The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1904, Page 1

~ D —————— .4 Forecast made cisco for thirty Fair Saturday: norttwest wind. TEE WEATEER. . midnight. April 23: San Prancisco and vicinity— fresh to brisk G. M. WILLSON, Local Forecaster, Temporarily in charge. at San Fran- hours ending F Matinees at All ——— ‘Theaters To-Day. _NO. 145 'CISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1904. ROAR OF THE HOSTILE GUNS / OF TWO BATTLING ARMIES HEARD ON BANKS > s @ sl s Document Giving Us Title Is Signed and Sealed. | PARIS, Asson Press tes PARIS which this bears the Director Cana comp as The transfer reservatio pected to understand tha not be gxecuted until ar ing of the stockholders of tt Cana! Company, at which the question of ratification would be prese As & matter of fact, however, when the _moeting takes place President B will announce that the sale has been completed, and instead of asking for authority execute a future contract it will only remain to ratify the con- tract of sale whi the officers of the company have formally com- pleted. Only a few of the highest offi- cers of the company are now aware of to already the secret, which will not be known except by this announcement in the United States, up tc e time of the meeting. It is confiden believed that the completion of the sale before the meeting will increase the vote for rati- fication, as it will be recognized that nothing more remains but to acquiesc When W. A. Day and Charles Russell, United States Assistant At- torneys General, who are in Paris to assist in the trangfer of the property, were seen to-night by the Associated Press they reluctantly admitted that the transfer had been consummated, | and furnished the following official statement in writing: * “The papers transferring the rights| and property by the new Panama| Canad Company to the United States have already been executed and deliv- ered. They will be ratified to-morrow ! afternoon by the stockholders’ meeting. The agreement includes a general con- veyance ahd provisions for deeds and resignation in the republic of Pun:ma“ and in the canal zone now under the; jurisdiction of the United States, im| which zone the civil law continues in’ force by reason of the cession of the mone from a civil law sovereignty. All formaiities. of the local law on the OF YALU Japanese Gathering In Big Force for Battle. ———— Officers and Scouts Lose Their Lives in Conflict. Tt LA LONDON, April 23.—Rumors of fight- ing on the Yalu River are repeated in various forms and from various points. The Shanghai correspondent of the Post says he heard that the first Japa- nese army had crossed the Yalu almost without opposition, and the Chronicle's correspondent at Seoul says that heavy fighting has occurred, but that for strategic reasons it is impossible to send particulars. No authentic news, however, has reached London showing that any- thing has happened beyond skirmish- ing. According to the Telegraph's St. Petersburg correspondent the Russian strategists are reluctantly arriving at the conclusion that Kuroki is engaged in the adventurous plan of advancing along the middle reaches of the Yalu River via Kangge, and despite enor- mous difficulties is moving his army over the mountain passes, his purpose 3 ENCOT SCOVITE R WHO WILL LEAD THE MIKA! ONTER WITH THE CZAR' PS IN THE FOR! AND RUS THE RED CROSS. DETACHEMENT OF | | l 1 -+ FIND- BODY NERCIANT Gunshot Wound Tells| the Fate of an Oregonian. Epecial Dispatch to The Call LAKEVIEW, Or., April 22.—The body of Creed Conn, the Silver Leke mer- chant who had been missing since March 4, was found yesterday morning in a ficld one mile from Silver Lake, where a shot was heard on the morning he disappeared. The body was badly decomposed and bore a-gunshot wound. Conn was last at his store at Silver Lake about 7 o'clock or the morning of his disappearance. After a' short conversation with his clerk, Frank Payne, he went out and was seen walk- | ing up the road. Conn did not return that day to the store nor next day, and Payne notified the missing man’s brothers at Silver Lake and at Lake- view. Parties were sent out to scour the country in every direction. Almost every citizen of Silver Lake engaged in the hunt for the missing man. The river near that place was dragged Conn was a man of sterling qualities, attending to his business strictly, and was held in the highest esteem by every one. —_—— Money for German Settiers. BERLIN, April 22.—The Reichstag voted $100,000 for the assistance of the German settlers in German Southwest Africa who have suffered through the Herero uprising. B e —— | isthmus have been arranged for and secured to the United States. The prop- erty will shortly be delivered on the isthmus, and upon that being done the purchase price will be immediately paid. The full extent of the principal documents will be made public to- morrow night. The United States gets an unincumbered title.” being to outflank the Russion position on the right of the Yalu. ST. PETERSBURG, April 22.