The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1904, Page 21

VOLUME XCVI—NO. 19. FORTY-EIGHT PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1904 —PAGES 21 TO 34. PRESIDENT’S KIN JOINED IN MARRIAGE Nephew Takes His Cousin for a Wife. t were the and Theodore bride Is a ter of J. J. Roosevelt, who is a of the President, and the bride- groom, & son of the President’s sister, Mrs. Douglas Robinson of New York, is his nephew. M. Ferguson, a| sonal of the President, re-i ceived the P t and his party at| station, wkh was prettily deco- d with i bunting. The Pres- 1 ., Mrs 1t and Miss Carew, sister of Mrs were escorted iven to a pic- ¢ church in the eremony was per- with y ar- of honor en- and remained dent and Mrs. bly r the Presl ted nony was solemnized Ahoton, a friend of were Miss Alice of the President; it, his niece; Miss Mary Newbold, las Robinson, Miss ‘Wolriche of the ceremony Roosevelt and »ther guests attended young couple at the 3 J. J. Roosevelt, about es from the village. NEW GOVERNOR FOR FINLAND Lieutenant General von Wahl Is Selected to Be the Successor of Bobrikoff HELSINGFORS, Finland, June 18— No disturbances have occurred in any part of Finland as a result of the as- sassination of Governor General Bobri- koff. ST. PETERSBURG, June 18.—It is reported that Lieutenant General von ‘Wahl, formerly chief of police of St. Petersburg, will succeed the late Gen- eral Bobrikoff as Governor General of Finland. General von Wah!’s last posi- tion was Governor of Vilna. He had a great deal of trouble with the students while Chief of Police of St. Petersburg, and was appointed Governor of Nijni- Novgorod in December, 189%. An un- successful attempt was made on the life of General von Wahl as he was leaving the circus at Vilna at about midnight on May 18, 1502, . Much interest is manifested in the political results of General Bobrikoff's assassination, and some of the Finnish Senators have arrived here to confer with the authorities. The conservative class of Finns deprecate the assassina- tion, not only because of its immediate effect upon them, but because it is cal- culated to alienate the sympathies of the outside world, which is essential for ¥ their campaign. ‘ETokio Claims the Vessel of Executive |ine two Russi at the wedding WARSHIPS GUAS SIN THE IDZUM Fate of Third Jap- ~ anese Transport | is Learned. | Was Carrying Sick Soldiers Home. |Battle Between the Main Armies of Russia and Japan Soon to Occar Near Vafangow. TOKIO, June 18, 8 p. m.—In addi- IUOn to sinking the transport Hitashi |and shelling the transport Sado, the | Russians sank the Idzumi, a transport | homeward bound, carrying a few sick | soldiers. Three boats from the Id- | zumi reached shore. The losses on the | ldzumi are not known. | LIAOYANG, June 18.—The retirement of the Russlans before a superior force |from Vafangow end the advance of Japanese east and northeastward ke imminent a still more important engagement 'In the southern region. | The Japanese have now arrived at a point where the forces are more equal and where they must fight on more even terms. The loss of 2000 men by an divisions at Vafangow shows the courage and ability of the officers and troops to retain their posi- { tion under a percentage of loss almost | unprecedented. The Japanese attack on Port Arthur has been delayed. { The overcrowded hospital trains are | | inspected while passing Liaoyang by | | General Kuropatkin and Grand Duke | | Boris. NEWS FROM PORT ARTHUR. | According to trustworthy nadws from | Pert Arthur there had not been a fresh attack by land or sea up to June 14, | though the Japanese had made a fourth | unsuccessful attempt to block the en- trance to the harbor, using four fire | ships, two of which were immediately sunk by shots from the batteries, the | other two withdrawing. The Russian fleet, 4ccording to these advices, is intact and the spirits of the garrison and Inhabitants are excellent. | The soldiers are eager to fight and are | confident of the impossibility of the | taking of Port Arthur by the Japanese. | Most of the inhabitants have enlisted |in the volunteers and 600 women have offered their services. Perfect order is | maintained and trade and industry are |caryied on as usual. Provisions are plentiful, there being a sufficient sup- | ply to