The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 18, 1904, Page 1

Forecast made at cisco for thirty hours ending midnight, March 18: San Prancisco and vicinity— San Fran- cnin)—"lmu O’'Brien.” 'bia—*The Silver Slipper.” Cloudy Friday; probably show- tes—Vaudevitle. ers; brisk southerly winds. Piscer's—“The Mounders.” 5 « A. G. McADIE, Orphenm—Vaudeville. District Forecaster. Tivoli—“The Gypsy Baron.” ot = 3 o * i St VOLUME \'fl ]00 SAN FvRA\\YCISCO FRIDAY, MARCH 1 PRIC FIV RUSSIANS ANNIHILATE SMALL FORCE OF JAPANESE SOUTH OF YALU RIVER NEW YORK, March cruiser Cincinnati, which arrived at Chefu to-day, brings' a report that 3oo Russians en- countered 200 Japanese near Pingyang, Korea. 18.—The World ‘has the following from Shanghai The Japanese force was annihilated. The American BRISTOW GIVEY HIS TESTIMONY Tells of Preparation of Postoffice | Report. | s He IMsible Only for First Seven Pages | of Document. ‘ Say J Promises to Submit Confidential Ex- hibits to Members of Committee for Inspection, [ RS ch 17.—Fourth master General Br tow befo House Special n the Postoffice Report, to- for himself responsibility | st seven pages of the h was sent to the Postof- Comr d sald the other cument were the | 1 ials of the depart- e section, he said, was e office of the First As- ster General, and that to leases by inspectors | thers in his own department. much He Con- | the by y threw of the in members ng touching uiry. of the report duty of a rk office where been recommended how up. In in s asked special eply he said t contained on pages tted it to Over- appearing on | ch was sent by mes- n the forenoon of January 25. O street wrote ral asking for ad- tter DID RE REPORT. | n referred to is lease cases of | Wadsworth of ew | necticut and Bower- The second letter re- were a number of and improper al- and that it make a compila- NOT als stated that there were ¥ s where the rents of postof- Aces been increased over the | m led for in the leases The night of January 25, Bristow said, he was taken sick with the -grip &nd he had been unable to be in his til last Monday, March 14. nothing further personally to do with the matter,” continued Bris- tor I am informed that the Post- | master General asked that thé office | of the Fourth Assistant General prepare the information asked for, and that it was prepared by in- rs and turned over to the Post- master General by the chief inspector.” | Do you know whether or not this ame directly from the hands of Postmaster ral without going else’s hands for inspec- | perusal before it was sent to | stofice Committee of the asked Bartlett 1 have been told, but » knowledge of it,” answered Postmaster Pristow TRYING TO TRACE REPORT. with ident that would lead you ! to be asked B: tt. i don’t think you ought to ask| (hat,” interrupted Burton. “It was nmq‘ within the scope of our investigation.” “We broke in Bartlett, “we can. | not get the President here, and there | have been hints in the newspapers | about this.” “Ought not we to inquire into \\'hose\ hends it went™ asked Richardson of | Alebama. | “I understand General Bristow say be did not know. to | 1t could be oniy ' to { which | of | of our investigation, | tempting |man McCall said the | begun to realize tha e had any conversation | t the task before SUSPECT CLANCEY (ONFESSES Tells of the Part He Took in Mojave Lynching. \Authorities Now Learning Truth of the Murder 0f Cummings, Prisoner Cowan, Who Is Accused of | Having Shot the Negro, Still As- serts His Innocence. Spect BAKERSFIELD, March 17.—Slowly v the links in the chain of in the Mojave lynching are being.forged py the officers, who from the beginning have labored constantly learn the facts and truth of the 1 Dispatch to The Call. evidenc | awful affair. At the jail last night William Clan- | >y, one of the first to be arrested upon | suspicion of being implicated in the work of the mob, made a complete con- | fession to Sheriff Kelly, telling of his connection with the case and what transpired during the affair on Friday | night. Clancey told much the story as the men who confessed to Dis- trict same | Attorney Laird at Mojave Tues- | day evening. He said‘that he, with others, had joined in the movement to subject the negro, Cummings, to the | indignity of a coat of tar and feathers. When the jail door was opened Cum- mings ran out of straight for the crowd in an angry and demonstrative manner. When e was a few feet from the prison owan fired a shot in the air, and when [ the negro continued advancing a sec- | ond shot was fired. Then Cummings acked one of the