—An of- ficial telegram says Russian scouting parties repbrt that the Japanese are concentrated in considerable force at |2and around Wiju. Shots were ex- changed south of the river Pomaku. where a Russian detachment of two officers and thirty-eight men lost their lives and two officers and thirteen men were wounded. The Russian force re- gained the Russian side of the river under the protection of two guns, SEOUL, Korea, April 2, 6 p. fi.—A special messenger from Gensan brings additional details of the recent Russian attack on Song Jin, in Northeastern Korea. The messenger reports that the R lans burned the Japanese Consul- ate and the Korean customs godown (warehouse), rifled the telegraph office, and finally, it is supposed, retired to the northward. The presence of a Jap- | anese squadron along the east coast of Korea will, it is thought, effectually stop all future Russian marauding ex- peditions. s WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. ‘Washington Authorities Disagree Over Russian Decree Forbidding Its Use. ‘WASHINGTON, April 22.—There are | signs of a difference of opinion between the civil and military branches of the Government respecting the Russian de- cree against the yse of wireless teleg- raphy by newspdPer correspondents. | The disposition of the service branches is distinctly in favor of Government control, which makes toward the sup- | port of the Russian position. It is even argued that no civilian should be al- lowed to erect a wireless mast without executive permission, because its use | might interfere with that of some mili- tary mast. While the State Depart- ment opinion is not crystallized, it is known that the department is diposed |to move cautiously in laying any | sweeping prohibitions on private enter- !prlse, either newspaper or commercial. | S ’ FLAG PREVENTS SALE. Ships Flying Starry Banner Cannot ! Be Sold to Belligerents. | WASHINGTON, April 22.—The Unit- | ea States Government has had no offi- | efal information of the sales, persist- | ently reported from Europe, of Ameri- jcan ships to either Russia or Japan. One thing is quite certain—that no ves- sel under the American flag could be | allowed to pass directly into the posses- sion of either belligerent state. This is sald to be true of merchant ships as well as war vessels, as the former might easily be transformed into cruis- | ers or uud. as troop transports. cidnreap e j War News Cotinued on Page 2, PRESIDENT OF FRANCE I} DANGER Guards Are Ordered t0 Protect Liie of Loubet. Journey of Executive to the Italian Capital Is Perilous. —_— Visit Intended to Cement the Cordial Relations Between the Republic and the (Quirinal. e Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. PARIS, April 22.—Fears are enter- | tained in Government circles that an | attempt to take the life of President Loubet may be made during his jour- ney to Italy. The police have received | secret instructions to provide a strong guard for the train, and no loophole ' through which an assassin might oper- ate will be left open. Marseilles promises to resemble an armed camp when the Presidential | train pas through. It is cunfldently} stated that not a single anarchist will go free there. Every mile of track be- tween Paris and the Mediterranean will | be subjected to close scrutiny before | the train passes. The Roman populace is reported to be enthusiastic, but the Parisian pub- lic takes little more interest in the event than it does when “Pere Loubet” | goes off with his pive and gun and dog for a few days of pheasant shooting at Compiegne. “President Loubet's visit to Italy is at least as important as any recent interchange of visits between European sovereigns,” said an official of the Pres- ident’s househo!d to-day. *“‘Theé Presi- dent,” he continued, “has taken a pe- culiar interest in the recent rapproche- ment of the Latin nations of Europe. It may be said that he personally pre- pared both a new economic entente be- tween France and Ttaly and also the political friendship which followed it— bonds which it would have seemed im- possible to forge a decade ago. The result of Loubet's visit will be formally to consecrate this understanding, which is full of meaning to the peace of Eu- rope. “President Loubet is heart and hand with King Edward, whose whole policy since he came to the throne has been to weave such a complicated inner web | of international friendships that the | more formal political alliances will be | unable to disturb them unless on occa- | sions of worldwide importance. The| President is one of the main support- ers of the new belief that Buropean | differences can be settled by common sense rather than by threats. King| Edward, President Loubet and the| Czar have done more in a few years than professional peace advocates dh‘]I in two centuries.” | 2| ANERICAY THE VICTIM OF MOSLEM Missionary and Ser- vant Murdered . in Persia. —_———— Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. BERLIN, April 22.