The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1904, Page 1

SSLSLEE TEE WEATHER. Forecast made at San Fran- cisco for thirty hours ending midnight, May 31: ?\ ! ] ' San Prancisco and vicinity— 1 Partly clondy Tuesday; fresh | westerly wind. i G. . WILLSON, { Local Forecaster. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1904. PRISONERS OF BRIGAND MPERILED Raissouli Threatens to Put His Captives to ‘ Death. { | | | | DEL TS COURSE 1§ ASSAILED Ttalian Deputies At- - — | | | CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BAR:- ['aJCK flle Papa!l | TON, WWASHINGTON, May 30.— S t | Aeccording to advices received at || ecre aJI‘yt | the State Department to-day from || e : | Mr. Gummere, United States Con- | Bitter Speeches When Vati- sul General at Tangier, the situ- || ) : | ation as it affects the American | can’s Protest AgamSt | and British citizens captured by | Loubet Is Discussed. | bandits has grown more serious. || | ## message has been received at { Republican Member Declares Pope's | Tangier from Raissouli,threatening || Note to the Powers Was a De- l; the lives of Perdicaris and Uarley || claration of War. | unless the government of Morocco | | pays ransom under the conditions | |,[oN": N ST Chemoe o | named by the bandits. The State | | the d.:v*ussmn of the attitude o‘f the | Department made no new move in | ot ACitiar ‘;QE‘L'QT“J:S‘? :.Eéfir | the matter to-day, but is trusting to | e, Terwticen, cilcd ihe nete ot | American naval o,’fiicers to relieve l Val, a “perfect insult.” He recalled h . . | | that the Pope had not protested the situation. ' against atrocious offenses to religion in il | | France. His Holiness had now risen *+ | against a King who, according to the TANGIER, Morocco, May 30.—The United States | siser Brooklyn, fiving the flag of Rear Admfral Chad- | ed here to-day and was soon followed by the | Atlanta. Other American vessels are expected | Kk, arr The authorities here consider that the position of the | Ion Perdicaris, and his stepson, Cromweil Var- | subject, who were kidnaped by bandits souli, i& now more serious than before. the understanding here that the admiral com- he American fleet has orders to exercise pres- the Moorish authorities to induce them to ouli’s terms. The Suitan is willing to pay liberate Rassoull’s partisans, who are now but Rassouli now demands American pro- for the settlement. This last condition is con- i dependent upon the American Government. r Admiral Chadwick, accompanied by an aid, the | tes Consul General and two marines, visited representative of the Sultan at Tangier. The ten minutes, after which Torres re- at the United States consulate, the g a salute in his honor. informed the American and the British that he cannot grant Raissouli's terms. | it is reported, has been sent to the[ | | conveying s the American view | MARINES MAY PURSUE THE BRIGANDS. INGTON, May 80.—Admiral Chadwick’s arri- | gier this morning on the flagship Brooklyn | as ed by Consul Gummere, and the Navy De- a cable direct from Admiral Chad- eved there will be any change in the e squadrons of Rear Admirals ch Morocco. The question of left practically to their judg- 1 confer with Gummere at s of the situation will be tment indication, within twenty-four | \ served, of the release of | will not hesitate to land | no Sultan of Morocco may | out for a show of force against the bandits. Should L elief come under the circum nces, this Government hold the Government of Morocco r sponsible | g the. prisoners out | ever may happen to Perdicaris; and should the every effort, is the extermina- | the minds of the officials here Government of France would gladly aid the 3 securing the release of Perdicaris by all power. Because of her authority in Mo- | e perhaps could do more in a peaceable man- any other nation to effect the release of the the United States decide to make any request | ce from France, naturally it would be in an | and if other attempts to secure the s fail such intimation of a desire for assistance may be made through the State De- | —Inquiries made at the Foreign Of- unofficial intimation that the United would welcome the aid of France ng the release of Ion Perdicaris and Crom- | ley from the Moorish brigands show that no request of that kind has been received and that there- fore «no steps are contemplated. Insult to White Woman Starts Race Riot. . PHILADELPHIA, May 30.