crowd.and a scuf- Clancey qa ed that the oil and feath- ers were applied after Cummings was dead, and the body was then dragged back into the jail. In several Cowan wrote to friends night he stoutly declares his cence. In a letter written to his mother, Mrs. R. Cowan of St. Johns, N. F., says “I ha\fl very sorrowful news to tell you. I am here charged with a crime which I know absolutely nothing. crime is the lynching of a negro last T at Mojave last-Friday night. I swear by all I love and reverence I know nothing of it. Pray for me.” a— -+ hearsay evidence,” declared Chairman McCall. . “It is entirely outside of the scope " remarked Bur- ton. “Do I understand the chairman to suggest that I should not ask that question?” inquired Bartlett. McCall intimated that, without at- to restrain Bartlett, he thought the question should be consid- ered by the committee in executive ses- sion. He desired the matter left open until the committee should go into ex- ecutive session. “I will not pursue it further at pres- ent,” concluded Bartlett. The committee then went into execu- tive ‘session. WILL SUBMIT EXHIBITS. The question of Bartlett involving the President was not touched upon | during the executive session of the com- mittee. The two inspectors’ reports marked “Q” and “R” were examined, as also were a half dozen others. Chair- committee had it .was larger than at first anticipated, The committee adjourned until Mon- day, when Bristow will resume his tes- timony. Bristow was asked as to how the committee was to get possession of certain of the confidential exhibits con- nected with his report. These exhibits have been kept secret because of their | bearing on pending prosecutions. They were used in making up the report | touching matter that was submitted to the House. Bristow told the committee the reports would be submitted to it for confidential inspection. Cum- | letters | inno- | | Port Arthur and Vladivostok, wh importance. will be serious fighting on Korean stopped and thus the Japanese are They state that the Russians have ported small columns of infantry. the American mine the Russians desisted and withdrew. PINGYANG, March 17.—There is lit- tle doubt, according to Russian sources of information, that the operations in this neighborhood are meager and practically worthless, where the Jap- anese have the advantage of facility of disguise, rendering impossible much investigation. Thus at Songchin re- cently a numerous party of Russian scouts actually spent the night in the same house with five Japanesé troopers disguised as Koreans, suspecting noth- ing. All bodies of Russians now seen are accompanied by Korean and Chinese guides. The former are untrustworthy, because they are so afraid of the Rus- sians that they will give false infor- mation to persuade them to depart. I have completed a ponyback trip of | five days through a country occupied at all points, from Seoul to Pingyang, by Japanese troops. Ordinary travel- ers are experiencing the greatest diffi- culty in finding shelter. All available places have been commandeered by the Japanese. The northward advance of their troops is admirably planned and pro- gressing very leisurely. Small parties are detailed to occupy each village and 'War Correspondent. of The the jail and made| Travels With Troops Through ;‘ . Western Korea. Special Cablegram to The Call and New York Herald. the New York Herald Publishing Company. PINGYANG, March 16.— Call Copyright, 1904, by The present extensive land move- ments'in Korea are directed toward cytting the communications of ich are now considered of prime High Japanese officers here frankly state that there soil only if they are forced to it. Their army will commence serious work after crossing the Yalu. The Russian retreat tactics seem to permit this, rendering probable | _that the first stand will occur on Manchurian soil. Correspondents proceeding north from Pingyang have been the only ones giving out news. withdrawn to Wiju. Two hun- dred and fifty Japanese cavalry have crossed Anju River and sup- The opposing scouts were occa- sionally in sight at long distances, but rarely clashed. Recently, near Pacchun, shots ivere exchanged. The Japan- ese were outnumbered and lost one man. Somewhat to the south ot started to fortlfy two passes, but the men evidently are being saved for greater work. v Contrary to my expectation, I found that the people are unfavorable to the Japanese, which feeling grows acuter to the northward. The Koreans claim that their houses and fuel have been peremptorily taken and no payment made. At