The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1904, Page 1

mianight, Jupe 8: ! Fair Wednesday;: A G. District erly. !w made at San Fran- cisco for thirty hours ending San Prancisco and vicinity— | winds, changing to brisk west- TEE WEATHER. light north MCADIE. Forecaster To-Day. Alcazar—Under Two Fiags.” California—‘“The Cavalier.” Central—“The Peddler.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Columbia—*“The Nittle Minister.” Fischer's—*U. 8.” Grand—*“A Captain of Navarre.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Matinee Tivoll—“Sergeant Kitty.” SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, "1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ARMED CITIZENS AID SHERIFF AND SOLDIERY IN EXPELLING RIOTERS FROM VICTOR DISTRICT S - + ’ - - . A \17 O i1 SISTED by hundreds of armed citizens, banded into a v\igilance committee, Sheriff Bell of Teller County, Colorado, and the Bl & \h A | | ate troops have succeeded in restoring a semblance of order in the Cripple Creek district. Many leaders of the rioters e St Il have been thrown into the “bullpen” and others are being deported by train. Adjutant General Bell is en route to Cripple Creek FL ‘F,l‘ ) l XY ' No trace of the perpetrators of the Independence dynamite outrage has been found. v L} B N e A T B e SAIL MO0 S SR Turkey Is Said io Have Granted Permission Names as a Condition That Vessels Never Recross the Bosphorus. e British Foreign Office Has Not Heard of Reported Plan fo Violate Treaty. = SR 15 (1) G, June 7.—Grand mander-in-chief an apparently has obtained the per- create a dron from the ship et, and permission btained from Tur hrough the Darda- tion that they will nperor to cond r This squadron will be according to the report, battleships Rostislav, Dvenad- t, Apostoloff and Tria Sviatitelia. It accampanied by torpedo-noats royers and will sail for the Far simultaneoysly with the Baltic on. VDON, June 7.—The Foreign Of- as not received any requesi.from a4 or Turkey to agree to the pas- Russian Black Sea fleet Dardanelles. It is pointed Turkey doubtless wouid be ed to get rid of the Russian Sea fleet, but the passage of through the Dardanelles permission for which is not granted if asked for. RUSSIAN GUNNER’S HEROISM. Returns 1o Disable Abandoned Can- non and Receives Many Wounds. LADI K. June 6.—Mail ad- ng say that an am- o arrive here has on r wounded, a Jap- hom General Kuro- rticular care to single liment on the fighting his compatriots. The gen- Japanese he would per re the forwarding of a let- ents in Tokio. gunner, who was ‘badly t Turenchen, has received a exploit performed by fighting there. He re- which could not be he Russians with- sabled it a were coming u eceived & num- ber of bayonet v ds, but suckeeded in making his escape. ———— BRUSH NEAR SAIMATSZA. drew Japanese Attack a Russian Reconnoit- ering Party. PETERSBURG, June 7.—The aff to-day received the fol- disg from General Sak- chief of staff of General Kuro- kin There is no change in the situation in Fengwangcheng. A Japanese detachment has evac- uated a position which it occupied south of W near the village of Chuchiatun, and retired southward, pursued by our cavalry. uring & reconnoissance on June 3 neighborhood of Saimatsza a detachment of Japanese infantry fired on our rear guard. Their approach was stopped by an advance of our gow, troops. The firing lasted twg and a half hours. We had two men killed and six wounded.” —_—— JAPAN BUYING SUBMARINES. Vessel Belicved to Have Been Shipped ¥rom Newport News. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., June 7.—A re- i reached this city to-day that the boat »ped to Japan from New York ana t four boats modeled after the Pro- p submarine sh cctor are now under construction at the works of the Newport News Dry- dock and Shipbuilding Company. Bridgeport men interested in the con- struction of these boats decline to give information as to what has been e with the Protector. panese agents have been in this several times, and as a result, it and night at a Jocal hotel on plans and models for submarine boats. Some of these mnodels are known to have been shipped to Newport News. . T COSSACKS ARE ROUTED. sSurprised and Defeated by Japanese on the Kinchou Road. TOKIO, June 7.—A detachment of the Japanese force which landed at Takushan Surprised and routed a company of Cossacks on Sunday at Kanchiatun, on the Kinchou toad, seven miles northeast of Takushan. BREE . e T War News Continued on Page 4. istinct contravention of | ‘Compel_-\fi&na,n to St. Louis Will Repay Fine Furniture and the Japanese | Protector had been | draughtsmen are working day | { MOORS ROB | A BRITOX Give Up Rifles B _Spo_use. TANGIER, June 7.