The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 30, 1904, Page 1

- Forecast made at Saz Fraa- cisco for thirty hours exding at sprinkles iz the moraiag; Mgkt southerly winds, ciangiag te fresi westerly. A. G. McADIE, Day. Tivoli—"“Robin Eocd.” SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY JUNE 30, 1904. PRICE T } AL CHARGED \ 'LOOMIS IS5 PROBABLY ARLIDE AND AN INMATE 10 DUMONT Claim That He Dam- aged His Own Balloon. Wreeked Flyieg ibitity of Having fo-Tse Ik nagl Precinde Poss of the Missing Dipiomat. MONETARY STANDARD IN PANAMA SETTLED *h iy Adopis the System Similar ¢ Prevailing in the Philip- ‘ACTS OF CHAMBERLAIN MEN. CAUSE DISRUPTION Minoriity Members An- nounce Their Resignation From Liberal Union .Club. Sixty-Four RIDDLES WIEE WITH BILLETS Man Makes Murder- Assault :Upon Spomse in Front of- Their Home Tueson ous majority of 10 iowers of J)flflph Chamb decided t cil, and when Specic! Diwpdtch to- The Call .June 29.—Chaties, tatally wounded hij! front of their dway, one of “the The #hoot- the name of ~h‘ Ynnn st f'lub riz. —_— CLO( DBURST CAUS GRE\T " DEVASTATION Down’po-r Inundates Homes and Pam- ages Property to the Amount of Half a Million Dollars. PITTSBURG, June 29. — Over. 500 homes, business Bouses and -school hcuses a short distance from Pittsburg, | n the Panhandle Raiiroad, were in- undated by a cloudburst last .night T buildings and bridges were washed away, horses and cattle were drowned and at least one life was lost. T! were many Narrow escapes. The flood did not subside until day- light, and.many families siépt out of | doors all. night. Tracks are washed and many towns above and below and Carnegie are without f commuhication. | s fatality reparted so far was an unknown Italian. | ce the damage by the| cloudburst at ne: ~arly $500.000. ———————— CALIFORNIA GETS GOOD * ALLOWANCE FOR MILITIA | Constabie ived upon jhe rickson as h* sat wrested the revolver kson regained conscious: gh request that the shoot- WASHINGTON, June 29.—Aectin, . t wi her fathér, who is|Secretary Oliver of the War Depart- € a publisher of Memphis. ment has made the usual aliotment of | ool cannot live. She the $1.000,000 appropriated by Co: “rickson and came to Ari- [ gress to provide arms and -equipment " years ago. He took :urrnr the organized militia of the ‘_m\ed ing and she decided to leave him, | States. Of the . money apportioned caused Lhe Lronhlg that led toCalifornia will recelve 31’.9]7 and tae shooting. lia'tll &'5“. - g OF A J‘ANI‘TARIUM 0 FOES MEET AT WEDDING AND SHOOT Best Man s Fatally Hurt by an Old finemy. J—une 29. HOU! A family feud of long standing was settied to- -day rs at a society wed- ng at -Beauw Ten shots were fired and Fred Grennan, a young busi- | part of groomsman, was shot through the body and fatally wounded. A negro | on opposite side of the sireet re- ceived a stray bullet In the abdomen. Grennan himself used & revoiver, but his aim was wid. Thé opposing duelist was Claude Rob- erts fall, riddied by he to-day killed. Beaumont .to attend the wedding of & Chilton, a society beile, and Chen- bullets fired by the man The two enemies met face to| a the first' time in.two years. Not-| withstanding the surroundings. each immediately went for his gun and| qu action followed. There was a tacit understanding between the two that their meeting would be the sig- nal for a death duel Roberts ‘was taken in hand by the police, but gave bail to-night in the sum of $1000. Grennan was a cousin of the bride. DISCUSS. QUESTION OF . POLICY TOWARD TURKEY Chekib Bey and Assistant Secretary of : State Loomis Hold a Counsultation. - WASHINGTON, June ey, Turkish Minister at Washington, has had a long. conference with Loomis, the Assistant Secretary of State, the subject of which neither f them cared {o. discuss. It is said, owever, to be connected with the projected visit' of the United - States naval fleet in Mediterranean waters to | some Turkish ports about the time ‘| Leishman returns to Constantinople from France and is ready to resume his negotiations with the Porte for a fuller recognition of American inter- ests ln Turke:. man, who was to have taken the | who four years ago- had a brother | The two came to| O’Brien, .a prominent young attor-| 29.—Chekib | SKRYDLOFF | ADHERENTS OF MILES REDIDVE HIS PRESIDENTIAL ANOTIER | 300w 7 OCEAN RAID Viadivostok Ships Attack Korean Seaport Unexpected Appearence of Russian Squadron Be- | fore Gensan. & Daring Admiral's Torpado Boat De-| stroyers Open Fire Upon | the Town. | l l | TOKIO. June 20, 11 a. m.