The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1904, Page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1904. PRICE FIVE CE} SUPREMACY OF JAPAN IN GUNNERY AND NAVAL TACTICS IS SHOWN : IN GRAPHIC STORY OF PORT ARTHUR BATTLE BY AN EYE WITNESS TRAINME SAVE LIVES BY JUMPING Freighter Is Ditched by a Flood at Reeds, Miraculous Escape From Death of Engineer and Fireman. Overfow From Slough Undermines|No Lives Are Lost but Both Vessels| i rack and Sends Engine, Tender and One Car Into Torrent Specia to Duspatch YEVILLE, March 20.—A north- bound extra freight train from Sacra- to R went into a ditch € miles south of shortly after 10 o'clock this tender and one ing completely over. At ter was running over the went had been neer and fire- engine, ine leave 1 death is con- About 500 feet of hed away. the y swift. Flood water which had over- ks and was flooding that nce of over a mile. Water from the levee of the Yuba joins this stream and much nundated. It se the enigine and tend- e water recedes. and Feather rivers water bhave mark again and sville rests se- ficent levee & n all outside s t are ns arrived excepting the south- which was un- 1 account rear Reeds, be- nd Wheatland. The and Oroville roads several miles and reported. The company ge forces of men at work. but T 11 not be resumed until the F y and the night. Much water the break in the e and the country is a 2 r for miles The damage from 1. howeve light. Wa- ter o -street e between Fifth ba City i ive feet deep ve taken the place of t is thought that the wi establish a new high of twenty feet before she € No alarm is felt in this city at S $he — - STORM VISITS PORTLAND. Wind Razes Fences and Bulldings in the Northern City. PORTLAND. March 20.—The wind storm irred here yes- terday did m more serious damage ught. About 600 | on our boat. Had we struck the As- |ID the neighborhood. Officer J. T. Gal- round the Lewis |sale amidships she would have sunk.” |!agher. who was in the neighborhood, | o REOSIN s | arrived on the scene a few minutes af- | . b ¥ 2y 2 “”‘—_ | ter the shooting, but could find no | ied mevenstances| SHIP AND CREW GO DOWN. | trace of the footpad. Both Treese and | - - Mrs. Butler agree on the description of Erandstand in the basebell more toi® | English Ship Lady Cairns Sunk in Col- | the highwayman, [ the porch from the clubhouse and lision With Bark Mona. DESCRIPTION OF THUG. | of the fence. A house was DUBLIN, March 20.—The German| He is described as a young man n South Portland and a |bark Mona collided with the English |dressed in a black coat, back derby ehouse which had just | ship Lady Cairns off Dublin Bay this | hat and dark trousers. Owing to the mpletion on the east bank morning. The Lady Cairns sank in a darkness nelther Mrs. Butler nor lamette River was demol- hade trees were uprooted in every direction. Telegraph and tele- phone communication been par- tially resto: but it will be several lays befc he damage is entirely re- Rt S0 e 2, ENTIRE STATE DRENCHED. Reports From North and South Show That Rainfall Is General. AN DIEGO, March 20.—Rain com- falling in light, misty showers evening at 8 o'clock, and, though nd not right for a good rain, arometer was down and the pre- was for a good drenching be- orning. In the last twenty-four 14 of an inch of rain fell here, the same sort of a fali through- t the southern portion of the county. SAN RAFAEL, March 20.—The storm hich has been in progress in Marin nty for the last several days has at damage in various sectjons. en raining for several days precipitation for San Rafael - ty during the last three days has been pearl leven inches. To-day # severe hail storm was witnessed near Mill Valiey, while to-night Mount Tam al snow 1t hes stopped raining and there is every indication that the storm is | The greatest damage has been done by creeks overflowing their banks and ndating hundreds of acres of young fruit and vegetable farms, county thoroughfares have been great- iy harmed by washouts and sinkholes. Both the California -Northwestern and the North Shore raliroads have been damaged by landslides. The precipita- tion for San Rafael and vicinity up to the present time is 4142 inches, against S be | | umne and San Joaquin rivers, pais is covered with several inches of | | considerably colder. All over the | the season 27.22 inches, against 24,17 TEANSHP MEETS TV \CCIDENTS American Liner New York Has Narrow b 'After Rupning Aground She Collides With a Transport. Are Damaged and Are Laid Up for Repairs. SOUTHAMPTON, March 20. — The American line steamship New York, Captain Young, from New York March 12 for Plymouth, Cherbourg and South- ampton, met with two mishaps to-da grounding off Cape La Hague, France, | in the early morning and later coming into collision in the English Channel | with the Peninsula and Oriental steam- ship Assaie, under contract to the | British Government and used as a troopship bound for Bombay with 500 troops on board. | The New York grounded while ap- | proaching Cherbourg at 2:30 o’clock this morning during a fog. The sea was smooth, however, and the tide was on the flood and within an hour and a | half the vessel was floated without as- sistance. Her bottom was damaged and there was water in the holds, but she was able to proceed. During the voyage up the channel a dense fog descended. When off Hurst | Castle, England, the Assaye suddenly appeared and it was found imposgible to aveid a collision The New York's bow crashed into the Asaje’s stap~ board bow, tearing a great gap in that vessel. The New York’s bowsprit and figurehead were carried away and the latter was emashed into fragments. There was great excitement on both vessels. The boats of the Assaie were lowered and the troops were mustered, but the bulkhead of the troopship saved her and the vessel was_able to enter Southampton and the New York was docked at 6:30 o'clock for temporary repairs. Nobody was injured. It will be impossible to estimate the damage to the New York until she has been put into drydock. | It Is believed that both vessels have been seriously injured. Another ves- sel will replace the Asaie. When the New York grounded Cape La Hague the passengers, were asleep, hardly felt the shock. James Sellers, a passenger on the New k, says that while he was at luncheon there was a grating nois lowed by a tremendous shock. Ever at who one, he says, ran to the deck and it was found that the New York's bow was firmly fixed in the side of the As- | Sellers was close enough to ob- | serve the marvelous discipline aboard the troop ship. Not a second was lost and there was no sign of a hurry and, | while the boats were being prepared for launching, the soldiers were mus- | tered with the precision of an orderly | rill. “As_the vessels parted,” concluded | Sellers, “we saw a gaping hole in the Assaie ten feet wide and sticking ,on our stem was a portmanteau and other portable property. There was no panic few minutes. Her crew of twenty-two were drowned. The Mona, which was | much damaged, was assisted into Dub- lin harbor. b S | The Lady Cairns was a three-masted | ship of 1616 tons. She was com- manded by Captain Levins and was bound from Liverpool to Timur, New Zealand. The Lady Cairns was built at Belfast in 1869 and was owned by | L. Tulloch of Swansea. | The Mona was commanded by Cap- | tain Schwartzing and was last reported at Adrissen. | e - = | 36.13 for the entire season last year. Up to this date last season the rainfall | here was 31.76 inches. STOCKTON, March 20.—The rain con- tinues and the waters about Stockton are booming. Bouldin Island is re- ported safe this evening, but the men patrolling the levees expect to have a hard fight of it soon. Word from points to the east is to the effect that the wa- ter is rising in the Calaveras, Mokel- though they are not yet as high now as they have already been this season. The continued rain is a menace, however, nd the keenest anxiety is felt. NAPA, March 20.—Heavy showers of rain and hail visited here yesterday | and to-day. The weather has turned | The rainfall for | the twenty-four hours preceding 2 o'clock this afternoon amounted to .30 of an inch. This makes the total for inches for last season to corresponding date. SAN JOSE, March 20.—The rain- storm continues in this valley. The precipitation to-day was .32. The grou; is thoroughly soaked and the strefms are ali running bank full. | turned and ran to the drug store at the | plied a temporary dressing. | son MURDEROUS THUG SHOOTS IS VICTIM B, J. Treese Receives Wounds That May Pro_vg_Falzl Plucky Woman Stands by | Her Escort During 5 Trying Ordeal. O A | Police Believe That Revenge and Not Robbery May Have Been Yotive for Crime. Failure to comply with the peremp- tory command, “Hands up,” and an at- tempt to give battle to a footpad last night, may cost E. J. Treese, an iron | molder, his life. As the resuit of the encounter he now lies in a precarious condition at St. Joseph's Hospital, with the middle finger of his left hand shot a and a bullet hole in his back. This crime by one of the murderous crooks that now infest the city oc- | curred in one of the thickly settled sec- | tions of the city, but as usual there is | no clew to his identity and the police | are working in the dark. The fact that | his intended victim was accompanied by a woman did not deter the thug | from attempting to carry out his plans. | Shortly after § o'clock last evening | while Treese and Mrs. A. Butler were | walking down the south side of Twen- ty-second street, between Dolores and Chattanooga streets, a fellow wearing 2 white handkerchief across his face stepped out of a dark alley and or- dered them to throw up their Instead of complying with Treese, who is a powerful