—Started by a remark made by a negro to & white woman, a race riot which embroiled 300 negroes and whites raged here for a’ half hour this afternoon in Patton street. Revolvers, knives and bricks were used. Five persons were so seriously jured that they were taken to a hospital. About ity more, including several policemen, were slightly ng an rnment hurt Those most seriously injured are: Ilene Mentez, aged six years, shot in the back; Jesse Walter (colored) 28 years old, stabbed in the back; Jesse Walter (colored). 30 years old, shot in the back: Lizzie Langdon, 18 years old, shot in the left side; Policeman Albert Gibson, badly cut on head and possible fracture of the skull. Prior to the trouble a disorderly spirit had been man- Jfested for several hours by idle negroes, who were loung- ing near Thirty-second and Wharton streets. Some of the negroes g partlydlinloxdicaled. No hint of serious disorder was give i the afternoon. Two or three white gennh::“(!al:?it:n:g the negroes to be more circumspect in their behavior and Policeman Gibson, who was on the post in the latter part of the day, also had spoken to the ringleaders. Gradually small bands of negroes became merged and . me of fifty men paraded from the block, singing and jeering at the whites. As the line was passing the corner of Wharton and Patton streets one of the negroes made a remark to a white woman who was on the sidewalk. Gibson heard it and jumped toward the fellow, intending to arrest him. Before Gibson could get the man he was sur- rounded by megroes and thrown to the pavement. He swung at the heads of his assailants with his club, but the odds were against him and he was speedily over- powered. Austin Malone, a white man, saw Gibson’s plight and called for help. Many white men soon went to Gibson's aid. Then the fighting became general. One of the negroes drew a revolver and fired it rapidly. The re- ports brought other negroes and whites to the scene. As fast as they came they plunged into the fray. From curb to curb Patton street' was filled with a mob of com- batants. The negroes used knives, revolvers and such ~asiles as they could lay their hands on, | the Vatican, had stolen the pontifical patri- mony, designating his Majesty as a usurper, The note, therefore, was a déclaration of war. Signor Mazza asked the Government to take ener- getic action to prevent the invasion of the church into the kingdom's af- fairs. The Government had forgotten all pride and the national dignity in answering the Vatican insult by giving hospitality to Cardinal Svampa when King, on Sunday, went to Bo- The Government permitted the to- defend Italian logna. people of France rights. The Liberals and the extreme par- | ties applauded and the galleries joined. Signor Guerci, Radical, fellowed. saying that “this time the Vatican i not protesting, but bleating.” Signor Cabrins, Socialist, interrupted: “Call it braying.” BITTER TOWARD DEL VAL. Signor Guerci, continuing, said that Italy had less to fear from the papacy than other countries. Being near the Vatican, she could always see prep- arations behind the scenes. He com- plained that the Pope, who in his ca- reer before he became Pontiff saw, ap- preciated and profited by Italian unity, should now, as Pontiff, have as high inspirer and executive against Italy, a foreigner, Cardinal del Val. Premier Giolitti, who arose amid a breathless silence, said the Vatican note naturally was ngt communicated to the Italian Government. France had answered it as she thought best. The affair was one in which Italy could not interfere. The Vatican note contained a phrase regarding the King of Italy, but the effect produced was such that they must be extremely glad of the ex- istence of that phrase, as it has offered Premier Combes the opportunity to make a statement so flattering to Ital- | ian patriotism. PREMIER UTTERS THREAT. The crowded galleries arose and ap- plauded for five minutes, crying “Viva Combes.” Signor Giolittl continued: “Therefore, the unhappy phrase was for Italy the happiest. The note con- tained the wusual protest which the Vatican has been repeating for thirty- fomr year: Italy has no reason to change her policy. She does not fear the invasion of the, congregations, as she has laws to protect herself. If these laws are insufficient we will make new ones. To fear that the country cannot protect itself against the influences of foreign congregations is to insult Ital- lans. The state and the church must be as two parallel lines which never meet. Both must enjoy liberty. It will be worse for the church on the day that she jllegally interferes in the mat- ters of the state. -t s SN WAR RAGES IN ENGLISH OIL MARKET PRICE American Company Makes Cut to Meet British Competitor and the Retailer Profits. LONDON, May 30.