The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1904, Page 1

» Forecast made cisco for ‘ghirty midnight, May 14 San Francisco . TEE 'WEATEER. e L and vicinity— morning and afternoon; brisk westerly winds. . &t Sam Fran- bours endiag Feir Saturday, with fog in the A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. o ExD¢ Tivoli—“A Runaway Girl.” Matinees at All Theaters To-Day. lustrial \ ME X 161 e SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIA CONCENTRATES A BIG ARMY BEYOND THE CAUCASUS LONDON, May 14.---The Mail this mornimg publishes a dispatch from Constantinople, according to which Russia is concentrating troops just beyond the Caucasus. The most reliable information, the dispatch says, fixes the present total number of troops at 125,000. HONEY 00! (LT SHORT | BY PARENT Irate Father Seizes Bride and Takes Her Home. SRSTER S TS Will Commence Proceedings | to Have the Marriage | Set Aside. Groom, Who Is a San Franciscan, Re- ceives Rongh Treatment at Hands of His Father-in-Law, BLADsL @ i —Because a hom she h of whom he pretty ¥ daughter of proprietor of the ando, is locked in other stands guard | torn from the arms | ¥ and by her firate evolver to prevent g after he had hoked his new son- is Rolla Fullerton, home is in San eman on the San Southern Pa- € in the rail- Francisco. He met nce April 30, and a induced her to marry him. at the ts nothing of ne to take troduced her re too much but the action. home young rters ives here ¥ and Fulierton ent to her husband’s as- 1 hel Paine ping the oth- ed seized his gin legal the mis- ter ‘with st oft ORI e WENTZ WAS TO MARRY ST. LOUIS YOUNG WOMAN Death of ¥ Millionaire Brings Out Fact t Deceased Leaves Fortune. has just be- Wentz, the onaire whose was Corne Mre. ried to da of this of Miss arhtir of unced, il of We —_——— SUBPENA FOR COU S IS SUSTAINED BY COURT Titled Esterhazy Must Appear as De- fendant in Damage Suit of Mrs. De Lang. WASHINGTON, May 13.—The Dis- triet Court of Appezls to-day overruled 2 motion to A subpoena on the defendant in the « of Mrs. Louise M. de Lang, a t Countess Ester- hagzy, for $100,000 ¢ ges for aliena- tion of her husband’s affections. The persons involved socially prom- inent here. It is understood that the | Countess Esterhazy salled from New York for Europe to-day. BRITISH WILL NEES TROOPS FOR TIBET | ————e | | | | | Hussars and Naval Infantry in India Notified to Prepare for Service. SIMLA, India, May 13.—Half a bat- talion of hussars and half a battalion of naval infantry, with four ten-pound- er guns, have been warned to orepsre for serwice in Tibet. |\KAISER IS WROTH AT CROWN PRINCE | 1| || | & . % | HEIR TO THE GERMAN THRONE, WHOM THE EMPEROR HAS CAU! | BE ARRESTED FOR RECKLESS RIDING, AND THE YOUTH MO( | [ JRITE HORSE. < Hewr to the German Thron m Arrest for Riding. Special Cablegram to The Call and New York Herald. the New York Herald Publishing Company.. BERLIN, May 13.—It is reported that by order of the Kaiser, Crown Prince Frederick William has again been sen- tenced to three days’ house arrest for taking part in a dangerous riding com- petition at the Beriin racetrack last week. e Mounted on his famous Arabian charger the Prince outrode a dozen of his brother officers and won the gold cup presented by his father, the Em- [ Copyright, 1904, by , peror, for the best combined high and | broad jump. | As the contest resulted in a dead heat “the Crown Prince gallantly renounced ‘hls right in favor. of his rival. The fl- | lustrated papers show the Prince nego- | tiating a sixteen-foot jump over a tall | hedge with a wide water ditch beyond. | The Kaiser has always forbidden the | heir to the throne to engage in sports | that endanger his life, but his High- | ness is apparently not to be denied. b AGED MOTHER WEEPS WHEN TELLING OF CRIME Testimony Is Taken in the Mysterious Gillesple Murder Case in Indiana. RISING SUN, Ind., May 13. — Testi- mony was begun to-day in the trial of James Gillespie, Mrs. Belle Seward and Mr. and Mrs. Barbour for the murder of Elizabeth Gillespie, with the mother | of the victim as the first witness. Mrs. Gillespie, who is 80 years cold, broke down at times during her testimony. in which she related the finding of Elizabeth unconscious and bleeding in the parlor. James and Elizabeth, who were twins, were 38 years old. James bad, she testified, left her four ‘vears ago, and since then there had been trouble in the family. i o D Panama Canal Treasurer. WASHINGTON, May 13.