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

D R e Dl midnight, June 1: Cloudy Wednesday; TEE WEATHESR. Forecast made at San Fran- cisco for thirty hours ending San Francisco and vicinity— erly winds, changing to brisk northwest. A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. light south- ter.” To-Day. Tivoli—“The Alcazar—“Toll Gate Inn." California—*Janice Meredith.” Central—“A Celebrated Case.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Columbia — “The Little Minis- Fischer's—"U. S.” Grand—“Gismonda.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Matines Toy Maker.” - VOLUME XCVI—NO. >1 ~ SAN' FRANCISCO, \VEDN_fiSDAY JUNE 1, 1904. PRICE FIVE BESIEGERS AND DEFENDERS BATTLE SIX MILES FROM PORT ARTHUR: CONTINUOUS FIGHTING AND HEAVY LOSSES NEAR FENGWANGCHENG —_— FRENCH AID N PLEDGED 10 AMERICA, That Nation Wil Join Against Moor | Request of the State Depart-| ment in Washington Is Granted. Bandit Raissouli D2mands an Indepen- | dent Kingdom as Reward for Freeing Perdicaris. WP SRR T PARIE, May 3L—Foreign Minister | Delicasse, in consequence of a com- | munication from the State Depart- ment at Washington, transmitted through bassador Porter, has tele- | graphed tructions to the French Min r at Tangier to use his utmost endeavors to obtain the release of Ion Perdiceris and Cromwell Varley. American officials are hopeful that ench influence with the Moroccan Government, together with the pres- ence of the American fleet at Tangie ill secure an adjustment of the af Reports through French ofcind | anels show that Raissoull’s de- mand for ransom is $70.000. The American view is that if the ransom should be paid through the of Perdicaris, Raissouli's de- could be dealt with subsequently and the money restored, but the French officials who are familiar with he situation in Morocco are less san- | n a seiliement, owing to claims ssouli has put forward which n to raise political and inter- 1 entanglements. According to reaching the Foreign Of- res the Sultan to give iinate kingdom, with the axes throughout a region . jght square kilo- s s along the main g Tangier to Fez. Officials eay Raiss would thereby become of the dominant political factors emand is considered un- the French Minister at ed release of a der similar circum- Perdicaris sthorities are not like- the seizure of a . of marines, being at the Monroe doc- . p both ways. It is also that an expedition in- be wh impracticable, . topographical and material Parisien's Oran dispatches t the Moorish pretender's last disbanded. Numerous | king to make mission | to the Sultan ARV SR FRANCE MAY SUCCEED. | Wields Great Influence With All m-‘ tions in Morocco. WASHINGTON, May 31.—Thrpugh | Jor Porter, Secretary Hay has ted the French Government | exercise its good offices toward securing the release of Perdicaris, the | kidnaped American in Morocco. The | French Government has undertaken | k and because of its closer as- with the varioms elements in is believed here that it can sh more than any other gov- e British Government also | great energy in behalf | y. the stepson of Perdi- sh subject, and the are in communication | ed States Government in the co w the pursuit Admiral Chadwick is not expected present land a party from his | fleet to pursue the brigands, but it is stated positively that if Raissouli car- ries out threat to kill his captives, the United States Government will in- #ist that he be run down and executed y cost cablegram has been received at he Navy Department from Rear Ad- Chadwick, commanding the atic fleet at Tangier: ure of the American citi- insurgent chiefs, so as to g pressure on the Sultan of Mo- | cceo to secure the demands of the | be. Our sense of the gravity of the < shown by the presence of the | rican squadron and will undoubt- | cause the earlier yielding by the Sultan of Morocco to the demands of ¢ chief, which is the only ne of releasing the captive.” yere is the highest authority for| the statement that an attack on| Tangier or an expedition against the | brigands will be followed by the im- | ptives. safe | mediate murder of the et AR e GATHERING OF WARSHIPS. Moors Impressed by the Presence of TANGIER, May 31.—The United States gunboats Castine and Marietta arrived here during the night, com- pleting witlj the cruisers Brooklyn and Atlante, which arrived yesterday, the | American squadron sent here in con- nection with the kidnaping by the bandit Raissouli of Ion Perdicaris, the American, and his stepson, Crombwell YVarley. a British subject. The popu- jation is deeply impressed by the as- sembling of so many United States CHEFU, June i, Il a. m—An unconfirmed rumor is current among the Chinese that a battle occurred six miles from Port Arthur yesterday (Tuesday). oS b BATTLE SCENE OF THE FAR EASTERN WAR; JAPANESE STORMING THE HEIGHTS HELD BY THE RUSSIANS. AT KULIENCHENG. 