—A price war is being waged between the oil interests in the English market. Within the last ten days the price of petroleum has fallen, in the case of the London retailer from 33%d a gallon to prices varying from 23%d to 274d, a gallon The retailer has conceded nothing to the general public up to the present. The latest and most drastic cut in prices has been made by the company controlled by American capitalists. It meets one made by the Shell Com- pany. which seeks to maintain British interests. ———— ANOTHER DREYFUS SCANDAL PROMISED Officer Who Used Money to Secure Conviction at Rennes Cougt-Mar- tial Is Arrested. PARIS, May 30.—The Ministry of ‘War has caused the arrest of an officer we)r is undertsood to have been con- neéted with the Dreyfus affair. The officer, who is held in close confine- ment in the fortress of Mount Valer- fan, is said to be charged with using | considerable sums of money during the court-martial at Rennes in order to secure the conviction of Dreyfus. All official information concerning the case is withheld. P — ALLEGED INTENT OF POPE. May Renounce Claim to Temporal Sov- ereignty Except in Rome. ROME, May 30.—It is reported that the Pope is preparing an encyclical as- | was found among her effects. hhmd.:i th-'.‘:e u‘.l. :!repcm to renounce | been b‘:t P'll: Alto about three ms emporal sovereignty | ago, of her personal affairs Rome, ~<!is known here, 3 except in POPULAR YOUNG MAYOR ENDS LIFE A FACTION WITHIN HIS PARTY. 2 | | BALTIMORE, Md., May 30.—Mayor | Robert M. McLane of this city shot and | killed himself this afternoon in his | bedroom at his residence, 2 West Preston street. His bride of less than two weeks was at the time asleep in an adjgining room and was awakened by the discharge of the revolver, which McLane evidently fired while standing before the mirror of the dressing table. The bullet entered the right temple, and, crashing through the head, | emerged back of the left ear. | Mrs. McLane and other members of the household rushed to the Mayor’'s assistance, but he did not regain con- | sciousness after he fell to the floor, and expired within an hour. No cause can be assigned for the act by any member of McLane's family. Since the fire of last February he has been kept assiduously at work admin- istering the affairs of the city, besides endeavoring to direct the rehabilitation and rebuilding of the burned dis- trict. This, together with criticisms by. his political opponents, is believed by many to have caused a temporary aberration of mind. Mayor McLane was elected as a Democrat to the office of chief magis- trate of the municipality in May of last year for a term of four years. Under the city charter he will be succeeded by T. Clay Timanus (Republican), president of the second branch of the City Council, to serve out the unex- GUEST DIES Special Dispatch to The Call. PALO ALTO, May 30.—Miss Ellen Olsson, a middle-aged woman, whose cards indicate that she was a graduate in medical gymnastics at the Royal Central Gymnasium in Stockholm, was found dead by the landlord this after- noon in a room rented by her last night at the Mariposa lodging-house. Dr. Van Dalfen, who was called when the body was discovered, thinks that Miss Olsson may have committed sui- cide. She was in a kneeling posture, as if praying, and had been dead sev- eral hours. The woman engaged the apartment at 10 o'clock last night and stated that she had come from Santa Cruz. A baggage check obtained in that city She had LATE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE, WHOSE SUICIDE IS ATTRIBUTED TO MENTAL ABERRATION DUE TO OVERWORK AND WORRY CAUSED BY CRITICISM OF WITH # BULLET Bride of Two Weeks Mourns the| Suicide of Baltimore’s | City Executive. - pired term. The second branch of the City Council, which is Republican, will elect a president, not 'necessarily a member of the present body, to pre- side over it. Mayor McLane was 36 years of age— the youngest chief executive Balti- more ever had. He was the son of James T. McLane, president of the