—Rear Ad- miral Kennedy, retired, formerly pay- master general of the navy, it is stated at the Navy Department, has been selected as treasurer Of the Panama Canal Commission. —_——— Fire Destroys Big Sawmills. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 13.—Dam- age exceeding $110,000 was done to-day when fire destroyed Haslam’s saw and shingle mills at Nanaimo. The ma- chinery was worth nearly $100,000. - -+ INDICT MONTANA OFFICIALS ON CONSPIRACY CHARGES Eleven Bills Returned by Grand Jury Against Residents of Silver Bow County. BUTTE, Mont., May 13.—The Silver | Bow County Grand Jury has present- ed .eleven more indictments against | public officials, charging conspiracy, indictable misdemeanors and felonies. William D. Clark, M. P. Haggerty, ;Cnumy Commissioners; Dan Brown, | Assessor; Willilam F. Matthews, Road | Supervisor; George S. Wise, J. M. 1l\‘elley and E. M. Ryan are charged | with conspiracy to defraud the coun- ty. William F. Matthews, W. D. Clark and M. P. Haggerty are charged | with presenting an alleged false ex- | pense account. Thomas Cosgrove, a Ccnstable, is charged with a felony in presenting bills against the county for fees as Constable. George 8. Wise is charged with grand larceny on a claim for pretended services. B — Former Californian Is Drowned. TILLAMOOK, Or., May 13.—Fred Hern, formerly a resident of Los An- geles, Cal.,, was drowned in the Ne- halem River by the accidental over- turning of his boat. ern was about 37 years of age. Searching pamell are trying to locate the bbdy. | nias. APANENE FORTIFY 115 ROADS Advance Guard of First Army Moves Cautiously. e G Torpedo Boat Lost by the Accidental Explosion of a Mine. Seven Men Are Killed and Seven Drowned During Bombardment in Kerr Bay. LIAOYANG, May 13.—The advance guard of the First Japanese army has appeared six miles below Lien Cheng Kuan, on the road to Liaoyang. It is not making any further advance, but is erecting strong ,fortifications. The | Japanese movemetls weré made with the greatest care. A persistent report is current that a Russian squadron of cavalry suc- ceeded in getting behind the Japanese, | who were several squadrons strong, and is occupying Kuan Dian Sang. The unexpected appearance of the Rus- sians caused the Japanese immediately to evacuate the town and to retire toward the Yalu, The report is be- lieved to be corfect. Colonel Elshen, who has returned from a reconnois- sance of the district near the River Taitsi, was attacked on May 9 by Chi- nese bandits. One Cossack and two porters were killed by the bandits, who were driven off. PORT ARTHUR ISOLATED. ST. PETERSBURG, May 13.—Both telegraph and railroad communication | with Port Arthur have been cut off. Czar Nicholas has received the fol- lowing official dispatch from General Kuropatkin: “At dawn on May 11 the Japanese began to emerge from Fengwangcheng, on the Liaoyang road. The advance guard marching toward Suelichen con- sisted of a regiment of infantry, four guns and a regiment of cavalry. Sueli- chen was held by a troop of Cossacks, acting as a screen, while the Chan- sialin defile was occupied by two sot- Two companies marched on Chansialiln and another company advanced on Suelichen and turned our right flank. “The Cossacks then retired, still keeping the enemy back with their fire, first upon the Fangtien defile and fin- ally toward the defile in the neighbor- hood of the village of Ehumiyanzo, where they teok up a position. The captain of the sotnia, Bewahl, was wounded and two Cossacks were killed. Kuandiansan (Kwantiensien?) was evacuated on ‘May 10 by the enemy and occupied by our Cossacks. ““Reconnoissances failed to discover the presence of Japanese In the valley of the .Tsacheo, thirty-seven miles southwest of Gaimadza (Samatzi or Saimaki?). On May 9 and 10 the enemy’s bivouacs were seen in the val- ley of the River Unsianneo, near the village of Taindza, eighteen miles east of Siuyen, and at Sedzekhedze, at the confluence of the Tayang and the Sedzi rivers. MOVEMENTS OF FORCES. “On the morning of May 10 a Japan- ese infantry detachment about 10,000 strong, with from fifty to eighty guns, which concentrated at Salitszaipuda, started toward Siuven. Takushan (about forty miles west of the mouth of the Yalu) and Chengthaitsu (fifteen miles southwest of Takushan) have been occupied by the Japanese. On May 11 Japanese scouts appeared at a point twelve miles south of Siuyen.” SEOUL, Korea, May 13.