Pingyang the Koreans bitterly resent such action on the part of the officials, and the state troops here al- ready owe 100,000 yen (350,000) for horses and food taken. To-day the army bor- rowed 100 ponies and bullocks, thus interfering with the cultivation of the land, on which the people wholly de- pend. In defense the Japanese state that they pay fully for everything taken through the Korean local officials, whose squeezing methods leave but lit- tie when the payment has reached the people. The Japanese Minister in Seoul has officially reported this to the Ko- rean Foreign Office, requesting that a remedy be immediately applied. Undoubtedly some dissatisfaction is ttaceable to the reluctance of unedu- cated Korean villagers to take Jap- anese paper currency, they being used heretofore only to copper cash. ~ Their ROY ALEXIE: FF. Torpedo-Boat De- stroyer Is Sunk by a Mine. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald.. Capyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. CHEFU, March 17.—It is reported that while the Russian torpedo-boat de- stroyer Skorri was proceeding to Port Arthur after a scouting cruise on Wednesday morning she was accident- ally blown up by a misplaced mine, only four persons being saved. The Viceroy telegraphed as follows yesterday from Mukden regarding the reported evacuation of Port Arthur and its occupation by the Japanese, and the statement that the new town was in flames, as published by pro-Japanese papers: “Please make it known that the re- port is entirely unfounded. Beyond one large and several small houses which the shells destroyed on March 10 every- thing is intact.” The Viceroy also telegraphs from Mukden, saying: “The situation has remained un- changed since March 10. Part of the fleet has made several cruises after the foe within a radius of fifty miles around Port Arthur, but could get no sight of the enemy.” it S Cossacks Buy Their Equipment. OMSK, Siberia. March 17.—The troops passing through this town are well - supplied with warm clothing, partly provided by the Government and partly by donation. The Siberian Cos- sacks equipped themselves for the cam- paign at their own expense. pra P rralb o Troops Arriving at Liaoyang. LIAOYANG, Manchuria, March 17:— Troops are still concentrating here and are forming guerrilla detachments. Prices have risen enormously. TR WY TR 1, | T AT X dissatisfaction probably will be re- moved when the people thoroughly un- derstand that this paper currency is easily exchanged into silver at the nearest army headquarters, 3 PPN ‘War News Continued on Page 4. GENDARMES SMO0T AN L1, THUGS Place in a Town of Mexico. —_— Bandits Are Surprised in the Act of Robbing a Storckeeper. Officers Open Fire on Highwaymen. When Smoke Clears Away Hold-Up Men Are Found Dead. Special Dispatch to The Call. | NACO, Ariz., March 17.—Pedro Ayon | and Jose Martinez, two Mexican high- waymen, who entered the Racket store | at Cananea last night; held up the pro- prietor and his clerks and started in to loot the place, are dead as the result of a gun fight with Mexican gendarmes, who caught them in the act. J. H. Hooper, who returned to Naco this afternoon, brought the news of the affair. The Racket store is upon the main street, and the Mexican robbers entered by a rear door, according to the story told by Hooper. Ayon and Martinez were armed, and the storekeeper and his clerks, being taken unawar lost time in holding up their hands, while | the robbers started for the safe and money drawer. A citizen on the outside happened to hear the command of the desperadoes and quietly informed the officers. Four of these hurriedly entered by the front door, leveled their guns at | the heads of the robbers and ordered heavily {them to hold up their hands. Their command was disregarded by Ayon and | Martinez, who started for the back | used in making their escape. The of- their men, opened a deadly fire. Ayon rels in the back of the store and re- turned a fusillade from their repeating rifles. The officers were as determined and desperate as the bandits, and when the smoke cleared away Ayon had been shot dead and Martinez was mortally wounded. Martinez died a few hours later, —_———————— FORTUNE COMES FROM AN UNEXPECTED SOURCE Prospector Who Sought in Vain for ‘Wealth With Pick and Shovel In- herits Brother's Savings. who has delved in the creeks gulches of the West for thirty years in a vain search for fortune, has fallen heir to $100,000, the estate of a frugal and industrious brother, who lived in Pennsylvania. Thirty years ago John Batteson de- termined to search for gold in the West. He was warned against leav- ing home by his brother, but pe sisted. The latter remained in Penn- sylvania, lived a hard and sordid life and managed to accumulate $100,000, and dying, left it to his stubborn brother, who is his only heir. —_————— STANDARD OIL MAGNATE _MAKES A POOR \"I'I'NESS. Refuses to Produce Memoranda Needed at Investigation of Meth- ods of Boston Gas Combine. BOSTON, March 17.