—! Reports from Gensan, Korea, | state that the Russian Vladi-| | vostok squadron appeared there to-day and attacked that place. The firing was| done by destroyers. SEEERE B SUBMARINE BOAT ABOARD. British Steamship Believed to Be Carrying War Craft to Russta. | | NORFOLK, Va., Jume 29. — The |+ British steamship Menantic apparently f 7 2 is bent on the same mission as the | { Norwegian steamship Fortuna, which coaled here and took on a submarine | 1Y, / i J I ] 0 Reval, Russia, via Sag Harbor®™ | yé 8 81 J. Representatives of Castner, Curran & Bullitt declare the vessel had noth- | . 3 ing on her but water when she came | Bank Cashier Hides on entered at the custom-house on June | 18 with water ballast. She put al rd | 3005 tons of bunker coal and 754 tons | of coal for the ship's use #nd cleared | at the custom-Bouse om A ae 23 “for weeks ago. g The Menantic came here and was | and took nothing away but coal. As Sag Harber is not a pert for shipping | merchandise, the theory is that the . - captain took a submarine boat aboard Q 15 Fectiations NEW YORK. June 29.—If the Hol- land Torpedo-boat Company, the own- ers of the steamship Menantic and the | management of the Merritt-Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company have i not been engaged in the shipment of submarine craft from is country théy have gone to unnecessary pains to throw mystery about the vessel | which is said to have a submarine boat on board. The representatives decline | absolutely to discuss the Nerfolk re- | port. | WL ! NO RUSSIAN for Years. = S5 ST CHICAGO, June }9.—Jacob H cashier of the Ge: tional Bank of A rested, charg: tion of $65,000 « The peculations hav a period of thre time bank tim and reperted the accoun The capital stock of the i approp nds of the bank. extended for over iring which have several exa SUNK. affairs of the bank es gone over th Port Arthur Refugees Deny the Re- port Sent From Tokio. CHEFU, June Eight refugees who left Port Arthur on a Chinese junk ; were picked up this morning. They be- longed to the upper class and the in formation they gave ms reliable. They stated that the Russian fleet now consisted of the following ships in good condition: The Cesarevitch, Retvizan, | Pobieda, Peresviet, Poltava, Diana, Bayan, Novik and twenty torpedo and steamer boats. ‘Lhe torpedo trans- port Amur is damaged and the battle- ship Sevastopol slightly damaged; but they can be soon repaired. The Chinese say no Russian ships were sunk in the | recent battle. | is |is claimed. withstand any as a resuit of P The prisoner wai | was held to the Federal Grand Jury un- der bonds of $10,000. GUTKE'S STORY STIRS PROBERS 1o . | diers in the fortress. Women are large- ly employed as nurses. There are 2 | artisans and 2000 citizens. These 2000 | have been drafted into the army and | are now drilling dafly. Trere is plenty | of food, but the Governiment is con- | trolling prices in order to prevent spee- | | ulation. e | o I | The refugees asserted that, owing to | ST- LOUIS. June the fleet was | the confession of Charles A. its demonstration on Grand Jury began to-day & new b In order to preserve the morale | investigation. Six members of the al- | leged combination and six members of | were. St. Lounis Grand Jury Will Renew Its Investigation of Municipal Corruption —As a result of Gutke, the | e | the jeers of the army, forced to make June 23 of the garrison. and Germany, LONDON, June 30.—The Paris cor- | respondent of the Times says it is re- | ported that the Russian Government has applied to the French Gevetn- .ment for permission to haye all the vessels of the Baltic fleet coal at French ports on their way to the Far| East. The Russian Government. the cor- | respondent says, is at present negotiat- | ing for a large supply of coal, not only in France, but also in Germany. e G NN EL BATTLESHIP IS DAMAGED. Big Russian War Craft Rammed by an Ironciad at Kronstadt. 3 KRONSTADT, June 29.—The Rus- sian battleship Navarin, while res turning to her anchorage to-day., was | FIDDLE BOUGHT FOR $6 | rammed by the Russian ironclad SELLS FOR GREAT PRICE Netron Menia, which struck her amid- : ships. The damage to the Navarin LONDON, June 29.