The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 3, 1904, Page 1

ter.” Fischer's—“T. Alcazar—“Toll Gate Inn.” California—"Janice Meredith.” Central—"“A Celebrated Case.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Columbia—“The Little Minis- Grand—"Gismonda.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Tivoli—*“The Toy Maker.” _—— l " ) P——n 3 VOLUME XCVI—NO. 3. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LARGE JAPANESE ARMY DISEMBARKS NEAR TAKUSHAN CHEFU, June 3.---The Japanese have landed another army fwenty miles from Takushan. Seventy warships and transports have discharged troops there. Reinforcements for the Japanese army which is attacking Port Arthur have been landed northeast of Talienwan. Candidates Release Delegates from All Obligations, but the Deadlock Continues in the Illinois Republican Conventiog Break to Lowden Gives Him a Good Lead. Exciti;zg Scenes During Day’s Balloting. SPRINGFIELD, T, June 2.—A des- perate effort on the part of Republican b s to break the deadlock in "the £t e ed to-day, and at | B t nblage took | a ss a. m. to-morrow with- ed, a candidate to bring about the break mar ered the plan, which s e by the report of th resolutions, which presented t lution to the effect t he tes be released from ons. When it.was presented, e candidates, one fore the convention ion regarding it. or of the reso- order named: ., Governor Richard T. Charles Deneen, Attorney Gen- wland J. Hamlin, Lawrence Congressman - Vespasian Warner and John H. Pierce. CANNON MAKES A PLEA. Lowde Congressman atter of the comvention and elo- q lently brezk the deadlock. He declared that th elegates must compromise and called 2a2ttention to the fact that the ntion, by its inaction, was injur- the Republican party, not only in but in the entire nation. adopt this resolution,” he ninate a ticket, and let's ing T nots “Let us was not a vote against the ution, but when the roll wae called no substantial change from the ballots of the previous day. On the next bal- lot fore the noon recess a num- ber of the uninstructed delegates voted for -Judge Sherman, whose speech be- fore the convention had made a good impression, and he received 80 votes. When the convention reconvened for the afternoon session the long-expected break from Yates to Lowden came and | he got the vote of Speaker Cannon’s afstric egates. LOWDEN GAINS AND LOSES. For eeveral ballots his vote increased t reached & total of 631%. Then e turned and on the closing bal- lot, the seventy-eighth, his vote had €ropped to 5321 It requires 72 to € lowest vote during the day was and his closing vote was 405. There was no material change in the wote of the other tandidates. Much excitement prevailed during the afternoon sessjon. Lowden men ‘started several demonmstrations in ef- forts to stampede the convention and they made & great noise. When Low- @en began to fall back the Yates peo- ple began a demonstration and let @own from the girders a great banner beering the quotation, “Hold the fort.” Chairman Cannon ordered it teken .down and a dozen hands tore it from its fastenings and threw the wreck into the Morgan County Yates' delega- tion. A fight was prevented by the interference of the police. The ban- ‘per, after fts rescue by the Yates men, was hung up at the rear of the plat- form f s Anti-Mormon Platform. BOISE, 1daho, June 2.<~The Demo- cre corivention of this county was held to-Aay and was of great import- gnce because Kenator Dubois’ plan for dealing with the Mormon question was brought forward and adopted by the convention. The resolutions adopted demand & plank in the national plat- form favoring the submission of an amendment to the constitution giving Congress authority to deal with the problem of polygamy and punish those guilty of polygamous practice. NI A A Succeeds Quay on Committee. WASHINGTON, June 2.—Postmas- ter General Payne, as acting chairman -of the Republican National Commit- tee. has appointed United States Sen- ator Penrose of Pennsylvania a mem- ber of the committee, to succeed the late Senator, QUay. R A Wyoming Instructs for Hearst. .CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 2.—The WWyoming State convention to-day se- Jected delegates to the National Con- . vention and instructed them to vote for William R. Heatst for the Pres- idential pomination. Cannon demanded the| vleaded with the delegates to | the sixty-seventh ballot there was | t &s well as the votes of several | other countiee and some scattering del- | - | i ! 1 | 3 NOIS, WHO NOW HAS THE HIC ONE TIME YESTERDAY APPEAF CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NO! | INATION FOR GOVERNOR OF ILLI 'MBER OF VOTES AND WHO AT COLLEGIAN (ONFRSSES IS CRINE Claremont’s Shooting “Mystery” Is Ex- plained. e . POMONA, June 2.