last six months at full rations |and a year at reduced rations. | PLENTY OF BEEF AND BEER. An enormous number of cattle; the {advices say, were brought into Port | Arthur a few days before the invest- ment was completed. Meat now costs but 13 cents a pound, beer is sold at 30 cents a bottle and champagne at $4 a bottle. A band plays on the boulevard | three times each week. The Japanese outposts are eighteen miles from Port Arthur, beyond the station at Intchenze, two tiles from the Russian outposts. Skirmishes oc- czsfonally occur. The Russian officers believe the fortress to be impregnable. et bt War News Continued on Page 24. —_——— ORDERS COURT-MARTIAL OF YOUNG MARINE OFFICER Ideutenant Hogan Charged With In- toxication, Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest. WASHINGTON, June 18.—Second Lieutenant Reginald Hogan, United States Marine Corps, will be court- martialed at Annapolis. It is reported that recently while returning to his quarters about midnight he took to! task a party of sellors for not saluting him properly. A passing negro said the sailors had done nothing wrong. Thereupon, it is said, Hogan knocked down the negro twice and was arrested for assault by the Annapolis police. Secretary Moody has ordered the court-martial of Lieutenant Hogan on “chargu of disorderly conduct, intoxi- | cation and resisting arrest by civil wuthorities. —— . RATE WAR CAUSES GREAT INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS Liner St. Louis Brings 721 Passen- gers Who Took Advantage of Reduction in Fare. NEW YORK, June 18.—On board the American line steamship St. Louis, which arrived to-night, were 721 steer- age passengers who took advantage of the $10 rate brought about by the trans-Atlantic freight war, —_——— First Canteloupes From California. ST. LOUIS, June 18.—The first canta- loupes placed on exhibition at the fair were received to-day at the Cali- fornia section of the Palace of Horti- culture They are of the Netted Gem variety and were grown in River- &lde, Cal | PRICE FIVE CENTS. CALIFORNIA'S REPUBLICAN DELEGATES HEAR BIG NEWS IN THE CONUDENTION (I Marine Inquiry Commission to Visit This State. ) a7 3 7 /w/ - i | |1 | [ [ 1 i Trrzanesy, 48 - - » | | ' 4 : THREE NATIONAL LEADERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, ONE OF WHOM MAY BE CHOSEN FOR SECOND PLACE ON THE TICKET TO BE HEADED BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT. f— 5 By F. W. BISHOP. Btaft Correspondent of The Call. CHICAGO, June 18.—Californla’s del- egation to the Republican National Convention arrived in the convention! city at 10:10 o'clock this forenoon and | the first news its members heard was | big news for California—news not of a political nature, but commercial. Con- gressman E. S. Miner of Wisconsin, in; a conversation with Alternate District Delegate J. H. Soper of San Francisco | announced that the Congressional Ship- | ping Committee, a body appointed by | both houses of the national legisla- ture to devise ways and means to make the American merchant marine the largest fleet that sails the seas, had de- cided to visit San Francisco to conclude its Investigations. - The committee, composed of Senators Gallinger of Newl Hampshire, Lodge of Massachusetts, | Penrose of Pennsylvania, Mallory of Florida and Martin of Virginia and Representatives Grosvenor of Ohio, | Miner of Wisconsin, Humphrey of | Washington, McDermott of New Jer- sey and Spight of Mississippi, proba- bly will arrive in San Francisco on July 15 and pursue its investigations during a period of a week. MEANING OF THE VISIT. Statistics regarding Oriental com- merce and facts bearing upon the Ha- wailan and Philippine possessions are all at hand in the metropolis of Cali- fornia and may not be gathered else- where without great expense, inconven- fence and uncertainty. Furthermore, there are in San Francisco men that have become distinguished in the world of trade. Their opinions and their ideas are wanted by the Congressional com- mittee that it may act without danger of error. The visit of this important committee to San Francisco will be an event in the commercial history of the Pacific Coast. It will follow the adoption by the Republican National Convention of a resolution recommending that further action be taken by Congress looking toward