The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 29, 1904, Page 1

Wednesdzy; fresX south- A G.McADIE, | > | Cemtral—“Power of the Cioss™ i Cautes—Vaadeville. A \ FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1904. PRICE T FI RUSSIAN NAUAL OFFICER SAYS SHIPS OF THE BALTIC FLEET ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY TO WATERS OF THE FAR EAST Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. ST. PETERSBUR night certify to this important bit of news. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. G, June 28.--—-According to a2 Russian naval officer a portion of the second Pacific squadron left Kronstadt to-day, but I cannot to- It is noteworthy that Vice Admiral Avellan, Minister of the Navy Yard, inspected the warships, while Admiral En- guist, second in command of the new squadron, was received by the Emperor and Empress a few days ago, this giving the impressfon of making a parting visit. - — : — GREATNESS OF CALIFORNIA EXEMPLIFIED TO THOUSANDS OF DISITORS AT EXPOJ'ITION SUNGUIVARY FOR OWNERS ~ ENGAGEMENT OF SLOCDY, 1N RUGOAY Verdict of ol Coroner's ‘More Than TwoThou- Jury Results in sand Killed or Arrests. Wounded. Com any Revolutionary Force Wins a Decisive Victery Over Federals. WARRANTY SIV e eated Army Full Flight, With the Triumphant Rebels in Pursuit. A v by had not sup- aggregate e battle at FUTILE PROTEST Attor- MAKE BELIEVE THEY CAPTURED SMUGGLERS HAVE Two Men, Supposed to Be Accom- plices of Pedro Alvarez, Are 28.—Depu Edwin Brandow Handley 0 the house ty the authorities have been working overtime on the lmmnng case. —_— “Mark Twain” Starts for Home. NAPLES, June 2§. — Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) sailed for New fcan steamer Prinz Oskar, with et containing the remains of . which will be interred at Ei- mira,” N. Y. and life saving equipment, should be br ht to the notice of the United States prosecuting officials, and we further recommend that said Henry T be held for crimimal negli- reason of his incompetency, & s and indifferent inspection General Slocum’s hull and life- iances on the 5th day of| jury is also of the opinion that of inspection which prevails bor of New York is very in- ient and does not properiy demon- strate whether the life-saving appa- ratus and fire appliances on the vessels | in this harbor are in proper and suit- able condition to prevent the loss of | life and we recommend to the Secretary | of Commerce and Labor that he issue | such instructions to the supervising ! & Sleuntis and local force of inspectors as will | = P - czuse them to efficiently and honestly | INSPECTOR IS SCORED. | examine the steamboats plying fn and | That in the opinion of this jury (he about the harbor.” misconduct of Henry Lundberg. the; Formal testimonies was presented | Gevernment inspector, in failing to re- | that 965 bodies had been recovered, of | port to his superiors the true facts con- cerning the- vessel's fire wl e General Slocum on the| from Deputy | 1 Traeger several days ago in | York to-day on the Hamburg-Amer- | — of | DisPrAY OF Jos ATG IN Ach.CULTuxAI\ :Dun(vJ —The Califor- & at the Louis- fana Purchase Exposition gave a for- reception in their space ce of Agriculture this after- | noon that drew a greater crowd than | the area could hold and set every one talking about California. President | Francis of the exposition and others shared with Governor Pardee in the honors of echmaking. One of the | brass bands played and the University of California Glee Club sang, respond- ing to repeated encores. Claret punch | was dispensed to the throng in un- limited quantities by California la- dies and rare wines were poured for the special guests. President Francis remarked to Governor Pardee that no country in the world could produce | better wines. | The reception was held in the broad |aisle In front of the Los Angeles dis- | play, a small stand having been erected |for the speakers. President Francis preceded Governor Pardee and when { he said, “We knew when we learned California was to make a complete dis- plav that an emphatic step toward a | gooa State representation had been offered,” the Californians cheered loudly. President Francis gave unstinted praise to the exhibit of the counties and called attention to the fact that many of the dispiays were alone as elaborate as those of some States, |forming a remarkable aggregation, | that was a tribute to the greatness of | the State. GOVERNOR PARDEE TALKS. “Logk pleasant, Governor,” chanted | the gilee club when Goverior Pardee {faced a camera just before he began to speak. The gayety of the occasion was added to by decorations of Amer- which all but forty met death by |ican flags and shields and the bunt- ing on the booths. Formal Opening of Exhibits of J'tate's5 Counties Astonishes Throng. BY PAUL EDWARDS. A reception was held at the Califor- | nia building after the counties affair, | Commissioners Wiggins and Filcher dispensing hospitality and the glee club singing. Governor Pardee delivered an address full of pride for the State of whi¢h he is chiet executive and told the throng of that State’s present greatness and wonderful future possibilities. He was often cheered. President Francis spoke in praise of the California exhibit and szid it had excited his profoundest ad- miration. Director Skiff spoke of the excellence of design of the various ex- hibits and Chief Taylor expressed his satisfaction at the pleasant relations that had always existed between him and the Californians, who, he said, had worked faithfully and hard and| with an intelligence that had resulted | js less than one-third of its normal | in a display that was a credit to the whole fair. Several barrels of iced claret punch stood at convenient places and white- coated colored gentlemen ladled it out | jreved that this question will divide the | liberally to the thirsty multitude. Each | | Cabinet and cause its dissolution -hen; county gave away some small articles of refreshment, and nuts, raisins, prunes, oranges, apples and other orchard products were enjoyed. TREMENDOUS CRUSH. There was a tremendous crush. The singing and playing of the university students attracted the people from every part of the big building. The an- nouncement of the affair in the local papers and the cards sent out had drawn the attention of hundreds. The surging throng filled all the aisles and open exhibit room of the Cnflfmfley_.mmmloyednmebend'rm'mx space and extended out into other parts of the building. ‘ ‘The reception committee, appointed by Colvin B. Brown of San Joaquin, president of the County Commission- ers’ organization, consisted of Charles Continued on Page 5, Column 2, HOLD FAST BREAKIN Fmal Da,ys of His - Ministry Are Ap- . Droaching. Special Dispatch to The Call LONDON, June 23.—In British politi- cal circles it is generally agreed that the final days of the present Cabinet are fast approaching. four, it is said, will be unable to hold Phl.l party togéther through the autumn. | | This was made manifest yestgpday | when, despite the frantic appeals of | | i ( Balfour and his party whips, the GovA( | ernment secured a majority of oniy| t thirty-eight on the licensing bill, which | majority. | The army question. it is believed, | | will be the rock on which the Govern-| { ment ship will founder. It is be-; 'n comes up for voting in September. | Then, too, it is thought the army dis- | cussion will rally many to the Liberal | | colors ana bring the Liberals a record majority. Many free trade Unionists are sup- porting the Liberals, and this support will continue. The Duke of Devonshire is expected to join Lord Rosebery, the Liberal leader, in a few days. —_——————— Miner Killed by a Blast. BAKERSFIELD, June 23—W. Brad- mine, on Piute Mountain, was killed by the explosion of a blast yesterday. ing it had missed fire he went in to in- wvestigate. While he was there it ex- ploded blowing the whole side of his Premier Bal-| (NG SETY PRICE UPO EACH BILL ‘Astounding Confes-! | sion by St. Louis Boodler. Tribute Levied Upon Every Corporation in Missouri | Metropolis. Amount o Be Assessed for Franchises | Fixed by Voie at Secret Sessions, SUEE A ST. LOUIS, June 29.—It was an- | nounced to-day that Charles A, Gutke, { former member of the House of Dele- gates, convicted on a charge of | bribery and scon to be tried on another _stnihr charge; had made a complete | | confession to Circuit Attorney Folk in .which he declared that former Dele- | cate Frank F. Keélly bad told him he | had reveived $50,000 for going to Europe | $'when his presence in St. Louis jeopar- dized men of prominence. Kelly also| is resting under one conviction and is | soon to be tried in another case. Circuit Attorney Folk says that the revelations | which have beem made by Gutke open | up many new avenues of investigation and brings facts to light which have not been heard of before, involving men higher up. When he came out of the office of | the Circuit Attorney, Gutke said: { “The best reparation that I can make | for the wrongs I have done is to con- | | fess fully