—During the investigation into the Boston Gas Con- solidation methods to-day Henry H. | Rogers, vice president of the Standard 01l Company, was an involuntary wit- ness. He refused to produce certain memoranda on the ground that the$ were immaterial. Counsel for the Bay State Gas Company, which is bringing the test suit, served Rogers with a subpena to-night at the Hotel Touraine, where he was reported to be sick in bed. The lawyer said that they would force the Standard O0il magnate to produce the papers to-day or have him in jail on contempt of court under Massachusetts law. ‘Fierce Battle Takes, no | door, where they had tied horses to be| ficers, seeing they were about to lose | and Martinez dropped behind some bar- | SALT LAKE, March 17.—John Bat- | teson, a prospector of American Fork, | and | ATTORNEY EROME [\ ANGRY MOOD Gives Vent to Feel- ings on the Can- field Case. B |Complains That Obstacles Are Being Placed in His Way. {Says Legislature Is Not Disposed to Assist Him in Prosecution of the New York Gambler. IO G ALBANY, Y.. March 17.—"1 |want to put Richard Canfield in ate’s prison, and I want Reginald anderbilt of New York as a witness \lO help me do declared District | Attorney Jerome of New York City to the Senate Codes Committee to-day |in the course of a hearing on a bill to make it possible for a witness % give testimony without having his evi- | dence used against him and which | eliminates the excuse of declin to testify through fear of inerim | himseif. | Jerome said he had found obstruc- | tions and obstacles placed in his way | from the beginning, but he was deter- mined to pursue Canfield to the end and to make plain exactly from | whom he was receiving protection. Senator Elsburg, chairman of the committee, remarked that he had re- ‘cel\'t‘f‘l letters from certain clubmen | protésting against the enacement of the measure. To this Jerome retorted that he was after a «‘"‘ldm member of the Univer- ating sity Club of New York, who, he aver- red, acted as a “tout” for Canfield “Let us understand each other,” broke in Elsburg. “TI is no con- sideration here for Canfield.” “Then why not give me a chance | to prosecute m, to send him to State’s prison?” asked Jerome. “Can- field will not stand trial. He will not endanger the prominent men who have patronized his resorts in York and Saratoga. Why, he has al- | ready offered to plead gu he | could get off with a fine pended sentence. But we pose to let down on him. “When I find a Legislature not dis- | posed to emact a bill to assist me in | prosecuting an ex-convict and gam- | bler, it does not conduce to my spect for the Legislature. All of us | holding public offices are a little bet- Iter off for beir watched carefully.” —_————————— SPECTACULAR LEAP SAV LIVES OF TWO LINEMEN A sus- 't pro- re- | Jump From Runaway Construction Car Just Before It Leaves the Track. SAN JOSE, March 17.—A construc= tion car upon the San Jose-Los Gatos Interurban Railway ran down a grade | at a frightful speed near Los Gatos | this afternoon and was wrecked. Two linemen who were on the car jumped and saved themselves. The men were stringing a trolley | wire at a switch about half a mile | from Los Gatos. In switching the car got away from them. It gained mo- mentum rapidly. and when the crash came was going at a speed of more than a mile a minute. A quarter of a mile from where it started, at a curve, it jumped the track. When ite was | seen the brakes would not hold upen | the wet track the men jumped, escap- ing with a few scratches, The traffic of the interurban was not interfered with by the wreck. —_——————— Californians in New York. : NEW YORK, March 17.—The fol- | lowing Californians have arrived in |New York: From San Francisco— Harry Foley, Daniel Hanlon and E: Hanlon, at the Hotel Bartholdi; ! Kejelsberg, at the Park Avenue W. Klein and B. Levy, ‘at the {Square; M. L. Requa, at the iland; J. Stafford and wife, M. aG. Herald Nether- at the Park Avenue, and L. Levis and Miss Lev at the Hotel Imperial. From Los An- geles—Dr. H. Bayliss, R. R. Greist and J. M. Greist and wife, at the Navarre, and A. M. Wilson at the Grenoble,