—Reports are constantly coming in of the presence of Russian forces in Northern Korea. The Governor of Hamgyung province reports that 2000 troops are distributed throughout that province. Four hun- dred and fifty are at Kyongsong on the coast and the remainder are scat- tered in the interior, living on the country. A force of 700 is reported in the province of Pyengan, at Kwi- sung, north ¢f Chengju and about forty miles southeast of Wiju. SHANHAIKWAN, May 14.—A par- cel which left Port Arthur May 10 ar- rived here to-day, apparently con- firming the report that communication with Port Arthur had been restored. There are only vague rumors here of Japanese movements. It is stated that the heavy loss sustained by the Rus- sians in. the battle of the Yalu were due to the inability to control the soldiers. They were ordered merely to devolop the enemy’s strength, but they rushed headlong against a superior of Japanese FIFTEEN BALLOTS WITHOUT RESULT — CANDIDATE FOR__GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION VHOSE __FRIENDS TRIED TO STAMPEDE CONVENTION. wn the [llinos Deadlock. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 13.—After sitting for more than twelve hours and taking fifteen ballots, in which none of the seven' aspirants gained or | lost materially, the Illinois Republican | convention adjourned late to-night without nominating a man for Gov- | ernor. | Two attempted stampedes and sev- | eral conferences failing to break the | deadlock, the candidates for the guber- | natorial nomination, at the suggestion | | beauty. | of Chairman Cannon, agreed to rest on | their arms until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. ‘While the bailoting went forward the party leaders tried in fruitless efforts | to get a compromise, but all of their efforts went for naught and there is nothing in the situation to-night to warrant the prediction of a break to- morrow. The convention was large and turbu- lent. Armory Hall was packed jith 10,000 persons during the session and at times, when scenes were most nolsy, Chairman Cannon threatened good- naturedly to adjourn the convention to the State Capitol and exclude the public. “It's the damndest crowd I ever saw,”. he declared. Organizetion of the convention was effected without difficulty. Yates and Lowden were in control and the oppo- sition ¢_.cided to make no fight against the seating of Yates and Lowden dele- gates. There was no discussion over the platform. Early to-day delegates were con- fronted with reports that a stampede to Frank O. Lowden of Chicago for Governor had been planned by his friends, the time te be the taking of the third ballot.. A seemingly well authenticated statement was made that United States Senator. Hopkins on that ballot would throw Kale County to Lowden and- that a score of Hopkins' pictures would be hoisted at the mo- ment as a sign that the Senator was for Lowden. This was expected, ac- to Lowden. The Yates managers de- clared, however, that the Governor was !in a stronger position than ever and that Yates. would be - Charles- S. of making gains as the balloting pro- The wild scenes which' characterized the convention last night were repeat- ed again to-day. A daring young Continued on Page 2, Column 5. Continued on Page 2, Column 3. (DECISION. - [Fusils Votiné; Fastern Jurist Ren- S SETS TALLE I LIVES MOTHERS J0Y CAUSES HER DEATH Tragic Close of the Life of Soldier’s Widow. News of Son’s Appointment to West Point Has a Ea,tal Result, Physicians Discover That the Failure of the Woman's Heart Was Due to Great Emotion, Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, May 13.—Her life’s dearest wish realized when President Roosevelt appointed her son to a cadet- ship at West Point, Mrs. B. Drennan died of joy at Fort Myer Wednesday morning. She was the widow of Ordnance Cergeant Patrick Drennan, one of that splendid type of non-commissioned officers developed by long service in the United States army. It had been” his desire to see his son an officer in the service. President Roosevelt on Saturday passed on a list of young men who were candidates for appointment to ‘West Point. They were all sons of army or navy officers. The qualifica- tions of Jeremiah A. Drennan-had be:n made known to the President. He ap- pointed him without hesitation. The news was printed in the papers on Sunday and read by Mrs. Drennan, who, since her husband’s death in 1901, had resided just outside the Govern- ment reservation at Fort Myer. For several months she had been in ill healtk, but forgot her own cares in her wish for the success of her boy. The news on Sunday was too much. She completely collapsed and grew weaker and died Wednesday morning. The diagnosis of the physicians showed that the cause of her death was heart failure, Induced by great emotion. ders Interesting Judgnert Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK,. May 13.