First National Bank, and nephew of Robert M. McLane, former Governor of Maryland and United States Minis- ter to France during President Cleve- land’'s first administration. Previous to his election as Mayor he had for four years filled ‘the office of State’s Attorney, in which he distinguished himself by a zealous and intelligent discharge of his duties. During his brief administration of the Mayoralty hc had brought upon himself the an- tagonism of the Democrats by the ap- pointment ¢f independent members of the party. Recently there had been marked oppwsition to kim among Dem- ocrutic wmembers of the City Council in matters relating to the rebuilding of Baltimore. Mayor McLane was 1narried two weeks ago to Mrs. Mary Van Bibler, a well-known and popular roclety leader of Baltimore. The bride is pros- trated by the terribie tragedy. The Mayor was very popular among the people generally, ‘rrespacit o party, and the whole community has be;n profoundly shock>1 by his tragic end. ¢ +____.—————————*_—'————+ FARMERS IN ATTITODE | LIFE SAVED OF PRAYER ~ BY A CHILD Specia] Dispatch to The Call. RITZVILLE, Wash$ May 30. — The 10-year-old daughter of Heinrich Hein- richs saved her father from a horrible’ death yesterday. The unfortunate man was being gored by an angry bull when the plucky little girl, hearing her father’s cries of agony, ran to the scene, picked up a pitchfork and, with jabs finally drove the infuriated and blows, is a prominent farmer, living about two miles from town. He was attempting to lead the bull into the barn when the animal suddenly sprang forward with lowered head, one of the horns piercing Heinrichs in the abdo- men. He fell, but attempted to save himself from further injury by holding ‘the bull's horns, at the same time shrieking as the maddened animal on him. Hi . is in a critical condition. But for the assistance timel; of his lit- to. £ PRICE FIVE CENTS. N VOTES IN SUPPORT OF PARKER Cleveland’s Inter- view Benefits Jurist. —_—— Tends to Unite Conservative Democrats of East ‘and South. Massachussetts Will Swing fo New | Yorker After Complimentary Ballot for Olney. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, | WASHINGTON, May 30.—The inter- view with former President Cleveland | declarimmg for Judge Parker attracted general attention here to-day and ex-| cited varied comment. There are some/ | prominent Democrats in the city, and | of the mumber here several declined to | talk for publication. Some of them fa- vor other candidates than Judge Park- er and sée no merit in Cleveland’s ad- vocacy ‘of his nomination. Others are still afraid to be placed in the position of commending anything Mr. Cleveland may do or say. Representative La Mar of Florida gaid: “Mr. Cleveland is unpopular with the great majority of Democrats in my State, and, I think, unpopular with Southern Democrats generally. Not- withstanding this, he has a large fol- lowing in the South, composed of busi- ness men and others, who either did rot support Bryan or supported him unwillingly. It would therefore seem to me Cleveland's strong indorsement of Parker's candidacy will tend to strengthen the sentiment in favor of Parker thro, i 1y South. g Parker will be thé nominee as he, choice of the Southern people, and ‘that | Cleveland's attitude may tend to in- crease the harmony which prevails among the Democrats of that section.” Senator Culberson of Texas said Mr. Cleveland’s. advocacy of Parker would probably help the latter’s candidacy among the conservative Democrats of the East. Former Representative Trigg of Vir- ginia said: “Mr. Cleveland's indorse- ment of Parker will have a far-reach- ing effect. It will commend the Judge to thoughtful men as a safe and con- servative candidate.” Republican comment was all expres- | sive of the belief that throughout the| | East Cleveland’s advocacy of Judge | | Parker would do the latter much good. It is figured that Cleveland’'s position will have the effect of throwing the Massachusetts delegation to Parker after it has given a complimentary vote to Olney, and that it will carry much weight in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Ohio. e e RS MAY END THE DEADLOCK. Illinois Republican Convention Will Reconvene To-Day. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 30.