—Armed Anjera | Moors invaded the residence of an | Englishman here to-day a4 compelled | his wife to give up the rifies of her | husband who was absent. The out- rage took place in broad daylight. The | British Consul demands the arrest of | the tribesmen, but the Moorish officials hesitate because the perpetrators are influential. , LONDON, June 8 —The Foreign Of- | fice denfes that the British Mediter- | ranean squadron has sailed for Tan- gler, as cabled from Gibraltar. The Mediterranean squadron did sail from Gibraltar this morning, but returned | to that port this afternoon. The statement that the United States | intends, in the event of the failure of | the negotiations, to seize a Moorish | port, is not credited at the Foreign Of- | fice, where it is said thdt the United States and England are working har- | moniously, with the co-operation of | France. | ——— CABLE TO GUAM FROM | MONADO TUA PROMISED | | German and Dutch Capitalists Or- ganize Syndicate to Connect the | Islands by Wire. | BERLIN, June 7.—The Frankfur- ter Zeitung announces that a syndi- cate of German and Dutch capitalists has been organized for the flnancier- ing of a cable from the Dutch island | of Monado Tua, off the coast of Cele- | bes, East Indies, to the island of Guam |and thence to Shanghal. Through : connection with the American cable it is intended to eliminate British in- fluence over the German and Dutch cable business with East Asia. —_————————— Maurders Charged to Cossacks. SEOUL, Korea, June 7.—Reliable | information has been recelved here | from Pingyang to the effect that Cos- | sacks between Anju and Kaichou are reported to be killing the Korean na- | tives and looting their homes. IR L A | Chanmel Cleared of Mines. TOKIO, June 7.—Admiral Togo has succeeded in clearing the channel { leading into Talienwan. He began locating mines on Jun¢ 3 and since then l"n: has found and exploded forty- one. b e e Norwegian Steamship Seized. NAGASAKI, June 7.—The Norwe- gian steamship Aggi, which arrived here on Saturday from Cardiff with coal, was arrested by the Japanese to- day. The reason was not given. ———— British Advance Ordered. LONDON, June 8.—The corre- spondent of the Daily Mail at Simla says that the British advance on Lassa has been ordered for June 26. | Company on the Federal loan of $4,- 11 | amount will be paid without the slight- | and declare their daughter had every- EXPOSITION (ITY'S FONDS \RE ANPLE Government’s Loan. Stz Special ‘Dispatch to The' Call. | ST. LOUIS, June 7.—In a letter re- ceived by the Exposition Company to- day leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, gave formal notification that if payments on the $4,600,000 Govern- | ment loan are not promptly forthcom- ! ing when due he, as the guardian of | the United States treasury, will take | charge of the receipts and collection of | fair tickets. | The letter formally reminds the BEx- | position Company of the date for the | payment of the first installment of the | loan and incloses a copy of the rules | governing the loan and repayment. President Francis, discussing Secre- tary Shaw's letter, said: “The first .payment fto States Government by the World’s Fair the United | 00,000 will be made promptly on June | as the law authorizing the loan pro- | rides, and every 'cent of the required est difficulty.” e SECURES WEDDING OUTFIT AT EXPENSE OF STRANGERS Rose Reifers Poses as Daughter of Wealthy Man and Orders Finery and wels. CHICAGO, June 7.—After securing her wedding outfit by having the goods charged to two men of wealth, Rose Reifers, 18 years old, was ar- rested while passing herself off as the daughter of Theodore A. Kochs. She had ordered jewelry to the value of $350 charged to Kochs' account. The jewelry consisted of a diamond ring and shirt stud which the young woman afterward confessed she in- tended to give to George Breckley of Oak Park, to whom she is engaged. The girl's parents are well-to-do thing ghe wanted. e SUCCESS ATTENDS TEST OF TORPEDO-BOAT FULTON Submersion of More Than Twelve Hours Does not Harm Craft—Crew in Good Condition. NEWPORT, R. I, June 7.—The sub- marine torpedo-boat Fulton, which was sunk to the bottom of the ocean last evening for a test, remained there more than twelve hours, coming up at 11:10 o’clock to-day. The men were on duty in watches of two heurs each, the remainder of the time being spent in reading, playing games and sleep- ing. All the members of the crew were in good condition to-day and ap- peared to have rested well. —_————— Nine Drowned in Flood. MAMERS, France, June 7.—Tor- rential rains flooded the water courses this evening, causing the collapse of. several houses. Nine bodies were re- f::ud and several persons are miss- MRS, FAIRS “BELONGINGS AT AUCTION Paintings Sold - .Gm_@. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 7.—At the Knick- | erbocker Art Galleries to-day C. E. Smith began the sale of a collection of furniture, paintings and art objects be- longing to the estate of Mrs. Charles L. Fair. Many curfosity, seekers and | a few who desired mementoes filled the gallerfes. The prices were low and many fine pleces of'rurn\ture went at bargain figures. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Nelson, relatives of Mrs, Fair, purchased a number of ar- ticles, among which was a silver-plat- ed chafing dish for $2 50. The highest price of the afternoon, $123, was paid by Mrs. Jacob Berry for a royal Agra (- carpet 11 feet in length and 9 feet in | width. The total was $2970 72. The sale will be continued to-morrow. DRINK NEARLY KILLS YOUTHS Edward Kerr and Matthew Halloran Drink Quart of Whisky en Top of Cliff —_— NEW YORK, June T.—Matthew Hal- loran, aged 14, and Edward Kerr, aged 13, with three other boys of about the same age, obtalned two bottles of whizky, climbed to the top,of a rock and sat down to drink. Soon they be- gan to shout and dance about near the edge of the cliff. . Several men sum- moned a policeman, who called to Hal- loran and Kerr to come down. “Not on your life,” the boys replied. A conference was held and it was decided that the only way to rescue them was by means of a rope. policeman sent for the patrol wagon and a rope. When these arrived the officers climbed to the top of the rock, wherel they found three of the boys had managed to escape. Two, Halloran and Kerr, were lying unconscious. Near them was an empty quart bottle which had contained whisky. A rope was tied about the form of Halloran and he wae lowered to the pavement, while a crowd which nearly blocked the street, watched. Kerr was lowered in a similar manner and an ambulance was called and the boys were hurried to Harlem Hospital. Both lapsed into insensibility. When the parents of the Halloran buy were notiffed that his con- dition was critical they summoned. a priest, who administered extreme unc- | tion. The surgeons say the ‘boy will probably die. Kerr is also.in a serious condition. e " IN THE DISTURBED DISTRICT. INJUXCTION § SUUGHT BY PHIPPS Financiers AreDrawn Into a Suit- for Divorce. Ao S Ae Special Dispatch to The Call, DENVER, June 7.—Divorce proceed- ings have been commenced in Denver by Lawrence C. Phipps against Gene- vieve Chandler Phipps. The suit was filed at 10 o'clock -ast night and no record was made of it. A feature of the case is an applica- tion restraining J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., the United States Steel Corpora- tion and the United States Trust Com- pany from paying Mrs. Phipps divi- dends.~ The main contest will be for the cus- tody of the two children, who are now in the possession of Phipps, having been abducted by him from their moth- er at the Holland Hotel, New York, last Friday. They were at once brought to Denver. Dispatches from New York state that conferences were held at the home of Mrs. Henry¥ Phipps with a view to set- tling the family troubles. The outcome of the meeting is not known. NEW YORK, June ‘7.—Mrs. Law- rence Phipps to-dav ~~ve out a state- ment concerning the recent removai by her husband of their children without her knowledge from a hotel in. this city. Mrs. Phipps says that she was about to undergo a surgical operation and desired the presence.of her chil- dren in what might prove to be the last hours of. her life and that it was not her purpose-to take the children from Phipps. She says that it is due to Phipps to say that the statement that she was bound and gagged in her room at the hotel when the were taken is untrue. VIEW OF VICTOR, COLO.. THE SCENE OF SANGUINARY RIOTING, B ND MILITIA OFFICER WHO WiLL ASSUME COMMAND OF THE TROOPS Bloodhounds Fail to Trace the Per- petrators of the Dynamite Outrage. Citizens’ Alliance Compels Derelict Officials to Resign Their Positions. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., June 7.— Under the regime of hundreds of aeg- uty sheriffs and about 150 militiameN, receiving their orders from Edward Bell, a wealthy mine owner, who suc- ceeded Sheriff Robertson when he re- signed under threats of lynching yes- | terday, this gold mining district passed | a compcratively peaceful day. Through- {out. the day deputies and soldlers | marched and searched the hills for | union, nifners and the sum total of the day's’ arrests was nineteen. This swelled the number of men confined in the “bull pen” to considerably meore than 200 and to-night twenty-four of train and deported from the district. A trict with them. The men were residents of the fol- lowing towns of the district: Cripple Creek, three; Victor, three; Irfdepend- ence, twelve; Goldflelds, three; Ana- conda, two, and Altman, one. They were all active unionists and served as leaders In the strike nrow pending. ENFORCED RESIGNATIONS. Three additional city officlals were forced to resign their offices to-day, namely: Chief of Police Willlam Graham, Night Marshal Fred Hardy and Justice of the Peace Charles Har- rington. Their reputed sympathy for unionism led to this action. In each case a committee of the Citizens' Al- llance waited upon them and compelled them to act immediately under pain of violence. Sixteen deputies armed with sawed- off shotguns visited the union store and made a thorough search for weapons. They were rewarded by find- ing a rifle and shotgun concealed be- hind a large ice! ox. Subsequently they went to union headquarters and over- turned everything in an effort to find the union records. Their efforts were unavailing. BLOODHOUNDS LOSE TRAIL. All of those injured in the dynamite outrage at Independence and the riot- ing in Victor are reportcl doing well No definite clew, it is understood, has been obtained through the bloochounds which were started on the trail of the persons who placed the infernal ma- chine under the station at Indepen- dence. ‘While the tension Is tightly drawn and the whole district has taken sides in the bitter feeling existing between the Mine Owners' Association and the unionists, it is believed that a clash most, if not all, of the union leaders are in durance. The streets of this city are constantly patrolled by citizens and soldiers.” ¥ ' : . FEDERATION OFFERS REWARD. Miners’ Organization Alds in Quest of Dynamite Fiend. DENVER, June 7.