7 MIDES TIER SEX UNTIL LIFE ENDS Noted New Bruns- wick Guide a Woman. Special Dispatch to The Call CLARENDON SPRINGS,*N. B, May 31.—James Humphreys, 20 years old, a handsome young guide, fishermah and axman in the New Brunswick forests, was killed by a Canadian Pacific train to-day. Then it was discovered that “he” was a woman. 3 Humphreys’' real name it has been learned, was Mary Jane Humphreys. She was born and raised in Frederick- ton. At 10 years she cut her hair, put on boy's clothes and.ran away. She worked in a wood camp as cook .and no one ever suspected her sex. lived here for 2 years and net long ago went through the form of marriage with a young woman. LIEUTENANT AIKEN.IS % DISMISSED FROM - ARMY Severe Sentence Is Imposed on Young | Officer for Breach of Arrest. yASHINGTON, May 31.—First Lieu- tehant William B. Aiken, Twenty- | eighth Infantry, has been;tried in the Department of California -on a charge of breach of arrest and sentenced (o dismissal. He served in a Tennessee regiment during the Spanish war and was appointed first lleutenant in the regular army in 1901 = - - war vessels, and people living outside the city are removing here for safety. The British and American represen- tatives have sent a special courier to the Sultan of Morocco concerning the prisoners. The officials maintain strict secrecy regarding the negotia- tions in progress. A death has occurred on board one of the American ships. Funeral ser- vices were held to-day. The British dispatch boat Surprise arrived here during the day with the | goqqor 1. admiral from Gibraltar with the British Minister. The United States flagship Brooklyn saluted the She has | RARE GIFT 10 COLLEGE - FOR WOMEN Gallery of Art Do- nated by Los Angelenos. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, May 31L—At the | commencement . exercises of Trinity near this city, to-day, a gallery of paintings, statuary and etchings val- ued-at $250,000 was formally presented to the college by Judge and Mrs. Miles | O’'Connor of Los Angeles. The collec- tion is housed in a handsome addition | to the main - college buildings, .also | given by Judge and Mrs. O'Connor. The double _donation is estimated in’ value | to be worth $500,009.- 73 Both of the venerable donors attend- | e@ the-exercises to-day. : | Included in the collection presented are ten original works of sculpture, 115 paintings in oil, chiefly copies of-.re- lizious masterpieces in Rome, Venice and. Florence, and .230 engravings ~or etchings in black and white. There are several - mosaics, photographs- and a porcelain, chiefly of religious subjects. ————— I"l\').\'ED TO DEATH BY 5 UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS | Indiana Man Falls Victim to Brutal Assault as He Steps From a Car. ANDERSON, Ind., May . 3L.—Hiram | Staley, a young busin€éss man, | was | stoned to death just after stepping from an electric car at Chesterfield, five miles east of here, last night. His assailants have not been identified and their motive is not known. PROFESSOR MATHER MAY COME OUT WEST Occidental College at Los Angeles Makes Offer to President of Fort . Edwards Institute, SANDY HIL . Y., May 31.—Pro- . Mather, president of the to confer | port pawdrds Collegiate Institute, has been tendered the presidency of the Occidental College at Los Angeles, N 1 Galiforniag (Catholic) College for Women, located .| cabinet of small paintings on ivory and- - Governor, in view of the troublous Russians Retire; After Sharp ‘Action. Cossack Patrol Is Ambushed by Japanese. LIAOYANG, May 3L—Continuous fighting has taken place northeast of Fengwangcherig and the railway above Kinchou simce May 27. A sharp action has' taken place eastward of Simatsi, thirty-five miles north of Ferigwang- cheng, which lasted from (e morning of May 27 until daylisht May 30. Both sides suffered severely. Detailed .fig- ures are lacking. The engagement re- sulted in the Russians retiring on Si- matsi, followed cautiously by Japanese detachments. » Three camps of Japanese are report- ed to have ambushed a patrol of the Nerinsky regiment - near Hunslan, wounding three Cossacks. A fourth Cossack had his horse killed under him. Fearing capture, he buried his rifie. He was captured, but subse- quently escaped, dug up his rifle and rejoined his regiment. . Severe fighting is reported along the railway between stations Vfangoy and Vfandien. ~The Japanese suffered heavily and would have been annihi- lated- had not infantry reserves come up and forced the Russians to 1ciire into Vfangoy. - .