—The Republjcan State Convention, after a recess of eleven’days, will reconvene to-morrow afternoon to resume bal- loting for a candidate for Governor. The previous session covered more than a week and fifty-eight futile bal- lots were taken, leaving the seven aspirants for the nomination about where they stood on the first ballot. All headquarters have been re- opened and all the aspirants are pres- | ent except Governor Yates, who will arrive from Chicago to-morrow. It is the prevailing opinion to-night that no nomination will be made before Wednesday. Many believe, however, that the deadlock will not be broken before Friday. There is talk of a pro- posal, which was voted down before the recess was taken, to suspend the balloting for Governor and to nomi- nate the rest of the ticket, provided the deadlock Is not broken to-morrow. This time it is proposed to except the nomination for Lieutenant Goy- ernor, leaving it to be taken up after the candidate for Governor is named. The plan is indorsed by the candidates for the minor offiges. About the only story aflogt to-night to which any credence whatever is given is that Yates and Lowden have agreed to throw their delegates to a third man. It is said that no third man has yet been chosen. It is de- clared to be a part of the compact that Yates is to go to the Pnited States Senate in 1907 and that Lowden 1s to be made Governor four years hence. All knowledge of such a combination, however, is denied by Yates’ and Low- den’s managers. —_——— FOUR MEN KILLED AND TWO HURT BY EXPLOSION Carelessness of Employes in Placing a Blast Results in a Ter- rible Disaster. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 30.—Four men were killed and two fatally in- jured in a dynamite explosion which near Warwick, on the Knex- occurred ville, Lafollette and Jellico branch oq the Loulsville and Nashville Railroad. g JAMES BIRCHELL ANR SON JOHN. STER. All residents of Campbell County, ‘Tennessee. The injured: Hal Runley and George Ridnour. The latter’s eves were blown out and the bodles of both were lacerated by stones. The accident was due to care- lessness of men at work in a rock cut. bee) to lay some FIGHT ENDS IN COSSACK BAND'S ROUT Kuroki Reports Defeat of Russian Force by j Japanese. e — TOKIO, May 30.—General Ku- roki reports a number of outpost affairs and the capture of eight Russian scouts. A detachment of Japanese troops attacked and de- feated 2000 Cossacks at Aiyang- pienmen, northeast of Fengwang: cheng, on Saturday. The engage:- ment began at 10:30 o’clock in the morning and lasted an hour. The Japanese lost four men killed and twenty-eight wounded. The Rus- | sian casualties are not known. General Oku, in command of the Japanese forces operating against Port Arthur, reports that the Rus- sians have abandoned Chengkoc- henpu, Huangshan and Liushutun. No Russians have been seen east of Chengkochenpu. e B TOKIO, May 30.—General Nakamura's detachment, which occupied Liushutun on Friday, captured four Rus- sian guns. CHEFU, May 31.—Junks with cocoons for the silk mills are arriving from west of the Yalu iver. This indicates that with the passing of the armies the Chinese have recommericed their regular occupations. From a Manchuria merchant it has been learned that the Japanese have ccupied the Maotienling Mountains, 100 miles northwest ~f Fengwangcheng and directly east of Liaoyang. There is only one pass through the range. ST. PETERSBURG, May 31.—The reported defeat of Cossacks at Aiyangpienmen was the only news and al- most the only topic of conversation in St. Petersburg last night. No official dispatches were given out last evening, but officers at military headquarters were re- luctant to accept the, Japanese dispatches. They think i* poesible that the Japenese met Generar Mistchenko command, which has recently been railding In Korea. It is formed of comparatively raw recruits, though now somewhat hardened Ry three months’ campaigning. It is conceivable that they might have been defeated. but not Rennenkampf’s forces patrolling the Alyang regiom, who are veterans of that old command which accom- panied him on the famous ride through Manchuria. These men are esteemed here as the hardest riders and the most reckless fighters in the trans-Baikal army. Any disaster to them would have a greater sentimental effect than the reverse at Kinchou. The War Office -has received the following dispatch from General Kuropatkin, under to-day’'s date: “I this morning received a report stating that the Japanese advance on Kwantien has been begun from Saimatsza. The number of the enemy is not known.” BRIEF RESPITE. LONDON, May 31.