man. dealt | the thug a blow across the arm with | an umbrella he was carrying. \ ; | ! | a uest | ROBBER FIRES SHOTS. The robber backed to the edge of the | sidewalk and said, "I told you to put * CATTLEMAN up hands.” Treese pluckily started to attack him again with the umbrella. The ominous snap of the hammer of the thug’s pistol was heard, but the cartridge failed to explode. By this time both men were in the street. Treese advancing and the robber re- | | treating. Treese made a sudden lunge with the | umbrella and as he did so there was a | flash and report and the middle finger | of Treese's left hand was shot away | at the second joint. Treese whirled around and, as he did so, the thug fired a second time, hitting him in the back. During the enactment of this tragic affair Mrs. Butler pluckily remained on the scene and followed the men into the street. Not for a moment did she lose her self-possession until the shots were fired; she admits that after that the only thing she remem- bers is running with Treese to a nearby drug store. Upon being struck by the bullets Treese considered it foolhardy to battle further against odds and immediately corner of Twenty-second and Guerrero streets. There Dr. Joseph Brady made an examination of the wounds and ap- Upon the request of the wounded man he was | removed to St. Joseph's Hospital. The shots caused intense excitement Treese were able to give the police a description that might lead to the cap- ture of the fellow. At St. Joseph’s Hospital Dr. Ander- ascertained that the bullet had gone through the left shoulder blade | from the back, but was unable to lo- | cate it by probing. Treese's condi- | tion, although serious, is not neces- | sarily fatal. Detective O'Dea, who is | working on the case, stated last night | that the case did not look like onef of holdup and intimated that revenge | may have played a prominent part in | the crime. Treese has been in the city for| about seven months and is employed by Byron Jackson. Mrs. Butler stated at the hospital last night that she had only known Treese a month and knew of no one that would shoot him out of revenge. In telling her story she said that they did not see a pistol in the hand of the highwayman when he stopred them and it was only after Treese started after the | fellow that she saw the weapon and so informed her escort It is her im- | pression that the thug again ran into the alleyway where he first appeared | after firing the second shot. Detectives Graham, Fitzgerald, Bun- ner. Muleahy, Freel and O'Dea are working on the case. Haytien Treaty Ratified. WASHINGTON, March 20.—Secre- tary Hay yesterday exchanged ratifica- tions of the Haytien naturalization treaty, which will become almost im- mediately effective. It contains a clause prescribing definitely , that a naturalized citizen who returns to the country of his nativity and remains there continuously for more than two years may be regarded as having abandoned the citizenship he acquired by naturalization. | ditional place. | | | ¥ . oo o « ARNITN o AAKLEC? | DIES UNDER CAR WHEELS ‘Probabmcide of Wealthy D. B. Special Dispatch to The Call. 1.OS ANGELES, March 20.—D. B. Griffen, a wealthy cattleman, member of the firm of Murphy & Griffen, who own large tracts in Tulare County and thousands of acres in the Imperial dis- | trict of San Diego County, either fell or threw himself between the cars of an east bound Southern Pacific train a few miles east of Indio this afternoon and his body was ground to pieces. Whether # was an accident or suicide is not known, but those who were with Griffen on the train are inclined to the belief that he willfully ended his life. Griffen had been to Imperial to in- spect his cattle interests and to make arrangements for the acquisition of ad- lands. He left there at 3 o’clock this morning along with a num- ber of well known Los Angeles men. He was sober, but his actions were such on the train doubted ‘his sanity. questions as to where he was going he stated that he would leave the train at the next station. As station after sta- tion passed it was always the ‘next station” that was to bg his stopping The train was delayed by a greatly worry Griffen. When the train was a few miles east of Indio he gave the news agent a letter addressed to his brother, Fred Griffen, 824 Post street, San Francisco, and told him to mail it at Indio. Several times he mentioned the fact that it was impor- | tant that the letter be mailed there. He had been riding in the smokfng car and got up while the train was moving rapidly and started toward the day coach. As he stepped between the cars he was seen to hesitate and then dis- appeared. He was missed and the way for a hundred yards or more, the trunk being torn to pieces and a por- tion of the head torn away. Four coaches had passed over the body. The remains were taken tc Indio and the coroner at- Riverside notified. 