The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1904, Page 1

Pischer's— U. To-Day. Columbia—*The Little Minister.” . 8 Grand—“A Captain of Navarre.” -Vaudeville. Matines Tivoli—“Sergeant Xitty.” — VOLUME XCVI—NO. 9. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JUNE 9 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. INTRENCHED STRIKERS GIVE BATTLE TO SOLDIERS VICTOR, Colo., June 8.—A pitched battle between the military and union miners was fought at Dunnville, the new mining camp thirteen miles out of Victor, shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon. John Carley, a union miner, was killed. The troops returned to Victor at 8 o'clock to-night, bringing with them fourteen captives. Later there was another fight between a squad of soldiers and two intrenched miners; the latter were captured. PORT ARTHUR REPULSES JAPANESE ATTACK BY LAND AND SEA that the Viadivostok squadron has effected a junction with the Port Arthur fleet; that a naval battle took place, and that the Japanese lost four large ships. X M q J p! TURY BACK SLAT-ARMY Defeat Force Sent to Relieve Port Arthur, Four Days’ Battle Waged in the Vicinity of the Stronghold. Chinese Refugees Claim Some of the Russian Warships Have Disappeared. P e Dispatch to The Cal PARIS, June 8 —A telegram states that has the Russian cruiser Smo- The explosion was not ac- 1, but had been planned for the destruction of the ship. from Sebastopol a serious explosion ocenrred aboar The —The Shanghai Morning of June 8: the date akelberg's Russlan bri- LONDON the direction of 1 a reverse on Sat- and retired to F1 J e 9 both leaving permission of Fifty junks vesterday with now arriving the latest —Chinese coolies, are of or details, but agree ts ar- statement that a bz for four days with- Arthur. ers, it is for the large ships and nes remain in the are unable t has become of the other rt that the outer forts at I ave been more or less a cent bombardments and of mines, recently laid nee to the harbor, were ex luring a thunderstorm. Many 1 gs the town have been de- he inner forts have suf- t made by the Chinese th there were only three there probably me nber were in the the others were beh the Tiger's Tail and in the naval basin Every junk at Port Arthur, it is Etate ha been chartered to carry ew Chinese, but few of whom now remzin in the besleged city. LONDON, June 8.—A dispatch to the Reuter’s Telegram Company from St. Petershurg announces that a tele- gram has been received from Mukden, dated to-day, saying “According 1o information here, a Japanese squadron of nine vessels has been bombarding the coast between Siungyvucheng and Kaichow (on the west coast of Liaotung Peninsula, just below Newchwang) since June 7 ki o o uk TORPEDO-BOAT SUNK. Yiceroy Alexieff Reports the Loss to the Emperor. ST. PETERSBURG, June 8.—Em- peror Nicholas has recetved the fol- lowing dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff: “According to the report of Rear Admiral Witsoeft on the batele of Kinchou, our right flank was strongly supported by the gunboat Bobr and the torpedo-boats Burnl and Botki, which afterward returned to Port Ar- thur. “On the night of May 26 ten tor- pedo-boats were sent out against the Japanese boats operating in Kinchou Bay. One of the torpedo-boats struck the rocks and sank. Her crew wgre saved. “The casualties among those serv- ing the naval guns were Sub-Lieuten- ant Shimmanobovsky missing and six sailors wounded.” e Korean Official Impeached. €EOUL,) Korea, June 8.—Yun Yung Sun, Chamberlain of the Korean Court, whose sympathies are with Russia, has been impeached. A e 1 v, of 12,000 tons. | Post to | G GOVERNOR PéOCLAIMS MARTIAL LAW 'ACTIN AND SOLDIERS ARE “ROUNDING UP” IDLE MEN -+ ! | ) | | /1 FAGG AND A SCBNE IN CRIPPLI DYNAMITING. OUTRAGE AN ACTING GOVERNOR OF COLORADO, WHOSE PRUCLAMATION OF MARTIAL LAW HAS CR THE CENTER OF THE STRIKE D RIOTS DISTURBANCES RESULTING IN THE RE- — BEEN POSTED BY GENERAL = e . Victor Mob Wrecks Office of Union Newspaper | | ) / CRIPPLI". CREEK, Colo., 11 o'clock to-nig the job and newspaper presses. “Manager Kyner and the entire force are ordered to leave ‘ | town and never to return. The Record has been the official organ of the Western Federation of Miners. | | June & —The office of the Victor it by a mob and the two linotype machines utterly¥ demolished. as well as { Eight women were taken into custody to-night by deputies. They had declared that it | served the non-union men right when they were blown up by assassins. Daily Record was enterdl at —_— ‘Troops Charge and Capture a Mountain Stronghold CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., June 8.