Ryan are to be managers and Harvey Fisk & Sons participants, the latter to market the bonds. These bonds are to be sold to the syndicate at $875 per $1000. Former Secretary of War Root is counsel for the syndicate managers. The new organization committee will consist of George R. Sheldon, chair- man; Charles S. Fairchild, John E. Borne, Pliny Fisk, Charles W. Wet- more and Max Nathan. S Other terms of the compromise, to| which both sides gave up many things | which they had fought for up to the| last moment, include a provision that the expenses of the fight of the bond-! holders’ protective committee shall be | paid as a part of the expenses of re- organization. | The pending case in court will have to go on formally, and the matter of | testing the validity of the so-called “fraudulent” bonds will be taken up m: ] | coming from Receiver Smith and pro—t | | earnest. No mention of these bonds is made in the compromise plan. Crom- | well refused to say whether this left assenting bondholders free to attack their validity. Untermeyer declared that it did. At any rate they may be attacked by non-assenting bondholders, and some bonds may be left unassent- ing for the purpose. —_————— ‘Warships Sail From Suez. SUEZ, Feb. 4—The Russian bat- tleship Oslabya, the transport Sara- oft the three torpedo-boat destroyers sailed to-day for the Far East. hind the scenes. Virgil &. Bogue, who is Gould’s consulting engineer, has exercised general supervision over the surveys so far made. Other Gould men have figured quietly in the work from time to time. i HOUSE COMMITTEE FAVORS HEAVY FIGHTING SHIPS Admiral Dewey’'s Suggestion Prevails Over Recommendation of Gen- eral Board. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Admiral Dewey’s suggestion in favor of heavy fighting ships for the navy prevailed to-day with the House Committee on Naval Affairs over the recommenda- tion of the general board, submitted by Secretary Moody. The naval ap- propriation bill was completed by the committee after a hearing granted Admiral Dewey. It carried an aggre- gate appropriation of $95,000,000. The ships authorized are one bat- tleship, two armored cruisers, three scout cryisers and two squadron col- liers. Provision was made for an armor- plate factory to cost $4,000,000, which the Secretary of the Navy is author- ized to construct in case he cannot se- cure armor from private bidders at a reasonable price. ———— INSURGENTS SET FIRE TO TOWN OF SAN CARLOS United States Cruiser Columbia Lands Marines to Protect German Interests. SAN DOMINGO, Friday, Jan. 29.— The troops under the command of the rebel general, Rodriguez, arrived at Pajarito last night from San Pedro de Macoris. Fighting at once com- menced and lasted during the night and was continued to-day. A general attack is exvectgd. The town of San Carlos, which has been captured by the insurgents, was set afire to-day. The United States cruiser Columbia, at the request of the German Consul at Santa Barbara de Samana, landed marines at a point on the beach out- side the town to protect German in- terests.