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

moon.” o— Columbia — “Harriet's Honey- Chutes—Vaudeville. FPischer's—"Kismet.” Grand—'Hedda Gabler.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Tivoli—"“Mr. Pickwick.” PRICE FIVE CE EXPRESS CAR R'S LIFE IN SHASTA Three armed bandits, 'whose features were concealed by masks, held up the southbound Oregon express train in Shasta County at a late hour last night. The robbers used dynamite in order to reach the treasure in the express The car was destroyed TAMMANY HALL DEMOCRATS EXTEND THE OLIVE BRANCH Hope to Prevent Fight in Con- vention. Hold Conference With Friends of Parker. The Cal Special Dispatch to HINGTON March to compromise | structing a dele- | The details 31.—Tam-~ is pass resolutions the satisfied with comp! it that ntary | vard as a “favorite son.” hi=s resolution was outlined by the presentative of Tammany Hall, who | | the representatives of Judge Park- | | t would be r better t ) accept an from the convention than to have & fight on me fioor oy expression and it that it usual between the a con- Pan( T a half- trouble ir | \-“v srences yet o eptance vr‘ e taken back tc Judge Parker regarding the rejection many's compromise | proposition. It pr will be | Jected O, S S i NEW YORK FINANCIERS | CONFER WITH MORGAN | | Hay has checkmated with a refusal an | | Snake River about 9 o’clock last right. Wall Street Awaits Some Arrangement Regarding the Distribution of Northern S Assets NEW YORK the fa ranges wall ext to expect ar Y of | been betweer terests and the terests regarding the assets of the Northerr Compa Several mer hern the Securities prominent in call- | Securities matters were P. Morgan & | that | ar- was = at tive of the Union Pacific ir that there o firm and ests said othing ¥ the situation The market fluctuations in rious Northwestern railroad ke were important the va merger MARTIAL LAW PREVAILS IN DEPARTMENT OF NO&D siviking Textile Workers Assume Menaci Attitude and Engage in skirmfshes With the Troops. PARIS, March 31.—Martial law practically prevails in the Depart- ment of the Nord, owing to the men- ecing attitude of the striking textile workers. One hundred and sixteen establishments, inliuding various cot- ton, linen and woolen mills and 12,- 200 strikers, are mow involved. Sev- eral skirmishes between the u-.,up,l and strikers occurred. "y that the | which might be auep\mi { tantamount to puiting Judgv Plrlszrl | {he therefore car. The Wells-Fargo messenger, W. J. O’Neill of San Francisco, was killed in the explosion. Posses are in pursuit of the ba'pdlts, who are. endeavormg to escape from the region. A TRAIN’ Express Messen-i | | | | | RECEIVING OF THE ORK WHO 1 | [\C LE SAM CALLS HALT 10 POWERN Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 31.—Secretary unusual order of The Hague tribunal of arbitration in connection with the re- cent Venezuelan arbitration. It was agreed by eight ‘“‘peace powers,” of which the United States was one, that costs of arbitration should be paid peace powers if their contention they should collect claims as s the allied many and Italy the by the t was not | sustaine pay the The wve lies. The costs. dict was in favor of the al- ghould collect the costs of arbitration them ovgr to the court. This involved extensive repre- the United States to each peace powers."” Hay decided that ' the United States was not the bailiff of The > court, that there was no good n why the court should pick out the United States for such a duty, and has sent a declination to perform it. The action of, the court in saddling the collection of the costs on the United States was not well taken here. The State Department has received from Minister Bowen at Caracas, who represented Venezuela and other peace powers at The Hague, a copy of his correspondence with President Castro of Venezuela in regard to the charge made in a government newspaper that Minister Bowen had receiyed a large sum of money for representing Vene- e versa, the allies should | Hague court attached to it a| crossed to the ferry boat. dict directing that the United States | Miss Willis off and started back to the GIRL DIES |On the return she found the guide powers—Great | rope was not working properly and - WITH JE) 1§ A RIVER BOISE, Idaho, March 31.