—It was de- cided in the Essex County Circuit | Court in Newark to-day that a boy's life is twice as valuable as that of a girl. Further it w: held that $6000 awarded to the fath@ of a boy was DIAMOND THIEF BEING. HONTED Paris Police Are Looking for Person Who Stole Mrs. Gray’s Valuable Jewels -—— not excessive, but a. verdict of $5000 | awarded to the father of a girl was| reduced by the court to $3000, although | the girl, Ella Werpupp, was noted for | her loveliness of character and for her She was said by many to be | the most beautiful girl in Newark, and | accounts of the accident in which she | was killed contained many tributes of | love and esteem from her teacers and | school-fellows. * The damage suits grew out of the Clifton-avenue trolley accident of Feb- ruary 19, 1903, in which nine high school pupils were killed. Judge Ad- ‘ams defined the legal proposition clear- 1y by refusing to upset the verdict for $6000 given by the jury in favor of Evan H. Eastwood, father of Evan F. J. Eastwood, the only boy killed in the Clifton avenue accident, and at the same time declaring that Henry Wer- pupp, father of'Ella Werpupp, one of | the girls killed, must accept $3000 or the alterpative of a new trial instead cording to the ‘plan, to carry a large | ™ number of Governor Yates’ delegates | & S€cO! of $5000, awarded by another jury. —_—— NEW PENSION RULING BEING MISCONSTRUED Commissioner Ware Explains the Ef- fect and Conditions of the Order Regarding Age. TOPEKA, Kan May 13.—E. F' Ware, Urited States Commissioner of Pensions, reached Topeka this even- ing. Relative to the new age order of the Pension Bureau, he said: “Applications-for pensions under the new age order are now coming in. I presum= 25,000 are aiready on file. Many of them have been/ filed under the mistaken idea that the age order eans that th2 claimant will receive nd pension—that 1s, if the claim- ant is. already receiving a pension and is over 62, that he is entitled to cther. Neavertheless the number of applicants so far who will have thelr i °;:$:"$ pensions raised $2 a month is probably 20,000. The amount which this order will cost the Government has been grossly exaggerated. The great death rate among old soldiers will keep the pension roll in such shape that the in- crease in pension payments will not be perceptible to ,thn taxpayer.” PARIS, May 13.—Paris police were en- gaged to-day in efforts to unravel one of the greatest jewel robberies in the History of the department. The victim of the robbery is M Edolin Gray, a wealthy woman from New Orleans. A mysterious thief got away with dia- monds and other jewels worth not less than $200,000. The gems were stolen from a trunk and are supposed to have been taken from it either at the St. Lazarre raii~ way station or at the hotel where Mrs. Gray went on her arrival here. She arrived at Cherbourg and was obliged to leave her trunk containing the jew- els over night at the St. Lazarre sta- tion. Mrs. Gray was seen to-night at her hotel. She said that her family was prominent in New Orleans, Regarding the robbery she said: “I am deeply shocked to think that this jewel theft has got into the news- papers. The jewel box, in which I kept all of my valuable articles, was in a trunk that belongs to my sister. I left the trunk at Cherbourg over night and received it the next day. It was passed unopened by the customs officials. That night I left it in a corridor of the hofel outside my door. In the morning I had occasion to use my thimble and opened the truak to get it. It was then I dis- covered that the jewels and all of my valuables were gone.” —_— e —— TOREADOR 1S KILLED BY MADDENED ANIMAL ‘While Giving Exhibition in Spain Man Is Trampled to Death and 5 Panic Follows. LISBON, May 13.—Fernando Oli- veira, a celebrated bullfighter, lost his life yesterday. He was giving an ex- hibition when his horse stumbled and he was thrown directly in the path of the charging animal. The maddened brute trampled upon Oliveira’s head and then tossed his body high in the ajr. The toreador - was horribly mangled and the life was trampled out of his body. A panic followed. Women fainted and men rushed for the exits. A number of persons were trampled upon and seriously hurt.