—Harry S. Wil- fett, president of the Sophomore Club at Pomona College and who came |from San Jose, has confessed that he is the incendiary who operated at the home of wealthy Mrs. Louise Renwick at Claremont, in the Pomona Valley, and that he shot himself purposely to create sympathy for himself. The confession has astounded people in this locality and little else is talked of here to-night. Early last Friday morning the peo- ple in Claremont, the site of the Po- mona College, heard pistol shot the yard of Mrs. Renwick’s mansion. People who ran to the scene found Harry Willett apparently unconscious on the ground, with bullet wounds in his left arm and shoulder. He sald later that he had been roused from his sleep in an adjacent house by the sound of steps upon the porch of the | Renwick residence. He sald further that he ran out to defend the prop- erty when an unknown man shot him | twice and that he fell to the ground. | It was discovered that some one had | carried rags saturated with oil and a bottle of kerosene to the porch and {had tried to force an entrance to the | unoccupied Renwick residence. All Claremont was excited at the attempt at incendiarism and praised Willett's | conduct. For a week he has been the | hero of the college town and profes- |sors and students have vied with one | another to nurse him back to health. Meanwhile the local police searched long and far for the alleged incendiary and murderous assailant. Yesterday Constable Slanker found that the oll- saturated rags came from a room to | which only Willett had a key. Other suspicious facts were revealed, but the Claremont people denounced the con- stable’s theory that™ Willett was the guilty person. { Constable Slanker and President | Gates of Pomona College went to the | bedside of Willett to-day and showed {him proofs of his guilt. After two hours of discussion Willett broke down and sobbingly confessed that he had planned and executed the attempted burning of Mrs. Renwick's house in -3 RED. OF VICTORY. T TENT CITY 10 HOUSE I SICK Tllinois to Have Col- ony for Consump- tives. . | CHICAGO, June 2.—One of the most | important moves ever made in this | part of the country toward the stamp- | ing out of pulmonary consumption will be instituted at once by the establish- ment of a tent colony at Ottawa, Ill., under the patronage of the Illinois | State Medical Society. The site, containing twenty-five or thirty acres on a bluff overlooking the | Tlinois River, has been donated to the use of the colony and arrangements are now in progress for the purchase | of tents and other equipments. Men and women patfents will be received. It is the purpose of the physicians backing the undertaking to demon- strate that tuberculosis can be cured in this climate, when not too far ad- vanced, by fresh air and good food. | From this beginning it is expected sim- | flar camps will be established through- out the State. The only cost to the patients will be the actual expense of food. This item, it is estimated, will be from $16 to $18 a month. The consumptives who avall them- selves of the opportunity to regain their health will be subject to one con- dition. They will be required to prom- ise when they enter the colony that they will remain there until pronounced cured. From nine months to a year is the estimated length of residence re- quired. After leaving the colony the patients will be observed for two years and if no sign of disease reappears in | that time they will be considered per- { fectly sound. The tent colony will be open summer and winter alike. _ - mm | order to make himself a hero in her eyes and to get a money reward for | his bravery in her behalf; also that he had shot himself deliberately in order to give weight to his story of his bravery and at the same time make himself a hero in the eyes of the Po- |mona College students and faculty. He said he did not intend to cause anything more than flesh wounds, but the fact is he narrowly escaped killing himself. 2 & ‘Willett is 20 years old and is one of the brightest young men in the e¢ol- lege, — Kuropatkin Yields to the Clamor at Home. Sending an Army to Attack Gen- eral Oku. VANZALEN, Manchuria, Wednes- day, June 1.—The Japanese are land- ing another army of 50,000 men at Takuskan. Japanese posts were withdrawn to-day from positions | near Vafangod (Vagenfuchu), de- stroying the bridges as they retired. They were busy during the night re- meving the wounded from the bat- tlefield and burying the dead. LONDON, June 3.