the upbuilding of the American merchant marine. This resolution will make no suggestion as to the method to be pursued, but it will give moral support to the efforts of the distin- guished statesmen in whose hands the destiny of American commerce rests. Again, the visit to San Francisco of this committee will be a splendid rec- ognition of the growing importance of San Francisco as the nation’s doorway | to the Orlent. The provisions of the| measures the committee will adopt will be in operation, perhaps, before the din of war shall cease in the Orient; but; when peace does come, their influence will reach out to enrich the nation. GOVERNOR PARDEE PLEASED. Governor Pardee was especlally gratified to learn of the approaching visit of the Congressional committee to San Francisco. “Now, every commercial organiza- tion in California should rise to this occasion,” he sald. “Any measures this committee may adopt will benefit the south of the State as much as it will the north and as much as it will the nation. When this committee ar- rives in California all the statistics it requires should be on hand and every commercial man of note should be on hand to give his opinicn. The ques- tion is a big one and big minds should grapple with it.” Delegate Frank H. Short of Fresno added that California’s Representatives in Congress should anticipate the com- ing of the committee and prepare to lend their fullest aid to the important | work. Judge J. W. McKinley of Los Angeles and M. A. Gunst of San Fran- cisco announced that they would place their services at the disposal of the committee and in this they will not be ahead of the entire delegation. Cali- fornia’s delegates to the national con- vention were not slow to grasp the im- portance of the committee’s mission to San Francisco and they trust that all of the citizens of the State will be equally enthusiastic. STRONG CANAL RESOLUTIONS. Another development of importance to California is contained in the an- nouncement that no stronger resolu- tions will go before the convention than those recommending the immedi- ate completion of the Panama Canal and indorsing in every detail the policy of the Roosevelt administration that made the construction of the canal pos- sible. Resolutions and platform ma- terial regarding the tariff and kindred Governmental questions, it is prob- able, will be left open for the efforts of the orators, no matter how widely divergent their ideas, but before the gavel's fall commands the convention to come to order, the canal resolution will be ready for submission. California’s delegation is occupying an uncertain attitude regarding the aspirants for Vice President, of whom there are several. While it is probable that California’s delegation will declare in favor of Fairbanks of Indiana at next Monday's meeting, New York will prevent any ante-convention action of the kind on the part of the Californians if possible. New York's delegation, headed by Governor Odell, is active in the iInterest of lionized “Joe” Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representa- tives, notwithstanding Cannon's an- nouncement that under no circum- stances will he yleld the Congressional gavel to take up that in the Senate. ‘When Odell's efforts to sow the seeds of a stampede for Cannon reached the latter's ears to-day, his anger burst and in its venting the venerable Speaker of the House added to his reputation as & man of large vocabu- Continued on Page 22, Column 4. | ! ination. New York’s Delega- ~ tion Opposing " Fairbanks. CHICAGO, June 18.—The advance guard of the delegations to the Repub- lican National Convention has arrived in Chicago and the greater number of delegates are expected to come to-mor- row and on Monday morning. The running of the Derby to-day inier- fered sadly with the political game, as nearly all the members of the National Committee and a great number of dele- gates deserted their headquarters to visit Washington Park. So many of them attended the races that the downtown hotels, where the crowd will be the greatest when the convention is in full blast, were about as quiet as on days when there is nothing par- ticular in view. 4 From all the advance indications, the convention promises to lack something of the excitement of other gatherings of its kind. The