—The Koelnlsch5| Zeitung to-day asserts that an Ameri- 1 can missionary, whose name is not ob- tainable, has been murdered near Urumiah in Northwestern Persia. The crime is reported to have been perpe- trated by a Persian Moslem, the reason being religious fanaticism. “The American Minister at Teheran,” adds the Zeitung, “has demanded the arrest and punishment of the mur- derer, But the Persian authorities re- fuse to take any steps in the matter, having learned that the accused is a privileged Sejid, or descendant of the Prophet. ot “The missionary’s | also was murdered.” ———— TERRIFIED SPECTATORS FLEE FROM GORY SIGHT Two Vicious Animals Disembowel Four Syrian servant Matadors at Bullfight in Madrid, Spain, i MADRID, April 22.—During an ex- traordinary bull fight yesterday two PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRACKETT'S FATE DEPENDS ON MAYOR SCHMITZ’S DECISION TO BE HANDED DOWN TO-DAY o AT TORNEY LEOI ,Sarsirt. DR. GEURSE 7. BRACAET T £ NORDICA'S L1 CAUSE DISPLEASURE Former Hushand of Diva Issues a Stgtg@_nt. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 22.—Herr Zoltan Doeme, the divorced husband of Mme. Lillian Nordica, to-day issued a state- ment denying the allegations that he had been wasteful of the money in- trusted to him by the diva. “It is true,” said he, “I have received | $272,000 as representing my wife’s earn- ings, but since my marriage, as shown by receipts, checks and other vouchers, I have paid my wife or for her account the following sums: Living expenses, including hotels and traveling ex- penses and sundry accounts, years, - $140,000; dressmakers’ bills in Paris, including costumes, $30,000; sala- ries and allowances to dependents, $20,~ 800; jewelry, $40,000; life insurance (en- dowment), $30,000; lawyers' bills and settlements with managers for cancel- ing contracts, $6000; total, $266,300. “She withdrew bonds and stocks val- ued at $50,000, and I paid her $20,000 cash, making a total of $336,300 she has received. “Thus according to my figures my wife received from me $64,300 more than she paid into my hands. These figures effectually disprove the insinuations that I was ‘mere husband of a prima donna.’” P — LOSSES FOLLOW VENTURE OF J. PIERPONT MORGAN Report of British Steamship Line Shows Reserve Fund Has Been Reduced. LIVERPOOL, April 22, — Frederick Leyland & Co. (Limited), the first British line purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, wihen forming the shipping combine, issued a report to-day for the thirteen months ending with Decem- ber. The directors say that even after drawing $1,347,500 from the reserve, it is only possible to pay the preferred dividend for six months. This with- drawal reduces the reserve to $325,000. The directors attribute this result to the epidemic of foot and mouth disease in New England last year, stopping shipments of livestock therefrom, and to the inadequacy of Atlantic freights. : o : AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL MINISTRY HAS RESIGNED Government Officers Take Umbrage at Their Defeat in Fight over Labor tion. MELBOURNE, April 22.—The Fed- eral Ministry has resigned. The resignation of the Federal Government was due to its defeat in the House of Representatives yesterday on a labor party amendment making the bill pro- viding for the arbitration of labor dis- putes applicable to State employes. —_—————————— Austrian Lawmakers at Outs. VIENNA, April 22.—Disgraceful bulls disemboweled four fighters, mor- | scenes caused by the obstruction of the tally injuring them. The bull fight was | Czechs and Socialists took place in the suspended and the spectators, terrified, Reichsrath to-day. The sitting had to eight | + * | -2 —_— SCENE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE YESTERDAY DURING HEARING OF BRACKETT CHARGES. Charge of Accept- ing lllegal Fee Is Heard. —_— The fate of George F. Brackett, chief surgeon of the San Francisco Emer- gency Hospitals, hangs in the balance, and some time to-day he will know whether his official head is to be sev- ered by Mayor Schmitz or whether he will retain his star and municipal po- sition. Yesterday an investigation was held by the citv’'s executive as a result of the charges preferred against Dr. { Brackett by a Coroner's jury