- LONDON, June L—The correspond- ent of the Standard at Japanese army headquarters, telegraphing on May 31, says:. . . “Repeated reconnoissances show that none of the enemy’s troops are within fifteen miles ‘of Fengwangcheng or east of the Tayang River for thirty miles in the direction of Siuyen. Motienling Pass may delay, but cannot prevent the Japunese advance, as the pasg can be turned on either flank.” . The Morning Post’s correspondent at Shanghai learns that the Russians hanged a number of Chinese who had been caught signaling to the Japanese fleet near Vladivostok. The Tokio correspondent of the Chronicle telegraphs: ) ‘‘Russian strategy has undergone an- other change. Yingkow is to be again fortified. Four guns have been brought from Newchwang; the garrison has been increased and the harbor mined.” el R Bandits to Be Shown No Mercy. LIAOYANG, May 3l.—Seventy con- demned Chinese ‘bandits are here awaiting execution. The local Chinese times, has been empowered to'behead bandits without referring their cases to the Chinese authorities at Mukden. e .« War News. Continued on Page 8, PUTS POISON 1FREE FEAST - ON FLOWERS | OF PRUNES 0N A GRAVE 1S OFFERED Miscreant Sprinkles|San Jose Sends Tons! carbolic Acid on - Bouquet. Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, |/ Or May 31.—The grave of Mrs. H. W. Prettyman in Lone Fir Cemetery was desecrated yesterday and poison was afterward scattered about the Prettyman resi- dence, about two miles distant, caus- ing the death of a flock of chickens. A young'man is suspected. He was seen about the Prettyman home during the absénce of the family and the police are working on a description of him given by the neighbors. Prettyman, who is & deputy game warder, visited the grave of his wife Decorat] day and with his daughter placed flowers on her tomb. Then they returned home to luncheon and later went- back to the graveyard and dis- covered that the flowers were black instead of the various colors they bore when they were placed upon the grave. Gazing in amazement on the flowers,” Prettyman reached down to investigate. He .selzed one of the bou- quets, but drew his hand quickly away, dropping the flowers to the ground, for his hand stung as though _burned when' it touched the flowers. Return- ing home, Prettyman found about fifty of his fowls dead and dying. Inves- tigation showed that poison had been thrown around promiscuously. Pretty- man visited a physician to-day and learned that his hand had been burned by .carbolic acid. CLING TO UPTURNED BOAT FOR_A DAY Three Men Stick to Capsized Oraft - Twenty-Seven Hours and Are - Rescued. % SPRINGVILLE, Utah, May 31.—Af- ter clinging for twenty-seven hours to the bottom of their boat, which had been capsized in a squall on Utah Lake. near Geneva, Bruce Dallin, Jared Smith and Charles Wilson have been rescued by one of the many parties in search for them. The men were completely exhausted when rescued, . > ] % of Fruit to St. Louis, —_— Epecial Dispatch to The Call. ST.' LOUIS, May 31.—World's Fair visitors are to be taught the food value of prunes. Thirteen tons of choice San Jose prunes arrived to- day, to be used as an object lesson in showing the world how to stew and eat this wholesome fruit. The free feast of prunes will take place daily at the San Jose county exhibit in the Agricultural Palace, where California ladies will serve the fruit to all visitors and explain the various .methods of cooking it which prevail in California. ‘When this stock of prunes is ex- hausted a new supply will atrive, so that World's Fair visitors may learn | how to .eat prunes. Prune coffee also will be served free to visitors. It is a preparation of dried prunes and grain, as a substitute for coffee, and booklets will be given away, teaching the food value of the prune. ey oa s LADY MANAGERS FETE MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT President’s Daughter Entertained at a Luncheon on tire Exposition Grounds. ST. LOUIS, May 31.