—Telegrams from different points seem to confirm the rumors that General Kuropatkin is attempting a diversion in the direc- tion of Port Arthur. Russian _rein- forcements, according to a dispatch from Tientsin, are moving southward from Kaiping toward Wafangtien, under General Stalkenburg. They comprise a battery of artillery, four Siberian regiments and a company of Cossacks, aggregafing 12,0000 men. | Another brigade is following, the in- tention being to engage the Japan- ese now attacking Port Arthur in their rear. JAPANESE NOT ALARMED. The Standard Tientsin, sending says: » “The Russian force in the engage- correspondent at the same news, ment at Wafantien on May 30. is sup- | posed to6 have been formed of four Siberian regiments. which were re- ported to have left T hiachao o May 28, being the fii section a relieving column for Port Arthur. The railway is fairly intact from the north to Wafangtien, but is complete- ly deserted from there to Pulantien. The Japanese are unconcerned over this demonstration, being’ convinced that it will be impracticable for the Russians to move a sufficient force to ‘prove effective.” LONDON, June 2.—The Daily Mail's Newchwang correspondent, cabling under date of June 2, says: seneral Stalkenberg, with Russians, made up of artillery and cav- alry and also infantry, has marched south of Liaoyang, in the direction of Wafantien. “Large forces of Chinese bandits are collecting in the hills northeast of the Liao River and are preparing to cut the railway north of Mukden."” REINFORCEMENTS FOR OKU. The correspondent of the Daily Ex- press at Nagasaki cables that trans- | ports laden with troops continue to leave Western Japanese ports daily for the theater of war. A large proportion of those dispatched during the past week, he says, were to reinforce Gen- eral Oku. The belief here is that if General Kuropatkin is undertaking such a des- perate measure, he can be doing so only in deference to the strongest po- litical pressure and against his better judgment. No further news of any kind has been received about the movements of the Japanese forces. Generals Kuroki and Oku are working in the utmost secrecy. The Daily Telegraph's well informed Tokio correspondent estimates the to- tal defending force in Port Arthur as 30,000. < “This is a most formidable army,” he says, “and it will be a marvelous achievement to carry by assault such @& place, with more than a score of great landward forts disposed at a dis- tance of fifteen miles from the harbor. Still, the reduction of the place un- doubtedly can be accomplished.” According to the Chronicle’'s Tokio correspondent, the Russians have com- pleted eleven fortresses at Liaoyang and are laying mines at a distance of 5000 feet around them. G U, BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE PECULIAR Talk of Anglo-Russian Rapproche- ment Continues. 8T. PETERSBURG, June 2—The comment here on the settlement of the Russo-Canadian fisheries dispute is very significant. The agreement is welcomed by the Russian press as evi- dence of the increasing probability of an Anglo-Russian alliance, the papers pointing out that public opinion in Great Britain, France and Russia is becoming more favorable, the war, in- stead of proving an obstacle to an alliance, serving as one of the argu- ments in its favor. More significant still is a strong in- timation of the Novosti, foreshadowing that a commercial treaty between the two countries will pave the way to a purely, commercial rapprochement. The impression is growing that Great Britain is playing a shrewd game, for big stakes, commercially as well as po- litically, and that while a complete agreement would be mutually advan- tageous to both Russia and Great Brit- ain, it would be at the expense of the United States in both these directions. ATy . War News Continued on Page 2, _ b | 14,000 | about sixty-five miles west of Calientes, Nev., on the line of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railrcad. The cave is now being thoroughly ex- plored by members of the railroad and engineering crew, who learned of it through an old resident of the sparsely settled district. The cavern bids fair to become one of the most celebrated of the natural wonders’ of the West and a rival of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky. Ex- ploring parties have been able to pene- trate to a distance of over 2000 feet, progress at this point being stopped by an abyss so deep that stones thrown from the brink gave back no sound of striking bottom. E. O. Wattis of Ogden, Utah, one of a party that first investigated the nat- ural wonder, announces that a system- atic exploration is in contemplation. He, in company with several railroad contractors, recently .enetrated to a great «depth the