—. is not serious. though it may be neces- | gntonius Stradivarius has been sold | sary to drydock the vessel. It is be-|for $3500. It was once owned by a lieved that tite period for repairing |street musician.well known to Lon- the battleship will not be a long one. | doners. He bought the instrument s S i mzlnndmdit.a.flgrmemyem War News Continued on Page 2, |use, for $125, r | Gutke. Charles F. Kelly, former Speaker of the House of Defegates, who rests un- | | der one conviction for pribery and Is| awaiting retrial en another charge, had | a conference to-day with Circuit Attor- | ney Foik, at the conclusion of which he went before the Grand Jury. He was closeted with the Grand Jury for sev- { eral hours and when he emerged from | the room Kelly refused.to divulge any- | thing as to what had transpired there. The strictest secrecy was maintained | m the office of the Circuit. Attorney as | tc Kelly’s disciosures. . Mrs. C. F. Kelly, wife the House of Delegates, was also a wit- | ness before the Grand Jury. presum- statements made by her husband. —_——————— There are 12,000 sailors aad 4000 sol- s be.” Conversations d X | tite peopie. | as saying there would soon be a break- "'uher speakers to General Mile: | against army canteens and his al of the former member of | A violin of | . 10 TOWNS Friends General’s Appear to Be in Minority. . June 23.—The r t8e Prohi- President was delegates and v s wing the ce as to General with were relat y W rolley, eral Miles id rong to confine themselves to one is t wing ular election of Semators and the ré- turn of--sovereignty the handy of General Miled* was quoted the House of Delegates, who KU R, - members of the -combination, were g summened to testify, presumably in | | Russia Negotiating for Fuel in Franee | corroboration of revelations made -by mistreatment at the ha.nds of the ad- inistration. General Milesowas un upon auth- ority of the Rev. D. B. Turne nois, as having said that he voted.the ; Prohibition ticket in the last election and was f e past four years a total abstainer. T .CONVENTION ORGANIZES. hny Le.drn wm Owose lhe Yc-— ination of Miles. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June The Natiomal Prohibition Ceonvention b }anpAfi[M its organization to-day and ! ably for the purpose of backing up the | 34journed until to-morrow morning. | The new National Comm. lected at State meetings nd orgap by re-electing Oliver W. Stewart® Chicago chairman. and°J. A. Tate Harriman, Tenn., secretary, épposed to.the nomination of Genera! Miles for President and favors a sin- The majority believes that Miles gle issue. the nomination Confinued on Page 2, Column 2. of General of mi-| 29| A'majority of the new c«committee is | BY TORNADN Hundreds Perish in the Vicinity of Moscow. —_— Czar’s Ancient €apital Itself Has a Death List of Foriy-Five. —_— Immense Hailstones Fall and in Oue Large Grove Ouly a Single Trea Is Left Standing. MOSCOW, tornado swept this city la: us damage. Forty-fv ot towns near here ia the track GREAT DESTRUCTION IS CAUSED BY TORNADO Report That Town in Arkansas Is Destroyed and Many People Killed. TEXARKANA, Ark e 29—t is reported that New Boston, twenty-five was de: ed and several people killed The telegraph and telephone wives are down. Further information cannot be obtained to-night DRINK PROVES HIS [NDOING | Mexican Safe Cracker Im- bibes Too Mueh Mescal and His Capture Follows -— Spectai Dispar-a to The Call 29. — Jose * TUC e Martinez, a Mexicar acked the safe of the Ho > nes early ng. $1900 Wednesday gold. He was ca .,n ates wizh w - but he -refuses to ! is the business. sional, border renegad: ; get away after the waich was itseif a open i and the momey gone, although he had not heard @ sound. Martinez had a Bt Z"“Dd start, bt mescal proved his un- ing. - He made his way to Naco, but could not gesist the temptation to im- | bibe.° He drank too freely there and | tell into the han@s of Constable Clark | as he was about to cross to the Ameri- can side. A billbook bearing the name of ' J. B. Breathitt, proprietor of the hotel, Who had gofie fo St. Louis to at- tend the national conventior, was found in Martinez’ 'possession when he was captured He was tyrmed over to Kosterlitzky's rurales, who have a quick method of trying old renegades of the-line conntry. —_————————— .| BENSON IS CONTESTING EVERY -INCH 0¥ GROUND Californian Indicted for Bribery Flles New Proceedings n United States Snpte_ Co-n. WASHINGTO —John A. | Berson of Califor cted here in December last for \r:- allege ! bribery of two clerks in the’ Interior Depart- ;mzm in connection w! | deals in that State,” to-day filed im the '\uprame Court of the United States a | petition fo! ts of habeas corpus MOHLER WILL A VICE PRESIDENT Harriman .Makes Chief of Union Pacific an Active Official of the Company. June 29.—A. L. Mohler, manager of the Union Pacific, be made vice president of the Otficial information of his d within a few This ‘election is to be made, it that the road may have an conduct its afiairs MANAGER { BE days. is stated, active. official to and not an appointive Reads