—Three persons plunged 210 feet to their death over the Shorhone Falls of the They were: MISS MARIE WILLIS. SAMUEL GRAHAM. AN UNKNOWN MAN. Miss Willis sometimes ran the ferry boat at this point. Last night she took the boat across in response to a call. put back. Graham and the other man, seeing from the opposite side that there was trouble, took the hotel skiff and They took | south bank. As the boat neared the shore it filled and went down, all three being lost. No trace of the bodies had < 5 ish the author of the unwarranted at- tack. It is also learned at the State Depart- ment that Mr. Bowen recently calied ] the attention of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the reports that Venezuela was not setting asjde all she had agreed | to for payment of foreign claims, and suggested that an answer be made (o these charges. The Minister of Foreign Affairs communicated this message to President Castro, who immediately be+ came angry and declined to make any statement on the question. The State Department is also informed that a protest made against The Hague's de- cision in favor of the allies was nmade by Mr. Bowen as a representative of Venezuela, and not of the United =uela. President Castro refused to pun-' States | The | bound, known as train No. i | highwaymen at a late hour to- | night at Copley station, a short | distance from Keswick, | county. | blow open the expres ger Killed in" ShaSta Masked Robbers Hold| Up Cars Near Keswick. Terrific E'plos&n Startles the Passengers From N Oregon, Special Dispatch to The Call | KENNETT, Oregon March express, 31— south- 15 was held up by three masked | in this Reports recéived here state| that the Wells-Fargo messenger, | W. J. O'Neill of San Francisco, | was killed. The highwaymen | used dynamite with which to! ar. They | | then cut off the for\\‘lrd of thc two engines of the train and| forced Engineer Joesink to carry them to a point near Keswick, | where they alighted from the en- | gine and escaped. ‘ Division Superintendent Laws at Sacramento, when informed of the robbery, immediately called for a light engine to convey Raii- road Detective William Ahern of Sacramento to the scene of the holdup. Sheriffs and officers were notified all along the line and posses were ordered out to head off the highwaymen. Car Destroyed by Explosion. The reports received up to midnight were based upon state- ments made to the station agen:s by Engineer Joesink when fc reached Keswick with the en-| gine after the highwaymen had left him. Joesink said there was a terrific explosion and the ex- press car was blown up. He said that -inasmuch as Messenger O’Neill was the only man ‘in the car and as he was locked in le must have been killed. A later message asking what disposition should be made of the body of O’Neill confirmed the first report that he had been killed. Officials of Wells, Fargo & Co. at this point state that very lit- tle money, if any, was carried in the express car attached to the south-bound Oregon train. The ‘car contains three safes and it is said that it would be necessary 15 Continued on Page 3, Column 2. — TIBETflNJ flTTflCI( BRITISH ~ COLUMN AND ARE REPULSED WITH LOSS OF HUNDREDS Natives Armed With Ancient ZUeapons Oppose Ad- vance oy Younghusband’s Expedition and Display Fanatical Dalor in Face of Slaughtering Rifle Fire TUNA, British' India, March 31.—News has been received here of severe fighting, the Tibetans having attacked the British mission under Colonel Younghusband. There were two engagements and the Tibetans were repulsed with heavy loss. The British captured the Tibetans’ camp at Guru. While the British advance had practically been unopposed, the expedition suffered great hard- ship from the intense cold and it was sometimes found impossible to work the Maxim guns and rifles, The country was of the bleakest, without a sign of vegetation, and tlie expedition had to face piercing winds and clouds of dust, while there was a heavy fall of snow owing to the congealing of the oil. last night. At 8 olock this morning a flying column started to reconnoiter the Tibetan camp at Guru, whereupon a general from Lassa, with a quaint retinue, came to interview Colonel Younghusband. The general asked the colonel to retire with his mission to Yatung for the purpose of carrying on ne- gotiations, threatening to attack if the mission proceeded. Colonel Younghusband replied that nego~ tiations had been proceeding fruitlessly for fifteen years and that retirement was now impossible: Fight Is Commenced at Close Range. The.’ disperse the Tibetans blocking the road, without firing upon them. . For a'time the tactics of the British «were succeszful, dut after a while the atfitude of the Tibet- an leaders convinced Colonel Macdonald of «ie necessity of disarming them. ibetan