— It was reported before the special | train left for Victor a®# 2 o'clock this | afternoon, bearing the force under un- | | der General Bell, that the miners in |the hills about Dunnville numbered | 250 men and that it was their inten- jtion to march into Victor to-night in a body and make an attempt to liber- ate by force the Inmates of the tem- porary bullpen in Victor. That the force actually consisted of but twenty- one men is the statement of one of the number that was taken captive. The train proceeded to the imme- diate vicinity of Dunnville without un- usual incident. When about a quarter of a mile distant from the Dunnville temporary station the officers could see the camp of the miners. It in- cluded one cabin and six or seven tents. The officers left the train at the command of General Bell and pre- pared to advance upon the camp of the umionists in regular skirmish or- der. As they emerged from the cut in which the train ‘had come to a’step they were greeted with a volley of War umw-rva& shots, which came from points of van- tage In the surrounding hills.” The deputies returned the fire to the best advantage possible and promiscuous shooting was engaged in for a period of ten minutes. ORDERS A “ROUND-UP.” From the character of the shoot- ing from the hills General Bell im- mediately recognized the fact that the strength of the miners had been great- ly overestimated and that he had suf- ficient force under his command to make an immediate round-up and capture the entire opposing force. Accordingly he divided the deputies and soldiers into seven detachments and these detachments set out to make a complete clean-up of all the sur- rounding hills. The following were taken prisoners, several being released later: Harry Boaz, John James, Goldfield; H. W. Moore, Victor; H. C. Lang, Ed Skin- ner (later released), Dick James, Roy Cavanaugh, John Duffy, Charles Hard, James Hard, Fred Keefe, Cripple ‘ Defended by Cripple Creek Miners. were arrested, but later released. SECOND FIGHT OCCURS. A second fight took place this even- ing. Seven soldiers, sent on horse- back to Big Bull Hill, two miles ecast of Victor, to arrest union miners, found them entrenched. The men re- fused to surrrender and the soldiers opened fire. The miners began firing on the)soldiers as soon as they saw them coming up the hill, but né one was wounded. Seven men were cap- tured by the guards. General Bell to-day appointed Major Thomas E. McClelland provost mar- shal for the district and the latter caused a number of arrests to be made. Among them weré several union men employed by the Portland | the Gold Mining Company, which the Portland mine. The e ployes are union men ly and the mine Criekb Hemenway, A. D. French and vgnA ing Km it fi “M . 3 menway, . ‘el ans 4 G. Force, all of the Cripple Creek c.nm. e a and mem- union; Fred Waddleton of Anaconda and H. W. Shidler and Willlam Shidler PHYSICIANS JISCOVERY SAVES LIFE Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 8.—Believing he has discovered a method for the cure of Bright's disease, Professor Winfield Ayres made report to the convention of the American Medical Association in Atlantic City to-day which startled his hearers by its importance. R Professor Ayres, who is associate professor of urology at the Post Grad- uate Hospital in this city, said he had made exveriménts which led him to the belief that Bright's disease was curable in its earlier stages and that it was possible that further investigation ! and experiments would end in a prac- tically complete victory over it. He based his conclusions on ninety- three cases, forty-three.of which he tabulated, with nine complete cures. | Ttventy-five cases showed marked im- i provement and only one failed to re- spond