1t will be held there awaiting instruc- Fred Griffen, brother of D. B. Griffen who was ‘killed, was greatly shocked that those about him | In response to | tion of Emperor Atahualpa, but that| -+ | | | | | | | | | | OSSACK ROL - - - INSPECTING THE RAILWAY ZINE NORTH I FORT ARTHIU om the Parss L' INastralrori. . e s pidloe: p v | + COMMANDER OF THE RUSSIAN NAVAL FORCES IN THE FAR EAST WHO IS DUBBED “THE COSSACK OF THE SEA': THE OFFT R WHOM nE HAS i PLACED, AND A WAR SCENE ON LIAOTUNG PENINSULA, — - . FIND VAT WEALTH OF Buried Treasure Un- earthed by Ameri- s, Al oV a6 Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, March 20.—The newspapers of Bolivia and Peru are announcing under ‘‘scare heads” that after a search extending through four centuries the treasure of the Peruvian $16,000,000, has just been discovered |.by a company of British and Amer- ican engineers. The Bolivian newspapers tell | at_$30,000,000 more is awaiting. dis- covery. According to the stories, all treasure, of the purest gold, *found at Chayaltaya. The legend is that about 370 years ago at the time of the Spanish con- this was | for the Peruvian Incas, to be paid to i the Spaniards as ransom for the libera- the money was refused by the Span- iards, who Killed the peror. 'The treasure remained hiddea. | ties, native and fruitless search for the gold. treasure. While making a survey and | | at the news of his brother’s death and stateéd last night that it was undoubt- | eddy due to an accident. He said: | ever that would cause him to take his !life and I am sure that he did not do so. { He was forty years of age and had al- ways been successful in his various en- terprises. came to California. He never returned i him constantly during that time. My brother was liked by all that knew him and.had a large eircle of business acquaintances, as he shipped large numbers of stock to different parts of the country.” Fred Griffen will leave for Riverside | destroyer armament again proved fatal. | tions from the San Francisco relatives | on this morning’s train and will take | The Japanese concentrated their first of the deceased. charge of the remains. They will in all bability be forwarded to Dallas, 'exas, where the interment will take place. | The within opposite range of the dead point | of the forts on the northwest entrance. | - THE INCAS | These, however, failed to detonate. | were six killed and Incas, buried in Bolivia and valued at | { | | of great excitement among the natives because of the belief that gold valued quest, the gold was buried by Indlans | Peruvian Em- | Since then innumerable exploring par- | 3 | foreign, have made | twelve-pound { It was by a mere accident that the | slight freight wreck, and this seemed to | Iucky finders came upon the ancient | driving stakes they discovered the for- | tune. A dispute has now arisen | among them as to its division. | — | %My brother had no reason whatso- | At the age of 19 he left his train was stopped as quickly as possible. | home and family in Dallas, Texas, and The rallroad men found the fragments ' of his body scattered over the right of home, but I have correspbnded with LONDON, March 21.—A correspon- dent of the Times with the Japanese He says that Admiral Togo has been comparatively passive, according to the last advices, and that Port Arthur has been given a respite, although the cruisers and the torpedo-boat destroyers have kept up a close blockade. The correspondent says that Vice Ad- miral Kamimura’s bombardment of Vladivostok was solely intended to harass the Russians and compel the Russian cruisers to leave the harbor. vice admiral brought his ships The Rusians did not reply because the Japanese vessels took up a position be- yond the arc of the training of their guns. | Vice Admiral Kamimura, the correspondent s sailed south on March 11 after searching Amur Bay. Since Vice Admiral Makaroff's ar- rival at Port Arthur, he adds, the Rus- sian defensive tactics have been more active, and their torpedo-boat destroy- ers more alert and enterprising. EVERY VESS Describing the fight Russian and Japanese torpedo-boats, the correspondent confirms the report between the of the flerceness of the contest. The vessels were so close that the Russians threw charges of explosives on the bridge of one of the Japanese boats. All of the vessels engaged were more or less damaged. The Japanese losses eight wounded. That the Russians were defeated in spite of their superior numbers is due to the better shooting of the Japanese and the fact that the Russian vesseis were armed with three-pound guns, while the armament of the Japanese ships was made up of six-pounders. In reference to the fight of three hours which occurred later, the corre- spondent says the Rusians fought with desperation and the Japanese with con- fidence born of their