chief interest so far centers in the Vice Presidential nom- The opposition against Secre- tary Cortelyou for chairman of the Na- tional Committee seems to be dying somewhat and various members of the National Committee predicted to-day that he would be elected without oppo- sitfon. The fight against him, they de- clare, is not strong enough to make any trouble. ATTITUDE OF FAIRBANKS. The attitude of Senator Fairbanks regarding the nomination for Vice President is not pleasing to many of the arriving delegates, who say that he should declare himseif more ex- plicitly. The great majority of the delegates who have so far arrived fa- vor him or are not actively opposed to him, but they desire a statement of some kind. Congressman James A. Hemenway of Indiana, who is a close friend of Sen- ator Fairbanks, said this mornihg that the Senator would not make a state- ment of any kind; that he would ac- cept the nomination if it were present- ed to him, but that he would not de- clare that he wanted it. When asked if Indiana would present the name of the Senator when nominations for the place were called for, he said that it would not, and he did not know wheth- er any other State would do so. John L. Webster of Nebraska, who is a candidate for Vice President, ar- rived during the afternoon and regis- tered at the Palmer House, where the Nebraska delegation will make its headquarters. He refused to say a ry| A SHOUTING FRAY AT XPUSITION Wild West Men's, Quarrel Ends in Tragedy. Three Men Are Wounded in a Crowded Avenue on the Pike, One Bullet Goes Wild and as a Result an Innocent Specator Is Dying. ——— ST. LOUIS, June 18.—Zach Mulhall, livestock agent of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, to-night shot three men in front of the entrance of the Wild West Show, on the pike, at the World's Fair. One of them, an in- nocent bystander named Ernest Mor- gan, was fatally wounded. He was shot in the abdomen. The other men are Frank Reed, boss hostler of the Wild ‘West Show, and Johnny Murrah, one of the cowboys. They are being cared for at the Emergency Hospital on the World's Fair grounds. The doctors say that Morgan will die. He lives in St. Louls and is 18 years old. Frank Reed, who is &0 years old, was shot in the arm and the right side of the neck. Murrah, aged 35 years, was shot in the abdomen. The shooting was the culmination of trouble between Mulhall and Frank Reed over the question of authority. It occurred at the entrance of the show, just at the conclusion of 2 performance, while the pike was crowded. Mulhall was locked up and bail was reffged. HAVE LONG BEEN ENEMIES. There has been trouble for some time between Mulhall and Reed. The lat- ter says it was because Mulhall tried to run thifgs, although he was only an employe, like Reed. Last week Mulhall had Reed arrested on the charge of dis- turbing the peace and Reed was,fined $50. This afternoon, according to Reed, he received word that some horses which had gone astray had been taken up in St. Louis County and he went out to get them. He took “California Jack” Roberts with him over the pro- test of Mulhall, who did not want Roberts to go. After they returned Mulhall went to the stables and, noticing that one of the horses had been used, asked what he had been doing with it. Reed told him that Le had ridden the horse when he went after the strays. This was after the show last night. A bitter quarrel followed, in which Mulhall drew his revolver and threatened to shoot Reed. The latter, not being armed, desisted. MULHALL OPENS FIRE. To-night at' the conclusion of the Wild West Show, Mulhall met Reed as he was emerging from the show. Mulhall drew his revolver, but before he could use it Murrah attempted to take it away. In the scuffle the weapon was discharged and Murrah was wounded. Mulhall then fired point blank at Reed, the first bullet striking him in the arm. The second grazed his neck and hit Morgan. The additional shots fired by Mulhall went wild. Mulhall then ran into another pike inclosure, where he was arrested. Mulhall, it is said, previous to running away, pointed his weapon aty Cum- mings, proprietor of the show, but did not shoot. —_—— ELDERLY WOMAN BADLY BURNED IN HER HOME Accidentaly Spills Gasoline on Her Clothes and They Take Fire From Lighted Candle. SAN BERNARDINO, June 18.