to treatment. Heretofore all treatments have been by the use of medicine taken by the { mouth and it has been found impossi- ble to send through the blood drugs | strong enough to kill the germs. | Through the use of an instrument he injects medicines directly into the kid- neys, in strength that would be poison- ous and cause certain death if taken into the stomach. He has found his patients safe from harm and also that action is immediate and permanent. Dr. Ayres asserted that a remarkable feature was the ease with which treatment may be administered, and without pain or after discomfort to the patient. The scourge of Bright's dis- ease, he says, can be reduced, if not eradicated. — e SOUTH PACIFIC NATIVES BECOMING TROUBLESOME Blacks Kill Manager and Laborers of a Plantation and Whites Appeal for: Protection. HONOLULU, June 8. — From the South Pacific come reports of out- breaks of violence on islands which were regarded as somi-civilized. It is learned Here that white inhabitants of Norfolk Island have appealed to the Governor for permission to organize a corps because of the threatening con- duct of the blacks. The.German steamer Prinz Sigmund brought news of a massacre at Durer Island, in the Hermit group. About 508 natives in a fleet of canoes attacked ‘Waklen's coffee and cocoanut planta- tion, kflled Manager Reimers, several laborers, looted the place and burned > ‘The German Governor archipelago has sent a expedition against the na- of Crocker of New York, who has been 111, i now slightly er. was formerly San Francisco, Rutherford ARMY MAN MYS WIKE Special Dispatch to The Call. WOOSTER, Ohio, June 8.—Major E. F. Taggart, attached to the Sixth In- | fantry, Leaverworth, Kan., but who is | acting transport quartermaster at San | Francisco, and who is at his home in Orrville, this county, on a brief fur- lough, this morning filed his petition for divorce from Grace Viela Culvert Taggart, who, it is stated, was a prom- inent society young woman at the time of their marriage at Chicago on De- cember 30, 1890. Major Taggart says that Mrs. Tag- gart “has been guilty of gross neglect of duty; that on July 6, 1903, she de- serted plaintiff, who was then on duty as an officer of the United States at Leavenworth, Kan.,, and at which place he had made full and proper provisions for defendant and their chil- dren, during his stay at that place. Defendant, without provocation or ex- cuse, left plaintiff, taking with her the children, and went to San Francisco, Cal., and has given out in speech that she has taken up a permanent resi- dence there and refuses to live with him as his wife or to conform her res- idence to that of his.” The major charges also that she had been guilty of gross neglect of duty prior to the time of her desertion and of her going to San Francisco; that she was guilty of gross, improper and im- moral conduct with men and conducted herself so as to create a scandal and bring disgrace on herself, her husband and her children. molesting or interfering with the chil- dren or taking them out of the juris- diction of the court. "3 ————— ' CORRUPTION IS CHARGED AGAINST LAND AGENT Hawailan Official Is Accused of Em- bezzlement and Placed Under Arrest. HONOLULU, June 8.—E. D. Baldwin, Land Agent at Hilo, has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement. It is alleged that by a system of fraudulent personal receipts, clerks in Honolulu have been selling June salary warrants to different persons; also that $7000 worth of the best Government rice land on the island of Hawail has been stolen by means of dishonest sur- vey and fraudulent maps. T. Keaupuni, an Hawaiian, has con- fessed to the forging of a money order. He was held under $2500 bail. Several weeks ago Land Commis- sioner Pratt and Deputy Attorney Gen- eral Peters completed an investigation of alleged irregularities in Baldwin's accounts. Three months ago Governor Carter demanded the resignation of Baldwin, but at that time it was an- nounced that he had squared his ac- count v;lmh:::.m by the pay- ment of ci $4716 26 and $1200 casb IS A FLIRT Mrs. Taggart has been enjoined from | LIAOYANG, June 8 —The Japanese on June 6, according to Chinese reports, made several