—In the conven- tion of the Western Federation of Miners to-day ‘a resolution condemn- ing the ‘“nefarious dynamiting plot™ which sent fifteen miners to their them were placed aboard a special | guard of deputies rode out of the dis- | will be averted, for the reason -that ! | I [ | | DS, death and seriously injured a nume ber of others at Independence, Colo., on Monday was adopted unanimously. A reward of $5000 is offered by the federation for the capture of the per- petrator of the outrage. Vice President J. C. Willlams and Secretary-Treasurer Willlam D. Hay- wood were to-day re-elected to their former positions. Owing to the ab- sence of President Charles H. Moyer no nominations were made for the of- fice of president. RS B 'S THE ALLIANCE. ACCUSE Union Leader Attributes Reign of Violence to Employ€rs. DENVER, June 7.—The Ne to- day printed the following interview with Vice President Williams of the Western Federation of Miners, who is acting in the capacity of president during Moyer’s imprisonment in the military “bullpen™ at Telluride: “The tréubles at Cripple Creek—the riot and disturbances there—are sim- ply an attempt to disrupt the union and bring the strike to a close,” he said. “It is my candid opinion that the Citizens’ Alliance, an organization that is and always has been bitterly hostile to the unions, is at the bottom of this attempt to br the strike by a display of violence. i Peabody Returning to Colorado. ST. LOUIS, June 7. — Governor James H. Peabody of Colorado left for Colorado to-day. RS-0 Riot News Continued on Page 2. S AN R4 250 R BABE'S BODY 1N STOVE Strange and Grewsome Tale Told to Butte Police by a Cook in a Restaurant BUTTE, Mont., June 7.—A horrible story of the burning of the Qody of a small baby was told to the police to- night and a serious charge will be pre- ferred against a prominent physician of this city as soon as he can be lo- cated. According to the story told the offi- cers the physician entered the kitchen of the Delmonico restaurant, on Park street, one of the best-known eating- houses in the city, this evening, carry- ing a bundle which he wanted to put In the fire. As the doctor upon several occasions before had put bundles into the fire the cook thougnt nothing of the request and granted it. Several minutes later the cook, un- able to get the stove lid down, removed the iron and was horrified to find on the top of the mass of flaming coals the body of a baby slowly burning to ashes, the complete cremation of which would have been accomplished in a few minutes more. ——————— BURDETTE'S ABSENCE DUE TO HIS LOSS OF MEMORY Humorist Forgets Pass and Is Pre- vented From Delivering a Speech to West Pointers. ST. LOUIS, June 7.—The failure of the Rev. “Bob” Burdette of Los Ange- les to dellver an address Sunday after- noon before the West Point cadets at the Hall of Congresses is explained this evening by the Post Dispatch. The banquet of the humorists Saturday night was not responsible for his ab- sence unless it caused him to forget that he received a Sunday pass to the World’s Fair grounds. He certainly forgot and persistently endeavored te convince the Jefferson guard at the In- side Inn entrance that he was entitled to enter to deliver a speech. The guard refused, however, to be conyinced. Sun- day night Burdette suddenly recalled to memory the pass, but the time for its usefulness had fled. TAKES WARNING FROM IROQUOIS THEATER FIRE Mayor of New York Signs Measure Regulating Erection of Amuse- ment Places. NEW YORK. June 7.—An ordin- ance gegulating the construction of new theaters has been signed by Mayor McClellan. Its formulation was resultant from the Iroquois Thea- ter horror, and under the new con- ditions erecting new playhouses here will be an expensive operation. No changes are provided for theaters reagly in existence, but hereafter - it will be practically necessary to have a 14-foot court at both sides and in the rear of buildings with a seating ca- pacity of more than 1800. —_—————— REVOLUTIONARY DOMINICAN FORCES MEET WITH DEFEAT Driven From Concepcion de la Veaga With a Loss of One Hun- dred Men. CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, June 7.— The revolutionary Dominican forces sustained a defeat on Sunday at Con- cepcion de la Veaga, leaving 100 men dead or wounded on the