general withdrew and Colonel Younghusband ordered his troops to endeavor to The Tibetans numbered about 1500, and their resistance of the effort to disarm them led to a smart engagement. Younghusband being only a few yards from the advancing Tibetans. The situation for a few moments was critical, Colonel Macdonald and Colonel Revolvers and bayonets were used, and then a rifle fire was resorted to, at which the Tibetans fled, but not before several casualties resulted in the British ranks. The correspondent of the Daily Mail with the mission was severely wounded. Dead and Wounded Are Heaped on Trail. The Tibetans lost heavily, owing to the inferiority of their weapons, which were matchlock ,rifles, but they displayed the greatest courage, many of them coming on even after they had been seri- { ously wounded. tended to the rear. After a short halt the advance continued. took place, in which the artillery played the larger part. Tinally the Tibetans retreated over the hills, with the exception of about sixty, who obstinately held the village, which was finally taken by a bayonet charge. Among the Tibetans killed was the Lassa general, the military commandant of Phari and Lata and the representative of the Ge-len Monastery, to whose influence and violent hostility the existing difficulties were largely due. After the action there were heaps of dead and a long trail of dead and wounded ex~ Nearing the Tibetan camp at Guru, a second action The Tibetan losses are believed to be more than 400, while British casualties were a dozen. The British force returned to Tuna this evening and stated that rifles bearing the Russian im- perial stamp and. Russian amrunition were found on the wounded Tibetan officers. Natives Hemmed In When Attack Begins. A later account of the first engagement says: “While the forces were face to face on the op- posite sides of the walls which the Tibetans had built across the highway to oppose the advance, the Indian troops quietly deployed their flanks and effectively inclosed 1500 Tibetans in a circle, like herding sheep. The members of the mission, press correspondents and the generalstaff rode up to in- spect the capture and were laughing and talking. They were unaware of the impending tragedy, being evidently heedless of the sullen demeanor of the Tibetans. . “The latter presently began to hustle some Sikhs, who replied with the butt ends of their rifles. Then a Tibetan fired a pistol, wounding a Sikh, and this was the signal for all the Tib- etans to draw their swords and rush at their captors, who opened fire on the surging mob. The The Tibetans were unable to climb the wall which they them- officers emptied their revolvers. selves had built. Finally about half of them were able to break away to the rear, where they came under the fire of the artillery. Of the entire Tibetan force only about half escaped, being either killed or wounded.” + BOILERMAKERS' HELPERS ARE ON STRIKE AT KERN Southern Pacific Employes Walk Out of the Railroad Shops for Reasons Unknown to the Public. BAKERSFIELD, March -31.—The entire force of boilermakers’ helpers in the employ of the Southern Pacific at Kern walked out of the shop on strike this afternoon and up to a late hour had not returned to work. The exact grievance of the men is not known, as, so far as the public is informed, the relations between the officials and the men have been pleas- ant and no demand has been made of late as to wages or hours, nor has there been any friction. OLD CEREMONY Emperor of Austria Washes the Feet of Twelve Old Men in the City of Vienna VIENNA, March 31.—Emperor Fran- cis Joseph to-day observed the anciect ceremony of washing the feet of tweive old men in the crystal hall of the Hof- burg. The hall was filled with dis- tnguished personages, including mem- T v b RULER OBSERVES bers of the diplomatic corps., the Cab- inet Ministers, military officials and court functionaries. The Emperor, who was in excellent health, assisted by eight Archdukes, personally waited on the old men, plac- ing before them food and drink, which, | however, they did not consume then, the refreshments being immediately re- moved and later sent to their homes. The ceremony concluded with the Em- peror hanging around the neck of each {of the old men a silk purse containing the traditional thirty pieces of silver. The United States was represented at the ceremony by Embassador Stover and Mrs. Storer; Captain F. W. Harns, the military attache: Secretary Hale and Mrs. Hale, Second Secretary Rives and Miss Diehl, Y