sustained and stubborn attacks upon Port Arthur simultaneously by land and sea. They were repulsed with severe loss. There are rumors WILD ENDS LIFEWITH 1 REVOLVER ' Popular Captain Dies in His Room at Ange_l_lsland. \Army Circles Are Shocked | ‘by Tragic Close of Bril- | liant Career. !Complicafions With Women Are Given | as Cause for the Officer’s | Desperate Deed. Captain Frederick S. Wild, ¢ 1is- sary officer of the Thirteenth 1 in- fantry, ended his life some time aft 5 o'clock yesterday morning in I quarters at Fort MecDowell, Angel | land. He was seen to enter his room by a private soldier about 5 o'clock and |a few minutes later a pistol shot was heard, but as these reports are fre- | quently heard on the istand no par- | ticular heed was paid to it. Later in | the day, between the hours of 12 and 1, the captain’'s Chinese servant, having | occasion to enter the officer's apart- ments, was startled by the sight of | his lifeless bed on the floor and beside it a e Assistanee was immediately st those who readily responded quickly realized that death had already claimed the officer. The body of Captain Wild was part- ly dressed, plair suggesting that he had not retired during the night, and facts later developed uld support this theory. An examination of the body revealed a wound in the che where the bullet from his army volver had entered and penetrated his heart. CAUSES SENSATION. Captain Wild's death has caused a | great sensation in army circles. From | what can be learned and from reporis | undoubtedly authentic, it appears in | a direct way that a woman was at the bottom and the cause of his death. . When Captain Wild came home from the Philippines two years ago he brought with him $4000. Shortly after his arrival here he be- came acquainted with Mrs. Evelyn Pittman. From that time until now she has resided in a luxurious flat at 1004 McAllister street. Every acces- sory that elegance and refilnement could suggest is there. A grand plano, a pianola, gorgeous tapestries and everything that the en- vironment of wealth could give decor- ates the dainty flat. Some months ago it is reported that the captain commenced to feel that he could not keep up the strain and often in the presence of his friends in the Bohe- mian Club he was wont to assert that without money a man should net live. ‘While he assumed a jovial air at the club, it was apparent to all his friends, and they were legion, that he was la- boring under a mental strain. MRS. PITTMAN ABSENT. The beautiful flat at 1004 McAllister street was deserted last night, save for the presence of Mrs. Mulr, the mother of Mrs. Pittman. Mrs. Mulr was ter- ribly shocked when she learned of the death of Captain Wild, and at first re- fused to believe that he could have taken his life. She said her daughter had brought his picture to her while | she was living in Canada and asked her what she thought of him. Mrys. Muir replied that while she liked his appearance as a man, she did not think he would make a good husbapd. He looked too severe. Mrs. Muir said Mrs. Pittman was in Oakland and would not be home until some time to-day. The last seen of Captain Wild by his | army friends in this city was shortly before midnight Wednesday, when in company with a number of other offi- | cers he was enjoying the jinks that fol- lowed the meeting of the Military Order of the Carabao at the Occidental Hotel. If he was contemplating sulcide then his manner did not in any way suggest the fact to his friends, who left | the hotel with him when the meeting adjourned. On Montgomery street the captain bade them good-night and in- dicated that he purposed to return to : the island. This he evidently did some i time before morning. The first intima- tion his friends on this side of the bay received of his death was late yester- day afternoon, when a telephone mes- sage from the island conveyed the in- formation that his body had been dis- covered, with a pistol lving by its side. SOLDIER WITH MESSAGE. Shortly after the news reached the city by telephone a colored soldier, greatly excited, rushed into the Oeci- dental Hotel and hurriedly asked the clerk for the address of Mrs. Edith Continued on Page 2, Column 3,