to everything in order that) the public may realize what hag been going on. Yielding to the pleadings of my wife, I have determined to do all I can to atone for my sins against the public. The people of St. Louis even now do not realize how they have been persistently plundered for years and years by the men they elected to make laws for the city. MANY “SACKS” ARE OPENED. “I became a member of the House | of Delegates in 1897, and at once be- | came a member of the combine of that body, which was an organization | composed of nineteen Delegates for | the purpose of seiling legislation,™ | Gutke continued. “The first bill that came up after I had become 2 member of the combine | S | was the ‘suburban loop bill” The com- bine got $30,000 for its votes on this | bill, and on the Union avenue bill we got $15,000. On the Central Traction | bill we got $75,000; on the Third-street line bill we got $75,000; on the lighting, | bill we got $47,000; on the Suburban bill {'e were to get 375,000, which is now |in a deposit box in the Lincoin Trust Company, being placed there with the agreement that it should be turned | over to us when the bill had been ““While these are some of the largest | bribes secured during my term of of- | fice, there were Innumerable others, | | ranging from $10,000 to a few hundred | dollars for some minor privileges. The bribe prices were fixed In meetings of the combine, the procedure being for | some member to get up and move that a certain price be fixed on a certain| bill. Other members would give their | opinions, a vote would be taken and the price securing the highest number | of votes would be adopted. Then we | | would select an agent of the mmb'ne, | by ballot to negotiate for and receive | | the money. This agent would dmflb« ute the monev among us. i NO CORPORATION SPARED. | “From my intimate knowledge of the[ | dealings of this combine and what has been going on here for the last quar- | ter of a century, I make the positive | | statement that there is hardly a cor-| | poration in the city of St. Louis | $100,000 or over that has not been heid | | Iup for bribe money by the House nf‘ Delegates. “I acted as the agent of the com-! i bine in a number of these deals | the Suburban deal I went with Kratz | Im Stock’s house and was present | when the agreement was made regard- the bribe of 3$80.000 for Kratz, lwhlchi:nowtn:lockboxinmxis- sissippi Valley Trust Company. I went | with Kratz and Carroll to the office of a promirent droker in the lighting deal and there $20.080 was paid by the broker to give the combine, and the more would be paid.™ of | In| BROWN MEN HURL BACK THEIR FOE Defeat Russians in a Baitle Near Sinven. Kuroki and Oka Pressing Forward to Force De- ¢isive Combat. Heavy Engagement Will Occar To- Day to the Southeast of Haicheag, nfantry which, of cavalry battalions supported t and sixteen gur ing, tome Siuyen. The R of Shimucheng. aggregatad about General Kuroki's m: engagement is exp near the village of s south equal way. The Javanese Dalin Hill and are tw miles south of the R posiek SIGNAL FIRES as formerly eral Kuroki ussian position cessively three posi occupying them artillery as the defenders petired JAPAN'S SUPERB ARTILLERY. Wounded Raussians, rgcounting the two days’ fghting, say that ihg Jap- anese again demonstrated their rpli- ance on their artfilery and that they | were greatly superior, both in the num~ ber of men and in gugs. On the second day of the fight they brought up a heavy battery, which si- lenced the lighter Russian gans a3d caused severe losses. The Japangse ar- tillery practice, however, was inaccus rate and as usual they several times shelled empty positions or shot over the Russian columi The fight started at dawn, tes miles southeast of Dalin Hill. A rifle brigade held the 1 noon in the face of a heavy fire, but the Russians were finally out- flanked by infantry and cavalry, the Japanese actually getting a fleld bat- tery in the rear of the Russian posi- tion. Then the brigad: il back. The Dalin Hill fight coro from 4 o’clock until dark. SOLDIERS TOIL ALL NIGHT. The Japanese worked furiously all night long and emplaced two batteries on the vacated Russian pesition. The fighting was resumed at 3 & m. on Jume 2i. The R lenced the two Japanese the Jap- I‘!Q‘@ ‘rou,x more were ’nrc’\‘ ese cavalry and to surround the R oft al their Japanese n close formation and was sheiled with on the guns and got cavalry column. which was caught being forced to scattes. S S S ‘War News Continued on Page & _ terrific effect