past victories. One Russian commander was killed early in the fight. A lleutenant then took command, only to fall, shot In both legs. Then the command de- volved upon the sub-llentenant, who also was shot and killed after taking the wheel himself. When the cock- swain fell this vessel was captured by the Japanese. The other Russian ves- sels escaped. RETIRES FROM ACTION. On the Japanese side one destroyer was hit on the water line, two of her compartments were flooded and her quick-firing ammunition was wetted. This vessel retired from the action. Her officers escaped narrowly from a shot, which struck the platform in front of the bridge, killing one man and sweeping the bridge with splinters. The same vessel received a three-pound shot through the hull, but the damage was repaired within four days. A Japanese lieutenant who boarded the Stereguschtche sald he had never seen a more sickening sight. Thirty bodies, terribly mutilated by a shell, were lying on the deck. As the Japa- nese aporoached two Russian bluejack- ets rushed from the conning tower, locked themselves in the cabin aft and refused to come out. jumped overboard and were picked up. the only survivors of a crew of fifty- ve. flvevhen the Stereguschtche sank the men who were locked in the cabin sank with her. RUSSIAN ARMAMENT WEAK. The fight lasted nearly an hour. The weakness of the Russian torpedo-boat fire on the Russian twelve-pounder and put it out of action early in the fight, leaving her with only three-pounders against their twelve-pounders and six- forces sends by wireless telegraphy, via | | Weihaiwei, under date of March 20, a | | graphic stery: of the “#aval battle at | Port Arthur on Maréh 9. Two stokers | These, with ‘two wounded men, were | Not a Vessel Escapes Damage in Combat of Torpedo Craft. pound guns. The Japanese had three killed and four wounded. Describing the bombardment of Port Arthur, the same day, the correspond- | ent asserts that more than 100 shells fell in the town. The effect of the great shells from the twelve-inch guns must have been appalling. Outbreaks of fire were seen and the report of an explo- sion was heard, which it is surmised occurred in one of the magazines of the forts. BOMBARDMENT OF VLADIVOSTOK DOES NO DAMAGE Spectal Cable d New York Herald. Copyr re New York Herald Publish ¢ YINKOW, March 20.—Two Americans who arrived at Newchwang on Satur- day from Vladivostok say that half the population there was unaware of the recent bombardment until the next day. No damage was done. All the women and children have left the place. The Americ could see a few sol- diers between Tsaichow and Newch- | but w 1 no preparations | to defend the r station or the railway line. orty miles north of Newchwarng one rallway bridge was de- fended by a single gun. South of that point nothing had been done. Harbin and Mukden are swarming with troops, who seem to be comggn- trating_there. VLADIVOSTOK, March 20.— The Russian military plans are progressing satisfactorily here, along the main coast and at Saghalien Island. Many inhab- itants continue to migrate to Khab- arovsk and Nikolsk, and some | and children are returning to Ru | The first detachment of the Red Cross | from Russia has arrived and has been | distributed among the field hospitals. !)lm'e than 100 nurses have been sent from here to Manchuria and Korea. | The delivery of Russian mails to the frontier and to ports is working fairly well, and the telegraphs excellently. Letters reach Vladivostok twenty-two days after leaving St. Petersburg. — PORTE IS WARNED TO ACCEPT BALKAN REFORM SCHEME CONSTANTINOPLE, March 20.— The Russian and Austrian embassies to-night renewed their pressure upon the Porte to accept unaltered the Austro-Russian scheme of reforms in Macedonia. The Russo-Austrian note pointed out that the counter proposals of the Porté made on March 17, which objected to the placing of foreign of- ficers in command of the gendarmerie in-Macedonia, did not tally with Tur- key's original acceptance of the re- form scheme. The note warned the | Porte of the grave consequences that { would follow any further delay. The Sultan received Baron von Bier- berstein, the German Embassador, in private audience yesterday. — \ Russia Denies False Report. | WASHINGTON,March 20.—Count Cas- | sini, the Russian Embassador, has been | instructed by the Russian Minister of | Finance categorically to deny the re- | port which has been current in several | European capitals to the effect that Russia was forbidding the exportation of any grain from the empire. The Russian Minister of Finance, in a ca- | blegram to Count Cassini to-day. says | there is absolutely no ground for the ! report. | — . | Warships Ready for Service. ! LIBAU, Russia, March 20.— The | warships which have been wintering {here are now ready to go inte com- mission. —_——— War News Continued on Page &