—Mrs. T. N. Breacher, an elderly woman who has resided here for many years, was badly burned through the ignition of her clothing. She was alone In the house and had undertaken to fill the tank of a gasoline stove. She sat down to hold the tank in her lap while she poured in the gasoline, but her hands trembled and she spilt a considerable quantity of the fluild on her skirts. Shortly afterward she tried to light a candle and the vapor from her skirts ignited. She fought the flames by wrapping wet clothing around her limbs, and managed to make her way to a large word regarding his candidacy, except | tyh of water, but before help could ar- to remark that he was satisfled With | rive ghe had been frightfully burned the outlook. The La Follette faction from Wiscon- sin is making preparations for a des- perate fight before'the Committee on Credentials, and expects to carry the struggle to the bitter end. H. W. Chynoweth, who argued the case of Governor La Follette before the National Committee, said to-day: “This is going to be a fight to a fin- ish. There can be no compromise, and if the national convention follows the lead of the national committee we must make a final appeal to the voters of ‘Wisconsin.” The Hawaliian delegation, headed by Governor Carter, arrived shortly be- Contlnued on Page 22, Column 3. about the limbs and lower body. —————————— IRISH BARONET WILL PRESS SUIT FOR DIVORCE Lord Mayor of Belfast Seeks Separa- tion From Spouse, Naming British General as Corespondent. BERLIN, June 18.—Sir Robert Mec- Connell, Lord Mayor of Belfast, who was made a Baronet by King Edward, will appear in the Irish courts Monday to press his petition for divorce. Dur- ing the Boer war his wife went out to South Africa as a Red Cross nurse. One of the British generals who took a prominent part in the war is named as corespondent in the case. EMBASSADOR IS HONORED BY LOUBET GENERAL HORACE LOMAT, | ORED BY LOUBET. French President Deco- rates Porter With Grand Cross. b WHO HAS BEEN HON- PARIS, June 13.—President Loubet has conferred upon the American Em- bassador, General Horace Porter, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, which is the highest grade of that his- toric order.” It is an honor rarely be- stowed, even on chiefs of state and Embassadors, and this is the first time it has ever been offered to a representa- tive of America. As under the provi- sions of the constitution the acceptance of any mark of distinction from a for- eign country, even from a republic, re- quires the approval of Congress, final action in the matter will await the au- thorization of that body. Foreign Minister Delcasse called at the Embassador’s residence to-day and personally presented him with the su- perb Insignia of the Grand Cross. This consists of a wide silk band worn across the breast, having an enameled gold cross at the hip, with an elaborate silver star to be worn on the right breast. M. Delcasse accompanied the presentation by an earnest expression of the high personal esteem which M. Loubet and himself felt toward the American republic. The Grand Cross is the highest of the five grades of the Legion of Honor. ENGLAND LOSES TWO WAR CRAFT ——— froyers Sunk in Collision. —_— LONDON, June 13.—The Admiralty to-day received a cablegram from the China station announcing that the British torpedo-boat destroyer Spar- rowhawk struck an uncharted rock off Chesney Island, at the mouth of the Yangtsekiang yesterday, and sank. No lives were lost. AJACCIO, Corsica, June 18.—During the night of June 18 two British tor- pedo-boat destrovers collided off Porto Torres, island of Sardinia. One of the destroyers sank. The crew was saved. PARIS,, June 18.—A dispatch to the Temps from Ajaccio says the torpedo- boat destroyer sunk there on the night of June 16 was the Bat, belonging to the squadron of Rear Admiral Walker. During the night maneuvers the Bat collided with the destroyer Stag and sank In deep water. ———— ' CONFIDENCE IN LEADERS SHOWN BY ORGANIZATION CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 18.— The Ancient Order of United Work- men’s Press Association to-day re- elected the wid officers. A. E. Plerce of Colorado is the president. Addresses were made by ex-Governor A. Riddle of Kansas and Al H. Barnes of Cali- &ornla. 7