—The attack on Port Arthur, the Chronicle’s Tokio correspondent telegraphs, is expected to begin about June 15. Correspondents will leave To- kio on June 10, in time to see the capture, probably about June 20. The correspondent also says 10,000 Rus- sians have been sent up the Liao River in junks to Tie- ling. The Post's Shanghai correspondent wires that several Japanese transports are landing troops in East Korea. The reports published in Paris of discord in the in- terview between General Kuropatkin and Viceroy Alex- jeff at Mukden and the southern movement of the Rus- sian vanguard below Wafengtien have given rise to ru- mors that General Kuropatkin has yielded to the wishes of the Alexieff party and is attempting to relieve Port Arthur. According to correspondents at Japanese headquar- ters up to May 29 nothing important had developed be- vond outpost encounters. Japanese troops are largely engaged in building roads and bridges. The Standard's correspondent says that General Kuroki gave a luncheon to foreign military attaches to celebrate the victory on the Yalu, ‘while almost simultaneously the Japanese first army was informed of the Kin.s:u vietory. The same correspondent indicates the reas for delay in the op- erations. He says that ihe force that landed at Taku- shan appears to have struck the fringe of the rainy sea- son. The downpour has been very heavy. KUROPATKIN'S WOES MULTIPLY. General Kuropatkin, the Telegraph's St. Petersburg correspondent says, is fighting two enemies—one at home, the other in Manchuria. While his military reputation is undergoing a terrible ordeal, he is also accused of fail- ure, as Minister of War, to make proper preparations for war. The Emperor is alleged to be so dissatisfied that he would dismiss both Alexieff and Kuropatkin were it not that he fears the effect on public opinion. The gen- eral impression among the highest classes is that the fall .of Port Arthur ought to mean the end of the war and that if the Japanese should succeed In this aim Rus- sia’s best interest would be to make peace; but nobody, the correspondent avers, possesses the moral courage to make such a suggestion to the Emperor. The correspondent also asserts that an agreement is drafted whereby Germany promises arméd support to Russia, if necessary, to prevent England and the United States attempting to submit the Far Eastern question to an international congress and declares that the recent relaxation of anti-Jewish laws by Russia is the outcome of the desire of the Minister of the Interior to conciliate American opinion. A dispatch from Tokio to-day, after covering the news previously contained in the dispatch detailing the fighting on the Kwantung Peninsula, adds that the Jap- anese captured a quantity of powder and six railroad cars at Liushutun. The dispatch also says that the Japanese, after de- feating the Cossacks at Aiyangpienmen, northeast of Fengwangcheng, occupied that place and reinforcements were sent forward to support them. SENDING MORE TROOPS TO MAINLAND. WASHINGTON, May 30.—Advices recelved Nere re- port the departure from Japan of another division. While its destination is not stated, it is conjectured that these troops are about to close in the Russians’ rear on Northeast Korea, cutting off the raiding parties which have threatened General Kuroki's communications. There are less than 15,000 soldiers in the expedition. The reported offer of Japan to China to surrender to he? so much of Manchuria as already has been taken by the Japanese troops is viewed here with interest, because of the possibility, if the offer is accepted by China, that Russia will hold that the Celestial empire has thereby broken her pledged neutrality, thus affording ground for an attack upon certain parts of Mongolia that would be of great strategic value in the war. LIAOYANG, May 30.—The impression at headquar- ters is growing that the main objective of the enemy is Port Arthur and it would not be surprising if the actual assault on that fortress began within a fortnight. No important movement 6f General Kuroki had been report- ed up to the time this dispatch was flled. CHEFU, May 30.—From Chinese sources it i3 learned that the Russians have four lines of defense between Nan. shan and Port Arthur. ~._ War Newp Continued on Page &