for ac- lcepung a fee for services rendered in his official capacity. | Many witnesses were examined yes- iterday and contradictory testimony | given. The result of the matter can be | foreshadowed by the statement of Mayor Schmitz, who said at the close of the case: “I will decide what I will do to-mor- row, ‘but I will say right now it is wrong to collect a fee for services in an emergency hospital.” It is not in keeping with the rules of the institu- tions and cannot be tolerated. Fur- thermore, the matter of withholding an inquest for two months is a matter for the Grand Jury to investigate.” Dr. Brackett was the first witness called. As he raised his hand to take the oath administered by Mayor Schmitz his face was ashen pale and his fingers twitched convulsively. As the city's chief executive stated the cause of his being summoned the ac- cused man glanced nervously around the room and seeméd to take courage from the fact that Leon Samuels was at his side as his legal representative. {In reply to a query as to whether he | desired to make any statement Dr. Brackett replied by going into the de- tails of how Ames had been brought into the hospital Saturday afternoon of February 13, and the nature of his in- juries; how he later proceeded to his MR e TH IUTLATS LOOT THE QN Box Desperadoes in Ari- 7ona Raid Sup- ply Store. Special Dispatch to The Call. NACO, Ariz., April 22.—Billy Stiles and Bravo Juan have joined forces. The two outlaws met somewhere in the San Jose Mountains of Sonora and from there rode into Naco last night, where they raided the supply store of the Southwestern Commercial and Im- porting Company on the, Mexican side of the line. The bandits secured $1200 in money from the cash register and other valuables and succeeded in mak- ing way with the booty before they were discovered by the officers. The stores entered are located near the line and in the center of the Mexi- can town, and such a thing as a rob- bery there was never feared. Stiles is familiar with Naco and aware of this fact. He knew that only a-bold at- tempt such as this could ever succeed. Accordingly the outlaws rode right into town, tied their horses and effect- ed an entrance into the stores ‘by a back door. They were discovered just as they were making for their horses by two Mexicans, who gave the alarm. Rangers Stamford and Hopkins ifi- mediately responded and took the trafl of the outlaws, which they were still following when last heard from, while a second party went out at sunrise. The outlaws went southeast into the San Jose Mountains. This was the first seen of Bravo Juan in three years, although the officers have for a long time believed that he was in the country, having re- turned from the interior of Mexico. Stiles and Juan are old partners and a worse'pair than Stiles and Alvord. S. M. Aguirre, proprietor of the loot= ed stores, has offered a handsome ree- wvard for the capture of the robbers. —_———— TRIGGER TWICE PRESSED ) FAILS ITS PURPOSE Two Cartridges Intended to Kill Are Harmless and Two Shots Miss Mark. RENO, Nev., April 22.—That a lucky star is guiding the destinies of Francis Frey, a prominent business man of Genoa, was illustrated to-night when Frank Palmer, a bartender in the Dewey saloon, shoved a wicked-looking revolver into Frey's face and, with murderous intent, puiled the trigger home and there found a message pur- porting to be from M. Fleishhacker, a member of the firm for whom the in- jured man had worked. Brackett called up the number, and when asked what condition Ames was in, informed the person at the other end of the 'phone that he believed amputation would be necessary. FleishhacKer told him not to do anything until he (Fleishhacker) had consulted a . surgeon ' himseif. Brackett informed Fleishhacker that he would not discuss the over the telephone, but that if any other physi- c¢ian was to be brought into the case it would have' to be as consultant; that Fleishhacker stated he was too busy. to visit Brackett's house or office [ Continued on Page 3, Colummn 2. twice, each time the cartridge failing to explode. When Frey recovered from his fright he made for the door. As he did so Palmer fired two shots, but both mi their mark. A erowd soon gath- at the saloon and Palmer was dis- armed. The shooting, so far as can be learned, was unprovoked. Palmer ad- mits attempting to kill Frey, and it is probable that he will be prosecuted. —_————— Budapest Strike Still On. BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 22« The rallroad strikers are now showing little ' disposition to return to work unless their demands for increased pay are conceded. Premier Tisza an- nounced in the Diet to-day that as a result of the conferences ap peared little prospect of a settlement.