mysteries of the hith- erto scarcely known cavern. Accord- ing to him the cave is filled with beau- tiful crystallized chambers, many of them of great size and height. “The cave is filled with natural arches,” he said, “supported by stal- actite columns, the beauty of which is marvelous. From the floor great stal- agmites push up and branch toward the dome-like ceilings, In the shape of trees.” The cave is possibly the outlet of one of the “lost” rivers which abound in who is also a stranger in town. The men were not friends, but had met in a box car near the depot during the night, both having beaten their way here on trains. % Hampton was crazed by alcohol to-| day and, drawing a knife, pursued | Morris. After a chase of several blocks Morris, realizing his inability to out- run his pursuer, halted and begged Hampton to throw away his knife and fight fairly. Hampton immediately, wrapped his coat around his left arm | as a guard and with the open knife clasped in his right hand he advanced toward Morris, who, In his emergency, | likewise protected his arm and drew a knife. Hampton made a lunge at Morris, but i failed to land with the knife, and Mor- | ris made an unsuccessful counter. | Hampton repeated and Morris narrow- | 1y avoided a blow by dodging. Mnrrlsi took advantage of an opportunity and | with one swing cut a gash ln} Hampton's body. on the porch. He died this afternoon. Morris surrendered immediately to officers. - Hampton declared that Mor- ris was justified in cutting him, be- cause he had forced the fighting. Hampton i{s from South Carokina and Morris is & miner who bas worked in T | hands with equal ease. Hampton walked | Budd. into the yard of W. H. Miller and fell | 5 — — ] 1 he Pal b Clash in Grill Room of the Palace, but “Jim” O’ Brien P ts Blood Letti | im rien rFFrevenits o0 etiing | 4= ™ - + | 5 | ! | | | { | | 1 | i | | | i I | | | ¥ —+ | o | | Hammer JSwing* i | ing With Both \ | \ f Hands. | ! ; ! ! | The battle of the Santa Cruz conven- [ 4= » G s ! tion broke out afresh In the Palace Ho- Ve 2. L] S EM OC] TIC PARTY IN CA ORN T“%xflf{}\‘gy‘:gcx.\"lfi"\?fl‘\"%?%flifi?‘ w'ffi Sr WORDS IN THE PALACE | , tel grill yesterday and was observed by HOTEL GRILL YESTERDAY. THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES. | |an army of spectators. The engage- o —* | ment began precisely at 12:50 p. m. and | [N | lasted fifteen minutes. The clash was ! T | between M. F. Tarpey and ex-Governor ] | James H. Budd, both of the Hearst L forces. The advanée of Tarpey was > “ N | sudden and bold. He uttered no.battle / | ery in particular, but swore by alk the big and little buttes of great Shasta fland that Budd was ambidextrous. Just think of it! The idea of ome T WA T | Democratic statesman of the Hearst | contingent calling a' brother states- | man of the same party ambidextrous, | and, more than that, proving by sub- R S | sequent language that he knew the Special Dispatch to The Call. ’ Special Dispatch to The Call. | meaning of the term! 4 o - 1 hammer with SALT LAKE, June 2—A vast under- | CHICO, June 2—Wade Andrew |, 008 STIE % hammer With hoth ground cavern, in places seemingly [ Hampton, a stranger in Chico, W“iyeur friends. You have been talking bottomless and of unknown extent, has | killed this morning in the course of a | ahout me. You have been talking too been discovered near Cain Springs, | fight with knives with Fred Morris, | much about the Santa Crus convention and saying that I butchered the Hearst campaign. Yes, on the 17th of May you said I had butchered the Hearst campaign. You are ambidextrous. You swing a hammer with LJoth hands.” AMBIDEXTROUS DEFINED. Reference to the dictionaries proves conclusively that Tarpey looked after his ammunition before going into the fight. He didn't provide himseif with ten-inch projectiles for dight-inch guns. Webster defines “ambidextrous™: “Having the faculty of using both Practicing or siding with both parties. Esop con- demns * * * all false shuffing and ambidextrous dealings.” The Century Dictidnary is equally explicit in defining what “ambidex- trous” means: “Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease and dexterity, hence skillful, facile. Prae- ticing or siding with both parties; double dealing and deceitful.” It Is plain now, after the smoke of battle has cleared away. that Tarpey planned the onset to crush and destroy The wary Governor must have had some knowledge or premoni- tion of Tarpelan tictics. He did not lose his presence of mind o yfeld one inch of ground, but returned the fire with telling effect. The numerous non- combatants were dazed and bewildered. McNAB MISSED THE FUN. Seated for lunch at the round table