—The social event of to-day on the fair grounds was the luncheon tendered Miss Alice Rogsevelt by the board of lady man- agers. It was held in the Woman's building. It was the first intention of the -board to limit the invitations to 100, but the pressure brought by St. Louis society women, who wished to meet Miss Roosevelt, was so great that the list was extended to 150, and when Miss Roosevelt took her place at the center of the table the official members of the party swelled the number about the board to nearly 200. Viscount de Chambrin, attache of the French embassy at Washington, called upon Miss Roosevelt in Com- missioner la Grave's automobile this morning and took her to the French #ection of the Manufacturers® build- LOST CHILD S HEIR T0 MILLION A Montana Woman Seeks Son Who Was Stolen, ;Property of Aristocratic English Family s Leit to the Boy. | i }Qum Recalls Famous Dunsmore Di- | i | \ vorce Suit in the Courts of Colorado. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | BUTTE, Mont., May 31.—Bonevieve | Lemar, one of the most notorious, yet | beautiful, women of the mining camps of the Northwest, is on a journey to Colorado, where she will search every city, village and hamlet for her eleven- year-old son, Francis Lemar, who, she declares, has fallen heir to the estate of the Dunsmere family of Brockmore, England, worth several millions of dol- lars. The missing boy was kidnaped from his mother seven years ago, when Roy | Dunsmore, son of the aristocratioEng lish family, was waging a bitter war aga!nsl the woman+in the divorce court in Colorado. The legal struggle was one of the bitterest aver recorded in | divorce court annals, and the efforts of Bonevieve Lemar to retain possession of her child, when she realized she had lost the love-of her husband, won the admiration of spectators at the trial of the case. The love story of Roy Dunsmore is a | Strange one. In the early '80's, while {on a trip through the West in search of health, he met the beautiful Bonnje Lemar, and, after a brief courtshi; married her. When the aristocratic parents of Dunsmore heard of the unfon they disowned their son. In 1892 Bonevieve bore a son, and though Dunsmore’s remittances from | home were cut off the couple appeared to. be happy, the womar. conductin, herself in an upright meaner. Difter: ences arose later, aprarently over th‘ :t;dalgrsd relations between the husband aren ally While the legal battle was on Fran- Lemar, the son, was kidnaped from h alr:sotgnrde:‘nd ;hchasfl across several E egan. e Colorac -ou finally decided against n:::?o e and the child was placed in the cus. tody of a humane society, which insti. tution eventually permitted its adop- tion by some family, whose name the authorities refused to divulge, in order to defeat the purposes of the frantic mother. Since that time, it is claimed, the records of the humane society have s"i‘nye;.s: and the boy's identity de- Roy Dunsmore died seve: el ?tg: and his last request to ;?sl f;(l::"‘ ppears, was ide e that the latter provide Two months ago, accordi ve of Dunsmore passed away at Brock- more, leaving her son their heir. "he Lemar woman has been living at I lon, a small camp forty miles south of Butte, where she received word of the demise of the Dunsmores. She was in Butte to-day en route to Colorado tn pursue the search for her son. She will engage a corps of lawyers and detec- tives to find the boy. | C e WEALTHY MISS FARREL BREAKS OFF ENGAGEMENT Daughter of Millionaire Manufac Will Not Marry David Hny:“m ler Gaines. DERBY, Conn., May 1.—The an- nouncement was made here to-day that the wedding of Miss Elsie Marion Far- rel, a wealthy young woman, who is a daughter of Franklin Far- rel, “the millionaire manufacturer and mine owner of Ansonia, and David Huyler Gaines of New York hdd been indefinitely postponed. Miss Farrel's friends said that her marriage engage- ment had been broken and that the wedding would never take place. The marriage had been set for June 22 and their friends are unable to give reason for her action. The trousseau of Miss Farrell had heen completed and the gowns of her bridese maids partly finished. ——— GUATEMALAN RED ANTS KILL THE BOLL WEEVIL SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 31.—Jose Cassiano, ex-County Collector, who has several hundred acres of cotton in this county, is the bearer of good tid- ings concerning the work of the Guate- malan red ants. Cassiano’s fields less than a month ago were alive with boil j weevils. To-day Qe said that there - was not a live weevil in his fields. The rows are strewn with dead. weevils, which the busy little red ants are car- rying away by thousands. ing, where she was received by Com- missioner la Grave; Jean Guillemin, delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Paul de Sachy, chief editor of Le Siecle, and Mar: Estien, sec- retary of the French section. Miss Roosevelt was much interested and expressed admiration for a beautiful miniature watch, whereupon M., In Grave presented the jewel te her,